The Disney Desk Podcast

It's time, everyone! To wrap up their first season of "It's a Podcast Charlie Brown," The Disney Desk covers a Charlie Brown Christmas! What else is there to say, other than that we hope you have the loveliest of holidays.

The surprise gift of the year: The Disney Desk is covering Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas and Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas! Listen in as Carter and Sydney cover the two holiday anthology series as they revel in the 2000's era comedy, surprising class commentary, and raise some real big questions about Santa!

Maybe we don't have golden rings, but on day five, Sydney and Carter talk about their 'Disney Wish List,' the things they would love to have from Disney!

Carter and Sydney spend day four of the holiday crusade discussing which world from Disney films they'd most want to spend a day in!

Isn't it wonderful getting to reconnect with friends during the Holiday Season? In that spirit, Sydney and Carter talk about who they would like to hang out with from the worlds of Disney, and what characters we think would be besties!

The Holidays are about reuniting with family, friends, and loved ones. Though, sometimes, those reunions include people we aren't so enthusiastic about. Sydney and Carter talk about their least favorite characters in Disney's films!

Welcome to a very exciting project for us here at Disney Desk: The 12 Days of Podmas! From the week of Christmas to New Years, Sydney and Carter will be bringing you a fun stocking stuffer episode covering a short subject. To start off the festivities, your holiday duo talk about some of their favorite holiday memories!

That's right, folks. As A Muppet's Christmas Carol hits its 30th Anniversary, The Disney Desk is the only podcast bold enough to cover the *other* Disney adaptation of Dickens! One of Sydney's favorite films, Carter finally sits down and watches the oft-reviled motion capture film and discovers... it's kindof cool? Listen in as the team discusses the horror tone, the appeal of mo-cap acting, and h...

Ho-Ho-Ho! December is finally here, and The Disney Desk is ecstatic to begin Dis-Mas! To kick off our All-Disney Holiday Season, we begin with The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special! Listen in as we discus the true meaning of Christmas, how Drax and Mantis are a perfect comedy team, and why a Guardian-centric Christmas movie just makes sense. We also talk briefly about the Guardians Vol 3 tra...

Alright, it's time. As promised, we bring a full-on Spoiler Review for Wakanda Forever, talking about whatever we feel like. It's insightful, it's funny, and it gets deeply personal. And that's all we're gonna say. Enjoy!

It's finally time for Disney Desk to cover the biggest release in its young history, the return to Wakanda with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. With the daunting of continuing the franchise in the wake of Chadwick Bosman's passing, how do Ryan Coogler and the Marvel Team fare in bringing us back to the Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Geo-Politics world that shook the pop culture landscape in 2018? Carter and Sydne...

Wee-woo wee-woo! We have a surprise emergency episode! This Sunday saw an absolutely shocking announcement: Former Disney CEO Bob Iger has returned to the position, as current CEO Bob Chapek has been removed from the company. The unexpected return of the man who brought Pixar, Marvel, and Lucas Film to The House of Mouse is a seismic move, and Sydney and Carter bring their immediate thoughts to yo...

Oh boy, we have another holiday to worry about! Disney Desk continues on with their look back at the classic Peanut's Specials with A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving! One of the 'Big Three,' Carter and Sydney are shocked to find this might be their favorite of Charlie and Snoopy's holiday specials. Listen as they discus the brilliance of Peanut's ensemble, the endless animated creativity, and - like an...

As She-Hulk marks the end of Marvel's Phase Four on Disney+ - and while we wait for Wakanda Forever to end the movie side of things - Carter and Sydney decide it's time to talk out how they feel about the MCU's first round of streaming content. A new experiment for the franchise, listen as the duo discuss 'Marvel Fatigue,' Series vs Movie content, and chat about what they think this whole Phase Fo...

As we work our way out of autumn, we thought the time was just right to introduce Sydney to a fast-growing fall classic: Over the Garden Wall! Listen in as Syd discovers the dark, mysterious world of The Unknown, discovering why the 2014 mini-series has become a cult sensation with its winsome art style, pitch-perfect humor, and folksy music. It's the series that teaches you "you can be sad and ha...

Happy Halloween! To celebrate the end of Spooky Season, our Podcast Spook-tacular ends with the newest release from Henry Selick and Jordan Peele: Wendell & Wild! Listen in as we talk about the maddening technique of stop-motion, the unabashed blackness of the film, and Plot vs Story discourse. We hope you have an awesome Halloween!

Wa-wah-wa wah wa wah wah wah. Wa wah wah wah. [Translation: To continue their Podcast Spooktacular, The Disney Desk covers the ever-iconic Halloween Peanut Special! Discussing the melancholy nature of Charlie Brown, the joyous animation technique, and how utterly *weird* the series is, Syd and Carter are ecstatic to begin covering the great Peanuts specials!]

AWOOOOOOOOO! As The Disney Desk Halloween Spooktacular* reaches its midpoint, Sydney and Carter take a minute to appreciate the creatures that come out at the full moon. Covering Marvel's Werewolf by Night, they grapple with Golden Age Aesthetics, tonal balance, and where Marvel should be focusing their energy for phases four and five. Prepare yourself for a... HOWLING... good time!

It is time. The most anticipated episode of The Disney Desk Podcast Spook-tacular: Hocus Pocus 2 is here! But Disney Desk hasn't become one of the best podcasts in the game going small. As it turns out, Carter has never seen the original Hocus Pocus, while Sydney is a die-hard fan! So to celebrate the witching season, we look back at the first film before coming around to review the new sequel 30...

Happy October! We at The Disney Desk love The Haloween Season, and we are ecstatic to celebrate with "Disney Desk's Holiday Spook-tacular!" (name pending). To kick off, we discuss one of Disney's most exclusive and iconic clubs: Disney Villains. From best design to best song to most successful in their schemes, The Disney Desks revels in wickedness as the Witching Hour beings!

An early episode drop?! That's how excited Carter and Sydney are to talk about one of their favorite animated shows, Craig of the Creek. The Calvin and Hobbes of its generation? A refreshing burst of diversity in the animation world? A herald for a new age of realism in cartoons post Adventure Time? A delightful, charming animated show? Why not all of the above?! This is a show we've been waiting...

Like any great detective, The Disney Desk is here to sift through the news, scoops, and announcements of D23 to give you their take on "Disney Comic-con." And with Disney+ Day officially becoming a 'thing,' Sydney and Carter give their perspective on the streaming service as it approaches its third anniversary. You know it's a good episode when, just before recording, they worry they don't have en...

Happy D23! As we dig through all the news and scoops, we thought this was the perfect time to start a brand new mini-series. Using their investigative skills and experience in filmmaking, Syndey and Carter are breaking down films they feel don't work and trying to workshop solutions to make them better. And what better starting point than Pixar's Lightyear? Can The Disney Desk breakdown this oddit...

As Summer winds down, why not celebrate with a Theme Park Adventure? Sydney and Carter talk about one of their favorite series, Rilakkuma's Theme Park Adventure (their first non-Disney show!) Listen as they talk about Rilakkuma, his friends, and how perfectly winsome and nostalgic his stop-motion series is. This is the first episode The Disney Desk has done remotely, so there are some kinks that n...

It's time for your plucky Disney Detectives to investigate Pixar's latest: Lightyear. Carrying the legacy of the Toy Story brand, and serving as Pixar's first theatrical film since 2020, does Lightyear live up to the high expectations of Luca and Turning Red? Well... we hope you have fun listening to this at least.