The Disney Desk Podcast

As we continue to revisit the 1980's, one film stood out as a must-cover. While technically not Disney at the time, 1987's The Princess Bride served as a forerunner for the Disney Renaissance, showing the mix of modern humor and old school romance that would be the backbone of the next decade of Disney classics. Listen in as Carter and Sydney talk meta, the Golden Age of Hollywood, and the...

To kick off the New Year, we're going back in time again! It's time for another Disney Through the Decade: A month dedicated to breaking down how Disney's history was shaped in a specific decade. This time around, Carter and Sydney cover the 1980's, a messy and fascinating decade of transition for both the United States and Disney. The Fox and The Hound is perhaps the best example...

Merry Christmas! To celebrate the final day of 2025's Podmas Season, the Disney Deks is covering one of the staples of 2000's holiday media. The live action How the Grinch Stole Christmas turns 25 this year, so Carter and Sydney break down the famous and infamous Jim Carrey film!

For the penultimate episode of Podmas, Carter and Sydney discuss the flavors of the holiday season, and how they compare to Halloween's palette.

As the Holiday Season slowly rolls to its ends, the Disney Desk looks ahead to 2026 and Disney's upcoming film schedule!

For our ninth episode and our second 'solo outing,' Sydney takes a moment to talk about a few trends that have popped up over recent holiday seasons. And yes, we're mostly talking about Elf on a Shelf.

Like last year, both Carter and Sydney will be getting a chance to opine about the season on their own! For day eight, Carter writes his letter to Santa, musing on the holidays amid grief, optimism for the future, and whether a chair can be too cozy.

As Bob Iger once again looks for a successor, the Disney Desk offers their services. Both Carter and Sydney discus the moves they would make if they were in charge of the Walt Disney Company.

Can you believe four years into the podcast, the Disney Desk hasn't covered one of Disney's biggest acquisitions? That changes now, because for Podmas, Carter and Sydney cover the first ever Simpsons episode. Airing in 1989, 'The Simpson's Holiday Special' serves as a unquie introduction to Springfield, setting up nearly 40 years of television iconography.

On Day Five, Sydney and Carter talk about the abundant catalog of Christmas Music. What are their favorites? Least favorites? What makes a true Christmas Classic?

As we reach the third-way mark of the holiday season, the Disney Desk talks about gift giving. Both the gifts they love to get and how they approach buying gifts!

While Sydney was on vacation, Carter was able to see the 64th Walt Disney Animated Film Zootopia 2. So for day 3, listen in as Carter gives his quick thoughts on the sequel!

For the second episode in our holiday celebration, the Disney Desk talks about their very different vacations this year!+

Ho, Ho, Ho! Merry Podmas! Once again, to celebrate the holiday season, the Disney Desk brings you 12 new episodes leading up to Christmas! To kick off the festivites this year, Carter and Sydney decide to come back to Elf, the infamous 'lost episode' from last month. In this bite sized version of their original conversation, the two break down the cultural impact of the iconic 2000's f...

Funny Story. After recording a delightful episode for the finale of Thanksgiving month that really tied things together and set up the Christmas season perfectly, Carter's file got corrupted. And Sydney went on vacation and was unavailable to re-record. Carter is so genuinely upset about this he doesn't really have anything insightful or funny to add. So, in the spirit of this month's "Films that...

Thanksgiving is just a week away! Wow! As the Disney Desk continues to celebrate the films that brought their families together, Sydney breaks out another iconic musical from her childhood. Annie, based off the musical and inspired by the iconic comic, is a staple of pop culture. "It's a Hard Knock Life" and "Tomorrow" transcend their source material while ensuring the immo...

When the Disney Desk committed to doing a month of films centered around their family, Carter found himself in an interesting place. While he has a lot of nostalgic memories of watching movies with his family, he has two very different movie pools to choose from. Carter's late father was a conisure of the 'Dad Movie.' Action movies, heist films, westerns. So for this week, the Disney D...

You know what's a difficult month to find thematically appropriate films for? November! Despite Thanksgiving being an iconic American holiday, there are very few films that invoke that 'Thanksgiving Vibe.' But in the spirit of the holiday - spending time with family - Sydney proposed a fun idea. For the month of November, Carter and Sydney will be covering films that were important to...

In what the Disney Desk hopes to be a recurring segment, it is time for another Internet Minute Power Hour! With so much to cover on the main show, Carter and Sydney realized it was easier to dedicate an extra episode a month to covering the news, opinions, and personal moments that usually fill the regular Internet Minutes. This week, your podcast hosts talk about their Ghost Tour in the Delaware...

We have a rare treat as Spooky Season ends! With Halloween falling on a Friday, we not only have a Halloween Weekend, but a Dia de los Muertos weekend! So what better way to celebrate than diving into one of Pixar's unsung gems? Coco released in 2017 and was an early film in Disney Desk's early history. While it was a hit off of release, it has gained a substantial following post-release a...

Halloween Week is upon us! To wrap up Disney Desk's Spooky Season, Carter and Sydney decide to head back to the world of Laika claymation. Last year, the duo watched Coraline for the first time and were blown away by the studio's debut feature. But before the Disney Desk began, Carter had been previously enchanted by another Laika feature. ParaNorman was their follow up to Coraline, and wh...

Viewer beware, it's time for a scare. When we talk about 90's, millennial nostalgia, one of the first pop cultural entities that comes up is Goosebumps. R.L. Stein's classic tween horror series stands as one of the pillars of childhood reading, and lead to an equally iconic television series. Both Carter and Sydney have nostalgic memories of both the books and the series with Carter ha...

If you think of Studio Ghibli, if you think Hayao Miyazaki, or if even if you just think of anime, there's a good chance your first thought is Spirited Away. After briefly retiring, Miyazaki returned to make the film that permanently changed the world's relationship with anime. And the fact that it is centered around ghosts and spirits is justification enough for the Disney Desk to return...

MWAHAHAHAHA! A cool breeze waves through the Delaware Valley, meaning Spooky Season is once again upon us! All month long, your favorite Halloween fanatics will be discussing the great Halloween films and series of their childhood while talking about their nostalgic memories of the season. To kick off the month, Carter and Sydney break down Monster House, one of the more iconic - or perhaps infamo...

Our inaugural "Disney Through the Decades" month comes to an end by covering the Mouse that Started it All. Five years into the company's history, Walt Disney Brothers' Studio released Steamboat Willie, starring their new character Mickey Mouse. Do we even need to explain what happened after that? Listen in as Sydney and Carter talk about the starting points of Mickey Mouse and h...