Insights Into Things

Continuing our annual holiday tradition the Insights Into Things hosts bring you our 2021 Holiday Special: The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.This retelling of the Dr. Seuss classic is told through the voices of our shows hosts. If you're lucky enough to catch the video version of this performance you'll also get to see original artwork for the production done by our own Madison Whalen.Sit back, relax and immerse yourself in the holiday spirit with this classic tale told by the voices your familiar with.

This week we’re taking a break from some of the harder hitting topics and having a little fun with our last episode before the holiday break. We’re going to do a little Holiday Q&A and some holiday trivia to take us into our break. Then we’ll be back after the New Year with more great topics to help teens, parents and everyone else.

Today in our Disney Detective, for the first time ever Black Santas appearing at Disney Parks plus and Alternate “Cinderella Castle Suite that guests can actually book
In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, a live action Sabine Wren has been cast for “Star Wars: Asoka”, and a recent Book of Boba TV special reveals new footage of the much anticipated show
And for our Entertainment News, Adele gets an emotional surprise during her UK TV special and ‘Weird Al’ is distancing himself from a new Kid Rock parody style video
And as always we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....and some afterthoughts

Complaining has a negative connotation, and is viewed as a bad thing by most people. But is there anything to be said for making your opinion on a given situation heard by the person causing it? Can doing so actually improve a relationship you have with someone? Is there an art to complaining in a way that actually brings about a positive result? We’ll discuss these things and how to help your teen who might have a negative outlook on life.

Today in our Disney Detective, the big reveals from Disney+ day, and The Boys trolls Disney+ Day with its own Vought+ updates
In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Kathleen Kennedy Has Re-Upped Her Lucasfilm Contract plus Patty Jenkins and Rian Johnson’s Star Wars projects may have been shelved for something other than scheduling
And for our Entertainment News, Action News anchor Jim Gardner dials back schedule, prepares for retirement while Paramount builds The Star Trek Theme Park 
And as always we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....and some afterthoughts

In today’s episode we’re going to take a look at Marching Band. We’ll explore what’s involved as far as time and commitment. We’ll talk about what skills are honed in marching band, not all of which are musical. We’ll also take a look at some of the less obvious benefits teens gain that will stay with them for a lifetime. 

This week we’re talking about Feminism. We’ll take a look at what feminism is today and what it has been over it’s more than 170 years of history. We’ll explore the four waves of feminism and talk about the advances each brought and their differences. Then we’ll explore some of the problems with modern feminism before we finish up with suggestions on ways to promote feminism. 

Today in our Disney Detective, Wonder Woman and the Evil Queen, and can the Main Street Electrical Parade solve Disney’s problems yet again?
In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, an unnecessary origin story for an irrelevant character, plus is there an Old Republic movie in the works?
And for our Entertainment News, Netflix maybe coming to Jersey and the unfortunate passing of Dean Stockwell
And as always we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....and some afterthoughts

Today in our Disney Detective, Danny DeVito will be visiting the Mansion, plus delays and more delays in store for Marvel and Disney movies
In our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Maybe that galaxy far far away isn’t as far as we thought, Boba gets a special for Disney+ Day
And for our Entertainment News, finally we’re getting History of the World Part II and Munster Mania in time for Halloween!
And as always we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....and some afterthoughts

What is procrastination and what are some of the downfalls of it? What causes procrastination in teens? We’ll discuss all of this and how parents can help their teens overcome procrastination.