Insights Into Things

In our Disney Detective, What Happened To The People Who Waited Hours For Disneyland Tickets and Disneyland releases sneak a peek of the Haunted Mansion ride changes Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, the man behind the mask of Darth Vader’s items are up for auction and Disney is finally settling a controversy with an iconic ‘Star Wars’ Writer And for our Entertainment News, Lizzo’s ‘drunk DM’ to Chris Evans turned out ... pretty great, actually and Superman Comics Will No Longer Be Published By DC And then we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....

This week the podcast goes back to it's roots to ask a series of questions to Madison and get the perspective of a teenager on a number of topics. First we talk academics and find teen perspectives on how much emphasis colleges place on standardized test scores to whether or not the cost of college tuition is too high.
Then we'll delve into the realm of politics. We'll find out if our election process is fair, is our tax system fair, should the government provide free healthcare, should there be term limits on all political offices, do campaign contributions distort our political system and much more.
Finally we'll address some "Big Picture" questions like is global climate change man-made, is the death penalty effective, should smoking be banned, do we have a throw-away society, are professional athletes paid to much and more.

In our Disney Detective, we’ll take a look at concept art for updates to Enchanted Tiki Room and we’ll talk about A Place Where Everyone is Welcome Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, ‘Star Wars Detours’ Might Finally See The Light Of Day, and heads up fans of Wedge Antilles there’s a new collectible on the way And for our Entertainment News, Tony Stark may be returning to the MCU in some form and and official companion podcast for Amazon’s The Boys may be launching And then we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....

This week we're talking about the benefits of the creative entertainment efforts that go into playing Dungeons and Dragons Role Playing. From sparking creative and imagination to learning about problem solving the fun of Role Playing games can have real benefits to the development of the teenage mind.
We'll also discuss our most recent D&D sessions, what they were like, how we interacted in them and what some of our character development efforts were like. We'll relive some of the most entertaining moments of our role playing sessions and give a little taste of how much fun you can have while taking advantage of so many of the benefits from such a creative activity as role playing.
Finally we'll take a look at what the future of role playing looks like for us. We'll discuss the new campaign which we just recently started, talk about some of the efforts that go in to building a dungeons and dragon campaign and take a look behind the scenes at some of the tools and tricks we use to make a successful and immersive gaming session.

In our Disney Detective, we’ll look at both a real life Disney villain (complete with handcuffs and catch phrase) and a real life Disney Hero Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Gina Carrano has a new Star Wars-Type show in the works, and the beard is back as Ewan McGregor prepares to start filming the new Obi-Wan series And for our Entertainment News, The Right Stuff got the wrong news and we can expect a complete different season three for one of our favorite shows

This week's topic was a viewer suggestion from www.ivypanda.com regarding why it's important to have a good Grade Point Average. We'll talk about what a GPA is and how it's calculated. We'll discus why it's important to have a high GPA and then we'll dig into some of the key benefits to having a high GPA and the downfall of not having a high GPA. Finally we'll talk about some tips and tricks to get your GPA where it need to be and how to keep it there.

In our Disney Detective, go contactless at Walt Disney World with your iPhone and Florida Governor DeSantis says no to vaccine passports Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, will Liam Neeson is up for reprising his role as Qui-Gon in Obi-Wan, we have cast announcements and dates for the new Obi-Wan show And for our Entertainment News, What We Do In the Shadows spins off another haunting this time on the CW and HBO Max, then we’ll talk about the new National Treasure show coming to Disney Plus And then we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....

In this week's episode we'll take a look at the creative art of movie making. We'll look at some of the benefits that teens gain from making movies. From expanded vocabulary to stress relief and from learning other languages to improving overall creativity there are a number of benefits for teens when it comes to movie making.
Then we'll talk to Madison about her early movie making efforts. We'll learn how she was when she first started making movies, what get her interested in movie making and some of her favorite movie making projects and what her process for movie making is.
Finally we'll look at what the future of movie making might hold for Madison. We'll talk about what tools she uses to make her movies, how her style of movies has changed, what she enjoys most about movie making and what possible career options might await her in her movie making career.

In our Disney Detective, Disneyland is FINALLY Opening & WDW is trying out new Facial Recognition Technology Then in our Tales from the Edge of the Galaxy, Will SW be looking to have a Woman of Color as the next lead? And Classic 80s SW shows coming to Disney+ And for our Entertainment News, Wanna Buy a Jersey Amusement Park? And Boston Declares March 26 To Be ‘Leonard Nimoy Day And then we’ll finish up with our Insightful Picks of the week....

We’ll take a look at some of the benefits that creative writing offers to our teenagers. Then we’ll talk to Madison about how she’s developed her creative writing skills over the years and what she personally gets from writing Then we’ll take a look at where Madison is with her writing now, what her future in creative writing might look like and get some tips and advice for teens who might be interested in getting into creative writing.