Disney history with tangents left in.
EarzUp! is a Disney parks show where researched history sits beside rambling jokes, guest chats, and news reactions. Episodes move from labor strikes and Snow White lore to EPCOT music, Animal Kingdom restaurants, and whatever side tangent gets there first.
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EarzUp! is a Disney parks podcast built around the pleasures of knowing too much and still being willing to laugh at the tangent. It is not tidy. That is part of the appeal. Recent episodes range from the Disney labor strike of 1941 to the Snow White wrap party at the Norconian, with detours through studio corruption, Carthay Circle, Saludos Amigos, old Los Angeles roads, and the strange ways Disney history keeps looping back on itself. The show also covers current Disney news, but it rarely sounds like a bulletin. A segment can start with Dreamlight Valley, Twitch, a birthday, groceries, sweating in a hot room, or a throwaway joke before it eventually lands on Animal Kingdom design, Restaurantosaurus, AI, Iger, or the music of EPCOT's Universe of Energy. The pacing is quick and conversational. Interruptions are normal. So are self-corrections, callbacks, and mock outrage over some tiny detail that turns out to matter more than expected. Eric and Taryn appear across the excerpts as familiar voices, while Ryan, Jeremy, and Tom Ameen show up in specific conversations. Tom Ameen's appearance brings out the show's softer interview mode, with piano technique, legato playing, moving from Los Angeles to Cleveland, and recording at home all folded into the larger Disney orbit. The history episodes have more research under them than the casual surface suggests. The news episodes have more personality than straight coverage. EarzUp! seems most interested in the stuff around the attraction: the labor story behind the studio, the hotel behind the party, the sponsorship behind the restaurant, the music cue that still ends up on a running playlist. It is for Disney fans who like park lore, old Hollywood context, attraction music, themed design, and opinionated friends talking their way toward a point. The show can be rambly, but it is rarely blank. The looseness gives it room to notice odd facts and follow them. Listeners looking for polished travel tips may find the path crooked. Listeners who enjoy Disney history with jokes in the margins will probably feel at home.
Made for: For Disney parks fans who enjoy history, attraction music, themed design, and casual news talk. Best for listeners who like personality-heavy conversations more than polished guidebook advice.
What sets it apart: EarzUp! pairs surprisingly specific Disney research with a loose friend-group rhythm, so labor history, resort architecture, and restaurant theming can sit beside Twitch chatter and running jokes.
EarzUp! is a Disneyland podcast like no other. Twice a month, the hosts bring you the tips, tricks, and little-known facts that will make your next trip to the Disneyland Resort better than ever! Along with our news show, In-Depth, airing twice monthly as well, you will never be short on Disney News!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
EarzUp! connects Disney park opinions with detailed histories of attractions, music, design, labor, and the business decisions behind them.
EarzUp! treats Disney parks as places where entertainment, design, business, and history keep colliding. Its conversational roundtable moves between news discussion and researched presentations, with room for firm opinions about attractions and close attention to the choices…
Snow White's wrap party becomes a city-planning rabbit hole, and somehow you want the zoning notes.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A well-researched Disney labor story told through sharp questions, historical callbacks, and incredulous jokes.
This episode digs into a Disney labor story of union power, studio money, and acknowledged corruption. Eric's two-year effort, which included reading several books, gives the discussion a firm foundation.
A piano-focused guest visit becomes a warm conversation about craft, family, and moving home.
The EarzUp! Disney News Show uses another visit from Tom Amin to settle into the habits behind his piano playing and the life changes that could open more room for recording.
A Snow White celebration opens into the odd, satisfying machinery of old Southern California.
Ears Up uses the 1938 Snow White wrap party as a doorway into the Norconian and old Southern California, letting one film celebration lead into resort history, road travel, architecture, and city-planning trivia.
A loose Animal Kingdom chat finds ketchup-and-mustard chemistry tucked into Disney park design.
The episode turns a relaxed Animal Kingdom conversation into a compact look at how theme-park design can carry its own history. Eric, Jason, and Taryn move through Restaurantosaurus, the dinosaur-themed restaurant with a roadside, tongue-in-cheek style that did not work for…
A funky Universe of Energy theme gets a warm revisit through attraction history, personal attachment, and one devoted running playlist.
EarzUp! gives the music of Universe of Energy a lively, affectionate look, using a favorite theme as the way back into the attraction's entrance experience.
A casual Disney year-end review with clear opinions on which attractions deserve another ride.
The 2023 Year In Review gives Disney park talk a casual year-end shape, moving through host-picked categories such as biggest Disney win and most overrated attractions.
Disney Princess merchandising history mixes with toy nostalgia and cheerfully skeptical table talk.
Disney Princess merchandising history gives way to a warm tour of major toy brands. The hosts revisit Mattel names such as Barbie, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, and Polly Pocket, and recall Hasbro as the perceived leader of the 1980s.
The hosts of a Disney podcast return after a break to discuss their 2025 plans and reflect on the past year.
Eric argues the biggest Disney winner is the Reedy Creek district, revealing a surprising legal twist that protects Disney property.
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Jason, Eric, and Taryn open EarzUp!
["Willie Bioff's $150,000 payment from RKO and Loews, plus Walt Disney's three-hour February 1941 speech, frame EarzUp!'s look at the Disney labor strike of 1941.", "Jason and Eric trace how Art Babbitt, Herb Sorrell, and the Screen Cartoonists Guild pushed against a studio that once felt like a family.", "The episode contrasts 1,200 employees, $200-to-$300 animator salaries, and $20 in-betweeners with the rooftop club and cut coffee service.", "It ends on Gunther Lessing's concealed-weapon arrest of Art Babbitt, which turns the organizing fight into a direct showdown."]
Tom Ameen returns to EarzUp!
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The hosts of the Ears Up podcast discuss Disney news, including Dreamlight Valley and other topics.
The hosts discuss their Valentine's Day plans and gift-giving strategies, then transition to analyzing the dating habits of Disney characters.
Eric details a February 5 Minecraft DLC called Bluey's House that adds the Heeler home, Bluey, Bingo, Mum, Dad, hidden keys, and activities like I Spy and Hide and Seek.
The ride moved guests from a 155-foot screen into dinosaur cars, then into a 12-minute film on energy.
The hosts discuss the history of the Disney theme park attraction Captain EO and review Takume-Tei.
The hosts reminisce about the origin of their Disney podcast, discussing how they identified a gap in the market for quality Disneyland content.
The hosts of a Disney podcast return in early 2025 to recap their year-end planning meeting and discuss their cat's antics.
The hosts discuss how to maximize ride experiences during Disney Channel Nite at Disneyland.