{"podcast":{"title":"Notably Disney","slug":"notably-disney-79076","podcast_index_feed_id":79076,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/notablydisney/feed.xml","website_url":"https://notablydisney.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/4329539/Notably_Disney_Mickey_on_Piano_final.jpg","author":"Brett Nachman","episode_count":187,"summary":"Welcome to Notably Disney, the ultimate Disney podcast on music and books. This podcast provides critique, commentary, reviews, and insight into the past and present of all aspects of The Walt Disney Company as it pertains to songs, scores, and writing. Featuring interviews with authors, social media personalities, historians, and other Disney fans, Notably Disney showcases conversations covering the wide gamut of Disney, from the theme parks and Broadway productions, to television and film.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T00:18:15.935303+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/notably-disney-79076"},"episode":{"title":"Author Roland Betancourt Levers New Insights in \"Disneyland and the Rise of Automation\"","slug":"author-roland-betancourt-levers-new-insights-in-disneyland-and-the-rise-of-automation","published_at":"2026-05-05T10:36:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/notably-disney-79076/author-roland-betancourt-levers-new-insights-in-disneyland-and-the-rise-of-automation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/notably-disney-79076","url":"https://notablydisney.podbean.com/e/author-roland-betancourt-levers-new-insights-in-disneyland-and-the-rise-of-automation/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/32gwh8h9ku5xh5ze/Disneyland_and_the_Rise_of_Automation_complete7llm5.m4a","summary":"In the new book Disneyland and the Rise of Automation: How Technology Created the Happiest Place on Earth, scholar Dr. Roland Betancourt deconstructs how Walt’s original family park served as a foundational space for automation during a time when humans increasingly relied on technology for many of their needs and desires. This well-researched title from Princeton University Press explores how many of Disneyland’s foundational attractions have relied on sophisticated technologies to make modern mechanical magic. Dr. Betancourt is Chancellors’ Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of California, Irvine. On this episode we discuss the book’s development and content. Learn more about the book on the Princeton University Press website. Feel free to reach out to Brett via Bluesky @drnachman and Instagram @drnachman, subscribe to the podcast, and send your feedback to notablydisney@gmail.com New episodes of Notably Disney debut on the first Tuesday of each month.","meta_description":"In the new book Disneyland and the Rise of Automation: How Technology Created the Happiest Place on Earth, scholar Dr. Roland Betancourt deconstructs how…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3479,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/notably-disney-79076/episodes/author-roland-betancourt-levers-new-insights-in-disneyland-and-the-rise-of-automation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/notably-disney-79076/author-roland-betancourt-levers-new-insights-in-disneyland-and-the-rise-of-automation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}