{"podcast":{"title":"Today In History with The Retrospectors","slug":"today-in-history-with-the-retrospectors-3756506","podcast_index_feed_id":3756506,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/today-in-history-with-the-retrospectors","website_url":"https://www.theretrospectors.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0863cc78-24a8-11ef-b214-97eca5428ac1/image/6963d381f67e7fa1caf5e758ac2154be.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Retrospectors","episode_count":1302,"summary":"Curious, funny, surprising daily history - with Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina and Arion McNicoll. From the invention of the Game Boy to the Mancunian beer-poisoning of 1900, from Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain to America's Nazi summer schools... each day we uncover an unexpected story for the ages. In just ten minutes! Best Daily Podcast (British Podcast Awards 2023 nominee). Get early access and ad-free listening at Patreon.com/Retrospectors or subscribe on Apple Podcasts.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T12:18:38.453166+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-in-history-with-the-retrospectors-3756506"},"episode":{"title":"The Town Disney Built","slug":"the-town-disney-built","published_at":"2026-06-18T00:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-in-history-with-the-retrospectors-3756506/the-town-disney-built","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-in-history-with-the-retrospectors-3756506","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9388229853.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9388229853.mp3","summary":"Designed by Imagineers, and located on the outskirts of Walt Disney World, the town of Celebration, Florida welcomed its first residents on 18th June, 1996. Over 5,000 families had applied to be amongst the first ever homeowners to reside, full-time, in the grounds of a theme park. Conceptually, the town was a mash-up of the wistful nostalgia that inspired the designs of Disneyland’s original Main St, USA and Disney’s ‘utopian city of tomorrow’ vision (which, eventually, manifested as EPCOT). In this episode, Olly, Rebecca and Arion consider the restrictions of living in a New Urbanist community; ask why the town remains over 90% white; and wonder whether anyone really needs singing bins… Further Reading: • Disney fan-site ‘Inside The Magic’ on Walt’s ‘Florida Project’: https://insidethemagic.net/2021/01/walts-disney-florida-project-lp1/ • Insider takes a tour of modern-day Celebration (2020): https://www.insider.com/what-it-is-like-to-live-in-celebration-florida-2020-1 • ‘Celebration: the creepy real life town Disney built in Florida’ (news.com.au, 2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCko6cVniEw Love the show? Support us! Join 🌴CLUB RETROSPECTORS🌴to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode each SUNDAY… … Plus, get weekly bonus bits, and unlock over 100 bits of extra content. Join now with a free trial on Apple Podcasts or Patreon and support our show ❤️ The Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill. Theme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Ollie Peart. Copyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2026. This episode originally aired in 2021. #90s #Strange #US Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Designed by Imagineers, and located on the outskirts of Walt Disney World, the town of Celebration, Florida welcomed its first residents on 18th June, 199…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":680,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/today-in-history-with-the-retrospectors-3756506/episodes/the-town-disney-built/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/today-in-history-with-the-retrospectors-3756506/the-town-disney-built.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}