Podcasts about queen elsa

The old saying goes, you cannot receive with a closed fist. And when we hold onto the people, habits, and feelings that are no longer serving us, we miss out on the blessings that are meant for us. In this episode, Khadeen and Devale chat with the crew about being on their Queen Elsa ish...letting go. #DeadAssSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Joe joins his best bud, Mark Wizeman, at deer camp to hunt for Queen Elsa and provide muzzleloader support, we don shark socks and chase brown trout with shovels, drain a bottle of bourbon while catching a walleye we don't want, and rip a rainbow canoe apart with our bare hands.

Our first ICONIC guest of Season 3 is none other than the one THE ONLY... CAROLINE BOWMAN! We are simply honored to have had this high-belting, leading lady on our couch to talk everything from her run as Queen Elsa, to originating the role of Karen in SMASH coming to Broadway this season. We couldn't have asked for a better guest to kick off this season! "The Ladies Who Brunch" New Episodes Every WednesdayInstagram/Tik Tok: @theladieswhobrunchpod@jakewaford@sammyschechter

Dylan and Connor are joined by Caroline Bowman (Sunset Boulevard, Frozen the Musical). With one look and with one listen, you will certainly be OBSESSED with this week's guest. Caroline, the queen herself, is clad in a green beanie, seated beside her darling doggie Kodak, and ready to mention it ALL with the twins. She spills on standing by for Nicole Scherzinger and Mandy Gonzalez in this season's thrilling revival of Sunset Boulevard on Broadway. At the time of release, Connor and Caroline will have attended a screening of the film version of Wicked (Part 1 obvi), just in time for the musical's 21st anniversary! Caroline divulges on her own Green Girl experience, climbing the challenging yet rewarding mountaintop of playing Elphaba. Caroline is also known for her incredible run as Queen Elsa in Disney's Frozen musical. Over five years and over a thousand performances provide for some incredible stories and lessons for her to share. Stick around for tidbits about Caroline's husband Austin Colby in The Great Gatsby, seeing her theatre sister Kara Lindsay in Once Upon a Mattress, a potential album with Ben Rauhala, and an absolutely gag worthy dose of DRAMA unlike anything you've ever heard - Caroline reveals that she's been cast as Karen in SMASH on Broadway!Follow Caroline on InstagramFollow DRAMA. on Twitter & Instagram & TiktokFollow Connor MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramFollow Dylan MacDowell on Twitter & InstagramSubscribe to our show on iHeartRadio Broadway!Support the podcast by subscribing to DRAMA+, which also includes bonus episodes, Instagram Close Friends content, and more!

Queen Elsa keeps getting sick from being surrounded in snow and iceShe longs for somewhere warm and sickness freeFollow along as Queen Elsa turns from Ice Queen to Tropical Queen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Idina Menzel is a renowned American actress, singer, and songwriter who has left an indelible mark on both the Broadway stage and the music industry. Born on May 30, 1971, in New York, she possesses a captivating voice that effortlessly spans various genres, from musical theater to pop.Menzel gained widespread recognition for her portrayal of the character Elphaba in the original Broadway production of the musical "Wicked." Her powerful vocals and emotional depth brought the character to life, and the show's success further solidified her status as a star in the theater world.Beyond her theater accomplishments, Idina Menzel gained global fame through her iconic performance of "Let It Go" as Queen Elsa in Disney's animated film "Frozen." The song became a cultural phenomenon and earned her an Academy Award for Best Original Song.Her discography includes a range of albums showcasing her versatile singing style, combining emotive ballads with energetic pop tunes. She has also lent her voice to numerous charitable and social causes, using her platform to advocate for various important issues.

In Walt Disney Animation Studios' Frozen, the kingdom of Arendelle is trapped in a never-ending winter! Queen Elsa's icy powers have accidentally caused this terrible storm. Princess Elsa knows she must find her sister so they can return home and thaw the kingdom. This 2-in-1 book is told from both Anna and Elsa's perspectives. Follow along to find out if together the sisters can save their home --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/avant-garde-books/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/avant-garde-books/support

Well we really wish we could tell you that we pulled it together for this episode but in unsurprising news...we did not. Its part two of Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas. We have references to Queen Elsa aka King Dorian, a shout out to the only female prime minister in Australian history, Aelin living her best life on a flamingo floatie and an honourable mention to the tent that is Yrene's flaps. We know. None of that makes sense. Anyways tune in next week for part 3. MUSIC REFERENCE: Cults + Offering - Gilded Lily FAN ART: Theclever.crow Ilik_art Mellenddraws Bloodydamnit

When the kingdom of Arendelle is trapped in an eternal winter, Anna sets off on a journey to find her sister, Queen Elsa. Can Anna put an end to Elsa's icy spell and save Arendelle?©DisneyFind More

In this throwback episode from the last series, we're talking about channelling Queen Elsa from Frozen and letting sh*t go on. If the metaphorical thorn in your side is holding you back, Sonya and Brendan will tell you how you can pull that sucker out. For those of us feeling a bit stuck at the moment or are in need a little pep talk, this is the episode for you. Keep your eyes glued to @lennoncourtney on all our social media channels so you will be the first to hear when our brand new series launches.

Letting go of the past is something we all have struggle with.  In Kenobi Part 4, this has never been more clear for our hero Obi-Wan.  Faced with the the real and danger of imminent harm to Princess Leia, Obi- Wan must face his past or risk not being able to rescue her.So what how can we move on?  How can we let go?  Is it really possible to face past traumas and move forward with renewed sense of purpose and ability?That's exactly what we dig into in this week's show.To learn more about Growth-U and their FREE Daily Growth program, go to http://pathofthejedi.com/resources and click on GROW 

Another toaster strudel debate?! Plus, the results are in for the most listened-to podcast in the RoR community! :: drum roll :: Steph has a "Dear Gerrit" message to share. Chris has a follow-up on mobile app strategy. The Bike Shed: 328: Terrible Simplicity (https://www.bikeshed.fm/328) When To Fetch: Remixing React Router - Ryan Florence (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95B8mnhzoCM) Virtual Event - Save Time & Money with Discovery Sprints (https://thoughtbot.com/events/save-time-money-with-discovery) Become a Sponsor (https://thoughtbot.com/sponsorship) of The Bike Shed! Transcript: STEPH: thoughtbot's next virtual event "Save Time & Money with Discovery Sprints" is coming up on June 17th, from 2 - 3 PM Eastern. It's a discussion with team members from product management, design and development. From a developer perspective, topics will include how to plan a product's architecture, both the MVP and future version, how to lead a tech spikes into integrations and conduct a build vs buy reviews of third party providers. Head to thoughtbot.com/events to register, the event is June 17th 2 - 3 PM ET. Even if you can't make it, registering will get you on the list for the recording. CHRIS: We're the second-best. We're the second-best. Hello and welcome to another episode of The Bike Shed, a weekly podcast from your friends at thoughtbot about developing great software. I'm Chris Toomey. STEPH: And I'm Steph Viccari. CHRIS: And together, we're here to share a bit of what we've learned along the way. So, Steph, what's new in your world? STEPH: I'm very happy to report that I picked up a treat from the store recently. So while I was in Boston and we were hanging out in person, we talked about Pop-Tarts because that always comes up as a debate, as it should. And then also Toaster Strudels came up, so I now have a package of Toaster Strudels, and those are legit. Pop-Tart or Toaster Strudel, I am team Toaster Strudel, which I know you're going to ask me about icing and if I put it on there, so go ahead. I'm going to pause. [laughs] CHRIS: It sounds like I don't even need to say anything. But yes, inquiring minds want to know. STEPH: I think that's also my very defensive response because yes, I put icing on my Toaster Strudel. CHRIS: How interesting. [laughs] STEPH: But it feels like a whole different class of pastry. So I'm very defensive about my stance on Pop-Tarts with no icing put Strudel with icing. CHRIS: A whole different class of pastry. Got it. Noted. Understood. So did you travel? Like, were these in your luggage that you flew back with? STEPH: [laughs] Oh no. They would be all gooey and melty. No, we bought them when we got back to North Carolina. Oh, that'd be a pro move; just pack little individual Strudels as your airplane snack. Ooh, I might start doing that now. That sounds like a great airplane snack. CHRIS: You got to be careful though if the icing, you know, if it's pressurized from ground level and then you get up there, and it explodes. And you gotta be careful. Or is it the reverse? It's lower pressure up in the plane. So it might explode. STEPH: [laughs] Either way, it might explode. CHRIS: Well, yeah. If you somehow buy a packet of icing that is sky icing that is at that pressure, and you bring it down, then...but if you take it up and down, I think it's fine. If you open it at the top, you might be in danger. If you open icing under the ocean, I think nothing's going to happen. So these are the ranges that we're playing with. STEPH: I will be very careful sky icing and probably pack two so that way I have a backup just in case. So if one explodes, we'll be like, all right, now I know what I'm working with and be more prepared for the next one. CHRIS: That's just smart. STEPH: I try to make smart travel decisions, Toaster Strudels on the go. Aside from travel treats and sky icing, I have some news regarding Planet Argon, who is a Ruby on Rails consultancy regarding their latest published this year's Ruby on Rails community survey results. And so they list a lot of fabulous different topics in there. And one of them includes a learning section that highlights most listened to podcasts in the Ruby on Rails community as well as blogs and some other resources. And Bike Shed is listed as the second most listened to podcast in the Ruby on Rails community, so whoo, golf clap. CHRIS: Fantastic. STEPH: And in addition to that, the thoughtbot blog got a really nice shout-out. So the thoughtbot blog is in the number two spot for the most visited blogs in the community. In the first spot is Ruby Weekly, which is like, you know, okay, that feels fair, that feels good. So it's really exciting for the thoughtbot blog because a lot of people work really hard on curating and creating that content. So that's wonderful that so many people are enjoying it. And then I should also highlight that for the podcast in first place is Remote Ruby, so congrats to Chris, Jason, and Andrew for grabbing that number one spot. And Brittany Martin, host of the Ruby on Rails Podcast, along with Brian Mariani, Jemma Issroff, and Nick Schwaderer, are in the number three spot. And some people say that Ruby is losing steam but look at all that content and all those highly ranked podcasts. I mean, we like Ruby so much we're spending time recording ourselves talking about it. So I say long live Ruby, long live Rails. CHRIS: Yes. Long live Ruby indeed. And yeah, it's definitely an honor to be on the list and to be amongst such other wonderful shows. Certainly big fans of the work of those other podcasts. We even did a joint adventure with them at one point, and that was a really wonderful experience, so yeah, honored to be on the list alongside them. And to have folks out there in the world listening to our tech talk and nonsense always nice to hear. STEPH: Yeah. You and I show up and say lots of silly things and technical things into the podcast. The true heroes are the ones that went and voted. So thank you to everybody who voted. That's greatly appreciated. It's really nice feedback. Because we get listener responses and questions, and those are wonderful because it lets us know that people are listening. But I have to say that having the survey results is also really nice. It lets us know people like the show. Oh, but I did go back and look at some of the previous stats because then I was like, huh, so I'm paying attention. I looked at this year's, and I was like, I wonder what last year's was or the year before that. And I think this survey comes out every two years because I didn't see one for 2021. But I did find the survey results for 2020, which we were in the number one spot for 2020, and Remote Ruby was in the second spot. So I feel like now we've got a really nice, healthy podcasting war situation going on to see who can grab the first spot. We've got two years, everybody, to see who [laughs] grabs the number one spot. That's a lot of prep time for a competition. CHRIS: Yeah, I feel like we should be like, I don't know, planning elaborate pranks on them or something like that now. Is that where this is at? It's something like that, I think. STEPH: I think so. I think this is where you put like sky frosting inside someone's suitcase, and that's the type of prank that you play. [laughs] CHRIS: The best of pranks. STEPH: We'll definitely put together a little task force. And we'll start thinking of pranks that we all need to start playing on each other for the podcasting wars that we're entering for the next few years. But anywho, what's going on in your world? CHRIS: Let's see, what's going on in my world? A fun thing happened recently. I had a chance to reflect back on some architectural choices that we've made in the Sagewell platform. And one of those specific choices is how we've approached building our native mobile apps. We made what some listeners may remember is an interesting set of choices. In particular, in Episode 328, which we'll include a link to in the show notes, I shared with you the approach that we're doing, which is basically like, Inertia is great, web user great. We like the web as a platform. What if we were to wrap it in a native shell and find this interesting and somewhat unique hybrid trade-off point? And so, at that point, we were building it. We had most of it built out, and things were going quite well. I think we maybe had the iOS app in the store and the Android app approaching the store or something like that. At this point, both apps have been released to the store, so they are live. Production users are signing in. It's wonderful. But I had a moment in the past couple of weeks to reassess or look at that set of choices and evaluate it. And thankfully, I'm happy with the choices that we've made. So that's good. But to get into the specifics, there were two things that happened that really, really framed the choice that we made, so one was we introduced a major new feature. We basically overhauled the first-run experience, the onboarding that users experience, and added a new, pretty fundamental facet to the platform. It's a bunch of new screens, and flows, and error states, and all of this complexity. And in the process, we iterated on it a bunch. Like, first, it looked like this, and then we changed the order of the screens and switched out the error messages, and et cetera, et cetera. And I'll be honest, we never even thought about the mobile apps. It just wasn't even a consideration. And interestingly, we did as a final check before going fully live and releasing this out to the full production audience; we did spot check it in the mobile apps, and it didn't work. But it didn't work for a very specific, boring, technical reason that we were able to resolve. It has to do with iframes and WebViews and embedded something, something. And we had to set a flag. Thankfully, it was solvable without a deploy of the native mobile apps. And otherwise, we never thought about the native apps. Specifically, we were able to add this fundamental set of features to our platform. And they just worked in native mobile. And they were the same as they roughly are if you're on a mobile WebView or if you're on a desktop web, you know, slightly different in terms of form factor. But the functionality was all the same. And critically, the error states and the edge cases and the flow, there's so much to think about when you're adding a nontrivial feature to an app. And the fact that we didn't have to consider it really spoke to the choice that we made here. And again, to name it, the choice that we made is we're basically just reusing the same WebViews, the same Rails controllers, and the same what are Svelte components under the hood but the same essentially view layer as well. And we are wrapping that in a native iOS. It's a Swift application shell, and on Android, it's a Kotlin application shell. But under the hood, it's the same web stuff. And that was really great. We just got these new features. And you know what? If we have to rip that whole set of functionality out, again, we won't need to deploy. We won't need to rethink it. Or, if we want to subtly tweak it, we can do that. If we want to think about feature flags or analytics, or error states or error reporting, all of this just naturally falls out of the approach that we took. And that was really wonderful. STEPH: That's super nice. I also love this saga of like, you made a choice, and then you're coming back to revisit and share how it's going. So as someone who's never done this before, in regards of wrapping an application in the manner that you have and then publishing it and distributing it that way, what does that process look like? Is this one of those like you run a command, and literally, it's going to wrap the application and then make it hostable on the different mobile app stores? Or what's that? Am I oversimplifying the process? What does that look like? CHRIS: I think there are a lot of platforms or frameworks I think would probably be the better word like Capacitor is something that comes to mind or Ionic or Expo. There are a handful of them that are a little more fully featured in what they provide. So you just point us at your React Views and whatnot, and we'll wrap that up, and it'll be great. But those are for, I may be overgeneralizing here, but my understanding is those are for more heavy client-side bundles that are talking to a common API. And so you're basically taking your same rich client-side application and bundling that up for reuse on the native app, the native app platforms. And so I think those do have some release to the store sort of thing. In our case, we went a little bit further with that integration wrapper thing that we built. So that is a thing that we maintain. We have a Sagewell iOS repo and a Sagewell Android repo. There's a bunch of Swift and Kotlin code, respectively, in each of them, and we deploy to the stores manually. We're doing that whole process. But critically, the code that is in each of those repositories is just the bridge glue code that says, oh, when this Inertia navigation event happens, I'm going to push a WebView to the navigation stack. And that's what that is. I'm going to render the tab bar of buttons at the bottom with the navigation elements that I get from the server. But it's very much server-driven UI, is the way that I would describe it. And it's wrapping WebViews versus actually having the whole client bundle wrapped up in the thing. It's unfortunately subtle to try and talk through on the radio, but yeah. [laughs] STEPH: You're doing great; this is helping. So if there's a change that you want to make, you go to the Rails application, and you make that change. And then do you need to update anything on that iOS repo? It sounds like you don't, which then you don't have to push a new update to the store. CHRIS: Correct. For the vast majority of things, we do not need to make any changes. It's very rare for us to deploy the iOS or the Android app is a different way to put it or to push new releases to the store. It happens we may want to add a new feature to the sort of bridge layer that we built, but increasingly, those are rare. And now it's basically like, yeah, we're just wrapping those WebViews, and it's going great. And again, to name it, it's a trade-off. It's an intentional trade-off that we've made. We're never going to have the richest, most deep platform integration, smooth experience. We are making a small trade-off on that front. But given where we're at as an organization, given how early we are, how much iteration and change, we chose an architecture that optimizes for that change. And so again, like what you just said, yeah, I can...you know how it's really nice to be able to deploy six times a day on a web app, and that's a very straightforward thing to do? It is not so straightforward in the native mobile world. And so, we now have afforded ourselves the ability to do that. But critically, and this is the fun part in my mind, have the trade-offs in the controls. So if we were just like, it's just a WebView, and that's it, and we put it in the stores, and we're done, that is too far of an extreme in my mind. I think the performance trade-offs, the experience trade-offs, it wouldn't feel like a native app like in a deep way, in a problematic way. And so as an example, we have a navigation bar at the top of our app, particularly on iOS, that is native iOS navigation. And we have a tab bar at the bottom, which is native tab UI element. I forget actually what it's called, but it's those elements. And we hide the web application navigation when we're in the mobile context. So we actually swap those out and say, like, let's actually promote these to formal native functionality. We also, within our UI on the web, have a persistent button in the top right corner of your screen that says, "Need help? Reach out to your retirement advocate." who is the person that you get to work with. You can send questions, et cetera, et cetera. It's this little help sidebar drawer thing that pops out. And we have that as a persistent HTML button in the top corner of the web frame. But when we're on native, we push that up as a distinct element in the native UI section. And then again, the bridge that I'm talking about allows for bi-directional communication between the JavaScript side and the native side or the native side and the JavaScript side. And so it's those sorts of pieces that have now afforded us all of the freedom to tinker, and we don't need to re-release where we're like, oh, we want to add a new weird button that does a thing in the WebView when you click on a button outside the WebView. We now just have that built-in. STEPH: Yeah, I really like the flexibility that you're describing. When you promoted those elements to be more native-friendly so, like the navigation or the footer or the little get help chat, is that something that then your team implemented in like the iOS or the Kotlin repo? Okay, I see you nodding, but other people can't see that, so...[laughs] CHRIS: Yeah. I was going to also say the words, but yes, those are now implemented as native parts. So the thing that we built isn't purely agnostic decoupled. It is Sagewell-specific; a lot of it is low-level. Like, let's say we want to wrap an Inertia app in a native mobile wrapper. Like, 90% of the code in it is that, but then there are little bits that are like, and put a button up there. And that button is the Sagewell button. And so it's not entirely decoupled from us. But it mostly is this agnostic bridge to connect things together. STEPH: Yeah, the way you're describing it sounds really nice in terms of you're able to get out the app quickly and have a mobile app quickly that works on both platforms, and then you're still able to deploy changes without having to push that. That was always my biggest mental, or emotional hurdle with the idea of mobile development was the concept of that you really had to batch everything together and then submit it for review and approval and then get it released. And then you got to hope people then upgrade and get the newest version. And it just felt like such a process, not that I ever did much of it. This was all just even watching like the mobile team and all the work that they had to do. And I had sympathy pains for them. But the fact that this approach allows you to avoid a lot of that but still have some nice, customized, more native elements. Yeah, I'm basically just recapping everything you said because I like all of it. CHRIS: Well, thank you, friend. Like I said, I've really enjoyed it, and similar to you, I'm addicted to the feedback loop of the web. It's beautiful. I can deploy ten times or however many I want. Anytime I want, I can push out a new version. And that ability to iterate, to test, to explore, to tweak, to not have to do as much formal testing upfront because I'm terrified that if a bug sneaks out, then, it'll take me two weeks to address it; it just is so, so freeing. And so to give that up moving into a native context. Perhaps I'm fighting too hard to hold on to my dream of the ability to rapidly iterate. But I really do believe in that and especially for where we're at as an organization right now. But, and a critical but here, again, it's a trade-off like anything else. And recently, I happened to be out about in the town, and I decided, oh, you know what? Let me open up the app. Let me see what it's like. And I wasn't on great internet. And so I open the app, and it loads because, you know, it's a native app, so it pops up. But then the thing that actually happened is a loading spinner in the middle of the screen and sort of a gray nothing for a little while until the server request to fetch the necessary UI elements to render the login screen appeared. And that experience was not great. In particular, that experience is core to the experience of using the app every single time. Every time you use it, you're going to have a bad time because we're re-downloading that UI element. And there's caching, and there's things that could happen there to help with that. But fundamentally, that experience is going to be a pretty common one. It's the first thing that you experience when you're opening the app. And so I noticed that and I chatted with the team, and I was like, hey, I feel like this is actually something that fixing this I think would really fundamentally move us along that spectrum of like, we've definitely made some trade-offs here. But overall, it feels snappy and like a native app. And so, we opted to prioritize work on a native login screen for both platforms. This also allows us to more deeply integrate. So particularly, we're going to get biometric logins like fingerprints or face scans, or whatever it is. But critically, it's that experience of like, I open the Sagewell native app on my iOS phone, and then it loads immediately. And then I show it my face like we do these days, and then it opens up and shows me everything that I want to see inside of it. And it's that first-run experience that feels worth the extra effort and the constraints. Because now that it's native mobile, that means in order to change it, we have to do a deploy, not a deploy, release; that's what they call it in the native world. [laughs] You can tell I'm well-versed in this ecosystem. But yeah, we're now choosing that trade-off. And what I really liked about this sort of set of things like the feature that we were able to just accidentally get for free on native because that's how this thing is built. And then likewise, the choice to opt into a fully native login screen like having that lever, having that control over I'm going to optimize for iteration generally, but where it's important, we want to optimize for performance and experience. And now we have this little slider that we can go back and forth. And frankly, we could choose to screen by screen just slowly replace everything in the app with true native WebViews backed by APIs. And we could Ship of Theseus style replace every element of the app with true native mobile things until none of the old bridge code exists. And our users, in theory, would never know. Having that flexibility is really nice given the trade-off and the choice that we've made. STEPH: You said a word there that I missed. You said ship something style. CHRIS: Ship of Theseus. STEPH: What is that? CHRIS: It's like an old biblical story, I want to say, but it's basically the idea of, like, you have the ship. And then some boards start to rot out, so replace those boards. And then the mast breaks, you replace the mast. And slowly, you've replaced every element on the ship. Is it still the same ship at that point? And so it's sort of a philosophical question. So if we replace every single view in this app with a native view, is it still the same map? Philosophers will philosophize about it forever, but whatever. As long as we get to keep iterating and shipping software, then I'm happy. STEPH: [laughs] Y'all philosophize. That's that word, right? CHRIS: Yeah. STEPH: And do your philosopher thing. We'll just keep building and shipping. CHRIS: I don't know if I pronounced it right. It's like either Theseus or Theseus, and I'm sure I said the wrong one. And now that I've said the other, I'm sure both of them are wrong somehow. It's like a USB where there's up and down, and yet somehow it takes three tries. So anyway, I may have mispronounced it, and I may be misattributing it, but that's the idea I was going for. STEPH: Well, given I wasn't even familiar with the word until just now, I'm going to give both pronunciations a thumbs up. I also really like how you decided that for the login screen, that's the area that you don't want people to wait because I agree if you're opening an application or opening...maybe it's the first time, maybe it's the 100th time. Who knows? But that feels important. Like, that needs to be snappy. I need to know it's responsive. And it builds trust from the minute that I clicked on that application. And if it takes a long time, I just immediately I'm like, what are y'all doing? Are y'all real? Do you know what you're doing over there? So I like how you focused on that experience. But then once I log in, like if something is slow to log me in, I will make up excuses for the application all day where I'm like, well, you know, maybe it's my connection. It's fine. I can wait for the next screen to load. That feels more reasonable. And it doesn't undermine my trust nearly as much as when I first click on the app. So that feels like a really nice trade-off as well, or at least a nice area that you've improved while still having those other trade-offs and benefits that you mentioned. CHRIS: To highlight it, you used a phrase there which I really liked. Like, it's building trust. If something's a little bit off in that first run experience every single time, then it kind of puts a question in the back of your head, maybe not even consciously. But you're just kind of looking at it, and you're like, what are you doing there? What are you up to, friend? Humans say to the apps they use on their phone. That's normal, right? When you talk... But to name it, we've also done a round of performance work throughout the app. And so there are a couple of layers to it. But it was work that we had planned for a while, but we kept deferring. But now that we're seeing more usage of the native apps, the native apps experience the same surface area of performance stuff but all the more so because they may be on degraded network connections, et cetera. And so this is another example where this whole thing kind of pays off. The performance work that we did affects everything. It affects the web. It's the same under the hood. It's let's reduce the network requests that we're making in the payloads that we're sending, particularly the network requests to upstream things, so like the banking partner that we're using and those APIs, like, collating all the data to then render the screen. Because of Inertia, we only have a single sort of back and forth conversation via the API as opposed to I think it's pretty common to have like seven different APIs and four different spinners on the screen. We're not doing that, none of that on my watch. [chuckles] But we minimize the background calls to the other parties that we're integrating with. And then, we reduce the payload of data that we're sending on each request. And each of those were like, we had to think about things and tweak and poke, but again it's uniform. So mobile web has that now, desktop web has that now. Android, iOS, they all just inherited it sort of that just happened one day without a deploy or release, without a release of either of the native mobile apps. We did deploy to the web to make that happen, but that's easy. I can do that a bunch of times a day. One last thing I want to share as we're on this topic of trade-offs and levers, there was a really great conference talk that I watched recently, which was Ryan Florence of remix.run also React Router fame if you're familiar with him from that. But he was talking about the most recent version of Remix, which is their meta framework on top of React. But they've done some really interesting stuff around processing data, fetching data, when and how to sequence that. And again, that thing that I talked about of nine different loading spinners on the screen, Remix is taking a very different approach but is targeting that same thing of like, that's not great for user experience. Cumulative layout shift being the actual number that you can monitor for this. But in that talk, there are features that they've added to Remix as a framework where you can just decide, like, do we wait for this or do we not? Do we make sure we have all of the data, or do we say, you know what? Actually, this is going to be below the fold. So it's okay to defer loading this until after we send down the first payload. And then we'll kick in, and we'll do it from the client-side. But it's this wonderful feature of the framework that they're adding in where there's basically just a keyword that you can add to sort of toggle that behavior. And again, it's this idea of like trade-offs. Are we okay with more layout shift, or are we okay with more waiting? Which is it that we're going to optimize for? And I really love that idea of putting that power very simply in the hands of the developers to make those trade-off decisions and optimize over time for what's important. So we'll share a link to that talk in the show notes as well. But it was very much in the same space of like, how do I have the power to decide and to change my mind over time? That's what I want. But yeah, with that, I think that's enough of me updating on the mobile app. I'll continue to share as new things happen. But again, I'm at this point very happy with where we're at. So yeah, it's been fun. But yeah, what else is up in your world? STEPH: I have a dear Gerrit message that I wrote earlier, so I want to share that with you. Gerrit is the system that we're using for when we push up code changes that then manages very similar in the competitive space of like GitHub and GitLab, and Bitbucket. And so the team that I'm working with we are using Gerrit. And Gerrit and I, you know, we get along for the most part. We've managed to have a working relationship. [chuckles] But this week, I wrote my dear Gerrit letter is that I really miss being able to tell a story with my commit messages. That is the biggest pain that I'm feeling right now. So for anyone that's less familiar or if you already are familiar with Gerrit, each change that Gerrit shows represents a single commit that's under review. And each change is identified by a Change-Id. So the basic concept of Gerrit is that you only have one commit per review. So if you were to translate that to GitHub terminology, every pull request is only going to have one commit, and so you really can't push up multiple. And so, where that has been causing me the most pain is I miss being able to tell a story. So like even simple stories that are like, hey, I removed something that's not used. I love separating that type of stuff into its own commit just so then people can see that as they're going through review. Now, before I merge, I'm likely to squash, and that doesn't feel important that it needs to be its own commit. That's really just for the reviewer so they can follow along for the changes. But the other one, I can slowly get over that one. Because essentially, the way I get around that is then when I do push up my code for review, is I then go through my change request, and then I just add comments. So I will highlight that line and say, "Hey, I'm removing this because it's not in use." And so, I found a workaround for that one. But the one I haven't found a workaround for is that I don't push up my local work very often because I love having lots of local, tiny, green commits so that way I can know the progress that I'm at. I know where I'm headed. Also, I have a safe space to roll back to, but then that means that I may have five or six commits that I have locally, but I haven't pushed up somewhere. And that is bothering me more and more hour by hour the more I think about it that I can't push stuff up because it makes me nervous. Because, I mean, usually, at least by the end of the day, I push everything up, so it's stored somewhere. And I don't have to worry about that work disappearing. Now I am working on a dev machine. So there is that aspect of it's technically...it's not even on my local machine. It is stored somewhere that I should still be able to access. CHRIS: What's a dev machine? The way you're saying it, it sounds like it's a virtual machine, not like a laptop. But what's a dev machine? STEPH: Good question. So the dev machine is a remote server or remote machine that then I am accessing, and then that's where I'm performing. That's where I'm writing all of my work. And then that's also kind of the benefit is everything is not local; it's controlled by the team. So then that also means that other teams, other individuals can help set up these environments for future developers. So then you have that consistency across everyone's working with the same Rails version, or gems, or has access to the same tools. So in that sense, my work isn't just on my laptop because then that would really worry me because then I've got nowhere...it's not backed up anywhere. So at least it is somewhere it's being stored that then could be accessed by someone. So actually, now, as I'm talking this through, that does help alleviate my concern about this a bit. [laughs] But I still miss it; I still miss being able to just push up my work and then have multiple commits. And I looked into it because I was like, well, maybe I'm misunderstanding something about Gerrit, and there's a way around this. And that's still always a chance. But from the research that I've done, it doesn't seem to be. And there are actually two very fiery takes that I saw that I have to share because they made me laugh. When I was Googling, the question of like, "Can I push up multiple commits to one single Gerrit CR? Or is there just a way to, like, can I have this concept of like a branch and then I have many commits, but then I turn it into one CR? Whatever the world would give me. What do they have? [laughs] I'm laughing just looking at this now. One of the responses was, have you tried squashing your commits into one commit? And I was like, [laughs] "Yeah, that's not what I had in mind, but sure." And then the other one, this is the more fiery take. They were very defensive about Gerrit, and they wrote that "People who don't like Gerrit usually just hack shit together. They cut corners and love squashing commits or throwing away history. And those people hate Gerrit. Developers who care love it. It's definitely possible and easy to produce agile software." And I just...that made me laugh. I was like, cool, I'm a developer that cuts corners and loves squashing commits. [laughs] CHRIS: So you don't care is what that take says. STEPH: I'm a developer who does not care. CHRIS: You know, Steph, I've worked with you for a while. And I've been looking for the opportunity to have this hard conversation with you. But I just wish you cared a little more about the software that you're writing, about the people that you're working with, about the commits that you're authoring. I just see it in every facet of your work. You just don't care. To be very clear for anyone listening at home, that is the deepest of sarcasm that I can make. Steph cares so very much. It's one of the things that I really enjoy about you. STEPH: I mean, we had the episode about toxic traits. This would have been the perfect time to confront me about my lack of caring about software and the processes that we have. So winding down on that saga, it seems to be the answer is no, friend; I cannot push up multiple commits. Oh, I tried to hack it. I am someone that tries to hack shit together because I tried to get around it just to see what would happen. [laughs] Because the docs had suggested that each change is identified by a Change-Id. And I was like, hmm, so what if there were two commits that had the same Change-Id, would Gerrit treat those as patch sets? Because right now, when you push up a change, you can see all the different patch sets, so that's nice. So that's a nice feature of Gerrit as you can see the history of, like, someone pushed up this change. They took in some feedback. They pushed up a new change. And so that history is there for each push that someone has provided. And I wondered maybe if they had the same Change-Id that then the patch sets would show the first commit and then the second commit. And so I manually altered the commits two of them to reference the same Change-Id. And I have to say, Gerrit was on to me because they gave me a very nice error message that said, "Same Change-Id and multiple changes. Squash the commits with the same Change-Ids or ensure Change-Ids are unique for each commit. And I thought, dang, Gerrit, you saw me coming. [laughs] So that didn't work either. I'm still in a world of where I now wait. I wait until I'm ready for someone to review stuff, and I have to squash everything, and then I go comment on my CRs to help out reviewers. CHRIS: I really like the emotional backdrop that you provided here where you're spending a minute; you're like, you know what? Maybe it's me. And there's the classic Seymour Skinner principle from The Simpsons. Am I out of touch? No, it's the children who are wrong. [laughs] And I liked that you took us on a whole tour of that. You're like, maybe it's me. I'll maybe read up. Nope, nope. So yeah, that's rough. There's a really interesting thing of tools constraining you. And then sometimes being like, I'm just going to yield control and back away and accept this thing that doesn't feel right to me. Like, Prettier does a bunch of stuff that I really don't like. It shapes code in a way, and I'm just like, no, that's not...nope, you know what? I've chosen to never care about this again. And there's so much utility in that choice. And so I've had that work out really well. Like with Prettier, that's a great example whereby yielding control over to this tool and just saying, you know what? Whatever you produce, that is our format; I don't care. And we're not going to talk about it, and that's that. That's been really useful for myself and for the teams that I'm on to just all kind of adopt that mindset and be like, yeah, no, it may not be what I would choose but whatever. And then we have nice formatted code; it's great. It happens automatically, love it. But then there are those times where I'm like; I tried to do that because I've had success with that mindset of being like, I know my natural thing is to try and micromanage and control every little bit of this code. But remember that time where it worked out really well for me to be like, I don't care, I'm just going to not care about this thing? And I try to not care about some stuff, which it sounds like that's what you're doing right here. [laughs] And you're like, I tried to not care, but I care. I care so much. And now you're in that [chuckles] complicated space. So I feel for you, Steph. I'm sorry you're in that complicated space of caring so much and not being able to turn that off [laughs] nor configure the software to do the thing you want. STEPH: I appreciate it. I should also share that the team that I'm working with they also don't love this. Like, they don't love Gerrit. So when I shared in the Slack channel my dear Gerrit message, they're both like, "Yeah, we feel you. [laughs] Like, we're in the same spot," which was also helpful because I just wanted to validate like, this is the pain I'm feeling. Is someone else doing something clever or different that I just don't know about? And so that was very helpful for them to say, "Nope, we feel you. We're in the same spot. And this is just the state that we're in." I think they have started transitioning some other repos over to GitLab and have several repos in Gitlab, but this one is still currently using Gerrit. So they very much commiserate with some of the things that I'm feeling and understand. And this does feel like one of those areas where I do care deeply. And frankly, this is one of those spaces that I do care about, but it's also like, I can work around it. There are some reasonable things that I can do, and it's fine as we just talked through. Like, the fact that my commits are not just locally on my machine already makes me feel better now that I've really processed that. So there are lower risks. It is more of just like a workflow. It's just, you know, it's crushing my work vibe. CHRIS: Harshing your buzz. STEPH: In the great words of Queen Elsa, I gotta let it go. This is the thing I'm letting go. So that's kind of what's going on in my world. What else is going on in your world? CHRIS: Well, first and foremost, fantastic reference and segue. I really liked that. But yeah, let's see, [laughs] what else is going on in my world? We had an interesting thing happen last week. So we had an outage on the platform last week. And then we had an incident review today, so a formal sort of post-mortem incident review. There are a couple of different names that folks have given to these. But this is a practice that we want to build within our engineering culture is when stuff goes wrong, we want to make sure that we have meaningful conversations around to try to address the root causes. Ideally, blameless is a word that gets used often in this context. And I've heard folks sort of take either side of that. Like, it's critical that it's blameless so that it doesn't feel like it's an attack. But also, like, I don't know, if one person did something, we should say that. So finding that gentle middle ground of having honest, real conversations but in a context of safety. Like, we're all going to make mistakes. We're all going to ship bugs; let's be clear about that. And so it's okay to sort of...anyway, that's about the process. We had an outage. The specific outage was that we have introduced a new process. This is a Sidekiq process to work off a specific queue. So we wanted that to have discrete treatment. That had been running, and then it stopped running; we still don't know why. So we never got to the root-root cause. Well, we know what the mechanism was, which was the dyno count for that process was at zero. And so, eventually, we found a bunch of jobs backed up in the Sidekiq admin. We're like, that's weird. And then, we went over to Heroku's configuration dashboard. And we saw, huh, that's weird. There are zero dynos processing this. That wasn't true yesterday. But unfortunately, Heroku doesn't log or have an audit trail around changes to those process counts. It's just not available. So that's unfortunate. And then the actual question of like, how did this happen? It probably had to be someone on the team. So there is like, someone did a thing. But that is almost immaterial because, again, people are going to do things, bugs will get shipped, et cetera. So the conversation very quickly turned to observability and understanding. I think we've done a pretty good job of instrumenting error reporting and being quite responsive to that, making sure the signal-to-noise ratio is very actionable. So if we see a bug or a Sentry alert come through, we're able to triage that pretty quickly, act on it where it is a real bug, understand where it's a bit of noise in the system, that sort of thing. But in this case, there were no errors. There was no Sentry. There was nothing; there was the absence of something. And so it was this really interesting case of that's where observability, I think, can really come in and help. So the idea of what can we do here? Well, we can monitor the count of jobs backed up in Sidekiq queue. That's one option. We could do some threshold alerting around the throughput of processed events coming from this other backend. There are a bunch of different ways, but it basically pushed us in the direction of doubling down and reinforcing the foundation of our observability within the platform. So we're just kicking that mini-project off now, but it is something we're like, yeah, we feel like we could add some here. In particular, we recently added Datadog to the stack. So we now have Datadog to aggregate our logs and ideally do some metric analysis, those sort of things, build some dashboards, et cetera. I haven't explored Datadog much thus far. But my sense is they've got the whiz-bang things that we need here. But yeah, it was an interesting outage. That wasn't fun. The incident conversation was actually a good conversation as a team. And then the outcome of like, how do we double down on observability? I'm actually quite excited for. STEPH: This is a fun moment for me because I have either joined teams that didn't have Datadog or have any of that sort of observability built into their system or that sort of dashboard that people go to. Or I've joined teams, and they already have it, and then nobody or people rarely look at it. And so I'm always intrigued between like what's that catalyst that then sparked a team to then go ahead and add this? And so I'm excited to hear you're in that moment of like, we need more observability. How do we go about this? And as soon as you said Datadog, I was like, yeah, that sounds nice because then it sounds like a place that you can check on to make sure that everything is still running. But then there's still also that manual process where I'm presuming unless there's something else you have in mind. There's still that manual process of someone has to check the dashboard; someone then has to understand if there's no count, no squiggly lines, that's a bad thing and to raise a concern. So I'm intrigued with my own initial reaction of, like, yeah, that sounds great. But now I'm also thinking about it still adds a lot of...the responsibility is still on a human to think of this thing and to go check it. Versus if there's something that gets sent to someone to alert you and say like, "Hey, this queue hasn't been processed in 48 hours. There may be a concern that actually feels nicer." It feels safer. CHRIS: Oh yeah, definitely. I think observability is this category of tools and workflows and whatnot. But I think what you're describing of proactive alerting that's the ideal. And so it would be wonderful if I never had to look at any of these tools ever. And I just knew if I got, let's say, it's PagerDuty connected up whatever, and I got a push notification from PagerDuty saying, "Hey, go look at this thing." That's all I ever need to think about. It's like, well, I haven't gotten a PagerDuty in a while, so everything must be fine, and having a deep trust in that. Similar to like, if we have a great test suite and it's green, I feel confident deploying the sort of absence of an alert being the thing that I can trust. But right now, we're early enough in this journey that I think what we need to do is stand up a bunch of these different graphs and charts and metric analysis and aggregations and whatnot, and then start to squint at it for a while and be like, which of these would I be really concerned if it started to wibble? And then you can figure the alerting around said wibble rate. And that's the dream. That's where we want to get to, but I think we've got to crawl, walk, run on this. So it'll be an adventure. This is very much the like; we're starting a thing. I'll tell you about it more when we've done it. But what you're describing is exactly what we want to get to. STEPH: I love wibble rate. That's my new measurement I'm going to start using for everything. It's funny, as you're bringing this up, it's making me think about the past week that Joël Quenneville and I have had with our client work. Because a somewhat similar situation came up in regards where something happened, and something was broken. And it seemed it was hard to define exactly what moment caused that to break and what was going on. But it had a big impact on the team because it essentially meant none of the bills were going through. And so that's a big situation when you got 100-plus people that are pushing up code and expecting some of the build processes to run. But it was one of those that the more we dug into it, the more it seemed very rare that it would happen. So, in this case, as a sort of a juxtaposition to your scenario, we actually took the opposite approach of where we're like; this is rare. But we did load up a lot of contexts. Actually, I was thinking back to the advice that you gave me in a previous episode where I was talking about at what point do you dig in versus try to stay at surface level? And this was one of those, like, we've spent a couple of days on getting context for this and understanding. So it felt really important and worthwhile to then invest a little bit more time to then document it. But then we still went with the simplest approach of like, this is weird. It shouldn't happen again. We think we understand it but then let's add a little bit of documentation or wiki page around like, hey, if you do run into this, here are some steps that will fix everything. And then, if you need to use this, let somebody know because this is so odd it shouldn't happen. So we took that approach in this case where we didn't increase the observability. It was more like we provided a fire extinguisher very close to the location in case it happens. And so that way, it's there should the need arise, but we're hoping it just never gets used. We're also in the process of changing how a lot of that logic works. So we didn't really want to optimize for observability into a system that is actively being changed because it should look very different in upcoming months. But overall, I love the conversations that you bring about observability, and I'm excited to hear about what wibble rates you decide to add to your Datadog dashboard. CHRIS: There's a delicate art and science to the selection of the wibble rates. So I will certainly report back as we get into that work. But with that, shall we wrap up? STEPH: Let's wrap up. CHRIS: The show notes for this episode can be found at bikeshed.fm. STEPH: This show is produced and edited by Mandy Moore. 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In our 128th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with Gemma Gillard. Jayde met Gemma at an event a few weeks ago where she learnt about her incredible story. This is such an important conversation and there are so many layers to it - whether you're questioning your sexuality, going through a separation, or in a post partum funk, this episode is for you! Gemma talks about growing up with a father who was not openly gay Gemma talks about her experience having sex in a heterosexual relationship Gemma talks about the initial conversation she had with her then male partner about being gay and his responses Gemma talks about hitting rock bottom - giving up her mortgage and all per possessions and moving into her mum's spare room with her kids Does Gemma have sole custody of the kids? Gemma talks about struggling to find a house as a single mum after moving out of her mum's spare room Gemma talks about coming out to her parents How can we raise our kids to not just see heterosexuality as the default? For listeners who may be in similar situations as your, what were the feelings throughout your life that really made you feel that you were gay? Gemma talks about thinking she was a bisexual asexual for a part of her life When Gemma started having sex with women, was that intimidating? Like how do you know where to begin? For whatever reason, if any of our listeners are in relationships that aren't right and separation is on the cards, what tips does Gemma have for them Goes Gemma think she'll have any more kids in the future?   Beyond the Bump is a podcast brought to you by Jayde Couldwell and Sophie Pearce! A podcast targeted at mums, just like you! A place to have real conversations with honest and authentic people.   Follow us on Instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.    This episode of Beyond the Bump is brought to you by ergoPouch We are both huge fans of today's sponsor, ergoPouch!  That we are! We have both been using their products for years now. If you haven't heard of ErgoPouch they are an Australian brand of sleepwear that can take you from newborn days right through to school age.  Yes, their suits were an absolute game changer overnight when the girls were newborns just being able to zip them up rather than trying to muster a sleep deprived swaddle  Yes, and just as much when they're toddlers or older, when they're out of the traditional sleep suits but not old enough to keep a god damn blanket on at night, we love their sleep onesies (the ones with the legs) because it keeps them warm but still allows them to walk around.  Let's talk about their newest collection with Disney! Yep, they have just launched their AW22 Disney Collection with three new prints inspired by the Frozen, Cars and Lion King movies.  They have ABSOLUTELY nailed the aesthetically pleasing Disney print. Its soooo hard to find prints that you're kids getting excited about but isn't an eyesore and they have done it perfectly using their signature tonal and minimalist style.  Yumi has been loving the Lion King print  Yeah, and both my girls have been almost excited for bed thanks to their frozen sleep onesies with Queen Elsa! Poppy was actually out of sleep suits completely but she has enthusiastically jumped back into hers now which is perfect about to lead into winter!   As long as she's also jumping into bed, thats the main thing! If you want to check out ErgoPouch's new range with Disney, head to ergopouch.com.au Every adventure begins with a dream. And every dream begins with a good sleep. Sleep, Dream and Grow with the Disney x ergoPouch AW22 collection.

We're talking about channeling Queen Elsa from Frozen and letting sh*t go on this week's Lennon Courtney Podcast. If the metaphorical thorn in your side is holding you back, Sonya and Brendan will tell you how you can pull that sucker out. For those of us feeling a bit stuck at the moment or are in need a little pep talk, this is the episode for you. By the way, any books etc mentioned in this week's show can be found in our newsletter. If you follow Lennon Courtney on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, you'll find the link to sign up.

I had wayyyy too much fun doing this. In this episode, I break down FROZEN and analyze the human design chart and lyrics of four of the Frozen soundtrack songs and the chart of the Elsa character. It was mind-blowing fun for me, and I'm either totally crazy or I'm on to something. So let me know what you think. Download your Human Design chart https://view.flodesk.com/pages/607f27acb94c38ac8efae6d9 (HERE) https://www.facebook.com/groups/373571423937462 (Join My Facebook Group) https://www.instagram.com/brittiak (Follow Me on Instagram) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEHTs3VesWPleWhEJ4QEMbw (Check out my YouTube)

This week’s guest is the actress Georgina Haig. Selected credits from Georgina’s fabulous career include the first season of Underbelly, Queen Elsa in Once Upon a Time, The Crossing and Snowpiercer.And now she’s back in Australia playing Rachel Rafter in Packed to the Rafters for Amazon Prime.In our chat we get into the weeds of what it’s like to be a working actor and to have a father who wrote the Australian classic BMX Bandits.I’ve known Georgina, her husband, Josh, and daughter, Greta for quite some time and we talk about all of them here.As usual I started our conversation by asking George when she was most happy. Back To The Rafters is available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. SocialsTwitter - Adam ZwarFacebook - Adam Zwar 10 Questions with Adam Zwar is produced in part by Nearly MeMore about Out of the Question: https://www.nearly.com.au/out-of-the-question-with-adam-zwar/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adamzwar.substack.com

Are you holding onto something that is causing you stress? Things happen in life that are out of our control, but as Queen Elsa says, “LET IT GO!”. In this episode,  Jon and Alex talk about the importance of letting go of feelings, relationships, and stressors that have been holding you back. Visit our website … Continue reading The Importance Of Letting Go →

Scott Stuart is an Aussie dad and best-selling children's book author who is committed to creating content that empowers young kids. In fact, his messages about self-acceptance have been seen over 100 million times on social media.Yep, that was 100 million times.You see, before Scott rocketed to fame on Instagram and Tik Tok, he was like a lot of parents, just learning how to be the best dad he can be. When his young son fell in love with Queen Elsa from Frozen and was nervous to wear an Elsa dress alone to see Frozen 2 at the cinema, Scott embraced any discomfort and wore one right alongside him.               A video of them in their Elsa costumes together quickly went viral online and these days, Scott channels his writing, illustrating and social presence around creating inclusive content for young kids and parents.He gets really honest about his own journey and experiences and talks to us about his best-selling children's books. Plus shares some great tips along the way.Guest: @scottcreatesHost: @alexisteasdale Books by Scott:larrikinhouse.com/product/my-shadow-is-pink-hardcoverwww.bigw.com.au/product/the-very-first-you-by-stuart-scott/p/168187/

❄️How does my vocation journey lead to my sainthood? Relive the two Frozen films as Queen Elsa unravels the mystery of who she is, and how she is being called. Baptise your favourite songs 'Let it Go', 'Into the Unknown' and 'Show Yourself' through God's call in your own life! ❄️Excerpt from episode: "...she then slams the palace door shut. Now, at this point, I must apologize if I'm about to break a few hearts a little … because I'm going to suggest that while the song ‘Let it Go' has some positive elements to it, it is actually quite a sad song. This is because it actually traps Queen Elsa in an unhealthy relationship with her gifts … and locks her into an inverted understanding of her vocation. But before you all write in and complain I've trashed your childhood let's first look at those positive dimensions of the song first. If Elsa's magical abilities could be likened to the unique gifts and talents God gives us, then it should be celebrated when she finally has an avenue to use them. For it would be tragic if fear prevented us from using our spiritual gifts – or charisms – that God has given us..." Show Yourself song from Frozen II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrZxwPwmgrwSoundtracks used in this episodeShow Yourself (Composed by and Kristen and Robert Lopez, from Frozen OST)All is Found - cover by 캣올린CatOlin (From Frozen II OST)Do you want to build a snowman - cover by Disney Peaceful Piano (From Frozen OST)Let it Go (slow version) - cover by Stellatsu (From Frozen OST)Into the Unknown - cover by Sam Yung (From Frozen II OST)Show Yourself - cover by Sam Yung (From Frozen II OST)

Welcome to another episode of the BodPod! Today, we are excited to be chatting with Scott Stuart, a best-selling children's book author from Melbourne, Australia. Scott is on a mission to create content that empowers young kids to be their unique selves and encourage parents to accept their children. His books have appeared on many best-seller lists and have garnered numerous nominations including Children's Book of the Year and Picture Book of the Year for My Shadow is Pink. After a video of Scott and his son Collin both dressed as Queen Elsa from the Frozen films went viral, he began posting about Collin's adventures with fashion and about breaking down the stigmas with parenting, gender, and much more. In this episode, Scott will discuss his new book called The Very First You and the importance of representation in children's books. He will also talk about the way in which his son inspired the diversity in his books, helped him realize his own biases, and how dressing up as Queen Elsa together turned into one of the most beautiful experiences. Last but not least, Scott will open up about how uncomfortable he was with his body while growing up, how that changed when he became a parent, and the advice he offers his son about remaining true to himself. Keep listening to hear how Scott is inspiring others to work through their own discomfort and challenge their own biases.Instagram: @scottcreatesTikTok: @scott.creates Website: https://scottstuart.co/

Colours and clothes are for everyone. Scott Stuart is a best selling Children's book author, but he is firstly Dad to 8yr old Colin. An 8yr old who loves Queen Elsa, to paint his nails and to twirl in a dress. He reminds me a lot of my son who, for as long as I can remember, loves things that society yells are not for boys; pink, princess costumes, flamingos, things society tells us boys aren't allowed to enjoy.Scott is paving the way for change. He is a leading voice on fully accepting and empowering our children, exactly as they are.This episode talks on redefining masculinity, discussing what it means to be a man and crushing gender stereotypes.His book ‘My Shadow is Pink' created the most touching moment for me this week, and I shared this with Scott today.I learnt so much, and I know you will all take something from this ep.Find Scott:IG: @scottcreatesTiktok: @Scott.createsWebsite: https://links.scottstuart.coThis episode is proudly brought to you by the Ouchie Pouchie, the feel good cold pack. Use code TCP10 at www.mamafox.com.au.Follow Sarah:IG: @sarahkearnsofficialFB: www.facebook.com/mrsdadmumI would love to continue the conversation with you over on Instagram @theconsciousprojectpodcastIf you enjoyed this episode, please hit subscribe and share on your socials! (Don't forget to tag me so I can see!)The Conscious Project is produced by Joanne Helder.We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, the Darkinjung People, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

On this week’s episode of Till Death Do Us Pod we are chatting to Scott Stuart, Scott is a best-selling children’s book author who is committed to creating content that empowers young kids. I first came across Scott on Instagram where he had posted a video of him and his son dressed as Queen Elsa, off to the Frozen 2 Premiere. I found his content around gender stereotypes and toxic masculinity really intriguing and knew that Mike and I had to get him onto the show to find out more. Scott recently released his 4th book, My Shadow is Pink, it is such a beautifully written book and our girls have really enjoyed it. We also played a game of 2 Truths & a Lie which is always hilarious. 

On this fantastic #FriYAY, we have a quote coming at you from the Disney movie, Frozen. And in the movie, Queen Elsa sings, "I don't care what they're going to say. Let the storm rage on. The cold never bothered me anyway." In this episode, we are talking about why the cold DOES bother us, as well as why we CAN'T "Let It Go," even though that's the way the song goes! ;) Tune in to learn a few tools to empowering your inner storm with us today!

Learn to identify your Level of Fatigue using examples from Queen Elsa in Frozen. The 5 Levels of Fatigue is a system for caffeine lovers who struggle with stress and sleep-deprivation. This system covers caffeine, safety, and mental health. Every Level of Fatigue requires a different strategy. Watch the YouTube version of this demo at https://YouTube.com/c/GreenEyedGuide. Get your copy of the Energy Drink Report Card at https://greeneyedguide.com/freebies --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caffeine-midnight/support

Wes opens episode 3 with a compelling question: If you were given an opportunity to allow yourself to live longer at the expense of sacrificing your organic bodily parts, would you do it? The boys then expand on their respective arguments. Random Fandom is GONE…but not forgotten. The boys introduce a new segment, the Weekly Writing Prompt, where they find a writing prompt on Reddit and spiral into where they think it'll go. This week's prompt comes from Reddit user BLT_With_Ranch: It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE WALRUS". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful walrus. Look. What transpires is a truly marvelous…ly stupid devolution into the relevance of Rhys' phallic size, and his subsequent rise to power as Kid (d)ic(k)arus. Sincerely, we know, it's the dumbest idea we've ever had. Taha finds a lovely Spider-Man story entitled Quite a Bargain by author WilliamRiverdale. Differing from most other Spider-Man stories in its tone, this fanfiction takes a deeper look into the sharp rapport between Peter Parker and J. Jonah Jameson, ending with a heartwarming glimpse into Jonah's humanity. Hunter follows up with a story that properly merges the already adjacent worlds of Disney's Frozen and Brave: Braving the Frozen Heart by Clytemnestra13, which details Merida and her family attending the coronation of Queen Elsa in the first Frozen movie.

Esta semana Paty se vio Frozen 2! Así que hablamos de teorías y comparamos la primera película con la segunda. También hablamos sobre la maravilla de Love Story regrabada y les informamos de el break que tendremos. Instagram/Twitter: Betweenamigaspod Gmail: betweenamigaspodcast@gmail.com Música: Old Bossa by Twin Musicom (http://twinmusicom.org/) está sujeto a una licencia de Creative Commons Attribution (http://creative commons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Tiana Okoye made her broadway debut in the ensemble of The Cher Show on broadway, alongside several podcast guests from season 1 like Micaela Diamond, Teal Wicks, and Dee Roscioli. Along with Tony Award winning superstar and one of my personal dream interviewees, Stephanie J Block. Okoye and I reminisce about the magic that The Cher Show brought to so many people including myself as well as some of her favorite memories. In addition to working on The Cher Show, Tiana also played Queen Elsa in the Frozen Musical at Disney's California Adventure at the Hyperion Theatre. Chatting with Tiana was a true pleasure. Enjoy the episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jayme-starr/support

27th Annual Ritzy's Fantasy of Lights - Open 5-9 Sunday through Thursday and 5-10 Fridays and Saturdays. Drive through Garvin Park to view over 60 light displays. Tickets are available in advance, or pay cash at the gate to help raise therapy funds for the Easterseals Rehabilitation Center. https://bit.ly/FantasyOfLightsEville Santa's Mailbox sponsored by Edward Jones - Financial Advisor: Jim Back - Children can place their letters to be hand delivered to Santa and his elves! Santa will send a response, so be sure to include a return address and put in the mailbox by December 15. https://bit.ly/SantasMailbox2020 Chandelier Tree - On November 11th at 4:45, a chandelier tree will be lit up for the first time in Downtown Evansville! You can join in the action via a Facebook Live event, and watch the tree come alive when the switch is flipped. https://bit.ly/CTree2020 Curbside Santa - Starting at 5 pm on December 11, Drive down Main St Evansville and check out the familiar holiday favorites like the 12' tall nutcrackers, the Wall of Lights, and more! This year, there will even be a special appearance by Queen Elsa! End your tour with a curbside visit with Santa in front of the Ford Center where you can stay in your car and receive a Holiday Craft! https://bit.ly/CurbsideSanta2020 Music: It Just Makes Me Happy by Dj Quads Follow me online here:https://linktr.ee/theaaronadvantage

Today we’re going to be talking about Queen Elsa of Arandelle from Frozen and why I love her so much. We talk about self confidence, exploration, love, unlearning shame for learning to trust one’s self, mental health, following curiosity and much more.

Former member of Team USA, international medalist and Queen Elsa from Disney On Ice, Alexe Gilles discusses the lessons she learned from her competitive years that still serve her today and helped her greatly to cope and thrive during the pandemic.

This week, Dee & Tee talk success! What is means, what it can look like and how to get there!Tee is abused my Queen Elsa of Arendelle and plans on suing Disney. 

Colin has loved Elsa from Frozen since he was 3 years old. So when Frozen II came out you can imagine how pumped he was to go to the theatre. A true Frozen fan, he wanted to dress the part and wear his Queen Elsa dress, but he began to worry about what the other kids would say. This is where his Dad came in, and this is why Scott’s been featured on Mom School's special Father's Day episode. Scott went online and ordered the largest Elsa dress he could find, and off they went to the cinema together. The video of the two of them has since gone viral, but this conversation is so much more than a sweet social media post. I believe that one of the most crucial responsibilities we have as parents is to embrace and protect our children's authentic self. Scott and I talk about the nonsense of gender stereotypes. We talk about how to handle critical and judgmental family members who are acting out of their own fear and cultural conditioning. If you are one of those fearful family members - We talk about WHY these things make people uncomfortable, what that says about you and the need to reframe your perspective. And, maybe most importantly, Scott mentions the dangers of repressing your child's true self, and the joy and power that come from embracing your baby just as they are. For a father to challenge his own fear, go against his deep rooted conditioning and confront his own uncomfortability (and his own mother!) in order to protect his son is the epitome of an excellent parent. I am so proud of this conversation and I hope you guys enjoy it.

Welcome to episode 273 of DREAM THINK DO. We're doing an experiment over these next few weeks. 3 episodes on the important topic of having HARD conversations.   Actually, I want to reframe that as how to have RICH conversations.  Because… they really can be both right? Hard conversations usually involve a difficult subject but with the right prep… they can be incredibly RICH conversations too.  Right?  Oh… and each episode will be about 15 minutes long.  YOW… you know me so this is a stretch!  But it's going to be gooooood.  So let's get to it!   Listen To The Podcast:     RESOURCES: Episode 002: Punch Worry in the Face: mitchmatthews.com/punch-worry-in-the-face Episode 246: 2 Minutes to Confidence: mitchmatthews.com/246 3 Buckets Infographic:  Learn more here All right… I'm excited about this. Experiments are always fun.  And I'm feeling stretched to keep this shorter.  A little uncomfortable… and that's good… right? This is going to be PART 1 in a series called a “Masterclass in Hard Conversations.” NOTE: This series is not geared towards ONLINE conversations.  Nope.   This is for REAL conversations.    Do you remember REAL conversations?   Face to face.  Eye-ballers.  Real deal conversations.   In our current situation of COVID-19, etc… this may look a little different but what we're going to be talking about is one-on-one conversations.  We might be talking about using something like Zoom or the phone… but it's all about talking to someone that's important to you. They're important to you… because they're: Family member Friend Co-worker Boss Someone you're wanting to get to know better Now… something about them may ping the shiznitz out of you… but you still need or want to have a conversation.  And yes, some of those might be “hard” conversations.  So, let's get you ready!   QUOTES FROM THE SHOW: “You have power over your mind - not outside events.  Realize this and you will find strength.” Marcus Aurelius “LET IT GO.  LET IT GO.” Queen Elsa  “We are not all in the same boat, but we are in the same storm.” Origin of the quote   MINUTE BY MINUTE: 0:02 What to expect the next three episodes 2:11 Now is the time to have a rich conversation 5:03 The three-bucket questions 6:57 Create an environment for ‘us' 8:32 How fight or flight plays into conversations 10:53  Give yourself a minute 14:00 Mitch asks in a difficult conversation 14:41 Remain respectful   WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! So… one of the things I needed to be reminded of this week has been the importance of “Just giving yourself a minute.”  It's a concept I'm REALLY familiar with when it comes to my “typical” workday.  And/or when I'm preparing to take the stage in front of an audience.  But amid all of the wildness that is 2020, I've realized that it's so important to just stop once and a while and take a breath.  To rest.  To be present.  That's critical.  So I appreciated that prompt to just stop, to pause, and to breathe.   How about you?  What's something that stood out to you?   What's something YOU are going to try this week? Also, I want to hear from YOU on your favorite strategies for navigating hard conversations.  Comment and let me know.  And hey, if I use your concept I'll give you a shout out in the episode too!  Cool?  Cool. Leave a comment and let me know!  I can't wait to hear from YOU!

In this episode of Take A Bow Sydney and Eli address the current news involving the black lives matter movement. The hosts then introduce Ciara Renèe and talk to her about how she’s been able to conquer the stage, tv, dance, modeling, and more. Ciara provides listeners with great stories and information that others can learn about and connect to. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Outlander Cast hosts Mary & Blake discuss everything YOU had to say in the Listener Feedback for the Outlander season 5 finale, episode 5.12, "Never My Love". In this episode we chat the symbolism of Claire's dissociative state, why Marsali is the MVP, and why you NEVER get in between Blake and Queen Elsa... GET A BONUS EPISODE EACH WEEK + COMMUNITY ACCESS - JOIN THE OUTLANDER CAST CLAN Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Play Music | Stitcher | YouTube | Spotify Download: .mp3 Social: Like Us On Facebook | Join The Clan | Follow Us On Twitter | Follow Us On Instagram | Follow All Our Podcast Episodes Sign up HERE for Blake's Book Club -  DRAGONFLY IN AMBER   Click HERE for Keep Calm And Crown On: The Crown Podcast   Be sure to follow all of our other podcasts at MaryandBlake.com including: This Is Us Too: A This Is Us Podcast Minute With Mary: A Younique Network Marketing Podcast Keep Calm And Crown On: The Crown Podcast Rise Up!: A Hamilton Podcast The Leftovers Podcast: The Living Reminders The North Remembers: A Game Of Thrones Podcast Wicked Rhody: A Podcast About Rhode Island Events and Life You’ve Been Gilmored: A Gilmore Girls Podcast ParentCast: A Podcast For New Parents Check out all of our blogs at MaryandBlake.com including: Mary & Blake's Blog The Handmaid's Diaries Minute With Mary Outlander Cast Blog A huge thank you to all of our patrons for helping to make this Outlander Cast Listener Feedback episode possible. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Anne Gavin, Bobbi Franchella, De Leach, Eliza, Jenn Sherman, Joanne Felci, Katy Valentine, Kirstie Wilson, Martha, Nadra Assaf, Peg Cumbie,  Sara Zaknoen, Siobhan O'Connor CO - PRODUCERS Amanda Draper, Anne-Leigh Dawson, Barbara Falk, Dana Mott-Bronson, Janet, Jennifer Dominick, Keelin Dawe, Meredith Bustillo, Raynel Spiers,  Sharon Stevenson-Kelley, Tina Schneider, Whitney Robins ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS Angie Leith, Brenda Lowrie Candy Hartsock, Carolyn Needham, Celine Moore, Christine Mileker, Dawn Kuenne, Dianna Anderson, Dianne Karpowicz, Jeffrey Zellan, Jennifer Wilson- Veil, Karen Snelling, Lindsey Loflin, Marilyn L. Neenan, Maureen Criasia, Patricia Barron Tardio, Rita Ada, Stephanie Holm, Valerie Babecki If you would like to join these patrons, CLICK HERE

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In today's episode we dive "Into the Unknown" with Queen Elsa as we learn more about the Acts of the Apostles. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cttt/message

In the words of our icy icon, Queen Elsa, “throw yourself into something new!” We love a beginning. In this first episode, we describe how we got here, what The Fifth Element is all about, and our incredible logo made by long-distance podcasting wizard, Mike Craig. References: The Baltimore Improv Group, @bigimprov Frozen II, available on Disney+ The Funnie Papers Podcast, @thefunniepapers Connect with us! Instagram: @thefifthelementpod Email: thefifthelementpod@gmail.com Music: idling around by Diamond Ace | https://soundcloud.com/diamond-ace-music Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com

Discover your inner Snow Queen with this temperature sensing pendant. Invoke the elements of snow, air, and fire using your breath or body heat (or your Ice Queen Superpowers). The pendant will display a snowflake, a spinning leaf, or a lovely purple flame animation depending on the warmth of the air. Inspired by the elemental spirits in Disney's Frozen II movie, this pendant will be sure to inspire and excite any Queen Elsa fans, and add an element of magic to your cosplay or halloween costume. This project uses Adafruit's TFT Gizmo, a Circuit Playground Bluefruit, and a 3d printed case. There's no soldering or coding involved -- just a few screws to tighten, and a couple files to upload -- so it's a wonderful beginner project if you're just starting out in the world of electronic cosplay, or if you have a young helper who's getting interested in making stuff. Full tutorial: https://learn.adafruit.com/frozen-gizmo-pendant-with-temperature-sensing Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ ----------------------------------------- Music by Darrell St. Blaine

Don your favorite pajamas…you know the ones from 3 Christmases ago that Grandma Gertie gave you.And join us for our first EVER Sleepover Series podcast!In the Empowered Princess Sleepover Series, we pair a specially chosen wine with an animated princess film and provide frolicsome commentary. Yes, frolicsome. In this episode, we watch the modern princess phenomenon, Frozen, paired with a tropical Sauvignon Blanc from Malborough, New Zealand.From here...called Nobilo and a 2018 vintage.             Buy this crisp beauty near you, chill it rrrriiight down, and pop in Frozen and hang out with us as we watch this kinda not actually Norse, wintery classic.Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc 2018 - Where can I buy it near me?We cover everything from horse eyebrows to sister summits to fan-princessing over Idina Menzel’s vocal stylings. YAS, Queen (Elsa)!IF you want to watch the FULL MOVIE right along with us...listen to THIS version ----> Full Version of The Sleepover Series: Frozen and Nobilo Sauvignon Blanc. The published podcast version is abridged to cut out the white space. If you missed out on our intro podcast, don’t fear! You can listen to it here: We Can’t Step in the Same River TwiceWe invite you to take a seat on our couch as we openly and hilariously slay our self-doubt dragons, own our stories, and rule our kingdoms.Hit that "subscribe" button if you love all things story, metaphor, girl empowerment, and want to live the Empowered Princess life.Start a conversation with us on Instagram! @empoweredprincess.coSubscribe to our newsletter to keep up to date with launch news, deals, and all things Empowered Princess: https://empoweredprincess.com/(*We mention Jaclyn Rymer’s magic princess hair styling for events and weddings in the podcast…she wasn’t the official hairstylist for Elsa and Anna, but she could’ve been. Find her on the Insta at @rymerhairandmakeup) 

Galentine day and Valentine, palentine. Queen Elsa.. has a girlfriend....Yes i went here don't like don't listen to anything labeled elsa. I have a disclaimer in the frist bit of this podcast. Just wanted to say this episode may be slighty controversial. links are below. https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/02/each-day-is-galentines-day/516408/ https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/11/22/20975178/frozen-2-elsa-girlfriend-lesbian-queer-review --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rai-corner/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rai-corner/support

As she comes to the end of her 2 year reign, Queen Elsa herself, Caissie Levy, joins us to talk about what it has meant to play one of the most iconic Disney princesses while being a mother. We talk everything from her journey as the mama of a preemie, to managing a toddler meltdown via facetime while simultaneously changing into “THE dress” and preparing to sing “Let it Go”, to knowing what to ask for when you are offered a job, and, most importantly, not being afraid to proudly wear your mom crown. Find more info about the podcast via BroadwayPodcastNetwork.com/mamas.  Produced by Dori Berinstein and Alan Seales. Edited by Derek Gunther.

This week on The Richard Crouse Show: Indie superstars Tegan and Sara. They stop by the “Pop Life” bar to discuss their new memoir “High School.” They talk about how music became the perfect fit for them. They tell stories about writing their first song, ‘Tegan Didn't Go to School Today,” the important people in their lives and how music became a replacement for drugs and alcohol. The cast of “Frozen 2,” Josh Gad who plays the snowman, and Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel, as sisters Princess Anna of Arendelle and Queen Elsa of Arendelle. They talk about keeping the plot secret during the three year production and why the original film resonated with audiences. Shania Twain, “Queen of Country Pop,” opens up about going back to Las Vegas and her crippling battle with stage fright. Then an in-depth interview with John Lennon's personal photographer Bob Gruen. The legendary photographer opens up about taking famous pictures of every rock ‘n roll star from David Bowie and Led Zeppelin to The Clash and The Sex Pistols.

This week on The Richard Crouse Show: Indie superstars Tegan and Sara. They stop by the “Pop Life” bar to discuss their new memoir “High School.” They talk about how music became the perfect fit for them. They tell stories about writing their first song, ‘Tegan Didn’t Go to School Today,” the important people in their lives and how music became a replacement for drugs and alcohol. The cast of “Frozen 2,” Josh Gad who plays the snowman, and Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel, as sisters Princess Anna of Arendelle and Queen Elsa of Arendelle. They talk about keeping the plot secret during the three year production and why the original film resonated with audiences. Shania Twain, “Queen of Country Pop,” opens up about going back to Las Vegas and her crippling battle with stage fright. Then an in-depth interview with John Lennon’s personal photographer Bob Gruen. The legendary photographer opens up about taking famous pictures of every rock ‘n roll star from David Bowie and Led Zeppelin to The Clash and The Sex Pistols.

With the holidays here we do a Christmas themed one shot. Adventuring through the snow and Ice to save Santa from the evil ice Queen Elsa. Our ragged band of conveniently placed adventurers volunteer to take on the dangers of saving Christmas!

The newest Disney animated film has arrived. Harkened as a queer icon, Queen Elsa has a lot of pressure on her shoulders. She and her friends tell a story of love and mental health. But did the Closet Ball members find it nICE? Or did it leave them cold? Let's find out? Next events: January 18th, March 21st, April 16th, May 9th.

This week, Justin and Doug talk about the state of commercials, finding ways to look at adult content as teenagers, and the bonkers things we did as kids that made no sense to the adults that witnessed their actions. The dorks then talk about the new trailer for Ghostbuster: Afterlife before Doug gives his hot takes on Frozen 2 and the three-and-a-half-hour epic The Irishman. Things are wrapped up throw-down featuring Queen Elsa vs. Sub-Zero. Check out our YouTube channel for podcast episodes, Doug Watches Awkward Videos, and Justin Plays Video games. Be sure to like and subscribe! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, like us on Facebook, and subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, and Spotify so you don't miss anything! You can also watch the episodes get recorded and interact with Justin and Doug live on Twitch!

Hey, folks! It's time for a brand-new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema, and even though Scott and Josh are getting close to the end of the podcast's run, they've still got some big titles to talk about. On this episode -- our first of December, and fourth-to-last overall -- Scott and Josh are talking about what's surely going to be the biggest animated film of the year, Frozen II. They're joined by return guest Kristy Puchko of Pajiba to talk about the massive hit in which we learn even more...kind of...about Queen Elsa of Arendelle. Is this film a solid follow-up to the 2013 phenom? Does the mythology make sense? And does this film do right by fans who see Elsa as a queer-coded character? We've got a lot to talk about this week, so get to listening right now!

It's time to riff on everyone's favorite first family, in this week's look at Astro City: Family Album. Plus, the MMPR and the TMNTs meet, James Bond has a new adventure, Robotech Remix returns, and Listen to the Major Spoilers Podcast on Stitcher Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS https://youtu.be/Pdgk3ERKdug REVIEWS STEPHEN POWER RANGERS TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1 Writer: Ryan Parrott Artist: Simone di Meo Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: December 4, 2019 THE MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS AND THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME! The Power Rangers arrive in New York City to find Tommy Oliver – AKA The Mighty Morphin Green Ranger – but soon discover he's joined forces with the villainous Shredder and the Foot Clan! As the Rangers are sent reeling by this betrayal, they're confronted by another (fr)enemy – the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Can these heroes find a way to work together to defeat the bad guys and save the world from total destruction?! Written by Ryan Parrott (Power Rangers: Necessary Evil) and illustrated by Simone di Meo (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Venom Annual), the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers fight – and maybe team up with – the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the first time in this oversized issue includes 30 pages of story content! [rating:4.5/5] MATTHEW JAMES BOND #1 Writer: Vita Ayala, Danny Lore Artist: Eric Gapstur Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: December 4, 2019 When a priceless piece of art is found to be fake, investigations lead down a rabbit hole of international crime and corruption. But what the hell does James Bond know about the world of art forgery? [rating:3/5] RODRIGO ROBOTECH REMIX #3 Writer: Brenden Fletcher Artist: Elmer Damaso Publisher: Titan Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: Dec 11, 2019 A strange new mech and its mysterious pilot have left their mark on Dana Sterling - faced with ghosts of a future yet to come, can a girl out of time save the SDF-1? Brenden Fletcher (Motorcrush, Isola) and artist Elmer Damaso (Robotech/Voltron, Speed Racer) continue the first story of Robotech Remix! [rating: 4/5] ASHLEY ART OF FROZEN 2 HC Publisher: Titan Publishing Cover Price: $19.99 Release Date: 12/18 An in-depth hardcover companion to Disney's most highly anticipated sequel ever: Frozen 2! Queen Elsa and her sister Anna embark on a new journey beyond the borders of Arendelle, along with Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven! Go behind-the-scenes with concept art, interviews with cast and crew, and amazing imagery! Frozen 2 hits theatres November 22, 2019! [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION ASTRO CITY: FAMILY ALBUM Writer: Kurt Busiek Artist: Brent Anderson Publisher: DC Comics Snapshots. They let us capture moments of truth, fragments of time -- and that's as true in Astro City, a city of heroes, villains, monsters and more, as it is anywhere. You're invited, in the Family Album, to share some of the city's greatest memories -- from the wonder and terror experienced by a family new in town, to a world-famous superhero's first day at school, a crimefighter and his wife facing momentous decisions about the future, and more. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

In light of the sequel coming out, Sam and Cam discuss the queerbaiting of Queen Elsa in Disney's Frozen.

It's time to riff on everyone's favorite first family, in this week's look at Astro City: Family Album. Plus, the MMPR and the TMNTs meet, James Bond has a new adventure, Robotech Remix returns, and Listen to the Major Spoilers Podcast on Stitcher Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at http://patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure the Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Join our Discord server and chat with fellow Spoilerites! (https://discord.gg/jWF9BbF) NEWS https://youtu.be/Pdgk3ERKdug REVIEWS STEPHEN POWER RANGERS TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1 Writer: Ryan Parrott Artist: Simone di Meo Publisher: BOOM! Studios Cover Price: $4.99 Release Date: December 4, 2019 THE MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS AND THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME! The Power Rangers arrive in New York City to find Tommy Oliver – AKA The Mighty Morphin Green Ranger – but soon discover he’s joined forces with the villainous Shredder and the Foot Clan! As the Rangers are sent reeling by this betrayal, they’re confronted by another (fr)enemy – the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Can these heroes find a way to work together to defeat the bad guys and save the world from total destruction?! Written by Ryan Parrott (Power Rangers: Necessary Evil) and illustrated by Simone di Meo (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Venom Annual), the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers fight – and maybe team up with – the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the first time in this oversized issue includes 30 pages of story content! [rating:4.5/5] MATTHEW JAMES BOND #1 Writer: Vita Ayala, Danny Lore Artist: Eric Gapstur Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: December 4, 2019 When a priceless piece of art is found to be fake, investigations lead down a rabbit hole of international crime and corruption. But what the hell does James Bond know about the world of art forgery? [rating:3/5] RODRIGO ROBOTECH REMIX #3 Writer: Brenden Fletcher Artist: Elmer Damaso Publisher: Titan Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date: Dec 11, 2019 A strange new mech and its mysterious pilot have left their mark on Dana Sterling - faced with ghosts of a future yet to come, can a girl out of time save the SDF-1? Brenden Fletcher (Motorcrush, Isola) and artist Elmer Damaso (Robotech/Voltron, Speed Racer) continue the first story of Robotech Remix! [rating: 4/5] ASHLEY ART OF FROZEN 2 HC Publisher: Titan Publishing Cover Price: $19.99 Release Date: 12/18 An in-depth hardcover companion to Disney's most highly anticipated sequel ever: Frozen 2! Queen Elsa and her sister Anna embark on a new journey beyond the borders of Arendelle, along with Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven! Go behind-the-scenes with concept art, interviews with cast and crew, and amazing imagery! Frozen 2 hits theatres November 22, 2019! [rating: 5/5] DISCUSSION ASTRO CITY: FAMILY ALBUM Writer: Kurt Busiek Artist: Brent Anderson Publisher: DC Comics Snapshots. They let us capture moments of truth, fragments of time -- and that's as true in Astro City, a city of heroes, villains, monsters and more, as it is anywhere. You're invited, in the Family Album, to share some of the city's greatest memories -- from the wonder and terror experienced by a family new in town, to a world-famous superhero's first day at school, a crimefighter and his wife facing momentous decisions about the future, and more. CLOSE Contact us at podcast@majorspoilers.com Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939. A big Thank You goes out to everyone who downloads, subscribes, listens, and supports this show. We really appreciate you taking the time to listen to our ramblings each week. Tell your friends! Closing music comes from Ookla the Mok.

Six years after her powers are revealed, FROZEN II reacquaints us with Queen Elsa as she hears a mysterious siren song that calls her into the unknown. When Elsa responds, she inadvertently creates a disaster that forces them to leave their beloved Arendelle behind. As Elsa, Anna and their friends run off into the dark night, they soon discover that, in order to bring peace to the nation, they also must uncover the terrifying truth about their family history and growing up. This week, Steve welcomes back Mira Ibrahim and Amanda Jane Smith to talk about the fear of change, being on our own together and healing the sins of our past.

This week, we discuss holiday traditions, treehouse troubles, a big update coming to a classic, famous faces kick off the holidays, we learn about Shanghai Disneyland, and more!Please support the show if you can by going to https://www.dlweekly.net/support/.It is that time of year again when we want to hear from you! If you have a few minutes, please head on over to dlweekly.net/survey and fill out our listener survey. This will help us to understand what the community likes, doesn’t like and how we can make DLWeekly even better for everyone!If you want some DLWeekly Swag, you can pick some up at https://www.dlweekly.net/store/.Special Offer:Book your travel through ConciEARS and get your first year of Touring Plans for FREE! Just mention that you heard about ConciEARS from DLWeekly at booking!Mary Blair Links:https://www.hilbertmuseum.com/ https://www.ocregister.com/2019/03/18/legendary-disney-artist-mary-blair-is-featured-at-this-museum/News:On Sunday night, a guest on Tarzan’s Treehouse broke a board on the suspension bridge section of the attraction. No guests were harmed in the incident, but the attraction is closed until further notice. Reports online state that the attraction was intended to always have a cast member posted at the bridge for guest safety, but that had been cut a few years ago. No word on how long the attraction will be down. – https://www.micechat.com/242072-breaking-news-tarzans-treehouse-emergency-closes-at-disneyland/It is that time of year again when the candy makers at Disneyland have announced the dates when you can pick up a handmade candy cane! Each batch is 40 to 45 candy canes and there are three batches produced on the days they are scheduled. The two locations are the Candy Palace in Disneyland, and Trolley Treats in Disney California Adventure. It is recommended to arrive to the resort 30-45 minutes prior to opening to get a wristband that is good for one candy cane. Only one wristband is given to each guest, up to 40 per batch. You can return anytime between the batch time that you are given and 4pm. If you do not pick up your candy cane by 4pm, it will be sold to another guest. For the full list of dates, please visit the link in our show notes. – https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2019/11/08/get-ready-for-peppermint-filled-dreams-the-candy-cane-dates-have-been-announced-in-disneyland/The Festival of the Holidays has arrived and along with it is some new merchandise! The options include a number of tee shirts, themed pins, phone cases, along with some general Christmas merchandise. You can pick up these festival specific designs at Holiday Central, Seaside Souvenirs, Elias & Co., Festival Merchandise Carts, and the Annual Passholder items at Trolley Treats. – https://www.micechat.com/241956-festival-of-holidays-2019-merchandise-debuts-at-california-adventure/The Disney Parks blog has posted a foodie guide to the holidays at Disneyland. Items include a number of Churros, cotton candy, peppermint caramel corn, and loads of other sweet and savory creations. We are pretty sure that almost every major eatery in Disneyland has at least one item for the Holidays. – https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2019/11/foodie-guide-to-holidays-2019-at-disneyland-park/For it’s 23rd season, it’s a small world holiday is getting some new upgrades. New, immersive scents will stimulate guests noses in the Asia, South America, and South Seas section of the attraction. Cherry blossoms in Asia, cinnamon in South America, and coconut in the South Seas. will fill the air. Fresh pine and peppermint candy will continue to be experienced in the European scenes. – https://wdwnt.com/2019/11/its-a-small-world-holiday-overlay-to-debut-three-new-immersive-scene-scents-at-disneyland-park/Joining the Mickey sipper that we talked about last week is the Light-Up Christmas Tree and an Alien from Toy Story in his festive pajamas! The Christmas tree bucket also includes Mickey holding a package next to the decorated bucket, while the Alien “ooos” while wearing his flannel nightwear and cap. – https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2019/11/08/popcorn-news-the-new-mickey-light-up-tree-popcorn-bucket-has-arrived-at-disneyland-resort/In a surprising bit of news, Disney has filed for a building permit to refurbish Snow White’s Scary Adventures in Fantasyland. The permit lists $445,000 in changes to the attraction that would include removing and replacing show sets, installing new structural beams, refurbish rock work and upgrade some electrical. New projectors will also be coming to the opening day attraction according to the permit. – https://www.ocregister.com/2019/11/08/disneyland-to-give-snow-whites-scary-adventures-dark-ride-a-major-facelift-in-2020/Attendance at the Disneyland Resort is down, but revenue is up, according to the fourth quarter earnings report last week. Revenue from Disney’s Parks, Experiences, and Products increased 8 percent in the quarter to $6.7 billion dollars. Spending at the resort was higher due to increased ticket cost, food and merchandise. Bob Iger admitted that guests were holding off visiting the parks until the entirety of Galaxy’s Edge would be open. Iger also stated that Galaxy’s Edge has been more successful than what has been reported. – https://www.ocregister.com/2019/11/07/disneyland-attendance-lower-while-visitor-spending-increases-according-to-company-report/Some special guests were on hand to kick off the holidays at the Disneyland Resort on Friday. The cast of Frozen 2, including Idina Menzel who plays Queen Elsa, Kristen Bell who plays Anna, Jonathan Groff, the voice of Kristoff, and everyone’s favorite summer loving snowman Olaf, voiced by Josh Gad came out in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle to start the fireworks. The crowd went crazy to the unannounced pre-show. – https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2019/11/09/news-you-will-never-believe-who-just-kicked-off-the-fireworks-in-disneyland/#more-286174As is becoming the tradition for this time of year, Disney is filling the airwaves with a ton of holiday specials. On Thursday, November 28th, “The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration” from 8-10pm on ABC and the app. This special will provide a behind the scenes look at the Rise of the Resistance attraction, and have a number of musical performances. On December 13th from 8-8:30pm, “Disney Channel Holiday Party at Walt Disney World” will air on the Disney Channel and the DisneyNOW app. On Christmas Day, the “Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade” will air on ABC and the ABC app from 10am-12pm eastern. – https://wdwnt.com/2019/11/full-slate-of-star-studded-disney-parks-christmas-specials-announced-for-holiday-season-2019/Disney is offering Cast Members throughout the company the option to choose the traditional Main Entrance Pass that allows the cast member to take family and friends into the parks for free, with limited blackouts and restrictions, or a full Disney+ bundle package that includes Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu. All Cast Members will still be able to sign themselves into the parks, and receive a limited number of complimentary tickets each year. – https://wdwnt.com/2019/11/cast-members-can-choose-between-disney-package-or-theme-park-main-entrance-pass-starting-january-2020/If you missed the first episode of the Disney+ exclusive “High School Musical, the Musical, the Series” this past week, you can catch a preview coming to the Tomorrowland Theater starting on November 12th. November 12th is also the date that Disney+ premieres in the US. – https://wdwnt.com/2019/11/full-slate-of-star-studded-disney-parks-christmas-specials-announced-for-holiday-season-2019/Another after hours opportunity for Annual Passholders was available on November 12th and 13th from 8:30pm to 9:30pm. Radiator Springs Racers remained open for passholders that showed their pass at the attraction. – https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2019/11/10/news-want-a-special-after-hours-ride-on-radiator-springs-racers-in-disney-california-adventure/

In separate interviews Richard sits down with the cast of "Frozen 2," Josh Gad who plays the snowman, and Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel, as sisters Princess Anna of Arendelle and Queen Elsa of Arendelle. They talk about keeping the plot secret during the three year production and why the original film resonated with audiences.

Our first podcast! We're Abi, Hattie and Kate and this is But Make It Gay - a bi-weekly pop culture podcast here to make your week a little more gay. Firstly - we'd like to apologise for the questionable sound quality on our first episode... we were so excited about getting the equipment to work (after 3 weeks of trying) that we popped some self-congratulatory champagne and forgot to check the microphone levels. It. And secondly, please do join us as we (somewhat chaotically) discuss Queen Elsa, Megan Barton-Hanson, Twilight, The Oscars (RIP Hattie), and more. We promise that next time we'll all have seen at least half of the subjects we're discussing, will have fixed the sound levels, and will remain as gay as ever. Lastly, shoutout to Fran Marchesi (@lettersandshapes) for the art and for helping us (quite literally) get our wires straight.

With all the Polar Vortex chills abounding, what better time to find out who would win in an all out ice battle? We've got stealth and style brought to the fight by Caitlin Snow- AKA Killer Frost in her cold hearted, killer style. Defending the throne of Arendelle, the powerful Queen Elsa- a powerful wielder of all things cold and snowy. Who will end up being put on ice? Listen in to find out!

Episode 13 of the ThawedCast sees Dawson, Jodi and Philip review 2013's 'Frozen,' Disney Animation's 53rd feature animated film. Loosely based on 'The Snow Queen' by Hans Christian Andersen, the film is a fairy tale about two sisters who are princesses of Arendelle, a kingdom with similarities to Norway in the early 1800s. Princess Anna must find a way to lift the curse accidentally placed on the kingdom by Queen Elsa, whose magical abilities she had hidden her whole life suddenly come bursting out in an uncontrollable rage. 'Frozen' was written and co-directed by Jennifer Lee and co-directed by Chris Buck. Visit www.ThawedCast.com. Find Philip Ehlke on Twitter @philipehlke

What came of French President Emmanuel Macron’s call for ordinary citizens to lead a European political renaissance? Well it happened. Sort of. Twenty-six other European Union member states minus the UK agreed to go along with the French idea. During the past year hundreds of consultations, dialogues and debates have been held across Europe. These events amount to a new and experimental approach to connecting citizens to Europe. But they also look a lot like a Tower of Babel, lacking a common format, branding and goals, because national and European authorities retained so much individual control. We talk to Corina Stratulat of the European Policy Centre and Laura Sullivan of WeMove.EU about a form of democracy that's only going work if authorities Let it Go. Don't miss Laura's tribute to Queen Elsa who, by relinquishing her gloves and tiara, gained more mastery over her powers. Surely there's a message for Europe. First, Tom and James talk acronyms and abbreviations — including those that designate organisations and institutions meant to open up Europe to citizens and to quell criticism from eurosceptic forces. "Signor, quell’infelice” from L' Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi is public domain; "L.T.H. (AA's Refix)" by Abstract Audio is licensed under BY CC 3.0; "Muscovite No. 9" is played by Lara Natale.Support the show (https://euscream.com/donate/)

#202: Broadway star CAISSIE LEVY (RENT, WICKED, HAIRSPRAY) is now originating the role of Queen Elsa in the stage adaptation of the Disney juggernaut FROZEN. She chats with me about what it’s like playing Elsa in this historical year for women, the ways she helps her rambunctious two and a half year-old burn off steam in the city, and the secret as to why Let It Go resonates with so many people from all walks of life. We also talk about how ambition and professional high standards can seem at odds with raising children and how she manages to stay on top of her game. Finally, since she portrays the most famous big sister of all time, I ask her to give some “big sis” pointers to our five year-old Sabrina. Listen up and Let It Go! x Ellie KnausSubscribe + Listen on the Go: Apple Podcasts | StitcherCaissie Levy Singing + Show Notes here!Join our Instagram, Facebook, and private community.Special thanks to Frozen's Nina LaFarga for Sabrina’s “Let It Go” workshop and to Atomic Moms guest and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood head writer Becky Friedman for the introduction.

Discover the full story of Disney's Frozen like never before at Disney On Ice presents Frozen at the TaxSlayer Center in Moline tomorrow through Sunday! Be a part of Anna's adventure to find her sister, Queen Elsa, whose icy powers trapped the kingdom in an eternal winter! Join Olaf, Kristoff and Sven as they encounter wintry conditions and mystical trolls in a race to bring back summer! Matthew King (Kristoff) and John Stackhouse joined AM Quad Cities!

Katniss Everdeen. Samwise Gamgee. Queen Elsa. Marlin the Clownfish. Sansa Stark. Ron Weasley. C3P0. Piglet. Even ("Holy Penetrating Self-Awareness, Batman!"), Robin. All the best fictional characters are Sixes, and their strength is surprising only to themselves. For those of us who are non-fiction Sixes, how can we learn to turn our fear into strength?

This week it's Mighty Thor #4, wherein you may find - Malekith wooing Queen Elsa...er....Aelsa, Girl Thor busting Odin in the face! The trial of Freya! A cameo by the Warriors Three! Some fantastic Dauterman art! And more!

I have a friend named Troy. He and his wife have a six year old daughter, and she LOVES the movie Frozen. In fact, she loves ALL THINGS Frozen. This movie was released in November of 2013 and she is still singing the song, she is still watching the movie, she is still wanting toys and backpacks and clothes. Basically, Troy’s daughter LOVES Queen Elsa. Several weeks ago, the LGBT and Hollywood elites stood together demanding Disney create Queen Elsa’s character into a Lesbian on the sequel to Frozen. They claim, based off of their views in Frozen, she is already a lesbian and now only needs a girlfriend. How would you suggest that Troy and his wife explain to their precious six year old daughter, that Queen Elsa isn’t looking for prince charming, but rather Queen Elsa – their daughter’s hero – is a lesbian? Of course they will need to explain what a lesbian is to a six year old little girl. My guest today is Gregory Mertz. He is the U.S. Campaigns Director for the CitizenGO Foundation which has created a petition to let Disney know that we do not want Queen Elsa’s character to turn into a lesbian. Listen to the show and click here to sign the petition!

This week we talk about Heyzen singing in the park, vlogging is hard, Aladdin is leaving DCA to make way for Queen Elsa, we talk a little about Mario's last day at Disneyland for a while and Heyzen still thinks that the Haunted Mansion overlay happens too early.

 Inside Out had its Hollywood premiere last week, gearing up for its U.S. wide release this Friday. On this week's episode of Inside The Mouse Castle, we hear from the film's director, Pete Docter, and the some of the voice cast including Amy Poehler, Bill Hader and Lewis Black.   Tim expects Pixar's journey into the mind of an 11-year old girl to be a sure-fire hit while Anthony thinks the film, as good as the early reviews are, is going to under-perform at the box office. It won't do as bad as Tomorrowland, though, not by a long shot. The Brad Bird film starring George Clooney is having a dismal run in theaters and could put Disney in the red $140 million or more.   And, Disney or not, no movie conversation this week is complete with mentioning Jurassic World, so we'll touch on that too, plus these other mind-bending topics: In the story that won't die, is Asa Butterfield really out of the running to be the next Spider-Man? Are Tom Holland, Charlie Plummer and Matthew Lintz the new favorites? Who knows? Because apparently Marvel and Sony can't agree on anything concerning the franchise. We now know the voice cast for Pixar's The Good Dinosaur. After a series of production delays, including a director change and a reworking of the story, the film will open in the U.S. on November 25th. Have you seen the new teaser trailer for Zootopia yet? Tim thinks it looks cute. Anthony, not so much. Frozen Ever After is coming to Epcot's Norway pavilion next year, taking over the space once occupied by Maelstrom. Guests will be able to experience a "Winter in Summer Celebration" courtesy of Queen Elsa in the kingdom of Arendelle. That includes a trip to Elsa's ice palace. Two new restaurants are coming to the Disney Springs (aka the revamped Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World): The Edison and STK Orlando. They're the latest in a long list of new shopping and dining establishments being added to the area. Is it starting to be too much of a good thing? Disney Springs is a far cry from the quaint Lake Buena Vista Shopping Village us old-timers remember from the 1970s and 80s. Star Wars will be in Hall H of this year's San Diego Comic-Con. Marvel will not. Next. Goodbye, Phineas and Ferb. We'll miss you. Well, we'll be missing new episodes. We're sure you'll be rerunning on Disney Channel and Disney XD for a long time to come. J.K. Simmon is joining the voice cast of Gravity Falls. We hope he doesn't throw a chair at Grunkle Stan. Enjoy! www.TheMouseCastle.com

Discover Disney Cruise Line's Very Merrytime Cruises (Christmas) on Disney Fantasy featuring Queen Elsa and Princess Anna from Frozen Arendelle, Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy, Pluto, Chip & Dale, Lilo & Stitch, Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus, and the live music of Clara Oman performing "Little Drummer Boy Linus and Lucy" onboard, plus the cruise ship's giant gingerbread house, festive smells, Christmas carolers, Santa's Winter Wonderland Ball, Storytime with Mrs. Claus, The Muppet Christmas Carol on Funnel Vision, ship decorations, holiday drink and food offerings, decorated Castaway Cay, and Deck the Deck Tropical Holiday Party.

Queen Elsa sends a chill through Storybrooke while Robin Hood is caught between an old flame and a modern day love. Regina struggles with her dark side and vows to get her happy ending just as Rumplestiltskin and Belle have finally found....BUT, for how long? Find out what may be in store for Storybrooke with a jilted queen, a "changed" man and an ice queen all on a mission for happiness. Read More... The post BS02 – S4E2 – The Tale of Two Sisters appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

Queen Elsa sends a chill through Storybrooke while Robin Hood is caught between an old flame and a modern day love. Regina struggles with her dark side and vows to get her happy ending just as Rumplestiltskin and Belle have finally found....BUT, for how long? Find out what may be in store for Storybrooke with a jilted queen, a "changed" man and an ice queen all on a mission for happiness. Read More... The post BS02 – S4E2 – The Tale of Two Sisters appeared first on Golden Spiral Media- Entertainment Podcasts, Technology Podcasts & More.

'Frozen', a tour of magic and music. On Sunday, Disney's animated movie "Frozen", won this year's Oscar for Best Animated Feature, and the song ‘Let it go' won the award for Best Original Song. The win by the song's writer Robert Lopez gave the musician a rare EGOT (aka Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). Lopez had previously won a Tony in 2004 for Best Original Score for Avenue Q, two Daytime Emmy Awards in 2008 and 2010 for The Wonder Pets, and a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album in 2012 for The Book of Mormon. Lopez is only the 12th person in history to achieve such a feat. So let's go back to the ice world and experience the magic of Queen Elsa and her beautiful music. 《Do U Want to Build a Snowman ？》（想去堆雪人吗？）was performed by the queen's younger sister Anna (音：昂娜) in the film. The three different voices highlight Anna's personal growth, as well as the distance between the pair. It's also the main bridge of the story, taking the audience from the film's introduction to its main plotline. 3 years later, Elsa was to have her coronation, which would have brought some slight change to her boring life. Anna was overjoyed at the prospect of meeting someone or 'THE ONE' once the long-closed gate was finally opened. But Elsa's part was not happy at all; her voice was full of nervousness and worry. However, Elsa and Anna eventually meet each other, in the first climax of the story. 《For the First Time in Forever》（生平第一次） Could Anna's door to love also be opened? After being lonely for a long, long time, Anna finally met THE ONE, a handsome prince named Hans. Without any hesitation, the two instantly fell in love with each other. However, the twist is that the merrier the two are together, the uglier the prince becomes. 《Love Is an Open Door》（敞开爱之门）。 OK, here comes the award-winning song ‘Let it go'. As the dazzling castle rises up, we find that the new Elsa is finally coming out. The song ‘Let it go' is so powerful, it enables to feel that all her suffering has blown away, along with Elsa's old cloak. Let the nervousness go, let the anxieties go; in this moment in time, Elsa is just being herself, the Queen of Ice. 《Let It Go》（随它去） 《Reindeers Are Better Than People》（麋鹿比人类更友好）is sung by Kristoff, one of the two supporting male characters.（btw, there is no male lead in this movie） The song is quite short and simple; just like Kristoff; however, a simple ice man who can play guitar should be much more suitable for our adorable Anna. 《In Summer》（在夏天）is sung by Snowman. On the journey of Anna's adventure, it's good to take a short break, but this song really is a bit of a detour from the main storyline. 《Fixer-Upper》（正待修葺的房子）。The stone elf are really noisy, but without this rap song, Anna and Kristoff would not have been able to realize their feelings towards each other. And this song also foreshadows Kristoff's return to Anna, although it is only played to the backdrop of sisters gathering… 《Vuelie》（大地之歌） comes near the end of the story. Elsa found a way to get the summer back. With few lyrics, the song still holds much power, and really eases the nerves of the citizens of Arendelle, as well as the audience. Finally, we have a demo song, which is not used in the movie, but shows that the voices of the song's writers Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez are as good as at of the Broadway singers Thanks for the musicians Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. You deserve your Oscar awards, and we hope that you can bring us more and more great movie theme songs in the future. And Thanks to Troy on Mtime.com, we hope you enjoy the show.