Podcasts about schoolhouse rock

From the tracks of the American Freedom Train to the catchy tunes of Schoolhouse Rock and the massive scale of America on Parade, Disney didn't just join the Bicentennial—they touched more celebrations than you know, and shaped how we Celebrate the Fourth of July. In 1976, America was a mess. Between the fallout of Vietnam, the Watergate scandal, and a crushing energy crisis, the country wasn't exactly in a party mood for its 200th birthday. But while the federal government's official plans were falling apart, Disney was quietly building a celebration that would define the Bicentennial for millions. In this episode, we explore how Disney Connects to the Bicentennial—from the planning of Liberty Square to the massive "America on Parade" that ran simultaneously on both coasts. We'll look at the "Disney DNA" in Schoolhouse Rock, the moving walkways of the American Freedom Train, and how a 1976 science expo at Kennedy Space Center paved the way for EPCOT's Horizons. Plus, we look ahead to America 250 to see how Disney is using its 1976 playbook to celebrate the nation's next big milestone. In this episode, we discuss: - The Bicentennial Crisis:Why the official World's Fair plan failed and how grassroots "Bicentennial Communities" took over. - Liberty Square's Secret History: Why Disney's Colonial land was actually a decade in the making. - The Freedom Train: The Disney legends who helped a 26-car steam locomotive bring history to 48 states. - Schoolhouse Rock: How Michael Eisner and the Bicentennial "History Rock" series created a Saturday morning legacy. - Third Century America: The forgotten NASA expo that inspired one of EPCOT's most beloved pavilions, Horizons. - America on Parade: The logistics of running the same massive parade in two states at the exact same time. Chapters: 0:00 – Setting the Scene: America in 1976 0:31 – Origins of the Bicentennial Celebration 1:30 – Shifting the Bicentennial: From One Big Fair to Community Events 3:36 – Local Celebrations and Disney's Early Involvement 4:09 – Liberty Square: Disney's Revolutionary Space 5:57 – The Liberty Bell in Liberty Square 7:32 – Bicentennial Pop Culture: Schoolhouse Rock and The Freedom Train 12:17 – Third Century America at Kennedy Space Center 14:00 – Disney's Evolving Vision: From EPCOT to Horizons 15:43 – America on Parade: Disney's Bicentennial Spectacle 20:26 – America 250: Disney's New Nationwide Celebration Subscribe for more Disney connections: https://www.youtube.com/@SynergyLovesCompany?sub_confirmation=1 Podcast: Listen to Synergy Loves Company → https://synergylovescompany.com Support the Show: Shop official Synergy Loves Company merch → https://shop.synergylovescompany.com Affiliate Disclosure: Some links above may be affiliate links. If you click and purchase, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting the channel! Connect with Me: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/synergylovescompany Bluesky → https://bsky.app/profile/erichsynergy.bsky.social Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/synergylovescompany Credits / Resources: • Music licensed via Melod.ie • Synergy Loves Company is not affiliated with The Walt Disney Company or any of its subsidiaries. • Images and clips are used under fair use for commentary, criticism, and education. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

"The new owners of Fender since 2020 are attempting to own the copyright on the Stratocaster body. A German court has taken them part of the way but most experts don't believe it will hold up to scrutiny. Nonetheless, Fender has sent Cease and Desist letters to multiple guitar makers telling them to stop production, call back orders and destroy stock. Fender may have just committed brand suicide because history is not on their side."

The guys dig into the latest UFO files and try to determine why some of the footage is redacted, whether aliens created humanity, and if Earth is just the intergalactic equivalent of an empty parking lot.They also talk NBA dream teams, Kobe Bryant, Paul Pierce's most infamous conspiracy, celebrity politics, terrible streaming services, and why Schoolhouse Rock may have secretly been a Jack Black movie.Plus, infrared farts, alien soul harvesting, unsafe lighthouse enthusiasm, and several confident theories that should never be presented to Congress.

"It is no secret that music contracts can be rather brutal on artists. Often the stories focus on not getting paid but there is also the interesting idea of a lawsuit ordering a musician to fill his or her contract and record what we are calling a court ordered album. We have multiple examples plus one where the band was paid NOT to record an album."

"Sony Music Publishing confirmed an agreement to acquire Blackstone's Recognition Music Group catalog for $3.5 billion. The Red Hot Chili Peppers just sold their catalog for $300 million. Other Funds are raising billions to start buying. These buyers are called Music Rights Funds. I became interested in how these Funds actually made money. How does one invest and can I sell my own music. I have the answers for you."

"The New York Times released their 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters list a short while ago. I know online lists usually have some click bait to start conversation but this list was overtly egregious. Not for who was on it. It was who was left off. We will go over the list and play some artists that should have been on there."

Adam picked the soundtrack of his childhood for his first rerun episode. Jim wrote three sentences for his rerun episode. Dan's intro was 90 seconds. Adam's Behind The Scenes Ted Talk goes on for over three unbearable minutes but the good news is that two members of Schoolhouse Rock creator Bob Dorough's 1996 band, Paul Gutierrez and Frank Meyer, who couldn't make it when we originally recorded this episode kindly sent us their picks for favorite SHR toon!Originally released July 28, 2022HEY! What's your most-loved and least favorite Schoolhouse Rock song!? The gang takes a look at their five favorite tunes from the iconic 1970s educational television cartoons of their youth. Adam dreamed up the idea to do our first top five episode, focusing on Multiplication, Grammar and America from the series' Golden Era, 1973-1976. Our first-ever 1970s-era show is crammed with fun facts, interjections, bootlegs and contests SHR royalty Aralee Dorough (voice on "My Hero Zero" and daughter of creator Bob Dorough) even kindly weighs in with her favorite! Please tell us in the comments how YOU would rank tonight's tunes on Instagram, Facebook, Threads and Bluesky  @wewillrankyoupod !FILE UNDER/SPOILERS:ABC, American Rock, animation, Blind Melon, Jeff Buckley, cartoons, Conjunction Junction, darn that's the end, Blossom Dearie, Bob Dorough, De La Soul, education, Elbow Room, Figure Eight, Fireworks, flute, Grammar Rock, The Great American Melting Pot, Hamilton, I'm Just a Bill, Interjections!, jazz, Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here, manifest destiny, Essra Mohawk, Mother Necessity, Multiplication Rock, No More Kings, A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing, Preamble, rats, Ready or Not, Here I Come, Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla, Saturday morning cartoons, Schoolhouse Rock, Jack Sheldon, The Shot Heard Round the World, Sufferin' Till Suffrage, Three is a Magic Number, Unpack Your Adjectives, Verb: That's What's Happening, WOW,  1970s.  US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.comNEW! Host tips: Venmo @wewillrankyoupodwewillrankyoupod@gmail.comhttp://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.threads.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.YourOlderBrother.com (Sam's music page)http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page)https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4OFTIda46Di4HkS0CDvM7L (Dan's top 100 songs of 2020)THEM: https://www.schoolhouserock.tv

"Many summer tours are having to scale back or cancel altogether. The nickname given to this practice is Blue Dot Fever. It is named after the blue dots that appear on unsold seats when a ticket buyer uses Ticketmaster. It has become indicative of a larger societal and financial concern that is leading to people not being able to attend live music. We will explain."

And the Federal Circuit's Schoolhouse Rock moment is as damning as it is embarrassing. ----- Quinn Emanuel earned $3 million in sanctions from Judge Edward Chen, who described a "deeply disturbing" culture of lawyering. But worse, the judge ordered the team involved to complete an 8-hour ethics course that the firm itself must design. The Federal Circuit decided to put together a bizarre theme song and music video for themselves. Along the way, they managed to double down on their shadow impeachment of Judge Pauline Newman by erasing the still active judge from the video. New York has a long history of abusing pregnant women in custody and now we've learned that the courts arraigned a woman while she gave birth in the courtroom -- while she may or may not have been handcuffed.

Massie treated the Constitution like it was delivered from Mount Sinai in a Pelican briefcase carried by Moses. No improvisation. No fingerprints, no smudges, no coffee stains. Meanwhile, Donald Trump treats politics like a Formula One pit crew during a tire change. For the record, Massie is no dummy. This guy is the kind of smart where you almost resent him on sight. MIT degrees in electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Started a biotech company. The man probably fixes particle accelerators with a butter knife and some duct tape he bought at Tractor Supply. He's got conservative credentials too. Lifetime ratings that make constitutional scholars swoon like teenage girls at a Beatles concert.But here's the problem with purity in politics: sometimes the tiniest grain of sand jams the whole transmission.[X] SB – Ed Gallrein on taking advantage of history…And Massie is a purist.Not originally a Republican. Libertarian. Different animal entirely. Republicans tend to say, “Well, this isn't perfect, but let's move the ball.” Libertarians say, “If the ball moves one inch outside the exact constitutional boundary envisioned by James Madison on a rainy Tuesday in 1789, burn the stadium down.”That's the split.[X] SB – Massie votes against President TrumpTried to buy my vote for 14 years.Take the border wall. Massie said he supported the wall. Fine. But when Trump used executive authority to fund portions of it because Congress was moving slower than a DMV sloth on Ambien, Massie objected. Constitutionally, he had an argument. Congress controls the purse strings. That's textbook civics.But Trump supporters weren't watching “Schoolhouse Rock.” They were watching a country collapse at the border while politicians held symposiums on procedural etiquette.That's the disconnect.Massie looked at the process. Trump supporters looked at the outcome.And Americans are exhausted with process people. We've had process people for decades. America is drowning in process people. Every failed city in America had excellent process. Detroit had process. California has process. The Titanic had a committee.Trump came along and said, “I don't care which drawer the wrench is in. The engine's on fire.”That changes voter psychology completely.Then came the Iran dispute. After U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, Massie argued Congress should authorize military action. Again, constitutionally coherent. Congress declares war. Presidents have accumulated too much unilateral military power. Endless intervention overseas bleeds the country dry. There's intellectual consistency there.The country didn't elect Massie. A district in KY did. And the idea that his district dictates Trump's worldview is ridiculous.But Trump's worldview is completely different. Trump approaches geopolitics like a New York landlord walking into a negotiation with a baseball bat wrapped in velvet. The point is uncertainty. The point is leverage. The point is making adversaries think, “This guy might actually do it.”And Trump allies saw Massie publicly objecting during a standoff with Iran as weakening the president in real time.Now whether people agree or disagree with either side is almost secondary to the larger political reality unfolding in front of us.Because this wasn't just a disagreement over policy. It was a disagreement over the operating system of conservatism itself.Massie represents constitutional restraint first. Trump represents national survival first.Massie says: “The rules matter most.”Trump supporters say: “What good are rules if the country collapses while we're admiring them?”And that's why this divide got so emotional.See, conservatives spent years watching Republicans surrender elegantly. Nobody lost with more dignity than old-school Republicans. These people could lose all three branches of government and still hold a press conference congratulating themselves on bipartisanship. Republicans became the Washington Generals of politics. Professional losers in expensive suits.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

"This is a requested topic from a friend. He wondered if we had ever discussed steel drums. We had not so we did a show. We have some history and some discussion of tuning and prices. There are also a lot of songs that use the steel drum you may not have noticed before."

It's 1986 and the cereal is sugary, the TV knob is warm, and the Saturday morning cartoon wars are officially underway! Shua and Jay travel back to the golden age of animated chaos to decide which network truly ruled the weekend lineup. From Muppet Babies and Real Ghostbusters to Schoolhouse Rock and Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling, the guys relive the cartoons, commercials, trivia, and unforgettable memories that made Saturday mornings legendary. Plus, Jay quizzes Shua on Schoolhouse Rock in a battle for educational cartoon supremacy.   News Atari has officially acquired the legendary RPG franchise Wizardry, bringing the classic BASIC-coded dungeon crawler under the company's retro gaming banner.   Nintendo surprised fans with a special "Star Fox Direct" presentation that officially confirmed a brand-new Star Fox game for the Nintendo Switch 2.   Top Gun fans can celebrate the film's 40th anniversary with collectible Maverick and Goose helmet popcorn buckets available during opening showings.   Star Tours: Last Launch is an impressive fan-made film packed with love for Disney Parks and Star Wars, including appearances from several franchise legends. Check out our TeePublic store for some enjoyable swag and all the latest fashion trends What we're Enjoying Jay checked out Daredevil: Born Again along with Punisher: One More Kill on Disney+, and found the new season to be a major improvement with smoother storytelling and stronger pacing. The gritty tone was intense and the Punisher special delivered exactly the kind of brutal action fans expect from Frank Castle. Shua sampled the new Firecracker Pop Oreos inspired by the classic red, white, and blue Rocket Pops, and somehow they actually taste remarkably close to the frozen treat. They're sugary, nostalgic, and absolutely worth trying at least once for the novelty alone.     Sci-Fi Saturdays -  This week on Sci-Fi Saturdays Jay focuses on the 2020 time-loop comedy Palm Springs. He explains how the movie unexpectedly became the perfect film for audiences during the COVID lockdown era, with its themes of repetition, isolation, and emotional burnout resonating in a strangely timely way. He also praises the clever writing from Andy Siara and the direction from Max Barbakow for taking the familiar time-loop concept and making it feel fresh, funny, and surprisingly philosophical. The film balances absurd comedy with meaningful emotional depth, elevating it beyond a typical indie comedy. And make sure to play around with the interactive map on MCULocationScout.com. This week he's added some new locations from Daredevil: Born Again season 2. Plus, you can tune in to SHIELD: Case Files where Jay and Shua talk about great stuff in the MCU.   Enjoy Saturdays in 1986!  This week, Shua and Jay climb aboard the nostalgia rocket and head straight back to the glorious cartoon battleground of 1986 Saturday mornings. We explore the origins of Saturday morning cartoons from the earliest days of Crusader Rabbit all the way through the animation boom created by Hanna-Barbera and the toy-driven explosion of the 1980s.   Then it's time to choose a channel as we break down the legendary 1986 lineups from ABC, CBS, and NBC featuring classics like The Real Ghostbusters, Muppet Babies, The Smurfs, Pound Puppies, Kidd Video, and more. Along the way they relive the cereal-fueled excitement of planning your morning around the TV schedule, revisit the magic of Schoolhouse Rock, and test cartoon knowledge with a hilarious trivia showdown.   How did you do on the SHR quiz? What cereal goes well with Kissyfur? Let us know! First person that emails me with the subject line, "Unpack your adjectives" will get a special mention on the show.  Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to EnjoyStuff@RetroZap.com   

"On April 16 2026 A federal jury in Manhattan found that Ticketmaster and its parent company Live Nation have been acting as a monopoly. The case is wide ranging involving 33 states and the District of Columbia. Live Nation will not appeal any of the verdicts. We will discuss what is a monopoly and what these decisions could mean for the future."

What's your most favorite and least-loved songs on Soul Coughing's debut album? Dan chose this crazy bit of 1994 word salad jazz hiphop fusion for us to rank. He and Adam share stories of seeing the band, their kind submission for the Songs For Summer memorial album and witnessing their first time playing together in 25 years while Jim struggles to find nice things to say. FIGHT! Black Crystal Wolf Kids' Jeff Miller chimes in via video from Mexico. Hear it at WeWillRankYouPod.com, Apple, Spotify, Reseda, Wichita but not Chicago.FILE UNDER/SPOILERS:Alternative hiphop, Tori Amos, the Andrews Sisters, Beastie Boys, Ben Folds Five, Black Crystal Wolf Kids, Tchad Blake, Blueeyed Devil, Summer Brannin, Bus to Beelzebub, cartoon music, Casiotone Nation, Ray Charles, City of Motors, Courageous Cat Minute Mouse, Mark de Gli Antoni, Digable Planets, Mike Doughty, Down to This, the five percent nation, Mitchell Froom, Ruby Froom, Fu Schnickens, Fugazi, funky, Yuval Gabay, HFStival, hiphop, Howlin' Wolf, I'll get the wrists, Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago, Janine, jazz, Knitting Factory, Jeff Miller, Mr. Bitterness, Mister Roger's Neighborhood, the Modern Lovers, Moon Sammy, New York, noir, rap, reunion, Ruby Vroom, sampling, Schoolhouse Rock, Raymond Scott, Screenwriter's Blues, Solid Steel Radio Show, Songs For Summer, Soul Coughing, spoken word, standup bass, Sebastian Steinberg, Igor Stravinzsky, Sugar Free Jazz, Supra Genius, television themes, Toots and the Maytals, A Tribe Called Quest, True Dreams of Wichita, Uh, Zoom Zip, upright bass, Suzanne Vega, velvet crush, voulez-vous the bus, yellow number five, Yor, you get the ankles, John Zorn, 1994.US: http://www.WeWillRankYouPod.comwewillrankyoupod@gmail.comNEW! Host tips: Venmo @wewillrankyoupodhttp://www.facebook.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttp://www.instagram.com/WeWillRankYouPodhttps://www.threads.net/@WeWillRankYouPodhttp://wewillrankyoupod.bsky.social/http://www.YerDoinGreat.com (Adam's music page)https://open.spotify.com/user/dancecarbuzz (Dan's playlists)

"Just a bit of fun this week. Nobody is perfect so it is pretty easy to hear mistakes in recorded music. Here are some of the big ones in rock and hopefully some you did not know. Once you hear them, you cannot unhear them."

Riding Shotgun With Charlie #252 Jason Schaller The Rogue Banshee, For the Love of Guns Podcast   I was able to catch up with Jason at SHOT Show 2026. He's been hard to catch up with to have on the show. He lives in Montana and I haven't made it there yet. Special thanks to Michael Schwartz (RSWC #153) for letting us use his stagecoach for the show.    Jason grew up outside of Philadelphia. His dad had him shooting by age 7, going from BB guns to .22 then to .357. When he turned 21, he bought a GLOCK 17 and joined the GSSF, GLOCK Shooting Sports Foundation. He got his father into the GSSF and they used to compete. When his father passed, he let it go by the wayside. Years later he was married, he bought his wife a gun and got her into the GSSF but it wasn't something that kept her interested so he kept going by himself. With time and age setting in, he's doing more steel challenge shooting.   For 10 years, Jason was a "kitchen table FFL". He was doing cerakoting for people, but he charged people to take the gun apart and reassemble it. It was easier for him to make a video taking the gun apart and sending his clients the video so they could disassemble and reassemble it. That's how his YouTube channel started. At one point, the ATF agent came in and told Jason he was selling 2.3 guns per day. The kitchen table activity was able to fund the channel.   With the YT channel, everything he does is educational. When things changed politically, he noticed more videos were being watched, particularly the 80% builds. When the frame and receiver rule hit, everyone wanted to watch the videos while they could. After a while, he started doing some reviews and those were doing good. But since he was doing some gunsmithing and building, he had some sponsors. Doing interviews was something else he started doing on the channel.    Finally, he started getting some pushback from the videohost website due to selling items. Eventually, he had to part ways with the sponsors as their items were the things he was getting channel strikes for. To get  away from getting strikes, he started the For The Love of Guns Podcast. Having some Toastmasters experience, talking and connecting with others was something he was good at. He's finally figured out that deep cleaning is the way to keep the channel going without issues.    During an interview talking about outdoor mentorship for women, he gets yet another strike. All the stuff he was doing, the reviews, the interviews, and the smithing is done on the same channel. The host started taking 30 episodes a day. He was getting hammered with two strikes and they were keeping them on the record. Revamping the show and the layout, he's changed it to a deep cleaning channel. Despite the issues, he loves doing the channel and having an outlet.    There were some Montana state senators that were upset about the 80% content he was producing. They wrote a letter to YT to take the content down. The next morning, Jason noticed his numbers were down. He wrote to his senators and they did almost nothing. Then he decided to write to the Montana AG Austin Knudsen, who likes suing the federal government. None of the videos were doing anything illegal, just the host didn't like them. AG Knudsen ended up sending a Schoolhouse Rock video explaining to the other senators how bills become laws.    Jason's channel really is a useful resource for the community. He's got all kinds of content and a wide variety of projects he's done. And he's had to fight the powers that be. All the while, keeping a good attitude about the battles. During the day, he has a job doing IT security, so he's pretty handy with tech. And that job gives him the ability and skill to know he has to find the limit, and the way around what they don't want content creators to be doing.   Favorite quotes: "When political turmoil hits people are hitting my videos." "The firearm transfers were paying for the YouTube channel." "I have a long time to build a business to retire."   The Rogue Banshee website https://trb.fyi/   TRB YT https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRogueBanshee   TRB FB https://www.facebook.com/TheRogueBanshee/   TRB IG https://www.instagram.com/theroguebanshee/ Second Amendment Foundation https://secure.anedot.com/saf/donate?sc=RidingShotgun   Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms https://www.ccrkba.org/   Please support the Riding Shotgun With Charlie supporters.    US Law Shield Legal Defense for Self Defense. Use "RSWC" as the discount code and get 2 months for free! https://www.uslawshield.com   Patriot Mobile Use this link and get one month for free! https://patriotmobile.com/partners/rswc   Or listen on: iTunes/Apple podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/riding-shotgun-with-charlie/id1275691565

"The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has released its 2026 State of the Industry Report. There are some pretty big take aways including stances on AI and the fact that the music industry is now more profitable than ever before. We will explore the findings."

Schoolhouse Rock said that three is magic number and three definitely seems to work for the three bands in today's episode. This week, it's a trio of trios. Bands with three members: Green Day, ZZ Top, and Rush. Connect with the show: DorkyGeekyNerdy.com Patreon BlueSky Facebook Spotify Discord Reddit

Schoolhouse Rock said that three is magic number and three definitely seems to work for the three bands in today's episode. This week, it's a trio of trios. Bands with three members: Green Day, ZZ Top, and Rush. Connect with the show: DorkyGeekyNerdy.com Patreon BlueSky Facebook Spotify Discord Reddit

"The former head of Interscope and Geffen records Jimmie Ivine said that streaming has had its time. Spotify will see its demise soon. Whether you believe that or not, the question is what comes next. After Spotify. Many have suggest this next step in music evolution. We will tell you what Ivine said and offer up some possibilities for after Spotify."