Wd-fm: The Official Walt Disney Family Museum Podcast

First aired: October 5, 2014 In celebration of The Walt Disney Family Museum's anniversary, hear from the content team that helped develop the museum's galleries. (01:35) Jeff Kurtti a former Imagineer, prolific author, consulted on the content creation for the Walt Disney Family Museum. (24:25) Paula Sigman Lowery worked alongside Kurtti to develop the content for the museum and continues to be a consulting historian for the museum. (41:50) Richard and Katherine Greene have been producing content about Walt for many years, their projects include two biographies, the television documentary, Walt: Man Behind the Myth, and a CD-rom precursor to the physical museum.  

First aired: June 5, 2014 In June of 2014, Donald Duck is celebrating his 80th birthday, hear about the history of the mischievous duck. Only having been voice by two actors: Clarence Nash and Tony Anselmo learn about how these two talents were acquired. (03:05) In an exclusive interview with Tony Anselmo (and a cameo appearance of Donald Duck), learn more about Anselmo's long history with The Walt Disney Company and his mentorship from Clarence Nash.    

First aired: April 5, 2014 In celebration of the anniversary of the 1964/65 New York World's Fair hear from those who worked on the four Disney attractions that premiered: Disney Legends Bob Gurr and Rolly Crump. (01:38) Bob Gurr worked at Walt Disney Imagineering and contributed his talents to produce the motor vehicles for the attraction Ford's Magic Skyway and the Audio-Animatronic figure, Mr. Lincoln for Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. (30:23) Rolly Crump worked alongside artist Mary Blair to produce "it's a small world" for the World Fair. 

First aired: March 5, 2014 In celebration of Women's History Month, the museum is celebrating with the opening of our special exhibition MAGIC, COLOR, FLAIR: the world of Mary Blair. We talked with remarkable women that worked alongside Walt Disney: Kathryn Beaumont, Ginny Mack, and Alice Davis. (03:03) Kathryn Beaumont started as a voice actor at The Walt Disney Studios as Alice in Alice in Wonderland (1951) and then provided the voice of Wendy in Peter Pan (1953). (22:21) Ginny Mack was one of the original ink and painters for The Walt Disney Company but was also a face model for everyone's favorite pixie, Tinker Bell. (38:30) Alice Davis was a costumer for Walt Disney Imagineering, dressing the children of the world in it's a small world and the swashbuckling pirates in Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland. 

First aired: February 5, 2014 In this special episode hear from three Disney Legends: Floyd Norman, Ruthie Tompson, and Richard Sherman. (03:00) Floyd Norman started his career in the mid-1950s as an inbetweener on Sleeping Beauty (1959), The Sword and the Stone (1963), and The Jungle Book (1967). (15:32) Ruthie Tompson, as a child in the 1920s she lived very close to the Disney Brothers Studio on Kingswell Avenue, which she frequently walked by. He path with the Disney brothers were cross again when she was hired by Walt to work on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). She spent 40 years at The Walt Disney Studios, working on almost every animated feature up to The Rescuers (1977). (27:50) Richard Sherman and his brother Robert started their career at Disney in 1960, in just 13 years they wrote over 200 songs, many of which are still popular today. Their music in Mary Poppins (1964) garnered them an Academy Award for their song "Chim Chim Cher-ee." 

First aired date: January 5, 2014 In this exciting episode, hear from Tom Hanks talk about his role playing Walt Disney in Saving Mr. Banks (2013). Tom Hanks toured The Walt Disney Family Museum with Diane Disney Miller in preparation for his role. 

First aired: December 5, 2013  In our premier episode, we are honored to present, with a heavy heart, the final interview from the museum's founder—and Walt Disney's daughter—Diane Disney Miller. We also chat with Disney Legend and acclaimed producer Don Hahn (Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King) about the holiday film he produced and directed exclusively for The Walt Disney Family Museum: Christmas with Walt.