All Episodes
Those Happy Places — 77 episodes
Eyes of Mara Episode 4: It Belongs in a Museum -or- There is Nothing You Can Possess That I Cannot Take Away
Eyes of Mara Episode 3: The Ride Today -or- Eternal Youth and Beauty
Eyes of Mara Episode 2: The Ride as Opened -or- Glittering Gold, it is Yours
Eyes of Mara Episode 1: History and Development -or- You Seek The Future
Theme Parks 100: What is Literature? Or: Page, Stage, Screen, and Place
Theme Parks 100: What is a Land? Or: A Miserable Little Pile of Secrets
Theme Parks 100: What is a Ride? Or: Remain Seated Please
Theme Parks 100: What is an Attraction? Or: Hurry, Hurry, Hurry!
Theme Parks 100: What Is A Theme Park? Or: More Than Amusements
Episode 56: What's The Deal With SeaWorld?
Episode 55: Beyond the Shooting Gallery: Interactivity in Rides
Episode 54: Disneyland's "Land Blender" Rides
Episode 53: In Praise of the Omnimover
Episode 52: Shows, Parades, and Nighttime Spectaculars
Episode 51: Plans, Reservations, and Lighting Lanes
Episode 49: Guests Aly Grauer and Drew Mierzejewski
Episode 48: The Brilliance of Calico Ghost Town
Episode 47: The Alice White Canon Classification System
Episode 46: The Haunted Mansion, American Haunting, and Hospitality
Episode 44: Authorship and Theme Parks
Episode 43: Anaheim's Themed Sports
Episode 42: The Intersection of Sports and Theme Parks
Birds of Paradise Episode 4: The Origins of Tiki Culture -or- The Summer of Tiki
Birds of Paradise Episode 3: A Brief History of the Hawaiian Islands -or- Annexation Without Representation
Birds of Paradise Episode 2: A Second Reading of The Enchanted Tiki Room
Birds of Paradise Episode 1: The Enchanted Tiki Room as Primary Text
Episode 41: The Duquesne Taxonomy of Theme Park Guests
Episode 40: Ride Update Extravaganza!
Episode 39: The Simpsons Ride
Episode 38: Themed Dining and Shopping
Special Update: Introducing Those Happy Podcasts
Episode 37: Seattle, Themed City
Episode 36: Autopia and Retro-Futurism
Episode 35: Waterworld: A Live Sea War Spectacular!
Episode 34: Interview with Tami Brown and Emily Howard!
Episode 33: Interview with April Neal and A.D. Gladu of PGAV Destinations!
Episode 32: Interview with John Kemper and Dave Cooperstein of PGAV Destinations
Episode 31: Fandom, Fan Events, and Rainbow Capitalism
Episode 30: Ride Fanfiction Extravaganza!
Bonus Episode: Alice at Galaxy's Edge
Episode 29: Theme Park Food and Storytelling
Bonus Episode: Building a Game of Thrones Theme Park
Episode 28: Tours, Tourism, and Tourists
Episode 27: Adventure, Exploration, and Magic
Watch Party: The Haunted Mansion (2003) with Charles Gustine!
Q&A Special: One Year of Those Happy Places!
Episode 26: Chaos and Control
Episode 25: Mickey Mouse as Empty Signifier
Episode 24: Motion as Metaphor
Minisode 4: Alice at Podcon Seattle
Episode 23: Theme Parks, Permanence, and the Speed of Change
Episode 22: Performativity and the Shared Experience
Episode 21: Diegesis and Ride Vehicles
Episode 20: Attraction Adaptation Extravaganza!
Episode 19: Pirates, Revisionism, Revisions, and Adaptations
Episode 18: Halloween, Harvests, and Themed Spaces
Episode 17: Haunted Mansion Holiday and Thematic Synthesis
Episode 16: Mickey's Toontown, Character Meet and Greets, and World Building
Episode 15: The Jungle Cruise, Comedy, and Colonialism
Episode 14: Jurassic Park River Adventure, Tropes, and Transmedia
Episode 13: Interview with Defunctland's Kevin Perjurer
Episode 12: Knott's Berry Farm, Local Identity, and Two Walters
Episode 11: Knott's Berry Farm, Tension, and Catharsis
Episode 10: Ride Design Challenge and Imagineering Extravaganza
Episode 9: Star Tours, Continuity, and Timelines
Minisode 3: Alice in Disney World
Episode 8: Rides as Games, Emergent Narrative, and the Loss State
Episode 7: Screens, Immersion, and the Fourth Wall
Minisode 2: Alice and Disneyland's Map
Minisode 1: Sonoma's Train Town with Buddy and Kate
Episode 6: Tower of Terror and Mission: Breakout!
Episode 5: Disney's California Adventure and the Simulacra
Episode 4: The Disneyland Railroad and Monorail
Those Happy Places Episode 3: Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
Episode 2: Fantasyland's Darkrides
Those Happy Places Episode 1: The Haunted Mansion
Those Happy Places Episode 0: Trailer