Disney's America

迪士尼的美国

Today, Explained

2025-07-04

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There’s no shortage of fights over American history right now, but let’s see what we can learn from that one time in the '90s when Disney tried to build a theme park that tackled slavery. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Jolie Myers, fact checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. Photo of Minnie Mouse at Disneyworld in Orlando by Peter Bischoff/Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • There's a historic number of fights over American history right now.

  • Take your pick.

  • They range from the outlandish President Trump Directed the most complex and secretive military operation in history.

  • Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.

  • To the sketchy.

  • Critics attacked the U.S.

  • Department of Defense after a webpage was removed that honored the military career of sports legend Jackie Robinson.

  • To the existential.

  • The internet's talking about this one today.

  • The National Park Service has removed a reference to Harriet Tubman from a webpage about the Underground Railroad.

  • But since it's the 4th,

  • we at Today Explained thought we'd take a look at a very different fight over our history to see

  • if we can learn anything from it.

  • On the show today,

  • we're going to talk about the one time Disney tried to make a theme park out of American history,

  • warts and all.

  • Spoiler alert, it did not go well.

  • Support for the show today comes from New York Magazine, our colleagues.

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  • spotlighting the personalities,