The Pixar Podcast

A review of "Coco" and a special announcement.

Conor Hilton joins the podcast to help review the new Pixar film, "Cars 3."

In this episode, we'll hear a presentation about finding the story for "Cars 3" with writers Mike Rich, Bob Peterson and Kiel Murray and story supervisor Scott Morse. They'll discuss, among other things, social barrier-breaking real racers who inspired the story, the background of Cruz Ramirez, and how the team dug into the audio archives for Paul Newman and Tom Magliozzi.

In this episode, I share my reaction to the footage of "Cars 3" that I saw a couple weeks ago, and we dive into the film with director Brian Fee, producer Kevin Reher and co-producer Andrea Warren.

In this episode, I chat with Pixar artists Alan Barillaro & Marc Sondheimer ("Piper") and Andrew Coats & Lou Hamou-Lhadj ("Borrowed Time"). Both pairs are up for the Best Animated Short Oscar on Sunday.

In this episode, I speak with Pixar veteran Sharon Calahan about place, her long career at Pixar and creating the "painterly realism" of "The Good Dinosaur."

In this episode, I meet up with some Pixar-adjacent folks at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

In this episode, two voice actors from "The Good Dinosaur" -- Raymond Ochoa (Arlo) and A.J. Buckley (Nash) -- join the podcast.

With the opening of "Moana," we dive deep into 'Moana' with a conversation with story artist David Derrick and animation co-head Hyrum Osmond, as well as will a full review of the film with Brooke Parker and Aaron Parker.

In this episode, Davey Morrison Dillard, Brooke Parker, Colin Hatch and Greg NIchols join the podcast to discuss Pixar's latest film, "Finding Dory."

Andrew Stanton and Lindsey Collins join the podcast to discuss their latest film, "Finding Dory."

How did "Aladdin" and "Toy Story 2" create the seeds of passionate Disney Hate? Listen to today's story to find out.

Director Peter Sohn joins the podcast to discuss his film "The Good Dinosaur."

In Episode 131: Mychael & Jeff Danna on Composing The Good Dinosaur, I spoke with Good Dinosaur composers Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna and played a segment of a live performance. This is a bonus episode featuring the entire performance and full Q&A.

Composers Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna perform selections from and discuss their excellent score for The Good Dinosaur.

On today's special episode, I talk about the coming year of The Pixar Podcast.

Jim Hill and Hunter Phillips join the podcast to discuss the challenges -- and the artifacts -- of The Good Dinosaur's film life.             

Super-geniuses at both Pixar and Khan Academy have teamed up to deliver free online instructional materials covering many aspects of the animation studio's creative processes.

In Episode 128: Dino Data, I spoke with Good Dinosaur effects supervisor Jon Reisch and sets supervisor David Munier.  This is a bonus episode featuring those unedited interviews.