The Themed Attraction Podcast

The Themed Attraction Podcast


Latest Episodes

TA Podcast E39: Sina Bahram of Prime Access Consulting
August 18, 2022

In this episode of the Themed Attraction Podcast, our guest is Sina Bahram, the founder of Prime Access Consulting, and one of the Themed Entertainment Associations first ever Catalyst Award recipien

TA Podcast E38: Themed Entertainment Masters—Ride Capacity (feat. Bob Rogers, Mike West, John Wood)
August 02, 2022

Our guests are Bob Rogers of BRC Imagination Arts, Mike West from Universal Creative, and John Wood of Sally Dark Rides. They share their perspectives on ride capacities and THRC. - Connect with Bob a

TA Podcast E37: Vince Kadlubek
April 08, 2022

Our guest is Vince Kadlubek, founder and former CEO of Meow Wolf. - Meow Wolf was started by Vince and several friends as a collective of artists who wanted to create art installations people could no

TA Podcast E36: Christian Hope
February 17, 2022

Our guest is Christian Hope, Vice President of Paramount Studios Theme Parks & Resorts. Christian has contributed concept designs in development of world-class attractions here in the US and around th

TA Podcast E35: Tony Bruno
September 23, 2021

Our guest is Tony Bruno, former VP of the Disneyland Resort Hotels & the Downtown Disney District. - Under his guidance, over 4000 cast members operated The 4 Diamond Grand Californian Hotel & Disneyl

TA Podcast E34: Ben Thompson
June 11, 2021

Ben Thompson is a global themed entertainment and marketing strategist who spent the last 20 years in leadership roles at global monoliths like Mars Inc., The Walt Disney Company, and the Merlin Group, where he was responsible for opening 4 LEGOLAND®️ ...

TA Podcast E33: Doris Hardoon
April 22, 2021

Our guest is Walt Disney Imagineering designer and art producer, Doris Hardoon. - Doris joined the company for the Epcot project in 1979 helping to develop the China Pavilion. She lent her unique cultural perspective to international projects with Tok...

TA Podcast E32: Jason Surrell
March 19, 2021

Jason Surrell is the Executive Creative Director at Storyland Studios. He was previously the Senior Creative Director on Universals newest theme park projects, Universal Studios Beijing and Epic Univ

TA Podcast E31: Brandon Kleyla
December 04, 2020

Brandon Kleyla made his mark as a production art director for Universal Creative and Walt Disney Imagineering, bringing his love of spatial storytelling to two of the most detailed and beautiful dive bars on the planet,

TA Podcast E30: Joe Pine
November 06, 2020

In this episode, Joe Pine is going to help us trace the history and evolution of the worlds economies to what the themed entertainment industry currently knows as the Experience Economy. Besides be