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ABOUT THE PODCAST
The Pixar Podcast is a weekly show that features interviews, film reviews and news stories for Pixar fans and animation students.
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Derrick Clements has been writing about entertainment since 2002. You can find more of his work here.
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067: News: January 24, 2012
Academy Award nominations have been announced! Pixar gets an Animated Short nod, but not a one for Cars 2. Also, what’s next for Brad Bird?
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067: News: January 24, 2012
Academy Award nominations have been announced! Pixar gets an Animated Short nod, but not a one for Cars 2. Also, what’s next for Brad Bird?
Recent Episodes
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066: News: January 17, 2012
We talk about Brad Bird’s first live action film, Finding Nemo in 3D, the recent announcement about Disney’s Frozen, and more!
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Please help support this podcast!
As we wrap up the year, I’ve put together a little final thank-you and one more plea for chipping in to help pay for this thing.
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065: Michael Giacchino 2
Michael Giacchino presents how he makes movie music magic at Pixar’s bloggers’ day earlier in 2011.
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064: Academy of Art University, Inside Pixar 2
Two animation students from Academy of Art University talk about their school and their recent visit to Pixar.
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063: News: December 6, 2011
We talk Muppets, plus John Carter and new info regarding Pete Docter’s next Pixar film, which takes place inside the human brain.
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062: McKay Farley
Pixar employee McKay Farley joins the podcast to talk about his work in Tools. He tells how an internship led to a full-time job at the studio, and explains what it means to study computer graphics.
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061: News: November 22, 2011
Pixar releases a new trailer for Brave! Plus, the latest news, including a high end fashion designer basing a new line of clothes on a popular Pixar franchise.
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060: Small Fry, Hawaiian Vacation, and Pixar Shorts
We give you a sneak peek into Pixar’s next Toy Story Toon, Small Fry, and talk more generally about Pixar’s short films.
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059: News: November 8, 2011
We review Cars 2 and Air Mater, talk about the animated films that could win this year’s Oscar for Best Animated Feature, and share more Pixar-related news!
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058: Dylan Brown, Creative Director for Pixar Canada
In this exclusive interview with Dylan Brown, we learn all about Pixar’s new studio in Vancouver.
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057: News: October 25, 2011
Remembering Steve Jobs, a review of the upcoming short film Air Mater, John Lasseter defends Cars 2 to the New York Times, and more!
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056: Real Life Pizza Planet Truck
Meet the team of pop culture fans who are building a real, working Pizza Planet truck.
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055: News: October 4, 2011
Lee Unkrich gets to work on his next film at Pixar, more Pixar films to be re-released in 3D, and more.
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054: News: September 13, 2011
We share our thoughts on two upcoming Pixar-related non-Pixar movies, plus Monsters University character designs and more.
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053: News: August 30, 2011
Coverage of the D32 Expo, where Pixar announced two new upcoming films. Plus, meet your new cohosts!
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052: Don Hahn, Brain Storm
Academy Award nominated producer Don Hahn joins us to talk about the creative life.
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051: Review: Cars 2
Cars 2 is a fun thrill ride with beautiful animation and some heart. It may not attain the profundity of of a film like The Incredibles or Toy Story 3, but it serves up a breathtaking good time.
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050: Michael Giacchino
Celebrate the 50th episode of The Pixar Podcast by listening to this interview with composer Michael Giacchino.
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049: Matthew Luhn
Matthew Luhn is a head of story at Pixar who also will be teaching an upcoming tour of Masterclasses with Pixar animator Andrew Gordon. He comes on the show today…
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048: Stéphane Kardos, Art Director
Stéphane Kardos is an art director at Disney Consumer Products, where he helps turn characters from Disney and Pixar films into toys, clothing, books and other products. He talks about…
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047: Elyse Klaidman, Pixar University
Elyse Klaidman is the director of Pixar University, Pixar’s internal training program. The program allows any employee–top executive to cafe operator–to take a wide variety of on-site classes to learn…
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046: Hal Hickel
Rango’s supervising animator Hal Hickel is an Academy Award winning effects animator from ILM who has supervised the animation for various live action blockbusters. Rango is the first fully animated…
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045: Review: The Incredibles (with guest Mark Crilley)
Mark Crilley joins the podcast to review The Incredibles, which was (finally) released in glorious HD on blu-ray this week. Mark is an author and illustrator; you can see his…
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044: Tangled, Toy Story on Ice, TS3 College Cliffhanger
A conversation with a Super-Fan: Simoa Barros joins us today to talk about last year’s college “cliffhanger” pre-screening of Toy Story 3, which she attended; to review Tangled and Toy…
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The Inaugural State of the Podcast Address: March 31, 2011
For this episode, I turned off the music and the sound effects and spoke frankly to my listeners about where the podcast is and where I hope to take it….
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043: Author David A. Price, The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company
Author David A. Price comes on The Pixar Podcast to talk about the fascinating history of the studio.
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042: News: March 1, 2011
Pixar takes home two Academy Awards. Plus, we get a look inside the Academy’s Animated Feature Symposium.
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041: Teddy Newton (from the Pixar Talk Archive)
As Oscar Month comes to a close, we bring you one more interview with a nominated Pixarian. Teddy Newton spoke with Pixar Talk’s Greg Mariotti in June 2010 about his…
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040: “Mominee” Emilie Unkrich
Another Oscar Month episode: The Acadamy has reached out to the mothers of Oscar nominees this year, asking them to tweet as “mominees.” I spoke with our favorite mominee–Emilie Unkrich, the mother of Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich.
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039: Cars 2 Talk with Pixar Times
Does Cars 2 look like it’s going to be a hit for Pixar? Samad Rizvi from Pixar Times comes on to discuss with me the newest (spoiler free) information available, and we both share our feelings about what has been released so far.
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038: Review: The Illusionist
Oscar Month episode! We review The Illusionist, an animated film up for Best Animated Feature. With special guest hosts Scott, Brooke, Jana, and Elisa. We also compare it to the other films nominated for Animated Feature: Toy Story 3 and How to Train Your Dragon.
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037: News: February 21, 2011
The Oscars are this week! Also, the latest news about Planes, the Brad Bird acceptance speech/hostage video, and some old pearls of filmmaking wisdom from Jeffrey Katzenberg.
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036: Real Dog Technology – Approaching Up?
Dr. Paul Waggoner of Auburn University comes on the show to talk about new high-tech backpacks that allow dogs to do some amazing things.