Witches Run Amok: The Oral History of Disney's Hocus Pocus with Shannon Carlin

Ivory Tower Boiler Room · Jan 12, 2026 · 1h 11m

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Shannon Carlin, a pop culture journalist, joins me to discuss her book Witches Run Amok: Disney's Hocus Pocus the Oral History which features extensive interviews with the cast and creative team of the iconic 1993 film! One major question that Shannon discusses in both this conversation and in her book is how did a movie that didn’t catch an initial spark end up casting such a spell on mainstream…