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Hype Podcast

Episode #50 – The Eurovision Not-So-Special

Hosted by Selina Wilken, Marama Whyte, Tariq Kyle, Pamela Gocobachi, Donya Abramo

May 27, 2015

This week’s Hype Podcast is NOT a Eurovision Special, but we do spend a good half hour discussing it! There’s also news on Maze Runner, Harry Potter and Disney.

How We Hype:
– We review Tomorrowland, Pitch Perfect and Mad Max
– Marama is cooler than you
– Kyle got one step closer to his (secret) reality show dream

News:
– Top story! First Maze Runner: Scorch Trials trailer is… surprisingly good
– New look at Harry Potter Illustrated Edition depicts the boy under the stairs
– JK Rowling is hilarious, Matt Lewis is attractive
– Reese Witherspoon cast in Disney’s Tinkerbell live-action film, which is apparently a thing that’s happening
– Disney’s Marama – we mean Moana – sounds amazing
– Pixar’s John Lasseter shares details about Finding Dory, The Good Dinosaur
– Remember that time Disney almost launched the Princess Cinematic Universe?
– Chris Pratt is NOT in Ghostbusters, the world is safe once more
– New Pixels trailer reveals more video game heroes
– A brief interlude during which we discuss the Olsen Twins
– Coldplay’s Game of Thrones musical, best thing ever
– And speaking of Merlin… wait, what?
– Max Greenfield joins American Horror Story
– In documentary news (yep)… Batkid Begins and George Miller’s abandoned Justice League both look fantastic
– Music! Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj release super fun “Feelin’ Myself” video on TIDAL

Eurovision Special:
Selina, Donya and Marama discuss this year’s Eurovision: did the right country win? Why is everyone so afraid of Russia? Why did Austria and Germany get 0 points? Australia, Australia, Australia!

Then there’s How We Hype and Listener Feedback, too. Whew! Here’s to 50 episodes more! Please rate and review us on iTunes if you have a spare moment.

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