Extra, Extra! We hope you were able to finish that giant turkey leg from last week, because today’s headline says that it’s time to take on our first nostalgic musical — Newsies! While Jeff feels pretty familiar with the musical genre, this one actually came from Josue’s past. And he is pretty sure we will all love it. There’s only one way to find out. But before we do, Jeff guides all of us through our first No-Look Art Studio. So grab a paper and pencil and play along. Chances are you’ll do better than Josue.

Scroll down and vote on the Spotify poll to let us know what you think of Newsies. Do you have a suggestion of a future musical we can revisit? Let us know in the comments or email them to ideas@WDYT.show⁠.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Our First Musical Episode

01:37 Personal Musical Experiences and Early Performances

05:38 No-Look Studio: Drawing Odie (Play Along)

22:07 The Devastating Reveal

23:15 Introducing 'Newsies'

25:15 Some Historical Context

29:16 Character Analysis and Cast of 'Newsies'

35:23 Child Labor and Musical Resilience

40:12 If I Hear the Word "Papes" One More Time...

48:31 Is This Musical A Movie?

52:17 The Pape Thickens

01:00:01 The Power of Collective [Musical] Action

01:08:16 What Do We Think [of This]?!

01:19:05 Closing the Loop: Spaghetti Origins and Chucky

01:22:08 Final Thoughts and Future Episodes

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