In this episode of Casual Chats, Arun and Patricia discuss about the 2025 Disney animated film Zootopia 2, the sequel to the 2016 animated film Zootopia. One week after the events of Zootopia, Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde are continuing their work at the Zootopia Police Department as partners, but Chief Bogo sees their destructive actions to capture bad guys. It doesn't help that their personalities were the complete opposite of one another. He states that they have to work together if not they would separate them. Meanwhile, a gala celebrating the city's 100th anniversary is being held at the estate of the Lynxley family, whose ancestors was Ebenezer Lynxley, the founder of Zootopia. All of the sudden, a snake named Gary attempts to steal the journal which contains information on who the founder of Zootopia really is and who created the weather walls controlling the temperature of all of Zootopia's sections. Judy sees the good in him and after inadvertently attacking Chief Bogo and rendering him unconscious from a venom bite, Judy and Nick escape with Gary and the journal making them fugitives. When the film premiered in theaters, it made $1.4 billion dollars in the box office receiving critical acclaim from critics and viewers calling it a film that's just as good as the first one. What did Arun and Patricia think of the film?

In this episode of DreamMachine, Arun and Patricia take a break watching DreamWorks Dragons to watch the 2018 Netflix animated series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Based on the 1985 series She-Ra: Princess of Power, a spinoff of the 1983 series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, She-Ra focuses on Adora, a soldier of the villain Hordak's army The Horde who wishes to conquer the planet Etheria to bring peace to the land. One night, Adora and her friend Catra sneak out to the Whispering Woods and she finds a sword. After picking up the sword, she becomes She-Ra and is destined to stop Hordak from his evil plans. She leaves the Horde, joins two companions named Glimmer and Bow, and together they reunite the princesses from the other lands and stop the Horde from conquering Etheria.When the series premiered on Netflix, it received critical acclaim from critics and viewers with its engaging story, memorable characters, LBGTQ representation, and making necessary updates to the original source material. It has been called one of the greatest animated series of the 2010s and one of the few times a remake to a classic show is better than the original. What did Arun and Patricia think of this new incarnation of She-Ra?

In the final episode of Casual Chats for 2025, Patricia and special guest Jesse McAnally from Musicals with Cheese discuss about 10 musicals based on the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens. They go over the pros, cons, and best songs that encompasses each key moment from this classic Christmas story. The musicals we covered for this podcast are as follow: The 1954 adaptation of A Christmas Carol from the anthology series Shower of Stars.The Stingiest Man in Town from the anthology series The Alcoa Hour that aired in 1956. The 1962 animated television special Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol.The 1970 musical film Scrooge.The 1978 animated adaptation of The Stingiest Man in Town produced by Rankin/Bass.The 1992 film The Muppet Christmas Carol.The 1994 Off-Broadway show A Christmas Carol: The MusicalThe 2010 stage show A Christmas Carol: A New MusicalThe 2022 animated adaptation of Scrooge: A New Musical that was released on Netflix.The 2022 Apple TV+ film Spirited.