Shawn Bonneau
Orlando singer/songwriter
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WaltCast is a popular Disney podcast hosted by Shawn and Katie Bonneau. While the show mainly focuses on
Walt Disney World news and segments, it also features interviews with various celebrities from actors, authors,
voice over artists and musicians. They frequently have a co-host sit in from other podcasts and blogs. Joe Hursh,
the voice of Disney Transportation, reads the show’s disclaimer at the beginning of each episode. WaltCast’s intro
was recorded by James Arnold Taylor, a famous voice over artist known for “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”, “Johnny
Test”, “Drawn Together” and providing the current voice of Fred Flinstone.  Shawn and Katie live in Orlando,
Florida, less than five minutes from the Walt Disney World Resort.

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Some of the celebrities interviewed by Shawn and Katie included:
Kelsey Grammer
Larry the Cable Guy
Melora Hardin
John Ratzenberger
Jim Cummings
Dee Bradley Baker
James Arnold Taylor
Carlos Alazraqui
Peter Renaday
Andrew Zimmern

WaltCast also conducts their "Eat to the Beat Interview Series" every year where they interview singers and bands
that will be performing at EPCOT's Food and Wine Festival. Some of the artists include:
Davy Jones of the Monkees
Mickey Thomas of Starship
Jeannette Jurado of Expose'
Zac Hanson of Hanson
Ken Block of Sister Hazel
Jett Berres of Sister Hazel
Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply
Taylor Dayne
Jesse Valenzuela of the Gin Blossoms

as well as composers
Bruce Broughton
and
Richard Bellis

In addition to some of the celebrities listed above, Shawn and Katie have also interviewed various other online
personalities, authors and even Warren Specter, the creator of popular video games including “Epic Mickey”. Lee
Cockerell, former President of Operations at Walt Disney World, and author of Creating Magic, has also appeared
on the show. One of their first major interviews was with Eddie Carroll, the voice of Jiminy Cricket from 1973 to
2010. WaltCast was one of Eddie’s last interviews before his death in April of 2010.

Some authors, including Dave and Jennifer Marx of the PassPorter Walt Disney World books, Lou Mongello of the
WDW Trivia Books and Len Testa of the Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World have also made multiple appears
on WaltCast.

Shawn and Katie always have celebrity interviews lined up that helps make WaltCast one of the biggest Celebrity
Podcasts on the internet, as well as Family and Travel.

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IN OTHER MEDIA
Shawn and Katie often make appearances on other shows and have been featured in many blogs and articles.
Some of these include WDW Radio, All About the Mouse, Inner Mouse, Your MouseCast, The Mouse Lounge,
PassPorter Mom’s Podcast, Remember the Magic, WEDway Radio, See Ya Real Late and Recapturing the Future.
Shawn is also a frequent guest on the Mr. Frank’s Wild Ride Show.

While WaltCast is an independent podcast, the Disney Company works closely with Shawn and Katie to help book
guests and often invite them to Media Conferences and Events. They have been considered VIP at various
functions and visit Walt Disney World several times a week.

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OTHER INFORMATION
Since June of 2009, Shawn and Katie have released over 100 episodes of WaltCast and have surpassed all their
goals and expectations. In the summer of 2011, WaltCast celebrated two years with a major episode highlighting
many of their celebrity interviews and memorable moments. The episode also featured various bloopers and
outtakes and has been ranked as one of their most popular episodes.

WaltCast releases at least one episode a week, often two or three. It is subscribed to by thousands of listeners on
iTunes and is more times than not streamed by people on their website. It can also be found on various other
media formats on the internet.