Watch With Jen - S7: E6 - "When You Wish Upon a Star." Disney Magic with Laurel Hightower

Watch With Jen - S7: E6 - "When You Wish Upon a Star." Disney Magic with Laurel Hightower

From Watch With Jen™ by Jen Johans

April 18, 2026 · 1h 1m · Season 7 · Episode 6

About this episode

Laurel Hightower joins Jen Johans to discuss Disney's storytelling magic and its impact on creativity and empathy.

Current and aspiring writers of all backgrounds will love this episode, devoted to storytelling, humanism, empathy, and creativity. Horror author Laurel Hightower makes her Watch With Jen pod debut, exploring some of Disney's magic-minded movies of the past few decades, particularly ENCHANTED, ENCANTO, and WISH. A sprawling, soulful chat with a woman who instantly felt like an old friend, I can't recommend this conversation enough. Bio: Laurel Hightower is a bourbon-loving, pitbull-snuggling native of Lexington, Kentucky. She is the Bram Stoker-nominated author of WHISPERS IN THE DARK, CROSSROADS, BELOW, EVERY WOMAN KNOWS THIS, SILENT KEY, SPIRIT COVEN, THE DAY OF THE DOOR, and THE LONG LOW WHISTLE, and has more than a dozen short fiction stories in print. Originally Posted on Patreon (4/18/26) here : https://www.patreon.com/posts/155953536 Donate to the Pod via Ko-fi & PayPal Shop Watch With Jen logo Merchandise in Logo Designer Kate Gabrielle's Threadless Shop Theme Music: Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw, Free Music Archive

People in this episode

Host: Jen Johans

Guest: Laurel Hightower

Topics covered

  • storytelling
  • humanism
  • empathy
  • creativity
  • Disney movies
  • horror literature

Keywords

  • Disney
  • Laurel Hightower
  • storytelling
  • ENCHANTED
  • ENCANTO
  • WISH
  • horror author
  • creativity
  • empathy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Ko-fi, PayPal

Books & works: ENCHANTED, ENCANTO, WISH

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