July 2, 2025
Torah Smash! The Podcast for Nerdy Jews
Episode 84 - Pixar’s Paradigm Shift
In this episode, we explore the theory that suggests that all Pixar films exist within a single shared universe. Or perhaps they don’t and they’re just individually made entertaining movies. Or maybe the director once knew someone named Andy and liked the way he treated his toys. We’ll discuss how literal or interpretive we believe the Pixar universe to be and we dig into some other pop culture conspiracy theories. We’ll learn that Pixar may not just be about talking toys, but about a mystical cycle of life, technology, and evolution… Oh wait, my power is low... let me just quickly grab some new Buy N Large batteries…
00:00:38 The Pixar Theory
00:02:52 P.A.R.D.E.S.
00:06:34 Our interpretation of Jewish texts
00:10:02 Explaining the Pixar Theory
00:16:44 Pixar gets the Pardes treatment
00:24:51 Other pop-culture conspiracy theories
00:31:03 An original romantic conspiracy theory
00:32:50 Favorite Pixar Movies
00:35:46 Pixar Purist
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