Avatarverse Engineering with Adam Savage

Avatar: Braving the Elements

Nickelodeon

Animation & Manga, Tv & Film, Leisure, After Shows

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Janet and Dante are still abuzz over all the gadgetry in “The Northern Air Temple,” so they decide to talk to fellow lover of gadgets, Adam Savage! From the delivery systems of Omashu to Jet’s hooked swords to the Fire Nation’s reversible tanks, Adam geeks out with Janet and Dante about some of the very cool designs to come out of Book One of ATLA. But the trio also talks about the deep, abiding emotional calls to action that come from the series, and how we can foster our own imaginations and skills! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, friends, benders and non-benders alike.
0:22.9	I'm Janet Varney.
0:24.0	And I'm Dante Bosco, and this is Braving the Elements, Nickelodeon's podcast about all things Avatarverse.
0:29.7	And we were so excited.
0:32.3	Weren't we buddy to have the awesome Jason Manzoukas on board to talk about the Northern Air Temple with us last week.
0:39.0	He was amazing. Great conversation. However, we realized we were talking so much about the big
0:44.6	themes of the episode and the series in general, which Jason had so many great thoughts about,
0:49.3	that we didn't really spend that much time on the things that make that episode and Avatar in
0:53.0	general so special.
0:58.8	All the machines and the gadgets and stuff like Jason mentioned that tips its hand towards where we go in the Cora era.
1:01.3	That's right. We really steered clear of that stuff because we were getting into some heavy, deep,
1:05.8	emotional themes, which, as you know, is always a thrill for me.
1:08.6	We kind of skimmed over that stuff.
1:10.8	So we thought, why not have a conversation that does celebrate something? which as you know, is always a thrill for me. We kind of skimmed over that stuff.
1:11.0	So we thought, why not have a conversation that does celebrate some of the marvelous
1:16.1	gadgetry and inventions of not just the mechanist, but maybe even some of the other aspects
1:21.5	of other episodes of Book 1 of Avatar?
1:23.9	Then it became like, if you want to talk about stuff like that, who do you even ask?
1:26.7	Is there such a person that it would even be worth talking to? And then we were like, oh, yes, there is. And his name is one of my favorite people, Adam Savage.
1:35.4	Hello. Welcome. It's like actually no one better in the world to talk to about these gadgetry things than Adam Savage.
1:44.3	Oh, shucks.
1:44.8	I am so excited to see you.
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