Book Two Begins: Avatar Wan's Origin Revealed with Creators Mike & Bryan

Avatar: Braving the Elements

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

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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In this deep-dive episode of Avatar: Braving the Elements, hosts Janet Varney (Korra) and Dante Basco (Zuko) reunite with Legend of Korra creators Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko to kick off Book Two: Spirits. From the evolution of bending to the rise of technology, the team explores the rich worldbuilding behind the Spirit World, the North vs. South Water Tribe conflict, and the emotional complexity of family dynamics in the Avatarverse. Mike and Bryan share behind-the-scenes stories about the creation of the first Avatar, Wan, the challenges of animation production, and how Book Two’s visual style was inspired by Miyazaki. Plus: new characters, sibling rivalries, and the introduction of fan-favorite Varrick. And if you’d like to join Janet, Dante and their guest(s) as they react to some amazing action, check out the video version of this episode on the official Avatar Legends YouTube Channel! 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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0:32.3	A Nickelodeon original podcast.
0:58.7	Yeah. Original podcast. Hello friends, benders and non-benders alike.
1:03.5	Welcome to Braving the Elements Nickelodeon's podcast about all things Avatarverse.
1:04.4	I'm Janet Varney.
1:05.9	And I'm Dante Bosco.
1:08.8	And Varney, it was a whirl in that first book.
1:09.1	Yeah.
1:10.1	I'm still catching my breath.
1:29.9	Yeah. Action-packed, my friend. Let me ask you this. Yes. Are you ready to kind of make a big departure in some ways with book two? Like this is not going to show you right in. I know. I feel like the first one was so like satisfying in a lot of ways. Yeah. Well, that was kind of the idea, right? We kind of figured out, and I'm going, where are we going to go from here?
1:31.3	Well, I don't want you to panic.
1:43.2	I don't want you to worry too much. I want to give you what I like to call in Buhu Town a soft landing. Okay. Give me that soft landing in the form of our two dads, Mike and Brian, who are going to help us set the table for book two.
1:46.3	Michael DiMartino, Brian Kinesko, thank you so much for coming back.
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