Carrying the Torch: Greg Baldwin on Voicing Uncle Iroh and Honoring a Legend

Avatar: Braving the Elements

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

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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This week Janet and Dante welcome the actor who stepped in as Uncle Iroh: the delightful Greg Baldwin! Meet the warm, kind, and humble voice of the man who truly honored his predecessor by joining the "Avatar: The Last Airbender" cast after the passing of the great Mako. Always committed to respecting and continuing the work that Mako began, Greg shares some of his own background in the arts, his love of voice acting, and how his life has been impacted by interacting with so many fans who love Uncle Iroh. From his love of tea to his unparalleled guidance for Zuko, get ready to explore the heartwarming and thought-provoking lessons that Iroh imparts on the young prince and viewers alike. 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,
0:03.0	Hello, friends, benders, and non-benders alike.
0:22.9	Welcome to Braving the Elements Nickelodeon's podcast about all things Avatarverse.
0:27.6	I'm Janet Varney.
0:28.8	And I'm Dante Bosco.
0:30.3	And this week we're delighted to be joined by another fantastic cast member from the first Avatar series.
0:35.4	Now, technically, we had them on the podcast before, but
0:37.8	that was our live New York Comic-Con show, and we didn't actually talk to them.
0:42.5	No, that's right. You know, he and Michaela Murphy were too busy bringing their A-game to
0:47.7	voicing Toff and Iro and the table reads we did live at New York Comic-Con, including, may we
0:52.7	add, being in full and amazing cosplay as
0:55.7	their characters. And then they had to head out immediately to a photo shoot because we as a podcast
1:00.7	were certainly not going to be the ones to keep them from getting picks with the many,
1:05.1	many fans who were super excited to do that. That's right. So we knew we had to spend a little more
1:10.0	time with them on the podcast.
1:11.3	So please join us in welcoming the wonderful Greg Bodwin to Braving the Elements.
1:16.8	Hello, my friends. Hello. It is good to share tea together. Welcome, Uncle. Welcome.
1:22.9	Oh, my gosh. My pleasure. Oh, my goodness. How are you doing? It's so good to see you.
1:26.1	I'm doing great, you know, having a wonderful season here in New Mexico. And, uh, in New Mexico. Thank you for having me.
1:32.9	Oh, I loves me some New Mexico. It's a wonderful state. The land of enchantment. One of my favorite flags of state flags.
1:40.4	And mine too. The Zia son, yeah, it's easy. Yeah. One of the things that I liked most, when my wife and I were thinking, the kids were grown up,
1:47.0	and we were like, oh, you know, it's time to leave LA, we can go someplace else.
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