Danielle Dances! (Week 1)

Pod Meets World

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4.8 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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There it was. Danielle has completed her first dance - the Tango to Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger” - and she’s ready to talk about it. What was debuting in the ballroom like? Is she happy with her performance (and score)? And what can we expect moving forward?
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0:00.0	Hello, it's Danielle Fischel, podcaster, TV director, and mom of two, but forever known to most as Topanga from the nostalgic TGIF favorite
0:23.9	Boy Meets World. Currently, though, I am competing on season 34 of Dancing with the Stars,
0:29.3	and I am having the time of my life. As a reminder, I have absolutely no experience in the field.
0:36.4	I'm not even sure I should be doing this, but one thing I am sure of, I'll be keeping no experience in the field. I'm not even sure I should be doing this.
0:38.2	But one thing I am sure of, I'll be keeping you updated in the form of this podcast, Danielle
0:43.5	with the Stars, chronicling my entire journey to win a mirror ball.
0:49.3	This is immediately following the press line, which immediately followed the premiere of Dancing
0:58.9	with the Stars season 34.
1:02.2	First of all, I would really like to say that I have only been able to have this incredible
1:10.8	of an experience on Dancing with the Stars so far
1:14.0	because of all of the people around me who have just made this possible for me from my husband
1:22.9	who has picked up 100% of the stuff that I normally do for our household and the kids,
1:29.4	which is a lot. He has taken a hundred percent of that on my kids who have been really
1:36.4	understanding about my hours and my schedule and knowing that sometimes I may only be able
1:41.2	to see them when they wake up in the morning, that I may not be home before they are down for the night. And, you know, people who help our family, like my
1:50.3	incredible nanny, who when my husband is overworked and overloaded with things because I'm not
1:55.4	there, she has picked up the slack. It has been such like a team effort to Tara, our fantastic producer who's coming to me
2:04.5	here late at night after a taping so that I can do this podcast and bring all of this stuff to you.
2:10.2	My family, the words of support, the messages you guys have been sending me, the amount of
2:16.8	texts and love and direct messages
2:18.8	and comments on our Instagram and our TikToks.
2:22.3	The love that I feel and the, like, the celebratory nature of what I'm doing is just really, really special. And I want to thank you
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