Imprisoned: Kevin Michael Richardson (Tyro) on Fire Nation Oppression

Avatar: Braving the Elements

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

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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In Season 1, Episode 6 of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Janet and Dante explore the layers of the powerful episode “Imprisoned” with voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson, who portrays Tyro. They discuss the intense themes of oppression, the Fire Nation’s cruelty, and the emotional resonance of the prison island. Kevin also shares his thoughts on race in voice acting, the challenges of portraying complex characters, and working in the Avatarverse. 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,
0:02.0	Benders and non-benders alike.
0:07.0	Welcome. Hello, friends, benders and non-benders alike. Welcome to Braving the Elements, Nickelodeon's new podcast about all things Avatarverse. I'm Janet Varney.
0:31.3	And I'm Dante Bosco. And welcome to the show.
0:34.1	That's right. Welcome to the show, indeed. What's going on? How are you? Well, you know, we're back. We're back. Been checking out the show. That's right. Welcome to the show indeed. What's going on? How are you?
0:38.7	You know, we're back. We're back. I've been checking out the episodes this week and really,
0:43.0	really interesting stuff went through my mind as I was watching, watching this particular episode
0:48.6	coming up. Oh, I'm excited to hear about it. How are you doing? I'm good. I mean, I'm a little
0:53.2	envious of the smoothie that I see you drinking. Um, I do enjoy a smoothie and I'd like to start seeing your
0:58.8	smoothies become a little more themed towards whatever the episode is. So if like, for example,
1:03.2	we were talking about, you know, episode, I don't know, 107 today, 106 maybe. If we did 106, it would be like a nut-themed shake.
1:11.7	No, what I'm saying?
1:12.3	There is some nuts in there.
1:13.5	I was going to tell you that Saka did, you know, opens the episode with nuts.
1:17.1	And I do have a little nuts in here.
1:20.0	I think they're walnuts or something.
1:21.7	What a tribute.
1:22.6	We also wanted to make sure to give a shout out to all of the wonderful listeners on Twitter.
1:27.1	I'm at Janet Varney,
1:28.1	Dante's at Dante Bosco, who have kept us abreast of all the Avatar kind of themed Olympic stuff
1:34.2	in Tokyo. All right, we're going to be recapping episode six of the last airbender. Today,
1:39.9	Imprisoned is its title. And after our recap, we're also going to be joined by a very special guest
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