Joo Dee & Beyond: A Conversation with Lauren Tom

Avatar: Braving the Elements

Nickelodeon

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

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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You know her as Joo Dee from Ba Sing Se, but Lauren Tom’s voice acting legacy stretches far and wide! Janet and Dante sit down with the multi-talented Lauren to talk about her work on Avatar: The Last Airbender, her voiceover and on-screen acting career, and her representation as a powerhouse in the Asian American artistic community. Lauren talks about her career not just in voiceover, but as an on-screen actor, accomplished writer, mother, and we celebrate her stellar representation as part of the Asian artistic community. We hope she inspires you as much as she inspired us! 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.
0:27.4	I'm Janet Varney.
0:28.3	And I'm Dante Bosco.
0:29.9	And Varney, I hate to pat ourselves in the back, but we've done it again.
0:33.8	We managed to get another voiceover legend on our podcast.
0:42.0	Someone I've known since my days of Jake Long, the American Dragon.
0:46.1	First of all, I want to say, I love that you managed to get in one of your own credits in that.
0:46.6	I did. I love that you managed to also compliment the podcast as part of the introduction for this legend in question.
0:52.1	You're a man after my own heart.
0:53.9	But why don't we elaborate a little bit more on how this legend in question. You're a man after my own heart. But what
0:54.6	don't we elaborate a little bit more on how this legend that we're talking about fits into the
0:59.5	avatar verse and then we'll bring her into the conversation. Okay. What if I told you she might have
1:05.0	given us a breezy tour of Bossing Say? Ah-ha. Okay. Okay. All right. Okay. I'm going to guess, and not just because we booked her in advance
1:13.2	and I'm staring at her lovely face right now, as I say these words. I'm going to go ahead and guess.
1:17.4	It's Lauren, Tom, otherwise known as Judy. Lauren. Hello. Thank you so much for being on the podcast.
1:25.3	Oh, it's my pleasure.
1:31.0	Nickelodeon was so smart to choose you guys to host this podcast.
1:32.5	You're both so adorable.
1:33.4	Thank you so much. I want to adopt you.
1:36.0	You want to adopt us?
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