Lauren Faust

Nickelodeon Animation Podcast

Nickelodeon

Tv & Film

4.2 • 966 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic creator Lauren Faust hated the My Little Pony TV show as a kid. Why can't girl cartoons be badass too? After honing her storytelling skills on Iron Giant, Powerpuff Girls, and Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends, Lauren got her chance to make My Little Pony the way she always wanted. You're welcome all you girls and Bronies!

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0:00.0	Nick Nick Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nix,
0:02.0	Nickelodeon!
0:05.0	From Nickelodeon Studios in Burbank, California,
0:10.0	this is the Nickelodeon Animation Podcast.
0:12.0	Hey, I'm your host Hector Navarro. Welcome to the Po- This is the Nickelodeon animation podcast.
0:13.0	Hey, I'm your host Hector Navarro.
0:14.3	Welcome to the podcast.
0:15.6	We've had so many guests that have been hugely impactful
0:18.1	to the history of Nickelodeon and Nicktoons.
0:20.3	But my guess today is an Emmy-winning animator, writer, director, producer, and
0:25.4	creator who's been hugely impactful to modern animation.
0:29.2	She's worked on classic shows like The Power Puff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends,
0:33.8	and developed My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic, a pop culture phenomenon to say the least.
0:38.9	So let's get right to it.
0:40.1	Here's Lauren Faust. My daughter's only three months old.
0:49.0	My daughter's only three months old.
0:51.0	So I'm still on my leave.
0:52.0	So I'm just usually home all day taking care of a baby.
0:56.4	Awesome. I'm kind of love it. Well thank you so much for being here. What kind of stuff did you enjoy as a kid?
1:04.6	When did you look at animation and go,
1:06.8	I love this stuff?
1:07.9	Well, it's not that I looked at animation and loved it.
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