Momona Tamada Read by Malia Baker

Rebel Girls

Stories For Kids, Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.5 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Momona Tamada is a young Japanese Canadian actor best known for her dazzling performance in The Baby-Sitters Club. Momona reaches audiences with her magnetic performances and passion for advocacy. This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This story was produced by Deborah Goldstein with sound design and mixing by Mumble Media. It was written by Alexis Stratton and edited by Abby Sher. Fact-checking by Joe Rhatigan. Narration by Malia Baker. Joy Smith was our executive producer. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. Thank you to the whole Rebel Girls team who make this podcast possible. Stay rebel!

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0:00.0	As Mamona Tomada looked around the set of her favorite television show, Relips curved
0:12.8	into a smile.
0:14.5	She could hardly believe she was here.
0:17.5	Mamona was decked out in a white blouse, leopard print pants and bright red slippers, lounging
0:23.9	in a plush chair next to an old-style landline telephone.
0:28.3	She'd never used a landline before.
0:30.6	Like most of her friends, she used a smartphone, but she had to act like she knew what she was
0:35.6	doing.
0:36.6	And...Action, the director called.
0:42.4	The cameras were rolling.
0:44.2	Butterflies flitted through Mamona's stomach as she waited for her cue.
0:50.3	Mamona ran across the room and grabbed the telephone.
0:53.2	Hello, she said rightly.
0:55.4	Baby Siddler's Club!
1:03.2	I'm Melia Baker and this is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, a fairy tale podcast about
1:09.2	the real-life Rebel woman who inspire us.
1:12.7	On this episode, one of my all-time BFFs, Mamona Tomada, a Japanese Canadian actor and
1:18.9	dancer, best known for her dad's lame performance in the Baby Siddler's Club, her passion for
1:24.2	increasing representation and her commitment to racial equality.
1:36.9	Mamona called Vancouver Canada home, but her parents had immigrated from Japan before
1:42.3	she was born.
1:44.4	Until Mamona and her little brother Heroes started elementary school, they only spoke
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