Re-play: Dani Fernandez Welcomes Us to the Nerd Universe

Tamarindo

Tamarindo | Sonoro

Business, Comedy, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, News, Education, Non-profit

4.8 • 741 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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This week, we are revisiting our episode with Dani Fernandez who has been making waves lately with her nuanced and thoughtful posts and interviews about the writer and actor strikes. Dani is an LA based writer and actress that we adore. She wrote in the best-selling book The Good Immigrant USA and has hosted for E! News, Nerdist, CW, and Disney. She can be seen in animated form, playing herself, in Disney’s Ralph Breaks the Internet. Learn how Dani is making the nerd space more welcoming for people of color, and how she delights us with her bold tweets centered on mental health and representation. More about our guest: Dani Fernandez recently appeared in multiple episodes of Syfy's “The Great Debate" and wrote on the upcoming CW show "The Girls on the Bus”, The Netflix show "Incarnate", as well as the HBO Max show “MORE”. She also sold a half-hour comedy pilot based on her life, "1% Happy" to HBO Max. In January she hosted the first annual Critics Choice Super Awards on the CW. Follow Dani Fernandez: @msdanifernandez Free Bask and Being Stress Relief Sessions Looking for stress relief and wellness coaching for you or your team? Sign up for one of our free, 45-minute workshops THIS MONTH that teach work-friendly mental health and stress relief tools. Sign up for a slot www.baskandbeing.com/free-demo/! Tamarindo is a lighthearted show where hosts Brenda Gonzalez and Ana Sheila Victorino discuss politics, culture, and self-development. Join us as we delve into discussions on race, gender, politics, representation, and life! You can get in touch with us at www.tamarindopodcast.com Brenda and Ana Sheila are executive producers of Tamarindo podcast with production support by Josie Melendez and Augusto Martinez, of Sonoro Media. Jeff Ricards produced our theme song. If you want to support our work, please rate and review our show here. Contribute to the show: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tamarindopodcast1 Follow Tamarindo on instagram @tamarindopodcast and on twitter at @tamarindocast Follow Ana Sheila on instagram @la_anasheila and twitter @Shelli1228 Follow Brenda on twitter at @BrendaRicards Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.9	Sonalo.
0:36.9	Hi, amigies. Brenda here, reaching you from Tamarindo's summer break.
0:41.2	Today, we're revisiting our chat with Danny Fernandez, an L.A. based writer and actress that we adore.
0:47.6	Danny has been making waves lately with her nuance and thoughtful posts and interviews about the WGA
0:52.0	and SAG strikes. She and many of our Tamarindo amiggis belong to both unions.
0:57.1	We stand with Danny and all workers lifting their voice to demand a better world.
1:01.5	Union strong, baby.
1:03.1	Get to know Danny Fernandez on this episode from our archives.
1:06.5	Brand new episodes of Tamarindo are coming back September 6th.
1:27.4	Welcome to Tamarino podcast.
1:32.2	Hosted by me, Brenda Gonzalez, a political nerd and nonprofit capacity builder.
1:36.3	And me, Anna Sheila Victorino, a queer, well-being enthusiast and mindset coach.
1:42.9	We are a Latinx empowerment podcast discussing politics, culture, and how to keep your calma with well-being practices and self-love.
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