THROWBACK // Episode #77: Mandy Gonzalez (2017)
The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast
Gillian Pensavalle
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Time for another throwback! The truly effervescent Mandy Gonzalez came on the podcast in 2017 and gave new meaning to "I'm about to change your life." It was so important that she came on the show because, duh, she is THEEEEEEEE Mandy Gonzalez. Mandy was kind, gracious, and generous, and her recording was a big turning point in the life of The Hamilcast. It was a really, really big deal that she came over. And! This is the episode that made Lin-Manuel Miranda want to come on the podcast, so yeah, life changing status ACTIVATED. This is the full, untouched episode from 2017 and below is the original description.
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Calling all #FearlessSquad members (aka #SquadKicks): We have the one and only Mandy Gonzalez on the podcast this week! Mandy talks all things #FearlessSquad, what it's like playing Angelica in Hamilton on Broadway, her experience as Nina in In The Heights, the importance of having a fight within you, and why the world is a better place with Lin-Manuel Miranda in it. You will feel so motivated by the end of this episode!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Stage in Stages, Lynn Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamelcast. |
| 0:05.1 | Boots and cuts. |
| 0:06.0 | Boots and cuts. |
| 0:07.0 | Ha ha ha ha ha. |
| 0:09.0 | Hey, friends. So I know it's the Mandy Gonzalez repeat. I don't want to take up too much of your time, but I just wanted to let you know that one of the many reasons I chose this episode, other than the fact that, you know, it's Mandy Gonzalez. This is the episode that made Lynn want to come on. This is when he DM'd me and said, like, I loved your Mandy episode. I think I'm ready. So I just wanted to, |
| 0:38.6 | you know, before we dive in to, I think you got one more repeat up my sleeve for you. But before we |
| 0:43.0 | really, really dive in to wrapping up the Hamelcast, I just wanted to throw back to 2017. |
| 0:48.2 | Episode 77, Mandy Gonzalez. And this is the one that made Lynn go, you know what? I think I might |
| 0:54.0 | want to go over to the stranger's apartment. |
| 0:57.2 | So here you go. |
| 0:58.2 | I'm shutting up now. |
| 0:58.9 | Manny Gonzalez, enjoy. |
| 1:09.5 | Hey, everybody. |
| 1:10.2 | Welcome back to the Hamelcast. It is me, Jillian. Bianca is away out of town for a wedding. I am here with Mike. Bianca Soto was off tonight. I wanted to do a newscaster thing. That was good. Now listen up. We got a special guest. Mandy Gonzalez is here, you guys. Hi, Mandy. Hi, this is awesome. Thank you for joining us in the heat dome. Oh, I'm so excited to be here in the heat dome. It's really hot and fabulous. But we have like these amazing ice cubes that like kind of keep you really like cool. A freezer has been working overtime. What do you call them? Super cubes. They're super cubes. They totally are super cubes. |
| 1:44.8 | I must have them for my house. |
| 1:47.0 | Yes. |
| 1:47.3 | It's the easiest thing in the world. You can get a $40 mold from Sir La Tabla, or you can take a plastic cup and fill it with water and put it in the freezer. And that works just as well. Hey. It's part of you, New York. Lifehack. Yeah, lifehack.com hashtag. |
| 1:59.8 | All right, we have a special cocktail for Mandy Gonzalez, and we have to, it's kind of a name. |
| 2:04.6 | We have to sing it. Are you ready? I'm ready. My beer is, frangelica. Anyway, all this to say. So, anyway, all this to say. It is frangelico, but we change it to frangelica. Obviously. |
| 2:24.6 | It's fancy. Vanilla vodka and root beer over one giant ice cube in a frozen Moscow mule glass. I love these glasses. They make everything better. For the period. Right? And they get cold |
| 2:29.4 | so fast. So today this is like, it's perfect. I'm so sorry you're so sorry you're here. No. It's 97,000 degrees outside. 96,000, I should say. Part of New York. True. I like it. So thank you so much for coming. Mike and I have seen you as Angelica twice. Really? Mm-hmm. Yes. You're my only Angelica. Yeah. Oh, so cool. I'm honored. Oh, us too. |
| 2:54.6 | And, Yes. That's awesome. You're my only Angelica. Oh, so cool. |
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