TLOK’s Shiro Shinobi Speaks! The Voice Behind Avatar’s Iconic Radio Voice

Avatar: Braving the Elements

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🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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You’ve heard his voice narrating every twist and turn in The Legend of Korra. Now the man behind Shiro Shinobi finally steps up to the mic! In this episode of Braving the Elements, hosts Dante Basco and Janet Varney sit down with Jeff Bennett, the voice behind Avatar’s most iconic radio broadcaster, to discuss the fan-favorite episode “Turning Tides.” From Shinobi’s Shakespearean flair to unforgettable lines like “I am currently wetting my pants,” this episode celebrates the character’s surprising rise and enduring charm. Jeff performs a custom Shinobi recap, reflects on his ATLA connections, and teases the return of General Iroh. And as always, you can react to the epic action featured in this week’s episode by checking out the official Avatar Legends YouTube Channel! 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	A new season of Survivor means a new season of On Fire, the only official Survivor podcast.
0:07.3	Each week, we break down the game like nobody else can.
0:09.9	From how the season is built to why the players make the moves they do,
0:14.5	it is the ultimate companion to the show.
0:17.1	So if you love Survivor, I think you're going to love On Fire.
0:19.9	Follow and listen to On Fire with Jeff Probst on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcast.
0:58.0	A Nickelodeian original podcast. Hello friends, benders and non-benders alike.
1:01.8	Welcome to Braving the Elements, Nickelodeon's podcast about all things avathevers.
1:02.9	I'm Janet Barney.
1:08.4	And I'm Dante Bosco, and we have an action-packed episode of Legend of Cora today, and it's going to knock your socks off. You betcha, but we're not doing it alone, and I can't help but wonder if the way we're talking right now is giving you a vital clue about today's guest. He's fast. He's fabulous. He's funny. He's the fantastic. Jeff Bennett. Wow. And that's a wrap, everybody. Thank you so much. That was so good. We took everything out of us to do that.
1:29.3	My children, my, my children, my subjects.
1:32.3	Yes.
1:33.3	I've taught you well.
1:34.3	You've taught us so well.
1:36.3	Youth clashes against experience in a battle for the ages.
1:40.3	I have enjoyed that voice for nigh on over a decade now. It is, it is, it is a legend of choral voice. It's like the number one voice I imagine when I think about. I haven't heard it in a decade. I'm pretty sure because I don't usually watch whatever I do, which is interesting. And I'm like, wait, nor do any of us. Nor do we. Who is this guy again wonderful experience for us to kind of dive back into something we've done years ago. Yeah, yeah. And when it's been a minute, you get a chance to sort of sit back and watch it as a fan. It feels less weird. It feels less weird. It feels less weird. It has proven to feel less weird. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't know he was so popular.
2:18.3	Yeah.
2:19.3	I didn't know I was popular.
2:21.3	You're very popular.
2:23.3	It was that it's very cool.
2:24.3	I mean because the the way the gig came about was just so surptitiously.
2:29.3	I remember reading at the table and I think like one of the writers, right, he had cast himself.
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