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Avatar: Braving the Elements

Toph’s ATLA Debut: “The Blind Bandit” with Director Ethan Spaulding

Avatar: Braving the Elements

Nickelodeon

Animation & Manga, Tv & Film, Leisure, After Shows

4.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Say hello to Toph Beifong! Janet and Dante welcome Ethan Spaulding, the director of “The Blind Bandit,” to celebrate the epic ATLA episode 6 that introduced one of the Avatarverse’s most iconic characters. Learn behind-the-scenes trivia about Earth Rumble Six, the casting of Toph, and what makes this earthbender such a fan favorite. Get ready for seismic-level insights into Toph’s legacy in Avatar: The Last Airbender. 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

Hello, Hello, friends, benders and non-benders alike.

0:22.4

Welcome to Braving the Elements, Nickelodeon's podcast about all things Avatarverse.

0:26.8

I'm Janet Varney.

0:27.9

And I'm Dante Bosco.

0:29.3

And we're pretty excited today, Varnie.

0:31.0

In case you missed it, over the weekend at our Braving the Elements live show at San Diego

0:35.7

Comic-Con, we announced the exclusive, thrilling news

0:39.3

that the first feature-length Avatar Studios film will focus on Ang and his friends.

0:44.9

We are so excited, and we know you are too.

0:47.6

For future breaking news on all things in the Avatarverse, well, you're just going to have to

0:52.0

subscribe and keep on listening.

0:54.0

So today, pretty major episode of Avatar to discuss, basically the ushering in of the era of

0:59.5

Toff.

1:00.7

Yes.

1:00.9

We'll say it again.

1:02.1

Yes, yes.

1:02.9

Taff is one of the most beloved characters in the Avatarverse and for good reason.

1:07.8

And there are a ton of other great characters we meet in Book 2.

1:10.3

Yes, indeed. Like May, for example. Now, last week, you were on set, D. May's cool. May's cool.

1:17.5

Of course, you were on set, so I chattered with the wonderful Cricketly, who played May,

1:22.7

and it was such a wonderful conversation. She's such a brilliant and caring person. And keeping with the trend of voiceover actors

1:28.8

not matching their character personalities,

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