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Enter the amazing world of Avatar through the official companion podcast, Avatar: Braving the Elements from Nickelodeon. Join hosts Janet Varney (the voice of “Korra”) and Dante Basco (the voice of “Prince Zuko”) each week as they re-watch every episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender then break down key themes, notable battles, and behind-the-scenes trivia you can’t get anywhere else. Special guests from cast members to producers join them to explore elements of the Avatarverse, including the ...
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Remember the cartoons you loved as a kid? Do you, like us, remember mid-2000s Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network with a mix of fondness and terror – or, if you don’t, do you want to know what the fuss was about? Join Mary, David, and Ben as we revisit the cartoons that shaped us in an episode-by-episode deep dive, as well as the Internet fan culture as it was then and is now. How do these nostalgic shows hold up? What do we think of them now, as not kids but sad adults? How has the zeitgeist an ...
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Every week, hosts Allen and Magellan watch and review two episodes of a cult classic TV show with a focus on comedy and criticism, like a fun book club with friends! Feel free to jump into any season and watch along with us!
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Revisit the most stressful episode of Book 3, ‘Nightmares and Daydreams’ with Janet, Dante, and…Azula?? Not quite, but it IS the iconic voice actress behind this most delightful and nightmarish princess, Grey DeLisle! With the solar eclipse only a handful of days away, Team Avatar sets camp at the meeting spot for the invasion force. Everyone prepa…
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0:00- Intro, fantasy basketball update, Simpsons Meme Initiative 13:45- "The Path Not Taken" discussion 48:06- "The Reckoning" discussion Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at https://camillafranklin.myportfolio.com/…
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Masks, the debut of Red X, is considered one of the best episodes of Season 1 - so why did we think it was so mediocre? The plot is bare-bones, questions go unanswered, there are so many opportunities for emotional fulfillment and character development that are just glossed over, and the twist, oh the TWIST! Who ever saw THAT coming??? What is this…
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Scary ghost stories, creepy dark woods, and an eerie little town in the Fire Nation…what could possibly go wrong? Dive into this fan favorite ep with Janet & Dante as they are joined by storyboard artist & director Joaquim Dos Santos. We hear some insider info about alternate titles for the episode and all the ways the original series broke the rul…
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"But Chatz, when did you cover the first four episodes of Xena?" Great question! Those discussions can be found on this feed in: Couch Madness Round 4 Couch Madness Round 10 Couch Madness Round 13 Couch Madness Round 15 Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla F…
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Nerd out with Janet, Dante, and two superfans as they talk about all things Avatar - from which show characters they would want on their team for a 48-hour film challenge, to the impact of the thoughtful representation of disabilities in the Avatarverse. We’ll learn a bit about the origins of extreme martial arts from real-life Korra (a title besto…
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0:00- Intro, fantasy basketball check-in, Simpsons Meme Initiative 13:25- DS9 Season 1 Part 1 Discussion begins 45:33- Episode discussion/ tier rankings begin 1:48:34- Plug Zone and outro begin Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be…
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Janet and Dante are thrilled to welcome back Michaela Jill Murphy, the original voice of everyone’s favorite earthbending melon lord, Toph. We’ll uncover more golden nuggets from Dante’s past (y’all ever seen a pre-teen do a 3 card monte?) and discuss the one person you NEVER want to pull a scam with. Find out what happens when cheating a cheater g…
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0:00:00- Intro, fantasy basketball update, Simpsons Meme Initiative 12:03- Xena: Warrior Princess "Cradle of Hope" discussion begins 45:14- Battlestar Galactica "Water" discussion begins 1:21:29- Deliberations begin 1:39:27- A winner is decided 1:45:26- Next time on Chatz and plug zone begins Follow Omens online: chastingtheskyline.tumblr.com twitt…
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What’s it like to be besties with the Avatar? Who gave Roku his lewk? Are there any good folks in the Fire Nation?? Answers to these questions and more as Janet, Dante and special guest, Ify Nwadiwe dive into, ‘The Avatar and the Firelord’. We’ll catch up with Aang as he receives yet another very specific calendar ask from his predecessor, Avatar R…
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A brief pause this week between the semi-finals and the final round of Couch Madness. In the meantime, we wanted to share this Patreon episode with you all for free from last month. We celebrated finally reaching triple digits on our first Patreon series - ChatzNightz. Hear our competitive spirits emerge as we try to guess 100 items across 10 Top 1…
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Big burly men with lovely lady legs, iconic superheroes, and more - all in a day’s work for a storyboard artist and director, and this episode Janet and Dante are joined by one of the best, Lauren Montgomery! Lauren gives a behind-the-scenes scoop on a couple animal hybrids that didn’t quite make the cut, and shares her very surprising favorite shi…
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0:00- Intro, Simpsons Meme Initiative update, fantasy basketball talk 12:56- BSG "33" discussion 39:54- Fringe "The Ghost Network" discussion 57:00- Deliberations begin 1:23:41- A decision is made The bracket showing everything we're covering for Couch Madness and the winners of each round so far: https://challonge.com/chatzpod16 Magellan's Substac…
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Join Zuko, Azula, and the girlies for a bit of sun, a little relaxation, and just a touch of ambition for total world domination. We’ll get a taste of the trials and tribulations of Fire Nation teens, and witness a touching moment between siblings that *almost* convinces Dante that Azula means well. Almost. Guests Olivia Hack (voice of Ty Lee) and …
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0:00- Intro, fantasy basketball update 9:50- Xena: Warrior Princess discussion begins 31:39- Stargate SG-1 discussion begins 55:13- Deliberations begin 1:12:50- The decision is made The bracket showing everything we're covering for Couch Madness and the winners of each round so far: https://challonge.com/chatzpod16 Magellan's Substack newsletter Tw…
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Leaves from vines and secret tunnels - feel all the feelings with Janet and Dante as they are joined by composer, Jeremy Zuckerman and original show editor, Jeff Adams to talk about the Avatar live concert tour and the iconic music that makes us laugh and makes us cry (especially Janet). We’ll hear more about Jeremy's super airbending music powers …
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0:00- Intro, and where we were last Leap Day 10:20- Right Hand of God discussion begins 38:07- How the Tess Was won discussion begins Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at https://camillafranklin.myportfolio.com/ Magellan'…
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Space rocks, training montages, and Fire Nation shopping sprees - there is never a dull day on a road trip with Team Avatar. In ‘Sokka’s Master’ we follow the journey of our favorite (and only) non-bending member of the Gaang as he discovers his own unique strengths and learns the skill of the blade. And who better to join this Sokka-focused side q…
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0:00- Introduction, fantasy basketball update and Simpsons Meme Initiative update 14:50- Star Trek: Insurrection discussion begins 54:25- Star Trek: Nemesis discussion begins 1:26:48- Galaxy Quest discussion begins Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Frankl…
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Apologies for the impromptu break, everyone – we’re back and we’re ready to party! Or, uh, in this case, cringe, because despite being written by the original author of The New Teen Titans comics, this episode… isn’t all that great. Of Teen Titans, I mean. WE, your humble podcasters, are in top form. And together we look on in horror as the Titans …
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Author of the Avatar Kyoshi & Avatar Yangchen novels, F.C. Yee, and the novels’ audiobook actor/narrator, Nancy Wu, join Janet and Dante to geek out! Together, they discuss team Avatar throughout history, what it's like to expand the Avatarverse with a master like Michael DiMartino, and why ‘The Great Divide’ is such an important episode. Nancy tal…
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12:14 - Death Note discussion 37:23 - Fringe discussion 58:45 - Death Note vs. Fringe discussion 1:13:21 - The final votes are revealed 1:19:23- Next week on Chatz The bracket showing everything we're covering for Couch Madness and the winners of each round so far: https://challonge.com/chatzpod16 Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X Twitch Cha…
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4:10- Red Dwarf "Camille" discussion begins 39:17- Relationship/Romance talk begins Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at https://camillafranklin.myportfolio.com/ Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X T…
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Janet and Dante are joined by Avatar graphic novel and comic book author, Faith Erin Hicks, as we follow our favorite Gaang to a peculiar little fishing village in, ‘The Painted Lady’. Plagued by the toxic run-off from the Fire Nation weapons factory up the river, the villagers suffer greatly from the surrounding polluted waters - that is, until a …
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07:51 - Battlestar Galactica discussion 40:22 - The Tick (1994) discussion 40:09 - The Tick (2001) 56:41 - The Tick (2016) 1:09:00 - Musical break 1:09:20 - BSG vs The Tick discussion 1:27:41 - Voting craziness 1:31:57 - Next week and end chat The bracket showing everything we're covering for Couch Madness: https://challonge.com/chatzpod16 Magellan…
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Janet and Dante welcome 3 superfans to tell us what kind of bending THEY would love to see in the Four Nations. Along the way, important questions are answered like, who is the best ship? Do animal hybrids exist IRL? And is any type of bending innately good or evil? Together, Janet, Dante, and our fiery fans stretch the fabric of the Avatarverse to…
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Check out Ryan's podcasts: Yum Yum Podcast and Spit & Polish Presents The bracket showing everything we're covering for Couch Madness: https://challonge.com/chatzpod16 Magellan's Substack newsletter: https://notthatmagellan.substack.com/ Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main pod…
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Janet and Dante are delighted to welcome back John O’Bryan, the writer who gave us the most iconic (and unlucky) cabbage merchant ever! John shares more behind-the-scenes intel as we catch up with Aang, the gang, and their sticky fingers, doing their best to assimilate to the Fire Nation; including ‘picking up’ some fresh new fits and taking a *bri…
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The bracket showing everything we're covering for Couch Madness: https://challonge.com/chatzpod16 Magellan's Substack newsletter: https://notthatmagellan.substack.com/ Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at h…
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Janet and Dante are joined once more by dynamo director, Giancarlo Volpe, as we welcome Aang back to the land of the living in, ‘The Awakening’! After the fall of the Earth Kingdom, Aang wakes up in some alarming new digs with a hair-raising new look (iykyk) as the Gaang makes their way towards unfamiliar Fire Nation territory. Meanwhile, Zuko find…
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Follow Six at @sixdettmar scanlinemedia.com, or patreon.com/scanlinemedia The bracket showing everything we're covering for Couch Madness: https://challonge.com/chatzpod16 Magellan's Substack newsletter: https://notthatmagellan.substack.com/ Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main p…
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We’re back and fired up for a new season! Janet and Dante have a ‘family’ reunion with their two dads, Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, as everyone catches up on some of the major moments from Team Avatar’s time in the Earth Kingdom. To get ready for Book Three: Fire, we’ll talk about the epic cliffhanger of season two, fiery characters we’ll me…
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The bracket showing everything we're covering for Couch Madness: https://challonge.com/chatzpod16 Magellan's Substack newsletter: https://notthatmagellan.substack.com/ Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at h…
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Coming in HOT - Nickelodeon’s official companion podcast, Avatar: Braving the Elements is back for it’s third season! Join hosts Janet Varney and Dante Basco every Tuesday as they rewatch and discuss every episode of Book 3: Fire with special guests for more behind-the-scenes info you can’t get anywhere else. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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Magellan's Substack newsletter: https://notthatmagellan.substack.com/ Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at https://camillafranklin.myportfolio.com/ Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums E…
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Magellan's Substack newsletter: https://notthatmagellan.substack.com/ Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at https://camillafranklin.myportfolio.com/ Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums E…
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The bracket showing everything we're covering for Couch Madness: https://challonge.com/chatzpod16 Magellan's Substack newsletter: https://notthatmagellan.substack.com/ Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at h…
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Alright, time to dive headfirst into that tried and true staple of western animation, the body swap episode! None of us had remembered this one very fondly, and it turns out Mary had never seen at all. But it turns out it rules - especially because it's an EXCELLENT character study. Behold as Starfire-as-Raven destroys everything in her path, Raven…
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The bracket showing everything we're covering for Couch Madness: https://challonge.com/chatzpod16 Magellan's Substack newsletter: https://notthatmagellan.substack.com/ Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at h…
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Charlie's Github Page Magellan's Substack newsletter Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Bluesky Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at https://camillafranklin.myportfolio.com/ Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums Email: cha…
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Amanda and Magellan's podcast episode for her grad school project! Magellan's Substack newsletter Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Bluesky Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at https://camillafranklin.myportfolio.com/ Magellan's Substack ne…
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In everyone's favorite Season 1 episode, Raven is subjected to too many puns and goes grimdark, prompting Beast Boy and Cyborg to venture into the Hot Topic dimension to save her. While there, they encounter not one Raven, but several! Including Finger Guns Raven, a staple of forum avatars in the mid-noughties, but not including Lust Raven, who DOE…
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Entertainment Community Fund Magellan's Substack newsletter Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Bluesky Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at https://camillafranklin.myportfolio.com/ Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums Ema…
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Entertainment Community Fund Magellan's Substack newsletter Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Bluesky Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at https://camillafranklin.myportfolio.com/ Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums Ema…
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Entertainment Community Fund Magellan's Substack newsletter Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Bluesky Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at https://camillafranklin.myportfolio.com/ Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums Ema…
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Today, Titan Talk goes out and touches grass! Come join us for a brief interlude at the park, followed by a much longer interlude in a hole at the dump. Points of curiosity: fine dijon mustard, five and a half pounds of baby back ribs, a nostalgic look back at Obama "scandals," and Tom Kenny in a dual role as a magical blue guy and another, less ma…
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Entertainment Community Fund Magellan's Substack newsletter Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Bluesky Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at https://camillafranklin.myportfolio.com/ Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums Ema…
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Entertainment Community Fund Magellan's Substack newsletter Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Bluesky Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at https://camillafranklin.myportfolio.com/ Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums Ema…
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Entertainment Community Fund Magellan's Substack newsletter Check out chatzpod.com for all things Chatzpod! Twitter Bluesky Twitch Chatzums Email: chatzpod@gmail.com Our main podcast feed art was done by Camilla Franklin, whose work can be found at https://camillafranklin.myportfolio.com/ Magellan's Substack newsletter Twitter/X Twitch Chatzums Ema…
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