Ember Island Podcast: An Avatar The Last Airbender Podcast

Come on an auditory adventure with the Ember Island Podcast (Leslie and Barbara) as we analyze, review, and rave about every episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender (and The Legend of Korra) from start to finish! This episode's discussion includes: Studio Ghibli parallels, Avatar animal guides, why Zhao is not a very compelling villain, the horror that is the Spirit World, and the awesomeness that is Avatar-freaking Roku! Warning: Koh the Face Stealer, Nightmare Bear Hei Bai, and spoilers ahead! This episode is a double-feature! It includes the seventh and eighth episodes of Season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender: Book 1: Water: Chapter 7: Winter Solstice, Part 1: The Spirit World and Book 1: Water: Chapter 8: Winter Solstice, Part 2: Avatar Roku Note: The audio is still not the greatest (i.e. some of it cuts out from time to time) but we are working on improving it for future episodes! Contact us at: [email protected]

Come on an auditory adventure with the Ember Island Podcast (Leslie and Barbara) as we analyze, review, and rave about every episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender (and The Legend of Korra) from start to finish! This episode's discussion includes: Hope, engineers sucking at math, Hook (The Movie) featuring Dante Basco (the voice of Zuko), childhood crushes, and the worst old man who ever lived. Warning: Inspirational speeches ("Hope... is all we have!"), Haru's glorious hair, and spoilers ahead! This episode includes the sixth episode of Season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender: Book 1: Water: Chapter 6: Imprisoned Note: The audio is still not the greatest (i.e. some of it cuts out from time to time) but we are working on improving it for future episodes! Contact us at: [email protected]

Come on an auditory adventure with the Ember Island Podcast (Leslie and Barbara) as we analyze, review, and rave about every episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender (and The Legend of Korra) from start to finish! This episode's discussion includes: How airbending speed works, death by rock candy, and the "royal cougher"! Warning: Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 6 Spoilers Ahead (13:20 - 14:10 for avoidance) This episode includes the fifth episode of Season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender: Book 1: Water: Chapter 5: The King of Omashu Note: The audio is still not the greatest (i.e. some of it cuts out from time to time) but we are working on improving it for future episodes! Contact us at: [email protected]

Come on an auditory adventure with the Ember Island Podcast (Leslie and Barbara) as we analyze, review, and rave about every episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender (and The Legend of Korra) from start to finish! This episode's discussion includes: sucking at directions, the deadly Avatar drinking game, relatable painters, how expensive silk is, and GIRL POWER! Warning: partial drowning, mouth-foaming, and terrible nicknames ahead! This episode includes the fourth episode of Season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender: Book 1: Water: Chapter 4: The Warriors of Kyoshi Note: The audio is still not the greatest (i.e. some of it cuts out from time to time) but we are working on improving it for future episodes! Contact us at: [email protected]

Come on an auditory adventure with the Ember Island Podcast (Leslie and Barbara) as we analyze, review, and rave about every episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender (and The Legend of Korra) from start to finish! This episode's discussion includes: parental figures in Avatar and other media, which Hogwarts house each nation would be sorted into, ripped Zuko, and genocide in a show for children! Warning: Terrible truths, flying lemurs, and spoilers ahead! This episode includes the third episode of Season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender: Book 1: Water: Chapter 3: The Southern Air Temple Note: The audio is still not the greatest (i.e. some of it cuts out from time to time) but we are working on improving it for future episodes! Contact us at: [email protected]

Come on an auditory adventure with the Ember Island Podcast (Leslie and Barbara) as we analyze, review, and rave about every episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender (and The Legend of Korra) from start to finish! This episode's discussion includes:the series premiere of Avatar: The Last Airbender (or ATLA), painful tattoo applications, amateur editing debates, and the first (but definitely not the last) episode where we praise the show's writing, world-building, and character arcs. Warning: Penguin sledding and spoilers ahead! This episode includes the first two episodes of Season 1 of Avatar: The Last Airbender: Book 1: Water: Chapter 1: The Boy in the Iceberg and Book 1: Water: Chapter 2: The Avatar Returns Note: The audio is still not the greatest (i.e. some of it cuts out from time to time) but we are working on improving it for future episodes! Contact us at: [email protected] 

Come on an auditory adventure with the Ember Island Podcast (Leslie

and Barbara) as we analyze, review, and rave about every episode of

Avatar: The Last Airbender (and The Legend of Korra) from start to

finish!

This episode's discussion includes: excitedly dissecting everything about Zuko (alone), including more sad points in Zuko's life, his decision not to steal from innocent travelers, Korra and Avatar Wan references, Zuko's mother Ursa and Zuko's (more) terrible childhood, Zuko sucking at chores, Iroh's gifts and their deeper meaning, Ozai's manipulations with both of his children, Big-Brother Zuko with Lee (and also himself), Lu Ten's death, the exhibition, Ursa's discovery through Azula, Ursa and Zuko's wonderful relationship, Zuko outing himself, and the horrible present-day and past aftermath.

Warning: "Never Give Up Without a Fight" - 100% Zuko ahead!

This episode includes the seventh episode of Season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender:

Book 2: Earth: Chapter 7: Zuko Alone

Contact us at: [email protected]

Come on an auditory adventure with the Ember Island Podcast (Leslie

and Barbara) as we analyze, review, and rave about every episode of

Avatar: The Last Airbender (and The Legend of Korra) from start to

finish!

This episode's discussion includes: TOPH, the 'aimless' pacing of season 2, Sokka's new bag (and belt) regret, Earth Rumble VI, wrestling tropes and personas, The Blind Bandit, how scary Katara is, ~~Watertribe~~, Toph's parent's ableist infantilism of her, how Toph 'sees' even though she is blind, division of gender and bending based on nation's culture, earth bending strength subversion through Toph, and Toph's ongoing relationship with her family.

Warning: Rock puns and wrestling ahead!

This episode includes the sixth episode of Season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender:

Book 2: Earth: Chapter 6: The Blind Bandit

Contact us at: [email protected]

Come on an auditory adventure with the Ember Island Podcast (Leslie

and Barbara) as we analyze, review, and rave about every episode of

Avatar: The Last Airbender (and The Legend of Korra) from start to

finish!

This episode's discussion includes: Where the Gaang is trying to travel to, how the Rough Rhinos are terrible, Sokka loses his boomerang (causing an existential crisis), Elemental Nation Currencies, Avatar Day festivities, Aang standing trial, Sokka is Sherlock Holmes and the Scooby Gang, "Stop Being Mean to Sokka!", Kyoshi Island and foreshadowing, Kyoshi being a boss, the wheel of punishment and terrible town laws, status quo and avatar parallelism, boomerang always comes back, Iroh and Zuko runaway adventures, and Zuko making the bad decision to go Zuko Alone.

Warning: Burning effigies and (almost) boiling oil ahead!

This episode includes the fifth episode of Season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender:

Book 2: Earth: Chapter 5: Avatar Day

Contact us at: [email protected]

Come on an auditory adventure with the Ember Island Podcast (Leslie

and Barbara) as we analyze, review, and rave about every episode of

Avatar: The Last Airbender (and The Legend of Korra) from start to

finish!

This episode's discussion includes: Where the Blue Spirit mask comes from, Iroh's singing, begging, and flirting, Creepy Spirit Swamp and Aang's Horror Movie logic, Smart Momo and Appa being bros, Miyazaki Environmentalism and the angry, vengeful swamp, Nice but weird swamp people, Katara's mother and her pain, Sokka's guilt over the loss of Yue, the build-up to Tophi, Vine Waterbending and how waterbending is over powered, Circle of Life, Florida jokes, Sokka the Cynic, and Zuko's pride and the range of the Blue Spirit.

Warning: Creepy horror movie swamp escapades, swamp people, bad jokes, and spirit visions ahead!

This episode includes the fourth episode of Season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender:

Book 2: Earth: Chapter 4: The Swamp

Contact us at: [email protected]