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Get ready to Tearbend as Katie and Jordan break down the finale of Book One: Survival — Chapter 13: “The Root Chakra” (and try not to have a breakdown). Pavi’s choice during the climax has Katie in tears and says Pavi’s journey has resonated with her. Jordan’s tearbending was a combo of the Pavi scene and Jae’s speech at the end. Jordan talks about where this finale ranks among the rest in the Avatar series. The series reveals what happens to the twins parents and Katie and Jordan thinks their dad is intense in all the wrong ways. Katie talks about familial trauma and Jordan isn’t sold on the harsh reaction towards Nisha. After learning more about the Root Chakra, Katie is inspired to unblock all of her chakras and Jordan breaks down the meaning and symbolism behind the chakra.  The hospital scene has Katie concerned about the affliction of the Afflicted and wonders if Nisha is going to be the one to help. Jordan is 100 percent not onboard with the Zi / Daemin thing and then is 1,000 percent onboard. Jordan realizes the band “Earth, Wind & Fire” has a distinct lack of Water. Are they imbalanced? Have any blazing Flameo Hotman theories or about to combust because you need to tell somebody what you're enjoying about Avatar: Seven Havens? Send Katie and Jordan your thinkin'-thoughts to [email protected]  Enjoy listening to Katie and Jordan ramble at each other? Check out their other real-world travel misadventures podcast Exploregonians! Click here to send us a voice memo we may play on a future episode!

After a whirlwind month, Katie and Jordan are bending their way to the penultimate episode of Seven Havens Book One: Survival! Chapter 12: “The Dome” gives Jordan his favorite bit of Earthbending he’s ever seen and it fills Katie with queasy feelings.  Nisha’s mask makes Jordan think about the Nome King from the 1985 bizarro film “Return to Oz” and thinks you should watch it too.  Katie and Jordan both talk about “Kicking Some A” and Katie sprinkles that sweet letter “A” throughout the episode. Katie breaks down the power dynamic between Nisha and Pavi and is also very stressed out by the angry mob, which gives Jordan “Beauty and the Beast” vibes. Yip Yip Hooray! gets its first ever piece of fan mail and our co-host duo is thrilled!  Jordan goes on a tear talking about domes that are better than “The Dome” before a karaoke session at the end of the episode. One more episode to go before the Book One finale!  Have any blazing Flameo Hotman theories or about to combust because you need to tell somebody what you're enjoying about Avatar: Seven Havens? Send Katie and Jordan your thinkin'-thoughts to [email protected]  Enjoy listening to Katie and Jordan ramble at each other? Check out their other real-world travel misadventures podcast Exploregonians! Click here to send us a voice memo we may play on a future episode!

Katie is pretty sure this episode is titled "The Tiff in the Cave" and she's, like, 80 percent right. In this episode, Katie and Jordan cover Avatar: Seven Havens Chapter 11 "Battle of the Ruins" and Katie argues the battle was within their heart and Jordan thinks the title is maybe just a little misleading. Jordan has a decent theory about Nisha's (maybe?) role in what happened to their parents and Pavi's leg. And then offers a second, very insane, alternative. Kayoko is making some... strong choices in this episode of Seven Havens and really enjoys being framed by the full moon. Katie doesn't think her wimpy goggles are appropriate attire for a sandstorm. Jordan thinks Pavi has the funniest line in the series so far. The Burbling Spirit Goo (a.k.a. "Spirit Energy") is giving Jordan some serious D-Reaper vibes from Digimon Season 3. Katie is still stressed out by the tangled web of lies Jae keeps finding himself in and immediately forgets what "The Dome" is. Have any blazing Flameo Hotman theories or about to combust because you need to tell somebody what you're enjoying about Avatar: Seven Havens? Send Katie and Jordan your thinkin'-thoughts to [email protected]  Enjoy listening to Katie and Jordan ramble at each other? Check out their other real-world travel misadventures podcast Exploregonians! Click here to send us a voice memo we may play on a future episode!

What's the difference between an Orangutan-Deer and a Man-Moose? Katie and Jordan really try to figure that out while they discuss Avatar: Seven Havens Chapter 10: "Ghosts and Spirits" and Katie definitely expected this to be a way spooked episode. Jordan thinks Geet has been shrinking over the past few episodes and goes off on a tangent about 90s choking hazard nightmare candy Wonder Ball after watching Pavi turn into one. Katie keeps calling Nisha and Pavi's parents "farmers". All of Jae's deception is stressing Katie out.  Jordan isn't stoked about Pavi's newfound ability to vibration-sense and feels like more of her abilities need to feel earned.  Katie is curious how Pavi got out of Ellora when a group of kids couldn't help their sick mom.  And what exactly did Nisha see when she touched the freaky Cosmic Cube? Jordan and Katie try to figure it out. Beware the cube! Have any blazing Flameo Hotman theories or about to combust because you need to tell somebody what you're enjoying about Avatar: Seven Havens? Send Katie and Jordan your thinkin'-thoughts to [email protected]  Enjoy listening to Katie and Jordan ramble at each other? Check out their other real-world travel misadventures podcast Exploregonians! Click here to send us a voice memo we may play on a future episode!

The first two-parter of the series is done! On this episode, Katie and Jordan discuss Seven Havens Chapter 9: The Envoys Part Two and Jordan thinks they didn’t have enough material for two episodes and thinks about half of this chapter falls flat. (Cue sad trombone noise.) Katie thinks an entire Avatar cycle has lived and died in Republic Forest and Jordan doesn’t think we’ll see “The Lost Haven” this season. Both think the rekindled romance between Kayoko and Karthik is definitely dead.  Jordan doesn’t love how Nisha revealed herself as the Avatar, but finally understands how to pronounce “Agam” and Katie thinks she is going to continue Nisha’s training. When Pavi enters the Cosmic Realm, Katie calls it, “Rainbow Road” and Jordan has a fresh theory about what the Anomaly is! During this episodes Avatar Cold Call, Jordan learns what element his brother identifies with and that Jae’s voice actor Major Curda has a Cartoon Network connection. Have any blazing Flameo Hotman theories or about to combust because you need to tell somebody what you're enjoying about Avatar: Seven Havens? Send Katie and Jordan your thinkin'-thoughts to [email protected]  Enjoy listening to Katie and Jordan ramble at each other? Check out their other real-world travel misadventures podcast Exploregonians! Click here to send us a voice memo we may play on a future episode!

Katie is getting serious "Aladdin" (1992) vibes from Seven Havens so far and Jordan thinks we've met this series' Cabbage Man while they react to Chapter 8: The Envoys Part One. This episode is one of Jordan's favorite things in animation: a two-parter and talks way too long about multi-part episodes from The Disney Afternoon and his childhood refrigerator magnets for some reason.  Katie thinks it's going to be up to Pavi to save the day in part two and says she and Jae are the only characters she can 100 percent trust in this series.  Jordan says we got way too many character names thrown at us in this episode and he just kinda gave up trying to remember and pitches a wild theory why there may be fewer benders in the world.  Also, there are way, way more envoys than either of them expected. Jordan isn't into the slang "New Ba" but Katie is all about it.  Jordan makes a weird connection between the people of Akasha and Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII. Enjoy that. Have any blazing Flameo Hotman theories or about to combust because you need to tell somebody what you're enjoying about Avatar: Seven Havens? Send Katie and Jordan your thinkin'-thoughts to [email protected]  Enjoy listening to Katie and Jordan ramble at each other? Check out their other real-world travel misadventures podcast Exploregonians! Click here to send us a voice memo we may play on a future episode!

This episode was so dense with blink-and-you-miss-it-moments that Katie and Jordan definitely spend most of this podcast saying "I don't know!"  On this episode, Katie and Jordan dive into Avatar: Seven Havens Chapter 7: "What Lies Beneath" and after seeing the locker room, Jordan has questions about what other avatar-centric merch exist in this world. Hats? Novelty t-shirts? Katie re-pitches the theory she already forgot she pitched in our last podcast episode about the origin of the Anomaly (a.k.a. "Big Red Square") and is really excited about Pavi's intuition and her character growth.  Jordan is excited Seven Havens has shown us their most "Mad Max" scene yet and is now obsessed with the Anomaly goo.  An Avatar fan is cold-called who actually answers and actually knows what Seven Havens is! Also, he loves tea. It's not Iroh, but wouldn't that be great? Enjoy listening to Katie and Jordan ramble at each other? Check out their other real-world travel misadventures podcast Exploregonians! Click here to send us a voice memo we may play on a future episode!

Avatar's spOoOoOkiest episode ever is here and is definitely at Katie and Jordan's threshold for scares.  Chapter 6: "Night of the Afflicted"  tackles some very heavy topics regarding Pavi's disability. Jordan appreciates the care and research that went into handling Pavi's leg and Katie feels that the inclusivity and representation is very well done. Jordan is noticing almost all of the side characters in this series get a name and is making the world feel a bit more alive. Katie really enjoys Pavi's nickname of "Dirt Girl" and thinks Jordan should get off his high horse about the show's animation and he is just excited at the lack of gaudy CG vehicles roaming around. Sorry, The Satomobile. Is energybending going to factor into this series more than any before? Jordan thinks so and Katie pitches that the Big Angry Square (a.k.a. The Anomaly) may actually be Nisha and Pavi's parents! Is that an insane take? Who knows! Have any blazing Flameo Hotman theories or about to combust because you need to tell somebody what you're enjoying about Avatar: Seven Havens? Send Katie and Jordan your thinkin'-thoughts to [email protected]  Enjoy listening to Katie and Jordan ramble at each other? Check out their other real-world travel misadventures podcast Exploregonians! Click here to send us a voice memo we may play on a future episode!

Who is “The One Left Behind”? Is it Nisha, Pavi, or — as Katie puts it — literally everybody else in Ellora?  Jordan and Katie break down Book One: Survival, Chapter 5: The One Left Behind and the two of them love it, minus all the secrecy that’s stressing Katie out.  Jordan argues if Ellora is the "Survival Haven" associated with the Root Chakra, then he hopes Akasha is the “Pleasure Haven” which is… a stance.  Daemin’s poster shenanigans give Katie “Mulan” vibes and Jordan loves the balance of tension and humor in this episode, especially the Elderly Elloran Citizen.  This would have been Jordan’s favorite episode of the series thus far, had it not been for the most unbelievable scene in the Avatarverse he has ever seen: the food fight. Have any blazing Flameo Hotman theories or about to combust because you need to tell somebody what you're enjoying about Avatar: Seven Havens? Send Katie and Jordan your thinkin'-thoughts to [email protected]  Enjoy listening to Katie and Jordan ramble at each other? Check out their other real-world travel misadventures podcast Exploregonians! Click here to send us a voice memo we may play on a future episode!

The second batch of episodes for Avatar: Seven Havens has officially dropped and Katie and Jordan dive straight into Chapter 4: The Faceless.  Jordan does some deep dives and is late to the party figuring out the connection between the Root Chakra and Book One: Survival and Katie talks about the implications of "fear" in this episode.  Jordan just can't figure out how the Faceless see out of their unusually ornate masks and he and Katie accidentally call Daemin "Denim" before Jordan realizes his theme music is very familiar. Katie says Pavi's character is a soothing balm and Jordan can't stop being paranoid about every single ally introduced to Team Avatar.  Jordan cold-calls their friend with knowledge about the Root Chakra, but who knows what he actually heard.  Have any blazing Flameo Hotman theories or about to combust because you need to tell somebody what you're enjoying about Avatar: Seven Havens? Send Katie and Jordan your thinkin'-thoughts to [email protected]  Enjoy listening to Katie and Jordan ramble at each other? Check out their other real-world travel misadventures podcast Exploregonians! Click here to send us a voice memo we may play on a future episode!

The first batch of Avatar: Seven Havens episode is complete and... we finally have opening credits! Katie accuses Jordan of watching them "at least five times" but who knows!  Jordan proposes the theory that the Seven Havens are based on the Seven Chakras and Katie is counters with a theory that they're actually based on the Seven Wonders of the World.  Katie says all Avatar Superfans need to own a kalimba like Pavi and Jordan struggles throughout the entire episode to play "Avatar's Love".  Jordan invites fellow official Nickelodeon-recognized Avatar Superfan Kendell Byrd to share her early thoughts on the show and Katie reminds Jordan of the time he ate/drank onion and banana juice before his time on the official "Braving the Elements" podcast.  Have any blazing Flameo Hotman theories or about to combust because you need to tell somebody what you're enjoying about Avatar: Seven Havens? Send Katie and Jordan your thinkin'-thoughts to [email protected]  Enjoy listening to Katie and Jordan ramble at each other? Check out their other real-world travel misadventures podcast Exploregonians! Click here to send us a voice memo we may play on a future episode!

Chapter 2: Into the Storm hits the ground running and doesn't let up! We've got twin Avatars and Jordan, of course, is hoping that they're secretly triplets. Nisha is reminding Katie of Princess Jasmine from "Aladdin" and Jordan breaks down the Sanskrit origins of Pavi and Nisha's names.  Katie struggles with making sound effects with her voice and Jordan spends most of this episode analyzing every character's pupil shape. Spoiler alert: Pavi and Nisha's are different than everyone else.  Katie enjoys Pavi's character arc in this episode and her ability to confront her fears along with a friend. Jordan throws out some wild theories about the origins of Pavi and Nisha and also pitches a correlation between "Into the Storm" and Avatar: The Last Airbender's pivotal episode "The Storm". Does it work? You be the judge! Have any Seven Havens hot takes? Anything we got egregiously wrong? Are all the Airbender's descended from Aang? Send us your thinkin' to [email protected] and let's chat! Enjoy listening to Katie and Jordan ramble at each other? Check out their other real-world travel misadventures podcast Exploregonians! Click here to send us a voice memo we may play on a future episode!

It's been 12 years since Korra ended and 225 years since she destroyed the world! Katie and Jordan stay up until way past their bedtime to catch the premiere of Avatar: Seven Havens as soon as it dropped, which was at the very specific time of 12:11 a.m. for some reason. Tears were shed in the final moments of the premiere chapter "On the Horizon" and the back half of the episode sunk its hooks into Jordan, who is officially onboard, even if the animation is freaking him out a little bit.  Katie claims Geet is mostly cat, with very little monkey to be found (except opposable thumbs and a prehensile tail?) and Jordan still can't get over the domestic cat sounds Geet makes, but maintains that its way better than Naga ever was. Jordan's ears pick up on an early Easter Egg from Book One: Water and feels like the smartest boy in the world. Enjoy the latest/earliest podcast they've ever recorded and listen to their rapid descent into delirium towards the end! Avatar State! Yip yip! Have any blazing Flameo Hotman theories or about to combust because you need to tell somebody what you're enjoying about Avatar: Seven Havens? Send Katie and Jordan your thinkin'-thoughts to [email protected]  Enjoy listening to Katie and Jordan ramble at each other? Check out their other real-world travel misadventures podcast Exploregonians! Click here to send us a voice memo we may play on a future episode!

Just like how Aang was frozen in an iceberg for 100 years, Katie and Jordan went into the Avatar State and froze the podcast for nearly six! They're back, a little delirious, and also need to master three more elements by Summer's End.  The podcast is shifting focus to the newest series from Avatar Studios with Avatar: Seven Havens! Katie loves a twin story and Jordan admits twins stress him out, but is curious if this season will feature any "The Parent Trap" situations for our new twin protagonists Pavi and Nisha.  Katie admits she had no idea what Avatar: Seven Havens even was and Jordan admits he read some of the leaks on Reddit.  This new series has "Dune" vibes, a guy named Jae, and our first ever Cat-Monkeys! Join Katie and Jordan as they untangle a pair of trailers and prepare for the premiere of Avatar: Seven Havens! Enjoy listening to Katie and Jordan ramble at each other? Check out their other real-world travel misadventures podcast Exploregonians! Click here to send us a voice memo we may play on a future episode!

The Yip Yip crew ends the podcast with who it started with, inviting Jessica over for a socially distanced breakdown of the finale and the series as a whole. Jordan theorizes why the rest of the world let the Fire Nation subjugate them. Jessica is still really drawn to Azula and feels she gets done dirty in the finale and wishes her brother Zuko had more colors in his firebending. Katie discusses why Aang clings to his culture more than other Avatars. Jessica breaks down the old Avatars’ advice. Jessica and Katie pine for one more Azula scene. Yip yip! Click here to send us a voice memo we may play on a future episode!