Memories of Our Naya: A Birthday Celebration

On January 12, 1987, the beautiful, inspiring, wildly talented Naya Rivera was born. Today, January 12, 2021, we’re celebrating Naya’s birthday in a different way, honoring her with memories and stories submitted by listeners with clips and commentary along the way. We miss Naya every day, as do many of you, and we hope this is able to bring a smile to your face as you listen along.   Listed below are all clips either used in the podcast or mentioned: Waaaanky 33 Times Santana Lopez Threw All The Shade Santana vs. Quinn Santana comforts Rachel (ep 5x17) Yeast-I-Stat commercial Naya discusses filming Yeast-I-Stat Behind the Scenes of Props (3x20) - clip of Naya, Kevin, and Dianna begins around 2:10 Santana comes out to her Abuela Deleted Scene from "I Kissed a Girl" Naya discusses the origin of Brittana from her book - begins around 12:52 Naya asked about how she would write Santana and Brittany's storyline herself Origin story of "Snixx/Snixxmas" Naya and Heather join Kevin and Jenna on Showmance and recall meeting Beyonce in a bathroom Naya's opening speech hosting the 2011 GLAAD media awards Naya and Cory host the 2012 GLAAD awards Cory and Naya being silly on set A very young Naya in a scene from 'Family Matters' Naya performs at Lip Sync Battle Naya and the Glee cast performing with Young Storytellers Naya in her book talks about her hair Naya in her book discusses working with Lea Naya in her book discusses Glee cast friendships Virginia Voting PSA The Naya dance Naya and Josey snapchat clips