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Episode 34: Vocal Health, with Shana Pennington-Baird

Shana Pennington-Baird is the director of the Seattle Voice Institute and a voiceover artist.  Eighteen years ago, Shana ‘bent’ her vocal cords after performing for six shows consecutively without a break and teaching kids theater during the day.  For six weeks she did not speak; for nine months she did not sing. After healing without…

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Episode 33: VO Warmups, with Rodney Saulsberry

Rodney Saulsberry is the author of the very popular new voiceover book, Rodney Saulsberry’s Tongue Twisters and Vocal Warm-Ups, and is the promo voice on Africa Continuity Soap Opera Scripts for Telemundo around the world! Rodney is also one of the most sought after voiceover coaches in the business. Julie Williams talks to Rodney about…

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Episode 32: Voicing Video Games, with Dave Fennoy

Julie Williams talks voice actor phenom Dave Fennoy. Dave is an award winning voice actor best known as the original voice of Hulu, or as dubbed by 40 million hulu users, “The Hulu Guy.” Dave has had roles in more than 200 video games, including the role of Lee Everett in The Walking Dead Game….

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Episode 31: Video Games VO, with Gary Schwartz

Gary’s 30-year career encompasses all things entertainment, from coaching improv to video games. He’s been a voice in a number of video games, including multiple Star Wars games, Dota 2, 2012 Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, Poker Night at the Inventory, and several others. Julie Williams caught up to Gary at Pensacola Comic Con.

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Episode 30: Voicing Kids, with Lisa Biggs

Lisa Biggs is a Big Talent with a Little Voice. For 17 years she has played the voice of a child in commercials, animation, and toys. Today, in addition to her own thriving career, she teaches children how to succeed in VO, and casts kids through her casting company Bigg Dream Casting. She currently has…

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Episode 29: The TAG Talent Agency, with Liz Atherton

Liz Atherton is owner of TAG Talent Agency… one of the top talent agencies in the country. Since April, the TAG team of agents has sent out more than 1500 auditions to talent they represent. Julie Williams talked to Liz about her standards for representation, and how she likes talents to present themselves to clients,…

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Episode 28: VO In Video Games, with Robert Lasardo

Actor Robert Lasardo has been seen on CSI, Nip Tuck, General Hospital, and  numerous video games, including Scarface.  Julie Williams talked to him about what working in video games has meant to him, and what it was like when he was growing up as the “ham” in the family.

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Episode 27: Audio Editing Skills, with Larry Hudson

Julie talks with full-time voiceover talent Larry Hudson, based in LA. In addition to voiceover work, Larry teaches other VO talent audio editing skills.

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Episode 26: Video Game Voicing, with Tim Russ

Tim Russ (Tuvok on Star Trek Voyager) has worked on numerous television series such as Star Trek and I Carly–and has voiced a LOT of video games. Julie Williams caught up with Tim at Pensacola Comic Con to ask about his career, and his advice to other professionals in the industry.

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Episode 25: E-Learning VO, with Jack de Golia

Julie talks with voice actor and eLearning booster Jack de Golia about his Facebook group for eLearning practitioners and his efforts at educating eLearning producers about using trained voiceover talent.

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