Valerie Bobo: Voiceover Casting
Julie Williams talks with Valerie Bobo, booth director at William Morris in Los Angeles, and Talent/Casting director for Elaine Craig Casting. Valerie also runs the Speak Easy Alliance.
View ArticleJoe J. Thomas: 5 Questions For New VO Talent
Julie Williams talks with Joe J Thomas, a voice actor in Los Angeles. They discuss the top 5 questions that newbie VO talent often ask—that are irrelevant— and what they should be asking, instead!
View ArticleAnne Ganguzza: Online Marketing For VO
In this episode of the VoiceOver Insider Podcast, Julie Williams talks with full-time professional voice talent, coach, and producer, Anne Ganguzza.about proven online strategies to find and attract...
View ArticleRae Burell: Outsourcing For VO Entrepreneurs
In this VoiceOver Insider podcast, Julie Williams discusses Julie Williams discusses with Rae Burell of Rae of Light Assistance, a service that provides support for entrepreneurs—mainly voiceover artists.
View ArticleJonathan Tilley: Dealing With Failure
Jonathan Tilley is an acclaimed voiceover coach in Germany who has taught at the top voice conferences in the world. Julie Williams discusses his new book Embracing the F Word (Failure) on this...
View ArticleRandy Thomas: Women In Live Announce
As the first award show live announce voice, Randy Thomas paved the way for other women in the voiceover industry to enter the live announce and TV promo genres. Heard on multiple awards shows for...
View ArticleCelia Siegel: Branding For VO Talent
Julie Williams talks Voiceover Branding withCelia Siegel, a former Los Aneles Agent and Branding Specialist. Celia currently owns Celia Siegel Management where she and her team market and brand...
View ArticleCarrie Olsen: Marketing E-Learning
In this podcast, Julie Williams talks to Carrie Olsen about eLearning marketing and prospecting. Carrie Olsen is a voice actor, business coach, wife, and mother . During her years as an e-learning...
View ArticleMonique Bagwell: Neutral American Accents for VO
In this free VoiceOver Insider podcast, Julie Williams talks to Monique Bagwell, an award winning actress and voiceover talent, about what it means when a client asks for a “neutral” or “generic”...
View ArticleThe Return of the Voiceover Insider Podcast
Co-hosts Julie Williams and Gary MacFadden discuss the return of the Voiceover Insider Podcast, and the new site at www.voiceoverpodcasts.com
View ArticleHarlan Hogan: Remote Recording for VO
Julie talks with industry legend and VO entrepreneur Harlan Hogan about remote recording, when on the road using hotels, vehicles, etc.
View ArticleSarah Sampino: Audiobooks Unleashed Distribution
Sarah Sampino of Audiobooks Unleashed discusses their new audio book distribution service with co-host Gary MacFadden
View ArticleLisa Biggs: Voicing For Toys
Julie Williams talks with Lisa Biggs who has built a career voicing toys and children’s voices for commercials and shows.
View ArticleJim Edgar: Basic VO Studio Challenges
In this episode, Gary MacFadden talks with Jim Edgar, a voice talent who also consults with other VO talents on a range of studio issues. Jim and Gary discuss the top three problems Jim hears in the...
View ArticleMarc Cashman: Connecting To VO Copy
Commercial producer, coach, voice actor, and author Marc Cashman is Julie’s guest. They discuss several great tips for CONNECTING to commercial copy, doing away with the notion that the voice actor is...
View ArticleJosh Alexander: VO Marketing Stratagies
Voice talent Josh Alexander talks with Gary about his transition to voice acting from a successful yet soul-deadening career in videography. Josh describes his day-to-day VO auditioning and marketing...
View ArticleErik Sheppard: New VO Talent Challenges
Co-host Julie Williams talks with voiceover agent extraordinaire Erik Sheppard about changes in the VO industry he's seen in his many years as a talent agent, the challenges newcomers to the voiceover...
View ArticleDon Baarns: Izotope RX Plugins
Co-host Gary MacFadden talks with voiceover technical guru Don Baarns about a piece of file post-processing software that many voiceover talent are now turning to: Izotope RX. Don himself had a role in...
View ArticleDeb Munro: Creating Personality
Julie Williams talks with voice actor and VO coach Deb Munro about the importance of adding “character” to your voiceover arsenal
View ArticleEmmett Andrews: Studio Acoustics
Emmett Andrews, voice talent and author of the book VO Studio Companion, talks with Gary about studio acoustics, differences in studio space size, and the varying attributes of acoustic foam and...
View ArticleDavid H. Lawrence XVII: VO and Covid
David H. Lawrence has had a long career in both voiceover and as an on-camera actor. He’s also a well-respected voiceover coach. David takes time out of his busy schedule to talk with Julie about how...
View ArticleRemembering Brad Venable
Pat Fraley, Cliff Zellman, and Deb Munro remember Brad Venable, a talented and prolific video game and anime voice actor who passed away in January 2021 at a young age.
View ArticleJodi Krangle Podcast
Julie and Jodi Krangle, a voice talent in Toronto, Canada, discuss Jodi’s own podcast, Audio Branding: The Hidden Gem of Marketing, in which she explores various aspects of how powerful sound is.
View ArticleKim Handysides: Search Engine Optimization for VO
Julie talks with veteran voice talent and VO blogger Kim Handysides about the importance of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and using social media for marketing, topics that will be covered in their...
View ArticleIntroducing The Tri-Booth
VO Tech Guru George Whittam and active VO talent-turned-businessman Rick Wasserman discuss their product, the Tri-Booth, a portable voiceover booth with all the trimmings.
View ArticleJohn Kissinger: E-Learning Publishers
Voice artist and e-learning developer John Kissinger discusses with Julie why “public enemy #1” isn’t your VO peers who are vying for the same e-learning jobs, but in fact the e-learning designers...
View ArticleEpisode 73: Nikki Nash and Finding Your Marketing Genius
Julie Williams talks with marketing mentor Nikki Nash about how pinpointing your unique business vision, determining who wants to pay for your expertise as a voiceover artist and how to set your...
View ArticleGeorge Whittam: Processing Stacks & How They're Built
George Whittam, well-known VO technical consultant and co-host with Dan Lenard of the popular Voiceover Body Shop, talks with Gary MacFadden about processing stacks: what they are, how they work, and...
View ArticlePurchasing Used Voiceover Equipment
Voiceover Insider Podcast co-host Gary MacFadden reveals himself to be a closet used VO equipment buyer who just can’t turn down anything with lots of dials and switches. Gary offers several...
View ArticleTracy Lindley: LinkedIn & VO Marketing
Julie Williams talks with LinkedIn marketing expert Tracy Lindley about the importance of LinkedIn as a marketing tool for voice talent. Tracy also discusses her early years as a voice talent, and how...
View ArticleShelley Avellino: Breaking Into The International VO Marketplace
Shelley Avellino, a voice talent originally from Wales and now living in and working out of Las Vegas, Nevada, shares ideas with Julie Williams about how to break into the international voiceover...
View ArticleMichael Kostroff: The Psychology of Auditioning
Michael Kostroff is an actor who has enjoyed a long career, with credits including The Wire, Billions, Boston Legal, The King of Queens, and many more. Along the way, Michael learned a LOT about the...
View ArticleRachael Naylor: The Voiceover Network
Julie talks with Rachael Naylor, a busy UK-based voiceover artist, actress, writer, and award-winning entrepreneur. And if that wasn’t enough, Rachael is also the founder and owner of the VoiceOver...
View ArticleRob Sciglimpaglia: AI and Voiceover Talent
Rob Sciglimpaglia, voice talent, on-camera actor, and an attorney who works with voice over issues, discusses the advent of AI (Artificial Intelligence) text-to-speech platforms, how they might...
View ArticleMartha Kahn: Kids In VO
Julie Williams talks with Martha Kahn about how she trains children who are considering getting into the wonderful world of Voiceover. Martha’s “Yes I Kahn” students are landing agents and finding...
View ArticleMike Verret: The VO Elevator Pitch
Julie talks to Mike Verret, marketing expert at Verret and Associates (VerretandAssociates.com) about how to tell people about what you do in a way that makes them want to learn more. Mike explains...
View ArticleGeorge Whittam: Noise Floor Nailed Down
Gary talks with VO Tech expert George Whittam about noise floor: what it is, why it's an important number to know for your VO studio, how to measure it, and how to lower it if it's too high. If you...
View ArticleBrad Shaw: Audition Director
U.K. voice artist and entrepreneur Brad Shaw talks with Gary about a brand new service, Audition Director, where talents can get coached on important upcoming auditions with top-flight VO...
View ArticleDani States: Voiceover View
In this episode, Julie talks with Dani States, the creator of Voiceover View, a suite of business management tools designed for the voiceover industry. Voiceover View lets voice talent track auditions,...
View ArticleJ. Michael Collins: Gravy For The Brain and VO Conferences
Julie Williams interviews J. Michael Collins, who is one busy guy! He's not only an in-demand voice talent and VO demo producer, but he's also the USA territory controller for Gravy For The Brain, a...
View ArticleTim Friedlander: Potential Health Insurance for VO Talent
Tim Friedlander talks to Julie about an effort by a new group, the National Association of Voice Actors (NAVA) to acquire health insurance coverage for voice-over talents (YOU!). This would be a...
View ArticleAuthor Landon Beach & Narrator
Julie Williams talks with Landon Beach, a successful book author (Cabin, The Hike, The Wreck and others) who has just completed a book that will be near and dear to the hearts of audio book narrators,...
View ArticleJonathan Tilley: League of List Builders and Why Pay2Plays Suck
Gary talks with busy voice talent and coach Jonathan Tilley about why the so-called Pay2Play sites (online casting sites) aren't a good bet for most voice talent, and the much better approach for...
View ArticleVO Atlanta 2023 With J. Michael Collins
Julie talks with J. Michael Collins (a.k.a. JMC) about what's new at VO Atlanta 2023, coming up soon in March. JMC pointed out that some of the "X-Sessions," which do deep dives into a particular...
View ArticleWhy To Upgrade Izotope RX with Don Baarns
Gary talks with Don Baarns, a busy VO tech guru and instructor in all things concerning Izotope RX. In fact, Don is the "grandfather" of the well-known and widely used Mouth DeClick function in RX. In...
View ArticleJodie Bentley and Voiceover Branding
Actress, narrator, and career coach Jodie Bentley has a riveting conversation with Julie Williams about branding and marketing for voiceover talent. Jodie also discusses her upcoming Free 5-Day...
View ArticleJulie Williams' Voiceover Momentum
Voiceover Insider podcast co-host Gary MacFadden talks with podcast co-host Julie Williams about her new program, Voiceover Momentum. Julie describes how the new VO membership platform will work, and...
View ArticleVideo Game Voiceover with Dave Fennoy and Randall Ryan
Julie talks with video game voice talent phenom Dave Fennoy and video game director Randall Ryan about misconceptions and mistakes they see in the genre of video game voiceover, and about an upcoming...
View ArticleThe New PASPort VO Audio Interface with George Whittam
Tech guru George Whittam returns to the Voiceover Insider Podcast to introduce the new PASPort VO. This audio interface developed by voiceover and VO technical talent as a "group-think" product has...
View ArticleJoi Brooks: Email Marketing
Julie Williams talks with Joi Brooks of Email&Coffee about how important it is for voiceover talent to structure their email campaigns to reach a desired goal. There’s a lot to understand about how...
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