Episodes

  • 71: Behind The Audiobook

    71: Behind The Audiobook
    Nov 5 2024
    This month we’re talking to an author and publisher/manager about audiobooks and how they approach to audiobooks. We cover how they chose narrators for their books, and how audiobooks affect the writing and management of their business. We also have the long awaited re-introduction of ‘News From Equity’ with Annette Rizzo. C.K. (Caimh) McDonnell is the paranormal pen name of Irish bestselling author Caimh McDonnell. He is a former stand-up comedian and TV writer who now spends all his time writing books as his dogs don’t like it when he leaves the house. When not writing about the adventures of the staff at The Stranger Times, he is the author of the increasingly inaccurately titled ‘Dublin Trilogy’ series (eight books and counting) and its various spinoffs, all of which have been Amazon bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic. The Dublin Trilogy has been optioned for TV by Avalon (Breeders, Taskmaster) with Chris Addison at the helm. The Stranger Times has been optioned by Playground (Wolf Hall, The Undeclared War) who are working on the series with Peacock. The Stranger Times won Best Audio at the 2023 British Fantasy Awards, a fact Caimh constantly endeavours to drop into casual conversation. He lives in Manchester, where The Stranger Times series is set. Elaine Ofori After over two decades of collecting seemingly random skills across publishing and marketing/communications, Elaine is finally putting them to good use at her publishing company McFori Ink as Head of Stuff/Chief Wrangler, where she spends her days mulling over words. She's taken this love of words one step further and has turned them into fully constructed sentences that are slightly more creative than the reports and strategies she's spent most of her career writing. Her debut novel, co-written with her husband, author C.K. McDonnell, will be published in Germany in 2025. News From Equity links - Equity Game On campaign details - ⁠https://www.equity.org.uk/news/2024/equity-solidarity-rally-with-sag-aftra-at-uk-games-industry-agm⁠ The story about Dan Dewhirst, which includes links to the AI Toolkit and info on the Stop AI Stealing the Show campaign, is here - ⁠https://www.equity.org.uk/news/2024/actor-s-experience-of-ai-gone-wrong⁠ The radio commercials campaign and survey email is titled ‘ Radio Commercials - help shape Equity’s work’ and will have come from ⁠ssailing@equity.org.uk⁠ Cambridge VO Social facebook page is ⁠here⁠. Great Big Voiceover Social website is ⁠here⁠. Tickets available from November 12th. GBVOS is on 25th January 2025. For more information about The Voiceover Social visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Voiceover Social Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠listen@thevosocial.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠See which events are coming soon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find your closest VO Social group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find us online: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook Page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠B Double E⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Theme tune by Rob Bee. All audio production by Rob Bee.
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    48 mins
  • 70: The Cutting Room

    70: The Cutting Room
    Oct 1 2024
    This month we're going through the bits of interviews we had to leave out of previous podcasts. This is all stuff that we simply couldn't fit into the relevant episodes, but it's too good to leave on the cutting room floor. We talk too much! VO Social Finland Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1864087334072036 Karen Webber runs ⁠Goodness Marketing⁠: coaching and training for small businesses with big hearts who want to do marketing that feels good, does good and gets good results. Emma Clarke is an award-winning voice actor and writer who works across multiple types of performance and media. She is also a PhD student at RNCM where she is researching how her background as a voice actor influences how she composes music. Paul Brown has been a VO for decades, despite which he has a nagging suspicion that he’s been somehow ‘getting away with it’ for 46 years. He doesn’t know what SEO is, can’t maintain a website, is hopeless at selling himself, thinks that computer games are still loaded from audio cassettes and is utterly baffled by the success of podcasts. Carin Gilfry is a voice actor, singer, conference owner, and the vice president & co-founder of The National Association of Voice Actors. Carin has worked in VO since 2012. Jamie Muffett is a British voice actor based in the Philadelphia region. In his 15 years in voiceover he has worked with some of the world’s biggest companies, production studios, and games developers. Ray Dodd’s coaching is all about Money Mindset without the BS. Her work gives you the tools to break free from oppressive social expectations that are holding you back from reaching your full money-making potential.Ray’s very favourite place to be is infusing nuance and diversity into the conversation around money. For more information about The Voiceover Social visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Voiceover Social Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠listen@thevosocial.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠See which events are coming soon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find your closest VO Social group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find us online: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook Page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠B Double E⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Theme tune by Rob Bee. All audio production by Rob Bee.
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    49 mins
  • 69: Money, money, money!

    69: Money, money, money!
    Sep 3 2024

    This month we're diving into money with Ray Dodd.
    Money is a conversation topic that's often avoided, but money is essential to us all. So how does our upbringing, our experiences and social expectations impact our relationship with money and our money-making potential?
    Ray Dodd’s coaching is all about Money Mindset without the BS. Her work gives you the tools to break free from oppressive social expectations that are holding you back from reaching your full money-making potential.
    Ray’s very favourite place to be is infusing nuance and diversity into the conversation around money.
    As someone who understands the interconnectivity of culture and business, Ray helps her clients shift their beliefs and liberate themselves from conformity conditioning, paving the way towards making plenty of money without compromising who they are and what they believe matters.
    Social Links - https://www.instagram.com/ray_dodd/ https://www.raydodd.co.uk/the-pricing-flowchart



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    Theme tune by Rob Bee.

    All audio production by Rob Bee.
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    40 mins
  • 68: Carin Gilfry and Jamie Muffett

    68: Carin Gilfry and Jamie Muffett
    Aug 6 2024
    This month we talk to Carin Gilfry and Jamie Muffett about a range of topics including Vocation/eVocation, NAVA and AI. What are these things? Have a listen and find out. Carin Gilfry is a voice actor, singer, conference owner, and the vice president & co-founder of The National Association of Voice Actors. Carin has worked in VO since 2012 for nationally recognized brands like CVS, Citibank, Disney, Estee Lauder, Pfizer, Volkswagen, and many more. She has brought to life characters in video games including Starfield, Saints Row, and Voice of Cards. And she narrates several True Crime series for the Oxygen Network. Carin is passionate about educating voice actors about artificial intelligence, and helping to shape contracts and legislation around AI for the good of actors everywhere. For more info: https://www.gilfrystudios.com/ Jamie Muffett is a British voice actor based in the Philadelphia region. In his 15 years in voiceover he has worked with some of the world’s biggest companies, production studios, and games developers. He works primarily from his own studio in Bucks County, PA, and studios in NYC and Philadelphia. Past and current clients include: Google, Starbucks, Warner Brothers, Lucas Film, LEGO, Porsche, Mercedes, Ubisoft, Samsung, McDonald's, NBC, EA Sports, ESPN, Marriott Hotels, Amazon, Etihad Airways, FIFA, Disney, IKEA, National Geographic Channel, and many more. For more info: https://www.jamiemuffettvo.com/ AI Recourses for Voice Actors (including NAVA AI rider) - https://b-double-e.co.uk/voice-over-and-ai-make-sure-you-are-in-control/ VOcation and eVOcationThe voiceover industries only conference dedicated entirely to the business of VoiceOver!Tickets are now on sale for our next event is our virtual conference, eVOcation, held September 20th-22nd exclusively online!https://www.vocationconference.com/ NAVA (National Association of Voice Actors) https://navavoices.org/ For more information about The Voiceover Social visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Voiceover Social Website⁠⁠⁠⁠Email us ⁠⁠⁠⁠listen@thevosocial.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe to our newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠See which events are coming soon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Find your closest VO Social group⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find us online: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook Page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ Podcast sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠B Double E⁠⁠⁠⁠. Theme tune by Rob Bee. All audio production by Rob Bee.
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    46 mins
  • 67: The Veterans

    67: The Veterans
    Jul 2 2024

    This month we interview 2 veterans of the Voiceover Industry in the UK. Paul Brown and Emma Clarke have over 80 years of experience between them, and they join us to share their wisdom.


    Emma Clarke is an award-winning voice actor and writer who works across multiple types of performance and media. She can be heard in radio and TV commercials, corporate presentations, toys, games, apps, public transport and almost anything that needs a voice. Her clients include Astra Zeneca, BBC, Bauer Media, Chevrolet, Classic FM, Coca Cola Enterprises, Global Media Group, Google, L'Oréal, KIA, Transport for London, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, Nike, Sky, Sony, Tesco, Toyota, Unilever, Virgin. She is best known as one of the Mind The Gap voices on London Underground, and played the part of the Starship Avalon in the Hollywood blockbuster movie 'Passengers' alongside Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt. She is also a PhD student at RNCM where she is researching how her background as a voice actor influences how she composes music.


    VO has been Paul’s sole source of income for decades, despite which he has a nagging suspicion that he’s been somehow ‘getting away with it’ for 46 years. After all, how can anyone get paid just for reading aloud into a microphone for that long without someone smelling a rat? In that time the world of audio recording has changed out of all recognition, but Paul has remained doggedly the same. He even uses the same microphone. And the same underwear. He doesn’t know what SEO is, can’t maintain a website, is hopeless at selling himself, thinks that computer games are still loaded from audio cassettes and is utterly baffled by the success of podcasts. Let’s find out how he’s still alive.


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    Theme tune by Rob Bee.

    All audio production by Rob Bee.
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    37 mins
  • 66: Self-Promotion

    66: Self-Promotion
    Jun 4 2024

    Self-Promotion with Karen Webber

    Marketing is a phrase that often brings people out in a cold sweat, but it's also an essential part of running your voiceover business. Put simply - if you don't promote your business, you won't get work. But Karen knows there is a way to promote yourself in a way that not only works - it's fun too!

    Karen runs Goodness Marketing: coaching and training for small businesses with big hearts who want to do marketing that feels good, does good and gets good results.

    Invisible to Invincible

    Marketing magic for voiceovers

    STARTS: Thursday 13 June
    Time: 4pm BST | 5pm CEST | 11am EDT | 8am PDT
    8 weeks, 4x 1-hour workshop-style sessions. x4 co-working sessions, private Facebook group and more!

    All sessions are recorded so don't worry if you can't make them live and there's a private pop-up Facebook group for everyone who joins too!

    Find out more here



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    Theme tune by Rob Bee.

    All audio production by Rob Bee.
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    39 mins
  • 65: The Interview

    65: The Interview
    May 7 2024

    This month we've handed over to Bhavnisha Parmar (aka Bhav) to interview us both so you get to know us a little better. Bhav is an award-winning actress and voiceover artist. Among other things, she's appeared on-screen in Doctor Who Seasons 11- 13 and is currently the voice of Oral B and Nivea, is playing a range of roles in AAA games due to release in 2024, is the voice of Apple India, a resident Calm App narrator, and is the host of the Chill Show on BBC Asian Network.A HUGE thank you to Bhav for joining us!


    Find out more about Bhav here.


    The blog about the theme tune can be found here.


    The Goals for Girls animation is here.



    Your presenters are ⁠ ⁠Rob Bee⁠ and ⁠Helen Bee⁠.

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    Theme tune by Rob Bee.

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    34 mins
  • 64. The Handover Episode

    64. The Handover Episode
    Apr 2 2024

    Find out what all the hoo-haa was about in the last episode.

    Spoiler alert: we say goodbye to Nic and Leah and welcome our new hosts Rob Bee and Helen Bee from B Double E.

    We get a brief introduction to Rob and Helen, and a promise for a fuller intro next month.

    If you have any questions for them for the next episode you can email them to listen@thevosocial.com

    Also revealed is the new audio branding and we get a playback of the full theme tune in all its glory. Many, many thank yous to everyone who contributed their audio for this. You’re all wonderful.

    Your presenters are Nic Redman, Leah Marks, Rob Bee and Helen Bee.

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    Opening theme tune written and performed by Martin Stirrup under this Creative Commons license, with violin by Alice Gilmour.

    Closing theme tune by Rob Bee.

    All audio production by Rob Bee.
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    29 mins