All Episodes

13287: How Stressful Is Audiobook Narration Really?

13286: Whatever Works, Yes?

13285: Two. Not Three.

13284: Q&A: Should You Actually Say The N-Word When Narrating?

13283: The One Question You Can Ask That Just Might Make Someone Love You

13282: Do Not Fear Rejection. Instead, Fear Regret.

13281: Remove Distractions So Your Audience Sees Only You

13280: Channel Your Inner “Superstar Server”

13279: What’s Your Marketing Mashup?

13278: Open Loops Are Everywhere

13277: Casey Brown Says “Know Your Worth. Ask For It.”

13276: If I Ever Catch You Saying This, We Will Have Words

13275: The Swedish Concept Of Lagom Might Be Just Right For You

13274: But Sometimes Winners DO Quit

13273: Left-brained? Right-brained? Relax. You’re Likely Both.

13272: How Do You Feel When A Friend Gets The Gig?

13271: Should You Run Your Creative Career Through A Company Or As An Individual?

13270: Why You Might Be Insulted By My Coaching

13269: Maya Angelou Dropped A Powerful #1 Takeaway

13268: That Job You Didn't Get Still Has Immense Value

13267: You Can't Edit A Blank Page

13266: My Guaranteed 100% Accurate Predictions For The Rest Of The Year

13265: Talking To Yourself: Crazy? Or Crazy Smart?

13264: Instead Of Looking Back (Or Ahead), Do This Instead

13263: What’s More Valuable: Being Smart Or Being Reliable?

13262: Be Like Miss Johnson: Write Your Own Textbook

13261: Have You Limited Your Circle Of Competence?

13260: We Face Daunting Numbers

13259: The Weird Twists That Landed Me HEROES

13258: The First 95 vs The Last 5: An Unexpected Split

13257: Mac And Cheese Or Chicken Fingers: What Else Is There?

13256: Expect Nothing. Enjoy Everything.

13255: Treat Showbiz With All The Suspicion It Deserves

13254: Content: The More Personal, The More Universal

13253: How To Have A Healthy Relationship With Ratings And Reviews

13252: The Simple Math Around Taking A Shot

13251: How I Easily Add A Full Body Shot To My On-Camera Audition Slates

13250: The Doubly Wonderful Week Of Ms. Karen Merritt

13249: How Hard Can This Be?

13248: The One Car You Cannot Learn To Drive In

13247: André De Shields: Three Rules Of Life

13246: Hat, Haircut Or Tattoo?

13245: A 45 Minute 10K Takes You Just As Far As A 90 Minute 10K Does

13244: What’s The One Rookie Mistake You Wish You Hadn’t Made?

13243: Trevor Says There’s Nothing Quite As Satisfying As This

13242: Survey: How Is AI Actually Affecting You?

13241: Acceptable Excuses

13240: The View Changes Once You Start Walking

13239: Just Pick One.

13238: What Meditation, Driving and Task Management Have In Common

13237: Thank You For Letting Me Help You Tell Stories

13236: A Bias For Action? Or A Knee-Jerk Reaction?

13235: A Simple Shift (Key) To Make Perfectly Square Images

13234: What Would "Winning" Even Look Like?

13233: How Much Do You Want To Know?

13232: Nobody Forced You To Face These Challenges

13231: One Simple Way To Ease Anxiety

13230: The Moving Target Of AI

13229: True Or False: Non-Fiction Is Easier To Narrate Than Fiction?

13228: Is It Easier To Book An Audiobook Job Than Other Acting Gigs?

13227: I Feel Seen And Heard…By James Clear

13226: Narrating Audiobooks? Don't Forget The Acting Part

13225: Remember This One Thing About Aiming For Perfection

13224: You Are Absolutely Capable Of The Life You Imagine

13223: Don’t Ever Use This Creepy Descript Feature On-Camera

13222: How Will You Know If You Don’t Give It A Shot?

13221: Fighting The Old Or Building The New?

13220: Science Proves Me Right (And Wrong) About Failure's Value

13219: The Competition and Randomness Of Art And Money

13218: Casting Calculus: Yep. Sometimes Casting Only Needs 4 Seconds.

13217: Amateur? Professional? Being Both Might Be Best.

13216: Are You Still Trying Desperately To Make Sense Of It All?

13215: Hey, You Chose This. Why Be Righteously Indignant?

13214: Felt Any AI Guilt Yet?

13213: A Bigger Fear Than That Of Failure

13212: Deal With Criticism Just Like Joe

13211: Saying Goodbye To A Project You Love

13210: Your 14,787-Step Plan For Success

13209: How Legendary Authors Deal With The Rejection We Never Hear About

13208: Your Personal Order Of Execution

13207: "Every Thing Is Everything." Wait, Wait...What?

13206: What's The Right Size For Your [Show] Business?

13205: Is It Ever Too Late To Promote Something You've Created In The Past?

13204: Scary Versus Exciting

13203: "Listen" Is "Silent" Spelled Sideways

13202: Don't Let Your Theories Become "Facts"

13201: You Don't Yell At A Bud Because It Isn't A Flower...Yet

13200: What Jung Actually Said

13199: What Do They Mean When They Say "Give Me Multiple Takes"?

13198: Your Career Is Born In Public. Your Talent Is Born In Private.

13197: Thankfully, Performers Aren't Put Through This New Wringer

13196: Serenity: Practical Applications For Performers

13195: What Defines A Hero

13194: Don't Let Frustration Color Your Pickups

13193: Hopper Stone Has An Announcement

13192: How NOT To Track Your Artistic Job Search

13191: What Opportunity Is Wearing And Sounds Like When It Shows Up

13190: One Way To Lean In To The Moment Of Creation

13189: Your Demos Should Not Be Rushed. Or Crowdsourced.

13188: Success-ful Doesn't Mean Mistake-free

13187: You Might Want To Listen To What Jodi Picoult Has To Say

13186: What You Can And Cannot Effing Change

13185: A Mistake About Predicting Your Future You Can Easily Avoid

13184: Keeping All Your Audiobook's Voices Straight

13183: Scheduling Success (Or Failure)

13182: Is It Too Late For You?

13181: That Moment When You're Just About To Hit REC

13180: Two Ways You Can Buy Back Your Time

13179: See How Easy It Is To Create A Scam Project On ACX

13178: Advice, Please: Switching Seats From Teacher To Student?

13177: I'm Sure They Mean Well, But...No.

13176: Ruts and Goal Trauma

13175: You Never Forget Your First Time

13174: Grammar Girl, Audiobook Narration and The Public Domain

13173: Overwhelmed By Excellent Choices?

13172: Know Your Brand, But Don't Let It Limit You

13171: A Simple Shift For Your Mental Health

13170: Your Brand: On-Camera vs. Audiobook Auditions

13169: Measure Twice, Cut Once

13168: Celebrate Both Your Highlight Reel AND Your Blooper Reel

13167: The Choices We Have When "Life Happens"

13166: Breathe Easy

13165: The One Question You Need To Ask When Staring Down A Problem

13164: What Does "Game Changer" Mean To You?

13163: A Bend In The Road Is Not The End Of The Road, Unless...

13162: Self-Care And The Hills You Choose To Die On

13161: Do You Insist On Avoiding Repeat Performances?

13160: About Five WHYs (The Outcome Frame That Solves Problems)

13159: Part 2 - NAVA's Carin Gilfry On AI And Synthetic Voices

13158: Part 1 - NAVA's Carin Gilfry On AI And Synthetic Voices

13157: It's Not Your Schedule, It's Their Schedule

13156: "When You Create Something, You Automatically Serve Others."

13155: How To Listen Carefully For Opportunity Knocking Softly

13154: Guess What? You Can't Guess Your Way To Success

13153: "This Thing Sucks!"

13152: Is Your Work A Work Of Art? Or Is It Just Work?

13151: SPECIAL: Kindle and AI: Your Thoughts? (And Some Of Mine)

13150: It's Not Just OK To Say No,It's Great To Say No.

13149: Auditions Are Not A Test

13148: We Pursue Acting And VO Happiness. We Often Forget To Do One Thing.

13147: Your Most Useful Reaction To A Simple Mistake

13146: Getting The Right Answers By Asking The Right Questions

13145: Using Scary Hours To Get Stuff Done

13144: What Work Can You Do During This Strike?

13143: Are There Print Books That Should Not Be Made Into Audiobooks?

13142: Please! Just Ask Your Question!

13141: Making It Easier To Help The Casting People Out

13140: Excellent But Not Effective?

13139: Shouldn't Simple Execution Be...Sexy?

13138: CNN Just Helped Me Figure Out My Identity

13137: Three Simple Words To Help Shape Your Future

13136: Be The Casting Director's Personal Consultant

13135: The Discomfort of Experience

13134: One Category Of VO Has Been "Under Attack" By AI For Decades. And It's Doing Just Fine.

13133: Stop Bitching About Changes In How We Audition. Right Now.

13132: Help People Work With You By Showing Them Exactly How

13131: How Quickly Does Casting Abandon Your Audition?

13130: Brand New IVR Rates From SAG-AFTRA

13129: Help Casting Make A Choice By YOU Making A Choice

13128: A Huge Lesson From Rick Rubin's The Creative Act

13127: How To Confidently Raise Your Rates

13126: Do You Avoid Non-Fiction (Or Fiction) Audiobook Narration?

13125: A $59 VO Insurance Policy

13124: Accents. Dialects. You: Questions. Jim: Answers.

13123: Don't Be Too Proud To Ask For Help

13122: Are You (Sometimes) Out Of Order? Let's Fix That

13121: Do You Really Need The Latest And Greatest Version?

13120: I Wanted To Know The "Time Machine" Of Windows Is, So Of Course, I Had To Ask Leo

13119: AudioTechnica Lowered A Price, And Now I'm Stuck

13118: Art? Or Money?

13117: What To Do The Moment You Hit Record (Hint: Nothing)

13116: You Asked Me (Anything) About Audiobook and ACX - And Boy, Have I Got Answers

13115: AMA! Ask Me Anything About Audiobooks, ACX And More

13114: Applying The Jiu Jitsu Of Quality Over Quantity

13113: Celebrating The Math: My Podcast Episode Count

13112: Don't Ignore Your Successes

0099: Use Union Rates To Help Maintain Your Dignity

0098: On "Following Up." Yeah. Don't.

0097: 4 Ways You Can Make Voicing URLs More Effective

0096: When Tools Evolve, It's Nothing Personal

0095: How VOHeroes Pro Bethany Arrington-Peck's Starbucks Session Went

0094: When To Avoid Reframing And Do Something More Useful

0093: Interview With A Rights Holder: Epic Life's Justin Breen

0092: Josh Spector's 7 Ways To Simplify Your Day

0091: Three Things You Can Do To "Go Wake Up Your Luck"

0090: The One Surefire Way To Never Make A Mistake Ever Again

0089: VO Rates - Price Versus Value

0088: Constantly Distracted? Treat Focus Like Your Hard Drive

0087: AI, Synthetic Voices and Anne Ganguzza - Part 2

0086: AI, Synthetic Voices and Anne Ganguzza

0085: The Difference Between "Difficult" And "Impossible"

0084: "You Are One Of The Variables!"

0083: The Difference Between Easy And Straightforward

0082: Let's Settle On "Synthetic Voices," Not "AI"

0081: Are You Judging Your Success Too Early?

0080: Having A Bias For Action Can Uplevel Your Schedule

0079: Some Tough Love: Auditions Aren't About You

0078: Flipping A Coin To Make A Decision? Be Sure To Do One More Thing

0077: There's Nutrition In Discovery

0076: Graduating From Paint-By-Numbers To Just...Painting

0075: Three Things To Do Instead Of Interrupting Someone

0074: Can You Last For Eighteen Seconds?

0073: Sarah Beth Goer: Be The Kind of Performer/Entrepreneur She's Become

0072: 128 Speed Bumps Shaved In Just 10 Minutes

0071: Do This To Get Better Responses To Your Online Questions

0070: There's A New, Awesome VO Talent Association You Should Join

0069: One Weird Hack To Nail Location Pronunciations Every Single Time

0068: One Very Basic Baby Task I Totally Forgot

0067: How To Really Stick It To Online Trolls

0066: Baby Steps

0065: The Important Difference Between UpGRADES and UpDATES

0064: Make Your Equipment Come To You, Not You To Your Equipment

0063: What's Your Relationship Like With Casting?

0062: When You Hit A Dry Patch, Remember This About The Stock Market

0061: What's Left: How To Make Your Pickup Editing Foolproof

0060: What Does The Word Agency Mean To You? And How Do You Maximize Your Agency?

0059: Can't You Just Leave Well Enough Alone?

0058: As A Performer, Are You Hooked On Hope?

0057: Are You Willing To Let Go Of What Doesn't Work?

0056: An Easy Way To Avoid Confusing Price With Value

0055: I'm Pretty Sure This Proves I'm A Frickin' Genius

0054: Why I Use, Love And Recommend Audacity For Voice Over Work

0053: How To Have More Control Over Setbacks

0052: I Love Vision Boards, But Not For The Reason You Might Think

0051: Instead Of "I Have To...," Try This Phrase Instead

0050: The One Strategy To Really Make A New Habit Stick

0049: How To Simplify Your Writing The Amazon Way

0048: A Common Question That Has No Answer...For Performers

0047: Why Your Amazon Orders From This Past Year Will Help You Prioritize

0046: Expand Your Audition Options By Taking Inventory Of Your (Creative) Assets

0045: How A Physicist's Methods Can Make You A Better Performer

0044: How To Use Silence In Your Voice Over Work

BONUS: Episode 4 Of 4 Of The Secrets Of Screen Acting Podcast

BONUS: Episode 3 Of 4 Of The Secrets Of Screen Acting Podcast

BONUS: Episode 2 Of 4 Of The Secrets Of Screen Acting Podcast

BONUS: Episode 1 Of 4 Of The Secrets Of Screen Acting Podcast

0043: Three Ways To Deepen Your Gratitude Game

0042: Why It's Easier To Go From 1 To 10 Than To Go From 0 To 1

0041: Vishing: Every Old Threat Is New Again

0040: The Four Options I Use To Answer Questions. Don't Be Afraid of #4

0039: The 3 Biggest Fears We Have When Starting Something New (And How To Kill Them)

0038: Dr. Robert Pondillo: The Ethics of AI Voices

0037: Audiobooks Unleashed: Sarah Sampino

0036: Liz Atherton On Her New VO Casting Site: CastVoices.com

0035: Radical Self-Care: Getting Started With Coach Karen-Eileen

0034: Want Better Answers? Ask Better Questions.

0033: An AudioCupcake Special For Black Friday/Cyber Monday

0032: Pozotron Responds To Narrator Concerns About Data Retention

0031: How This Pro Member's Journey May Be Different From Yours

0030: Watch LIVE As An Accent Is Built From Scratch

0029: How To Take A Note From A Coach Or A Casting Director

0028: Pozotron Gets Even Better. You Can Get 7 Hours Free.

0027: New Class Coming. I Need Your Questions.

0026: Three Tools To Help Make Sense Of The Senseless

0025: How COVID Affected My First On-Set TV Booking

0024: Hands On Demo Of Pozotron + 6x Bigger Free Trial Link

0023: Wait, What?? The LEVELATOR Now Works With Catalina?

0022: Predict Your Future By Designing It, Then Creating It

0021: I May Have Struck A Nerve (In A Good Way)

0020: The Fear Some VO Talent Are Now Facing

0019: Excellent News About Audacity And Catalina

0018: 3 Things: Coming To The Defense Of Teachers, A Free Book And A Plan.

0017: Don't Recommend Anything To Anyone Without Doing This First.

0016: Drew Carey and Me. This Thursday. Facebook Live.

0015: That Giddy Feeling Even Though Everything Around You Is Burning

0014: Help Me Help Teachers. Hashtag, #3forteachers

0013: What Will Be Your King Lear? (+ How To Stop Zoombombing)

0012: Making Social Distancing Your Secret Weapon

0011: Five Moments From Being On Set

0010: Using That Music On Your Podcast: Three Rights You Should Know About

0009: Why Aren't Really Smart People Always More Successful?

0008: Five Words That Help You Consider The Source

0007: A Phrase You Can Swipe When You're New And Have No Credits

0006: Two Questions, Two Sets Of Tears

0005: How Do You Get Started Doing Audiobooks?

0004: Are You Comfortable With A Dial...Or A Switch?

0003: Proper Password Hygiene For Actors And Voice Talent - Use Dashlane

0002: How To Avoid A Common Mastering Mistake

0001: Howzabout A High-Good, Low-Bad Diet?