VU - Voices Unscripted

In this episode I spoke with senior agency producer Lorrie Zwer about how things have changed and stayed the same in the 20+ years he's been in the biz. 

In this episode I spoke with casting and voice director Ted Sutton who has worked on both sides of the glass. Ted shares how his first big break working at Pirate Radio and, more recently, his experiences of live-directed sessions over the imperfect listening environment of video calls.

From her first radio gig as co-host to "The Master of the Morning", Don Percy, in Winnipeg Manitoba she worked her way to Toronto and a 'dream job' as the iHeart Radio Ambassador - interviewing some of the worlds most famous people. Andrea Collins "tells all" during this fun interview clip.

Although not a voice talent, George has been the audio tech to the VO stars (Don Lafontaine for instance), working tirelessly with home-based studios. When COVID hit he became the light in a digital storm, a software saviour for the suddenly studioless.

When Gary said "Voice is everything...that's how humans share information" I knew I had the right guy for this podcast - Voices Unscripted. And he's got a refreshingly optimistic attitude towards the once in a generation opportunities presented by the pandemic: "Come out of this stronger" 

On this episode I talked with Dan Wong about his passion for his two sports podcasts that he says are "insightful" and sometimes feature stories that are "revolting and hilarious." 

In this episode I spoke with Neil Pasricha about his rise from blockbuster blogger, to awesome author, prolific podcaster and terrific TED talker. His blog "1000 Awesome Things" led to the publishing of his New York Times Bestseller "The Book of Awesome". From there he's went on to give one of the most popular TED talks ever, "The 3 A's of Awesome". I love his podcast, "3books", an epic 15 year mission to uncover the 1000 most formative books by interviewing the famous (Malcolm Gladwell, David Sedaris) and not so famous (his local convenience store owner).

In this episode I had a great chat with the funny and fascinating Noelle Jenkinson about her life as a top Toronto voice agent and her take on the trends in the  se rapidly changing times. 

Matt Cundill has decades of on-air experience in radio and is now a 'podcast pro'. We talked about making the move to a home studio and getting paid in a voice-over market with multiple streams and formats.