The B-Hive Podcast: Women In Voiceover
From commercials to live announcing, from video games to narration, the women you'll hear interviewed in The B-Hive are among the best voice actors in the country. They are the women who possess the voices behind the products you buy, the video game characters you love, and the radio stations you rely on. They are the unsung experts who persevere and creatively thrive in a world dominated by men: the mercurial and elusive field of Voice Over.
Episodes
Well, here we are, back with our first guest in the B-Hive after a year-long hiatus! Thanks, all of you, for your patience! It's been quite a year!
Now, in truth, I recorded this podcast with Kirsten well over a year ago, so there may be some outdated bits of info, but let's not sweat the small stuff, okay? We're still in Season 3 and the essence of the podcast remains!
Kirsten Krohn is my first guest in the Hive hailing from NYC a...
Amanda Wyatt is a premier independent video-game casting and voice director in Los Angeles with some of the biggest video game titles to her directing/casting credit. Call of Duty Online, the Halo series, Horizon Zero Dawn, Batman: Arkham Knight, the Skylanders series, Assassin's Creed 1 & 2, Crackdown 2, God of War and many, many, MANY more. Check out her IMDB page and you'll see.
Join us in the B-Hive as we discuss Amanda's care...
Nancy Linari draws on her theatrical skills to bring animated and video game characters to life. Her characters run the gamut from the sexy, macabre Morticia Addams in ABC's The Addams Family to the warm and supportive Aunt May in both Marvel's Spider-Man on Disney XD and in Insomniac's newest hit, Spider-Man on PS4.
Nancy had the honor of introducing both Prince Harry and First Lady Michelle Obama, as the live announcer for the op...
Susan Palyo has been working for Voicetrax West since 1990 and has been the resident demo producer since 1996. Susan grew up in Springfield, Illinois. Her passion for music led her to believe that pursuing a degree in Commercial Music from Millikin University in Decatur, IL would be a great idea since she wanted a job where she didn't have to wear a dress. Shortly after graduating, Susan packed up her car and drove to Los Angeles t...
Heather Dame is currently the VP, Director of Development of Atlas LA. She was tasked by Atlas Talent Agency to move out to Los Angeles 7 1/2 years ago to help develop and start up the new West Coast branch of the company. This included building the foundation of a positive public brand for the company by developing new relationships and engaging clients and buyers in the company philosophy, building new buyer relationships, growin...
What? Men in the B-Hive? Sacrilege! Nonetheless, here they are. Two of the most prolific voice actors of their generation, and two of the kindest friends I've known. Please welcome Townsend Coleman and Thom Pinto from the podcast studio at VO Atlanta 2018.
The creator of VO Atlanta, Gerald Griffith, asked me to host my own podcast while in attendance at the conference, and I threw a curve ball by inviting two distinguished male voi...
This episode of the B-Hive takes a turn toward a difficult subject: Sexual assault. On February 8, 2018, CNN.com published an article entitled "They're Not Celebrities. Their Voiceover Coach isn't either. But #MeToo Changed Their Lives." In that article 16 women were stated as having been assaulted by formerly esteemed New York voiceover coach, Peter Rofé. As of today, March 7, 2018, more than 50 female voice actors have come forwa...
Here we are on the cusp of a brand new year - ripe with reflection and full of possibility. From stellar voice actors and guests on the podcast, here's a little inspiration for you as dream your own dreams and make your own plans for a bright and shiny future. Thanks for helping make The B-Hive: Women in Voiceover one of the best things of my 2017. Good tidings to you for a great, great year ahead!
This is the first of a two part series. Today's podcast is all about failure, and next week's will be all about looking ahead to 2018.
Failure. Ya. Everybody goes through it. And believe it or not it is the cornerstone of success. That's taken me a while to understand, but I've really found it to be true. Yet somehow whenever we experience a failure, we think perhaps we are the only ones who do, that every successful person must le...
Lucky us. Liz Atherton joins me in the B-Hive today, and you are in for a treat. Liz is the owner and Queen Bee extraordinaire of The Atherton Group (TAG) Talent Agency, based in Austin, Texas. Liz has been agenting for a couple of decades now at least, but spent some time in her youth as an actor and singer, lending her voice on occasion to jingles written by her father, who was a prolific and nationally notable jingle writer. Nee...
Among the most versatile and prolific voiceover artists working today, Roberta Solomon is one of the few women in the industry to achieve a true top tier career.
Heard regularly on network and cable television, Roberta has voiced promos for NBC's coverage of the French Open, kicked off ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live with spoof ads, narrated spots for National Geographic's Photo Ark and the docu-series "Europe's Wa...
Ladies and Gents allow me to introduce the one and only Mari Weiss. Mari has a career in voiceover spanning more than 2 decades, doing all kinds of national spots and campaigns over the years, as well as promo, narration, video games such as Mafia 3 and Guild Wars. She does both commercial and theatrical on camera work, and her roots run deep in the theater, having earned a Master's Degree in Acting. I gotta say Mari ...
Carli Silver joins me today all the way from the East Coast! Carli is the Head of Casting at Sound and Fury which is headquartered in Los Angeles but has a solid presence in New York with Carli on board. Prior to landing at Sound and Fury, Carli was an agent at Atlas Talent for nearly a decade, with experience in just about every genre of voiceover including promo, gaming and animation, and her favorite, commercial. She brings keen...
I have a girl crush on Melissa Hutchison. She's talented, lovely, deeply thoughtful, and has a particular humility about her that I just find so... I don't know... perfect. She is the award winning voice of Clementine in the INSANELY HUGE video game series The Walking Dead. This role garnered her a Spike TV Video Game Award for best performance, as well as two BAFTA nominations - ya, TWO - and other awards too numerous to list.
S...
Mary Lynn Wissner is one of the preeminent voice casting agents in Los Angeles. She's been casting for over 25 years and cut her teeth in the biz with voiceover legends like Don Pitts and Bob Lloyd. Now if you're a voice actor and don't recognize those names, you've got a little homework to do!
Never one rest on her laurels, Mary Lynn has consistently adapted to the ever changing landscape of voiceover, and as a result has built a ...
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet Spider Girl! That's right! Melanie Minichino is Ana Corazon aka Spider Girl on the New Marvel SpiderMan on Disney XD. Melanie Minichino is also Queen Isabella on Mr. Peabody and Sherman, and has been the promo voice of Disney Junior for 7 years. She also plays Agent Fortune in Agents of Mayhem, which of course is near and dear to my heart. ;-) This young woman has some great stories to tell, and we even t...
Voice actor Tina Morasco has a fascinating story. She began her career in voiceover as an agent at two prestigious talent agencies in New York City. Hers is a most unique perspective and one you'll definitely want to hear! She is best known for her work on the insanely popular Love It or List It series of home makeover shows on HGTV. You know I try to edit my podcasts to about 40 minutes, but I'm telling you every story from Tina i...
Jennifer Hale is a force of nature. Seriously. Check out her imdb page and you'll understand why she's called the most prolific voice actress of all time in the genre of video gaming. Her animation credits are pretty astounding, too. And if there were websites for successful commercial careers, well she'd be at the top of that one as well! Not only is she an amazing actor, but she's a woman fascinated by life who loves rock climbin...
Chris Anthony Lansdowne: a sweeter, kinder person you shall not meet. It's totally fitting, Providential even, that she was the first ever voice of Barbie, friend to millions upon millions of little kids everywhere, as well as the singular host of the long running, hugely popular radio drama, Adventures in Odyssey. Chris is a woman with a huge heart and is a light in the darkness, I can testify. Her greatest joy is being a role mod...
Aaaaah... Cissy Jones. Such beauty. Such talent. She's been in this town less than 6 years and has taken it by storm. You gamers will know Cissy from The Walking Dead series of video games, and most recently from her BAFTA Award winning performance as Delilah in Firewatch. Cissy is perhaps the fiercest female voice actor I've met. Don't let this relaxed, contemplative podcast fool you. Cissy's got your number.
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