January 9, 2023 • 21 mins
Christy and Will are launching a nationwide contest and giving someone an opportunity to win big prizes! Listen to find out all the details!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hi, Christie, they will. How are you really excited? I'm
really excited about did you have a good New Year
before we get into the amazing conversation we're about to have. Sure, Yeah,
I did, I really did. I I had a chaotic holiday,
just like everybody. I'm sure sure of course, But then
I have kids, so it couldn't have been more chaotic.
You had probably a pretty relaxed holiday in comparison. No,
(00:21):
actually I did. I got to experience so my stepdaughter
and her my son in law. I get to now
say that officially. Um they I'm so grown up. They
came and spent the holiday with us, and I experienced
what it was like to have two children, kind of
because they brought their puppy and we have our puppy.
So the two of them bonded and became best friends,
(00:43):
and it was just a restly, run around crazy Now.
I don't know much about children, but I imagine it's
kind of the same. You let him run around all day,
you throw him a treat, and you throw them in
a crate, so that it's just like kids, right him
in what I know what you're saying, because during Thanksgiving
my brother came and brought his puppy and his three sons,
(01:04):
and then I had two daughters. But that was Thanksgiving
chaos and that was next level. But did you cook? Uh?
Not for Thanksgiving and also Christmas? So that's the right there.
Don't do that. Just hosts and then figure out how
to clean it all up. Okay, fair enough. Two dogs,
I'm going to say equal one toddler, So imagine what
(01:25):
you experienced times too. That's just I'm not even going
to imagine that. I'm not even going to take the
time to imagine that horrifying event. And I'm sure there's
love and joy and imagine in it as well somewhere,
but yeah, it's just not for everyone. You live and
you learn will did you did you make it till
(01:45):
midnight on New Year's I always like, well, it's my anniversary.
So actually Christmas Eve is my oldest daughter's birthday. She
turned six, um, and so you know, we had a
little fun with that, but overall New Year's was the
big night and we celebrated nine years, me and Brendan
nine years. Congratulations. Crazy. It is crazy because Sue and
(02:06):
I were just talking about that today because this year
will be our seventh and we're yeah, if you can
believe that? Wait? What Yeah, Sue and I this year
will have been married seven years already, Like I knew you,
we like reconnected with comic cons. How long have we
been what? Yeah, so we've been She and I have
been dating since what we still say we're dating um
since Okay, so we've been together that long. But we've
(02:30):
been married for seven years already. That's crazy so fast,
that doesn't because I remember when we we we you
and I like started touching basse and reconnecting because we
started doing comic cons and it was really wonderful to
see you and then you're like, oh, yeah, this is
my fiance. We're about to get married in Connecticut, and
we reconnected about living being from Connecticut, and so it's
what we reconnected. Then it was next I got married
(02:54):
in Son. If she was my fianci already, which by
the way, is the proper and she if she was
my fianchi by that point, then yeah, I want to
be saying things wrong. No, you want to pronounce them correctly.
Everyone knows that, Christie. Okay, So we've been now shooting
it around and just talking fun, but really we're both
(03:17):
bubbling under the surface here because we can finally explode.
So for listeners out there, this is incredibly special for us.
And when we became, you know, started a partner with
I Heart, we went to them and said, look, we've
had this dream kind of from the beginning where we
want to make an interactive podcast. We're not only are
(03:39):
we going to be interviewing these amazing people, but we
want to bring on amateurs that are going to be
able to have the opportunity to showcase their talent and
to work with some of the best in the business.
And our ultimate goal is to do a nationwide contest
to find a legitimate voice over actor that is an
amateur that hasn't had an opportunity yet give that person.
(04:02):
I'm gonna use I'm gonna say it, Christie. You've been
trying to get me to say it forever, but I'm
gonna say, I'm gonna give that person their big break.
You did win, and it's true because the more I'm
thinking about it, I'm like, once again, don't argue with Christie.
She knows what she's talking about. And I Heart to
their amazing joy and credit thankfully went great idea. Let's
(04:23):
do it and they've been working with us ever since
um to American Idol, this thing to where we are
going to blanket the country to find the next big
voice over actor. And the reason that we have yet
to say and hey, who's here with us today, Christie,
who's here with us today Will is because we don't
have anyone with us today. It is the two of
(04:45):
us just talk in the contest because we finally can
and we're gonna it's so much fun. We're gonna be
able to tell everybody about what is going on, what
we're planning, all the prizes, like I can't. I want
to go like live and then like rightful, I want
to like I just shout out on a rooftop. Well,
(05:05):
we're gonna be able to do that because we're also
gonna be doing a major press press push. Try to
say that five times, fast press push, press, push, press push.
That's pretty there, you go nice. Uh. So everyone's gonna
gonna be able to to join us on this ride
because we at the end of the day, I was
and we'll get into where I said this because I'm
(05:26):
allowed to finally say this, but I was I was
somewhere big announcing this, which you couldn't come out for
because again, you live in Texas and I live here. Um,
but I was somewhere and what I said was, we're
looking for a colleague. We are looking for somebody who
can day one step into a booth and read promo copy,
read animation copy, can be start their career. Uh. So
(05:49):
this is and we can talk about it. Christie, I'm
so exciting. This is crazy. Um uh wow, I'm almost speechless. Yeah.
This isn't like charity. This is like, this is the
real deal, big break, you know, like we're doing. So
let's get into it now. We can finally announce, Christie,
what's our contest called? Oh you did it again, didn't you?
(06:10):
You just had to do it? Super awesome Contest to
find the next Big Voice Actor. I was pretty close.
I think I think that's close to Superstomme Contest to
discover It to become the supersom to become the next
big voice actor is going live. People. We are getting there.
So let's just jump right into this. And I'd like
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to to start with talking about the contest a little
bit and then we'll get into the prizes. Does that
work work for you? Christie? Okay, let's do that. Yeah.
So the contest is going to be multi tiered, as
they would say, like an American Idol style contest, where
we are going to start with sixteen lucky contestants and
every week we are gonna weed it down and it
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is going to be two week until we get down
to the final pisode. Do you mean a week? Will meaning?
I mean we are going to have two contestants come
on every week and we are going to play some
voiceover games with a special guest every week. We are
still going to be this is the joy as while
we were still gonna be talking to some of the
(07:17):
best voiceover actors, directors, producers, writers in the industry, and
they are now going to help to judge. But also
as we we get down to the nitty gritty and
we get down to say the final four, everyone of
the last contestants will get a mentor where they will
have some kind of a zoom conference and they they're
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going to be able to be helped by some of
the best actors directors in the industry. So I'm gonna
be saying this and Christie is gonna be saying this
over and over and over again, because this is going
to be very important. You're gonna be uh, we're gonna
be going live with submissions on the ninth of January,
and starting on the ninth of January, you're gonna be
entering at I Hear Voices at I Heart Radio dot com.
(08:00):
Once again, I Hear Voices at I Heart Radio dot com.
So we want to make sure that we get as
many entries as we can. UM. You cannot have an
agent coming in. You've got to be purely an amateur.
It is u s. Residents over the age of eighteen
will be sending a no more than two minute audio
or video to us at I Hear Voices at I
Heart Radio dot com. UM, which is very very cool.
(08:21):
So we want to make sure we get as many
submissions as we possibly can. And again that's a two
minute audio or video that you're gonna send to I
Hear Voices at I Heart Radio dot com. So, yes,
January nine to February nine, it is live. I think
(08:43):
we start talking about the prizes because the prizes are phenomenal. Yeah,
I'm so excited. So the first one, uh, is you
get flown to l A. You're gonna get flown to
Los Angeles to have lunch with Christy and I, which
I think is pretty cool. I don't know that's a
good question. I say, know, it's fun. I think not
only are you flown to l A, but I think
it's left up to you to also make the reservations
(09:05):
and pay. Over real, I think you'll pick the cuisine
and then I'll pick the place. Okay, okay, that works.
You're good at that. You're good at that stuff. So
I'll be like, I really want to try like a
fancy sushi spot. And then we'll be like, okay, we'll
go to yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a good call. A Montana,
which is like this old school Italian place in West Hollywood.
Will go there. We will figure something out. But that's
(09:26):
a great idea, you get. Yeah, you pick that, you
pick the genre of food, and we will pick the place.
That's a that's a good way to do it. Um.
So yes, flown out to a lot that's that's number
one on the hit parade. Flown out to Los Angeles
to have a incredible lunch with both Christie and I
where we are going to be gushing over the fact
that you are going to be our colleague and our
(09:47):
new winner. But it's not just going to be us
at that lunch. And this is huge. This is where
we talk big break stuff because the other person you're
going to meet at your lunch is your new agent
from C E. S D, which is my agency. So
we were talking about putting yourselves on the line. I
called my agency, which is arguably the biggest best voiceover
(10:08):
agency in the industry, and I said, Christy and I
are doing this contest and we want to, uh, will
you sign the winner? And they said, oh, jeez, you
know that we've got the best in the business here.
I said, I know, but we're going to do this.
They said, hey, will Christie, if you can go and
find us the next big voice actor, we will sign them.
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Those are the first two prizes that we've talked about, Christie.
But there's a third prize that we've also mentioned a
couple of times that my heart is very generous about.
So on your trip to Los Angeles, you're also getting
a thousand dollars um, which is good because the lunch
I'm gonna want you to buy for me is nine
and dollar No, I'm kidding, the lunch is on us.
So those are the count Those are the the the
(10:51):
prizes we've been able to talk about, but now we
can actually talk about the next cool thing. So I
got in touch with my friends a critical role and
my friends have their season two of the Legend of Oxmachina,
which is premiering January. I'm very excited. It's already been
announced so I can say that I'm also on the
second season. I'm really excited about this. I learned how
(11:12):
to play Dungeon Dragons with my friends over a critical role.
Their show has exploded. It is a hundred percent fresh
on on Rotten Tomatoes, the first season of Oxmachina. It
is a worldwide phenomenon that they built my friends from
the ground up by themselves playing D and D together.
It is so inspiring every time I go there and
(11:35):
I watch what they're doing. They are still such a family.
They have built it together and it is incredible. So
I went over to them and I said, Hey, I'm
doing this contest. Christy and I are doing this together.
I hear voices, is there anything you guys can do
for us? And they said, oh man, we would love to. So,
in addition to all the other prizes we've given you,
(11:56):
Sam Regal, Emmy Award winning director Sam Regal and Mary McGlenn,
who is the director of the Legend of Ooxmachina, are
going to be taking the winner under their wing and
giving them h a tutoring session, and they're going to
teach you everything you're gonna need to know about being
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a voice over actor. But Sam and Mary they don't
actually do coaching. Like that's not like they're no thing,
but like that's insane. That's once in a lifetime, like
I've not even worked with No, it's gonna be working
with Sam, which I've gotten. I've actually gotten a chance
to work with both of them again because because of
the Legend of Voxmachina Um. Sam also put me on
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DC Superhero Girls and and Future Worm and some other stuff.
Sam is verifiably like he can also I mean, you
know if he likes your voice, well, I mean yeah,
I mean this is this is again. So man, there's
such a funny joke that my mother used to always
say to me as a kid when I was growing
up auditioning for everything. I would walk out and I
would say I didn't get it, and I'd hang my
head low and I take the bus back to Connecticut
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and my mom would would always say to me, Hey,
you never know if they're going to remember you for
something in the future, and that's such it's so true
in our industry. Well not to mention, I think that
someone's going to remember somebody that wanted the contest, and like,
is this unique? I mean, this is a very cool
backstory for like like a hero origin story that we're like, right,
(13:22):
talk about a great origin story. It's you know you
you then get into a booth with Sam with Mary
um so it's yeah, you get one coaching session with
with Sam and Mary. It's going to be phenomenal. We
have um not been able to talk about that aspect
of the show yet, the critical role aspect of the show.
I don't know about you. I've been I've been ecstatic.
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I've been better. Do you feel better talking about it
now that it's out the secrets? I do? I do?
I think they should instantly, Christie, turn into an episode
of Vulnerable where I just tell you how happy I
am and excited and relieved I am should be talking
about finally doing the contest, and you know, glad for you.
I'm getting vulnerable, Christie. You have trauma from holding this
(14:05):
inside of yourself, I do I have it from No,
it's not have to walk back what your mom said
when you were a kid not getting those auditions. Then
we got out from my head was going instantly going
back to U two. We're going to go right from
an episode of A Vulnerable to an episode of pod
Meats World. We're gonna be looking at looking at season three. No,
(14:28):
very different tones. Yeah, all of our of our people
want to shout out to all the folks that were
tagging us on socials as um, you know, being one
of their top listen to podcasts. There was this thing,
um you know on Instagram where people were showcasing from
Spotify Wrapped, which is like what they do every year,
like towards the and it's like, these were my top
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five top ten podcasts and I hear voices, Vulnerable, um,
pod Meats World. They were all groups together. So we
have a really great fan base. That's awesome. No, I'm
really excited to meet you guys. As I know Will
is to he we both love our fans and we
love you. Yeah, it's huge. You know, you just made
me think of one of my favorite quotes of all
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time that I live by fortune favors the bold, so
you know, make sure that you are once again. So
I'm gonna say it, I'm gonna keep saying it. I'm
gonna keep saying it, but we're gonna run through it
one more time, very very quickly. You're going to be
sending a two minute up to two minutes. It doesn't
have to be two minutes. You don't have to fill it,
but don't go over two minutes. P g rated in
the US residents over eighteen eighteen over. You're gonna be
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sending your entries to I Hear Voices at I heart
radio dot com. The contest is going to be open
from January nine to February nine. The whole reason we
started this podcast was because every time we were at
a comic con, there's at least ten to twenty people
that are like, how do I get into the business.
I love I'm so passionate about it. So we we
see you, we know you're out there. This is your moment,
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this is this is it for all of our loyal
listeners out there, and we know there are a lot
of you, and we've been so so thankful for all
the listeners we have, and hopefully you're all going to
enter the contest. But I'm guessing you also know somebody
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a friend, a coworker, somebody in your family, your funny uncle,
you're funny aunt, somebody who does voices who hasn't heard
about this contest, and we are are dragooning you into
going and saying to them enter this context. Dragooning. What
is that word dragooning? So, uh, dragooning was It's a
(16:45):
It's an old military term of like enlisting you. Yeah,
we're we're we're enlisting you, dragooning you to thank you
uh to I yeah to to go and spread the word,
you know, get oh. I know this is gonna sound crazy,
but the person that that's the bank teller at my
bank every time I'm there, always says goodbye in a
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Mickey Mouse voice. Man, you never know on TikTok there's
tons of voice actors on TikTok tons. There's a lot
of talented people. And if you know people that you love,
even if they're social media folks, they may not know
about this contest. We want you to tag them and
let them know, Hey, I heard about that. I hear voices. Um,
you know contest. Please go and submit yourself because I
think you'd be great. So yeah, absolutely, you know, yeah,
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we are going to find We're going to blank at
this country and we are going to find the next
I mean I always go back to like Kelly Clarkson
was was a waitress, um, you know in Texas. I
think where it's just you know. She then all you
need some people, they just need their break, and that
is what we were trying to give you. Christy has
not wanted me to say this at all, but this
could be your big break. She has been fighting me like,
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don't say it will don't that's it. That's what I said,
don't say that. That is a total lie. By the way,
like why aren't we calling it a big break? It's
a big break? And I was like, I don't want
to hopes up. But she's right, Chris. Once again, Christie
has proven herself a hundred percent right and it can
be your big break. So, um, this is huge. I mean,
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that's it, right, Like that's all it is that we've
talked about passionately for quite a long time. And also
just one more shout out, um, because this is really important,
the legend of Ox not just because I'm on it,
but mostly because I'm on it, Um the Legend of
Ox Making. This Season two will premiere January weekly on
Prime Video in more than two hundred and forty countries
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and territories worldwide. Again, if you have not seen the show,
it is phenomenally well written, acted directed. The first season
is a hundred percent fresh certified on Rotten Tomatoes. I'm
sure the second season will be as well. It's actually
gonna go up to a hundred five percent because again,
I'm on. You're gonna do that, right because you're on.
But can you give me some spoilers? Like do you die?
I'm telling you nothing. You're gonna have to watch me
(18:55):
after you die. Okay, I'm not. I'm not going to
tell you anything. It's going to be awesome. But yeah,
so check out season two. Uh jan Prime Video. How
that's that's terrible? Terrible. We are so excited though, so yes,
that's why we didn't have a guest on this week
because we are just so excited to do this. Um
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and that's it. That's what we're gonna leave you with.
I hear voices at I heart radio dot com. This
is your big break, yes and not only that. Again,
we want you to go and blanket around your teacher,
your the janitor, the local bank. Tell whoever you go,
you know what, that person is actually really funny and
does some funny voices. Let them know about this contest,
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because this is the one maybe you could get a
split on the thousand. You know what I told you
about that contest. Yes, this is going to be great
and a ton of fun. And again this is this
is not lip service. We are not doing this as
some kind of oh you know, this is a gimmick.
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We are looking for a colleague. We are trying to
find another big voice over actor. Uh, we're you know.
I'm telling you this is your big break. And it's
what you say every time we close one of our episodes, right, yeah,
it is, And I think it's the perfect way to
close that. So again. January nine, February nine, I Hear
Voices at our Heart Radio dot com. I want you
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all to enter and don't forget if you think you
have what it takes to be one of us, and
put your voices where your mouth is. Thanks everybody. I
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Hi, Christie, they will. How are you really excited? I'm
really excited about did you have a good New Year
before we get into the amazing conversation we're about to have. Sure, Yeah,
I did, I really did. I I had a chaotic holiday,
just like everybody. I'm sure sure of course, But then
I have kids, so it couldn't have been more chaotic.
You had probably a pretty relaxed holiday in comparison. No,
(00:21):
actually I did. I got to experience so my stepdaughter
and her my son in law. I get to now
say that officially. Um they I'm so grown up. They
came and spent the holiday with us, and I experienced
what it was like to have two children, kind of
because they brought their puppy and we have our puppy.
So the two of them bonded and became best friends,
(00:43):
and it was just a restly, run around crazy Now.
I don't know much about children, but I imagine it's
kind of the same. You let him run around all day,
you throw him a treat, and you throw them in
a crate, so that it's just like kids, right him
in what I know what you're saying, because during Thanksgiving
my brother came and brought his puppy and his three sons,
(01:04):
and then I had two daughters. But that was Thanksgiving
chaos and that was next level. But did you cook? Uh?
Not for Thanksgiving and also Christmas? So that's the right there.
Don't do that. Just hosts and then figure out how
to clean it all up. Okay, fair enough. Two dogs,
I'm going to say equal one toddler, So imagine what
(01:25):
you experienced times too. That's just I'm not even going
to imagine that. I'm not even going to take the
time to imagine that horrifying event. And I'm sure there's
love and joy and imagine in it as well somewhere,
but yeah, it's just not for everyone. You live and
you learn will did you did you make it till
(01:45):
midnight on New Year's I always like, well, it's my anniversary.
So actually Christmas Eve is my oldest daughter's birthday. She
turned six, um, and so you know, we had a
little fun with that, but overall New Year's was the
big night and we celebrated nine years, me and Brendan
nine years. Congratulations. Crazy. It is crazy because Sue and
(02:06):
I were just talking about that today because this year
will be our seventh and we're yeah, if you can
believe that? Wait? What Yeah, Sue and I this year
will have been married seven years already, Like I knew you,
we like reconnected with comic cons. How long have we
been what? Yeah, so we've been She and I have
been dating since what we still say we're dating um
since Okay, so we've been together that long. But we've
(02:30):
been married for seven years already. That's crazy so fast,
that doesn't because I remember when we we we you
and I like started touching basse and reconnecting because we
started doing comic cons and it was really wonderful to
see you and then you're like, oh, yeah, this is
my fiance. We're about to get married in Connecticut, and
we reconnected about living being from Connecticut, and so it's
what we reconnected. Then it was next I got married
(02:54):
in Son. If she was my fianci already, which by
the way, is the proper and she if she was
my fianchi by that point, then yeah, I want to
be saying things wrong. No, you want to pronounce them correctly.
Everyone knows that, Christie. Okay, So we've been now shooting
it around and just talking fun, but really we're both
(03:17):
bubbling under the surface here because we can finally explode.
So for listeners out there, this is incredibly special for us.
And when we became, you know, started a partner with
I Heart, we went to them and said, look, we've
had this dream kind of from the beginning where we
want to make an interactive podcast. We're not only are
(03:39):
we going to be interviewing these amazing people, but we
want to bring on amateurs that are going to be
able to have the opportunity to showcase their talent and
to work with some of the best in the business.
And our ultimate goal is to do a nationwide contest
to find a legitimate voice over actor that is an
amateur that hasn't had an opportunity yet give that person.
(04:02):
I'm gonna use I'm gonna say it, Christie. You've been
trying to get me to say it forever, but I'm
gonna say, I'm gonna give that person their big break.
You did win, and it's true because the more I'm
thinking about it, I'm like, once again, don't argue with Christie.
She knows what she's talking about. And I Heart to
their amazing joy and credit thankfully went great idea. Let's
(04:23):
do it and they've been working with us ever since
um to American Idol, this thing to where we are
going to blanket the country to find the next big
voice over actor. And the reason that we have yet
to say and hey, who's here with us today, Christie,
who's here with us today Will is because we don't
have anyone with us today. It is the two of
(04:45):
us just talk in the contest because we finally can
and we're gonna it's so much fun. We're gonna be
able to tell everybody about what is going on, what
we're planning, all the prizes, like I can't. I want
to go like live and then like rightful, I want
to like I just shout out on a rooftop. Well,
(05:05):
we're gonna be able to do that because we're also
gonna be doing a major press press push. Try to
say that five times, fast press push, press, push, press push.
That's pretty there, you go nice. Uh. So everyone's gonna
gonna be able to to join us on this ride
because we at the end of the day, I was
and we'll get into where I said this because I'm
(05:26):
allowed to finally say this, but I was I was
somewhere big announcing this, which you couldn't come out for
because again, you live in Texas and I live here. Um,
but I was somewhere and what I said was, we're
looking for a colleague. We are looking for somebody who
can day one step into a booth and read promo copy,
read animation copy, can be start their career. Uh. So
(05:49):
this is and we can talk about it. Christie, I'm
so exciting. This is crazy. Um uh wow, I'm almost speechless. Yeah.
This isn't like charity. This is like, this is the
real deal, big break, you know, like we're doing. So
let's get into it now. We can finally announce, Christie,
what's our contest called? Oh you did it again, didn't you?
(06:10):
You just had to do it? Super awesome Contest to
find the next Big Voice Actor. I was pretty close.
I think I think that's close to Superstomme Contest to
discover It to become the supersom to become the next
big voice actor is going live. People. We are getting there.
So let's just jump right into this. And I'd like
(06:33):
to to start with talking about the contest a little
bit and then we'll get into the prizes. Does that
work work for you? Christie? Okay, let's do that. Yeah.
So the contest is going to be multi tiered, as
they would say, like an American Idol style contest, where
we are going to start with sixteen lucky contestants and
every week we are gonna weed it down and it
(06:55):
is going to be two week until we get down
to the final pisode. Do you mean a week? Will meaning?
I mean we are going to have two contestants come
on every week and we are going to play some
voiceover games with a special guest every week. We are
still going to be this is the joy as while
we were still gonna be talking to some of the
(07:17):
best voiceover actors, directors, producers, writers in the industry, and
they are now going to help to judge. But also
as we we get down to the nitty gritty and
we get down to say the final four, everyone of
the last contestants will get a mentor where they will
have some kind of a zoom conference and they they're
(07:38):
going to be able to be helped by some of
the best actors directors in the industry. So I'm gonna
be saying this and Christie is gonna be saying this
over and over and over again, because this is going
to be very important. You're gonna be uh, we're gonna
be going live with submissions on the ninth of January,
and starting on the ninth of January, you're gonna be
entering at I Hear Voices at I Heart Radio dot com.
(08:00):
Once again, I Hear Voices at I Heart Radio dot com.
So we want to make sure that we get as
many entries as we can. UM. You cannot have an
agent coming in. You've got to be purely an amateur.
It is u s. Residents over the age of eighteen
will be sending a no more than two minute audio
or video to us at I Hear Voices at I
Heart Radio dot com. UM, which is very very cool.
(08:21):
So we want to make sure we get as many
submissions as we possibly can. And again that's a two
minute audio or video that you're gonna send to I
Hear Voices at I Heart Radio dot com. So, yes,
January nine to February nine, it is live. I think
(08:43):
we start talking about the prizes because the prizes are phenomenal. Yeah,
I'm so excited. So the first one, uh, is you
get flown to l A. You're gonna get flown to
Los Angeles to have lunch with Christy and I, which
I think is pretty cool. I don't know that's a
good question. I say, know, it's fun. I think not
only are you flown to l A, but I think
it's left up to you to also make the reservations
(09:05):
and pay. Over real, I think you'll pick the cuisine
and then I'll pick the place. Okay, okay, that works.
You're good at that. You're good at that stuff. So
I'll be like, I really want to try like a
fancy sushi spot. And then we'll be like, okay, we'll
go to yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a good call. A Montana,
which is like this old school Italian place in West Hollywood.
Will go there. We will figure something out. But that's
(09:26):
a great idea, you get. Yeah, you pick that, you
pick the genre of food, and we will pick the place.
That's a that's a good way to do it. Um.
So yes, flown out to a lot that's that's number
one on the hit parade. Flown out to Los Angeles
to have a incredible lunch with both Christie and I
where we are going to be gushing over the fact
that you are going to be our colleague and our
(09:47):
new winner. But it's not just going to be us
at that lunch. And this is huge. This is where
we talk big break stuff because the other person you're
going to meet at your lunch is your new agent
from C E. S D, which is my agency. So
we were talking about putting yourselves on the line. I
called my agency, which is arguably the biggest best voiceover
(10:08):
agency in the industry, and I said, Christy and I
are doing this contest and we want to, uh, will
you sign the winner? And they said, oh, jeez, you
know that we've got the best in the business here.
I said, I know, but we're going to do this.
They said, hey, will Christie, if you can go and
find us the next big voice actor, we will sign them.
(10:28):
Those are the first two prizes that we've talked about, Christie.
But there's a third prize that we've also mentioned a
couple of times that my heart is very generous about.
So on your trip to Los Angeles, you're also getting
a thousand dollars um, which is good because the lunch
I'm gonna want you to buy for me is nine
and dollar No, I'm kidding, the lunch is on us.
So those are the count Those are the the the
(10:51):
prizes we've been able to talk about, but now we
can actually talk about the next cool thing. So I
got in touch with my friends a critical role and
my friends have their season two of the Legend of Oxmachina,
which is premiering January. I'm very excited. It's already been
announced so I can say that I'm also on the
second season. I'm really excited about this. I learned how
(11:12):
to play Dungeon Dragons with my friends over a critical role.
Their show has exploded. It is a hundred percent fresh
on on Rotten Tomatoes, the first season of Oxmachina. It
is a worldwide phenomenon that they built my friends from
the ground up by themselves playing D and D together.
It is so inspiring every time I go there and
(11:35):
I watch what they're doing. They are still such a family.
They have built it together and it is incredible. So
I went over to them and I said, Hey, I'm
doing this contest. Christy and I are doing this together.
I hear voices, is there anything you guys can do
for us? And they said, oh man, we would love to. So,
in addition to all the other prizes we've given you,
(11:56):
Sam Regal, Emmy Award winning director Sam Regal and Mary McGlenn,
who is the director of the Legend of Ooxmachina, are
going to be taking the winner under their wing and
giving them h a tutoring session, and they're going to
teach you everything you're gonna need to know about being
(12:18):
a voice over actor. But Sam and Mary they don't
actually do coaching. Like that's not like they're no thing,
but like that's insane. That's once in a lifetime, like
I've not even worked with No, it's gonna be working
with Sam, which I've gotten. I've actually gotten a chance
to work with both of them again because because of
the Legend of Voxmachina Um. Sam also put me on
(12:39):
DC Superhero Girls and and Future Worm and some other stuff.
Sam is verifiably like he can also I mean, you
know if he likes your voice, well, I mean yeah,
I mean this is this is again. So man, there's
such a funny joke that my mother used to always
say to me as a kid when I was growing
up auditioning for everything. I would walk out and I
would say I didn't get it, and I'd hang my
head low and I take the bus back to Connecticut
(13:01):
and my mom would would always say to me, Hey,
you never know if they're going to remember you for
something in the future, and that's such it's so true
in our industry. Well not to mention, I think that
someone's going to remember somebody that wanted the contest, and like,
is this unique? I mean, this is a very cool
backstory for like like a hero origin story that we're like, right,
(13:22):
talk about a great origin story. It's you know you
you then get into a booth with Sam with Mary
um so it's yeah, you get one coaching session with
with Sam and Mary. It's going to be phenomenal. We
have um not been able to talk about that aspect
of the show yet, the critical role aspect of the show.
I don't know about you. I've been I've been ecstatic.
(13:43):
I've been better. Do you feel better talking about it
now that it's out the secrets? I do? I do?
I think they should instantly, Christie, turn into an episode
of Vulnerable where I just tell you how happy I
am and excited and relieved I am should be talking
about finally doing the contest, and you know, glad for you.
I'm getting vulnerable, Christie. You have trauma from holding this
(14:05):
inside of yourself, I do I have it from No,
it's not have to walk back what your mom said
when you were a kid not getting those auditions. Then
we got out from my head was going instantly going
back to U two. We're going to go right from
an episode of A Vulnerable to an episode of pod
Meats World. We're gonna be looking at looking at season three. No,
(14:28):
very different tones. Yeah, all of our of our people
want to shout out to all the folks that were
tagging us on socials as um, you know, being one
of their top listen to podcasts. There was this thing,
um you know on Instagram where people were showcasing from
Spotify Wrapped, which is like what they do every year,
like towards the and it's like, these were my top
(14:51):
five top ten podcasts and I hear voices, Vulnerable, um,
pod Meats World. They were all groups together. So we
have a really great fan base. That's awesome. No, I'm
really excited to meet you guys. As I know Will
is to he we both love our fans and we
love you. Yeah, it's huge. You know, you just made
me think of one of my favorite quotes of all
(15:11):
time that I live by fortune favors the bold, so
you know, make sure that you are once again. So
I'm gonna say it, I'm gonna keep saying it. I'm
gonna keep saying it, but we're gonna run through it
one more time, very very quickly. You're going to be
sending a two minute up to two minutes. It doesn't
have to be two minutes. You don't have to fill it,
but don't go over two minutes. P g rated in
the US residents over eighteen eighteen over. You're gonna be
(15:36):
sending your entries to I Hear Voices at I heart
radio dot com. The contest is going to be open
from January nine to February nine. The whole reason we
started this podcast was because every time we were at
a comic con, there's at least ten to twenty people
that are like, how do I get into the business.
I love I'm so passionate about it. So we we
see you, we know you're out there. This is your moment,
(15:58):
this is this is it for all of our loyal
listeners out there, and we know there are a lot
of you, and we've been so so thankful for all
the listeners we have, and hopefully you're all going to
enter the contest. But I'm guessing you also know somebody
(16:21):
a friend, a coworker, somebody in your family, your funny uncle,
you're funny aunt, somebody who does voices who hasn't heard
about this contest, and we are are dragooning you into
going and saying to them enter this context. Dragooning. What
is that word dragooning? So, uh, dragooning was It's a
(16:45):
It's an old military term of like enlisting you. Yeah,
we're we're we're enlisting you, dragooning you to thank you
uh to I yeah to to go and spread the word,
you know, get oh. I know this is gonna sound crazy,
but the person that that's the bank teller at my
bank every time I'm there, always says goodbye in a
(17:06):
Mickey Mouse voice. Man, you never know on TikTok there's
tons of voice actors on TikTok tons. There's a lot
of talented people. And if you know people that you love,
even if they're social media folks, they may not know
about this contest. We want you to tag them and
let them know, Hey, I heard about that. I hear voices. Um,
you know contest. Please go and submit yourself because I
think you'd be great. So yeah, absolutely, you know, yeah,
(17:29):
we are going to find We're going to blank at
this country and we are going to find the next
I mean I always go back to like Kelly Clarkson
was was a waitress, um, you know in Texas. I
think where it's just you know. She then all you
need some people, they just need their break, and that
is what we were trying to give you. Christy has
not wanted me to say this at all, but this
could be your big break. She has been fighting me like,
(17:50):
don't say it will don't that's it. That's what I said,
don't say that. That is a total lie. By the way,
like why aren't we calling it a big break? It's
a big break? And I was like, I don't want
to hopes up. But she's right, Chris. Once again, Christie
has proven herself a hundred percent right and it can
be your big break. So, um, this is huge. I mean,
(18:10):
that's it, right, Like that's all it is that we've
talked about passionately for quite a long time. And also
just one more shout out, um, because this is really important,
the legend of Ox not just because I'm on it,
but mostly because I'm on it, Um the Legend of
Ox Making. This Season two will premiere January weekly on
Prime Video in more than two hundred and forty countries
(18:31):
and territories worldwide. Again, if you have not seen the show,
it is phenomenally well written, acted directed. The first season
is a hundred percent fresh certified on Rotten Tomatoes. I'm
sure the second season will be as well. It's actually
gonna go up to a hundred five percent because again,
I'm on. You're gonna do that, right because you're on.
But can you give me some spoilers? Like do you die?
I'm telling you nothing. You're gonna have to watch me
(18:55):
after you die. Okay, I'm not. I'm not going to
tell you anything. It's going to be awesome. But yeah,
so check out season two. Uh jan Prime Video. How
that's that's terrible? Terrible. We are so excited though, so yes,
that's why we didn't have a guest on this week
because we are just so excited to do this. Um
(19:18):
and that's it. That's what we're gonna leave you with.
I hear voices at I heart radio dot com. This
is your big break, yes and not only that. Again,
we want you to go and blanket around your teacher,
your the janitor, the local bank. Tell whoever you go,
you know what, that person is actually really funny and
does some funny voices. Let them know about this contest,
(19:39):
because this is the one maybe you could get a
split on the thousand. You know what I told you
about that contest. Yes, this is going to be great
and a ton of fun. And again this is this
is not lip service. We are not doing this as
some kind of oh you know, this is a gimmick.
(19:59):
We are looking for a colleague. We are trying to
find another big voice over actor. Uh, we're you know.
I'm telling you this is your big break. And it's
what you say every time we close one of our episodes, right, yeah,
it is, And I think it's the perfect way to
close that. So again. January nine, February nine, I Hear
Voices at our Heart Radio dot com. I want you
(20:21):
all to enter and don't forget if you think you
have what it takes to be one of us, and
put your voices where your mouth is. Thanks everybody. I
Hear Voices as hosted by Wilfrid l and Christy Carlson
Romano Executive produced by will Fredell, Brendan Rooney, Amy Sugarman
and Vicky Ernst Chang. Our executive in charge of production
is Danielle Romo. Our producer is Lorraine Vera Wez and
(20:42):
our editor slash engineer is Brian Burton. And that was
my announcer voice. Some side effects of listening to I
Hear Voices are sore abs from hilarity falling down the
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