The Good Talkers Podcast
Episodes
S6 E8: Vocalics: What the hell is that?
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When the average person mentions the term “Vocalics” most people wont know what that means. Today the Good Talkers talk the good talk on Vocalics ...
S6 E8 - Presenting your "Package"...
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As voice actors, it is inevitable that the day will come when you need to find an agent to help you advance your career. Today on the Good Talkers Pod...
S6 E7 - I'm Ok, We're Ok, Everything's Ok...
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Good Talkers (minus Ashton) have a life and industry debrief, chat economic times (a little) and laugh (a lot)A good honest and wholesom...
S6 E6 - My voice is NOT their “TRADE SECRET”
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Good Talkers are back this week to talk about identity and the idea of owning your “digital self”. NAVA President and Co-Founder Tim Friedland...
S6 E5: AI vs Humanness...A positive AI chat for worried VO's!
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ok, we get it. The talk surrounding AI feels like its never ending. But as voice actors, we don’t have the luxury of ignoring it. When it feels like...
S6 E4 - Accent Breakdown: Scottish
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Struggle with accents? We do too! On this episode of The Good Talkers Podcast, Ashton, Deanna, and Tessa attempt to break down all the parts and piece...
S6 E3 - Accent Ethics
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode The Good Talkers attempted to talk about the Scottish accent and ended up deep diving ethical issues around using accents, whats appro...
S6 E2 - How to direct a Voice Actor
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking the good talk on how to direct a voice actor. So for those of you that are listening that are not voice actors this is going to b...
S6 E1 - Rejection
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One of the biggest things that makes being an actor difficult is dealing with the copious amounts of rejection one inevitably faces. In this episode, ...
S5 E10 The Fireside Chat
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Good Talkers break the trend a little and change up the structure, with a wee round table style discussion on all things to wrap up the ...
S5 EP9 - Podcasting for the Voice Actor
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, The Good Talkers chat about all things Podcasts! They cover starting a podcast, maintaining, a podcast, and the pros and cons of havi...
S5 E8: Debunking Vocal Myths with Megan Urbano
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have a Special Guest on the Show:Voice Actor, Opera singer, and Speech and Language Pathologist Megan Urbano! Megan will be helping the Good ...
S5 E7 The VO Balancing Act
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, The Good Talkers talk the good talk about the balancing act of being a voice talent with… well everything else. The Creative Caree...
S5 E6 We Back! 2025 Goals and Expectations from TGT's
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a minute, but we back and firing on all cylinders!In this episode, The Good Talkers talk about SMART goal setting as well as what their pers...
S5 E5 - VO Scam Alert!
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the Good Talkers go through some of the scams that are frequently found in the VO space. They talk the good talk on common ways to sp...
S5 E4 - VO Industry Slowdown
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Good Talkers Podcast, the team discusses the overall slow down of the industry, possible reasons for this slow down, and ...
S5 E3 - Guest Appearance...Cory Rimes!
04 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back team!This week we had ourselves a special guest on the show, where we talked all sorts of ridiculous, and spoke to the one and only about...
S5 E2 - The Traveling Voice Actor
21 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking the Good Talk about all things travel!One of the amazing perks of being a voice actor in the year 2024 is theability to take you...
S5 E1 - A word from an Audio Engineer... Our Mighty Producer Jordan!
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A bunch of chaos as you would expect, but this time we fire the questions at our famous Producer Jordan to chat about his business, NZ Audio Editors, ...
E9 S4 - Season Finale Whoop! What the F@ck does "Medium" mean? (and other fun words)
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Here we have it, Season Grand Finale!Wrapping up the "WTF" series, and the season all in oneHow do we know what people actually want? We kind of don’...
E8 S4 What the F*ck does "Gravitas" mean? (plus a few extras)
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do we know what people actually want? We kind of don’t, we have to bring our own interpretation then allow iterationDirection is useful, as is a...
E7 S4: What the F$ck does "Warm" mean?
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do we know what people actually want? We kind of don’t, we have to bring our own interpretation then allow iterationDirection is useful, as is a...
S4E6: Acting Part Three
22 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking the good talk on acting! If you have listened to us in the past you will know that to be a voice over artist, you have to be an ...
S4E5: Acting Part Two
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking the Good Talk on acting! Part 2!To be a voice over artist, you have to be an actor. Simply having a good voice and the ability to...
S4E4: Affectation vs Vocal trait
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today 'The Good Talkers Podcast' discuss vocal trait vs. vocal affectation. Is someone "putting on" a voice or is it really apart of who they are?On ...
S4E3: Directed Vs Non Directed Sessions
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today on 'The Good Talkers Podcast' the team discuss types of voice over sessions. Directed and non-directed. How do we cope with them and what are so...
S4E2: Replica's Replicas
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SAG-AFTRA has recently announced an agreement for performers with Replica (an interactive studio). There are a lot of opinions across the board on thi...
S4E1: The Importance of Diction
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on 'The Good Talkers Podcast' we are talking about diction, and why so many people are using Netflix subtitles these days! On 'Sounds I Can'...
S3E10: Imposter Syndrome
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Good Talkers Podcast the team talk IMPOSTER SYNDROME. As working professionals how to we manage it and continue working as a professi...
S3E9: Social Media and VO Business
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Good Talkers Podcast the team discuss how they use social media for themselves and for the VO businesses. On 'Sounds I Can't Make' th...
S3E8: Getting Reliable Coaching
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on The Good Talkers Podcast the team talk about getting reliable coaching and who you can really trust in the field of voice over. On 'Sound...
S3E7: Dubbing 101
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week The Good Talkers Team are sharing what they know about dubbing.On 'Sounds I Can't Make' the team tries a classic growl sound! Here's to our ...
S3E6: The AI Epidemic...
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The AI epidemic is all around us, in short, no one knows what is really going on. How are yoy coping and making changes to your business? See how we a...
S3E5: Marking for Voice Over
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Marketing for voice over is harder than it looks! Come listen to the team as they discuss how they market for voice over. In 'Sounds I Can't Make' the...
S3E4: The VO and Their Rate Card
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week 'The Good Talkers' discuss the voice overs rate card. It can be so hard to know how to price yourself in the market, we share some tips to g...
S3E3: The Future of Audiobooks
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
‘Today The Good Talkers discuss what is happening in the audiobook world. Who has the monopoly and what difficulties that is causing for independent...
S3E2: Audition like a novice, practice like a pro!
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today The Good Talkers discuss the difficulties of increasing your skill as a voice over artist or auditioning as much as you can with the skills you ...
S3E1 The Questions Epsiode!
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today the Good Talkers are answering your burning questions! We are answering your questions about how we got started in voice over, whether we will b...
S2E10: Mental Health and Voice Over
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Working in a creative career can be difficult. There is rejection, isolating, and wanting to feel valued by our peers. Today the good talkers discuss ...
S2E9: The Exercises Episode - Warm ups for you!
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Need a vocal warm up?? Well, this episode is for you! Today The Good Talkers Team does quick-fire warm ups for all the subsets of the vocal system. An...
S2E8: Vocal Management - Do you warm up?
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Good Talkers discuss vocal management and how important warming up is for the voice. We also discuss how difficult warming up can be if ...
S2E7: The Voice - More than just a muscle
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today on The Good Talkers Podcast the team discuss the voice in a more holistic way. Our voice is a part of who we are and how we, or others, label it...
S2E6: The Forgotten Voice Actor
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join the Good Talkers team as they discuss the forgotten voice actor. The ones who often don't get the credit for the amazing work they do. Should voi...
S2E5: Vocal Damage - have you had vocal training?
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today the 'Good Talkers' team are discussing vocal damage. They share their own personal experiences and discuss the need for vocal training for voice...
S2E4: Earn 15K a month in voice over!
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today The Good Talkers team discuss the '15K a month' issue. Can you really earn this much in voice over? On 'Sounds I Can't Make' the team try to mak...
S2E3 Scripts - What should you do with them?!
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know how to break down a script? Today the Good Talkers Team are talking about just this! Written word to spoken word, emphasis, when to breath...
S2E2: Using Accents Appropriately
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Good Talkers team continue their talk on accents. This time they are discussing accent appropriation. When is it ok to use an accent tha...
S2 Ep1 How we do accents
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Being able to do an accent is an incredible skill for a voice actor. This week the Good Talkers team break down how they do accents and what component...
Ep10: Demos 2.0
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today The Good Talkers team dive deeper into demos. So many things to consider when making a demo - what scripts should you use, should you use an acc...
Ep9: To Self Demo or Not To Self Demo - That is the question.
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Demo reels are voice over artists' business cards. A handy little thing that shows you off in 2 minutes flat. The Good talkers discuss, should you mak...
Ep8: Dealing With The Common Cold
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As voice over artists, the common cold can really knock us down. A sore throat, blocked nose and a tone of sickness you just can't get rid of. Join Th...
Ep7: Chris Pratt and Super Mario Bros
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When any classic is remade the pressure can be huge! Die-hard fans can be very hard to please. Today The Good Talkers crew discuss the animation remak...
Ep6: What To Expect When Starting In Voice Over
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone wants to know how to get started in VO. A fun easy way to make some cash, especially if you sound good. But people don’t always tell you th...
Ep5: How The Podcast Came To Be
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today The Good Talkers are sharing the fortuitous story of how the podcast came to be. A short delightful tale resulting in what you are hearing today...
Ep4: So Who Are We?
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week 'The Good Talkers' team share their stories on how they came to be voice over artists. What lead them there and how they have changed over t...
Ep3: Voices.com - what do you think?
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week the Good Talkers are discussing current events. Voices.com has changed its pay structure. How will this change the industry moving forward? ...
Ep2: Artist, Director, Editor, Producer
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week 'The Good Talkers' team discuss all the hats you have to wear as a modern voice over artist. Director, editor, producer, CEO, home booth mak...
EP 1: You Got Paid How Much?!
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week 'The Good Talkers' team discuss getting paid $20 for your voice over work. Is it helpful, harmful or something in between? Then stick around...