The Voiceover Social
Episodes
85: VO Business Systems with JD Gibson
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Be honest – how organised is your voiceover business actually? 👀Because having a great voice is one thing. But running a business? That's a w...
84: Radio Promo Voice with Abi Phillips
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We're absolutely buzzing to bring you our chat with the brilliant Abi Phillips – a voice actor who's been working in the industry for 16 y...
83:Building a Voiceover Business That Actually Works (Even When Times Are Tough) With Caz Duthie
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
If you're thinking about giving your voiceover business a proper push in 2026 – brilliant. And if you're not? That's absolutely fine too...
82: Highs, Lows & What's Ahead: Our 2025 Review
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat about the moments that made 2025 memorable – from industry shifts and personal wins to the challenges that tested us along ...
81: Running a Voiceover Business with Paul Schmidt
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a conversation with Paul Schmidt, who's been a successful USA-based voice actor for over 25 years and has been working full-time for sever...
80: The Home Studio Booth Build with Emily Jardine
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at building the perfect voiceover home studio recording booth with the multi-talented Emily Jardine! ...
79: Audio Drama Production with Helen Quigley
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Voiceover Social! We're your hosts Helen Bee and Rob Bee, and today we're diving deep into the world of audi...
78: Voice Actor Rates - with Louisa Gummer
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Voice Actor Rates - with Louisa GummerJoin us as we dive deep into one of the most confusing aspects of the voiceover industry with the brilliant Loui...
77: The Neurodiverse Voice: Lizzie Jobling on Coaching, Community & Creative Strengths
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join hosts Helen Bee and Rob Bee from B Double E as we sit down with the brilliant Lizzie Jobling for an inspiring and honest conversation about neuro...
76: Best Newcomer with Anna Cass
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In This Episode:Join hosts Helen and Rob Bee as they chat with Anna Cass, the rising star who's taken the voiceover world by storm in just two yea...
75: Branding with Helen Bee
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've been hosting the podcast for just over 1 year (yay! And BIG thanks to everyone who listens!), but we've not really talked about what ei...
74: 40 Years Behind the Mic – Guest Tanya Rich with hosts Rob Bee and Helen Bee
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
🎙 In This Episode:Join Helen Bee and Rob Bee (frmo B Double E) as they sit down with the legendary Tanya Rich, one of the UK’s most experienced v...
73: Voicing Animations: guest Kate Harbour with hosts Rob Bee and Helen Bee
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Voicing Animations with Kate HarbourThis month Rob and Helen Bee are joined by the legendary Kate Harbour – a voice actor with more iconic credit...
72: Mindfulness with guest Elroy ‘Spoonface’ Powell. Hosts Rob Bee and Helen Bee
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Oh, January. The month of relentless goal-setting, family obligations, catch-ups with friends, and wondering why payday feels so far away. It’s exha...
71: Source Elements with guest Rebekah Wilson. Hosts Rob Bee and Helen Bee
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rebekah WilsonRebekah is the technical co-founder and CEO who co-created the entire suite of Source Elements software. With a degree in music composit...
71: Behind The Audiobook with guests C.K. (Caimh) McDonnell and Elaine Ofori. Hosts Rob Bee and Helen Bee
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This month we’re talking to an author and publisher/manager about audiobooks and how theyapproach to audiobooks. We cover how they chose narrators f...
70: The Cutting Room (clips from Karen Webber, Emma Clarke, Paul Brown, Carin Gilfry, Jamie Muffett and Ray Dodd)
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This month we're going through the bits of interviews we had to leave out of previous podcasts. This is all stuff that we simply couldn't fit into the...
69: Money, money, money! with guest Ray Dodd. Hosts Rob Bee and Helen Bee
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This month we're diving into money with Ray Dodd. Money is a conversation topic that's often avoided, but money is essential to us all. So how does o...
68: Guests Carin Gilfry and Jamie Muffett. Hosts Rob Bee and Helen Bee
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This month we talk to Carin Gilfry and Jamie Muffett about a range of topics including Vocation/eVocation, NAVA and AI. What are these things? Have a ...
67: The Veterans with guests Emma Clarke and Paul Brown. Hosts Rob Bee and Helen Bee
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This month we interview 2 veterans of the Voiceover Industry in the UK. Paul Brown and Emma Clarke have over 80 years of experience between them, and ...
66: Self-Promotion with guest Karen Webber. Hosts Rob Bee and Helen Bee
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Self-Promotion with Karen WebberMarketing is a phrase that often brings people out in a cold sweat, but it's also an essential part of running your v...
65: The Interview: New hosts Rob Bee and Helen Bee with guest interviewer Bhavnisha Parmar
07 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This month we've handed over to Bhavnisha Parmar (aka Bhav) to interview us both so you get to know us a little better. Bhav is an award-winning actre...
64. The Handover Episode with Nic Redman, Leah Marks, Rob Bee and Helen Bee
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Find out what all the hoo-haa was about in the last episode. Spoiler alert: we say goodbye to Nic and Leah and welcome our new hosts Rob Bee and Hele...
63. An update!
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Find out what Leah learned on the BBC Radio Drama Company and hear all about Nic's ongoing conquering of the entire world in this quickfire catchu...
62. Scripts Out Loud
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This is one for people who love working in animation AND for people who want an update on the very exciting collaborative episode we’re making with ...
61. A lot of news. Like, a LOT.
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Find out about the six big things that Equity needs you to know, Leah's mad news, Nic's thrilling new project, and some VERY dramatic gossip a...
60. General American
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Well howdy pardner! For this episode we’ve got the world’s leading expert on the General American accent to describe its features, talk us through...
59. New York New York
01 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Come with us on the trip of a lifetime as we hunt down the New Yorkiest New York accent AND the best pizza in the whole of NYC! We also popped into VO...
58. Who Are You And What Do You Want!?
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's the clash of the branding titans! Committed anti-branding cynic Leah goes head to head with branding evangelist Clare... who will win? Will ...
...one quick last thing!
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this very quick last hurrah before we disappear for the summer, find out what sort of antics we're planning for later this year, including stuf...
57. The One Voice Conference 2022
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All the very best bits of the One Voice Conference in one bumper edition of the VO Social! Get your Voiceover Career Planner here: https://thevosocial...
56. Animal Noises
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
MOOO! WOOF! SQUIRK! It’s time for some animal noises! Join us in the Voiceover Zoo to find out why it’s a great idea to practise your donkey impre...
55. Breathing
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Breathing. It's the most basic of all the necessary functions, but if it's even a little bit out of kilter it can have a catastrophic effect o...
54. Editing
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fancy sharpening up your editing game? A bit nervous of all that technical business? Well guess what! We've brought in expert Rob Bee to tell us e...
53. The Good Session
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Right then, let’s all cheer ourselves up a bit! After last month delve into some of the worst experiences anyone can have in a booth, it’s time to...
BONUS - News From Equity!
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A couple of updates from the union about AI and gaming that we couldn't fit into the big episode at the start of the month... Get your Voiceover...
52. The Bad Session
01 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What do you do when things go wrong? How about when they go really, really wrong? Find out what YOU can do if you see or experience abuse in any of ...
51. The Voiceover Career Planner
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you want to make this year your best professional year yet? This episode is going to help you do exactly that! Find out how to create great habits ...
50. The Negotiator
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rates. It’s a constant question - are we quoting high enough? Are we quoting TOO high? Will we lose work if we push for usage? How do we convince cl...
49. Accent Discrimination
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Regional accents are every commercial producer’s new best friend lately, so in this episode - recorded live at the One Voice Conference - we look at...
48. The Voice Exercises
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nic goes on and on and ON about lip trills, so in this episode we explain how they fit into the world of SOVT exercises, when to use them, why they wo...
47. The One Voice Conference 2021
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the official podcasters at the One Voice Conference we are delighted to bring you this jam packed hour of highlights, quite a lot of swearing, and ...
46. The Five Books Every Voiceover Should Own
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We've done it! We've chosen our top five (with just a few extra ones surreptitiously sneaked in at the end)... The link to buy them through ...
45. Geordie
01 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So you probably think the Geordie accent has something to do with the Vikings, right? Well wor lass, you think wrong! Nic’s had a poke around in som...
44. Imposter Syndrome
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded live at the British Podcast Awards; how actors and voiceovers can deal with the dreaded brain lurgy #begreatnotperfect Get your Voiceover Car...
43. AI - The Worst Has Happened
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Less than a year after our enormous investigation into the AI invasion, we are back to report on its first big battleground. A VO in Canada is suing s...
How To Get Nominated For A Major Podcast Award
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At the risk of turning all Pop Will Eat Itself, we've decided to share the award entry that got us nominated for Best Business Podcast in the Brit...
42. Imaging (And How On Earth To Quote For Podcast Work)
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Podcasts are a relatively new avenue of work for voiceovers, which sounds exciting but can also be a bit infuriating - in this episode we take a look ...
Shine Online! Part 3: Social Media For Voiceovers
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready to go into battle with the algorithm! Join us for a big chat about how to conquer social media without being annoying. Get your Voiceover ...
41. Shine Online! Part 2: SEO
01 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We've somehow managed to make an episode about SEO that isn't boring! In the second part of our "Shine Online With The Voiceover Soci...
Shine Online! Part 1: Help Out The Casting Director
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If a casting director was looking for your exact voice, right now, how easy are you making it for them to find you? Leah's been dabbling in a spot...
40. Commercial Demos
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This rummage around in the world of commercial demos was recorded live with an audience of pro VOs, and features: An interview with expert commercia...
Brummie
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peaky Blinders may have gone some way towards helping the magical Birmingham accent out of the pit of scorn it's been abandoned in for decades, bu...
39. Sex Noises; Getting Far, Far Out Of Your Comfort Zone
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Snogging the back of your hand is one way to do it, but sound designer Eloise Whitmore from Naked Productions says if you want intense and honest inti...
This Is A Voice
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Astonishingly, the actual King and Queen of voice teaching have been listening to the The Voiceover Social and like it so much they asked us to be gue...
38. RP
31 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sure, you THINK you know what RP is, but do you? Do you REALLY? In this episode we ask the most marvellous linguist in all of the land to tell us wher...
How To Find A Podcast Sponsor Without Selling Your Soul
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Five years after the VO Social’s innocuous start as an audio invitation to the pub, it’s now become a thriving monstrosity featuring award nominat...
37. The Extreme Voice - Screaming
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At some point you might have to scream as part of your voiceover work, and the very idea that you might not have warmed up properly is filling us with...
What You Might Have Missed So Far
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A collection of some of the best bits of the VO Social podcast's lesser known episodes, in case you've missed them. Also, while you're her...
36. Manchester Animation Festival
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We decided it was about time animators and voiceovers got to know each other a bit better, so we joined forces with the world famous Manchester Animat...
News Voice
14 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There's been quite a bit of good news around recently, (90% effective vaccine! All the other stuff!) so we thought we'd celebrate by bringing ...
35. Gender
01 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Learning gender-switching techniques for your audiobook characters or animation work is one thing – but what about when the character is you, the au...
What The Voice Coach is REALLY Thinking
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our Nic doesn't hold back in this handy bonus episode... find out what her most challenging job has been to date, whether she's ever turned do...
34. The Character Voice
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re from the North West of England or thereabouts you’ll probably already know about Buzz Hawkins; his series, The Bradshaws, is a cultural ...
33. How To Get More Work In Gaming
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Expert gaming voice director Kirsty Gillmore explains How To Get More Work In Gaming in front of a live zoom audience! Includes: What to put on your...
AI - The Good News
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Things are much less gloom and significantly less doom than we thought! Listen to this episode and be filled with the golden glow of optimism. Hug...
32. The AI Voice
01 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
They say “But AI sounds so robotic!” Then they say “There’s no expression! No emotion!” And then they conclude “It will never take over fr...
So, You're Thinking Of Starting A Podcast
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Voiceovers of the world who are thinking of starting a podcast! Here’s a very brief overview of some of the things that have worked for us, pitfalls...
31. The Extraordinary Voice
01 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sure, we’ve all got lovely voices – but imagine if your voice was EXTRAORDINARY. What if every time you spoke, people properly paid attention? Wha...
One Voice Conference: Extra Bits
13 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The One Voice organisers call us up to report some serious shuffling of the diversity deck for One Voice USA since we had a big chat about it in episo...
30. The One Voice Conference 2020
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Come with us behind the scenes at One Voice 2020! We’re bringing you a rather frank chat with the organisers about the tribulations involved in shif...
The Cocktail Party!
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We're having a bit of a soirée round at ours, so fling on your best outfit, grab a nice drink and marvel at the extraordinary voiceover party tricks ...
29. The Continuity Announcer
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
And now on The Voiceover Social… Some of Britain’s most recognisable continuity voices (including the ultimate reassurance-delivery-system Zeb Soa...
28. The Mid-Atlantic Accent
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Here it is! The breakdown of the Mid-Atlantic accent we've been promising you for MONTHS. We have nailed down exactly what the term used to mean v...
The Mystery Episode
14 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Leah made an appearance on the very funny podcast Drunk Women Solving Crime earlier this year, so we've nicked the clip of four comedians solving the ...
27. The Promo Voiceover
01 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the most famous promo voices in America lives in a tiny Scottish seaside village, an hour and a half north of Aberdeen. We went to see him to f...
The Non-Native Voiceover
14 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Coco Mbassi is a VO from London, but is originally from France and has lived in Cameroon... niche, you might think. But her story will be disconcertin...
26. The Brit in America
01 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Are all Americans voiceovers these days? Does being British there make it easier or harder to make a living? And what the bejinkers is a Mid Atlantic ...
What happens to the pauses when you move from stage to studio?
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you're an actor who's expanded from in-vision performance to voiceover, there are plenty of pickles you can get yourself into. You might have found...
25. Doc Brown
01 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Doc Brown (AKA Ben Bailey Smith) is famous for being a rapper, comedian and actor among plenty of other things - but what many people don’t realise ...
Noddy, Toyland Detective
14 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We've tracked him down! In our Child Voiceovers episode, Tracy Nampala (animation casting director) mentioned Louis Ashbourne-Serkis' extraordinary pe...
24. Child Voiceovers
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wondered what being a child voiceover’s like? The kindly and wonderful animation director Tracy Nampala (Noddy, School of Roars, Ricky Zoom) sh...
23. The Puppeteer
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Once upon a time, there was a three year old who was puppet MAD. Warrick Brownlow-Pike watched them, drew them, made them, moved them and gave them gr...
What Is An Award Worth?
13 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our Leah was nominated for two VOX awards this year, but did she win them? Does it even matter? What’s the difference between awards in the UK and t...
22. The Studio Engineer
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve cornered studio engineers Tom Rowbotham, Kirsty Gillmore, Rob Bee and Rich O Donoghue and asked them what on earth they're twiddling with. Fea...
21. The Voice of God
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ladies and Gentlemen, this episode is about to begin! VOG specialists Katie Flamman and Lorraine Ansell tell us everything they know about getting the...
20. The Impressionist
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve dragged ourselves out of a sluggish 38 celsius funk to bring you the sparklingly musical (and non-musical too) impressionist Jess Robinson.&nb...
The Socials
14 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know there are VO Socials across the UK? Join us on a whistlestop tour round three of them – Bristol, Scotland and Hull - for advice on tric...
19. The Radio Commercial Producer
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
EXPLICIT CONTENT! Be warned. This interview with radio commercial producer Adders from LBS has absolutely zero bleeps in it. That’s despite it conta...
18. The One Voice Conference 2019
01 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the One Voice Conference 2019 in podcast form! Featuring keynote speaker Hugh Bonneville, voiceovers from all over the world, and the Nort...
BONUS - Paul Brown
14 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a bonus episode! Join Nic, Leah, Paul Brown and special guest Natalie Silverman for a quick jaunt back in time to find out if things real...
17. The Radio Commercial Voiceover
01 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Brown is one of the most well known radio commercial voices in the UK. He’s been at it since the 70s, and now works from his home studio near M...
16. The In-Store Radio Producer
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This time around, we have an avant-garde bash at getting the levels right and then expert In-Store Radio producer Toby Huggins from KVH Media ta...
15. The Agent
02 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we chat to Judith from Manchester/London voice agency The Voiceover Gallery about how being based up North makes a difference, current...
14. The Video Production Company
04 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The North played a blinder at the VOX awards 2018, with a load of nominations and an outstanding TWO wins by Cumbrian lad Jack Oddie, so we called him...
BONUS - Boz Temple Morris
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Boz talks in this bonus episode about casting, music, sound design, authenticity and purpose in Holy Mountain's "Billie Homeless Dies At The End", "Sa...
13. The Radio Drama Producer
22 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Here, have an interview with the man from Holy Mountain; Leah's favourite creator and award winning, industry disrupting megatron, Boz Temple Morris. ...
12. The Animation Casting Director
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This VO Social meets… episode features major UK animation casting and voice director Dave Peacock (who says some frankly astonishing things), a bag ...
11. The Sound Designer
01 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we meet extraordinary Manchester based sound designer Eloise Whitmore, find out what a half decent radio drama actor sounds like, lea...
10. The Audiobook Narrator
01 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this aggressively festive episode, Leah and Nic explain exactly what's expected of the next social's attendees, and award winning audiobook reader ...