The Great Voice Podcast

Jan 08 2025 11 ep. 46 mins 2

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Susan Berkley, founder of the Great Voice Company, shares powerful voice over performance tips you can use right away, as she coaches a voice over beginner from The Great Voice community and helps them improve almost instantly! She also does fascinating deep-dive interviews with members of Team Great Voice, and extracts tactics, tools and techniques you can use to improve your voice over practice and your life.

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How To Do VO When You Have a Busy Day Job

Jan 08 2025 47 mins

In this episode of the Great Voice podcast Susan Berkley interviews and coaches two members of the Great Voice Community who are growing their voice over businesses despite the demands of their day jobs. You’ll meet Lee Riley, an accomplished corporate professional who enjoys narrating audio books in his spare time. Lee takes you on an audio tour of his home studio where he just

Finding Your Voice: Personal Connections Make Powerful Performances

Dec 04 2024 29 mins

In this inspiring episode, Susan Berkley connects with two Great Voice students – Andrea Barbour and Cheri Freund. Andrea, a sales agent with a passion for ministry, shares how Susan’s impactful teaching sparked her own voiceover pursuits. Cheri, a digital artist and caregiver, discusses her experience in Susan’s training programs and the powerful transition from the art and

How I Built This: Susan Berkley reveals the intimate details of how (and why) she built the Great Voice Company

Nov 06 2024 50 mins

How I Built This: Susan Berkley reveals the intimate details of how (and why) she built the Great Voice Company, an iconic voice over training brand. Plus, meet emerging voice talent Debbie Smith and get inspired by her journey from nurse to narrator! In this episode of The Great Voice Podcast, host Susan Berkley interviews Debbie Smith, who brings her healthcare background to the

Great Voice Student Success Story: From Attorney to Professional Voice Actor, Plus Susan Berkley Shares Her Surprising ‘Back Story’ (Part 1)

Oct 23 2024 57 mins

From Attorney to Professional Voice Actor, Plus Susan Berkley shares her surprising ‘back story’ and the inside scoop on how she founded and built The Great Voice Company (Part 1) In this episode of The Great Voice Podcast, we bring you another inspiring story from one of our students, Joey Masiuk (Ma-SOOK), an attorney who recently sold his law firm and is now beginning his se

Is AI the end of Voiceover as we know it?

Oct 09 2024 46 mins

It’s everywhere now. It seems you can’t escape it. And you have to ask yourself: Is AI the end of Voiceover as we know it? On this special bonus episode of the The Great Voice Podcast, Great Voice Coach Joe Smith sits down to interview Susan for a straight talk about AI and her predictions about what it will mean to our voice over future. Chapters 00:00 AI in Voiceover- an

Crafting Narration and Building a Voiceover Career

Sep 25 2024 42 mins

Part One: Meet Josh Nelson, from Manhattan, Kansas, was a youth pastor for 20 years and has recently switched to working with adults and helping develop communities. He also does public address announcements at local high school and college sports. Josh works with Susan on an Audiobook script and Susan provides guidance on how to develop a voice for the narrator by building a chara

Finding Your Voice: Mastering Audience Connection and Building a Successful VO Business

Sep 11 2024 42 mins

Part One: Meet Michael Przekop (PREZ-kop), a Great Voice student with a background in legal consulting, marketing, and even a producer and director in San Francisco hiring voice talent. Michael talks about his own transition into voiceover. He then reads a commercial script and Susan highlights the importance of understanding the target audience and delivering a relatable and energ

The Importance of Marketing in Voiceover

Aug 28 2024 55 mins

Part One: Meet Beth Golden, a seasoned voiceover student. She discusses her move from Colorado to South Carolina and her experience as a life coach. Beth explains how she got into voiceover after her sister introduced her to it. She talks about the classes she has taken and the importance of marketing in voiceover. Listen as Susan Berkley provides works with Beth on a corporate v

Committing to the Voiceover Process and Upgrading Home Studios

Aug 14 2024 41 mins

Part One: Meet Karen McCroan, a full-time teacher of 30 years looking to pivot to voiceover work. Karen discusses the challenges of teaching and her wish to retire and focus on voiceover full-time. Listen as Susan coaches Karen through a car commercial script. They explore different techniques, such as using hand gestures and visualizing a specific person, to enhance the performanc

Voiceover Coaching and Career Insights From E-Learning to Entertainment

Jul 31 2024 49 mins

Part One: Meet Dennis Kelly, a Great Voice student diving into the world of voiceover. Dennis talks about his cool background in radio, TV, theater and journalism as well as his shift into voiceover. He also talks about how he decided that The Great Voice Company was for him. Listen in as Dennis learns the "mumble in" technique to bring an e-learning script to life and how to slow