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Get A Better Broadcast, Podcast and Voice-Over Voice

Year THREE of short daily episodes to improve the quality of your speaking voice.Through these around-5-minute episodes, you can build your confidence and competence with advice on breathing and reading, inflection and projection, the roles played by better scripting and better sitting, mic techniques and voice care tips... with exercises and anecdotes from a career spent in TV and radio studios. If you're wondering about how to start a podcast, or have had one for a while - download every episode!And as themes develop over the weeks (that is, they are not random topics day-by-day), this is...

0102 – Kissing When Speaking: The ‘Lip Smack’ Sound

2 mins; April 11, 2021

0101 – Two More Reasons Our Mouth Clicks And Pops

2 mins; April 10, 2021

0100 – Clicks From Your Jaw

1 min; April 09, 2021

0099 – The ‘Glottal Choke’ Mouth Noise

2 mins; April 08, 2021

0098 – Sidebar on Saliva: What Actually Is It?

1 min; April 07, 2021

0097 – ‘Wet Mouth’ Sounds: Causes and Solutions

2 mins; April 06, 2021

0096 – Why You Should Take ‘Dry Mouth’ Super Seriously

3 mins; April 05, 2021

0095 – Stopping Hydration-Related Mouth Clicks In The Studio

3 mins; April 04, 2021

0094 – How To Stop Hydration-Related Mouth Clicks From Happening

2 mins; April 03, 2021

0093 – Hydration-related Mouth Clicks

2 mins; April 02, 2021

0092 – The Seven Kinds Of Extra Weird Mouth Noises

3 mins; April 01, 2021

0091 – Relaxing Your Mouth

2 mins; March 31, 2021

0090 - Relaxing Your Tongue

1 min; March 30, 2021

0089 – The ‘Wood Man’ Sound

3 mins; March 29, 2021

0088 – The ‘Every Fall’ Sound

1 min; March 28, 2021

0087 – A ‘Thought Breath’

1 min; March 27, 2021

0086 – ‘Top Dad’ But ‘Sad Zebra’

3 mins; March 26, 2021

0085 – ‘Should Asia Read?’

1 min; March 25, 2021

0084 – The ‘Yes’ Sound

1 min; March 24, 2021

0083 – Cats Go Singing

1 min; March 23, 2021

0082 – The Uh-oh Sound

1 min; March 22, 2021

0081 – Articulatory Differences in Language And Accents

3 mins; March 21, 2021

0080 – Verbal Gymnastics

2 mins; March 20, 2021

0079 – The Elvis Muscle

1 min; March 19, 2021

0078 - When It Comes To The Crunch, The Word ‘Crisp’ Is A Great Articulatory Example

3 mins; March 18, 2021

0077 – Why Your Tongue Is So Important In Articulation

1 min; March 17, 2021

0076 – Your Multi-Function Mouth Muscle

3 mins; March 16, 2021

0075 – The Final Articulator Is Right Under Your Nose!

2 mins; March 15, 2021

0074 – The Articulatory Gymnastics Of Your Tongue

2 mins; March 14, 2021

0073 – Weird Facts About Your Tongue

2 mins; March 13, 2021

0072 – How The Slightest Change Affects How Your Voice Sounds

3 mins; March 12, 2021

0071 – How We Create Recognisable Language

2 mins; March 11, 2021

0070 – The Tip Of The Tongue And The Teeth And The Lips

2 mins; March 10, 2021

0069 - Giving Your Larynx A ‘Wake-Up Workout’

2 mins; March 09, 2021

0068 - How To Discover If You're A 'Nasal Whiner'

7 mins; March 08, 2021

0067 - How To Reduce Neck Tension To Help Your Voice

4 mins; March 07, 2021

0066 – Society's Attitudes To High and Low Pitched Voices

2 mins; March 06, 2021

0065 - Pitch Perfect

2 mins; March 05, 2021

0064 - Hypernasal and Hyponasal Velopharyngeal Dysfunctions.

5 mins; March 04, 2021

0063 - Here's What We Knows About The Nose

4 mins; March 03, 2021

0062 - How 'Sounded-Air' Through Your Nose Affects Your Voice

5 mins; March 02, 2021

0061 - Use Your Soft Palate To Kick The Can

3 mins; March 01, 2021

0060 - Be An Experimenter With Your Resonators

5 mins; February 28, 2021

0059 - Making Tweaks To Your 'Voice Recipe'

3 mins; February 27, 2021

0058 - So What is Timbre (And Mucus!)?

2 mins; February 26, 2021

0057 - So What Is 'Tone'?

4 mins; February 25, 2021

0056 - So What Is Speech?

4 mins; February 24, 2021

0055 - Off With Their Head!

3 mins; February 23, 2021

0054 - Use It Well

3 mins; February 22, 2021

0053 - What Happens When You Shout

4 mins; February 21, 2021

0052 - Party Balloons

2 mins; February 20, 2021

0051 - The Guy Who Fractured His Throat!

3 mins; February 19, 2021

0050 - Your Speaking Pipe

5 mins; February 18, 2021

0049 - Factoid: Smell and Swallow

1 min; February 17, 2021

0048 - A Focus on Phonation

1 min; February 16, 2021

0047 - How A Paper Straw Can Help You Be A Better Breather

2 mins; February 15, 2021

0046 - Vocal Yoga - Take The Hiss

2 mins; February 14, 2021

0045 - Vocal Yoga For Breath Control

1 min; February 13, 2021

0044 - Cleaning While Breathing

1 min; February 12, 2021

0043 - This Could Be The Best Sport For Voice Performers

58 secs; February 11, 2021

0042 - How Breath Control Will Help You Breathe Less Often And Less Obviously

3 mins; February 10, 2021

0041 - Get A More Relaxed Sound

2 mins; February 09, 2021

0040 - How Breath Control Will Help You Get A Stronger Voice

2 mins; February 08, 2021

0039 - A ‘Belly-Breathing Bonus’!

2 mins; February 07, 2021

0038 - Vocal Fry

5 mins; February 06, 2021

0037 - Breath Control For Broadcasters

3 mins; February 05, 2021

0036 - Breath Control - Introduction

5 mins; February 04, 2021

0035 - How To Know If You’re An Abdominal Or Clavicular Breather

3 mins; February 03, 2021

0034 - How Diaphragmatic Breathing Will Work Wonders

2 mins; February 02, 2021

0033 - Breathing Out Is Like Pushing Air From A Lilo

2 mins; February 01, 2021

0032 - How To Breathe Properly

3 mins; January 31, 2021

0031 - How To Breathe *Badly*!

2 mins; January 30, 2021

0030 - Why Breathing Is The Key Thing

3 mins; January 29, 2021

0029 - How To Perfect Your Posture

2 mins; January 28, 2021

0028 - Make A Stand For A Good Voice

2 mins; January 27, 2021

0027 - Reading Off Screen

2 mins; January 26, 2021

0026 - A Quick Shout Out To Projection

2 mins; January 25, 2021

0025 - Sitting For a Video Presentation

6 mins; January 24, 2021

0024 - The Confidence Shot From Your Chair

2 mins; January 23, 2021

0023 - Sidebar: The Coccyx

1 min; January 22, 2021

0022 - De-stress To Sound Your Best

2 mins; January 21, 2021

0021 - Get Air-Care From Your Chair

5 mins; January 20, 2021

0020 - How Mental Pressure Can Affect Your Voice

3 mins; January 19, 2021

0019 - The 'Back Against The Wall' Exercise

5 mins; January 18, 2021

0018 - Is Your Spine Fine?

5 mins; January 17, 2021

0017 - Screaming

1 min; January 16, 2021

0016 - Proper Posture

5 mins; January 15, 2021

0015 - You've Been Doing It All Your Life

2 mins; January 14, 2021

0014 - A Basic Understanding Of the Mechanics Of Voice

2 mins; January 13, 2021

0013 - Use Your Phone

4 mins; January 12, 2021

0012 - Train Like Usain

3 mins; January 11, 2021

0011 - The Exercises

2 mins; January 10, 2021

0010 - What’s in the Book 2

3 mins; January 09, 2021

0009 - Who I Am

4 mins; January 08, 2021

0008 - “Every Fourth Word”

2 mins; January 07, 2021

0007 - What’s in the Book

3 mins; January 06, 2021

0006 - How Nerves Affect The Voice

2 mins; January 05, 2021

0005 - What is a ‘Good Voice’?

2 mins; December 31, 2020

0004 - There is Nothing Quite Like the Human Voice

2 mins; December 31, 2020

0003 - The Preface

3 mins; December 31, 2020

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