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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...

0900 – Confidence And Self-Esteem

9 mins; June 18, 2023

0899 – Underlying Reasons For Mic Fright

3 mins; June 17, 2023

0898 – Causes Of Mic Fright

5 mins; June 16, 2023

0897 – Studio Excitement

3 mins; June 15, 2023

0896 – Studio Sensitivity

2 mins; June 14, 2023

0895 – Studio Workaholism

1 min; June 13, 2023

0894 – Studio Perfectionism

2 mins; June 12, 2023

0893 – Studio Imposter Syndrome

2 mins; June 11, 2023

0892 – Studio ‘Voice Confrontation’

3 mins; June 10, 2023

0891 – Studio Embarrassment

3 mins; June 09, 2023

0890 – Studio Disillusionment

4 mins; June 08, 2023

0889 – Studio Claustrophobia

2 mins; June 07, 2023

0888 – Studio Depression

4 mins; June 06, 2023

0887 – Studio Anxiety

1 min; June 05, 2023

0886 – Studio Stress

2 mins; June 04, 2023

0885 – Studio Nervousness

3 mins; June 03, 2023

0884 – Mic Fright

3 mins; June 02, 2023

0883 – Self Massage

5 mins; June 01, 2023

0882 – Vocalisations of Different Voice Sounds

3 mins; May 31, 2023

0881 – Surgery And The Voice

4 mins; May 30, 2023

0880 – Vomiting And The Voice

3 mins; May 29, 2023

0879 – HPV And The Voice

2 mins; May 28, 2023

0878 – Alcohol And The Voice

4 mins; May 27, 2023

0877 – Steroids And The Voice

1 min; May 26, 2023

0876 – Vaping And The Voice

2 mins; May 25, 2023

0875 – Cocaine And The Voice

1 min; May 24, 2023

0874 – Marijuana And The Voice

3 mins; May 23, 2023

0873 – More Cures For Summer Allergies

3 mins; May 22, 2023

0872 – Cures For Summer Allergies

2 mins; May 21, 2023

0871 – Your Pitch and Post Nasal Drips

2 mins; May 20, 2023

0870 – Pollens and Blossoms: Summer Allergies and Your Voice

2 mins; May 19, 2023

0869 – Your Voice in Winter - 4

4 mins; May 18, 2023

0868 – Your Voice in Winter - 3

3 mins; May 17, 2023

0867 – Your Voice in Winter - 2

4 mins; May 16, 2023

0866 – Your Voice in Winter - 1

3 mins; May 15, 2023

0865 – Coping With Covid

3 mins; May 14, 2023

0864 – Don’t Forget Your Ears

4 mins; May 13, 2023

0863 – Eye Exercises

1 min; May 12, 2023

0862 – Don’t Forget Your Eyes

5 mins; May 11, 2023

0861 – Feeling Attractive vs. Sounding Unobstructed

2 mins; May 10, 2023

0860 – Tight Clothes, Tight Voice

3 mins; May 09, 2023

0859 – Myth 5: Dark-coloured Pee Means You Are Dehydrated

2 mins; May 08, 2023

0858 – Myth 4: Drinking Water Can Help You Lose Weight

1 min; May 07, 2023

0857 – Myth 3: We Need ‘Sports Drinks’

1 min; May 06, 2023

0856 – Myth 2: Caffeine Makes You Dehydrated

2 mins; May 05, 2023

0855 – Myth 1: You Need To Drink at Least Eight Glasses of Water a Day

3 mins; May 04, 2023

0854 – The Food And Drink Good List

4 mins; May 03, 2023

0853 – The Food And Drink Naughty List

5 mins; May 02, 2023

0852 – The Food And Drink That Can Damage Your Voice

3 mins; May 01, 2023

0851 – Your ‘Goldilocks’ Vocal Folds

3 mins; April 30, 2023

850 – Vocal Trauma

2 mins; April 29, 2023

849 – Sub-Glottal Pressure

3 mins; April 28, 2023

848 – Help! The Gym Has Wrecked My Voice!

1 min; April 27, 2023

847 – Fit Body Factors: intensity and balance

4 mins; April 26, 2023

846 – Fit Body, Fit Voice

3 mins; April 25, 2023

845 – Birthday Candles

2 mins; April 24, 2023

844 – Sue-eeeeee

3 mins; April 23, 2023

843 – Let It All Out

3 mins; April 22, 2023

842 – It’s Hip to Breathe Square

2 mins; April 21, 2023

841 – The Crunch and Stretch

4 mins; April 20, 2023

840 – How To Know Your Air Flow

3 mins; April 19, 2023

839 – Don’t Take Fish Gulps

1 min; April 18, 2023

838 – Excessive Oxygenation

1 min; April 17, 2023

837 – Efficient Air-Use Exercises

2 mins; April 16, 2023

836 – The Deep Breathing Double Whammy

1 min; April 15, 2023

835 – “Why Do I Run Out Of Breath?”

2 mins; April 14, 2023

834 – The Breath Control Process

6 mins; April 13, 2023

833 – Breath Support and Breath Control

3 mins; April 12, 2023

832 – Passive and Active Breathing

7 mins; April 11, 2023

831 – The Key Thing of Breathing

2 mins; April 10, 2023

830 – Lion Yawns

2 mins; April 09, 2023

829 – Cooling Down After Voice Work

3 mins; April 08, 2023

828 – Yoga For Your Voice

2 mins; April 07, 2023

827 – Stretching Cats and Wobbly Babies

4 mins; April 06, 2023

826 – The Forward Flop

3 mins; April 05, 2023

825 – Side Slides

3 mins; April 04, 2023

824 – Yes and No

1 min; April 03, 2023

823 – Hands Down

2 mins; April 02, 2023

822 – Hula Hoops

5 mins; April 01, 2023

821 – Shoulder Shrugs and Rolls

3 mins; March 31, 2023

0820 – Windmill Arms

1 min; March 30, 2023

0819 – Be A Crawler

1 min; March 29, 2023

0818 – Hum and Drum

1 min; March 28, 2023

0817– Make A Stand!

4 mins; March 27, 2023

0816 – Whole Body Warm Up Exercises

1 min; March 26, 2023

0815 – Relaxation From Tension

1 min; March 25, 2023

0814 – Ten Tell-Tale Signs of Tension

1 min; March 24, 2023

0813 – Your Studio Desk Set Up

2 mins; March 23, 2023

0812 – Nine Lines On the Spine (7-9)

1 min; March 22, 2023

0811 – Nine Lines On the Spine (4-6)

2 mins; March 21, 2023

0810 – Nine Lines On the Spine (1-3)

4 mins; March 20, 2023

0809 – Vocal Tension From Sitting and Standing

2 mins; March 19, 2023

0808 – The Causes of Vocal Tension

2 mins; March 18, 2023

0807 – Tension and Relaxation

3 mins; March 17, 2023

0806 – Stretching and Strengthening Your Laryngeal Muscle

2 mins; March 16, 2023

0805 – Your Physical Health

2 mins; March 15, 2023

0804 – The Cool-Down Low-Down

5 mins; March 14, 2023

0803 – Green Kings Singing

4 mins; March 13, 2023

0802 – The ‘siNG soNG’ Vocal Warm Up

6 mins; March 12, 2023

0801 – The ‘This & That’ Vocal Warm Up

2 mins; March 11, 2023

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