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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...

0800 – The ‘Puh-Tuh-Kuh Puh-Tuh-Kuh’ Vocal Warm Up

2 mins; March 10, 2023

0799 – A Trill-iantly Easy Lip Warm-Up

3 mins; March 09, 2023

0798 – Giving Your Lips A Work-Pout

3 mins; March 08, 2023

0797 – The ‘Pucker Muscle’ and the ‘Smile Muscle’

1 min; March 07, 2023

0796 – Bits About Lips

6 mins; March 06, 2023

0795 - The ‘Mouth’s Mystery Muscle’

1 min; March 05, 2023

0794 – Blowing Raspberries

1 min; March 04, 2023

0793 – The Right Way To Use Tongue Twisters As An Articulation Exercise

6 mins; March 03, 2023

0792 – The ‘Tongue Curl’ Vocal Exercise

4 mins; March 02, 2023

0791 – A Drumroll For The Tongue

2 mins; March 01, 2023

0790 – The ‘Toothpaste Tongue’ Vocal Exercise

1 min; February 28, 2023

0789 – Getting a ‘Slug Tongue’

1 min; February 27, 2023

0788 – Tongue Stretches

6 mins; February 26, 2023

0787 – Tongue Fun

3 mins; February 25, 2023

0786 – The Exaggeration Vocal Exercise

3 mins; February 24, 2023

0785 – Jaw Massage

4 mins; February 23, 2023

0784 – The Toffee and Chipmunk Jaw Exercises

8 mins; February 22, 2023

0783 – The ‘Silent Laugh’ Vocal Exercise

1 min; February 21, 2023

0782 – The ‘Yawn Sigh’ Vocal Exercise

7 mins; February 20, 2023

0781 – The Ubiquitous Panting Exercise

4 mins; February 19, 2023

0780 – Tarzan and The Wake-Up Hum

9 mins; February 18, 2023

0779 – Why Warm Up Your Voice?

2 mins; February 17, 2023

0778 – Vocal Exercise Advise

4 mins; February 16, 2023

0777 – Vocal Work-Outs, Warm-Ups and Winding Down

5 mins; February 15, 2023

0776 – Help! I’m Getting A Cold!

5 mins; February 14, 2023

0775 – Vocal Fold Haemorrhage

2 mins; February 13, 2023

0774 – Voice Advice From Justin Timberlake and Larry Hagman

2 mins; February 12, 2023

0773 – Polyps, Nodules and Phonal Trauma

2 mins; February 11, 2023

0772 – The Greatest Vocal Athletes

2 mins; February 10, 2023

0771 – Vocal Conditioning Through Proper Pacing

1 min; February 09, 2023

0770 – Why Having A Secret May Be Hurting Your Voice

1 min; February 08, 2023

0769 – Why African Elephants In Underpants May Be Hurting Your Voice

3 mins; February 07, 2023

0768 – What To Say To An Anaesthetist

1 min; February 06, 2023

0767 – How A Kettle Can Help Your Voice

2 mins; February 05, 2023

0766 –Voice Problems Caused By Shouting and Smoking

3 mins; February 04, 2023

0765 – How Snoring May Be Causing Voice Problems

2 mins; February 03, 2023

0764 – How Meds Can Hurt Not Help Your Voice

4 mins; February 02, 2023

0763 – How Your Voice Is Affected By Oestrogen, Progesterone and Androgens

3 mins; February 01, 2023

0762 – How Hormones Affect Your Voice

2 mins; January 31, 2023

0761 – The Voice Enemies Of Air Con, Carphones and Coughing

3 mins; January 31, 2023

0760 – Signs Your Voice Isn’t As It Should Be

1 min; January 29, 2023

0759 – Potentially Unhelpful Vocal Rest

1 min; January 28, 2023

0758 – The Importance Of Voice Naps

3 mins; January 27, 2023

0757 – Outside Elements Damaging Your Voice

2 mins; January 26, 2023

0756 – Your Vocal Battery

4 mins; January 25, 2023

0755 – Why Your Evening Meal Could Be Killing Your Voice

9 mins; January 24, 2023

0754 – Why ‘Thirst’ Is Unreliable

2 mins; January 23, 2023

0753 – Hydration Oughta Be Water, But…

6 mins; January 22, 2023

0752 – Hydrate to Sound Great. Here’s Why…

52 secs; January 21, 2023

0751 – A Moment On Mucus

4 mins; January 20, 2023

0750 – The Hydration Situation

2 mins; January 19, 2023

0749 – Why Cough Sweets Are A Con

3 mins; January 18, 2023

0748 – Vocal Health as Asset Protection

2 mins; January 17, 2023

0747 – You Are A Vocal Athlete

3 mins; January 16, 2023

0746 – Exercise Advisories

3 mins; January 15, 2023

0745 – Your Vocal, Physical and Emotional Health: an introduction

4 mins; January 14, 2023

0744 – Telephony Voiceovers

3 mins; January 13, 2023

0743 – Voiceover Cut-Throughs

1 min; January 12, 2023

0742 – Station Imaging Voiceovers

3 mins; January 11, 2023

0741 – Voicing Public Service Announcements.

1 min; January 10, 2023

0740 – The Tonal Scale on Political Voiceovers

3 mins; January 09, 2023

0739 – Political Ad Voiceover Styles

1 min; January 08, 2023

0738 – Finding The Key Points in Political Voiceover Scripts

2 mins; January 07, 2023

0737 – Political Voiceovers: Lead Ins and Pay Offs

5 mins; January 06, 2023

0736 – Key Words to Highlight in Political Ads

4 mins; January 05, 2023

0735 – Voiceovers For Political Ads

2 mins; January 04, 2023

0734 – Movie Trailers Voiceovers

3 mins; January 03, 2023

0733 – Medical Narration Skills

2 mins; January 02, 2023

0732 – The 4 P’s of Speaking Outdoors

6 mins; January 01, 2023

0731 – Sport Stadium Announcing

1 min; December 31, 2022

0730 – Skilling Up To Be Godlike

2 mins; December 30, 2022

0729 – Your Godlike Presentation

1 min; December 29, 2022

0728 – Your Bow Tie And Ball Gown Prep

1 min; December 28, 2022

0727 – Prepping For ‘Voice of God’ Announcements

2 mins; December 27, 2022

0726 – Your ‘Voice of God’ Voice

2 mins; December 26, 2022

0725 – Live Event Announcement Skills

2 mins; December 25, 2022

0724 – Reading Cast Lists

3 mins; December 24, 2022

0723 – Reading Lists

5 mins; December 23, 2022

0722 – Possible Hazards in e-Learning Narration

1 min; December 22, 2022

0721 – Explainer and Training Video Narration

2 mins; December 21, 2022

0720 – Sight-Reading Skills For Your e-Learning Narration

2 mins; December 20, 2022

0719 – Stamina and Timing For Your e-Learning Narration

2 mins; December 19, 2022

0718 – Intonation and Projection For Your e-Learning Narration

1 min; December 18, 2022

0717 – Pace and Tone For Your e-Learning Narration

7 mins; December 17, 2022

0716 – e-Learning Narration

1 min; December 16, 2022

0715 – Voiceover Dubbing Multi-Skills

3 mins; December 15, 2022

0714 – Lip-Sync, Phrase-Sync, Non-Sync, Bilingual and Narration Dubbing

3 mins; December 14, 2022

0713 – Full-Dubbing Skills

3 mins; December 13, 2022

0712 – Dialogue Replacement Skills

3 mins; December 12, 2022

0711 – Brand Voices

3 mins; December 11, 2022

0710 – Audio Guide Narration Skills

4 mins; December 10, 2022

0709 – Voicing and Producing Audio Guides

3 mins; December 09, 2022

0708 – Voicing Audio Descriptions

3 mins; December 08, 2022

0707 – Growls and Grunts, Snorts and Squeaks

2 mins; December 07, 2022

0706 – Staccato Chickens and Hissing Snakes

3 mins; December 06, 2022

0705 – Animal Characterisations

4 mins; December 05, 2022

0704 – Advertisements / Commercials

5 mins; December 04, 2022

0703 – Animal Noises, Political Ads, IVRs and VOGs: Other voiceover roles

6 mins; December 03, 2022

0702 – At The End Of An Audiobook Recording

2 mins; December 02, 2022

0701 – Character Relationships In Audiobook Narration

2 mins; December 01, 2022

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