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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...

0400 – Pauses To Engage Attention Before Significant Content

2 mins; February 03, 2022

0399 – Pauses As Script Divisions

2 mins; February 02, 2022

0398 – The Importance Of Pauses In Lists

4 mins; February 01, 2022

0397 – My Manager’s A Jerk…

1 min; January 31, 2022

0396 – Pauses As A Signpost To Meaning

1 min; January 30, 2022

0395 – When We Pause

1 min; January 29, 2022

0394 – Don’t Fear The Silence

2 mins; January 28, 2022

0393 – Pauses: An Introduction

1 min; January 27, 2022

0392 - How Fast We Can Speak… and Listen

2 mins; January 26, 2022

0392 - How Fast Can We Speak… and Listen?

3 mins; January 26, 2022

0391 - Backtiming 2

3 mins; January 25, 2022

0390 - Backtiming 1

5 mins; January 24, 2022

0389 - How To Talk To Time

1 min; January 23, 2022

0388 - Talking To Time

1 min; January 22, 2022

0387 - Rehearsing Your Read-Speed

1 min; January 21, 2022

0386 - Slow-Speed Speed Traps

1 min; January 20, 2022

0385 - Slowing Down To Highlight Importance

1 min; January 19, 2022

0384 -The Message Given By ‘Slowing Your Talking’

1 min; January 18, 2022

0383 - The Message Given By ‘Slowing Your Talking’

2 mins; January 17, 2022

0382 - EXTREMES OF SPEED - The Slower Read

1 min; January 16, 2022

0381 - The Speed of T&Cs

3 mins; January 15, 2022

0380 - Fast Talking Speed Traps 2

1 min; January 14, 2022

0379 - Fast Talking Speed Traps

3 mins; January 13, 2022

0378 - The Message Given By Talking Fast

2 mins; January 12, 2022

0377 - Being Chased By The Music

6 mins; January 11, 2022

0376 - The Script’s Too Long Or The Time’s Too Short

3 mins; January 10, 2022

0375 - Why You May Talk Fast

3 mins; January 09, 2022

0374 - Extremes Of Speed: The Faster Read

1 min; January 08, 2022

0373 - Changing speed within a story

6 mins; January 07, 2022

0372 - When You May Change Your Reading Rate

2 mins; January 06, 2022

0371 - Changing Your Reading Rate

3 mins; January 05, 2022

0370 - The Average Read Rate

4 mins; January 04, 2022

0369 - Your Natural ‘Read Rate’

2 mins; January 03, 2022

0368 – The Speed of the Read

4 mins; January 02, 2022

0367 - The Speed of the Read - Introduction

5 mins; January 01, 2022

0366 – A Look Ahead To Season 2

5 mins; December 31, 2021

0365 - The End of Season One

4 mins; December 30, 2021

0364 - Bonus Guest Episode - Live Announcing

9 mins; December 29, 2021

0363 - Bonus Guest Epsiode - Voice Overs and Accents

7 mins; December 28, 2021

0362 - Bonus Guest Episode - Mics and The Fonzie Factor

8 mins; December 27, 2021

0361 – Projection Through A Mask

2 mins; December 26, 2021

0360 – Volume and Your Vocal Strength

3 mins; December 25, 2021

0359 – Volume, Mics and Processing

1 min; December 24, 2021

0358 – Volume In Character

1 min; December 23, 2021

0357 – Volume Variety

2 mins; December 22, 2021

0356 – Getting A Louder Voice

1 min; December 21, 2021

0355 – Reasons Why Some People Talk More Softly

2 mins; December 20, 2021

0354 - Voice Extremes: The Softer Voice

3 mins; December 19, 2021

0353 – Screaming And Shouting – Part 2

2 mins; December 18, 2021

0352 – Screaming And Shouting – Part 1

3 mins; December 17, 2021

0351 – Sounds That Drown

3 mins; December 16, 2021

0350 – Voice Extremes: The Louder Voice

3 mins; December 15, 2021

0349 – Projection And The Audience

3 mins; December 14, 2021

0348 – Projection And The Message

1 min; December 13, 2021

0347 – Projection And The Location

2 mins; December 12, 2021

0346 – Projection And Character

3 mins; December 11, 2021

0345 – Imagining Your Hidden Audience – Where They Are

2 mins; December 10, 2021

0344 – Imagining Your Hidden Audience – Who They Are

1 min; December 09, 2021

0343 – The Point of Vocus

3 mins; December 08, 2021

0342 – Vocal Proxemics – Part 2

2 mins; December 07, 2021

0341 – Vocal Proxemics

3 mins; December 06, 2021

0340 – Your 12-Inch Voice

35 secs; December 05, 2021

0339 – Human Spacing And Its Part In Projection Theory

3 mins; December 04, 2021

0338 – The Anniversary Party Analysis

5 mins; December 03, 2021

0337 – Projection Advice to BBC Presenters

2 mins; December 02, 2021

0336 – The Feedback Loop – Part 2

2 mins; December 01, 2021

0335 – Mouth Open, Eyes Closed

2 mins; November 30, 2021

0334 – The Broken Feedback Loop

2 mins; November 29, 2021

0333 – The Big Projection Problem

1 min; November 28, 2021

0332 – Presenting Projections on TV and Radio

1 min; November 27, 2021

0331 – Interpretations of Projections

2 mins; November 26, 2021

0330 – Why Various Voice Volumes Are Vital

1 min; November 25, 2021

0329 – What Is ‘Energy’?

4 mins; November 24, 2021

0328 – The Shower Head Analogy

2 mins; November 23, 2021

0327 – What Is ‘Projection’?

2 mins; November 22, 2021

0326 – What Is ‘Volume’?

1 min; November 21, 2021

0325 – How You Naturally Pump Up The Volume

1 min; November 20, 2021

0324 – A Mix Of Modulators

1 min; November 19, 2021

0323 – The Volume of Your Voice – plus a shout out to projection and energy

1 min; November 18, 2021

0322 – Intonation Summary

2 mins; November 17, 2021

0321 – Final Intonation Considerations

1 min; November 16, 2021

0320 – What Am I Talking About

2 mins; November 15, 2021

0319 – Intonations In Different Languages

3 mins; November 14, 2021

0318 – Prick Up Your Ears

1 min; November 13, 2021

0317 – The Magic Skeleton

3 mins; November 12, 2021

0316 – Hearing Your Own Intonation

1 min; November 11, 2021

0315 – The ‘Question Intonation’

4 mins; November 10, 2021

0314 – Circumflex Intonation

4 mins; November 09, 2021

0313 – The Flat Intonation

1 min; November 08, 2021

0312 – The Downward Circumflex Intonation Within A Word

2 mins; November 07, 2021

0311 – The Upward Circumflex Intonation Within A Word

3 mins; November 06, 2021

0310 – The ‘Intonation Circumflex’

5 mins; November 05, 2021

0309 – Intonation for Comedians

4 mins; November 04, 2021

0308 – How Mis-Intonation Can Cause Mis-Direction

1 min; November 03, 2021

0307 – 13 – A Brief Bit on Brackets (or ‘A Pause for a Part on Parentheses’)

4 mins; November 02, 2021

0306 – 12 – Positive Intonation About Negative Information

6 mins; November 01, 2021

0305 – 11 – Positive Intonation About Positive Information

3 mins; October 31, 2021

0304 – Grammar Glue Part 2

6 mins; October 30, 2021

0303 – 10 – Grammar Glue

6 mins; October 29, 2021

0302 – 9 – By Super-Stressing One Insignificant Word, You Downplay The Sense Of The Sentence

2 mins; October 28, 2021

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