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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...

0202 – The Story So Far

4 mins; July 20, 2021

0201 - Be Prepared But Flexible

2 mins; July 19, 2021

0200 - Taking Apart A Voice Over Script Pt 3

3 mins; July 18, 2021

0199 - Taking Apart A Voice Over Script Pt 2

3 mins; July 17, 2021

0198 – Taking Apart A Voice Over Script Pt 1

3 mins; July 16, 2021

0197 – How To Be A Better Reader

2 mins; July 15, 2021

0196 – She Fell From Her House

1 min; July 14, 2021

0195 – Over-Rehearsing

3 mins; July 13, 2021

0194 - Rehearsing Your Script

5 mins; July 12, 2021

0193 – Marking Up For… An Awkward Word

2 mins; July 11, 2021

0192 – Marking Up For… A Faster Read

1 min; July 10, 2021

0191 – Marking Up For… Tone

3 mins; July 09, 2021

0190 – Marking Up For… Questions

2 mins; July 08, 2021

0189 – Marking Up For… Inflection

6 mins; July 07, 2021

0188 – Marking Up For… Emphasis

4 mins; July 06, 2021

0187 – Phrase Markings: A Practical

6 mins; July 05, 2021

0186 – Marking Up For…Phrases

3 mins; July 04, 2021

0185 – Dashes and Ellipses in… Scripts

6 mins; July 03, 2021

0184 – The Full Stop/Period and Comma

2 mins; July 02, 2021

0183 – Now *You* Mark-Up For Breaths

7 mins; July 01, 2021

0182 – A ‘Marking Up’ Practical

9 mins; June 30, 2021

0181 – Marking Up For… Phrases and Breaths

2 mins; June 29, 2021

0180 – ‘Marking Up A Script’ Tips

3 mins; June 28, 2021

0179 – If *You* Don’t Understand It…

3 mins; June 27, 2021

0178 – Basic Script Analysis

4 mins; June 26, 2021

0177 – Marking Up A Script

3 mins; June 25, 2021

0176 - Writing A Script To Be Translated

3 mins; June 24, 2021

0175 – Your Written Direction

2 mins; June 23, 2021

0174 – Proof Reading

2 mins; June 22, 2021

0173 – Unintended Scripted Jokes

4 mins; June 21, 2021

0172 – Typo Tragedies

2 mins; June 20, 2021

0171 – Sing-Song Scripts

6 mins; June 19, 2021

0170 – Similarly Spelt Words

3 mins; June 18, 2021

0169 – Rhyme Time

3 mins; June 17, 2021

0168 – Can I Quote You?

5 mins; June 16, 2021

0167 – Problematic Punctuations

6 mins; June 15, 2021

0166 - Problematic Pronunciations

4 mins; June 14, 2021

0165 – Initially Speaking

2 mins; June 13, 2021

0164 – (Talking In Parenthesis)

1 min; June 12, 2021

0163 – All About Alliteration

44 secs; June 11, 2021

0162 – How To Say ‘100’

1 min; June 10, 2021

0161 – Cut The Number Of Numbers

4 mins; June 09, 2021

0160 – Put The Best Word On The Beat

4 mins; June 08, 2021

0159 – Where To Put The Word You Want To Emphasise

5 mins; June 07, 2021

0158 - Cut Clichés And Keep Familiar Words

2 mins; June 06, 2021

0157 - Say Who Says Something, Before Saying What They Said

1 min; June 05, 2021

0156 – Don’t Use An Introductory Phrase Or Clause

2 mins; June 04, 2021

0155 – Keep Words Short And Relatable

1 min; June 03, 2021

0154 – The Easy-Listening Formula

1 min; June 02, 2021

0153 – Multi-Syllable Sentences

2 mins; June 01, 2021

0152 – Keep Sentences Short

2 mins; May 31, 2021

0151 – Length Is Not Important

2 mins; May 30, 2021

0150 – When We Write For The Eye And Not The Ear

2 mins; May 29, 2021

0149 – If A Script Is Easily Understood By The Reader, It’s More Easily Understood By The Listener

2 mins; May 28, 2021

0148 - Why A Good Script Can Help Your Presentation

1 min; May 27, 2021

0147 – How Better Writing Leads To Better Reading

2 mins; May 26, 2021

0146 – How To Say Acronyms, Dates, Numbers and Scores

6 mins; May 25, 2021

0145 – Word Blindness

4 mins; May 24, 2021

0144 - How To Make A Word Easier To Say

5 mins; May 23, 2021

0143 – Saying An Awkward Name Is Not A Game

4 mins; May 22, 2021

0142 – The BBC’s Official Pronunciation Test - The Answers

2 mins; May 21, 2021

0141 – The BBC’s Official Pronunciation Test

1 min; May 20, 2021

0140 – Quirky Ways Of Saying A Word

5 mins; May 20, 2021

0139 – Pronouncing Foreign Words

6 mins; May 18, 2021

0138 – Pronunciation Guides

6 mins; May 17, 2021

0137 – Misheard Words

2 mins; May 16, 2021

0136 – Why English Is Such A Tough Language To Learn

1 min; May 15, 2021

0135 – Pismronunciation Errors

2 mins; May 14, 2021

0134 – “Where’s My Demmyster?”

4 mins; May 13, 2021

0133 – Verbal Fluidity

4 mins; May 12, 2021

0132 – Diction For Communication

2 mins; May 11, 2021

0131 – The Voice Over Wannabe Who Faked His Audition Tape

2 mins; May 10, 2021

0130 – Overcoming Articulation Issues

3 mins; May 09, 2021

0129 – More Of The Most Common Articulation Alterations

5 mins; May 08, 2021

0128 – Some Of The Most Common Articulation Alterations

4 mins; May 07, 2021

0127 – The US Waitress Who Didn’t Understand My UK Accent

5 mins; May 06, 2021

0126 – Don’t Be A Dick With Your Diction

3 mins; May 05, 2021

0125 – Ten More Great Accent Tips

5 mins; May 04, 2021

0124 – Accents Are Not Just How A Word Sounds

5 mins; May 03, 2021

0123 – How A Rat Can Help You Learn A New Accent

4 mins; May 02, 2021

0122 – How Different Languages Have Different Pitches

3 mins; May 01, 2021

0121 – Learning Accents

4 mins; April 30, 2021

0120 – Speaking’s Most Important Body Part

2 mins; April 29, 2021

0119 – The ‘Global Accent’

2 mins; April 28, 2021

0118 – How Advertisers Use Accents To Sell Us Stuff

2 mins; April 27, 2021

0117 – Voice Morphing

3 mins; April 26, 2021

0116 – The Story Of Bailey And The Beach

2 mins; April 25, 2021

0115 – How An Accent May Make Or Break Your Career

4 mins; April 24, 2021

0114 – The Accent That Killed

1 min; April 23, 2021

0113 – All About Accents

3 mins; April 22, 2021

0112 – Six Tongue Exercises – Including The One You Won’t Be Able To Resist Trying

4 mins; April 21, 2021

0111 - Face Yoga

2 mins; April 20, 2021

0110 – Getting’ Lippy With It! Pucker Up For Some ‘Lip PT’

3 mins; April 19, 2021

0109 – Morgan Freeman’s Favourite Voice Exercise

2 mins; April 18, 2021

0108 – Tension-Busting Jaw Exercises

1 min; April 17, 2021

0107 – The 1941 ‘Radio Announcer’s Test’ To Help With Speaking Skills

2 mins; April 16, 2021

0106 – Our Amazing and Unique Alphabetised Exaggerated Articulation Exercises

6 mins; April 15, 2021

0105 – Mouth Clicks And Audio Processing

3 mins; April 14, 2021

0104 – Cutting Mouth Clicks By Balancing Proximity, Projection And Levels

3 mins; April 13, 2021

0103 – Mouth Clicks And Mic Technique

2 mins; April 12, 2021

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