VU - Voices Unscripted

VU - Voices Unscripted


Latest Episodes

VU with Ren "The Trade" Olivieri
December 12, 2024

What happens when fantasy sports gets real?You produce a very funny short film with friends that starts winning awards.Ren Olivieri's short film The Trade is the topic of this special edition of The VU.

VU with Tanya "Tough Love" Buchanan
December 05, 2024

For this episode I welcomed back valiant voice agent Tanya Buchanen from Ta-Da Voiceworks to give us herovervue of voice-overindustry, her role as teacher with tough love, and her secret to success...integrity and gettiga good nights sleep.

VU with Chris Evangelou from Slate
November 27, 2024

On this episode of The VU my friend and neighbour Chris Evangelou started by telling me what it took to get him to leave homeland, Cyprus - in the Mediterranean, to come live in Canada. And, yes, there was a woman involved. He shared the technical and cr

VU with Dervla Trainor - voice-over expert
November 19, 2024

One of the voice-over industry's truly tireless advocates, educators and experts is Dervla Trainor. She's a successful VO talent, VO conference pioneer, and my guest on the latest episode of The VU.We talked about VO, surviving and thriving in the era o

VU with Heather Bakken from Pendulum Group
November 11, 2024

My guest on this episode, Heather Bakken from The Pendulum Group, shared how her experience as a news anchor during the Iraq War, amoungst other things, helped shape her passion for storytelling, her view on ethics for marketing and communications, and he

VU with Luke Johnston from TAG
November 06, 2024

My guest on this episode, Luke Johnston from TAG, joined me from half-way around the world - and 10 hours and 30 minutes in the future - from India. We talked about his role as Lead Audio at TAG, the stigma around "outsourcing", his faith in the human tou

VU with Clear Space Design
October 28, 2024

My guests on this episode, Paul Ratchford and Will Hum from Clear Space Design in Toronto, have just celebrated their 20 year milestone in business together. They shared how they came up with the very 'Zen' concept of Clear Space, some great insights on

VU with Mark Delottinville from Big Pig
October 22, 2024

My guest on this episode is Mark Delottinville from Big Pig. His video production company has been crafting content for some of the world's biggest brands for 15 years. We talked about how he 'came up with' his company's catchy name, the craziest idea he

VU with Garus Booth from The Booth
October 15, 2024

In this episode I spoke with Garus Booth from The Booth, a strategic animation company. We talked about the challenges of his recent rebranding exercise, how he feels about AI, and his admiration for kangaroos.

VU with J Michael Collins
August 30, 2023

In this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with J Michael Collins, a veteran voice professional, conference organizer, demo producer and the authority in the online voice casting multiverse! Not only has he won over 50 industry awards for his voice w