The Audiobook Speakeasy Podcast

The Audiobook Speakeasy Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 90: Melissa Moran
December 26, 2021

My guest tonight is audiobook narrator and life coach Melissa Moran!Melissa describes how a career in radio morphed into full-time audiobook narration, and how an event that rocked the narrator commu

Episode 89: Will Damron and Reba Buhr
December 12, 2021

My guests tonight are narrators and co-founders of the Narrator Alliance, Will Damron and Reba Buhr!Will shares his background in acting and audiobook narration, and then Reba and I spend a bit too m

Episode 88: Erin Moon
November 28, 2021

Tonight's guest is Canadian (and U.S.!) narrator and narration coach Erin Moon! Erin tells me about her moves in Canada and the U.S., how she got her start in the audiobook world on the other side of

Episode 87: Will Dages
November 07, 2021

My guest tonight is Will Dages of Findaway Voices! Will and I discuss the changes that have happened at Findaway Voices since he was last here at the Speakeasy almost four years ago. Will then tells m

Episode 86: The Two Emilys
October 24, 2021

My guests tonight are narrators Emily Lawrence and Emily Ellet! Emily and Emily stopped in to talk about the Professional Audiobook Narrators Association (PANA). They tell me about the roles that they

Episode 85: Travis Baldree
June 20, 2021

Tonight's guest is Earphones-award winning narrator Travis Baldree! Travis tells me how he went from programming video games to owning a video game production company, and his transition from that to audiobook narration. We also discuss his prolific work.

Episode 84: Natalie Naudus
May 09, 2021

Tonight's guest is prolific narrator (and TikTok phenom!) Natalie Naudus! Natalie tells me why she suddenly pivoted from being a rising opera star to an audiobook narrator. She also tells me how she was able to narrate in the middle of a construction zon.

Episode 83: Guy Oldfield
April 04, 2021

I'm joined tonight by Guy Oldfield, Senior Director at Macmillan Audio! Guy tells me about his unusual path to audiobooks, which includes stints in various journalism roles and live music production. He also shares with me some challenges in audiobook pr.

Episode 82: Lydia Rella
January 03, 2021

Tonight's guest is the founder of the Aural Fixation romance audiobook fan group on Facebook, Lydia Rella! Lydia tells me about being a voracious young reader, and her introduction into the romance genre at an early age. Then we discuss her motivation fo.

Episode 81: Elishia Merricks
December 20, 2020

My guest tonight is independent audiobook producer and director Elishia Merricks! Elishia describes how her focus changed from acting to directing during her time at Royal Holloway (the university, not the prison). Elishia then describes how she found he.