by Rob Bee and Helen Bee
The VO Social podcast has relaxed interviews, chats and discussions about all aspects of a voice actor's career. With guests from across the voiceover industry, we look at what it takes to make voice acting your career. Hosted by Rob Bee (VO producer, engineer & home studio guru) and Helen Bee (VO branding, websites & self-promotion) from B Double E - together we help voiceovers to be seen and heard. New episodes every 1st Tuesday of the month. Info and events on our website TheVOSocial.com
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June 2, 2026
<p>This month it's just the two of us – no guest, no apologies. We've got something new to share and we wanted to tell you about it ourselves.</p><p><strong>Be Seen, Be Heard – our new membership</strong> We've built a membership for working voice actors who want support on the business side of their career. Branding, websites, marketing, home studio, audio production – and the accountability to actually get it done.</p><p>What's included:</p><ul><li>Weekly co-working calls</li><li>Monthly coaching sessions with Rob and Helen</li><li>Ask Us Anything sessions – at least six per year for members</li><li>Free access to all our webinars (usually £40 a ticket)</li><li>Script read-throughs and direction with Rob</li><li>Home Studio Accreditation – brand new, never been done before</li><li>Discounted one-to-one sessions</li><li>Members' forum and directory</li></ul><p><strong>Standard membership: £35/month.</strong> Join before 30th June and lock in a permanent Pioneer discount of £5/month for life.</p><p>Find out everything at <a href="https://b-double-e.co.uk/be-seen-be-heard/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">b-double-e.co.uk/be-seen-be-heard</a></p><p><strong>Thursday 18th June 2026 – 5pm BST / 6pm CET / 12 noon EDT / 9am PDT</strong></p><p>90 minutes. Free. No obligation.</p><ul><li>Helen on business goal-setting and tracking – the stuff we all avoid, made manageable</li><li>Rob on commercial script read-throughs with live direction</li><li>Q&A – come and grill us</li></ul><p>Can't make it live? The replay is available for 48 hours – and so is the special launch pricing.</p><p>Register free here <a href="https://b-double-e.co.uk/be-seen-be-heard/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">b-double-e.co.uk/be-seen-be-heard</a></p><p><strong>Also mentioned</strong></p><p><strong>Fish Audio – a warning</strong> Voice actors' voices are being cloned and listed on Fish Audio without consent. If you think your voice might be on there, search "Fish Audio" and check. In the UK contact Shannon Sailing at Equity. In the USA contact NAVA.</p><p><br></p><p>We WON <strong>Best Voiceover Service Provider</strong> at the One Voice Awards 2026 for the 4th time!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Panic Room</strong> - talking about Focusrite interfaces and Normalisation.<br></p><p>👋🏻 Your hosts are Rob Bee and Helen Bee.</p><p><br></p><p>•••••••••••••••••</p><p><br></p><p>📣 For more information about The Voiceover Social visit:</p><p>– The Voiceover Social Website - https://thevosocial.com/</p><p>– Subscribe to our newsletter - https://thevosocial.com/newsletter/</p><p>– See which events are coming soon - https://thevosocial.com/events/</p><p>– Find your closest VO Social group - https://thevosocial.com/socials/</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Podcast sponsored by B Double E.</p><p>Theme tune by Rob Bee.</p><p>All audio production by Rob Bee.</p><p><br></p>
May 5, 2026
<p><strong>Hugh Klitzke on the Conversational Read – and Why Most Coaches Are Actually Just Directing</strong></p><p>This month we're joined by Hugh Klitzke – New York-based voiceover coach, director, and the person behind conversational VO. We met Hugh at One Voice UK last year (we won a pub quiz together, which felt like a good omen) and we've been wanting to get him on the podcast ever since.</p><p>Hugh spent nearly 15 years directing over 125,000 voiceover auditions at Buchwald talent agency in New York. He now specialises in one thing: the conversational read. Not a genre. Not a style. A way of performing that the industry has been asking for for years – and that a surprising number of experienced voices still struggle to deliver.</p><p>In this episode, we get into why that is.</p><p>We talk about what "conversational" actually means technically – and it turns out it's far more specific than "just sound natural." Hugh draws on prosody, tessitura, vowel length, consonant weight, and the emotional centre of copy to explain what's actually going wrong when a read sounds like an announcement rather than a conversation. It's the kind of episode where you'll want to take notes.</p><p>We also talk about:</p><ul><li>Why the British relationship to broadcast media creates a genuinely different challenge around the conversational read</li><li>The difference between directing and coaching – and why Hugh thinks most coaches are doing the former without realising it</li><li>Why cold reading is overrated, and the one question that can shift everything</li><li>How a chance meeting with a speech pathologist changed the way Hugh teaches</li><li>Hugh's Open Studio – a free, live, fortnightly Zoom session where you can watch him coach in real time, no paywall in sight</li><li>AI voices, mouth clicks, and why perfection is starting to feel like a problem</li></ul><p>Hugh also shares the story of how he ended up at Buchwald – scoring a film for no money, selling phones at Radio Shack, and a favour that changed everything.</p><p>If you've ever felt like your read is almost there but not quite landing, this one's for you.</p><p><strong>Find Hugh at </strong><a href="http://conversationalvo.com/">http://conversationalvo.com/</a> and look for Open Studio in the menu to join a free live session.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>👋🏻 Your hosts are Rob Bee and Helen Bee.</p><p><br></p><p>•••••••••••••••••</p><p><br></p><p>📣 For more information about The Voiceover Social visit:</p><p><br></p><p>– The Voiceover Social Website - https://thevosocial.com/</p><p><br></p><p>– Subscribe to our newsletter - https://thevosocial.com/newsletter/</p><p><br></p><p>– See which events are coming soon - https://thevosocial.com/events/</p><p><br></p><p>– Find your closest VO Social group - https://thevosocial.com/socials/</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Podcast sponsored by B Double E.</p><p>Theme tune by Rob Bee.</p><p>All audio production by Rob Bee.</p>
April 7, 2026
<p>If you've ever wondered whether in-person business networking is worth your time as a voiceover artist, this episode might just convince you it is.</p><p><br></p><p>This month we're joined by Liz Drury, a voiceover artist based in North Lincolnshire working with clients all over the world. Her voice has been used by some seriously well-known names – Hilton, JCB, Booking.com, Nestlé, Barnardo's and the Church of England among them – across everything from corporate videos and commercials to e-learning, explainer videos, telephone systems and museum tours. She's also the host of two podcasts: Small Business Big Network, which focuses on the world of networking, and Come Here!, a podcast about heritage attractions.</p><p><br></p><p>Liz is a genuine advocate for in-person business networking as a route to finding clients, and in this episode she shares exactly how she's made it work for her voiceover business – including how to walk into a room full of entrepreneurs and make them understand what you do and why they need you.</p><p><br></p><p>We chat about:</p><p><br></p><p>How Liz got into voiceover and the kinds of projects she works on</p><p>Where she finds work – and whether P2P platforms play a role</p><p>Why she rates in-person networking so highly, and what it offers that online can't</p><p>How to talk to corporate business owners about voiceover in a way that resonates</p><p>Practical advice for VOs who want to start showing up at networking events</p><p>Whether you're already attending networking meetings or you've been putting it off, Liz offers a refreshingly practical take on getting out there and building real relationships with potential clients.</p><p><br></p><p>You can find out more about Liz at www.lizdrury.com</p><p><br></p><p><strong>News From Equity</strong> - Find the link to the survey mentioned in the episode <a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ttW0z_e-w02jmzO9BlD7DJW5dR3D1ftCi3AHu9dIzHpUQVUyNkowWDJDT04zRFZSVFVIWUNSVFVXUi4u&link_id=22&can_id=959feb21358faf78f75dc78c3033d2fb&source=email-news-from-equity-57&email_referrer=email_3161561&email_subject=news-from-equity" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">HERE</a>. NB This is only for Equity members</p><p><br></p><p>👋🏻 Your hosts are Rob Bee and Helen Bee.</p><p><br></p><p>•••••••••••••••••</p><p><br></p><p>📣 For more information about The Voiceover Social visit:</p><p><br></p><p>– The Voiceover Social Website - https://thevosocial.com/</p><p><br></p><p>– Subscribe to our newsletter - https://thevosocial.com/newsletter/</p><p><br></p><p>– See which events are coming soon - https://thevosocial.com/events/</p><p><br></p><p>– Find your closest VO Social group - https://thevosocial.com/socials/</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Podcast sponsored by B Double E.</p><p>Theme tune by Rob Bee.</p><p>All audio production by Rob Bee.</p><p><br></p>
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The VO Social podcast has relaxed interviews, chats and discussions about all aspects of a voice actor's career. With guests from across the voiceover industry, we look at what it takes to make voice acting your career.
Hosted by Rob Bee (VO producer, engineer & home studio guru) and Helen Bee (VO branding, websites & self-promotion) from B Double E - together we help voiceovers to be seen and heard.
New episodes every 1st Tuesday of the month. Info and events on our website TheVOSocial.com
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