The Voiceover Social

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

The Voiceover Social is a arts podcast hosted by Rob Bee and Helen Bee, with 110 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Rob Bee and Helen Bee hosts The Voiceover Social, a arts show with 110 episodes published.

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  The Voiceover Social

  89: Trans Talent

  Aug 3, 20261h 5m

  Two trans voice actors, two very different journeys into the booth, and a masterclass in turning your voice into your biggest asset. Izzy and Zee join Rob and Helen Bee to talk about how transitioning reshaped their voices, why having more than one vocal range became a career-defining strength rather than a complication, and what "authentic casting" actually looks like in practice. They get candid about being cast because they're trans, being cast despite it, the online abuse that comes with visibility, and why the voiceover industry might just be one of the most welcoming corners of the business. A brilliant, honest listen for anyone curious about identity, casting and the voices behind your favourite games and animation. Plus - News from Equity: a tribute to Equity legend Sheila Mitchell, updates from ARC on AI protections, and the relaunch of the usefee.tv rate calculator. Izzy Valkyrie is a transfem actress known for her vocal range, which is described as chameleon-like. She played characters such as the Red and Blue Imaginary Friends in the popular Roblox game 'Pressure', several characters in SCP Fragmented Minds, and has featured as a voice actor in several official Genshin Impact Hoyofair animations. Outside of gaming, she provides work for indie animation projects as well as many audiobooks. Zee Andrews is a transgender voice actor who has worked on several projects, including Forgotlings, Watcher of Realms, New World, I Married a Monster on a Hill, My Pride. Upcoming projects include Rocketships & Rayguns, Skobeloff Forest and Dictator Peach! Website: https://www.zeeandrews.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zeeandrewsva/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/zeeandrewsvo.bsky.social Equity links: Vocal Health guide - https://www.equity.org.uk/advice-and-support/sector-specific-advice/singers-hub/vocal-health Working with a voice agency - https://www.equity.org.uk/advice-and-support/sector-specific-advice/audio-info-hub/working-with-a-voice-agency Rates calculator - https://usefee.tv/ Your hosts are ⁠Rob Bee⁠ and ⁠Helen Bee⁠. ••••••••••••••••• For more information about The Voiceover Social visit: – The Voiceover Social Website - https://thevosocial.com/ – Subscribe to our newsletter⁠ - https://thevosocial.com/newsletter/ – See which events are coming soon⁠ - https://thevosocial.com/events/ – Find your closest VO Social group⁠ - https://thevosocial.com/socials/ Be Seen, Be Heard – our new membership 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. What's included: Weekly co-working calls Monthly coaching sessions with Rob and Helen Ask Us Anything sessions – at least six per year for members Free access to all our webinars (usually £40 a ticket) Script read-throughs and direction with Rob Home Studio Accreditation – brand new, never been done before Discounted one-to-one sessions Members' forum and directory Standard membership: £35/month. Find out everything at ⁠b-double-e.co.uk/be-seen-be-heard Podcast sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠B Double E⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Theme tune by Rob Bee. All audio production by Rob Bee.

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  Episode #25

  88: Be Seen, Be Heard: Our Exciting New Membership

  Jun 1, 202637 minS2

  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. Be Seen, Be Heard – our new membership 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. What's included: Weekly co-working calls Monthly coaching sessions with Rob and Helen Ask Us Anything sessions – at least six per year for members Free access to all our webinars (usually £40 a ticket) Script read-throughs and direction with Rob Home Studio Accreditation – brand new, never been done before Discounted one-to-one sessions Members' forum and directory Standard membership: £35/month. Join before 30th June and lock in a permanent Pioneer discount of £5/month for life. Find out everything at b-double-e.co.uk/be-seen-be-heard Thursday 18th June 2026 – 5pm BST / 6pm CET / 12 noon EDT / 9am PDT 90 minutes. Free. No obligation. Helen on business goal-setting and tracking – the stuff we all avoid, made manageable Rob on commercial script read-throughs with live direction Q&A – come and grill us Can't make it live? The replay is available for 48 hours – and so is the special launch pricing. Register free here b-double-e.co.uk/be-seen-be-heard Also mentioned Fish Audio – a warning 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. We WON Best Voiceover Service Provider at the One Voice Awards 2026 for the 4th time! Panic Room - talking about Focusrite interfaces and Normalisation. 👋🏻 Your hosts are ⁠Rob Bee⁠ and ⁠Helen Bee⁠. ••••••••••••••••• 📣 For more information about The Voiceover Social visit: – The Voiceover Social Website - https://thevosocial.com/ – Subscribe to our newsletter⁠ - https://thevosocial.com/newsletter/ – See which events are coming soon⁠ - https://thevosocial.com/events/ – Find your closest VO Social group⁠ - https://thevosocial.com/socials/ Podcast sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠B Double E⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Theme tune by Rob Bee. All audio production by Rob Bee.

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  Episode #24

  87: Hugh Klitzke on the Conversational Read – and Why Most Coaches Are Actually Just Directing

  May 5, 20261h 9mS2

  Hugh Klitzke on the Conversational Read – and Why Most Coaches Are Actually Just Directing 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. 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. In this episode, we get into why that is. 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. We also talk about: Why the British relationship to broadcast media creates a genuinely different challenge around the conversational read The difference between directing and coaching – and why Hugh thinks most coaches are doing the former without realising it Why cold reading is overrated, and the one question that can shift everything How a chance meeting with a speech pathologist changed the way Hugh teaches Hugh's Open Studio – a free, live, fortnightly Zoom session where you can watch him coach in real time, no paywall in sight AI voices, mouth clicks, and why perfection is starting to feel like a problem 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. If you've ever felt like your read is almost there but not quite landing, this one's for you. Find Hugh at http://conversationalvo.com/ and look for Open Studio in the menu to join a free live session. 👋🏻 Your hosts are ⁠Rob Bee⁠ and ⁠Helen Bee⁠. ••••••••••••••••• 📣 For more information about The Voiceover Social visit: – The Voiceover Social Website - https://thevosocial.com/ – Subscribe to our newsletter⁠ - https://thevosocial.com/newsletter/ – See which events are coming soon⁠ - https://thevosocial.com/events/ – Find your closest VO Social group⁠ - https://thevosocial.com/socials/ Podcast sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠B Double E⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Theme tune by Rob Bee. All audio production by Rob Bee.

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  Episode #23

  86: Get in the room with Liz Drury

  Apr 6, 202645 minS2

  <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 Netwo...

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  Episode #22

  85: VO Business Systems with JD Gibson

  Mar 2, 202641 minS2

  <p>Be honest – how organised is your voiceover business actually? 👀</p><p><br></p><p>Because having a great voice is one thing. But running a business? That's a whole other skill set – and it's one a lot of us quietly struggle with.</p><p><br></p><p>This month JD Gibson joins us, and he is not your average voice actor. Before the mic, he spent three decades as a computer programmer, systems consultant, and business advisor. He's built his own VO business from the ground up, figured out what works, and now loves helping other creatives do the same –...

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