Podcast appearances and mentions of Bill Ratner

As you will learn, our guest this time, Walden Hughes, is blind and has a speech issue. However, as you also will discover none of this has stopped Walden from doing what he wants and likes. I would not say Walden is driven. Instead, I would describe Walden as a man of vision who works calmly to accomplish whatever task he wishes to undertake. Walden grew up in Southern California including attending and graduating from the University of California at Irvine. Walden also received his Master's degree from UCI. Walden's professional life has been in the financial arena where he has proven quite successful. However, Walden also had other plans for his life. He has had a love of vintage radio programs since he was a child. For him, however, it wasn't enough to listen to programs. He found ways to meet hundreds of people who were involved in radio and early television. His interviews air regularly on www.yesterdayusa.net which he now directs. Walden is one of those people who works to make life better for others through the various entertainment projects he undertakes and helps manage. I hope you find Walden's life attitude stimulating and inspiring. About the Guest: With deep roots in U.S. history and a lifelong passion for nostalgic entertainment, Walden Hughes has built an impressive career as an entertainment consultant, producer, and historian of old-time radio. Since beginning his collection in 1976, he has amassed over 50,000 shows and has gone on to produce live events, conventions, and radio recreations across the country, interviewing over 200 celebrities along the way. A graduate of UC Irvine with both a BA in Economics and Political Science and an MBA in Accounting/Finance, he also spent a decade in the investment field before fully embracing his love of entertainment history. His leadership includes serving as Lions Club President, President of Radio Enthusiasts of Puget Sound, and long-time board member of SPERDVAC, earning numerous honors such as the Eagle Scout rank, Herb Ellis Award, and the Dick Beals Award. Today, he continues to preserve and celebrate the legacy of radio and entertainment through Yesterday USA and beyond. Ways to connect with Walden: SPERDVAC: https://m.facebook.com/sperdvacconvention/ Yesterday USA: https://www.facebook.com/share/16jHW7NdCZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr REPS: https://www.facebook.com/share/197TW27jRi/?mibextid=wwXIfr About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! 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The podcast where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:20 Well, hi everyone, and welcome to another episode of unstoppable mindset, where inclusion, diversity and the unexpected meet. We're going to deal with all of that today. We have a guest who I've known for a while. I didn't know I knew him as long as I did, but yeah, but we'll get to that. His name is Walden Hughes, and he is, among other things, the person who is the driving force now behind a website yesterday USA that plays 24 hours a day old radio shows. What I didn't know until he told me once is that he happened to listen to my show back on K UCI in Irvine when I was doing the Radio Hall of Fame between 1969 and 1976 but I only learned that relatively recently, and I didn't actually meet Walden until a few years ago, when we moved down to Victorville and we we started connecting more, and I started listening more to yesterday, USA. We'll talk about some of that. But as you can tell, we're talking, once again, about radio and vintage radio programs, old radio programs from the 30s, 40s and 50s, like we did a few weeks ago with Carl Amari. We're going to have some other people on. Walden is helping us get some other people onto unstoppable mindset, like, in a few weeks, we're going to introduce and talk with Zuzu. Now, who knows who Zuzu is? I know Walden knows, but I'll bet most of you don't. Here's a clue. Whenever a bell rings, an angel gets his wingsu was the little girl on. It's a Wonderful Life. The movie played by Carol from Yeah, and she the star was Carolyn Grimes, and we've met Carolyn. Well, we'll get to all that. I've talked enough. Walden, welcome to unstoppable mindset. We're glad you're   Walden Hughes ** 03:19 here. Hello, Michael boy, I mean, you, you had John Roy on years ago, and now you finally got to me that's pretty amazing.   Michael Hingson ** 03:25 Well, you know, we should have done it earlier, but that's okay, but, but you know what they say, the best is always saved for last.   Walden Hughes ** 03:34 Hey. Well, you know, considering you've been amazing with this show on Friday night for the last year. So here yesterday, USA, so we you and I definitely know our ins and outs. So this should be an easy our place talk.   Michael Hingson ** 03:47 Yes. Is this the time to tell people that Walden has the record of having 42 tootsie rolls in his mouth at once?   Walden Hughes ** 03:52 That's what they say. I think we could do more, though, you know. But yeah, yeah. Well, we won't ask, miss, yeah, we won't ask you to do that here. Why not?   Michael Hingson ** 04:03 Yeah, we want you to be able to talk. Well, I'm really glad you're here. Tell us a little about the early Walden growing up and all that.   Walden Hughes ** 04:12 I'm my mom and dad are from Nebraska, so I have a lot of Midwestern Nebraska ties. They moved out here for jobs in 65 and I was born in 1966 and I was the first baby to ever survive the world Pierre syndrome, which means I was born with a cleft palate, being extremely near sighted and and a cup and a recession. So I was the first baby through my mom and dad debt by $10,000 in 17 days, and it was a struggle for my folks. You know, in those early days, without insurance, without any. Thing like that. You know, people really didn't think about medical insurance and things like that in those days, that was not an issue. So, um, so I've always had extremely loving family. Then I went through five retina detachments, and starting when I was seven years old, up to I was nine, and I finally woke up one morning seeing white half circle so the retina detached. Sometime in the middle of the night, went to the most famous eye doctor the world at times, Dr Robert macchermer, who was the one who invented the cataract surgery and everything. Later, he wound up being the head of Duke Medical that was down in Florida, and they took one last ditch effort to save my sight, but it was a 2% chance, and it didn't work out. So they went blind in November 75 and went into school for people who may or may not know California pretty aggressive in terms of education, and so when I wear hearing aids, so I parted a hard of hearing class. Newport school. Mesa took care of the kids who were hard of hearing and the blind children went up to Garden Grove. So when I walked my site, went up to Garden Grove. And so that was my dedication. I was always a driven person. So and I also had a family that supported me everything I ever did. They didn't it just they were ultimately supporting me in education, all sorts of stuff. So I wound up in the Boy Scout Program. Wound up being an Eagle Scout like you, wound up being visual honoring the OA. And this was always side of kids. I was sort of the organizer all decided kid, and there was Walden that was right, I was that way in my entire life, which is interesting that the most kids are all hanging out. We were sighted and and even the school district, which was pretty amazing to think about it, Newport, they told my mom and dad, hey, when Wong ready to come back to his home school district, we'll cover the bill. We'll do it. And so my freshman year, after my freshman year in high school, we thought, yeah, it's time to come back. And so the Newport school, Mesa picked up the tab, and so did very well. Went up, applied to seven colleges, Harvard, a Yale Stanford turned me down, but everybody else took me   Michael Hingson ** 07:53 so, but you went to the best school anyway.   Walden Hughes ** 07:57 So I mean, either like Michael Troy went to UCI and I graduated in three years and two quarters with a degree in economics, a degree in politics, a minor in management, and then I went to work as a financial planner with American Express and then a stockbroker. I always wanted to go back get my MBA. So I got my MBA at UCI, and I graduated with my MBA in accounting and finance in 1995 so that's sort of the academic part Wow of my life.   Michael Hingson ** 08:32 How did your parents handle when it was first discovered that you were blind? So that would have been in what 75 how do they handle that?   Walden Hughes ** 08:42 They handle it really well. I think my dad was wonderful. My dad was the one that took, took me my birth, to all the doctor appointments, you know, such a traumatic thing for my mom. So my dad took that responsibility. My mom just clean house. But they, they My dad always thought if I were going to make it through life, it was going to be between my ears. It could be my brain and I, I was gifted and academically in terms of my analytical abilities are really off the chart. They tested me like in 160 and that mean I could take a very complicated scenario, break it down and give you a quick answer how to solve it within seconds. And that that that paid off. So no, I think, and they they had complete and so they put in the time.   Michael Hingson ** 09:47 What kind of work did your dad do? My dad   Walden Hughes ** 09:51 wound up being a real estate agent, okay, and so that gave him flexibility time. My mom wound up working for the Irvine camp. Attorney, which is the big agriculture at that time, now, apartments and commercial real estate here in oil County and so. So with their support and with the emphasis on education, and so they helped me great. They helped my brother a great deal. So I think in my case, having two really actively involved parents paid off, you know, in terms of, they knew where to support me and they knew the one to give me my give me my head, you know, because I would a classic example of this. After I graduated from college at UCI, I was looking for work, and mom said, my mom's saying, oh, keep go to rehab. Talk to them. They're both to help you out, give it. I really wasn't interested, so I sat down and met with them and had several interviews, and they said we're not going to fund you because either A, you're gonna be so successful on your own you pay for your own stuff, or B, you'll completely fail. So when I, and that's when they flat out, told me at rehab, so I I had more more luck in the private sector finding work than I did ever in the public sector, which was interesting.   Michael Hingson ** 11:39 I know that when I was in high school, and they it's still around today, of course, they had a program called SSI through the Department of Social Security, and then that there, there was also another program aid of the potentially self supporting blind, and we applied for those. And when I went to UC Irvine, I had met, actually, in 1964 a gentleman while I was up getting my guide dog. He was getting a guide dog. His name was Howard Mackey, and when I went to college, my parents also explored me getting some services and assistance from the Department of Rehabilitation, and I was accepted, and then Howard Mackey ended up becoming my counselor. And the neat thing about it was he was extremely supportive and really helped in finding transcribers to put physics books in braille, paid for whatever the state did it at the time, readers and other things like that that I needed provided equipment. It was really cool. He was extremely supportive, which I was very grateful for. But yeah, I can understand sometimes the rehabilitation world can be a little bit wonky. Of course, you went into it some 18 to 20 years later than that. I, in a sense, started it because I started in 6869 Yeah. And I think over time, just the state got cheaper, everything got cheaper. And of course, now it's really a lot different than it used to be, and it's a lot more challenging to get services from a lot of the agencies. And of course, in our current administration, a lot of things are being cut, and nobody knows exactly what's going to happen. And that's pretty   Walden Hughes ** 13:30 scary, actually. When I went to UCI, the school picked it up the pic, the school picked up my transcribing. They picked up my readers and all that. So interesting. How?   Michael Hingson ** 13:39 But did they let you hire your own readers and so on? Or do they do that?   Walden Hughes ** 13:43 They just put out the word, and people came up and and they paid them. So they just, they were just looking for volunteer, looking for people on the campus to do all the work. And, yeah, in fact, in fact, I had one gal who read pretty much all my years. She was waiting to get a job in the museum. And the job she wanted, you basically had to die to get it open. And so she for a full time employee with the read, can I be taking 20 units a quarter? Yeah. So I was, I was cranking it out. And in those days, everybody, you were lucky they I was lucky to get the material a week or two before midterm. Yeah, so I would speed up the tape and do a couple all nighters just to get through, because I really didn't want to delay, delay by examinations. I wanted to get it, get it through. But, uh, but, you know, but also, I guess I was going four times just throughout the quarter, set them into the summer. Okay, I wanted to get it done. Yeah, so that's, that's how I   Michael Hingson ** 14:50 did it. I didn't do summer school, but I did 16 to 20 units a quarter as well, and kept readers pretty busy and was never questioned. And even though we have some pretty hefty reader bills, but it it worked, no and and I hired my own readers, we put out the word, but I hired my own readers. And now I think that's really important. If a school pays for the readers, but lets you hire the readers, that's good, because I think that people need to learn how to hire and fire and how to learn what's necessary and how to get the things that they need. And if the agency or the school does it all and they don't learn how to do it, that's a problem.   Walden Hughes ** 15:36 If fashioning is just a sidebar issue, computer really became a big part. And with my hearing loss, TSI was really, yeah, telesensory, the one Incorporated, right? And they were upscale, everybody. It was, you know, $2,500 a pop. And for my hearing, it was the was for the card, the actual card that fits into the slot that would read, oh, okay, okay, right. And eventually they went with software with me, a lot cheaper, yes, and so, so my folks paid for that in the early days, the mid 80s, the computers and the software and a lot of that were trial and error terms of there was not any customer support from the from the computer company that were making special products like that, you were pretty much left on your own to figure it out. Yeah, and so time I went to graduate in 1990 we figured, in the business world, financial planning, I'm gonna need a whole complete setup at work, and we're gonna cost me 20 grand, yeah, and of course, when we have saying, We biking it, we're gonna finance it. What happened was, and this has helped with the scouting program. I knew the vice president of the local bank. And in those days, if it was, if it was still a small bank, he just went, he gave me a personal loan, hmm, and he, I didn't have to get any code centers or anything. No, we're gonna be the first one to finance you. You get your own computer set up. And so they, they, they financed it for me, and then also Boyle kicked in for 7500 but that was, that's how I was able to swing my first really complicated $20,000 units in 1990   Michael Hingson ** 17:33 the Braille Institute had a program. I don't know whether they still do or not they, they had a program where they would pay for, I don't know whether the top was 7500 I know they paid for half the cost of technology, but that may have been the upper limit. I know I used the program to get in when we moved, when we moved to New Jersey. I was able to get one of the, at that time, $15,000 Kurzweil Reading machines that was in 1996 and Braille Institute paid for half that. So it was pretty cool. But you mentioned TSI, which is telesensory Systems, Inc, for those who who wouldn't know that telesensory was a very innovative company that developed a lot of technologies that blind and low vision people use. For example, they developed something called the optic on which was a box that had a place where you could put a finger, and then there was attached to it a camera that you could run over a printed page, and it would display in the box a vibrating image of each character as the camera scanned across the page. It wasn't a really fast reading program. I think there were a few people who could read up to 80 words a minute, but it was still originally one of the first ways that blind people had access to print.   Walden Hughes ** 18:59 And the first guinea pig for the program. Can I just walk my site in 75 and they, they wanted me to be on there. I was really the first one that the school supply the optic on and has special training, because they knew I knew what site looked like for everybody, what Mike's describing. It was dB, the electronic waves, but it'd be in regular print letters, not, not broil waters, right? What   Michael Hingson ** 19:25 you felt were actually images of the print letters, yeah.   Walden Hughes ** 19:30 And the thing got me about it, my hand tingled after a while,   Michael Hingson ** 19:35 yeah, mine   Walden Hughes ** 19:36 to last forever,   Michael Hingson ** 19:38 you know. So it was, it wasn't something that you could use for incredibly long periods of time. Again, I think a few people could. But basically, print letters are made to be seen, not felt, and so that also limited the speed. Of course, technology is a whole lot different today, and the optic on has has faded away. And as Walden said, the card that would. Used to plug into computer slots that would verbalize whatever came across the screen has now given way to software and a whole lot more that makes it a lot more usable. But still, there's a lot of advances to be made. But yeah, we we both well, and another thing that TSI did was they made probably the first real talking calculator, the view, plus, remember   Walden Hughes ** 20:25 that? Yep, I know a good sound quality.   Michael Hingson ** 20:28 Though it was good sound quality. It was $395 and it was really a four function calculator. It wasn't scientific or anything like that, but it still was the first calculator that gave us an opportunity to have something that would at least at a simple level, compete with what sighted people did. And yes, you could plug your phone so they couldn't so sighted people, if you were taking a test, couldn't hear what what the calculator was saying. But at that time, calculators weren't really allowed in the classroom anyway, so   Walden Hughes ** 21:00 my downside was, time I bought the equipment was during the DOS mode, and just like that, window came over, and that pretty much made all my equipment obsolete, yeah, fairly quickly, because I love my boil display. That was terrific for for when you learn with computers. If you're blind, you didn't really get a feel what the screen looked like everybody. And with a Braille display, which mine was half the screen underneath my keyboard, I could get a visual feel how things laid out on the computer. It was easier for me to communicate with somebody. I knew what they were talking   Michael Hingson ** 21:42 about, yeah. And of course, it's gotten so much better over time. But yeah, I remember good old MS DOS. I still love to play some of the old MS DOS games, like adventure and all that, though, and Zork and some of those fun games.   Walden Hughes ** 21:57 But my understanding dos is still there. It's just windows on top of it, basically,   Michael Hingson ** 22:02 if you open a command prompt in Windows that actually takes you to dos. So dos is still there. It is attached to the whole system. And sometimes you can go in and enter commands through dos to get things done a little bit easier than you might be able to with the normal graphic user interface, right? Well, so you, you got your master's degree in 1995 and so you then continue to work in the financial world, or what did   Walden Hughes ** 22:35 it for 10 years, but five years earlier? Well, maybe I should back it up this way. After I lost my site in 1976 I really gravitated to the radio, and my generation fell in love with talk radio, so I and we were really blessed here in the LA market with really terrific hosts at KBC, and it wasn't all the same thing over and over and beating the drum. And so listening to Ray Breen, Michael Jackson, IRA for still kill Hemingway, that was a great opportunity for somebody who was 10 years old.   Michael Hingson ** 23:18 Really, they were all different shows. And yes, I remember once we were listening to, I think it was Michael Jackson. It was on Sunday night, and we heard this guy talking about submarines, and it just attracted Karen's and my attention. And it turns out what it was was Tom Clancy talking about Hunt for Red October. Wow. And that's where we first heard about it, and then went and found the book.   Walden Hughes ** 23:45 But So I grew up in the talk radio, and then that, and I fell in love with country music at the time on koec, and then Jim Healy and sports, yep, and then, and then we were blessed in the LA market have a lot of old time radio played, and it was host like Mike was here at K UCI, John Roy, eventually over KPCC, Bob line. And so my relatives said you should listen to this marathon KPFK, which was a Pacific did an all day marathon. I fell in love with that. Jay Lacher, then one night, after I walked my site, I tuned in. Ray bream took the night off, and Bill balance had frankly sit in. And the first thing they played was Jack Armstrong, and this is where Jack, Jack and Billy get caught up in a snow storm and a bone down the hill. And Brett Morrison came in during the one o'clock two o'clock hour to talk about the shadow. And so my dad took me to, oh, I'm trying to think of the name of the record. Or if they gave away licorice, licorice at the at the record store tower, yeah, not Tower Records. Um, anyway, so we bought two eight track tapes in 1976 the shadow and Superman, and I started my long life of collecting and so. So here we up to 1990 after collecting for 15 years. Going to spill back conventional meetings. I knew Ray bream was going to have kitty Cowan at the guest. Kitty Cowan was a big band singer of the 40s who later the fifth little things mean a lot. And I figured nobody was going to act about her days on the Danny Kaye radio show. And so I called in. They realized I had the stuff. I had the radio shows, they took me off the air, and Kitty's husband, but grand off called me the next day, and we struck up a friendship. And so they were really connected in Hollywood, and so they opened so many doors for me. Mike I Katie's best friend with Nancy Lacher, SR bud with the one of the most powerful agents in town, the game show hosting, who could come up with a TV ideas, but did not know how to run a organization. So that was Chuck Paris, hmm, and Gong Show, yeah, so I wound up, they wound up giving me, hire me to find the old TV shows, the music, all that stuff around the country. And so I started to do that for the Sinatra family, everybody else. So I would, while we do the financial planning, my internet consulting thing really took off. So that wound up being more fun and trying to sell disability insurance, yeah. So one wound up doing that until the internet took over. So that would that. So my whole life would really reshape through kitty Carolyn and Ben granoff through that. So I really connected in the Hollywood industry from that point on, starting 1990 so that that really opened up, that really sure reshaped my entire life, just because of that   Michael Hingson ** 27:28 and you've done over the years, one of the other things that you started to do was to interview a lot of these people, a lot of the radio stars, The radio actors   Walden Hughes ** 27:39 and music and TV, music,   Michael Hingson ** 27:44 yeah.   Walden Hughes ** 27:45 And I think when Bill Bragg asked me to interview kitty Carol, and I did that in 2000 and Bill said, Well, could you do more? And so one of Kitty friends, but test Russell. Test was Gene Autry Girl Friday. He she ran kmpc for him. And I think everybody in the music industry owed her a favor. I mean, I had Joe Stafford to Pat Boone to everybody you could think of from the from that big band, 3040s, and 60s on the show. Let's go   Michael Hingson ** 28:24 back. Let's go back. Tell us about Bill Bragg.   Walden Hughes ** 28:29 Bill Bragg was an interesting character all by himself. Born in 1946 he was a TV camera man for CBS in Dallas. He was also a local music jockey, nothing, nothing, big, big claims of fame boys working for channel two. And then he in Dallas, he was at a press conference with LBJ, and LBJ got done speaking, and the camera crew decided that they were going to pack up and go to lunch. And Bill thought it'd be fun to mark what camera, what microphone the President used for his address, and the guys were in a rush door in the box, let's go have lunch. So Bill lost track, and that bothered him. So he started the largest communication Museum in 1979 and he collected and was donated. And so he had the biggest museum. He had a film exchanger. So in those early days of cable TVs, you know, we had a lot of TV stations specializing in programming, and there were channels, I think this was called a nostalgic channel, wanted to run old TV shows and films. They had the film, but they didn't. Have the equipment. And they got hold of Bill. He said, Okay, I'll do it for you. But what you're going to give me is games. Bill was a wheel and dealer, yeah. And Charlie said, We'll give you your own satellite channel. And I was talking to Bill friend later, John women in those days, in the 1983 when Bill got it, the value of those satellite channels was a million dollars a year, and he got it for free. And Bill would try and figure out, What in the world I'm going to do with this, and that's when he decided to start playing with old time radio, because really nobody was playing that on a national basis. You had different people playing it on a local basis, but not really on a national basis. So Bill was sort of the first one before I play old time radio. I became aware of him because of bur back, so I was trying to get the service on my cable TV company. Was unsuccessful.   Michael Hingson ** 30:58 So what he did is he broadcast through the satellite channel, and then different television stations or companies could if they chose to pick up the feed and broadcast it. Did, they broadcast it on a TV channel or   Walden Hughes ** 31:13 on radio public asset channel. Okay, so remember note day a lot of public it would have the bulletin boards with the local news of right community, and lot of them would play Bill can't   Michael Hingson ** 31:28 play Bill's channel because the only because what they were doing was showing everything on the screen, which didn't help us. But right they would show things on the screen, and they would play music or something in the background. So Bill's programs were a natural thing to play,   Walden Hughes ** 31:44 yeah, and so Bill wound up on a stout then he wound up being the audio shop Troyer for WGN, which was a nice break and so. And then Bill got it to be played in 2000 nursing homes and hospitals, and then local AMFM stations would pick us up. They were looking for overnight programming, so local throughout the country would pick it up. And so Bill, Bill was a go getter. He was a great engineer, and knew how to build things on the cheap. He was not a businessman, you know, he couldn't take it to the next level, but, but at least he was able to come up with a way to run a station, 24 hours a day. It was all the tapes were sent down to Nash, down to Tennessee, to be uploaded to play into the system. Eventually, he built a studio and everything in Dallas. And so,   Michael Hingson ** 32:38 of course, what what Weldon is saying is that that everything was on tape, whether it was cassette or reel to reel, well, reel to reel, and they would play the tapes through a tape machine, a player or recorder, and put it out on the satellite channels, which was how they had to do it. And that's how we did it at kuci, we had tape, and I would record on Sunday nights, all the shows that we were going to play on a given night on a reel of tape. We would take it in and we would play it.   Walden Hughes ** 33:13 And so that's how it's done in the 80s. Eventually built bill, built a studio, and then started to do a live show once a week. Eventually, they grew up to four days a week. And so here is about 1999 or so, and they were playing Musa from kitty cat, and did not know who she was. I would quickly, I would quickly give a couple background from AIM hang up. I didn't really they had no idea who I was yet. I didn't talk about what I would do and things like that. I was just supplying information. And eventually, after two years, they asked me to bring kitty on the show, which I did, and then I started to book guests on a regular basis for them, and then eventually, the guy who I enjoyed all time radio shows listening to Frank Percy 1976 built decided that I should be his producer, and so I wound up producing the Friday Night Live show with Frankie, and eventually we got it up and running, 2002 So Frank and I did it together for 16 years and so that so Bill built a studio in Texas, mailed it all to my House. My dad didn't have any engineering ability. So he and my bill got on the phone and built me a whole studio in six hours, and I was up and running with my own studio here in my bedroom, in 2002 and so overhead, I'm in my bedroom ever since Michael, you know, there you go.   Michael Hingson ** 34:58 Well and to tell people about. Frank Bresee Frank, probably the biggest claim to fame is that he had a program called the golden days of radio, and it was mainly something that was aired in the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service on the radio, where he would every show play excerpts of different radio programs and so on. And one of the neat things that's fascinating for Frank was that because he was doing so much with armed forces, and doing that, he had access to all of the libraries around the world that the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service had, so he could go in and oftentimes get shows and get things that no one else really had because they were only available in at least initially, in these military libraries. But he would put them on the air, and did a great job with it for many, many years. Yeah, Frank   Walden Hughes ** 35:53 was an interesting character, a pure entrepreneur. He invented a game called pass out, which was a drinking game, board game, and he for 20 years, he spent six months in Europe, six months in United States. And he was making so much money in Europe, he would rent out castles and lived in them, and he would and he would spend months at a time in Germany, which was the main headquarter of art, and just sit there in the archives and make copies of things he wanted to play on his show, yeah. And so that's how he built that. And then he he started collecting transcriptions when he would to 10 he was a radio actor, and so he had one of the largest collection, collection, and he his house, his family house was in Hancock Park, which was the, it was Beverly Hills before Beverly Hills, basically, what did he play on radio? Well, when he was, he was he was deceptive. He was the backup little beaver. When someone Tommy, writer, yeah, when, when Tommy Cook had another project, it was Frank be was a substitute. And so that was a short coin of fame. He did bit parts on other shows, but, but that's what he did as a kid. Eventually, I think Frank came from a very wealthy family. He wound up owning the first radio station when he was 19 years old on Catalina Island in 1949 and then he wound up being a record producer. He worked with Walter Winchell, created albums on without about Al Jolson worked on Eddie Cantor and Jimmy Durante and anyway, Frank, Frank had a career with game with creating board games, doing radio and having an advertising company. Frank was responsible for giving all the game shows, the prices for TV and the way he would do it, he would call an advertise, he would call a company. He said, you want your product. Beyond on this section, go to say, yes, okay, give us, give us the product, and give me 150 bucks. And so Frank would keep the cash, and he would give the project to the TV shows,   Michael Hingson ** 38:17 Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills. I remember that on so many shows   Walden Hughes ** 38:23 so So Frank was a wheeling dealer, and he loved radio. That was his passion project. He probably made less money doing that, but he just loved doing it, and he was just hit his second house. The family house was 8400 square feet, and so it was pretty much a storage unit for Frank hobbies, right? And we and he had 30,000 transcriptions in one time. But when he was Europe, he had a couple of floods, so he lost about 10 to 20,000 of them. Okay? Folks did not know how to keep them dry, but he had his professional studio built. And so I would book guests. I arranged for art link writer to come over, and other people, Catherine Crosby, to come over, and Frank would do the interviews. And so I was a big job for me to keep the Friday night show going and get Frankie's guess boy shows. I would have been. He died,   Michael Hingson ** 39:22 and he was a really good interviewer. Yeah, I remember especially he did an interview that we in, that you played on yesterday USA. And I was listening to it with Mel Blanc, which is, which is very fascinating. But he was a great interviewer. I think it was 1969 that he started the golden days of radio, starting 49 actually, or 49 not 69 Yeah, 49 that was directly local, on,   Walden Hughes ** 39:49 on Carolina, and K, I, G, l, which was a station I think heard out in the valley, pretty much, yeah, we could pick it up. And then, and then he started with on. Forces around 65   Michael Hingson ** 40:02 that's what I was thinking of. I thought it was 69 but,   Walden Hughes ** 40:06 and well, he was, on those days there were armed forces Europe picked them up. And also, there was also the international Armed Forces served around the far eastern network, right? Yeah. And so by 67 he was pretty much full on 400 stations throughout the whole world. And I that's probably how you guys picked him up, you know, through that capability.   Michael Hingson ** 40:30 Well, that's where I first heard of him and and the only thing for me was I like to hear whole shows, and he played excerpts so much that was a little frustrating. But he was such a neat guy, you couldn't help but love all the history that he brought to it   Walden Hughes ** 40:46 and and then he would produce live Christmas shows with with the radio. He would interview the guest he, you know, so he had access to people that nobody generally had, you know. He worked for Bob Hope, right? So he was able to get to Jack Benny and Bing Crosby and yes, people like that, Groucho Marx. So he was, he had connections that were beyond the average Old Time Radio buff. He was truly a great guy to help the hobby out, and loved radio very much.   Michael Hingson ** 41:21 Well, going back to Bill Bragg a little bit, so he had the satellite channel, and then, of course, we got the internet, which opened so many things for for Frank or Frank for, well, for everybody but for Bill. And he started the program yesterday, usa.net, on the radio through the internet,   Walden Hughes ** 41:44 which he was the first one in 1996 right? There's a great story about that. There was a company called broadcast.com I bet you remember that company, Mike. Anyway, it was founded by a guy who loved college basketball, and he was a big Hoosier fan, and he was living in Texas, and so he would generally call long distance to his buddy, and they would put up the radio. He could went to the basketball games. And eventually he decided, well, maybe I could come up and stream it on my computer, and all these equipment breaking down, eventually he came up with the idea of, well, if I had a satellite dish, I could pick up the feed and put and stream it on the computer, that way people could hear it right. And he hired bill to do that, and he offered bill a full time job installing satellites and working Bill turned them down, and the guy wound up being Mark Cuban. Yeah, and Mark Cuban gave every every employee, when he sold broadcast.com to Yahoo, a million dollar bonus. So Bill missed out on that, but, but in exchange, Mike Cuban gave him broadcast.com While USA channel for free. So Bill never had to pay in the early days, until about 2002 so when Yahoo decided to get out of the streaming business for a while, then that's when we had to find and we found life 365 eventually, and we were paying pretty good. We're paying a really good rate with like 265 Bill was used to paying free, and we were paying, I think, under $100 and I knew guys later a couple years, were paying over $500 a month. And we were, we were, but there was such a willing deal able to get those things for really dope less   Michael Hingson ** 43:45 money, yeah. Now I remember being in New Jersey and I started hearing ads for an internet radio station. This was in the very late 90s, maybe even into 2000 W, A, B, y. It was a company, a show that a station that played a lot of old songs from the 50s and 60s and so on. And it was, it was, if you tuned on to it, you could listen. And after four or five hours, things would start to repeat, and then eventually it disappeared. But I started looking around, and I don't even remember how I found it, but one day I heard about this radio station, www, dot yesterday, usa.net. Right, yep.net.com,   Walden Hughes ** 44:31 yep, and yeah. And   Michael Hingson ** 44:33 I said, Well, oh, I think I actually heard an ad for it on W, A, B, y, when it was still around. Anyway, I went to it, and they were playing old radio shows, and they had a number of people who would come on and play shows. Everyone had an hour and a half show, and every two weeks you would have to send in a new show. But they. They played old radio shows, 24 hours a day and seven days a week, except they also had some live talk shows. And I remember listening one day and heard Bill Bragg talking about the fact that he was going to have his standard Friday night show with Walden Hughes, it would start at nine o'clock. I had no idea who Walden was at the time. And the problem is, nine o'clock was on the in Pacific Time, and it was, I think, Midnight in New Jersey time, as I recall the way it went anyway, it was way too late for me to be up. And so I never did hear Walden on yesterday USA, or I may have actually listened. Just stayed up to listen to one and fell asleep, but the show, the whole innovative process of playing radio all the time on the internet, was intriguing and just opened so many opportunities, I think. And of course, the internet brought all that around. And now there are any number of stations that stream all the time. And Bill Bragg passed away. What in 2016   Walden Hughes ** 46:15 2018   Michael Hingson ** 46:18 1819 2019 Yeah. And Walden now is the person who directs, operates, and is the manager of yesterday USA. And so when I go ahead,   Walden Hughes ** 46:30 it's fascinating. In the height of the station, there was 15,000 internet radio stations out there in 2000 they did a survey yesterday, USA was number three in the world, behind the BBC and CNN, which I thought was a pretty nice number to be concerned. We had no budget to promote, right? And the last time I saw the numbers been a couple years, we were number 44 in the world, which I don't think of, 15,000 radio stations. Not bad. No, not at all. You know, really not bad. But now there is more talk than there used to be, because Walden and the gasmans, who we had on years ago on this podcast, but   Michael Hingson ** 47:16 have interviewed a lot of people, and continue to interview people. And of course, so many people are passing on that. We're trying to talk to people as much as we can, as they can, and all of us now, because I've started to come a little bit and become a little bit involved in yesterday USA. And as Walden said on Friday night at 730 Pacific Time, see it's earlier, we we do a talk show. Bob Lyons, who did a lot of radio out here, and for 50 years, had a program called Don't touch that dial. And John and Larry and Walden and I get on the air and we talk about, Gosh, any number of different things. We've talked about Braille, we've talked about sometimes, everything but radio. But we talk about a lot of different things, which is, which is a lot of fun.   Walden Hughes ** 48:04 And I think it probably is, you know, in the old days, it would pretty much no entertainment, and Bill telling some stories and things like that. But with me, I always had a focus in interviews, but it's so much more fun to do radio as a co host. And that's when Patricia and I connected back in the 2007 I knew was in 2005 she's my co host. And Patricia didn't grow up with whole town radio. She became a fan after she found yesterday, USA into 2000 but she's a very articulate person, and so through the shows, what she and I did on Saturday night, the audience grab it and just we should talk about everything, and I just generate calls. I mean, when she and I were doing eight hours a night, we would average about 18 calls a night, which was pretty amazing, but we would cover the gamut, and I think a really good talk show host had to know a little bit about a lot of things. Yes, he got it. You got to be flexible. And Patricia and I compliment each other that way, that we're able to cover history and politics and music and just everything. And so when I do a show with her, you never know what direction we go with where. When I'm with John Roy, it's more radio centric. So it depends on what night a week people tune in, is what you're going to   Michael Hingson ** 49:40 get. And Walden has Patricia on now Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, but we know why she's really on there, because she likes hearing Perry Como song Patricia that starts out every show Walden plays that he's in love with Patricia. One of these days, there's still the possibility. But anyway, we. We, he, we love it when he, he has Patricia on, and it's every week. So, so it is really cool. And they do, they talk about everything under the sun, which is so fascinating. Tell us about Johnny and Helen Holmes.   Walden Hughes ** 50:15 Ah, well, it's an interesting story. I I say the second biggest old time radio station in the country, after yesterday USA. It's about half the size in terms of audience basis. Radio once more, and you can find them at Radio once more.com and they do a good job. No else with probably yesterday USA branch offers own internet radio station, and he found he would go to the east coast to the nostalgic convention, and he connected with Johnny and Helen. Holmes and Johnny and Helen are people who love to attend nostalgic convention and get autographs and things. And they became really friends. So Neil convinced them, why don't you come on? Just come on radio once more. And so after a while, they do the presentation the coffee shop. Neil convinced them to take it, take it to the air, and they started to have their own show, and I was aware of them, and I produced the spirback convention, 2017 in Las Vegas. So Johnny helm came to the convention, and Johnny wanted to say hi to me. I said, I know who you are. I think he was for by that that I knew who he was, but I invited Johnny and Helen to come on with Patricia and I one night to talk about their coffee shop presentation and their show on Radio once more. And we just bonded very quickly and easy to bond with Johnny. They really are really fabulous people. He's really a generous guy, and so over the last six, seven years, we have developed a great friendship on you, and almost have created a whole subculture by itself, playing trivia with them. Every time they come on,   Michael Hingson ** 52:17 they do a lot of trivia stuff, and Johnny produces it very well. He really does a great job. And he'll put sound bites and clips and music, and it's gotten me such a major production with Johnny and Helen. And people look forward to it. I sometimes count the interaction people hanging out in the chat room, on the phone, email, about 18 to 20 people will get and get an answer question, was it amazing that that many people will be interested in trivia like that? But and, and Johnny also collects, well, I guess in Helen collect a lot of old television shows as well. Yep. So we won't hold it against him too much, but, but he does television and, well, I like old TV shows too, you bet. Well, so you know, you are, obviously, are doing a lot of different things. You mentioned spurred vac oop. They're after you. We'll wait. We'll wait till the phone die. You mentioned, well, I'll just ask this while that's going on. You mentioned spurred back. Tell us a little bit about what spurred vac is and what they've been doing and what they bring to radio.   Walden Hughes ** 53:23 Sprint vac started in 1974 it's the largest full time radio group in the country, called the society to preserve and encourage radio drama, variety and comedy. John Roy Gasman were two of the main driving force behind the club. It reached up to a membership of 1800 people, and they've honored over 500 people who worked in the golden days of radio and to speak at their meeting, come to the special conventions. And so I attended some dinners at the Brown Derby, which was a great thrill. I started attending their conventions, and it was just, it was wonderful. So I so I really got to meet a lot of the old time radio personality and become friends with Janet Waldo and June for a and people like that. And so I eventually got on the board. I eventually became one young, somewhat retired. I wound up being the activity person to book guests, and started producing conventions. And so that became a major part of my life, just producing those things for spur back and in other places, and I first started to do that for reps. Was it the Old Time Radio Group in Seattle in 2007 so they were actually the first convention I produced.   Michael Hingson ** 54:54 And rep says radio enthusiasts of Puget Sound,   Walden Hughes ** 54:57 right? Reps online.org, G and so I would produce new convention. I was helping super vac, and I also helping the Friends of all time radio back in New Jersey and so. And it probably helped my contact, which is 300 pages long, so, and I would book it. I would also contact celebrities via the mail, and my batting average was 20% which I thought were pretty good. I got Margaret. I got Margaret Truman. She called me, said, Walden, I got your order, and I forgot that I did the show with Jimmy Stewart. I'd be happy to come on talk about my memory. You know, she talked about Fred Allen on the big show, and how, how Mike Wallace had a temper, had a temper. She was a co host. Was among weekdays, which with the weekday version of monitor. Monitor was weekend and weekday, we see NBC. And so she was just fabulous, you know, so and I would get people like that 20% bad average, which was incredible. So I met, that's how it's up to two, my guess was, so I, I was sort of go to guy, find celebrities and booking them and and so in that help yesterday, USA helped the different conventions. And so it and so you're so you're booking the panels, and then you're coming up with ideas for radio recreations. And so I produce 37 of them, ranging from one day to four days. And I get counted, over the last 18 years, I've produced 226 audio theater plays with it. A lot at least, have an idea of how those things   Michael Hingson ** 56:55 work. So right now, speaking of recreations, and we're both involved in radio enthusiasts of Puget Sound, and for the last couple of years, I've participated in this. Walden has done radio recreations, and twice a year up in the Washington State area, where we bring in both some some amateurs and some professionals like Carolyn Grimes Zuzu and so many others who come in and we actually recreate old radio shows, both before a live audience, and we broadcast them on yesterday USA and other people like Margaret O'Brien who won   Walden Hughes ** 57:46 Gigi Powell coming this year. Phil Proctor. David Osmond from fire sign theater. Chuck Dougherty from Sergeant Preston. John Provo from Timmy from Lassie, Bill Johnson, who does a one man show on Bob Hope. Bill Ratner from GI Joe. Bill Owen, the who might have had he is the author of The Big broadcast, Ivan Troy who Bobby Benson, Tommy cook from the life O'Reilly Gigi parole, a movie actress of the 50s, as you mentioned, Carolyn grime, Beverly Washburn and others, and it's just the radio folks are really down to earth, really nice people, and you get to break bread with them, talk to them and reminisce about what was it like doing that radio show, this movie, or that TV show, and then They still got it, and they can perform on stage,   Michael Hingson ** 58:43 and they love to talk about it, and they love to interact with people who treat them as people. And so yeah, it is a lot of fun to be able to do it. In fact, I was on Carolyn Grimes podcast, which will be coming out at some point in the next little while, and Carolyn is going to be on unstoppable mindset. So keep an eye out for that. Bill Owens program is coming out soon. Bill and I did a conversation for unstoppable mindset, and we're going to be doing Bill Johnson will be coming on, and other people will be coming on. Walden has been very helpful at finding some of these folks who are willing to come on and talk about what they did, and to help us celebrate this medium that is just as much a part of history as anything in America and is just as worth listening to as it ever was. There is more to life than television, no matter what they think.   Walden Hughes ** 59:40 And also, we do a Christmas thing too. And hopefully Mike, if his speaking engagement allow him, will be with us up at Christmas saying, Well, I will. I'm planning on it. We're gonna do, It's a Wonderful Life. Keith Scott, coming over from Australia, who's a he's the rich little of Australia. And we'll do, It's a Wonderful Life. We'll do. The Christmas Carol, milk on 34th Street film again, Molly Jack Benny will have a great time.   Michael Hingson ** 1:00:07 These are all going to be recreations using the the original scripts from the shows, and that's what makes them fun. And for those of us who don't read print, we do have our scripts in Braille, absolutely so that's kind of fun. Well, Walden, this has been absolutely wonderful. We're going to have to do it some more. Maybe we need to get you, John and Larry all together on that. That might be kind of fun. But I really, I don't think we need a host if you that. No, no, we just, you know, just go on. But this has been really fun. I really enjoy it. If people want to reach out to you, how do they do that?   Walden Hughes ** 1:00:45 Oh, I think they can call my studio number 714-545-2071, I'm in California, or they can email me at Walden shoes at yesterday, usa.com, W, A, l, D, E, N, H, U, C, H, E, S at, y, E, S T, E, R, D, A, y, u, s a.com, I'm the president of radio enthusiast sound, that's reps online.org or on the board of Sper back, which is S, P, E, R, D, V, A, c.com, so while waiting shakes me down, when   Michael Hingson ** 1:01:25 will the showcase actually occur up in Bellevue in Washington?   Walden Hughes ** 1:01:30 That will be September 18, 19 20/21, and then our Christmas one is will be Friday, December five, and Saturday, December the sixth. And then we're also going back and spir back, and I bet we'll see you there. We're going to go back to the Troy Blossom Festival next April, 23 to 26 and we'll know, are we set up to do that now? Yep, looks like that gonna happen? Yeah? Oh, good, yeah. So kick out the phone with Nicholas here a few days ago. So everything's gonna go for that, so that will be good.   Michael Hingson ** 1:02:03 Yeah, we will do that. That's cool. Well, thank you for being here, and I want to thank you all for listening. I hope you had fun. This is a little different than a lot of the episodes that we've done, but it's, I think, important and enlightening to hear about this medium into to meet people from it. So thank you for listening wherever you are. We hope that you'll give us a five star review of unstoppable mindset wherever you're listening or watching. Please do that. We'd love to hear from you. You can reach me at Michael H, I m, I C, H, A, E, L, H, I at accessibe, A, C, C, E, S, S, i, b, e.com, and you can also go to our podcast page if you don't find podcasts any other way. Michael hingson.com/podcast, that's m, I C, H, A, E, L, H, I N, G, s, O, n.com/podcast, singular. 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Join us for part two of our insightful discussion with George Whittam and Rob Reider on the VoiceoverGurus podcast. This episode delves into the nitty-gritty of audiobook production, covering essential topics such as handling hot peaks, normalizing audio files, and leveraging iZotope tools for audio restoration. Learn how to achieve consistency in audio quality through mastering and embrace the art of batch processing for efficiency. Discover the significance of maintaining proper recording levels and the importance of choosing the right equipment and setup to enhance your voice talent performance. Whether you're a beginner or seasoned pro, this episode is packed with valuable insights to elevate your recording sessions to meet audiobook industry standards. Guests Bios: About George: Since 2005 George Whittam has dedicated his life to serving the technical needs of voice actors and recording studio owners. In August 2017 George launched GeorgeTheTech.com to assist anyone who records voiceover with tech support, training, studio design, and audio processing templates. George is a 1997 graduate of Virginia Tech with a Bachelor's degree in Music and Audio Technology with a Minor in Communications. George went on to acquire considerable expertise in music recording by working with various musicians and artists in the Philadelphia area, and gained broadcast engineering experience working at 94 WYSP (now WIP) as the remote engineer for the NFL Eagles Radio Network. From a handful of satisfied clients, George has now built his reputation working solely with voice-over studios and clients. He is globally considered a top authority in voice-over recording technology, investing thousands of hours researching studio design, recording equipment, and creating training materials for voice actors. Among his many successful clients are the late Don LaFontaine, Bill Ratner, Melissa Disney, Randy Thomas, Joe Cipriano and Scott Rummell. George is co-host of the podcast The Pro Audio Suite.   Find George at http://georgethe.tech   About Rob:   As a pilot and Hall of Fame air show announcer, Rob Reider has recently retired from that endeavor and now brings his skills to the world of audiobooks. His extensive knowledge of aviation and the military has attracted the attention of authors who need that experience to bring their works to life. Rob's acting career began in high school, continued in musical theater roles at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music and won him 5 Regional Emmys for on-air performance and musical compositions during a 13-year Midwest television career. He's also an accomplished guitarist and lover of acoustic music. Rob has worked with several audiobook coaches, including Hillary Huber, P.J. Ochlan, and Jennifer Jill Araya to hone his craft and focus on thrillers, non-fiction, and faith-based titles. He recently was the “voice” of James Patterson in his book, “The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading."   Visit his website: http://www.robreidervoice.com/   We are honored to be listed in the top 30 of podcasts about Voiceover. Check out the list! https://podcast.feedspot.com/voice_over_podcasts/ FOR MORE INFO ON THE SHOW AND THE GURUS, PLEASE VISIT: Coaching Website: https://voiceover.guru/  and https://learnwiththegurus.com/ Linda Bruno Voice Actress  https://www.lindabruno.com Alyssa Jayson Actress and Musician http://www.alyssajayson.com Kevin Kilpatrick Voice Actor   https://kevinkilpatrick.com/ Join our Circle Community: https://the-voiceover-gurus.circle.so/home

Ep 157 - Mastering Your Voiceover Space with George The Tech and Rob Reider Welcome to the Voiceover Gurus Podcast, hosted by Linda Bruno and featuring special guest George Whittam. In this episode, Linda, despite nursing a knee injury, dives into a fascinating conversation with George about his unique journey from being an engineer to a voiceover studio tech expert, assisted by Rob Reider. Discover how George's musical family background and interest in gadgets evolved into a passion for audio engineering and voiceover production. Through anecdotes and personal experiences, George shares his path from struggling in college to creating a mobile recording studio in an RV and finally establishing himself in the voiceover industry against numerous challenges. Join the discussion as Linda, George and Rob delve into the intricacies of setting up a home studio, navigating acoustic challenges, and understanding the nuances of audio technology. Uncover valuable tips on making the most out of your recording space, the essentials of normalizing audio, and the balance between front-end and post-processing in voiceover work. This episode is a treasure trove of knowledge, packed with insights for aspiring and seasoned voice actors alike, aiming to enhance their understanding and mastery of the techincal aspects of the craft. Don't miss out as the conversation continues in part two next week! Guests Bios: About George: Since 2005 George Whittam has dedicated his life to serving the technical needs of voice actors and recording studio owners. In August 2017 George launched GeorgeTheTech.com to assist anyone who records voiceover with tech support, training, studio design, and audio processing templates.   George is a 1997 graduate of Virginia Tech with a Bachelor's degree in Music and Audio Technology with a Minor in Communications. George went on to acquire considerable expertise in music recording by working with various musicians and artists in the Philadelphia area, and gained broadcast engineering experience working at 94 WYSP (now WIP) as the remote engineer for the NFL Eagles Radio Network. From a handful of satisfied clients, George has now built his reputation working solely with voice-over studios and clients. He is globally considered a top authority in voice-over recording technology, investing thousands of hours researching studio design, recording equipment, and creating training materials for voice actors. Among his many successful clients are the late Don LaFontaine, Bill Ratner, Melissa Disney, Randy Thomas, Joe Cipriano and Scott Rummell. George is co-host of the podcast The Pro Audio Suite. Find George at http://georgethe.tech   About Rob: As a pilot and Hall of Fame air show announcer, Rob Reider has recently retired from that endeavor and now brings his skills to the world of audiobooks. His extensive knowledge of aviation and the military has attracted the attention of authors who need that experience to bring their works to life. Rob's acting career began in high school, continued in musical theater roles at the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music and won him 5 Regional Emmys for on-air performance and musical compositions during a 13-year Midwest television career. He's also an accomplished guitarist and lover of acoustic music. Rob has worked with several audiobook coaches, including Hillary Huber, P.J. Ochlan, and Jennifer Jill Araya to hone his craft and focus on thrillers, non-fiction, and faith-based titles. He recently was the “voice” of James Patterson in his book, “The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading." Visit his website: http://www.robreidervoice.com/   We are honored to be listed in the top 30 of podcasts about Voiceover. Check out the list! https://podcast.feedspot.com/voice_over_podcasts/ FOR MORE INFO ON THE SHOW AND THE GURUS, PLEASE VISIT: Coaching Website: https://voiceover.guru/  and https://learnwiththegurus.com/ Linda Bruno Voice Actress  https://www.lindabruno.com Alyssa Jayson Actress and Musician http://www.alyssajayson.com Kevin Kilpatrick Voice Actor   https://kevinkilpatrick.com/ Join our Circle Community: https://the-voiceover-gurus.circle.so/home

Dr. Nick and Benny welcome Bill Ratner, one of America's best-known voice actors, a published writer, poet, storyteller, and performance artist, who opens up about how experiencing significant death in his life inspired him to find solace and expression through writing poetry books. Explore the connection between grief and creativity in this heartfelt discussion. https://billratner.com/

Explore how the art of poetry transforms pain into resilience and helps navigate life's toughest moments.In today's episode, I'm joined by the renowned voice actor, author, and poetry therapy facilitator Bill Ratner. Bill brings a deeply personal and insightful perspective to the episode, sharing the profound impact of early losses on his emotional and creative development. He reveals intimate stories from his life, delving into themes of grief, healing, and personal growth. Throughout this episode, Bill reflects on his mother's remarkable approach to discussing her terminal illness with him as a child, the role of therapy in his life, and the complex dynamics of his family after tragedy. Bill's stories are rich with introspection, exploring how grief influenced his relationships, career, and eventual passion for writing.Highlighting his work as a poetry therapy facilitator, Bill explains how writing provides a safe outlet for emotional expression, both for himself and for those he teaches. He discusses the process behind his poetry and the intention behind his new book, which blends dark humor and grief into a reflective narrative. His contributions offer a message of hope, emphasizing the value of creativity and connection in navigating loss.In This Episode, You Will Learn:A life shaped by loss (0:59)The power of early emotional support (6:14)A second mom and her struggles (15:31)Adolescence, anger, and diverging paths (20:44) The healing power of poetry therapy (29:15)The creation of Lamenting While Doing Laps in the Lake (31:10)A journey from estrangement to connection (34:11)Closing Reflections: Embracing Creativity for Healing (37:30)Connect with Bill Ratner:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInFacebookXGet Bill's books!Let's Connect:WebsiteLinkedInFacebookInstagramTwitterPinterestThe Grief and Happiness AllianceBook: Emily Thiroux Threatt - Loving and Living Your Way Through Grief Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How does loss become poetry? Bill Ratner's losses lived in the depths of his soul and over time, found expression. Creativity can help us to move grief through us, transforming the shape of it. What was that process for Bill? What moved him to put words to his losses? Every griever wants to be heard, but capturing grief in language is challenging. Join us to learn how Bill was able to embody his experience through his writing.

How does loss become poetry? Bill Ratner's losses lived in the depths of his soul and over time, found expression. Creativity can help us to move grief through us, transforming the shape of it. What was that process for Bill? What moved him to put words to his losses? Every griever wants to be heard, but capturing grief in language is challenging. Join us to learn how Bill was able to embody his experience through his writing.

Bill Ratner joins the show to discuss the 80s voiceover industry and his appearance at fan conventions!

What's the best way to usher in the New Year? On this week's episode, legendary voiceover artist Bill Ratner shares a true story from his early days in Radio: When his green card bride Claudine leaves him, he's alone during the Holidays in an empty double wide and his evening shift duties at KJOI (LA's easy listening music station). So when a fan requests something a bit more intimate than the Percy Faith Orchestra, why not make her happy? And on New Year's Eve, they produce their own live show together over the air waves, using the station's 50,000 watts of power to make the world a bit less lonely.  And Dixie ends the year with the story you've been asking her for. #HappyNewYear   Song: ‘Love's A Stranger' (Warhaus)   New Year l Radio DJ l Drive by Fucking l Anonymous Sex | Music Request Line l Radio Antenna l 1970's l Lubrication l Harlequin Romance Novel l Top of Topanga Mobile Home Park l Double Wide l Vaseline l Instrumental Radio l Muzak l Muumuu | Terrycloth Bathtub Animals l FM Transmitter l Top of the Hour l Station ID l Honda Civic l Radio Console l Blinking LEDs I Percy Faith Orchestra l Middle Age l Smog l Order Up a Man l Microphone l Los Angeles l Happy New Year l Divorce l Radio Tower l Lawrence Welk l Green Card l Quell l Radio Station l Marriage l Swiss l London l LA l Radio Announcer l Chief Engineer l Sales Manager l   About our Storyteller:   Bill Ratner is one of Hollywood's premier voiceover artists and a published poet, essayist, and fiction writer. He narrates movie trailers for Pixar's Inside-Out, Marvel's Ant Man, The Kid Who Would Become King, Cold Pursuit, The Emoji Movie, Coen brothers' Hail Caesar, Will Ferrell's The Campaign, MegaMind, Talladega Nights, etc., commercials for Hyundai, Sprint, Pizza Hut, etc., promos for CBS-TV, NBC-TV, ABC-TV, Cartoon Network, documentary narrations for Discovery, History Channel, Smithsonian Channel, Disney World, and is the game voice of "Donnel Udina" on Mass Effect 1, 2 & 3, and the cartoon voice of "Flint" on G.I. Joe, Robot Chicken, Community, and Family Guy.   One of America's leading storytellers, Bill is a 9-time winner of The Moth Story Slam and a 2-time winner of The Best of The Hollywood Fringe Festival Extension for solo performance. Bill's spoken word performances can be heard on National Public Radio's Good Food, The Business, and KCRW's Strangers. He has told stories at Comedy Central Stage, National Storytelling Festival, Long Beach Comic Con, G.I. Joe Con, Portland Storytelling Festival, Timpanogos Storytelling Conference, National Storytelling Network Conference, and Los Angeles Unified School District classrooms since 1992.   Episode links: Needle Play Acupuncture: Needle Play Acupuncture was made by and for the Kink, Leather, and LGBTQIA+ communities. We deserve to have our whole selves treated, because feeling great, playing hard and having spectacular sex can be health goals too. NeedlePlay specializes in Transgender-affirming, kink-aware, and trauma-informed care that is sex and body-positive. They offer Expertise in Transgender care, from HRT enhancement to hair growth support. Plus, as you'd expect: Back pain, muscle pain, injuries, digestive issues, libido issues, mental health, inflammation, graceful aging through micro-needling, cosmetic acupuncture, and more.   For a limited time, Bawdy Storytelling Listeners  can use the discount code “May I Have Another”, and you'll get 25% off. It's holiday time and an Acupuncture certificate is the perfect gift for your Dominant, your Metamours, or for the self-care you need after those exhausting family gatherings.   SUBSCRIBE: Want to be the first to know where Bawdy is headed to on our National Tour? The best place to stay abreast is our email newsletter. Ticket links will be released on the Bawdy newsletter; as soon as we confirm a date, you can find out there.   You'll be the first to see upcoming Tour Dates, get access to Tickets, Storytelling Workshops, Livestreams, Podcasts, Fan Meetups and Special Events. I've been shadowbanned on Social Media (which means no one can see my posts - and that sucks when you're headed out on a big Tour). So having my social media accounts deleted is probably next. If that happens, the only sure way for you and I to stay in touch is for you to sign up for Bawdy's email newsletter. Please ask your friends to sign up, TOO. Let's be Friends!   Subscribe to the Bawdy Storytelling email list at https://bawdystorytelling.com/subscribe   TOUR DATES for Bawdy's East Coast Tour : • Baltimore MD (Friday, January 19th, 2024) https://tinyurl.com/BawdyBaltimoreFriday   • Baltimore MD (Saturday, January 20th, 2024) https://tinyurl.com/BawdyBaltimoreSaturday Philadelphia PA (City Winery on January 26th, 2024)http://tinyurl.com/BawdyPhilly   Pittsburgh PA (City Winery on February 4th, 2024)https://tinyurl.com/BawdyPittsburgh   Nashville TN (City Winery on Friday, February 9th, 2024):http://tinyurl.com/BawdyNashville   New York City (City Winery on Wednesday, February 14th, 2024):http://tinyurl.com/BawdyNYC   Atlanta GA (City Winery on Saturday, February 17th, 2024): Tickets at https://tinyurl.com/BawdyAtlanta2024 Boston (City Winery on Friday, February 25th, 2024):http://tinyurl.com/BawdyBoston   I'm currently working on Bawdy in Chicago, Milwaukee and St Louis too. Fingers crossed! Want me in your city? Send me a message and let's make a plan! BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com   And YES, Bawdy is truly struggling right now. This Tour is my Hail Mary pass. So If you love the podcast and want it to continue, please HELP.   Your one-time Donation can make a huge difference to Bawdy. Our donation links are: Venmo: Venmo.com/BawdyStorytelling Paypal: paypal.me/bawdystorytelling Zelle: BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com BuyMeACoffee: buymeacoff.ee/bawdy Ca$hApp:   I'll need to fly to certain shows, so Your Airline Miles can help immensely, too. Message me at BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com - and Thank You.   Patreon Special Offer:   All-You-Can-Eat Video Special: Need some Entertainment to keep you thrilled and connected til the world warms up again? Right now, I have an End of Year Special Offer: 40+ Hours of Bawdy on Video! Sign up (or Increase your support) for Bawdy's Patreon and you get: Stories from Margaret Cho, Sunny Megatron, Dirty Lola, Slutever, ReidAboutSex and many more Music from Rachel Lark, Jefferson Bergey, Shirley Gnome - All your favorites 16 Full Livestreams You'll be helping Dixie fulfill her Bawdy Storytelling Tour Dreams • Available at the $25/month or greater level at: https://www.patreon.com/Bawdy   Not a Patreon member yet? Join Bawdy's Patreon now to get exclusive Patreon-only rewards (and my eternal gratitude)   And by the way: THANK YOU for everything you do to keep Bawdy going!   PRIVATE COACHING with Dixie: Want to work one-on-one with me? Right now I'm offering personal branding (your dating profile, website, etc), Storycoaching a nervous new keynote speaker, and I help develop documentaries, craft personal stories for the stage, and write their books - because storytelling is everywhere you wanna be. I can help you live the life that you've always dreamed about: communicate with clarity, help you land your dream job, and discover your own story … Whether it's getting onstage for the first time, writing your memoir, creating a podcast, or learning brand storytelling for your business, I can help. Email me at BawdyStorytelling@gmail.com and let's make it happen.   My upcoming Substack 'The Dixie Ramble' is at https://substack.com/profile/22550258-dixie-de-la-tour #Subscribe   Bawdy Got Me Laid perfume, Bawdy Butter & more: Dixie has created her own fragrance: You'll love #BawdyGotMeLaid perfume, scented with golden honey, amber, ylang ylang, and warm vanilla. There's also our (scented or unscented) creamy Bawdy Butter, Hair & Bawdy Oil, & more. Bawdy Got Me Laid Merchandise means you can deliver your own great smelling Motorboats while supporting Dixie and Bawdy. 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Hey Joes. It's been awhile, but Brother Head is once again solo, to talk about the G.I. Joe Field Manual. This episode, we're digging in to the third chapter, talking about The Joe Team from The Revenge of Cobra! So if you have a copy of the Field Manual, pop it open and take a look with me. Otherwise, sit back, relax, and listen as I go through the third chapter and talk about the Joes from the second mini-series. Write in to gijoe@headspeaks.com and let us know what you thought of this book! You can visit us on the web at http://headcastnetwork.com On Facebook, Google+ and Twitter, we can be found by searching for G.I. Joe: A Real American Headcast And be sure to look for us on Patreon. If you like what we're doing, throw a few bucks in the tin at http://patreon.com/HeadcastNetwork. Yo Joe!

Hey Joes. Spinning out of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero issue 45 or 46 or maybe it was 44.... Anyway.... G.I. Joe Yearbook 2. Brad and myself take a look at the second G.I. Joe Annual. An original story entitled, Triple Play, The Television Joes, The Covers, and The Adventure Continues. Join us as we explore this annual. Write in to gijoe@headspeaks.com and let us know what you thought of this book! You can visit us on the web at http://headcastnetwork.com On Facebook, Google+ and Twitter, we can be found by searching for G.I. Joe: A Real American Headcast And be sure to look for us on Patreon. If you like what we're doing, throw a few bucks in the tin at http://patreon.com/HeadcastNetwork. Yo Joe!

Hey Joes. This month I'm joined in the Headcast Studio by a LEGEND. You know him as the voice of Flint, from G.I. Joe. I know him as the magnificent Bill Ratner. Join me as I talk with Bill and find out more about how he got started, what he did after and what he's doing now! And search Amazon for his works, Parenting for the Digital Age, Fear of Fish, and To Decorate a Casket. And thank you Bill for taking time out of your day to speak with me. Take a listen and let us know what you think. You can visit us on the web at http://gijoe.headspeaks.com On Facebook, Google+ and Twitter, we can be found by searching for G.I. Joe: A Real American Headcast And be sure to look for us on Patreon. If you like what we're doing, throw a few bucks in the tin at http://patreon.com/HeadcastNetwork. Yo Joe!

Inspired by a tale from Armenia, this story starring Amber Nash (Archer, How To Ruin The Holidays), Bill Ratner (Family Guy, G.I. Joe), and Alondra Delgado (All American, Is Mejor to Say ADIÓS) shows how small risks -- and acts of kindness -- can pay off in big ways.

Veteran voice actor Bill Ratner may not be a name you're familiar with, but you've certainly heard his voice. Whether during a cartoon like G.I Joe, an MCU movie trailer like Ant-Man, in a video games like Grand Theft Auto or Mass Effect, or countless other projects, he has worked as a voice actor for over 40 years. Bill talks with us about how he got started working as a voice actor while living in Minnesota, the biggest changes in the voiceover industry and Hollywood since the start of his career and how actors need to have an entrepreneurial quality about them. Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe to the channel to never miss an episode!

Talking Joe - Bill Ratner Interview - Voice of Flint from GI Joe YouTube episode with video available here https://youtu.be/rAwIk_XCOss Tim and Mark speak with Bill Ratner, the voice actor for Flint in the GI Joe cartoons. A highlight is that during the interview as a bit of fun, we recorded a Public Service Announcement based on the new PSAs in the back of the Saturday Morning Adventures book. Link to just the PSA segment: https://youtu.be/oN67WOSB0TQ About Bill Ratner: Bill Ratner is one of Hollywood's premier voiceover artists and a published poet, essayist, fiction writer and spoken word performer. His voice can be heard on movie trailers, TV promos, commercials, documentaries and Video Games… But most importantly he is the cartoon voice of "Flint" on the G.I. Joe Sunbow cartoon, appearing in 45 or so episodes 1984-86 and GI Joe the Movie, celebrating its 35th anniversary. This summer… Talking Joe talks to Bill Ratner! http://www.billratner.com

This week the Dashing Duo welcome a legendary guest to the podcast,  voice actor Bill Ratner.  Bill was the voice of the  character Flint in the original G. I. Joe cartoon,  and he had a lot of great stories to tell.   It was a great interview,  and the Dashing Duo were very excited to talk […]

#billratner #gijoe #voiceactor Legendary voice actor Bill Ratner drops in with Brett today on the show! He's most well-known as the voice of Flint from the iconic GI JOE animated series and movie (which just celebrated its 35th anniversary). Gamers may remember his voice from the Mass Effect (voice of Donnel Udina), Grand Theft Auto, and Final Fantasy franchises as well. Nearly anyone, though, would recognize Bill's voice from the countless commercials and programs he has narrated over the years – from MARVEL and Pixar trailers, to Academy Awards telecasts, to news programs all across the country (CBS, NBC, and ABC), and shows like “Air Crash Investigation,” “I (Almost) Got Away With It,” and “Surviving the Mount St. Helens Disaster” – he has truly done it all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3puy8KHi_4&t=718s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Agents of Fandom are joined by a familiar voice, known for his narrating of blockbuster trailers, and iconic voices such as Flint in Hasbro's TV cartoon G.I. Joe, Bill Ratner.

The good guys and girl of G.I. Joe including Michael Bell "Duke", Bill Ratner "Flint", Mary McDonald-Lewis "Lady Jaye", Will Ryan "Footloose, Francois Chau "Quick Kick", Neil Ross "Shipwreck", and Hank Garrett "Dial Tone" answer fan questions during our...

Author and acclaimed voice actor Bill Ratner joins Christopher Robbins, CEO and co-founder of Familius, to discuss his work and his book Parenting for the Digital Age. https://www.familius.com/book/parenting-for-the-digital-age/ About Bill: Bill Ratner is an American voice actor. He is best known for being the voice in movie trailers and for being the voice of Flint in Hasbro's syndicated TV cartoon G.I. Joe. He reprised the role of “Flint” in episodes of Family Guy and Robot Chicken. In addition to his successful career in voiceovers Bill is a master storyteller—National Storytelling Festival Slam Teller, Best of Hollywood Fringe Festival winner, 8-time Moth StorySLAM Winner, published short story writer, essayist, and playwright. He performs his stories in comedy clubs, theatres, taverns, schools, and storytelling festivals across the country. About the Book: From how to deal with cyberbullying to the strange, true stories behind Barbie and G.I. Joe, media insider Bill Ratner takes an inside look at our wired-up world in a fascinating book—part memoir, part parenting guide—for the digital age. Landing his first job in advertising at age fourteen, Ratner learned early that the media doesn't necessarily have our best interests at heart. His career as one of America's most popular voiceover artists and his life as a parent and educator gives readers a first-hand look at the effects of digital media on children and what you can do about it.

YO! JOE RAPS is a weekly CelebWorx Live Inside Look Into The Iconic Saturday Morning Cartoon Series: G.I. JOE! Hosts Christopher Arsaga and Nery Lemus, and SPECIAL GUEST Bill Ratner, legendary voice-over actor behind Flint, will discuss stories behind the iconic series. Join us every Thursday for an EXCLUSIVE behind the scenes discussion with the CelebWorx duo that brings many of your childhood heroes to a convention near you! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/celebworx-live/support

On this latest installment of LEVYCAST, host Dan Levy digs into the world of voice over with one of the country's biggest voice over talent's. You've heard his voice in movie trailers, TV affiliates around the country, commercials and he's also the voice of GI Joe's; "Flint"! Hollywood's Bill Ratner is a great friend of mine and we discuss the inner workings of the industry and advice that he has for all those that would like to jump into the world of voice over! As always, please like, comment, subscribe and share! Most of all stay safe and enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dan-levy8/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dan-levy8/support

What better way is there to look back at the 2010s (aka The WOJM Decade) than with our tribute to the running jokes that have fueled our discussions since 2011?  It was impossible to catch everything, but hopefully your favorites will show up somewhere in this well-placed tribute to the most overbearing running joke in the English language, the number 69.  Mike, Joe, and an ironically-debuting Wristlock Wes Whitlock invite you to enjoy the end of the WOJM Decade with a complete lack of class but good intentions and lots of love!  We'll catch you again in 2020... the start of The WOJM Decade Part II: Electric Boogaloo! Special thanks to the talent heard on this episode: Erik Arana, Chuck Averitt, Justin Bell, Michael Bell, Jared Bunnell, Jon M. Chu, Joe Colton, Brian Cummings, Sara Detrick, Ryan Drost, Chuck Emanuele, Shannon Gallant, Gary Godsoe, George Greenoe, Larry Hama, Gary Head, Zack Hoffman, Eddie Inman, Mike Irizarry, Rob Irizarry, Jamie Johnson, James Kavanaugh, Carson Mataxis, Chris McLeod, Kate McLeod, Craig Moore, Johnny Pottorf, Bill Ratner, Kevin Michael Richardson, Neil Ross, Hawk Sanders, Brian Savage, Greg Schueller, David Tree, Brian Tudor, Bobby Vala, Page Wagner, Kevin Watts, and Mark Weber, and a shout out to everyone else who has made making this show so much fun!

Bill Ratner is an American voice actor. He is best known for being the voice in movie trailers and for being the voice of Flint in Hasbro’s syndicated TV cartoon “G.I. Joe.” He reprised the role of Flint in episodes of “Family Guy” and “Robot Chicken.” In addition to his successful career in voiceovers Bill is a master storyteller—National Storytelling Festival Slam Teller, Best of Hollywood Fringe Festival winner, 8-time Moth StorySLAM Winner, published short story writer, essayist, and playwright. He performs his stories in comedy clubs, theatres, taverns, schools, and storytelling festivals across the country. Bill is the author of “Parenting for the Digital Age: The Truth behind Media's Effect on Children and What To Do About It,” published by Familius Press. Bill Ratner’s Social Media Twitter: @BILLRATNER  LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bill-ratner-77a5316/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/billratner.voiceover.author/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/billratner/ Websites: BillRatner.com   Jones.Show’s Social Media: Twitter: @randallkjones @siriouslysusan  Instagram: @RandallKennethJones @SiriouslySusan  Facebook: www.facebook.com/mindzoo/ www.facebook.com/siriouslysusan/ Join us in the Jones.Show Lounge on Facebook Jones.Show RandallKennethJones.com SusanCBennett.com

We speak with iconic voice actors Mary McDonald-Lewis & Bill Ratner who, among other things, voiced Lady Jaye & Flint in the classic 80's G.I. Joe cartoon series!!!

We speak with iconic voice actors Mary McDonald-Lewis & Bill Ratner who, among other things, voiced Lady Jaye & Flint in the classic 80's G.I. Joe cartoon series!!!   Support the show by clicking through to Amazon via our affiliate link and then shop like you normally would bit.ly/geektome

Hi all! Happy Thursday! Today I chat with the ever-lovely Bill Ratner. You may recognize him as the voice of multiple movie trailers. In this week's episode, we talk about trends in voiceover, how to find success in voiceovers and finding your authentic voice. Be sure to check out Bill's upcoming workshops! I know I'll be there!

Voice Over Body Shop Our guest this THis Week on Voice Over Body Shop, BILL RATNER, is one of Hollywood's premier voices and storytellers, narrating movie trailers, Documentaries, voicing Cartoons, Games, Promos, and storytelling conferences and festivals. He is a 9-time winner of The Moth Story SLAM and a 2-time winner of The Best of The Hollywood Fringe Festival Extension for solo performance! Check out BillRatner.com and you'll instantly know his voice! Bill just published an insightful book called ‘Parenting in the Digital Age. In that vein, joining us will be his Daughter Arianna! An accomplished voice talent in her own right, voicing commercials and video games! A great night of stories and VO tips for all! ALSO!!! Dan and George want to answer your home voice over studio questions sent to: theguys@VOBS.tv and share the latest in VO tech, our topic of the week and much more!

Episode 301 - Chuck & Stacey are here for Part 1 interview with highly sought after movie trailer manager, Jason Helzner and one of the voice over industry's top movie trailer voice actors, Scott Rummell. Some of Scott's recent movie trailer work includes: Mile 22, Avengers: Infinity War, The Shape Of Water, Darkest Hour and many others. Jason Helzner represents some of the most in-demand movie trailer voice actors such as: Jeff Collins, Chris Corley, Ben Patrick Johnson, Bill Ratner, Brian Lee, Melissa Disney, among others. The show starts off with some fun and laughs, but then ends with us talking all about the in's and out's of the trailer business. Including the difference between having an agent and a manager, when you need a manager to represent you, how to become a great trailer voice actor, what types of voices and read styles are popular in today's movie trailer business, how the read changes when targeting a male vs. female audience, the daily demands and quick turnaround required for working movie trailer voice talents. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://goo.gl/fEKnBm Watch more videos and get the latest voiceover news, advice and updates on exclusive contests and giveaways at http://vobuzzweekly.com and make sure you join our newsletter. Past giveaways include: Coaching, Books, Studio Gear and even Agent Representation. #VOBuzzWeekly #VoiceOver #MovieTrailerVoice CONNECT WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/VOBuzzWeekly Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/VOBuzzWeekly Instagram: https://instagram.com/vobuzzweekly Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/vobuzzweekly/ VO BUZZ WEEKLY IS SPONSORED BY: Demos That Rock http://www.demosthatrock.com Neumann Sennheiser Microphones USA http://www.neumannusa.com http://en-us.sennheiser.com Throat Coat Tea http://www.traditionalmedicinals.com Entertainer's Secret http://www.entertainers-secret.com Najla's Bodygood Bars http://najlas.com/index.php/products/... Stacey J. Aswad http://www.staceyjaswad.com Voiceover Essentials http://voiceoveressentials.com Voiceover T-Shirts, Hats, Jackets, and MORE! http://www.vobuzzweekly.com/store.html Have you ever wanted to be a voice actor? Maybe you’ve heard the voice from a movie trailer, TV commercial, video game, cartoon, celebrity impressions, internet or radio ad, and thought, “I want to do that!” Do you wonder what it takes to succeed in the voice over business? Or, are you a fan looking to finally put a "face to the voice" of the biggest and best celebrity voice artists? Well, your search is over! VO Buzz Weekly is the hit global voice over web show that's inspiring, educating and entertaining viewers in over 85 countries around the world. Every week, you get up close and personal with a top narrator, voice actor or actress from your favorite cartoons, animation, television promo, TV show, movies, audiobooks, movie trailer, TV commercials and video games, along with the top voice casting directors and agents working in the industry today. You’ll get the inside scoop on how voice artists work from home in their own home studio! Get tips for setting up your vocal booth and voice over equipment. Learn proper microphone technique and other critical skills to enhance your audio and find the right sound for your voice to nail voice over auditions and casting calls. Learn what to look for when seeking a voice coach, and peek behind the voice casting curtain to learn the secrets that improve every voice over audition and narration. VO Buzz Weekly is so much more than just “how to do voice over.” From voice coaching to home business advice, every episode is full of tips, inspiring personal stories and insights to help you succeed in the booming voice over industry, and in life. It’s comprehensive voice over training like you’ve never seen before. Whether you’ve been doing voiceover work for years, or are interested in voice acting, VO Buzz Weekly has something for you! Subscribe now and never miss an episode! VO Buzz Weekly primary focus points: How To Do Voice Over, Voice Over Training, Voice Over Classes, Voice Over Business, Voice Over Coach, Voice Over Lessons, Learn Voice Over, Voice Over Technique for Voice Actors.

Jordon sits down with voice over artist Bill Ratner, known for dozens of voices you've heard before on TV and radio, yet most famous (at least to Jordon) as the voice of Flint on the popular cartoon G.I. Joe. Before finding success as an artist and a storyteller, Bill essentially became an orphan at an early age, losing his mother at 7, his brother at 13, and his father just 3 months after that. For over 50 years, Bill has found ways to continually strive to bask in the light, driven by the loving and supportive environment he enjoyed for far too little time. We talk about the helpful nature of various forms of therapy, and how our loved ones find ways to reach out and continue to be a force in our lives. Follow Bill on Twitter @BillRatner Check him out online and find out where you can see him live! http://billratner.com/

What an amazing guest we have for you this week! Mr. Bill Ratner, the voice of Flint, joins the Joe on Joe show to dig deep into the history of making the show we all love! We talk about everything, from the casting session, to recording the show, and beyond. This is an episode that you will not want to miss! Oh, and the Joe team has to stop Cobra with the help of a James Bond type, an amazing episode! Our Filecard Feature is on the G.I. Joe Pilot Ace! This episode was brought to you by Wildkat Wrestling! Visit wildkattv.wildkatwrestling.com and enter the promo code JOEONJOE to get your first month free of the best wrestling in the south!  

Voiceover actor, Bill Ratner, joins Emily to talk about his journey as a theatre-loving Minnesotan to one of the most recognizable voices in Hollywood.To check out Bill's website, go to www.billratner.com 

June's Interview:GI Joe interview panel: Bill Ratner / Mary McDonald-Lewis / Neil Ross G.I. Joe is still one of the best cartoons ever made - come and listen to Flint, Lady Jaye and Shipwreck talk about this amazing cartoon! Don't forget to donate to help keep us going - even if it's a dollar: DONATEPlease rate us on iTunes: iTunesVisit our website: www.SaturdayMorningRewind.comFollow us on Twitter: @SaturdayRewindFollow us on Facebook: Facebook

VOICE-OVER ACTOR | NOVELIST - Bill Ratner is one of Hollywood's most popular voice-over artists on movie trailers, computer games, commercials, documentaries on the Discovery Channel, History Channel, Travel Channel, Smithsonian Channel, the voice of "Flint" in the G.I. Joe TV cartoon, Robot Chicken, Community, and Family Guy, "Ambassador Donnell Udina" in Mass Effect 1, 2 & 3. His spoken word stories air on National Public Radio's Good Food, The Business, and KCRW's Strangers. Mr. Bill Ratner is a 9-Time Winner of The Moth Story Slams and 2-Time "Best of Hollywood Fringe Festival Extension Winner for Solo Performance." Familus Press just published his latest book about the business, "Parenting for the Digital Age" and they did a rave review about it in TIME Magazine. INTERVIEW QUESTIONS INCLUDE: Why are so many A-List celebrities doing voice-over work now when they used to avoid it like the plague? If you're not financially surviving as a voice-over union actor and accept non-union work, what will happen? Explain the royalty system of union voice-over actors? What are the pros and cons of a union voice-over actor and a non-union voice-over actor? WEBSITE: BillRatner.com

VOICE-OVER ACTOR | NOVELIST - Bill Ratner is one of Hollywood's most popular voice-over artists on movie trailers, computer games, commercials, documentaries on the Discovery Channel, History Channel, Travel Channel, Smithsonian Channel, the voice of "Flint" in the G.I. Joe TV cartoon, Robot Chicken, Community, and Family Guy, "Ambassador Donnell Udina" in Mass Effect 1, 2 & 3. His spoken word stories air on National Public Radio's Good Food, The Business, and KCRW's Strangers. Mr. Bill Ratner is a 9-Time Winner of The Moth Story Slams and 2-Time "Best of Hollywood Fringe Festival Extension Winner for Solo Performance." Familus Press just published his latest book about the business, "Parenting for the Digital Age" and they did a rave review about it in TIME Magazine. INTERVIEW QUESTIONS INCLUDE: Why are so many A-List celebrities doing voice-over work now when they used to avoid it like the plague? If you're not financially surviving as a voice-over union actor and accept non-union work, what will happen? Explain the royalty system of union voice-over actors? What are the pros and cons of a union voice-over actor and a non-union voice-over actor? WEBSITE: BillRatner.com

"Parenting for the Digital Age: The Truth Behind Media's Effect on Children, and What To Do About It" Show Guest: Billl Ratner Children are a major target of today's media marketers. So, in middle-age, Bill Ratner went back to college and pioneered a program in the Los Angeles public schools to educate children about the major purpose of TV and the internet-to sell. In his new book, "Parenting for the Digital Age: The Truth Behind Media's Effect on Children, and What To Do About It". This book is a valuable guide for parents on how to view, teach, and control today's new media and technology available to children.

"Parenting for the Digital Age: The Truth Behind Media's Effect on Children, and What To Do About It" Show Guest: Billl Ratner Children are a major target of today's media marketers. So, in middle-age, Bill Ratner went back to college and pioneered a program in the Los Angeles public schools to educate children about the major purpose of TV and the internet-to sell. In his new book, "Parenting for the Digital Age: The Truth Behind Media's Effect on Children, and What To Do About It". This book is a valuable guide for parents on how to view, teach, and control today's new media and technology available to children.

Voiceover Artist/Author Bill Ratner talks about old Hollywood, screen time, and how to parent in the digital age. Listen now on any one of your digital devices! Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There's one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We'd love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You'll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! See our Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and our California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Voiceover Artist/Author Bill Ratner talks about old Hollywood, screen time, and how to parent in the digital age. Listen now on any one of your digital devices! Here’s a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you’re listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you’ll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There’s one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We’d love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You’ll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It’s good karma guys!

A fascinating and relevant phone interview with our guest Bill Ratner, who wrote "Parenting for the Digital Age." What is going to be of our kids, who are exposed to so much online?

A fascinating and relevant phone interview with our guest Bill Ratner, who wrote "Parenting for the Digital Age." What is going to be of our kids, who are exposed to so much online?

Bill Ratner is BACK!  Yes, the man you know as Flint has BLOWN up lately.  You can hear his voice on commercials from cars to cookies.  Despite being a most awesome guest, he holds GI Joe near and dear to his heart.  You can catch him next at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, June 18-21 and 25-28 performing LIVE and ON STAGE: The True Life Adventures of Barbie and GI Joe.  What has Flint gotten himself into THIS time?  Also...Arune Singh is BACK!  That's right, our good buddy with Marvel Television stops in to talk about how cool (or not cool if you are Gary) a Joe/Transformers crossover would be.  Prompted by the new IDW title, Arune thought the time was right to put it up for debate.  You might be surprised how the gang reacts.  In addition, all the latest about the Boss Fight Kickstarter, mailbag and all the good stuff we got in since JoeCon.  We're back on track!  Enjoy!

The man with a voice of an angel - or perhaps the voice of God actually - takes us back to 1970's Topanga Canyon.

Wayne and Natalie discuss their experiences as SAG-AFTRA members. They chat with special guest, Bill Ratner about his 35 year voiceover career, get his advice on training and working as a voiceover actor and even hear from G.I.Joe's Flint. For more information on Bill Ratner, check out www.billratner.com.

Well, it's finally here!! The 100th episode of Star Joes!! To help celebrate this momentous episode, the guys brought back some of their favorite guests from the past. Robert Atkins is made an official host on the show. Mike Costa talks about what 80s property might be next for him. Shannon Gallant keeps the guys guessing what he might say next. And new for this special episode, the guys welcome voice actor Bill Ratner (the voice of Flint from the 80s G.I. Joe cartoon series) to the show. All of this and C-3PO raps!! Enjoy this mammoth episode!!

Master storyteller Bill Ratner explains what happens when a Jew, an Episcopalian, and a Unitarian go to his parents wedding.   

Master storyteller (and Story Worthy announcer!) Bill Ratner explains what happens when a Jew, an Episcopalian, and a Unitarian go to his parents wedding. Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There's one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We'd love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You'll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! See our Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and our California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Master storyteller (and Story Worthy announcer!) Bill Ratner explains what happens when a Jew, an Episcopalian, and a Unitarian go to his parents wedding. Here’s a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you’re listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you’ll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There’s one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We’d love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You’ll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It’s good karma guys!

In this episode the guys recorded the voice actors panel at Joe Con. The panel had Bill Ratner, the voice of Flint, and Mary McDonald-Lewis, the voice of Lady Jaye, from the Sunbow G.I. Joe cartoon. They do an impromptu script reading live where you can still hear the characters come to life and they give some insight to some of the behind the scenes that occurred while doing the show. All of this plus a Patton Oswalt rant at the end for your enjoyment!

Remember Flint from the original GI Joe? Yep, that’s right, we persuaded voice over artist and award-winning storyteller Bill Ratner to sit down with us and chat about 80’s cartoons, good ol’ fashion broadcasting, and the upcoming book from this multi-hypenate storyteller-author-omni-present voice. 

January’s Interview: Bill Ratner Bill was the voice of ‘Flint" in the original G.I. Joe! (intro recorded by Larry Kenney from Thundercats) Please rate us on iTunes. Find us online: www.hitrockbottom.org/saturdaymorningrewind.html And follow us on Facebook and Twitter!

Thom Pinto, freelance voice actor and iconic status. At least to me! He says that makes him sound old. To him! Join Rebecca as she speaks with Thom about his iconic status, Susan Blu and the book ‘Word of Mouth'… It's an after Thanksgiving cornucopia of VO goings-on, mimicking the tv, radio commercials and then his own studio. But there's also the Hawks Recording studio in the seedy part of Hollywood where Orson Welles liked to hang out and record… Peter Falk…. Crossing paths with Bill Ratner.   Thom Pinto, a Commercial, Promo and Documentary voice actor since the early 80s, has national campaigns including Pacific Life, NetZero, Honda Motorcycles, Chevron and Staples.  He's doing promos for every major network and is currently heard daily on the CBS Evening News as well as affiliates across the country.  Thom's narration credits run the gamut of serious documentaries on the History Channel and Smithsonian network to lighter projects for the Travel Channel.  He's been recognized for his audio book narrative of “The Little Book of Common Sense Investing.”  And on ‘the side' he is Coach to hundreds of working voice actors in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Learn more at www.thompinto.com and on facebook. Love That VoiceOver is a podcast showcasing in-depth interviews unveiling the personalities and projects behind the mic, with your fun loving host LoveThatRebecca, aka Rebecca Haugh!  Every week it's a new interview with a fresh perspective on the art and artistry behind the microphone....

Find out what everyone is talking about!  "Shotgun Story Worthy" the game show, with judges writer Annabelle Gurwitch and MOTH producer Gary Buchler.  And featuring storytellers Jim Coughlin, Bill Ratner, Kevin McGeehan, Wendy Wilkins, Sharon Houston, Evan Gore and Nikki Levy.  Spin that Wheel!!

Find out what everyone is talking about!  "Shotgun Story Worthy" the game show, with judges writer Annabelle Gurwitch and MOTH producer Gary Buchler.  And featuring storytellers Jim Coughlin, Bill Ratner, Kevin McGeehan, Wendy Wilkins, Sharon Houston, Evan Gore and Nikki Levy.  Spin that Wheel!! Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There's one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We'd love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You'll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! See our Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and our California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Find out what everyone is talking about!  "Shotgun Story Worthy" the game show, with judges writer Annabelle Gurwitch and MOTH producer Gary Buchler.  And featuring storytellers Jim Coughlin, Bill Ratner, Kevin McGeehan, Wendy Wilkins, Sharon Houston, Evan Gore and Nikki Levy.  Spin that Wheel!! Here’s a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you’re listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you’ll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There’s one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We’d love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You’ll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It’s good karma guys!

Comic Wayne Federman and MOTH producer Kerry Armstrong judge amazing storytellers as they spin the Wheel of Truth and tell a 1 minute story on the topic they land.  Enjoy Shotgun Story Worthy with Wendy Wilkins, Richard Lucas, Brian Farrell, Jude Shelton, Sharon Houston, John Grady, Peter Spruyt, Bill Ratner, Jim Coughlin, Jennifer Vally, and the winner Betty Goldstein! Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There's one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We'd love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You'll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! See our Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and our California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Comic Wayne Federman and MOTH producer Kerry Armstrong, judge amazing storytellers as they spin the Wheel of Truth and tell a 1 minute story on the topic they land.  Enjoy “SHOTGUN STORY WORTHY” with Wendy Wilkins, Richard Lucas, Brian Farrell, Jude Shelton, Sharon Houston, John Grady, Peter Spruyt, Bill Ratner, Jim Coughlin, Jennifer Vally, and WINNER Betty Goldstein!

Comic Wayne Federman and MOTH producer Kerry Armstrong judge amazing storytellers as they spin the Wheel of Truth and tell a 1 minute story on the topic they land.  Enjoy Shotgun Story Worthy with Wendy Wilkins, Richard Lucas, Brian Farrell, Jude Shelton, Sharon Houston, John Grady, Peter Spruyt, Bill Ratner, Jim Coughlin, Jennifer Vally, and the winner Betty Goldstein! Here’s a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you’re listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you’ll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There’s one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We’d love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You’ll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It’s good karma guys!

Comedian Jimmy Dore and MOTH producer Kerry Armstrong, judge 15 storytellers as they play “SHOTGUN STORY WORTHY LIVE!” The contestants spin the Story Worthy Wheel of Truth and tell a true, 1-minute story on the spot...(insert Shotgun Sound here!) Join Frank Nicotero, Sharon Houston, Evan Gore, Kevin McGeehan, Bill Ratner, Michael Kass, John Grady, Jessie Kahnweiler, Betty Goldstein, Jennifer Vally, Adam Gropman Brian Farrell, Jackie Marriot, and WINNER Wendy Wilkins! Say it with me- SPIN THAT WHEEL!

Comedian Jimmy Dore and MOTH producer Kerry Armstrong judge 15 storytellers as they play SHOTGUN STORY WORTHY LIVE! The contestants spin the Story Worthy Wheel of Truth and tell a true, 1-minute story on the spot. Join Frank Nicotero, Sharon Houston, Evan Gore, Kevin McGeehan, Bill Ratner, Michael Kass, John Grady, Jessie Kahnweiler, Betty Goldstein, Jennifer Vally, Adam Gropman Brian Farrell, Jackie Marriot, and WINNER Wendy Wilkins! Say it with me- SPIN THAT WHEEL! Here's a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you're listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you'll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There's one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We'd love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You'll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It's good karma guys! See our Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and our California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Comedian Jimmy Dore and MOTH producer Kerry Armstrong judge 15 storytellers as they play SHOTGUN STORY WORTHY LIVE! The contestants spin the Story Worthy Wheel of Truth and tell a true, 1-minute story on the spot. Join Frank Nicotero, Sharon Houston, Evan Gore, Kevin McGeehan, Bill Ratner, Michael Kass, John Grady, Jessie Kahnweiler, Betty Goldstein, Jennifer Vally, Adam Gropman Brian Farrell, Jackie Marriot, and WINNER Wendy Wilkins! Say it with me- SPIN THAT WHEEL! Here’s a few links to help you get the most out of Story Worthy- if you’re listening on an iPhone, all you need to do is tap the cover art while the show is playing, and you’ll see the episode notes, including the links. There is one to subscribe, http://bit.ly/2eSlJZw please do! There’s one to our Facebook page and to our email address. We’d love to hear from you, either there, or on our survey at wondery.com/survey. You’ll also find some special deals courtesy of our sponsors like Hello Fresh (promo code STORY30) Casper Mattress, and Audible (promo code STORYWORTHY). It’s good karma guys!