Stephanie talks to Andrew Lander, a transplant from the corporate world who does commercials, corporate narration, eLearning and more. Andrew started his career last year and learned about VO not only from working hard with coaches and taking classes but also from podcasts. We talk about navigating doing VO while still having a full time job, marketing ideas, and the value of a business plan.

Stephanie talks to Marisa Dargahi, a voice actor and voice acting coach who has worked in commercials, corporate videos, and more. Marisa also spent some time behind the mic as a casting director and offers valuable insights into that side of the business.

Stephanie talks to Joey Schaljo, a voice actor who does commercials, eLearning, corporate narration, medical narration, and live announce. We talk about what it’s like to announce the New York City Marathon, creative marketing ideas, and how much she loves spreadsheets!

Stephanie talks to Lindsay Sheppard, a voice actor who works across genres in animation, dubbing, eLearning, commercials and more. We talk about animation techniques, being a mom in the industry, and some insider tips about submitting to agents.

Stephanie talks to Christopher “Zippy” Kaufman, a voice actor who works in commercials, corporate narration, eLearning, explainers, and more. He’s also an improv-er and sketch comedian as well. Stephanie and Zippy talk about everything from self direction to self doubt, the "conversational read," home recording sessions, and how leaving what he thought was his dream job led him to find his dream career of voice over.

Stephanie talks to Cherie B. Tay, a Broadway stage manager turned voice actor. Cherie started her voice over career a few years ago but really dug in once the pandemic hit in March of 2020 and theatre shut down. Since then she has hit the ground running and has become a valuable member of the voice over community working in genres like commercial, eLearning, animation, narration, IVR, and more. Her viral “stage manager calls" video was a huge hit and she also participated in the TikTok musical Ratatouille.

Stephanie talks to Michael Crouch, an experienced audiobook narrator who has also worked in commercials, promo, and anime. He gives us a peek into his process as an audiobook narrator and tells us how he puts his acting training to use.

Stephanie talks to Jamie Muffett, an experienced voice actor who works in commercials, corporate narration, video games, and more. Jamie comes from an audio engineer / music background and he shares valuable information about home studios and editing audio. We also get a peek into what it’s like to work in the video game and MoCap industries.

On this episode of Making it to the Mic, Stephanie talks to Maria Pendolino, a successful voice actor who’s been in the business over 10 years. Maria works in many different genres including commercials, corporate narration, eLearning, explainer videos, animation, and more! She’s also a “negotiation queen” and encourages and empowers voice actors to charge what they and their time are worth.

Welcome to Making It To The Mic! This is the trailer episode to let you know what the podcast is about.

Everyone has to start somewhere right? In voice over, there are so many places to start and paths to travel down. On this podcast we interview a variety of voice over artists from different backgrounds about how they got their start. We focus on what it was like in the early days of their career, how they found their way in the voice over industry, and what steps they took to create the careers they have now.

Hosted by Stephanie Pam Roberts, a musical theatre actress turned voice actor who made it to the mic over 10 years ago. Stephanie built her career from the ground up working mostly from her home studio with jobs she booked on her own. Since then she’s grown her business and has voiced everything from national commercials to corporate projects to kids apps, and more!