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Send us a text We’re gearing up for a “snowpocalypse” here in Virginia – so what better time than now to start Season 6 of my podcast! Hi!! Thanks for tuning in to another episode of “Live with Squacky”! I’m your host, Val Kelly – otherwise known as “Squackyvoice”!! Today on our show I’ll be chatting with the super talented Kelsey Painter – otherwise known as “The VO Opossum”!! I’m pretty sure crossed paths with  Kelsey several years ago at an online event - but only really had the chance to have real conversation with her and work with her in my mastery session on Characters that I hosted with Nate Begle this past November at MAVO2025! She’s hilarious and so talented!! Kelsey’s University and early professional background is in classical and contemporary theatre, through which she developed expert script analysis skills and explored a vast spread of different acting techniques and approaches. Kelsey describes herself as a “one of a kind, out of left field, funky weirdo, who is great for your environment (aka project)!” She brings sparkle and grit to every character she voices regardless of size, shape or galactic origin. Kelsey has a lot of success in interactive projects such as video games and animation projects. Support the show For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, To find out more and to register for MAVO2026 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com 30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!!

Send us a text Ooh - I can't believe it's time for a WRAP UP episode for the year!! It's SO crazy how fast time flies!! Anyway, in this fun episode, I chat about the highlights of MAVO2025, what MAVO2026 will look like and I also threw in a segment on my favorite tv shows and movies I watched this year!! LOL!!  If you're interested in becoming a MAVO Member for 2026, you have until MIDNIGHT on December 31st, 2025 to get in on that. Membership closes after that! HERE'S the link to do that now!!  Also, if you'd like to put your $20 non-refundable down payment on your MAVO2026 ticket, that deal expires at midnight on 12/31/25 as well!! HERE is the link to do that now!!  Thanks for tuning in!! New episodes will be released for Season 6 starting in January 2026!! In the meantime, stay SCRAPPY and don't forget to audition EVERY DAY!!!  Support the show For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, To find out more and to register for MAVO2026 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com 30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!!

Send us a text Join me in the fun recap of MAVO2025 episode!! I reenact my opening remarks from #MAVO2025 and talk about how the conference was as a whole!! Thanks for listening!! :)  Support the show For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, To find out more and to register for MAVO2026 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com 30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!!

Send us a text In this crazy episode, I talk all about the Louvre Heist - y'know because it needs to be talked about!! BUT, I also talk about MAVO2025 and our awesome line-up of guest speakers and why you should register!!! Enjoy!! This is a fun one!!!  Support the show For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, To find out more and to register for MAVO2026 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com 30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!!

Send us a text We have a new intro song for the podcast…. well, I’m at least trying it out for this episode! 🤣Let me know what you think!  In this episode, I chat all about details of our upcoming MAVO2025 10 year anniversary « Get Inspired » VO conference! I released the schedule recently and I hope you guys will take a look at all the great sessions we’re offering this year! Breakout and mastery sign ups and sales go live on August 29th at 10am ET but you need a general admission ticket first to have access to those. So set an alarm and don’t miss out! I hope to see you all on November 7-9 at this great VO event in Herndon, Virginia!  Support the show For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, To find out more and to register for MAVO2026 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com 30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!!

Send us a text Happy 4th!! I hope you all have a wonderful and fun day with friends and family!! In this episode, I talk about the importance of monologues and how they fit into the VO world. I recently talk a class about this called, "Exploring Character Depth" and it was a really great one!! Don't let the idea of monologues intimidate you. With enough practice, they will help you to improve your acting skills and auditioning skills.  I also give a fast update on MAVO2025 because it's only about 4 months away now and it's getting pretty exciting! The schedule is a work in progress - as it always is at this point in the planning process. But my goal is to have it done and released by the end of July or very beginning of August so you guys can start planning out your weekend of sessions!!! But you've gotta have a ticket to be there, so stop procrastinating and just go buy it! You know you don't want to miss it! It's our 10 year anniversary event!! What could be more epic than that!!!? GO!!! DO IT NOW!!!!! Thanks for tuning in!! I appreciate it!! Have a wonderful holiday!!! Until next time... :)  Support the show For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, To find out more and to register for MAVO2026 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com 30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!!

Send us a text I don't know about where you all live - but it's Hot AF in Virginia right now!!! So, it's finally summer and we're all just trying to stay cool!!! LOL! In this episode, I talk weather, MAVO2025 news and updates and webinar news! We have a webinar on Thursday, June 26 from 7-8:30pm ET hosted by "Uncle" Roy Yokelson! The session is called, "VO Audio Terminology: Simplified & Demonstrated!" In this crazy world of home studio auditions, self-directing and auditioning daily, everyone needs to make sure they're in the loop on audio terminology. Uncle Roy will explain what everything means, as well as demonstrate how to apply this all to your editing process! There will be Q & A and it's really going to be a great session!! Click HERE to register now!!  "Uncle" Roy also talks about the upcoming radio dramas that will take place at MAVO2025 on November 7-9 and if you'd like to see a past one you can click HERE!! Thanks for tuning in!! I Hope to see you all at MAVO2025 in November and at all of our webinars before then!!! For more info on all MAVO events visit https://www.midatlanticvo.com  Support the show For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, To find out more and to register for MAVO2026 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com 30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!!

Send us a text I know I’m a little late to the game here – but Happy New Year!!! 2025 is off to a weird start! There’s not really any other way to put it! It’s been busy and crazy as usual, but I just feel like the world is in a strange place right now. I don’t know about you guys, but I have weeks where I get like 50 auditions and then the next week only 4!! It seems to be tougher to get a call back lately too! Time to up my skills I guess!! I really felt like if I was going to get myself out of this kind of funk I’ve been in lately, I needed to get advice from industry people that know what’s really happening!! My special guest today is Kelly Moscinski! Kelly is the Owner and Head of Casting at "The Voicecaster" – the oldest voiceover casting house in the country, established in 1975! With about 20 years of experience in VO and even more in entertainment, Kelly casts and directs all things voiceover… PLUS she’s a demo producer and coach. Kelly has owned "The Voicecaster" since 2013 and took over as the company’s 3 rd  owner. She has a bachelor’s degree in Theatre with a Focus in Directing and a master’s degree in English with a Focus in Creative Writing.  When Kelly is not busy at the studio, she’s enjoying adventures with her husband and their two kids, listening to audiobooks, or re-organizing the house! I hope you enjoy the episode!  Support the show For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, To find out more and to register for MAVO2026 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com 30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!!

Send us a text Who else is obsessed with the movie "Wicked" right now?! I'm positive I'm not the only one!! LOL! In this episode of "Live with Squacky", I chat about the movie "Wicked", how much I love it, how I'm obsessed with the soundtrack and how you absolutely MUST go see it!! BUT, I ALSO chat about how this relates to the VO world and how the song "Defying Gravity" changed my whole way of thinking about the MAVO conference and about many things in my life. It's a very powerful song with a powerful message. This is a fun, short episode to wrap up 2024!!  More episodes of Season 5 are coming in January 2025!! Stay tuned!!! Thanks to everyone who supports the show by listening regularly! #vo #actorslife  Support the show For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, To find out more and to register for MAVO2026 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com 30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!!

Send us a text MAVO2024 was a wonderful event!! If you missed it, this is a great way to find out what you missed! If you were there, I think you'll enjoy reliving the memories!   One very important thing I forgot to mention in my recap is that Tim Friedlander's Keynote was absolutely EPIC!!! He is such an inspiring guy! He talked about how many failures he's had to go through to get to where he is today. It was motivating, so well done and he absolutely accomplished the goal of inspiring everyone at the event. He was by far one of the best Keynotes we've ever had! If you guys aren't members of NAVA yet, please go join today!!!  I also didn't talk about this in the episode, but Everett Oliver hosted our first ever MAVO Teen program on Saturday of the event and it went really well! My daughter Chloe attended and she said it was really fun and she learned a lot!! I don't know if we will do it in 2025, but it was a good experience for those who attended this year!  To go into great detail about every session at the event would've taken hours, so I just tried to hit some of the highlights in this episode. My opening remarks are in here too, so if you missed those, I hope you'll feel inspired when you listen!! We have one more episode coming up in another week or so that will wrap up our shows for 2024. Then we will resume in January 2025, but it will still be Season 5!! Support the show For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, To find out more and to register for MAVO2026 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com 30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!!

Send us a text Hey friends!!! It has been a CRAAAAZY few weeks!! Honestly, from one year to the next I somehow always forget how busy it is when it’s this close to our next MAVO event!! This year is our 9th Conference and I’m SO freaking excited about it!!! Hi! Thanks for tuning in to another episode of “Live with Squacky”! I’m your host, Val Kelly – otherwise known as “Squackyvoice”!! My Special Guest today is someone I actually met in - I think it was 2012 – at one of the first VO conferences I ever went to!! Anne Ganguzza is a professional voice actor, coach, and award-winning producer with a dynamic presence and a passion for all things voice + technology. She works with talent around the world who are interested in boosting their VO career to the next level, using target-marketed demos and customized marketing strategies in addition to vocal coaching. Her networking group, the VO Peeps, offers meetups and workouts with incredible opportunities for feedback and growth; while her VO BOSS podcast can be heard weekly around the globe, and highlights prescient industry topics with a fresh take on what’s happening in voice over. Anne's voiceover credits include United Healthcare, Delta, Pearson, Mercedes Benz, PayPal, Wells Fargo, Michelin, Credit Suisse, Cisco, Toyota, Panasonic, Baxter, Xerox, and more... Anne is going to be a guest speaker at our MAVO2024 conference this year coming up in just a few short weeks! She will offer a general session on corporate narration, and then two, 3-hour mastery sessions. One will be on E-learning and the other will be on narration acting – including corporate, explainer and medical genres. Anne is an expert coach and an amazing teacher. I hope you enjoy this interview!! Take $100 off all full-weekend MAVO2024 tickets with discount code MAVO100 and $50 off all 1 day MAVO2024 tickets with code OCT50. Offer valid until October 31, 2024. Support the show For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, To find out more and to register for MAVO2026 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com 30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!!

Send us a text As you guys probably know, the MAVO2024 “Get Inspired” Voiceover Conference is coming up in just a few weeks on November 8-10 at the Westin Dulles Hotel in Herndon, Virginia. If you’ve attended the event before, then you know that things would not run as seamlessly as they do if it weren’t for our Special guest today! For over 40 years Emmy Award winning sound designer, recording engineer, and producer/director “Uncle Roy” Yokelson has been helping the voiceover and music industries with education and technical support. If it has ANYTHING to do with audio, "Antland Productions" is the only company you’ll ever need. Roy is a SAG-AFTRA approved audiobook director/producer. He’s the co- producer of the “Live with Squacky” podcast and he mixes and masters every episode! He is the lead audio engineer in charge of all the equipment and sound at MAVO2024! His assistant at the conference is Patrick Kirchner and we honestly couldn’t run the event without these two! This episode is a fun chat with "Uncle" Roy about what he does as an audio engineer and what his role will be at the upcoming MAVO2024 Conference! Enjoy!!  To check out: MAVO & Antland Productions Presents: Firesign Theater's 'The Adventures of Nick Danger, Third Eye' - Click the link below!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=ajejzCx65h4GZhY6&v=V5weGH1GRJ8&feature=youtu.be Support the show For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, To find out more and to register for MAVO2026 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com 30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!!

Send us a text You already know I’m a voice actor, but some of you probably don’t know that I’m up at 4:30am Monday-Friday from early August until mid-June! I’m also a French teacher at a high school in Northern Virginia – and the commute is a bit of a trek! Luckily, I have a great morning show to listen to in the car everyday!! So, I’ve been listening to B101.5 - a local Fredericksburg radio station - for maybe like 15 years now!! The show has switched hosts a couple of times since I started listening. And now it’s been a few years since the latest host of the 5 o’clock show has been on air. Jeremy Grey had big shoes to fill when he stepped into this spot, because Dee Daniels was the host before him and she was really well liked in the community and on air! But I have to say, there really wasn’t much of an adjustment period. Jeremy stepped right into “The Jeremy Grey Show” from 5am-10am on weekday mornings without any issues at all! It seemed like it was so meant to be!! He has a great rapport with Ted Schubel who is on the show with him for the “5 o’clock club” from 5am-6am each morning! Jeremy is originally from North Carolina, but has lived in Virginia now for a few years. He loves thrifting, metal detecting and he’s really funny too! This is a super fun episode!! I hope you enjoy it! For more info about Jeremy Grey, check out info about him on B101.5! Or connect with him on Instagram @mrjeremygrey. Support the show For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, To find out more and to register for MAVO2026 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com 30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!!

Send us a text Last year at MAVO2023, NAVA – the National association of Voice Actors was our Platinum Sponsor. It was my first in-person interaction with NAVA Co- founders Tim Friedlander and Carin Gilfry! They also brought along another super talented guy, who happens to be my special guest today!! Matthew Parham is a versatile African American voice actor with a universal urban vocal print. With an age range from young adult to mature parent, Matthew provides a unique and authentic read for any genre.   Having a background in music, Matthew has the ear and the talent to take direction and execute his read to your highest expectations. Based in Los Angeles, Matthew has access to all major studios and can provide professional level audio for every project. Matthew is the proud Director of Operations of the National Association of Voice Actors (NAVA, a 2024 VOA Unicorn Award nominee and a 2022 SOVAS Award nominee currently represented by Coast to Coast Talent Agency Agent Portia Scott. ​ ​Production, copywriting, and translation services all available. I hope you enjoy this episode! Matthew and I had a great chat and I'm so excited to have him as a guest speaker at MAVO2024 in November! For more info about Matthew, visit his website at: https://www.matthewparhamvo.com/ or connect with him on Social media @slimdareazon. For more info about the National Association of Voice Actors, please visit their website at: https://navavoices.org/ Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, To find out more and to register for MAVO2026 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com 30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!!

Send us a text With less than 4 months to go until MAVO2024, it’s an understatement to say that I’m in the depths of planning!! The schedule is a work in progress!! I promise, it will be worth the wait!! Hi! Thanks for tuning in to another episode of “Live with Squacky”. I’m your host, Val Kelly – otherwise known as “Squackyvoice”! Speaking of “Squacky” characters, my special guest today is an icon in the industry for sure!    Daniel Ross is an Emmy Award-Winning Actor and one of the most in-demand artists working in the industry today. Originally a theatre and film actor/producer from Maryland, he moved to Los Angeles in 2014 to begin pursuing work in the Voice Over industry.  Since then, his voice has been featured on almost every network but most notably, he is the voice of Donald Duck in the smash hit series “Mickey and the Roadster Racers” and “Mickey Mouse: Mixed-Up Adventures, on Disney Junior.  He was also featured as the lead-villain Starscream in 2007’s “Transformers: The Game”, and has voiced Lucky from the “Lucky Charms Cereal” commercials, and the lovable Grimace from McDonalds!  You can also hear him in the shows “The Tom and Jerry Show”, “Tom and Jerry in New York”, and “Mickey Mouse: Funhouse”! Along with credits in Videogames like “World of Warcraft: Shadowlands”, “Diablo 4”, and recently “Multiversus” as Gizmo and Stripe from “Gremlins”, as well as Uncle Shagworthy from “Scooby Doo”.  Winner of the coveted 2020 Voice Arts Award for “Outstanding Body of Work- Best Voice Actor”, and Tiktok sensation with over 1.3 million followers.  Please follow Daniel on social media using the handle @ActorDanielRoss, or visit him at www.ActorDanielRoss.com   Support the show For more info about Val Kelly ("Squackyvoice" visit her website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com or https://www.valkellyvoiceover.com Or follow her on Instagram @Midatlanticvo or @livewithsquacky To become a MAVO Member and receive monthly discounts - as well as many other benefits, please click HERE!!! "Live with Squacky" is sponsored in part by Mid-Atlantic Voiceover, LLC, To find out more and to register for MAVO2026 today, visit our website at https://www.midatlanticvo.com 30 Best Voice Over Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025 - "Live with Squacky" was honored on this list of the "30 Best Voice Over Podcast You Must Follow in 2025"!!! I'd love it if you could check it out!!