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You ever get the same project auditions from different sources? Do they all have the same information about the project? Rates? Terms? Most of the time, yes. Sometimes no. But why is that? Having just experienced this deception from the casting side of the equation, Lance Kistler joins Jen Tophoney to give some tips on best practices and how to know your auditions are legit. Find Lance Kistler on LI: / lance-kistler-70b48161 Connect with Jen Tophoney on LI: / jentophoneyvo Join to KVOR FB group here: / keepingvoreal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Hugh and Jen talk about how Hugh's experience as a booth director, demo producer, speaker, stage manager, composer, lyricist and assistant to a baroque trumpet scholar led him to the development of the Conversational VO Open Studio. Want to hear who's in the hot seat next? Find out at https://openstudio.conversationalvo.com/openstudio Connect with Hugh on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/hughpklitzke on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/hugh.klitzke Find Jen Tophoney at www.jentophoneyvo.com Join the Keeping VO Real FB Group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepingvoreal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Freelancing finances are not for the faint of heart. And figuring out taxes? No thank you. In this episode Lance Kistler and Jen Tophoney break down the core differences between 1099 and W2, and why 1099s aren't always actually the legally correct option. Find Lance Kistler on LI: / lance-kistler-70b48161 Connect with Jen Tophoney on LI: / jentophoneyvo Join to KVOR FB group here: / keepingvoreal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Third and final part of the discussion with Lance Kistler about coaches. Ultimately, who you invest your time and money with matters... to you. What makes a good coach? Also up to you. At the end of the day, are they making a positive impact on your career? Find Lance Kistler on LI: / lance-kistler-70b48161 Connect with Jen Tophoney on LI: / jentophoneyvo Join to KVOR FB group here: / keepingvoreal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A conversation with Lance Kistler about coaches turned into a lengthy conversation about more than that. In this first of 3 segments, Lance explains why your coach makes NO difference to a casting director. Find Lance Kistler on LI:   / lance-kistler-70b48161   Connect with Jen Tophoney on LI:   / jentophoneyvo   Join to KVOR FB group here:   / keepingvoreal   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Continuing the conversation with Lance Kistler about coaches, in Part 2 we venture into demo territory. Interesting to hear how a casting director feels about this vo tool. Find Lance Kistler on LI: / lance-kistler-70b48161 Connect with Jen Tophoney on LI: / jentophoneyvo Join to KVOR FB group here: / keepingvoreal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all know that AI comes with a price. In this episode of Keeping Voiceover Real, Luke Trusty shares his experience in paying the true cost of AI: his job. Take a listen as Jen and Luke discuss the bottom-line impact AI has on us. Find Luke Trusty here: https://www.luketrusty.com/ Find Luke Trusty on LI here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-trusty-a96477224/ Find Jen Tophoney here: https://www.jentophoneyvo.com/ Find Jen Tophoney on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jentophoneyvo/ Join the Keeping Voiceover Real FB Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepingvoreal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As a Senior Manager of Voiceover Operations for Studio Resonate (Sirius/XM, Pandora) Steve Pogatch produces thousands of ads every year. So naturally, he's the guy you want to talk to about trends in VO. Find out what's changing, what's not and what's hot in this episode of Keeping Voiceover Real. Find out more about Studio resonate here: https://www.siriusxmmedia.com/studio-resonate Find Jen Tophoney here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jentophoneyvo/ Find Steve Pogatch here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-pogatch-b4960a9/ Join the KVOR FB Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepingvoreal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bev Standing joins Jen Tophoney to discuss the Canadian Association of Voice Actors, AI and it's implications on the voiceover industry (not all of them bad) and AI legislation. It boils down to consent, control and compensation. Find CAVA here: https://www.cavavoices.org/ CAVA Gala info: https://www.cavavoices.org/galainfo Find Bev here: https://www.bevstanding.com/ Join the KVOR community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepingvoreal Find Jen here: www.jentophoneyvo.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dreamworks Animation VP, Scott McCarthy joins Jen to talk about where AI lives in the dubbing space in April 2026. There are three pretty distinct tiers to the technology and AI isn't winning in all of them. Connect with Scott here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-mccarthy1/ Connect with Jen Tophoney here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jentophoneyvo/ Join the Keeping Voiceover Real Community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepingvoreal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kamp Casting's Lance Kistler joins Jen to talk about keeping track of usage. Who's responsible? Is there recourse if work is used out of contract? Connect with Lance here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lance-kistler-70b48161/ Connect with Jen Tophoney here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jentophoneyvo/ Join the Keeping Voiceover Real Community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepingvoreal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.