The VO Minute is a free weekly podcast for the voice-over community. Each episode provides information, tips, and guidance on a variety of subjects of interest to VO talent. Some episodes focus on technical topics, such as equipment selection and recording methods. Others discuss voice-over techniques and various aspects of the business, with the occasional anecdote thrown in for good measure.

Each episode is approximately 1-3 minutes long. We welcome topic suggestions from our listeners, so please email or tweet your ideas. Enjoy!

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VO Minute Episode #1 (Introduction)

First post: Sept. 18, 2010

VO Minute Episode #2 (Picking a Place to Record)

First post: Sept. 18, 2010

VO Minute Episode #3 (Microphones)

First post: Oct. 2, 2010

VO Minute Episode #4 (Audio Interfaces)

First post: Oct. 10, 2010

VO Minute Episode #5 (Audio Software)

First post: Oct. 17, 2010

VO Minute Episode #6 (The Pitfalls of Self-Engineering)

First post: Oct. 24, 2010

VO Minute Episode #7 (Introduction to Microphone Technique)

First post: Oct. 31, 2010

VO Minute Extra (Preview - VO M.O. Episode #1)

First post: Nov. 4, 2010

VO Minute Episode #8 (File Types)

First post: Nov. 7, 2010

VO Minute Episode #9 (How to Dress for Voice-Over)

First post: Nov. 14, 2010

VO Minute Episode #10 (Normalizing)

First post: Nov. 21, 2010

VO Minute Extra (Introduction to The VO M.O. Elements of Sound Series)

First post: Nov. 28, 2010

VO Minute Episode #11 (Spiky Signals-When Normalizing Doesn't Work)

First post: Dec. 5, 2010

VO Minute Episode #12 (Fixing Spikes with Gain Change)

First post: Dec. 12, 2010

VO Minute Episode #13 (Happy Holidays)

First post: Dec. 19, 2010

VO Minute Episode #14 (Compressors)

First post: Jan. 9, 2011

VO Minute Episode #15 (Testing, 1, 2, 3)

First post: Jan. 16, 2011

VO Minute Episode #16 (Can't You Fix It In Post?)

First post: Jan. 23, 2011

VO Minute Episode #17 (The People in the Control Room Aren't Talking About You)

First post: Jan. 30, 2011

VO Minute Episode #18 (Things You Shouldn't Say)

First post: Feb. 6, 2011

VO Minute Episode #19 (Ten Seconds of Silence)

First post: Feb. 13, 2011

VO Minute Episode #20 (Taking Time for the Read)

First post: Feb. 20, 2011

VO Minute Episode #21 (Which Side Are You On?)

First post: Feb. 26, 2011

VO Minute Episode #22 (Approximating Proximity)

First post: March 6, 2011

VO Minute Episode #23 (Practice, Practice)

First post: March 13, 2011

VO Minute Episode #24 (It Takes Two to Tango-and Read a Double)

First post: March 20, 2011

VO Minute Episode #25 (Oh, The Over-Compression)

First post: March 27, 2011

VO Minute Episode #26 (Walk, Don't Run)

First post: April 3, 2011

VO Minute Episode #27 (Ineffective Effects)

First post: April 10, 2011

VO Minute Episode #28 (To De-Breath or Not To De-Breath)

First post: April 17, 2011

VO Minute Episode #29 (My, What Big Breaths You Have!)

First post: April 23, 2011

VO Minute Episode #30 (License and Registration, Please)

First post: May 1, 2011

VO Minute Episode #31 (You're Spec-tacular!)

First post: May 8, 2011

VO Minute Episode #32 (Do You Have Any Character?)

First post: May 15, 2011

VO Minute Episode #33 (How to Dress for Voice-Over, Part II)

First post: May 22, 2011

VO Minute Episode #34 (Advanced Page Turning)

First post: May 29, 2011

VO Minute Episode #35 (Medical & Technical Reads, Part I)

First post: June 5, 2011

VO Minute Episode #36 (Medical & Technical Reads, Part II)

First post: June 12, 2011

VO Minute Episode #37 (All the World's an Industrial Read)

First post: June 19, 2011

VO Minute Episode #38 (Stand Up, Sit Down, Read, Read, Read!)

First post: June 26, 2011

VO Minute Episode #39 (Who Are You?)

First post: July 3, 2011

VO Minute Episode #40 (That's Quite a Production!)

First post: July 10, 2011

VO Minute Episode #41 (Auditioning for Video Games)

First post: July 17, 2011

VO Minute Episode #42 (Make an Effort)

First post: July 24, 2011

VO Minute Episode #43 (Get Your Act Together)

First post: July 31, 2011

VO Minute Episode #44 (Great Expectations)

First post: August 7, 2011

VO Minute Episode #45 (What To Do When There's Nothing To Do)

First post: August 14, 2011

VO Minute Episode #46 (Re-Read Me)

First post: August 21, 2011

VO Minute Episode #47 (Comprehensive Microphone Technique, Part 1)

First post: August 28, 2011

VO Minute Episode #48 (Comprehensive Microphone Technique, Part 2)

First post: September 4, 2011

VO Minute Episode #49 (Comprehensive Microphone Technique, Part 3)

First post: September 11, 2011

VO Minute Episode #50 (Elements of Sound Series: Pitch, Part 1)

First post: September 18, 2011

VO Minute Episode #51 (Elements of Sound Series: Pitch, Part 2)

First post: September 25, 2011

VO Minute Episode #52 (Elements of Sound Series: Pitch, Part 3)

First post: October 2, 2011

VO Minute Episode #53 (Elements of Sound Series: Duration, Part 1)

First post: October 9, 2011

VO Minute Episode #54 (Elements of Sound Series: Duration, Part 2)

First post: October 16, 2011

VO Minute Episode #55 (Elements of Sound Series: Timbre & Volume, Part 1)

First post: October 23, 2011

VO Minute Episode #56 (Elements of Sound Series: Timbre & Volume, Part 2)

First post: October 30, 2011

VO Minute Episode #57 (Elements of Sound Series: Timbre & Volume, Part 3)

First post: November 6, 2011

VO Minute Episode #58 ("The" and "a")

First post: November 13, 2011

VO Minute Episode #59 (You're So Special!)

First post: November 20, 2011

VO Minute Episode #60 (Food for Talk)

First post: November 27, 2011

VO Minute Episode #61 (3dBs of Compression - Part 1)

First post: December 4, 2011

VO Minute Episode #62 (3dBs of Compression - Part 2)

First post: December 11, 2011

VO Minute Episode #63 (Happy Holidays 2 - Rhyme Throwdown with the Gift Wrapper)

First post: December 18, 2011

VO Minute Episode #64 (3dBs of Compression - Part 3)

First post: January 8, 2012

VO Minute Episode #65 (Your Demo)

First post: January 22, 2012

VO Minute Episode #66 (You Want What?)

First post: January 30, 2012

VO Minute Episode #67 (Correct Corrections)

First post: February 5, 2012

VO Minute Episode #68 (Reads at the Ready)

First post: February 12, 2012