After a massive hiatus, Kiff returns with a brilliant new conversation with voice actor MARIE WESTBROOK (Jujitsu Kaisen, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners) where they discuss her life and career, her process of striking a balance between the business acumen side and artistic side, and what it takes to not only survive but thrive in the highly competitive and challenging world of voice over. Follow Marie on Instagram at @mariewestbrookvo
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 10Ep. 2
This week, Kiff welcomes actor/director Francesca Calo to the show. A spirited and fascinating conversation about the impact of a theatre background, dubbing, acting, and self-talk. Francesca is a bicoastal actor, performance capture, and voice actress. Born and raised in New York City, she is half Chinese and half Spanish, and spent her childhood on film and television sets with her parents. She began her studies of the performing arts at the age of seven with the Academy of Dramatic Arts, and ...
May 20, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 10Ep. 1
SNEAK PREVIEW!! On May 1st, BETWEEN TAKES with AMANDA TROOP AND ZEHRA FAZAL drops. Since you subscribe to ALL OVER VO, I think you'd really love the insight and the comedy that runs throughout this unique show. Enjoy! You can subscribe to BETWEEN TAKES https://open.spotify.com/episode/7iNxOJvTtDQTYRRRQYb0Wj?si=_BADkP4eQg6p5GbSs77URQ
May 01, 2024•25 min•Season 9Ep. 11
This week, Kiff welcomes video game director John Dower (https://www.johndower.co.uk ) to the show. John is the co-founder of The Mocap Vaults, a spectauclar international motion capture training program. We talk about his coming up, the nature of being a director, the skill sets involved and what that means for actors in the volume. It's a fantastic conversation that sheds light on a wide array of topics that are vital to the working actor in today's emerging interactive market. Per our convers...
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Season 9Ep. 10
This week, Kiff is joined by the extraordinary Ally Dixon (The Croods: Family Tree, Thelma the Unicorn) in a spirited and dynamic conversation exploring self-care, expectations, and lifting up 1999's The Mummy.
Apr 22, 2024•2 hr 4 min•Season 9Ep. 9
After over a year long hiatus, Kiff welcomes the fabulous Morla Gorrandona (Destiny Franchise, Call Of Duty, Moss, Mars Express) to the show. Morla explains the Linklater method and why it's been radically transformitive in her work, and breaks down her process for character creation and exploring her range, and shares several impressions as they talk voicematching, creatures, and many other topics in this fantastic episode. Worth the wait! Learn more about Morla and connect to her socials from ...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Season 9Ep. 8
This week, Kiff sits down with the brilliant and hilarious Sirena Irwin (SpongeBob SquarePants, director on The Croods Family Tree, Baby Shark, many more) to discuss her path to the director's chair, casting, character choice, specificity and rejection in a fascinating, hilarious, and unmissable All Over VO. Follow Sirena on IG: @sirenairwin
Aug 19, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 9Ep. 7
This week, Kiff welcomes the incredibly talented and hilarious actor and director JB Blanc (Vander in Arcane, Caustic in Apex Legends, Director of COD Vanguard, Kano in Mortal Kombat 11, Blisk in Titanfall, Batir in Barry, Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul) who shares his experiences working for the past 30+ years in the business of show and how he stays in, continues to develop and grow to new opportunities, and how the more you practice, the luckier you get. Follow JB @thejbblanc or meet him a...
Jul 15, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 9Ep. 6
This week, Kiff welcomes the extraordinarily talented actor-director-casting director-studio owner Amber Lee Connors (My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, Borderlands 3, FNAF: Help Wanted) to discuss her incredible journey from Ohio to Los Angeles, the challenges and traumas of life, and how her drive, work ethic, and personal sacrifice helped her build the career of her dreams, and how connecting to an online community and online resources that were available helped her transform her situation and...
Jun 26, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 9Ep. 5
Kiff welcomes Eliah Mountjoy (Devil May Cry, Days Gone, Love Death+ Robots) to this new season of All Over VO. Eliah shares his tremendously varied experience as we discuss his process, his work ethic and his story in this inspiring conversation about reconnecting to basic elements of an artist's desire to become the storyteller he has always been inside. Check out more about Eliah at his website: http://www.eliahmountjoyvo.com/ and follow him on Twitter and Instagram http://www.instagram.com/el...
Jun 08, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 9Ep. 4
This week, Kiff is joined by Dr. Don Greene, a peak performance psychologist. Dr. Greene has taught his comprehensive approach to peak performance mastery at The Juilliard School, Colburn School, New World Symphony, Los Angeles Opera Young Artists Program, Vail Ski School, Perlman Music Program, and US Olympic Training Center. During his thirty-two year career, he has coached more than 1,000 performers to win professional auditions and has guided countless solo performers to successful careers. ...
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr•Season 9Ep. 3
This week, Kiff welcomes the incredibly versatile and hilarious Amelia Borella http://www.ameliaborella.com) to discuss her process and approach to her commercial and promo work as well as discussing comedy, improvisation, and what it means to "part your pantyhose" in this fantastic conversation. Connect with Amelia on Twitter (@hellaborella) or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameliaborella/
May 20, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 9Ep. 2
This week, Kiff welcomes the extremely hilarious and talented voice actor, VO coach, and ClubHouse host, Danny Burnside (VOICEOVER PROS Host on ClubHouse). They talk about technique, approach to the work, giving back and a do a deep dive into all things VO, as well as an in depth conversation about the club Danny hosts on Clubhouse called VOICEOVER PROS, which is available to join for all clubhouse users. You can find Danny on social media @VoiceoverHost on Twitter and IG, and at http://www.voic...
Apr 01, 2021•1 hr•Season 9Ep. 1
This week Kiff sits down with Dan Zitt and Julie Wilson, the producers behind AHAB, the newly relaunched FREE talent database website to discuss how actors can get started and get seen/heard for not only the audiobooks Penguin Random House produces, but all other types of casting. A fantastic and exciting conversation! Get started at http://www.ahabtalent.com as soon as you finish listening! Follow @realdanzitt and @juliannanwilson and @ahabtalent on Twitter
Mar 23, 2021•48 min•Season 8Ep. 10
This week, Kiff's guest is the brilliant and hilarious Mindy Pack (www.mindypack.com) who is a vocal coach, performer and has developed the Voice Straw. She discusses daily practice, vocal health, preventing problems and how to use this fabulous tool to navigate vocal stress and exertions. For ALL OVER VO listeners, you can get your own Voice Straw at a 10% discount by following this link: https://voicestraw.com/?ref=kiffvh , and using the coupon code "KIFFVH" Get blowing!
Mar 18, 2021•55 min•Season 8Ep. 9
This week's guest, the brilliant and hilarious Rama Vallury, shares his extraordinary journey into VO and improvisation in LA, from his early beginnings with impressions and radio, to how he has managed to learn VO through the help of different coaches and slowly build his career to included union animated shows. Episode 2 of 2.
Mar 13, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Season 8Ep. 8
This week's guest, the brilliant and hilarious Rama Vallury, shares his extraordinary journey into VO and improvisation in LA, from his early beginnings with impressions and radio, to how he has managed to learn VO through the help of different coaches and slowly build his career to included union animated shows. Episode 1 of 2.
Mar 13, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 8Ep. 7
This week, multi talented creature performer, writer, director, editor and actor Alan Maxson (Godzilla: King of Monsters, Eli Roth's History of Horror, Alien Planet) drops by to share his incredible journey into and through the film industry to how his love of Enemy Mine inspired him to write and direct his feature Alien Planet (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/alien-planet-sci-fi-film#/) and what motivates and inspires him to do some of the most physically demanding work our industry has to o...
Feb 27, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 8Ep. 6
Returning once again to All Over VO is the brilliant and wonderful BAFTA AWARD winning voice actress CISSY JONES (@cissyspeaks) who shares with Kiff her approach to networking and her passion for making the VO village safer and better for all, with details about the upcoming virtual SVARA VO Summit, March 5-7. To get more info and sign up, visit: http://www.svaraproject.com/events/voiceoversummit
Feb 21, 2021•35 min•Season 8Ep. 5
This brief and final episode of 2020 features some home recording and equipment tips along with impassioned recommendation for incorporation. Look, I just missed you all and wanted to drop by and say Hello, I miss ya, Hang in there, and Godspeed 2020!
Dec 31, 2020•14 min•Season 8Ep. 4
This week, Kiff welcomes Dr. Alisa Shawn, co-founder of ACTORS FOR AUTISM, a non-profit that trains people on the autistic spectrum to work in the entertainment industry. Dr. Alisa Shawn is an Autism Expert, Technology Curriculum Developer, Professor at Autism University, Executive Director/Founder of Actors for Autism, Author, and Speaker based in the United States. Her site, http://www.dralisashawn.com/ provides individuals on the Autistic Spectrum resources for becoming employed or self-emplo...
Aug 14, 2020•44 min•Season 8Ep. 3
FLASHBACK: The dynamic duo of home recording solutions and the hosts of the weekly VO essential podcast VOBS, Dan Lenard (http://www.homevoiceoverstudio.com/) and George Whittam (http://www.georgethe.tech/) make the word "guru" sound trite, with their extensive expierence, knowledge, and sense of playfulness, they are the Car Talk of Home Recording. Kiff sits down with them both in this incredibly informative episode that goes deeper into the tech of home recording than we've gone before and fin...
Apr 14, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Season 8Ep. 2
VO BUZZ WEEKLY https://vobuzzweekly.com/ is one of the most respected and well known VO webcasts in the world and it is created and hosted by Chuck Duran and Stacey J. Aswad, who are creative professionals with fascinating backgrounds and perspectives, which they share on this inspiring and hilarious episode. Follow @vobuzzweekly @DemosThatRock and @staceyjaswad wherever you follow. And look for the upcoming release of the new album by Rock Sugar @rocksugarband
Feb 20, 2020•1 hr 22 min•Season 8Ep. 1
This week, Kiff welcomes his extraordinary manager from Jason Marks Talent, Maggie Cleary to the studio. Maggie has been a LA based talent manager for 4 years, and shares her advice on the promo, trailer and voicematching scene and the differences between the type of skills that work demands. She also addresses the value of a manager and how management can suppliment a talent agency. A ton of fantastic advice and information in this deep dive conversation into the wild world of last minute trail...
Jan 30, 2020•58 min•Season 7Ep. 10
Episode 69: "The World Needs Stories...The World Needs YOUR Stories" with Erika Ishii This week Erika Ishii (Dream Daddy, Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative, Vampire: The Masquerade, MasterXMaster) drops by to discuss her journey into VO from her stage and on camera performing and hosting, living in the digital space, and the power and gift of storytelling. An amazing conversation with a truly versatile, hilarious and fascinating artist. Follow Erika on Twitter: @erikaishii and IG @theerikaishii
Nov 23, 2019•59 min•Season 7Ep. 9
Episode 68: "Your Legs Support Your Voice" with Sharon Jakubecy Klehm Many actors have had a taste of the "Alexander Technique", but few have taken a giant bite. This conversation does exactly that as SHARON JAKUBECY KLEHM, joins Kiff this week in a deep dive into her work as a certified instructor of this fascinating modality of using your breath and your posture to support and loosen your voice to great effect. Do not miss this conversation! Life changing stuff. You can learn more about The Al...
Oct 18, 2019•51 min•Season 7Ep. 8
This week, Kiff welcomes Bob Bergen (Looney Tunes - Porky Pig, Luke Skywalker on Robot Chicken, and hundreds of other characters and roles) who goes on a deep dive into his process of character creation, the nature of his mindset, his drive, and the creative power and necessity of risk. This is a master class with one of the most prolific actors and sought after teachers in the business of VO. What a treat! Check out Bob's reels, body of work, how to contact to study with and additional goodies ...
Sep 29, 2019•1 hr 22 min•Season 7Ep. 7
Freelance Casting Director Sara Jane Sherman (www.sarajanesherman.com) not only came up working in Disney TV Animation working on and casting some of their most popular and successful shows in recent years (Phineas and Ferb, Gravity Falls, Star Vs Forces of Evil), but has now branched out to work as a freelance casting director, casting and directing animated shows all over Hollywood, (recently including Looney Tunes Cartoons and the reboot of Animaniacs). She also coaches, teaches classes, and ...
Aug 22, 2019•49 min•Season 7Ep. 6
Now at the fantastic STUDIO AWESOME in LA, Kiff welcomes the incredibly versatile and phenomically talented DARIN DE PAUL (Reinhardt in Overwatch, J. Jonah Jameson in PS4 Spider-Man, Shazam!, Final Fantasy XV) to drop by where they discuss the gift that theatre has given him, dealing with the ups and downs of the work, with advice, tips, and voices peppered throughout in a hilarious and truly inspiring episode of All Over VO. Follow Darin in Twitter and IG @DarinDePaul Follow Studio Awesome @stu...
Aug 02, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 7Ep. 5
Legendary voice actor Neil Ross http://www.neilbook.com (Original Transformers, Original Voltron, The Academy Awards, NOVA) drops by to discuss his career and the things he's learned from DJ-ing to transitioning into all other aspects of voiceover - from show narration, cartoons, live announce, commercials, matching and everything in between. His new book "VOCAL RECALL" is a delightful fascinating book that chronicles a life spent working in the entertainment industry. A delightful and hilarious...
Jun 08, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 4
