Black Girl Voiceover World

Tiffany J. Copeland•www.blackgirlvoiceoverworld.com

Join me as I chat with your favorite voiceover industry professionals from video games, radio, television and film. We get real about they joys and pains of building a thriving voiceover business. Get candid advice from voiceover agents, voice actors, sound engineers, marketing directors, and casting directors while they share their stories. Learn how to overcome imposter syndrome and burn-out as you navigate your voiceover journey. Get ready to be inspired because we have the chocolate sprinkles to help you keep it moving, okay?

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Episodes

Go Hard or Go Home with Leslie L. Miller

Leslie L. Miller is one of the first black women to be cast as a villain in the Far Cry video game series. Landing her first tv role in 2005, Leslie knows how to work her craft from Key and Peele and Criminal Minds: Beyond borders to Greys Anatomy. She’s put her chocolate sprinkles all over the video game and animation world in Kingdom Hearts 3 as Tia Dalma, Star Wars Rebels as Captain Brunson and Lu in Far Cry New Dawn. We discuss the Agooji warrior women of West African Kingdom of Dahomey, who...

Sep 10, 2022•28 min

Yes You Can with Khristine Hvam

Award winning producer, voice actor and audiobook narrator Khristine Hvam, is living her best life doing all the things from her role as Pepper in Iron Man the video game and Professor Juniper in Pokemon the television series to narrating a number of audiobooks for your listening pleasure. As a producer, she snagged a Voice Arts award for Puss and Boots the Audiobook musical. Motherhood has a way of forcing us to spend more time on what’s important, overcome our fears, and most importantly… play...

Aug 22, 2020•26 min

This Is How We Do It with Deven Mack

Recently we’ve seen white voice actors choosing to leave their famed roles portraying characters of color, in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. Now, the VoiceOver world is shifting their focus to casting black voice actors in African American character roles. It’s equally important the we be invited to share in all aspects of the creative process, from concept to casting. Today, you’ll get to hear my candid conversation with Deven Mack, Canadian voice actor, writer, and director as he...

Aug 08, 2020•23 min

To Be Honest with Issa Lopez

Issa Lopez is here to give you the hard truth about VoiceOver dreams vs reality. Get ready, because you will be challenged to make practical choices instead of blindly following your dreams. Thank you for pressing play and joining me for the Black Girl Voiceover World podcast. I’m Tiffany J. Copeland. My Guest is the award winning bilingual voice actor Issa Lopez. As a singer and former radio personality, her urban Latina voice has been a specialty for global brands like L’oreal, JCPenney, Coca-...

Aug 01, 2020•29 min

Let Your Freak Flag Fly with Mara Junot

Join host Tiffany J. Copeland to find out how Mara Junot is standing up against Blackface in VoiceOver. You will be empowered to showcase and use what makes your voice different to become the best you you can be in the booth and beyond. Mara Junot is an LA based voice actress who went from radio personality to becoming a highly sought after voice talent for video games like Far Cry, World of Warcraft, Fortnite and the Walking Dead. Mara’s worldwide presence is still very personal, with brands li...

Jul 25, 2020•25 min

Pay Attention with Dani States

Voice actor and creator of Voiceoverview, Dani States gives us the scoop on tracking and managing your voice-over business, including auditions on pay-to-play-sites. Her voice has been featured on commercials by Pampers, Volkswagen and Amazon Originals Kids to name a few. I leave a few Chocolate Drops; key take-aways from this episode. Don’t leave until you get motivated with weekly Flyin’ Skills from Andrea Daniel. Visit bgvwpod.com to learn More about the Mind Ya Business series on the Black G...

Apr 19, 2019•23 min

Get In Where You Fit In with Carrie Olsen

There’s more to your voiceover business than just auditioning. Voiceover "it" girl, Carrie Olsen is a voice actor, wife, mom, and business coach who has done voiceover work with Disney, Tiffany’s, Google, 7-11, Bank of America and many more. Podcasting started her journey behind the mic and introduced her to voiceover. It’s her knack for e-learning that inspired her to go beyond the audition phase and expand her voiceover business. You’ll get to hear how she went from part-time to full-time voic...

Nov 03, 2018•48 min

Voiceover Work-Life Balance with Mia Bankston

On the Black Girl Voiceover World podcast premier in 2018, Tiffany chats with Voice Arts Awards Nominee, Mia Bankston about tips and strategies to make your self-care priority while building asuccessful voice-over business. She discusses the role of voiceover with new digital assistant technology created by Google and Amazon. Chocolate drops of wisdom: Audio-book narration requires stamina just like your voice-over business. Quit limiting yourself to jobs where you get to use your degree. Be ope...

Jul 26, 2018•37 min

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