Voice Registry Podcast-Tracy Pattin Talks Again To NPR’s Brian Unger (Part 2)

Brian Unger is a comedian, writer, producer, and commentator. Unger was an original contributor to The Daily Show, from 1996 to 1998. Currently, he provides regular commentary for the NPR show Day to Day and guest hosts MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann. He also hosts the Discovery Channel show Some Assembly Required with University of Virginia Professor of Physics, Lou Bloomfield. Audio...

NPR’s Brian Unger Talks More About His Radio Career Plus TV Hosting for Discovery Networks

“Today, guests need the host to comfort them and build trust that the interviewer will be true to their wishes” says Brian Unger about being host of NPR’s Day to Day. When I asked him about how he does his research for each show, he says, “This being a political year, the news media keeps serving you up stuff. So many are having their way with news and opinion these days. Each...

Voice Registry Podcast-Tracy Pattin talks to NPR’s Brian Unger

Brian Unger is a comedian, writer, producer, and commentator. Unger was an original contributor to The Daily Show, from 1996 to 1998. Currently, he provides regular commentary for the NPR show Day to Day and guest hosts MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann. He also hosts the Discovery Channel show Some Assembly Required with University of Virginia Professor of Physics, Lou Bloomfield. Audio...

Voice Registry Podcast-Tracy Pattin Talks To Discovery Networks Producer Michael Payne

Michael Payne is a television veteran with over 20 years experience in the industry. He is currently the president of Hearts and Minds Media, LLC, specializing in non-fiction media with social, educational, and emotional relevance. Since beginning his television career in 1987, Mr. Payne has occupied several roles, including producer, writer, off-line editor, project manager, post-production supervisor....

Spec Voice Over Projects that Turn Lucrative

I wrote a post called “Firsts” That Last, about my first voice over job, Adventures of an Amazon Explorer, (original producer/director: Cate Frost) done on spec that turned lucrative years later when Discovery Networks bought the documentary for the Travel Channel. I interviewed the producer, Michael Payne, for tomorrow’s (Tuesday May 20) podcast. I asked him about why they wanted...

“Firsts” That Last

Sometimes “firsts” can lead to seconds and thirds….In the voice over world, that doesn’t happen very often. But you never know! I was re-reading my VoiceRegistry.com blog, “Firsts” and that got me thinking about my First voice over job. It was 1990 (a whole other millenium! Hey, it takes a long time to build a career, right?). It was for a documentary on an Amazon...