VU - Voices Unscripted
What's your point of VU?
Voices Unscripted, with Dave Boire, is a podcast featuring punchy interviews with creators and communicators. People with something to say. I speak with talent agents, agency creatives, voice talent, storytellers, and video producers...about their journey. How they survive and thrive.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 5 minutes
- Episodes
- 54
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
VU with Andés Beiger (teaser)
This is his 20th year at tiff, the film festival celebrating its 50th year in Toronto. Here's a short excerpt from a conversation I had with my friend Andrés Beiger. In this clip he talks about his p…
VU with Lee de Lang
From Audio guy to Accidental Businessman
Lee de Lang never set out to be a businessman. He started in audio, became a self-professed film nerd, and somehow found himself running a thriving, and at tim…
VU with Son Roberts
Wayne "Son" Roberts.
This episode's guest is Wayne “Son” Roberts — ad industry trailblazer, musician, and proud Canadian. After decades as creative director at Blade Branding, he’s now pouring his cr…
VU with Monet from Medieval Times (short)
The tradition continues!
Since 1997, Medieval Times has trusted DB Audio to help bring their legendary dinner and theatre show to life with sound.
I had the pleasure of sitting down in the VU Studios…
VU with Son Roberts (teaser)
Creative director, musician, and proud Canadian. Son Roberts has been a friend, collaborator and mentor for me and for many. Here's a teaser to an "chin wag" we had together in The VU studio.
VU with Greg Salmela (teaser)
"Failure is a critical component to success."
Key takeaway: Many entrepreneurs fall into the trap of self-reliance and a do-it-yourself attitude. Greg found this out the hard way when sitting across f…
VU with Greg Salmela
"Failure is a critical component to success."
My latest guest is Greg Salmela, creative director at Aegis Design in Toronto, shared the story of living out his entrepreneurial dreams, achieving early …
VU with Yuri Gorbachow
For this episode, I sat down with Yuri Gorbachow: musician, composer, audio engineer, award winning music editor and educator!
He shared insights on the evolution of tech and the revolution in AI. As…
VU with Henry Wong (Teaser)
BE A BETTER LEADER!
Here's a short clip from my conversation with author, and ad industry leader, Henry Wong.
VU with Henry Wong
Henry Wong joined me for a wide ranging conversation about being a better leader, career highlights as an advertising creative, and where to get his favourite dish, Chow Mein.
When I asked him if AI…
VU with Yuri Gorbachow (trailer)
"As humans...we have to EVOLVE".
Great advice for living from this legendary Canadian music editor, Yuri Gorbachow. He has survived and thrived after each tech 'disruption' in the last 40 years. Fro…
VU with Peter "Pappa" Pappalardo
Peter Pappalardo is "nuts"...about advertising and music.
On the latest episode of The VU we talked about his role on VaynerMedia's award winning Planter's SuperBowl "All or One" mixed nuts spot (202…
VU with Roger King the sequel
For this episode I welcomed back my very first guest Roger King from PNAgency (April 2020). As the "King" of the non-union voice agents in Canada Roger shares his VU on how the role of voice actors h…
The VU - 2024 Retrospective
Resolution: "Be a better human"
The top question I asked everyone who joined me on The VU podcast this year was: "Is AI coming for your job?" Check out excerpts from some of the fascinating answers i…
VU with Ren "The Trade" Olivieri
What happens when fantasy sports gets real?
You produce a very funny short film with friends that starts winning awards.
Ren Olivieri's short film The Trade is the topic of this special edition of Th…
VU with Tanya "Tough Love" Buchanan
For this episode I welcomed back valiant voice agent Tanya Buchanen from Ta-Da Voiceworks to give us her overvue of voice-over industry, her role as teacher with tough love, and her secret to success…
VU with Chris Evangelou from Slate
On this episode of The VU my friend and neighbour Chris Evangelou started by telling me what it took to get him to leave homeland, Cyprus - in the Mediterranean, to come live in Canada. And, yes, the…
VU with Dervla Trainor - voice-over expert
One of the voice-over industry's truly tireless advocates, educators and experts is Dervla Trainor.
She's a successful VO talent, VO conference pioneer, and my guest on the latest episode of The VU.
…
VU with Heather Bakken from Pendulum Group
My guest on this episode, Heather Bakken from The Pendulum Group, shared how her experience as a news anchor during the Iraq War, amoungst other things, helped shape her passion for storytelling, her…
VU with Luke Johnston from TAG
My guest on this episode, Luke Johnston from TAG, joined me from half-way around the world - and 10 hours and 30 minutes in the future - from India. We talked about his role as Lead Audio at TAG, the…