Joseph Batzel has an MA and BA degrees from BYU in Theater and Cinema from the department of Speech Communications. He has been an educator for 40 + years in the university, college, and public schools. Joseph is a state and national workshop presenter in film auditioning, stage acting, and voice-over acting. He also is a voice-over artist for audiobooks, film, commercials, and radio broadcasting. Joseph has a rich background as a professional actor, director, casting director, associate producer, and writer for stage and film. He resides in northern Utah with his wife Alice, a published playwright, journalist, and freelance writer.

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Latter-day Profiles is a collaborative effort of students, faculty and staff at Brigham Young University-Idaho. The program features in-depth interviews with noteworthy members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.Guests range from leaders in business and industry to educators, to musicians and authors to volunteers. All have stories to tell that are interesting, informative and thought-provoking.Latter-day Profiles is produced by students in coordination with faculty and staff advisors. That means the students research the guests, schedule the interviews, run the cameras and edit the programs.BYU-Idaho Communication faculty, Brian Howard, hosts the program and works closely with the students in the production process. Currently Latter-day Profiles airs Sunday mornings at 7:30 a.m. Mountain Time on BYUTV and Sundays at 5:30 p.m. and Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m on BYUI-Radio. Twenty eight new episodes are produced every year.