In this episode, we explore the world of voiceover work and taking listeners on an audio adventure. I got the chance to flip the script and interview award-winning journalist, writer, on-air personality, voice talent, emcee - and my mentor - Max Bowen. Max shares his remarkable story of how he got started in storytelling as a newspaper journalist, but then pivoted to become an internet radio host. A host who took his love of the arts and his talent as an interviewer to overcome his limitations with a speech impediment. Max also shares the fun he has with voiceovers, working with horror genre authors, and getting to create the different voices of all the characters.You can learn more about Max and his voiceover work athttps://maxbowenspeaks.com/ or his podcast, Citywide Blackout athttps://citywideblackout.podbean.com/

In our next episode, we sat down with our friend Colleen Sgroi, Award-Winning Children’s Book Illustrator and New England hometown favorite Folk Artist and Watercolor Instructor. Colleen shares her journey through book illustration and how a well written story inspires and sparks her memorable designs that help readers better understand what they are reading. We take a nostalgic walk through some classic colonial communities as we hear how her Americana Folk Art comes to life (sometimes in unusual ways). Then we close with her encouragement to budding artists and illustrators to know your worth and don’t sell yourself short. You can learn more about Colleen’s art and illustration at her website: https://www.colleensgroi.com/

In this episode, we welcome Rachel McLean, technology product manager and active member of a professional women’s group. Rachel shares her story and how she went on to land the career she always wanted through sheer determination, perseverance, and a whole lot of smarts. She encourages listeners on a professional path to find a mentor, have clear goals, and rely on other women as their allies.

In this episode, we welcome Leslie Baker, LGBTQ+ advocate and chair of an LGBTQ+ employee group. Leslie shares her own coming out experience, how the current political environment is impacting the LGBTQ+ community, and how important it is - especially for young people - to have a support network behind you when deciding to share your own LGBTQ+ stories.

In our first episode, we welcome Phillip Henry, COO of The Black Dog Group and author of ‘Hunter, Hunted’ - an urban fantasy thriller story. Phillip shares an excerpt of Michael Mahoney’s transfiguration and walks our listeners through storyboarding. He lets us in on the secret that characters create the relationship with you (more often than the other way around), not to rely on flashbacks as a crutch, and why being edited is paramount to your best work.

In this trailer, host and CEO of The Black Dog Group, Liana Henry, shares her own background as a storyteller and why geeking out on story formats is fun, tells her favorite story - The Starfish Story - and reminds listeners about the importance of the ‘Power of One’ when telling their own stories.