195: Ben Starr Auditions to Become a Pokemon Voice Actor
The Kit & Krysta Podcast
The Kit & Krysta Podcast
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🗓️ 7 November 2025
⏱️ 142 minutes
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Hello and welcome to episode 195 of the Kit & Krysta Podcast! This week we have an incredible guest on the show - welcome Ben Starr! Ben is the voice actor for Clive Rosfield from Final Fantasy 16, Verso from Clair Obscur Expedition 33 and Prometheus from Hades 2 and he's here to tell us all about his journey and how he became THE voice of so many iconic video game characters. Also in this episode, we hop on the trend and share the 10 games to get to know us. We also have a new really cool game we're playing and some fun new information about the upcoming Kirby Air Ride demo event. We wrap it all up with questions from our wonderful Patreon community. Settle on in for a super fun episode!
0:00 - Hello November!
7:04 - Welcome Ben Starr
1:10:44 - 10 games to get to know us
1:25:57 - Games we are playing
1:43:54 - News news news
1:55:16 - Questions from our Patreon subscribers
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| 0:28.6 | today we are joined by extra special guest, Ben Starr. |
| 0:42.9 | He's basically like the voice of all of the most popular video games right now. |
| 0:47.5 | He's going to tell us about how he got into the games industry. |
| 0:51.2 | He has so many fun stories to share. |
| 0:53.4 | We're so excited to have him on the show. |
| 0:55.5 | It's interesting how there is kind of through the ages, |
| 0:58.8 | like a main voice actor who is kind of the face of gaming. |
| 1:03.8 | It was like, oh, Nolan North when Uncharted was big. |
| 1:06.6 | And then like Troy Baker wasn't everything. |
| 1:08.3 | And now it seems like Ben Starr is the one. |
| 1:10.6 | The guy. |
| 1:11.5 | So we are so happy to have him on here. |
| 1:14.2 | We're going to do all sorts of fun stuff with him. |
| 1:16.2 | Oh, my gosh. |
| 1:16.9 | We're going to do... |
| 1:17.7 | He's a good sport. |
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