Some Books are Meant to be Spoken with Ray Porter

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🗓️ 24 April 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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An acclaimed actor and narrator, Ray has provided the voice for hundreds of audiobooks, including the entire Terminal List series and will soon be voicing its latest installment, Red Sky Mourning. Ray has a decades-long career as an actor, spending nearly 20 years in Shakespearean productions, and has appeared in TV shows and movies including Modern Family, Sons of Anarchy, Argo, ER, Almost Famous, Zack Snyder's Justice League, and most recently Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire. Follow Ray on Instagram @the.ray.porter and on X @Ray__Porter. NOTE: This segment has been extracted from the full-length episode, which originally aired on May 20, 2022. SPONSORS: Red Sky Mourning – The 7th novel in the James Reece Terminal List series. Pre-order today! http://jackcarr.co/rsm Bravo Company Manufacturing: Visit us on the web at http://jackcarr.co/bcm and on Instagram @BravoCompanyUSA.com SIG: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the legendary SIG SAUER P226. Learn more here - https://jackcarr.co/SIG40thP226 Jack Carr Gear: Explore the gear here - https://jackcarr.co/gear

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Danger Close Podcast, presented by Sig Sour.
0:04.8	My guest today is my friend Ray Porter, narrator of all my audio books.
0:12.2	And what a fantastic guy, you'll be able to tell that we are
0:16.0	buddies and I could not have a better person narrating this series such a fantastic
0:21.1	person he did 20 years in Shakespearean theater. He was in modern family,
0:26.0	sons of anarchy, Argo, ER, almost famous, and you will know him as Darkside in the Snyder
0:32.0	cut of Justice League. So now without further ado, Ray Porter.
0:37.0	I get asked all the time about, I mean every day, there's not a day that goes by when someone does not
0:43.7	mention the audio book and the narrator and they're like I love Ray Porter or they're like who is that
0:49.9	guy he's fantastic and I want what else is he read like every single day cool that happens and I
0:55.1	get asked about your process quite a bit and luckily we have talked and we know each
1:00.3	other and we're friends and I can I can answer somewhat like you said I give
1:03.8	you a permission to answer for me yes thank you but yeah I do you do that for
1:10.4	yourself I mean everybody knows you and your voice and if they
1:14.0	don't know you yet they know your voice that happens quite a bit as well they just
1:18.1	because they're so used they feel like they know you and they know your name
1:20.8	because they're so familiar with your voice.
1:22.8	But then when someone brings it up, it's like,
1:25.7	oh, that's who that is.
1:26.7	Oh, you know what?
1:27.7	I think I've listened to like 10 or 15 books that he's read.
1:30.9	This has been probably the most satisfying thing for me being an audiobook narrator
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