You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 217.

Welcome to the Voice Acting Mastery podcast with Crispin Freeman.

Voiceactingmastery.com is your place to learn both the skills and the mindset you need to become a professional voice actor, even if you're just getting started.

In each episode of this podcast, you'll discover valuable tips, tricks and insider information

to help you portray characters in animation, video games, and beyond.

And now here's your host, voice actor Crispin Freeman.

Hi there. My name is Crispin Freeman, and I'll be your guide through the world of voice acting.

If you'd like to know more about me, feel free to check out my personal website at www.crispinfremant.com.

This is the second and final part of my interview with the vocal shapeshifter, Mara Juno.

As I mentioned in the previous episode, Mara identifies as non-binary, but accepts both

she and they pronouns. For the purposes of this podcast, I will be using she-her when referring

to Mara so as to avoid pluralization confusion during these episodes.

You may know Mara's voice acting work in animation on shows like Curious George,

Boss Baby Back in the Crib, Blaze in the Monster Machines, and Arcane.

In video games, she's been in Destiny 2, League of Legends, Mortal Kombat, and Marvel Rivals.

In anime, she's worked on Isura, Tezica's anime Pluto, and Mara and I are both cast in

Pokemon Horizons.

In the previous episode, Mara explained how she got started as a voice actress.

She originally started in voiceover as a radio DJ and thought that was going to be her

dream job. However, because of management changes at the station and her own desire to grow artistically,

she decided to leave radio and pursue voice acting full time. After spending 16 hours a day on

average researching and studying voiceover, she began to build

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