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				<title>Trenton Bennett posted a new activity comment</title>
				<link>https://voheroes.com/three-tools-to-help-make-sense-of-the-senseless/#comment-5331</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 21:29:27 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I neglected to mention, in the example of the Bill&#8230;it didn&#8217;t end well for me. That person pretty much shut me out for trying to do that.</p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 21:20:19 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have one particular thing I can&#8217;t seem to get around, and that&#8217;s willful ignorance.  What I mean by that isn&#8217;t &#8220;People are disagreeing with me and I don&#8217;t like it!&#8221;  What I&#8217;m referring to is when people could be better but choose instead to be angry, stay misinformed, and be cruel.  Two examples so&#8211;again&#8211;this isn&#8217;t about me being&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2070"><a href="https://voheroes.com/three-tools-to-help-make-sense-of-the-senseless/#comment-5330" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 20:53:40 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi David!  There are some great comments in here, I&#8217;m going to see if I can add a few that may not have been covered.<br />
1) Do I need Source Connect?<br />
2) Okay, but do I really need Source Connect *Pro* before I can get work?<br />
3) How do I find work outside of the P2P sites?<br />
4) How do I handle people asking me technical details about my studio&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-2069"><a href="https://voheroes.com/new-class-coming-i-need-your-questions/#comment-5329" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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					<a href="https://voheroes.com/members/david-h-lawrence-xvii/" data-bb-hp-profile="3" rel="nofollow">David H. Lawrence XVII</a> posted a new post. I&#8217;m debuting a new class this Saturday. It&#8217;s free, and I&#8217;m almost finished with it.

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				<link>https://voheroes.com/the-fear-some-vo-talent-are-now-facing/#comment-5149</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 01:25:25 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m glad you mentioned Dan Lenard &#8211; I was doing some minor upgrades to my studio listening to Voice Over Body Shop with him and George &#8220;the Tech&#8221; Whittam (who engineered and tested my space) and when they started digging into software and equipment, George took a pause to point out that all the stuff they were talking about was really&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1930"><a href="https://voheroes.com/the-fear-some-vo-talent-are-now-facing/#comment-5149" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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I&#8217;ve been getting tons of fearful messages from VO talent. From clients, students, and strangers out [&hellip;]					]]></content:encoded>
				
				
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				<title>Trenton Bennett posted a new activity comment</title>
				<link>https://voheroes.com/five-moments-from-being-on-set/#comment-4604</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:09:42 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is really cool!  Thanks for sharing it 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:08:54 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yep &#8211; &#8220;when&#8221;. 🙂  Mind you, I don&#8217;t pursue on-camera, I just don&#8217;t say no to it if I happen to have something show up on my radar.  The circumstances and schedule lined up perfect for my last one.</p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/why-arent-really-smart-people-always-more-successful/#comment-4591</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 17:44:42 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tech is a great example because a lot of people find barriers and get nervous about a lack of knowledge.  Tech has long been a field you can&#8217;t know everything about, and it&#8217;s important to remember that so we don&#8217;t feel intimidated.<br />
I&#8217;ve got a good example:  last year I hired George &#8220;the Tech&#8221; Whittam to help me with my studio space.  I learned&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1665"><a href="https://voheroes.com/why-arent-really-smart-people-always-more-successful/#comment-4591" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/using-that-music-on-your-podcast-three-rights-you-should-know-about/#comment-4590</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 17:29:55 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A really interesting example of why you can&#8217;t assume the rights holders&#8217; intentions was in the news recently. Public Enemy decided to support Bernie Sanders and this included use of their music.  One member (Flava Flav) disagreed, and the spat between the group members caused them to split.  So you really never can tell what an artist would&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1664"><a href="https://voheroes.com/using-that-music-on-your-podcast-three-rights-you-should-know-about/#comment-4590" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2020 14:55:16 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is hugely helpful, and I encourage anyone needing music to try YouTube&#8217;s new library.<br />
My Podcast&#8217;s situation is unique, and even though I check and double-check it&#8217;s still something I worry about.<br />
David, if you please, I&#8217;d love to hear your thoughts on my podcast:<br />
Our show is about popular music, and we put small samples of songs in&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1660"><a href="https://voheroes.com/using-that-music-on-your-podcast-three-rights-you-should-know-about/#comment-4586" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/five-words-that-help-you-consider-the-source/#comment-4573</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2020 18:41:38 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like this! I try to just stay quiet when someone makes a broad generalization like this because typically the person is on a run to fill the air with the sound of their voice&#8211;but there are times I want to figure out how they got to their conclusion.  This is a good way to dig in without getting someone defensive.</p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/a-phrase-you-can-swipe-when-youre-new-and-have-no-credits/#comment-4572</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2020 18:36:55 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is great advice (that I remember you giving me when I was new too) and it&#8217;s now something I keep in reserve when I&#8217;m approached about something I *haven&#8217;t* done before but I&#8217;m now trained to do thanks to your courses.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2020 18:16:44 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh my god, I just came out the other side of this.  Last year was a lovely series of incremental dials, and then towards the end I decided to flip a couple switches with what I do&#8211;and I&#8217;m pretty sure I blew a mental fuse.  I&#8217;m back to dials now, slowly getting back into the groove of doing what I do best, the simplest way possible, and&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1639"><a href="https://voheroes.com/are-you-comfortable-with-a-dial-or-a-switch/#comment-4571" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/proper-password-hygiene-for-actors-and-voice-talent-use-dashlane/#comment-4570</link>
				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2020 18:09:05 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks!  Definitely going to look into this.  Just wish I&#8217;d watched it sooner &#8211; I had to replace my phone yesterday and it took a lot of effort installing everything and plugging in passwords again.</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2020 16:33:36 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the phrase &#8220;Critter Brain&#8221; is here to stay 😀</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2020 16:27:29 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to also keep the Audacity project and its folder with the zillion files in it &#8211; strictly out of paranoia.  It was a tremendous waste of space and I&#8217;m glad I stuck to this format.  🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2020 16:16:36 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve heard it called &#8216;the reptile brain&#8217;, but I love &#8216;Critter Brain&#8217; a lot more! 😀<br />
I have a cynical side (or I suppose a large Critter on my shoulder) but I tend to start by asking, &#8220;Is this something that directly relates to me?&#8221;  If not, try to dismiss it.  &#8220;If it directly relates to me, can I do anything about it?&#8221;  If not, let it go and&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1635"><a href="https://voheroes.com/howzabout-a-high-good-low-bad-diet/#comment-4567" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2020 19:38:17 -0800</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Between the many things I learned from &#8220;Camera Ready U&#8221; and the very important thought patterns I was able to wire into my everyday thinking during &#8220;Believe&#8221;, I was truly moved by the sincerity you put into this video. I know you well enough&#8211;in part because you&#8217;ve proven it to me time and again&#8211;that you truly care about others and do more&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1625"><a href="https://voheroes.com/two-questions-two-sets-of-tears/#comment-4552" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/kickstarter-says-no-to-unions-say-no-to-kickstarter-for-crowdfunding-production/#comment-3947</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2019 20:59:47 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the 1970s, underwear company Fruit of the Loom bought another underwear company named B.V.D.  The new entity was called &#8220;Union Underwear&#8221;, and the &#8216;we&#8217;re a united company&#8217; name had a double meaning&#8211;the second one being &#8220;We will never unionize.&#8221;  Over the decades, they&#8217;ve laid off workers and moved plants overseas. </p>
<p>I have a relative who&#8217;s&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1011"><a href="https://voheroes.com/kickstarter-says-no-to-unions-say-no-to-kickstarter-for-crowdfunding-production/#comment-3947" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2019 20:35:58 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh man!  Yes, I see stuff like this so much on tech forums.  You&#8217;ll come across a thread like &#8220;My video drivers are crashing when I play X game&#8221; and someone jumps in and says &#8220;You must have a bad power supply. Change that out&#8221;&#8230;and then the rest of the thread is just painful to watch as it spirals into an expensive and multi-threaded&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-1010"><a href="https://voheroes.com/how-about-this-if-you-dont-know-say-so/#comment-3946" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2019 20:21:04 -0700</pubDate>

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									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel like the reality of the 21st century is that self-submission makes things easier for everybody, just may also make the odds more random given that there&#8217;s no personal exchange involved.  Your point about an agent getting pushback (and not knowing that they overplayed their hand) is a good one too.</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 17:38:17 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a great mental exercise, and sometimes it can be difficult to suss out that audience. I&#8217;ve been fortunate that most of the time I can shape that person into someone I know or a situation I remember happening.</p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/some-lovely-news-for-acx-and-findaway-audiobook-narrators/#comment-3920</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 17:25:31 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is good news!  The bar for audiobook narrators just got a lot lower from what it was. 🙂  Here&#8217;s to hoping one day I&#8217;ll be there.  Time to go audition some more!</p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/christina-just-took-creating-your-own-content-to-a-whole-new-level/#comment-3917</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2019 15:57:13 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So glad you shared this! I think it&#8217;s a neat and clever product, and I hope she and her fellow singers do amazingly well. 🙂</p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/with-all-due-respect-joker-must-be-seen/#comment-3910</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:57:42 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An excellent example &#8211; that character required some really creative writing to properly tell the tale. The same happened in the last season of &#8220;Jessica Jones&#8221;.  I think part of working through the grief of random violence in our society today and trying to decide what truly is the proper moral high ground has become woven into&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-972"><a href="https://voheroes.com/with-all-due-respect-joker-must-be-seen/#comment-3910" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/with-all-due-respect-joker-must-be-seen/#comment-3908</link>
				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:51:17 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a lot to say on this, but I&#8217;ll keep it short.</p>
<p>Specifically to this film and the victims of the Aurora Colorado shooting:  my heart goes out to the people who endured that horror.  I am disappointed that some apparently don&#8217;t understand that the shooter was not only severely mentally ill, but had premeditated this attack with a great&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-970"><a href="https://voheroes.com/with-all-due-respect-joker-must-be-seen/#comment-3908" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<title>Trenton Bennett posted an update: I'm going to start using this!&#160; It will help me [&#133;]</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:59:56 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m going to start using this!&nbsp; It will help me stay motivated to stop by here every day.&nbsp; The last week or two were pretty busy! I had to spend a lot of time working the survival job but still had 4 small audiobooks and a Podcast that required my attention.<br />
That said, some pretty cool stuff happened anyway!&nbsp; An online workshop on&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-969"><a href="https://voheroes.com/news-feed/p/969/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:54:33 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After last week&#8217;s workout I&#8217;d say I&#8217;m farther along, but still have a ways to go. I had a really good online workout with Sean Pratt related to non-fiction audiobooks that helped too. That&#8217;s an area where some assume non-fiction is narrated like a documentary, but it too requires an ability to be personable. 🙂</p>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2019 00:50:35 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People sometimes tell me that my smile makes them angry &#8211; there are times they tell me it looks like I&#8217;m smirking.  I suppose I should practice professional smirking and be a better smirker, a self-aware smirker, so I can tell when I&#8217;m smirking and de-smirk-ify.</p>
<p>Also, I found it funny to use the word &#8216;smirk&#8217; so many times. 😀  But it is on&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-893"><a href="https://voheroes.com/that-rbf-youre-layering-meaning-on-yeah-probably-not-what-you-think/#comment-3832" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2019 22:02:50 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember early on in our workouts you telling me you&#8217;d make it your personal mission to cure me of my announcer-it is.  I loved hearing that!  Because it meant there was hope for me.  🙂  I&#8217;ve gotten much better since then.</p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/shall-we-make-decency-cool-again/#comment-3829</link>
				<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2019 21:52:39 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I did watch the TED talk and found it fascinating. I think I&#8217;ve said before that in customer service I learned a bit about killing with kindness&#8230;I consider that for a situation you can&#8217;t get out of.</p>
<p>If you don&#8217;t absolutely have to be involved in the conversation&#8211;you&#8217;re not behind the counter wearing a nametag and there&#8217;s an hour left on&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-890"><a href="https://voheroes.com/shall-we-make-decency-cool-again/#comment-3829" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/the-cd-isnt-there-to-lead-you-to-the-answer/#comment-3663</link>
				<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2019 21:53:37 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting &#8211; it seems like this ties into the mantra of &#8216;be your own true self&#8217;.  I can see why it could be a tense situation, trying to figure out if you should show that you&#8217;re capable of taking direction, or whether you&#8217;d worry that you&#8217;ve gone far from what they wanted because you took a guess&#8230;and it&#8217;s not the Casting&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-785"><a href="https://voheroes.com/the-cd-isnt-there-to-lead-you-to-the-answer/#comment-3663" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/if-you-could-tell-your-just-getting-started-vo-self-advice-what-would-it-be/#comment-3654</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2019 17:55:59 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Put in all that extra work.  Don&#8217;t stop working, give up those nights and weekends and make it happen&#8230;just don&#8217;t stress so damn much about it.  Give yourself a break because you&#8217;re doing everything you can without destroying what you already have.&#8221;</p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/make-rules-for-the-forest-make-exceptions-for-a-tree/#comment-3653</link>
				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2019 17:53:46 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At the beginning of my career, I had to fire a client. It was very stressful for me&#8211;all those questions you ask yourself&#8211;and yet the very next day, along came a project that I wanted to do from someone who sincerely wanted my voice.  The work was a difficult challenge, but it was a feather in my cap at a time when I was afraid I&#8217;d lost my&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-771"><a href="https://voheroes.com/make-rules-for-the-forest-make-exceptions-for-a-tree/#comment-3653" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2019 17:39:56 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As someone who worked for a lot of different employers, I made it a point to pick up their lingo and use their phrases.<br />
As someone who had to explain technical things to non-technical people and then make technical solutions out of it, I had to put myself in their shoes and then make up an explanation&#8211;usually a metaphor&#8211;that couches what&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-770"><a href="https://voheroes.com/us-speak-versus-them-speak/#comment-3652" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2019 17:21:41 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>These videos always make me think and with each I come away inspired. </p>
<p>I just wanted to make a general observation today.</p>
<p>The cadence and pacing of your voice and the patient way in which you walk us through what you want to say is a tremendous comfort.  You make your messages feel very personal and engaging in a way that reminds me of&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-769"><a href="https://voheroes.com/maybe-you-should-get-started-or-stop-stalling/#comment-3651" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/i-love-that-you-care-this-much-about-me/#comment-3636</link>
				<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2019 18:04:16 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yay!  This is very sweet.  You do great things for a lot of people, and we certainly appreciate it. Technology can kick all of us in the butt, sometimes on a regular basis.  Really glad you&#8217;ve been able to keep up these videos (and that you&#8217;re doing great!) 🙂</p>
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				<link>https://voheroes.com/the-difference-between-mansplaining-and-advice/#comment-3566</link>
				<pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2019 01:35:46 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are multiple unfortunate things wrong in this scenario.  The first is that it&#8217;s very hard for a person reading an e-mail to get that nuance of tone and intention.<br />
The second is that you were specifically asked follow-up information and that was why you logically assumed this person wanted some detail.<br />
On the one hand, we&#8217;re taught that&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-554"><a href="https://voheroes.com/the-difference-between-mansplaining-and-advice/#comment-3566" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2019 14:22:13 -0700</pubDate>

									<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pics of my recording space and setup.<br />
1) Overkill mic setup: shock mount, heavy-gauge USB cord, Ferrite core<br />
2) The magical David H. Lawrence-recommended one-piece aluminum chair<br />
3) 2019 new recording space &#8211; acoustic panels and ceiling cloud, as designed by George &#8220;the Tech&#8221; Whittam.  Red mic for audiobooks, blue mic for everything else.<br />
4)&hellip;<span class="activity-read-more" id="activity-read-more-507"><a href="https://voheroes.com/news-feed/p/507/" rel="nofollow"> Read more</a></span></p>
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