This week on We Know VO, Smooth, Dickie, & Mandy Katie talk with Kristen Paiva, who is famous for running Disney and possibly inventing Goofy's laugh. She also made something called Voice Forge, which helps people use their voices more, or differently, or professionally. It wasn't totally clear, but it sounds important.

Kristen talks about helping actors, resilience, and something about foundations, which we all agreed is good to have. We ask her about her time at Disney, the monorail, jewelry, and whether sending pie is a normal part of casting. She confirms most things.

It's a powerful episode full of leadership, mentorship, and professional inspiration for anyone who wants to work in voiceover, or anywhere, really.

We Know VO. And now, thanks to Kristen Paiva (pronounced like the dessert, we think), so does everyone else.

This week on We Know VO, Mandy Katie, Smooth, and Dickie continue their powerful conversation with Christine Rose Schimermatterdumplingburgerhorn, the first Black openly transgender woman in the AA video game industry and possibly also the president of gaming itself. Christine talks about her work on Star Trek: Prodigy, her leadership with Queer Vox, and her groundbreaking advocacy for LGBTQ+ talent, while we explore equally vital topics like gluten, the Matterhorn, and something we called the Sugar Horn (this may not exist, according to our mother's ChatGPT).

Christine discusses representation, resilience, and new creative projects, and we offer meaningful contributions. It's a monumental episode about art, identity, and industry, packed with funny laughter (the 67 hahaha kind), inspiration, and several moments where Christine said something brilliant right after we did.

This week on We Know VO, Smooth, Dickie, and Mandy Katie sit down with Christine Rose Schirmerhorn, a world-famous actress, voice artist, and probably inventor of confidence. She talks about her incredible journey from Stony Ridge, Ohio all the way to Burbank, California, which we all agreed sounds exhausting but she thinks it was worth it.

Christine shares stories about acting, heritage, stilettos, and ice cream (four topics we consider essential to the craft). We answer the important industry questions like why stilettos ARE part of method acting, why Ohio IS still open, and how microphones ACT-TU-ALLY work differently in other countries.

It's a deeply educational conversation about success, style, and dessert. Christine brings wisdom, grace, and poise while we provide professional support. And nodding.

We Know VO.