Overwatch Voice Artist – Keith Silverstein interview

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Keith Silverstein has been a voice artist for over 30 years with almost 400 credited roles to his name. He’s worked on anime, videogames, animation, radio and more. The role he says he is most known for at the moment is Torbjörn from the game Overwatch. We spoke about his work and method.

0:35 – Keith talks about how he got into voice acting.

2:06 – Keith talks about how he was first doing voices.

3:30 – Keith talks about how he takes care of his voice.

4:26 – Keith talks about the kinds of roles he has done.

6:30 – Keith talks about how he rehearses and performs in studio.

7:46 – Keith talks about the toughest characters he’s done.

9:33 – Keith talks about what has inspired his voices.

11:46 – Keith talks about picking his favorite roles.

14:14 – Keith talks about performances that didn’t come out the way he expected.

16:53 – Keith talks about roles he’d like to do.

19:10 – Keith talks about dubbing work.

20:32 – Keith is on twitter @silvertalkie and keithsilverstein on instagram, and Keith Silverstein Voice Artist on facebook.

20:57 – Keith talks about new projects he’s working on.

Links of interest

https://twitter.com/SilverTalkie

https://www.instagram.com/keithsilverstein/?hl=en

https://www.facebook.com/KeithSilversteinVoiceArtist/

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1142722/

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Guests: Keith Silverstein

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: voice acting, art, poetry, theater, gilbert gottfried, typecasting, Monster, anime, video games, naruto, glitter force, hunter hunter, overwatch, monter high, movies, marvel, dc comics, daredevil, star wars, spongebob, dubbing, Overwatch 2

Sci-Fi and Science – “Exploring Science Through Science Fiction” 2nd ed (Springer, 2019) – Barry Luokkala interview

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Barry Luokkala is a physicist and physics professor with Carnegie Mellon. He wrote a book on science and science fiction after he found that students enjoyed the class so much and he had enough material to write a book on the subject. We discussed the book. Check out the book here.

0:39 – Barry talks about how he developed this book.

2:24 – Barry talks about the focus of the book and how it introduces students

to science through science fiction movies and shows.

5:04 – Barry talks about how he approaches science fiction versus science fantasy.

8:37 – Barry talks about what movies and filsm most inspire aspiring scientists.

11:39 – Barry talks about Asimov’s robot novels.

12:54 – Barry talks about HAL 9000.

14:33 – Barry says Transcendence is the best movie right now that explores quantum computing.

19:47 – Barry has tried to avoid zombies and biology in his book. There isn’t enough science behind the idea. He also discusses Frankenstein as a science fiction novel. He then discusses a Kepler book that was science fiction.

22:24 – Barry discusses other writers who wrote science fiction in the 1600s.

24:48 – Barry talks about the giant ships in Indepedence Day and the science behind their hovering.

31:32 – Barry has a page on the Carnegie Mellon physics department webpage.

Links of interest

Check out the book here.

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-4614-7891-1

https://www.cmu.edu/physics/people/faculty/luokkala.html

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Guests: Barry Luokkala

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: science fiction, science, carnegie mellom, zachary quinto, physics, singularity, time, space, matter, universe, extraterrestrial, biology, biotechnology, star trek, planet of the apes, artificial intelligence, robotics, doctor who, isaac asimov, forbidden planet, i robot, 2001, HAL 9000, Transcendence, Interstellar, frankenstein, zombies, Kepler, Die Another Day, Independence day, Jurassic Park

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