Keeping Up With Chaos From The Booth And Beyond

S7, EP 205

Meet Your Actor Series - Danielle Verayo 

Meet Dani (Danielle) Verayo is a queer Canadian actress, dancer, and singer who made CBBC history playing one of the network’s first queer characters on The Next Step. She’s been in the performing arts world basically her whole life, starting dance at four years old in ballet, tap, and jazz.

Her path hasn’t been the typical studio-to-industry route. When that chapter ended, Dani pivoted — hard. She’s been self-training in hip hop and other styles since 2014, working two jobs at 16 just...

S7 EP 204

Special Guest - Stephanie Novel

Meet Stephanie Novel!  She is a screenwriter, New York Tish University grad, donor conceived, listens to the Universe, a Mets fan, a Swifty, has two adorable cats, is currently perimenopausal who loves progesterone and says she's an acquired taste...Also she is an avid user of the word Fuck, as she gives none!  

This is a convo you don't want to miss as we discuss why it is so important to normalize the conversation about perimenopause and all of its symptoms, all women experience, but no on...

S7, EP 203

Meet Your Actor Series - 

Meet Carolina Ravassa!  

​Carolina is an actor, dancer, voice over artist and... a Hispanglo-Saxon.

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Born in Cali, Colombia, Carolina Ravassa has appeared on The Affair opposite Dominic West, Mr. Robot with Bobby Cannavale & Rami Malek, and has done a few shorts with Reggie Watts.

She produced, directed, and starred in the webseries Hispanglosaxon, which won an Imagen Award for Best Webseries.

She is known for her voice work in the video games Overwatch (Sombra), Grand Th...

S 7, EP 202

Meet Your Actor Series - Luis Bermudez

Luis is a second generation Latine Voice Actor, and proud son of Cuban immigrants. His work has appeared in over 100 cartoons, video games and anime. You can hear his work in projects such as Invincible Fight Girl as Mbrandon, Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail as Koana, Jurassic Park: Chaos Theory as Bobby Nublar, Bane in DC Dark Legion, and countless other projects like The Simpsons, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Grimsburg, and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6.

Luis Links - 

Website-    https://www.luisbermudezvo.com/

S7, EP 201

This episode we are sharing is just Gaby as she records solo as a guest on Robert Jackson's podcast - Station Square.  Listen in on Gaby's journey as she talks about navigating her voiceover career as she travels the world with her family! 

Gaby's IG - 

https://www.instagram.com/gabrielaborja.vo/

This is a shareable podcast where a group of creatives join together to  document their creative voiceover & on-camera journeys in real time. 

We hope this podcast creates inspiration, stirs up a few ah-ha...

S7, EP 200

Welcome to our 200th episode and the start to Season 7! Boy have we evolved since 2020! This episode we host a few of our recent favorite guest co-hosts - Jane Aquino, Ken Dillon and Sandy Buk!  Along with our season regulars - Jozlyn Rocki, Gaby Borja and Lloyd Waller...Angela Cortez wasn't able to join us but she'll be back soon! 

Jozlyn brings a few fun questions to the chaos table to create a round table conversation about random topics for the whole group to weigh in on!  Get to know us...

S6, EP 199

This week we're sharing a recording of a solo episode with just Jozlyn Rocki, when she was invited back on Robert Jackson's podcast called Station Square.  Jozlyn shares, from her own perspective along with personal experiences, about "learning the ropes" inside the voiceover and on-camera industry. Here Jozlyn brings a few learned tips and a tiny bit of shared advice which she's learned & picked up along the way while navigating her own journey as a producer, host, podcaster, voice over & on-camera actor in the creative industry.   

https://jozlynrocki.com/

T...

S6, EP 198

Meet Your Actor Series - GM Hakim

Meet GM! GM Hakim (He/Him) is an award-nominated, full-time voice actor who does voice over work in eLearning, audiobooks, animation, audio guides, documentaries and docuseries, video games, audio dramas, corporate narration, explainers, promos, and more. GM’s happy clients include Meta, Spotify, Hellmann’s, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, JPMorganChase, Marvel Snap, Novartis, EF (Education First), Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, The U.S. Federal Highway Administration, and The American Council of Life Insurers. 

GM works from his professional home studio just outsi...

EP 197, S6

It's Ladies Nite here at the Chaos table!  Season regular Co-Hosts Angela Cortez and Gaby Borja are here along with Host Jozlyn Rocki. The gals are hanging out, sharing their chaos and chatting about what's on their minds lately.  They discuss life stuff, mom stuff, business stuff and of course bring all the chaos inside and outside the booth.  Angela has wedding & bride drama!  Jozlyn had a NY agent on the line and bought too many bananas.  Gaby is fashionably late and broadcasting live on location from the soccer field...really in her car parked near...

S 6, EP 196

Bonus Episode!!! 

This week is a different kind of episode! Nikki's back...sort of!  Meet Nikki, the OG of Keeping Up With Chaos pod from its inception way back in 2020!  The Original Keepers of the Chaos - Nikki & Jozlyn reunite for one night of chaos & shared conversation! 

Join us at the Chaos table, listen in while we create a barrel of nonsense (or laughs), catch up, cheers with our awkward shaped glasses, and laugh a bit at life, kids and ourselves!  

It is the original Keeping Up With Chaos duo b...

EP 195, S6

Special Guest - Tracy Lindley

This weeks episode you will find your regular host - Jozlyn Rocki, season regular- Angela Cortez, guest co-host Ken Dillon and our special guest Tracy Lindley! 

We chat with Tracy Lindley and hear more about her life before VO, how she manages her voiceover business with life and family (she has four kids who are all voice actors too) and how Linkedin took a front row seat in her voice over business marketing. Then she shares how her passion for Linkedin, and the success it has b...

S6, EP 194

This is a shareable podcast where a group of creatives join together to  document their creative voiceover & on-camera journeys in real time. 

We hope this podcast creates inspiration, stirs up a few ah-ha moments or maybe brings to the surface a feeling of "you're not alone" while navigating the creative process. Either way, we are glad you are here.  Oh, and we also pull into our conversations at the chaos table industry professionals along with other fellow actors, to share their stories, experiences and knowledge - so we can all connect, share, learn, gro...

Promo - Season 6/7

Hey friend!  Just dropping in your ear to say Hi! & touch base, as we round off Season 6 and head into Season 7.  Yeah, we have been doing this for a little while now!  If you're NEW here, WELCOME! We're so glad you joined in on the Chaos!  If you've been here a little while, thanks for always coming back and listening in on our chaos, I mean conversations!  We appreciate YOU! 

This podcast has grown into an amazing passion project for us here on the pod and we are thrilled to be sharing our co...

S6, EP 193 

Special Guest - Jen Greenfield, aka Mama Greenfield or otherwise known as - Naked Jen

Get to Know Jen - https://www.jengreenfieldvo.com/

Take aways from our convo: I am many things, not just one thing.  Your job is not your identity. The voiceover community is one of the only fields, where everyone is up in each others chili pot. You have just one life, so go do everything you want to do. If you are interested in learning about how to do...

S6, EP 192 -

We are baaack from our Summertime podcast siesta.  This week is a tiny bit different, we are the guests!  Robert Jackson, host of Station Square, invited us all on to his podcast to chat, share and have a conversation about voiceover.  He asks us very thoughtfully crafted questions about how we dived into voiceover, our perspectives on different elements of being in this creative industry, and what's next for our podcast.    Pull up a chair, pop in your ear bud and join us at the Chaos table as we are in the hot seats this...

S 6, EP 191 

Meet Your Actor Series - Amy Selma

This week Gaby brings Amy Selma to the Chaos table!   We get to hear all about Amy's journey into voiceover - from a tiny town on the boarder of Mexico and Belize in the jungle, to the fields of Minnesota,  and then to the Hollywood lights in LA!   Meet Amy Selma an award winning, bilingual Spanish/English voice actor, who was born in Mexico and raised in the Caribbean by her Belizean parents.    She is celebrated for her clear, neutral accent in both languages with a versat...

S 6, EP 190 

Jozlyn and Gaby check in and share their latest chaos, from power outages, to back up plans, missing sticky notes, to kids need dinner...they cover a lot of chaos inside and out of the booth!  

This is a shareable podcast where a group of creatives join together to  document their creative voiceover & on-camera journeys in real time. 

We hope this podcast creates inspiration, stirs up a few ah-ha moments or maybe brings to the surface a feeling of "you're not alone" while navigating the creative process. Either way...

S6, EP 189

This week we share the Chaos table with Monica Garcia, a long-time friend of Gaby's and also Founder of a non-profit called The Love Yourself Foundation.  Monica created this foundation for many reasons that she shares with us but ultimately its creation is aimed at connecting self-love of an individual to the healing Community and the Environmental healing of the planet.  This foundation began through reaching out to individuals online & then branched out to in person events through Art & Music, meditation, open mic nights,  and for those working in the hospitality world in...

S 6, EP 188

Welcome to the After Party, the conversation continues...Finding friends who keep you grounded is so important in your creative journey and who bring different things into your world that are super helpful.  Sometimes technology does things that make you so frustrated on multiple levels that you want to just jump out the window (not really but the sentiment is there).  Then Jozlyn shares a big decision she has recently made for her voiceover career, that sparks a shared conversation amongst the whole gang.  Plus we have some more fun with a fun...

S6, EP 187

Meet Your Actor Series - Terrance Addison

This week our special guest is Tall, Dark, and Hilarious. Terrance Addison is a full-time voice actor based in Los Angeles, California. His versatile voice ranges from med-high to deep-low.  He voices Commercials, eLearning, Promo, Video Games, Animation and more. Terrance is a proud father and family man & when he's not in the booth, he's spending time with family and friends. 

The conversation takes us through Terrance's journey to finding his way into becoming a full-time voice over ac...

S 6, EP 186

This week we have a big group, as we chat ahead of our next Meet Your Actor Series episode with Terrance Addison that launches in a few weeks!  Jozlyn shares a few updates inside her booth and on her website.  Gaby and Ken meet and chat for the first time. Ken shares about his new, exciting project he booked and all its moving pieces. There's pillow talk with Joz's new Jason Momoa pillow. Lloyds here but has camera chaos. We chat about turning down voice over gigs, the drama of giving quotes to clients, always fe...

S 6, EP 184

Show notes to come
Guest Links to come

This is a shareable podcast where a group of creatives join together to  document their creative voiceover & on-camera journeys in real time. 

We hope this podcast creates inspiration, stirs up a few ah-ha moments or maybe brings to the surface a feeling of "you're not alone" while navigating the creative process. Either way, we are glad you are here.  Oh, and we also pull into our conversations at the chaos table industry professionals along with other fellow actors, to share their stories, exp...

S6, EP 183 

Sometimes we chat ahead of the recording with our guests and then continue the convo after as well...So this episode is us shooting the breeze about what's going on in our lives currently in the first few months of 2025. Of course, we discuss illness, because who hasn't been sick in January/February of 2025!  Then we expand on the final question we always ask..."What is the one thing you are most proud of" and Ken's take on what would have to happen to NOT choose his kids! Ken also shares why an...

S6, EP 182

Meet Your Actor Series - Ken Dillon

This episode Ken Dillon joins us to share his journey and take on voice over!  He is your blue collar, turned technicolor guy who cuts through the BS, so your brand doesn't have to. He brings crisp, natural commercial reads to goofy character reads.  Throughout his life, Ken, was always infatuated with media, devoured cartoons, absorbed films & blasted his radio! We hear about his take on coaching, how he decided/prepped for his upcoming character demo, what his blue-collar job was prior to voiceover, hi...

S 6, Trailer

Hosts -

Jozlyn Rocki

Gaby Borja

Lloyd Waller

Angela Cortez

Season 6 Trailer - 

Welcome to Keeping Up with Chaos, from the Booth and Beyond!

This is a podcast where a group of friends document their creative paths, in and out of the booth and beyond the screen…

This season it is all about meeting your actor, sprinkled in with some industry professionals and of course we bring the Chaos!

Life is not just about bei...

S 6, EP 181 

Meet Your Actor Series - Lloyd Waller

One of our own, Lloyd Waller, the one we loving refer to as The Voice of Reason, is  in the Chaos hot seat to share his journey and life with us!  This episode we hear all about Lloyd's journey into voice over & we get to know him outside the booth!  Lloyd shares he loved books & was avid reader at a young age, a football/wrestling enthusiast in his high school years and then went off to major in Mass Communications at college in Nort...

S6,  EP 180

Meet Your Actor Series - The Jane Aquino

This week Jozlyn, Lloyd and Gaby have the pleasure to chat with Jane Aquino.  You might recognize Jane from a previous episode, because she has joined us before as a Special Guest Co-host!  Although, this time, Jane is in the chaos seat!  We get to hear how Jane found and got started in voiceover, her journey in life, more about her family - especially her children, and how being a first-generation Filipina American from Union City, CA has had an influence on Jane's relatable and uniq...

SEASON 6!
EP 179 

The whole Creative Chaos gang, Jozlyn Rocki, Angela Cortez, Gaby Borja and Lloyd Waller join forces to chat, reflect, celebrate and share the highlights of 2024!  Then we touch on what we are looking forward to or what goals we are setting up for 2025!  

This is a shareable podcast where a group of creatives join together to  document their creative voiceover & on-camera journeys in real time. 

We hope this podcast creates inspiration, stirs up a few ah-ha moments or maybe brings to the surface a feeling of "you're not alone" while navig...

S5, EP 177

Feet first mentality, bubbly, bright, big smile with a laugh that brings all the fun! 
Meet Angela Cortez!  
This week we get to know Angela Cortez, our series podcast regular, our co-host and fellow voice actor!

This is a shareable podcast where a group of creatives join together to  document their creative voiceover & on-camera journeys in real time. 

We hope this podcast creates inspiration, stirs up a few ah-ha moments or maybe brings to the surface a feeling of "you're not alone" while navigating the creative process. Either way, we a...

S 5, EP 178

It has been a minute, or two, since the creative chaos gang joined forces and got all caught up, minus one this time!  Gaby Borja, Jozlyn Rocki and Lloyd Waller all season regulars and hosts of this podcast, dive into all their chaos, in life and outside of the booth!  Gaby spins a worldly tale of finding a bus in the middle of a dark Field in Barcelona, saw the Olympics in France, & lost luggage didn’t slow her down! Lloyd is in the House…literally! He shares how after tryouts he made the House Team a...

S 5, EP 176

Angela and Jozlyn catch up and share their chaos...Angela dj'd a previous dates wedding, Jozlyn listened to several audiobooks & found a running tread of wisdom from them to share, what did the ladies buy on social media this time, Jozlyn;s almost scam, and then the fun question at the end of our chat "what's your last text - this is your campaign slogan"!  

This is a shareable podcast where a group of creatives join together to  document their creative voiceover & on-camera journeys in real time. 

We hope this podcast cre...

Season 5, Episode 175

Special Guest - Ise White

Guest Co-Host - Sandy White

*More notes to come and links too

This is a shareable podcast where a group of creatives join together to  document their creative voiceover & on-camera journeys in real time. 

We hope this podcast creates inspiration, stirs up a few ah-ha moments or maybe brings to the surface a feeling of "you're not alone" while navigating the creative process. Either way, we are glad you are here.  Oh, and we also pull into our conversations at the chaos tab...

S 5, EP 174

Special Guests - Brian and Danica from Write Choice Resumes

This episode we chat about how to properly build an entertainment resume, that goes beyond just a resume!  Danica and Brian work with clients to really find out who you are, the real you, to dive into what makes you, you.  Finding out about the real you, helps them discover how to help you set yourself apart to really highlight your skills, talents, personality and experiences to grab the attention of who is hiring to score your dream job!  Whether you are a CEO...

S5, EP 173

Special guest - Dani States
Dani's Links -
https://danistates.com/
https://voiceoverview.com/

S 5, EP 172

This weeks Special Guest - Raven Harris-Keim. 
We chat with Raven about how the support of her family helped foster her creativity and creative journey, how pressing pause is not quitting in the creative writing process and Raven shares from her perspective as an author who chooses to give a voice to her story!  Plus we get to hear some fun chaos in the beginning - Angela treks across many miles to be early but barely on time, Jozlyn quits her Diner day job and scores her biggest VO audition to...

S 5, EP 171 

Meet Your Actor Series - Gaby Borja

Gaby Borja shares her creative journey with us as she continues to build her acting career.  She's a wife, mom, daughter, sister, and amazing friend! This episode Gaby shares what inspired her to even consider acting...which has a little something to do with the children's television shows she grew up watching to start with.  Plus, Gaby also found inspiration from teaching in the classroom when she taught grade school kids science!  If you know Gaby, you know that she is the kindest, warmest, truest human and...

Jozlyn, Gaby, and Angela chat with Voice Actor and On-Camera Actor Anne Alexander-Sieder.

Anne Alexander-Sieder is a​ trilingual American actress, based in Germany, known for embodying fierce, fallible women who walk the razor's edge between light and dark - women who may stumble but never go down without a fight. Think: Gillian Anderson, Vera Farmiga, and Catherine Keener.

Career Highlights include a Lead in the indie feature, Ojai, as a maverick mom who struggles to hold on to life as she learns to let go of her son, a Guest Star as an icy hotel ma...

S 5, EP 169 

Gaby and Jozlyn share behind-the-scenes fun, prior to recording the next installment of our Meet Your Actor Series highlighting Gaby Borja & her special episode! It's all the fun chaos that happens prior to the actual episode we usually launch!  
Jozlyn per usual is juggling life chaos & has bacon in the oven, her youngest needs baking soda free pancakes,  Gaby has to go potty, the tennis instructor needed to hitch a ride home, Gaby's son needs breakfast too, Jozlyn is in total Summer mode, her kids need to get out of their rooms & off screens, Gab...

Behind The Scenes Episode!

Behind the Scenes (BTS) episode share...Typically, before & after we chat with our Special Guests, we meet ahead of the guest and share life stuff, biz stuff or just the chaos of life stuff...and then sometimes, after the conversation has happened, we unpack some real deal things that came up during Special Guest chat later.  So, we wanted to share all these BTS with you as well, as they come up! 
Thanks for tuning in and thanks for listening to all our Creative Chaos!

Special Guest Co-host - Ken Di...

S5, EP168

On this episode, Jozlyn, Lloyd, and special guest co-host Ken, have a conversation with New York based voice actor Tom Dheere. As a voiceover talent, Tom has narrated thousands of projects across nearly every genre, including Commercials, Video Games, Cartoons, Explainers, Corporate Narration, eLearning, Medical Narration, Audiobooks, Audio Descriptions, and so much more. As the VO Strategist, Tom helps voice talent navigate the ins & outs of running a successful Voice Over Business, with mentorship options and self-study videos. His experience as a corporate trainer as well as a voice actor make him uniquely qualified to...