The Thinking Voice

Vocal Health Education
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The Thinking Voice

The Thinking Voice podcast by Dr Jenevora Williams, Robert Sussuma and Stephen King is all about exploring the human voice through open conversation. The format of the podcast is split in to two types of episode; INTERVIEWS and CONVERSATIONS.The Interviews released will follow a standard interview format, with one host interviewing a special guest. The topic of conversation begins with how the guest journeyed into the world of Vocal Health, and often explores a more philosophical and idealistic avenue.The Conversations are played out in real time, and are unplanned musings between Dr Jenevora Williams, Stephen King and Robert Sussuma. These include phenomenological, existential, anatomic, pedagogic and experiential principles. Serious philosophy with some light-hearted interplay.The subject for these conversations is an unplanned topic, one of several that have been pre-set into a randomiser. In listening in, you will be steered down all kinds of cobbled conversational streets between the three hosts, unpicking relevant research or anecdotal concepts and “practice-based evidence”.

  1. 28 MAR

    The Robert Price Interview

    In this episode, Stephen interviews the legendary voice teacher Robert Price.  Stephen and Robert talk about Robert's time in the circus as a metal clown, dropping out of law school and travelling the world teaching vocal massage.  They also discuss the future of relational vocal massage and establish it -perhaps- as a method of Body Psychotherapy. Celebrating the launch of their co-authored book, The Handbook of Vocal Massage: A Relational Approach, this is a whirlwind episode best listened to in full.  For details on how to purchase the book, visit https://www.newvoicepublishing.co.uk/books/

    1h 6m

  2. 21 FEB

    The Breaking Free Conversation

    Join our hosts as they take us through their thoughts on breaking free. As you’ll hear, the conversation develops into whether we break free from, or break free in to new habits, behaviours and spaces. This episode is a precursor to the breaking free conference listed below. Booking through the vocalhealth.co.uk website. Breaking Free One-Day Vocal Health Education Conference 9th March, 2025 Friends House, 173-177 Euston Rd., London NW1 2BJ Breath Support: Breaking Free From One-Size-Fits-All Breath Training Breath training has been considered an important component of voice pedagogy for hundreds of years. But what is breath support and does it vary by style, volume, or location in the range? In her keynote speech, Ms. Obert will share what she learned at the intersection of respiratory medicine and otolaryngology during her years of working in a busy voice disorders clinic. She will make the case for teaching singers to work with a variety of breath strategies and teach three of them to the audience during the session. Timbre Shaping: Embracing the “villains” of the vocal tract! The pharyngeal constrictors and tongue are often portrayed as villains, but their role in shaping timbre is vital and frequently misunderstood. In this lecture, Ms. Obert will share her pioneering research into how these structures can be used to enhance high frequency energy to empower singers to create the sounds they want to make.

    59 min

  3. 29 JAN

    The Carles Exposito Interview

    In our latest episode of The Thinking Voice Podcast Stephen King interviews Carles Expósito Rovira. Carles is a performing arts physiotherapist specialising in the artistic voice. When one brilliant vocal manual therapist (Stephen King) interviews another you know you are going to be in for a magical conversation! Stephen and Carles discuss his ongoing Phd research into the tongue and the all-important role of proprioception in training voice users to make meaningful change.  Carles is also  the chair of AMPAE (the Spanish Association of Performing Arts Medicine) and a board member of ENPPA (European Network of Physiotherapists in Performing Arts). He teaches at the Conservatory of Music of the Balearic Islands and the University of the Balearic Islands and his is research focuses on proprioception in the artistic voice.

    37 min

  4. 10 JAN

    The Endoscopy Chat (Bonus)

    Stephen and Jenevora are chatting about the process of collaboration. What happens when we look at something with different eyes and skills and backgrounds. They talk about the difference between diagnosis and description, and how often a description becomes misinterpreted as a diagnosis. Specifically the conversation relates to the forthcoming course with Kerrie Obert SLP, who is spending three days with Singing Teachers and Speech Therapists. They will be scoping each other, learning about endoscopic evaluation and vocal function.  Details are here: https://www.vocalhealth.co.uk/kerrie-obert-london/

    28 min

  5. 26/11/2024

    The Safe Space Conversation

    What is a safe space? How can we respect another person’s autonomy whilst opening up possibilities for change? Does learning always need a challenge to our sense of safety, or do we need the safety in order to learn? Robert, Stephen and Jenevora discuss boundaries, ethics and the nature of learning in this episode of Thinking Voice.

    1h 8m

  6. 27/06/2024

    The Imposter Syndrome Conversation

    As ever, the three hosts chat about how this most interesting topic of 'imposter syndrome' matters for singers and voice users. Robert Sussuma talks about how we might come to learn to be an imposter in Facebook groups or forums, Stephen King talks about how The Wizard of Oz is a perfect example of imposter syndrome and Dr Jenevora Williams begins a discussion around the frequency of the imposter feelings.

    49 min

  7. 22/05/2024

    The Phonotrauma Conversation

    CONTENT WARNING In this episode, we discuss things related to trauma. Whilst we don't give any clear examples or case studies it is worth noting that we define trauma and talk around the subject. In this conversation, your hosts Dr Jenevora Williams, Robert Sussuma and Stephen King discuss the way in which psychological and vocal trauma precipitate. There are definitions, revised definitions and even the DSM-5 makes an appearance!  Education, rehabilitation after rehabilitation and vocal learning are all discussed in this interesting and thought provoking episode. Stephen's latest paper "Grieving a Previous Voice" is also outlined and discussed within the framework of grief and moving on.

    1h 4m

  8. 07/04/2024

    The Hard Yards Conversation

    Our three hosts, Stephen King, Robert Sussuma and Dr Jenevora Williams explore the what they might have said to their younger selves.  This is an intimate conversation that pulls apart the past, present and future, as well as exploring what it means to “do the hard yards” in your career.

    59 min
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The Thinking Voice podcast by Dr Jenevora Williams, Robert Sussuma and Stephen King is all about exploring the human voice through open conversation. The format of the podcast is split in to two types of episode; INTERVIEWS and CONVERSATIONS.The Interviews released will follow a standard interview format, with one host interviewing a special guest. The topic of conversation begins with how the guest journeyed into the world of Vocal Health, and often explores a more philosophical and idealistic avenue.The Conversations are played out in real time, and are unplanned musings between Dr Jenevora Williams, Stephen King and Robert Sussuma. These include phenomenological, existential, anatomic, pedagogic and experiential principles. Serious philosophy with some light-hearted interplay.The subject for these conversations is an unplanned topic, one of several that have been pre-set into a randomiser. In listening in, you will be steered down all kinds of cobbled conversational streets between the three hosts, unpicking relevant research or anecdotal concepts and “practice-based evidence”.

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  • Creator
    Vocal Health Education
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    62
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Vocal Health Education
  • Show Website
    The Thinking Voice

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