Aug 18, 2025
The voice over business is NOT an easy one to break into, but
don't tell that to
award-winning VO artist Randy Thomas, who's worked the Academy
Awards seven
times throughout her career, and is the first person to announce
the Oscars, Emmys,
and Tonys in the same year. Randy is also the first woman ever to
announce the
Oscars.
Her resume is as long as the state of California, including when
she made history as
the half-time announcer for Super Bowl 44, introducing The WHO.
She's been the
voice of ABC's Nightline, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Kennedy
Center Honors,
Democratic Nomination, and more. Please give a warm welcome to
Randy Thomas,
who joins our show today to talk about her legendary career and
sometimes
complicated life.
Randy grew up listening to NY radio as a kid, and that's exactly
where she started her
career, on the radio. Needless to say, she's had one of the most
successful
announcing careers in the business, but as one of the first women,
she says it wasn't
always easy. And neither was her personal life. Randy's youngest
brother was
murdered, which turned her family up side down. On top of that, she
describes her
early years as deeply dysfunctional. She talks about it, and how
her career kept her
grounded. Today, she continues to work, and is starting her own VO
company, too.
Unfortunately, she lost her home this year in the Palisades fire,
and we'll talk about
how she's coping with that, too.
Please join #DeborahKobyltLIVE on all video and audio podcast
platforms, and invite
your friends, too. I'm your host, #DeborahZaraKobylt, and it's my
pleasure to welcome
you here.
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