{"podcast":{"title":"Voiceover Casting Corner","slug":"voiceover-casting-corner-7196372","podcast_index_feed_id":7196372,"rss_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/2147820032/feed","website_url":"https://www.voicecasterlab.com/podcasts/voiceover-casting-corner","image_url":"https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/site/2148508258/podcasts/7bc485d-5ab3-f6f5-cb05-212bde676a5e_VCC_Podcast_Logo_Q4_2025.png","author":"The Voicecaster","episode_count":47,"summary":"Join The Voicecaster's Head of Casting Kelly Moscinski and Senior Casting Director Kathryn Horan monthly for our LIVE podcast recording and Ask Us Anything!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T04:20:48.196601+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/voiceover-casting-corner-7196372"},"episode":{"title":"There’s No “Right” Path: Understanding Union vs. Non-Union","slug":"there-s-no-right-path-understanding-union-vs-non-union","published_at":"2026-06-09T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/voiceover-casting-corner-7196372/there-s-no-right-path-understanding-union-vs-non-union","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/voiceover-casting-corner-7196372","url":"https://www.voicecasterlab.com/podcasts/voiceover-casting-corner/episodes/2149204996","audio_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149204996.mp3","summary":"Kelly Moscinski and Kathryn Horan of The Voice Caster discuss union versus non-union voiceover work and when to consider joining SAG-AFTRA, emphasizing it’s a personal decision based on career timing, goals, and sustainability rather than status. They compare union benefits—set rates, standardized protections, residuals, and potential health insurance and pension—against non-union’s flexibility, variable pay, and fewer built-in safeguards, noting industry shifts toward more non-union casting (now about 80% non-union). They explain the Taft-Hartley process and “must join” status, trade-offs of joining (no non-union work, fewer auditions, higher competition), and alternatives like Financial Core (Fi-Core) and right-to-work states. They also recommend NAVA membership as an insurance option, stressing long-term planning and doing what works for individual needs.","meta_description":"Kelly Moscinski and Kathryn Horan of The Voice Caster discuss union versus non-union voiceover work and when to consider joining SAG-AFTRA, emphasizing it…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":919,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/voiceover-casting-corner-7196372/episodes/there-s-no-right-path-understanding-union-vs-non-union/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/voiceover-casting-corner-7196372/there-s-no-right-path-understanding-union-vs-non-union.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}