ANNOUNCEMENT! We won the 2023 Ampie Creator Award!
WE WON!!! Thank you to everyone in our big-little city (and on our email list!!!) who nominated and voted for The Untold Tales Podcast to win the Ampie Award in the Creator category! 🎧 🎤
We love our listeners, fans and patrons and are just so happy to share this WIN with YOU. 🥂
The Ampie Awards here in the City of Peoria, Arizona celebrate the innovation, creativity, collaboration and excellence within the West Valley's entrepreneurial ecosystem while also amplifying these values. These awards are all about saying a huge thank you and celebrating the hard work entrepreneurs do every day, while boosting the key areas that help local businesses, nonprofits, and other startups thrive and grow.
We really couldn’t have gotten this recognition without the tireless support of our friends at the Arizona State University J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship and Innovation Institute! We also would be nowhere without YOU, our faithful listeners. Thank you.
Here's a link to our Instagram account! The video is pinned to the beginning of our feed.
https://www.instagram.com/the_untold_tales_podcast/
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Dr. Jeffrey A. Robinson
Author / Co-Founder
Jeffrey A Robinson is the co-creator, editor, and principal writer of the Untold Tales podcast, a collection of short stories of the highest caliber based on the first in a set of three published science fiction anthologies. Jeff is a retired technologist, who grew up loving to read science fiction. After serving as a Naval Flight Officer, who flew F-4 Phantom jets, and an Air Traffic Controller, in the Marine Corps, he became a device physicist in a semiconductor-manufacturing facility and an expert in Manufacturing Execution Systems, computer automation, integration & cybersecurity. He has a B.A. in Physics, a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, an MBA, and a Ph.D. in Information Systems. He also has postgraduate certificates in Computer Forensics, and a PMP, and is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt, as well.
Melissa Del Toro Schaffner
Narrator / Co-Founder / Producer
Melissa Del Toro Schaffner is the primary Narrator for ALL the UNTOLD TALES episodes. She is an American Voice Actor and the co-creator narrator of The Untold Tales Podcast. She provides compelling voiceover and storytelling to help you emotionally connect with your ideal customers, driving sales and interest. Melissa is a dynamic mom of an only and enjoys bringing stories to life! Her background is in Electrical Engineering and Project Management and she has her MBA (an educational and work background she shares with Jeff). Focused on audiobooks, television and radio commercials, animation and video games, corporate narration, live events and eLearning projects as her primary craf, Melissa has also volunteered her voice for numerous educational materials and studied the craft under experts in the industry for over a decade. She was nominated for Best Animation Voiceover in 2024 by The Society of Voice Arts and Sciences (SOVAS) and her top notch studio sound is signed off by audio engineering powerhouses. She is the voice of main protagonist Minny from Cerulean Summer ( https://tinyurl.com/8efrxet9 ), and Lace in Jetta: Tales of the Toshigawa ( https://tinyurl.com/9afky7pd ), and has narrated several audiobook titles on Audible ( https://tinyurl.com/mry9vyyp ). She has voiced dozens of memorable characters on the popular Children’s S.T.E.M. Podcast “Who Smarted?!” and was also a contestant on the nationally televised game show “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire”. When she’s not in the studio, she can be found playing Roblox with her daughter, plotting miracles with her hus… Read More
