Deborah Pardes
NewsCaster
Voiceover
Writer / Producer
Audio Editor
speaker
Host / MC
let's talk today because tomorrow may be full of distractions
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let's talk today because tomorrow may be full of distractions 〰️
Host / MC
SXSW SPEAKER
The topic was Voice is Transforming Our Online Presence. Why?
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A new space for games and connection - launching in Los Angeles December 2025
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Public Speaking 101
As VP of Stories and Voices @ Swell,
Deborah produced a free, online video + audio course to help anyone improve their speaking skills.
Here’s the link to get started
INTERVIEWs with
CHANGE MAKERS
Deborah has been interviewing thought leaders in tech, entertainment, science, and politics for years.
Here’s a selection of those interviews
Outer space balloon Launched!
Come on over here to listen to the song and purchase the companion children’s book!
Stand Up
Deborah MC's, marries people, and once in a while...does stand up.
WRITING / SPOKEN WORD
Written for a Series of Storytelling workshops. Music, Words and Performance by Deborah
Pause - a PodCast
In the US alone, over 6000 women each day start the time-honored journey into menopause.
It’s an extraordinary opportunity for growth, reflection, and kvetching.
Deborah has created a live series that celebrates doctors, therapists, storytellers and women.
It was sponsored by Hylands Homeopathic / Doctor Wise
Get Smart Radio
For the last 10 years, Deborah has been hosting a live podcast called Get Smart Radio. She teaches podcasting to kids, too!
LINK to Get Smart Radio ARCHIVES
Arresting KNOWLEDGE
Deborah has been dedicated to literacy and education her entire career.
The crisis of MISINFORMATION, PARTISANSHIP, and BIAS IN THE NEWS
compelled Deborah to take action and teach news literacy throughout the country face-to-face.
We traveling to towns and cities to pilot this idea: get people together face-to-face and learn collabortively the skills needed to navigate news and information in the age of NOISE. It was a wonderful start to growing our project. Please visit ArrestingKnowledge for more information.
Arresting Knowledge is a public interactive program that helps people engage with media (social, new, ads, entertainment) with a critical eye. Discover how we can come to you at ArrestingKnowledge.com
A single JINGLE
Over 1 million views, this video features a song Deborah wrote
to help Hyland's Homeopathic re-launch their Teething Tablets.
In the Fall of 2010, Hyland's faced an unimaginable choice: ‘a public fight with the FDA about the safety of our products’, a David and Goliath scenario with no stones and no slingshots, OR a manufacturer-initiated product recall of over 40 million units of Hyland’s Teething Tablets.
Our first instinct was to ask, “What would be best for our Moms?” Facing the greatest challenge in the company’s 100+ year history, we doubled down. We called all hands on deck and our team answered every phone call — over 4,000 calls a day for more than two weeks. We talked to parents and offered information, explanation and comfort. We took back over 200,000 units of product and gave refunds to all the customers who called. A favorite quote from a Mom who called, when we asked her if she would like to return her teething tablets: “No way, you will have to pry them out of my dead cold hands – I am keeping my Hyland’s Teething Tablets.”
As there were no clear issues of safety or risks to the consumers and our choice to do a consumer level recall was initiated “in an abundance of caution,” we took the perspective of the parent – not the company – assuring that any potential risks (real or imagined) to the well-being of their children, was our top priority.
When we relaunched a new and improved Hyland's Teething Tablets 9 months after the recall, we created this music video - the Shake Shake Groove - featuring a band of teething babies. In the first year, it garnered over a million views from families with babies that watched it over and over again.
Theater / Laughter
A sizzle from the very first Shoes Worth Sharing Show.
For the FULL show - watch here
A public display of affection, reflection and interactive sole-to-soul connecting. A fun-woman show with music, comedy, food and feet. Coming to you live at a theater near you ... deborahpardes.com/debtalk/
Campaign Jingles
Every Brand needs a theme song. Buying loops from the web is cold-hearted. Deborah brings soul to every project she touches.
This song is for Get Up Go Socks.
ARTS ACTIVISM / PROMOTION
As the founder of Artists for Literacy, Deborah has been covered by major media outlets
including Rolling Stone Magazine, BBC, and the New York Times. Here's a great interview on NPR that explains her work.
Radio Diaries
Deborah thrives on bringing stories to life - especially when they help raise the voices of others who have import things to say.
Here's an example of one of her more in-depth radios documentaries.
Voice For Change
Deborah has been the narrator for over 10 documentary film projects.
Available to talk your ear off.
Deborah Pardes: ASCAP award-winning, composer, jingles, sound design
More Music can be Explored HERE on SPOTIFY
About Me + REACH OUT
The best way to reach me is through Linked In - - I hope we meet soon!