Electric Secrets Variety Podcast
Electric Secrets Variety Podcast
Podcast Description
ELECTRIC SECRETS is a multi-segmented podcast that uncovers secrets of small business, the performing arts, and living your best creative life. There's something to inspire everyone!
Segments include:
BIZVOX: For small business owners, community leaders, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits. Each episode features a spirited discussion with special guests about branding, marketing, and hustling.
DEDICATED TO THE CRAFT: For actors, directors, and lovers of live theatre. Episodes focus on fundamental (and practical) philosophies of acting and directing.
THE UNFORGETTABLE VOICE): For vocal performers of every genre--and listeners too! A showcase of iconic singers, voice actors, other artists; why their voices are memorable & important artists, and how their work shapes our lives.
RUSTIC SHAKESPEARE: Being an Egregious Bacchanal-of-a-Segment for Those Who Would Act, Direct, & Design the Works of The Bard; and for his Many Lovers & Admirers—Hey Nonny. Episodes focus on the homespun philosophies of performing and directing Shakespeare for a modern audience.
THE ALBATROSS CAFE: A comedy mock-podcast with host "Marty Merman" his mother "Esther" and her best friend "Agnes." The hilariously unpredictable trio present silly, satirical segments while trying to navigate the maddening experiences of family life. Complete with parody commercials.
STRUCK TO THE SOUL: For fine artists, performers, writers, filmmakers, poets, musicians, designers and anyone trying to live a more fulfilling creative life. A candid examination of random(?) events and how they can shape one's personal creativity and creative process.
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About Your Host: Scott Leon Smith has been working as a professional actor, director, and teacher for 25 years. He earned his MFA in Acting at West Virginia University, where he studied under alumni of the prestigious American Conservatory in San Francisco. He honed his craft in Chicago as part of A Crew of Patches, a traveling theatre company that performed Shakespeare for students. Scott is the CEO of Monstervox Productions, specializing in voice-over, narration, character creation, podcasting, and customized audio & video production.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast features diverse themes including small business insights with episodes like BizVox discussing local arts initiatives, performing arts philosophy in Dedicated to the Craft, vocal storytelling in The Unforgettable Voice, engaging Shakespeare in Rustic Shakespeare, and comedic family narratives in The Albatross Cafe, each exploring unique angles of creativity and community.
ELECTRIC SECRETS is a multi-segmented podcast that uncovers secrets of small business, the performing arts, and living your best creative life. There’s something to inspire everyone!
Segments include:
BIZVOX: For small business owners, community leaders, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits. Each episode features a spirited discussion with special guests about branding, marketing, and hustling.
DEDICATED TO THE CRAFT: For actors, directors, and lovers of live theatre. Episodes focus on fundamental (and practical) philosophies of acting and directing.
THE UNFORGETTABLE VOICE): For vocal performers of every genre–and listeners too! A showcase of iconic singers, voice actors, other artists; why their voices are memorable & important artists, and how their work shapes our lives.
RUSTIC SHAKESPEARE: Being an Egregious Bacchanal-of-a-Segment for Those Who Would Act, Direct, & Design the Works of The Bard; and for his Many Lovers & Admirers—Hey Nonny. Episodes focus on the homespun philosophies of performing and directing Shakespeare for a modern audience.
THE ALBATROSS CAFE: A comedy mock-podcast with host “Marty Merman” his mother “Esther” and her best friend “Agnes.” The hilariously unpredictable trio present silly, satirical segments while trying to navigate the maddening experiences of family life. Complete with parody commercials.
STRUCK TO THE SOUL: For fine artists, performers, writers, filmmakers, poets, musicians, designers and anyone trying to live a more fulfilling creative life. A candid examination of random(?) events and how they can shape one’s personal creativity and creative process.
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About Your Host: Scott Leon Smith has been working as a professional actor, director, and teacher for 25 years. He earned his MFA in Acting at West Virginia University, where he studied under alumni of the prestigious American Conservatory in San Francisco. He honed his craft in Chicago as part of A Crew of Patches, a traveling theatre company that performed Shakespeare for students. Scott is the CEO of Monstervox Productions, specializing in voice-over, narration, character creation, podcasting, and customized audio & video production.
Step into the gloriously unhinged world of The Albatross Cafe!
The rare, riotous segment that drops like a surprise comedy bomb every eight years or so (subscribe and thank your lucky stars when it finally hits your feed!).
Hosted by the ever-watchful Marty Merman from the fictional greasy spoon in Schleboygan, New Jersey, this episode is a wild ride through absurd people-watching, influencer roasting, and firearm-fueled matrimonial mayhem. It’s chaotic, it’s weird, it’s hilariously inappropriate.
Here’s what’s on the menu this time around:
- People Watching Gone Motel Spy Mode: Marty spies through the classic walleye peephole at a sketchy motel, catching housekeeping weirdos hunting Pokémon, debating anime, and possibly running the world’s slowest drug deal (or just really bad at their job). Bonus: a rock-hard muffin that could skip across a lake like a pro.
- Influensah with Esther Merman: Marty’s mom dives into the bizarre world of winter salt-truck influencers, reviewing a 48-minute epic of spreading salt, swapping trailers, and early-morning coffee runs. Esther’s deadpan commentary turns mundane road salting into accidental ASMR… until she gets unexpectedly hot and bothered and has to call for backup.
- Agnes Goes Shopping…for Firearms!: The beloved lunatic Agnes hits the gun shop with surprisingly solid (and unsettling) advice on shotguns, recoil, overpenetration, and why a sawed-off might be perfect for your double-wide. It all culminates in the most unhinged shotgun wedding ceremony ever officiated mid-segment, complete with objections met by a lead retort.
If you crave offbeat humor, eccentric characters, and comedy that veers gloriously into the absurd and slightly sinister, this episode of The Albatross Cafe will have you laughing out loud (and maybe checking your motel peephole next time). It’s the perfect chaotic escape; don’t miss it!
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