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.
How a Desert Motorcycle Trip Turned Moldy Frustration into a Product (and a Philosophy)
What do a hydration bladder, a Latvian immigrant’s basement workshop, and the rise of AI tools have in common? In this episode of BizVox, Scott Leon Smith talks with inventor, entrepreneur, and creative agency founder Peter Williams about turning a personal pain point into a market-ready product and the mindset that keeps him building instead of second-guessing.
You’ll hear:
- The origin of the DRYE dry fan: how a post-trip CamelBak disaster in the Utah desert led to a simple prototype, a modular design that works across brands, and the real process of naming, manufacturing, packaging, and launching a direct-to-consumer product on his own site and Amazon
- Peter’s “I’m not afraid to lose” philosophy: why he bets on his own skills and ability to execute more than any single idea, and how treating failed experiments as learning opportunities keeps him moving instead of regretting the ones he never tried
- His practical take on AI in a creative agency (tools that enhance experienced designers rather than replace them), plus the childhood lessons from his grandfather’s homemade machine shop that still shape how he invents and markets today
This is the kind of conversation that makes entrepreneurship feel both grounded and possible: real product development details, creative problem-solving, and a refreshing lack of fear around iteration and technology. If you’ve ever stared at a problem and thought “someone should fix this,” or wondered how to stay motivated when ideas outpace results, this episode delivers.
Hit play and hear how personal frustration becomes a product and why the willingness to try (and occasionally lose) is the real competitive advantage. Then subscribe to the Electric Secrets Variety Podcast so you catch every future BizVox episode, plus the theatre stories, voiceover experiments, and mad-scientist creative energy from the rest of the MonsterVox lineup.
Let’s get to work.
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