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.
Three Costly Mistakes That Keep Entrepreneurs Stuck (and How to Fix Them Fast)
Ready to stop treating your business plan like a wish list and start turning conversations into clients? In this lively BizVox episode, host Scott Leon Smith sits down with Dr. Donna Bellinger, decades-deep coach to entrepreneurs and corporate teams, for a straight-talk masterclass on the real reasons deals fall apart… and the simple shifts that make them close.
You’ll hear:
- The three most expensive “strategies” that quietly kill momentum (lack of real process, leading with features instead of solutions, and talking past how people actually process information)
- Dr. Donna’s pre-qualification framework and “bedtime story” technique that gets prospects nodding “yes” without you giving away the farm
- Why most proposals are a blueprint giveaway, the no-script approach that keeps you genuine and effective, and the exact mindset shift needed before you quit the 9-to-5
This is pure, practical gold for solopreneurs, small business owners, and anyone tired of spinning their wheels. Dr. Donna doesn’t do fluff, she delivers the operational truth, branding consistency, and sales confidence that actually moves the needle.
Hit play, take notes, and get ready to sell results instead of resumes. Then subscribe to the Electric Secrets Variety Podcast so you never miss another BizVox conversation, or the rest of the storytelling, theatre, and mad-scientist energy that MonsterVox Productions brings every episode.
Let’s get to work.
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