Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host and producer George Sirois sits down with multi-award winning audiobook producer Marnye Young. The two talk extensively about how Marnye first got into acting and voiceover, the steps that led her into audiobook narrating, the need to not only start her own business but also to build a roster of male and female voices, and so much more! Question of the Month:...

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host and producer George Sirois finally sits down with someone he's wanted to chat with since this podcast was started: award-winning and USA Today Bestselling Author Nicole Evelina. The two talk about how Nicole started her journey with multiple submissions to agents and publishers, choosing the self-publishing route and finding success, speaking at various conven...

Season 5 of the Excelsior Journeys podcast has begun, and this week, host and producer George Sirois sits down with actor, voice artist, and teacher Steve Corona. With over 15 years of experience in the entertainment industry, Steve is not only ready to share his story of how he reached his level of success, but also to teach you how to get there as well. Question of the Month: WHAT IS YOUR NEW YE...

On this week's episode of Excelsior Journeys, host and producer George Sirois joins his monthly Facebook Live partner - Hall of Fame horror host Ivonna Cadaver - for a special season finale. The two of them sit down with friends and fans to say thank you for their support and drop some news about what to expect in 2022 and beyond! Question of the Month: WHAT IS YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION? Upload y...

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host and producer George Sirois goes on location to Spine Bookstore and Cafe on Arsenal St in St. Louis to meet with the cafe owner, Mark Pannebecker. The founder of the St. Louis Indie Book Fair, Mark has been a supporter of local authors and artists for years, and now that Spine is open for business, he has a venue for readings, signings, art gallery showings, an...

On this very special episode of Excelsior Journeys, host and producer George Sirois goes outside his studio and sits down with some of the writers participating in the Words By Women event taking place at 6 North Cafe. Author/Illustrator Jennifer Stolzer, Author/Poet TM Pedroley, and Author/Poet Marie Chewe-Elliott have a lot to say about their genres of choice, the opportunities they create for t...

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host & producer George Sirois has three special guests on the show: George's wife Cheryl acting as co-host, and the hosts of the We Couldn't Help But Wonder podcast, Elise Castle and Mike Jensen. The four discuss how this Sex and the City episode-by-episode discussion got started, how the show grew in listenership, and what's to come with the upcoming revival s...

This short episode of Excelsior Journeys is a companion to Saturday night's Macabre Theatre & Excelsior Journeys: An Evening with Ivonna Cadaver, where we welcomed Eddie Munster himself, Butch Patrick. This week, I spoke about the Facebook Live discussion now becoming a monthly event, the completion of the National Podcast Post Month challenge, and much more! To show your support for Excelsior...

Last month, Excelsior Journeys teamed up with YTA Network's Macabre Theatre for a special Evening with Ivonna Cadaver, the hall-of-fame horror host, for a Q&A on Facebook Live. It went so well that we decided to make this a monthly event, and for our second episode, we brought in Ivonna's co-host on Macabre Theatre, Eddie Munster himself Butch Patrick! Butch shared with us stories about how he...

You never know when inspiration will strike. This week, host & producer George Sirois sits down with Christi Hoehn, founder of the Talk of the Table company to discuss how her time living in Germany inspired the start of a growing fad in the household: table grilling. With deals being made by various companies and awareness of her brand on the rise, Christi talks candidly about her ongoing str...

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host and producer George Sirois sits down with author, podcaster, audiobook narrator, and promotions expert Karina Kantas. By choosing to not work with the Big Five publishers, Karina has enjoyed the freedom of writing in so many different genres, including young adult, sci-fi / fantasy, horror, thriller, romance, dark mafia romance, even dystopian erotica, and thi...

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host and producer George Sirois sits down with actress and voice artist Ellen Dubin. With more than thirty years in the entertainment industry, both on camera and in animation, Ellen has proven to be someone who transcends stereotypes with a refreshingly diverse series of performances. Her credits include Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, Forever Knight, Highlande...

In 2010, host & producer George Sirois sat down with artist Robert Mars to interview him for his grad school class called "Artists are Alive and Well." Now, in 2021, the two sat down again for a more extensive discussion about how Robert is now living the American Dream by working full-time on his passion, how he discovered the Americana collage style that became the key to his success, his fi...

Happy Halloween! This very special episode of Excelsior Journeys is the first in a new monthly series with horror host hall-of-famer Ivonna Cadaver! What you will hear is the audio from our Facebook Live event done on Saturday, October 30, as part of Ivonna's 4-hour-long Halloween Movie Marathon on YouToo America (YTA). I am incredibly grateful to have been chosen to moderate this discussion, and...

This week, host and producer George Sirois announces that Excelsior Journeys is now part of the Rising Tide Broadcast Network, and has invited listeners and former guests to ask a question about writing, podcasting, or being a voice actor. The questions that came in were definitely beyond expectations. Enjoy! Your support of Excelsior Journeys is always appreciated. Please listen and subscribe to...

This week, host and producer George Sirois welcomes one of his favorite podcasters, multi-award winner Kim Adragna. Since 2015, Kim has been the co-host of The Grindhouse Radio, a go-to weekly show delving in all the latest pop culture news, and she is also the co-host of her Disney-centric show The Magic KimTom. Kim is here to talk about how she discovered this amazing platform, how she got start...

This week, host and producer George Sirois sits down with a good friend and creative kindred spirit, author and podcaster Bethanie F. DeVors. She is here to tell us about her work on the upcoming third book of her fantasy trilogy, The Seodrassian Chronicles, and her podcast Bethanie Talks About Stuff, which you can see on YouTube. She is also preparing for her latest 24-hour gaming marathon to ben...

This week, host and producer George Sirois got to revel in his love of DVD & Blu Ray special features with Justin Beahm, one of the premiere content creators responsible for some of the most innovative and entertaining material for Shout Factory / Scream Factory, Paramount Pictures, Anchor Bay, Music Box Films, and so much more. Find out more about Justin and his production company Reverend En...

For this week’s episode of Excelsior Journeys, host and producer George Sirois sits down with actor, voice artist, and digital artist Victor Caroli. Now living in Naples, Florida, Victor chats about his decades on stages all around the country, his transition into voice acting, the role that made him one of the most iconic voices of the 1980s as the narrator of TransFormers: Generation One, how he...

*** Since this interview took place, Manny Cabo lost over 20 years worth of work when a terrible storm hit his hometown and completely destroyed his livelihood. He has since started a GoFundMe account, and so far it was accumulated over $10,000. Manny is always willing to lend a hand to his fellow creatives, so anything you can spare is appreciated. Please click HERE to donate. *** This week, host...

It's the Season 4 premiere of Excelsior Journeys, and host & producer George Sirois celebrates with a deluxe-length discussion with writer/producer Ron Friedman. With over 60 years in show business, Ron has accrued a lot of experiences and he shares so many of them here. Come and hear from the man who wrote for such iconic characters as Sheriff Andy Taylor, Samantha Stephens, Willy Gilliga...

Donate to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3fldx2L It's Part 5 of the Excelsior Journeys 5-part miniseries celebrating the 35th anniversary of TransFormers: The Movie, and host & producer George Sirois has concluded his month - and Season 3 of the podcast - with Hasbro designers Mark Maher and Evan Brooks. They not only share how this film inspired them from...

Donate to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3fldx2L It's Part 4 of the Excelsior Journeys 5-part miniseries celebrating the 35th anniversary of TransFormers: The Movie, and host & producer George Sirois welcomes writer/producer F.J. DeSanto, the current TransFormers torchbearer as the showrunner of Netflix's War for Cybertron Trilogy. The two discuss how F...

Donate to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3fldx2L It's Part 3 of the Excelsior Journeys 5-part miniseries celebrating the 35th anniversary of TransFormers: The Movie, and host & producer George Sirois was pleased to welcome back to the show music composer & performer Vince DiCola. The two talked about how Vince's work on Rocky IV caught the attention of prod...

Donate to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3fldx2L 100 episodes! Thank you to everyone who has subscribed, downloaded, shared, commented, participated. If it weren't for all of you, I would have stopped podcasting a long time ago! It's Part 2 of the Excelsior Journeys 5-part miniseries celebrating the 35th anniversary of TransFormers: The Movie, and host & produc...