Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity

Donate to the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3fldx2L It's Part 1 of the Excelsior Journeys 5-part miniseries celebrating the 35th anniversary of TransFormers: The Movie, and it all starts with two major reasons why this animated film endures today: screenwriter Ron Friedman and story consultant Flint Dille. Both sat down with host & producer George Sirois and t...

Special Thanks to Mains Playing Cards for sponsoring Excelsior Journeys throughout the month of July: https://mainsplayingcards.com/ This week on Excelsior Journeys, host & producer George Sirois sat down with financial clarity coach Tricia Daniel, and he learned right away how invaluable she is to people who want to produce a steady supplementary or full-time income doing what they love. With...

Special Thanks to Mains Playing Cards for sponsoring Excelsior Journeys throughout the month of July: https://mainsplayingcards.com/ In preparation for the 35th anniversary of TransFormers: The Movie - and the five-part miniseries right here this August - host & producer George Sirois sits down with fellow podcaster & fellow TransFormers fan Mike Seibert. The two discuss their initial view...

Special Thanks to Mains Playing Cards for sponsoring Excelsior Journeys throughout the month of July: https://mainsplayingcards.com/ There are so many thriving writing communities around the state of Missouri, and this week, host & producer George Sirois sits down with Kansas City's latest author Natalie Cammaratta to discuss her debut Young Adult novel Falling & Uprising. They discuss...

Special Thanks to Mains Playing Cards for sponsoring Excelsior Journeys throughout the month of July: https://mainsplayingcards.com/ This week, host & producer George Sirois introduces you to his five-part science-fiction / sports serial "From Parts Unknown" by reading the first chapter of Part One. The main character, Stephen Barker, wants nothing more than to provide a happy life for...

If you were (or are) a lover of animation from the 70s, 80s, or 90s, there's a good chance you've heard Michael Bell's voice come from the characters on the screen. One of the most active voice artists over several decades, Michael graciously sat down with host & producer George Sirois to discuss some of his favorite characters, the various shows he worked on, performing on Star Tr...

On this very special episode of Excelsior Journeys, host & producer George Sirois looks ahead to some upcoming episodes, including the 5-part miniseries in August that celebrates the 35th anniversary of TransFormers: The Movie. He then looks back at one of the first audiobooks he ever recorded, his young adult / sci-fi novel "Excelsior," which is what inspired the name of this very pod...

This week, host & producer George Sirois sits down with a voiceover artist, a saxophonist, a vocalist, a speaking coach, an actress, and a radio personality. And they're all the same person: Elle Michelle McCray. With everything that she's done, and everything she's currently doing, it was only natural that once she established herself on the Clubhouse app, she fit right in with De...

The arts have always been a wonderful coping mechanism to get us through our hardest times, and author & poet Tamara Sellman's collection of works "Intention Tremor" is another example of how amazingly helpful they can be. This week, host & producer George Sirois sits down with Tamara to hear her story of how her MS diagnosis inspired her to apply her creativity to something be...

To say Bobby Del Rio keeps himself busy would be an understatement. This writer, director, actor, and producer has been named one of the top playwrights in Canada, he is the writer & director of the feature film The Market now available for viewing on Amazon Prime, he has been interviewed over 350 times, he curates some of the biggest rooms on Clubhouse that involve entertainment, and - someho...

This week on Excelsior Journeys, author, screenwriter, producer, and now Clubhouse host Joel Eisenberg returns to conclude the Clubhouse miniseries. He has a lot to tell about his incredibly popular group Writing for Your Life, including how he was introduced to the social media app, his first Q&A sessions, the positives and negatives he encountered along the way, and more! To learn more about...

It's Part 3 of our Clubhouse miniseries, and like all social media apps, Clubhouse has its share of positives and negatives. Fortunately, author Jacqueline Yeung is here to sit down with host & producer George Sirois about her new book The Clubhouse Phenomenon. In addition to helping you identify various pitfalls and possibilities, this book is for entrepreneurs who want to understand more...

It's Part 2 of the Excelsior Journeys Clubhouse miniseries, and this week host & producer George Sirois sits down with fellow podcaster Melissa Bright. Melissa tells her story of how she got into podcasting with her show "The Bright Side of Life," how Clubhouse opened the door to being a representative for ClubPod - the best podcast-related group on the app - and much more. UPDATE:...

It is Part 1 of the Clubhouse mini-series for Excelsior Journeys, and to celebrate this audio-based app - and get the Android users acquainted with it - host & producer George Sirois welcomes voice actors Ellie Rodz and Aly Del Vee. The two share their experiences with getting into VO, discovering Clubhouse and quickly falling in love with it, collaborating on their own club within the app, th...

Jessica Marie Baumgartner's writing can be seen all over your bookstore: in the children's section, in speculative fiction, even non-fiction in a Chicken Soup for the Soul book! And now, with her participation in the All Things Weird and Strange anthology coming out May 4, she sits down with Excelsior Journeys host & producer George Sirois to discuss her history in this wonderful world...

More often than not, creative people deal with the crippling self-doubt and self-defeating voices that make up Imposter Syndrome, the belief that you are a fraud and you don't deserve your success. This week's episode of Excelsior Journeys introduces the latest adversary to Imposter Syndrome: author/teacher/communications coach Dr. Melissa Hurt. This week, host & producer George Sirois...

Arrested at 16 and wrongfully convicted at 17, Jeffrey Deskovic spent 16 years in a men's maximum security prison fighting to prove his innocence. After a re-run of DNA overturned his conviction, Jeffrey went back to school to get his Bachelor's degree, then his Masters, then his law degree while founding the Jeffrey Deskovic Foundation for Justice. This week, host & producer George Si...

More than twenty years after meeting him, host & producer George Sirois sits down with acclaimed musician Zach Comtois, who has lots of stories to tell about working with blues legend Keb' Mo', rapper Bryce Vine, and - for the full run of her Las Vegas residency - Britney Spears!  Check out Zach's Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/zachcomtois/?hl=en See Zach in action here:...

For the latest episode of Excelsior Journeys, host & producer George Sirois speaks with actress Jen Eldridge - his high school Drama I, II, and III classmate from 1991-1994 - and her husband, writer / producer / director / Emmy Award-winner Carl Hansen. This creative duo have been in the film & television industry for more than 20 years now, and they have lots of inspiring stories to share...

In February of 2021, host & producer George Sirois sat down with bestselling author (and previous guest) Amy Hale on her YouTube show Creative As Hale (Best. Title. Ever.) to discuss his own journey as an international bestselling author, voice actor, audiobook narrator, and podcaster. To celebrate Episode 80, here is the complete audio from that conversation, which included a Q&A from You...

With several film festival official selections and awards given to the dark comedy Closure, it's safe to say that actress Catia Ojeda and writer/director Alex Goldberg make a terrific team, both professionally and personally. And this week, they both sat down with host & producer George Sirois to discuss their respective Excelsior Journeys in both theatre and film.  Enjoy their award-winni...

After being accepted into more than fifteen international film festivals and winning five different awards (and counting), Minerva Vier - the writer, producer, and star of the short film "Shevolution" - sits down with host & producer George Sirois to discuss her own Excelsior Journey and tell you the first step you should take to reach your own creative success. Find out more about Min...

In 2001, Julia Marchese moved from Las Vegas to Los Angeles with the hopes of being an actress. Over a decade later, working at the New Beverly Theater revival house - as well as the phasing out of 35mm prints of films - inspired her to produce and direct the acclaimed documentary Out of Print, and she has since gone on to pursue other passion projects, such as hosting two podcasts and adapting on...

Through his publishing company iiPublishing, and his Poetix University, Tonii Langhorne has a very simple mission: to turn ideas into galaxies. From taking part in open mics to running his own to starting his publishing company, Tonii has dedicated himself to sharing the platform he created with other storytellers. He joins host & producer George Sirois to tell his own story of creative succes...

With today's technology, the path to becoming a filmmaker has never been this smooth. All you have to do is take the phone out of your pocket, use it to shoot your movie, then edit it and upload it for all the world to see. Once upon a time, in the 1990's to be exact - it was nowhere near this easy. Join me and my guest - director / screenwriter / producer B. Anthony Gibson - as we talk ab...