Excelsior Journeys: The Road to Creativity

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host and producer George Sirois welcomes author Brandy Nacole to discuss her latest venture: joining the Once Upon a Podcast Network with her new show - and the first true crime show on the schedule - Haunted Mayhem. Check out Haunted Mayhem and subscribe by clicking HERE . Subscribe to all shows in the Once Upon a Podcast Network by clicking HERE . The Excelsior J...

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host and producer George Sirois welcomes the latest addition to the Once Upon a Podcast Network: author, musician, and now podcaster Rue Volley. She has debuted her new show Bit-A-Boo (our first paranormal show) on the podcast network and has been having so much fun recording with her co-host, Stacey Rourke (also of Mimesis). The conversation was quite spirited, to...

The Excelsior Journeys podcast was supposed to feature as a guest Patrick Hodges, multi-award-winning author and founder of the Young Adult Authors Rendezvous Facebook page. Sadly, this won't ever be the case, as the writing community lost Patrick last week. So this week's episode is a chance to say goodbye to someone who not only deservedly won more than one Readers Favorite award for such works...

The Excelsior Journeys Podcast is proud to be part of the Once Upon a Podcast Network . On this week's episode of Excelsior Journeys, host & producer George Sirois sits down with author & pop culture historian Caseen Gaines. Fresh from his acclaimed behind-the-scenes book #ETTheExtraTerrestrial: The Ultimate Visual History (which allowed him access to #DrewBarrymore, #StevenSpielberg, #Joh...

On this week's episode of Excelsior Journeys, host & producer George Sirois sits down with authors / podcasters Kristie Cook & Belinda Boring, the co-hosts of Starlight Tea, which is the latest addition to the Once Upon a Podcast Network. Subscribe to their show by clicking HERE . Want to be an in-demand podcast guest? Join the Endless Stages Challenge and you'll become one in less than 10...

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host & producer George Sirois sits down with filmmaker, YouTube show host, and musician Ching Juhl. Ching is the award-winning documentarian behind My Yang Gang Diary, an intimate look at the volunteers that powered Andrew Yang's presidential campaign in 2020, and she shares the inspiring behind the scenes stories of how she created this film completely on her...

On March 12 & 19, the audio drama that would be Excelsior: The Audio Journey was performed on the Clubhouse app, featuring over 20 fabulous voice actors from the 529 Club and a wonderful score by Izzie G & Audra Angelique. It was a truly memorable experience, and so this week's episode of Excelsior Journeys features the first three scenes for you to enjoy. Click HERE to access George's lat...

The Once Upon a Podcast Network is alive! With Excelsior Journeys, Mimesis, and Money Over Easy all wearing the OUAPN logo, these are the first shows aimed at inspiring, motivating, educating, celebrating, and - with our new show The Genuine Creative - rejuvenating creatives of all kinds! This week on Excelsior Journeys, host & producer George Sirois welcomes the host & producer of The Gen...

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host & producer George Sirois provides some additional details on an upcoming premiere event at Spine Bookstore & Cafe in St. Louis, on Sunday afternoon April 23. He is also ready to share some additional information about the upcoming rebranding of the production, one that will carry over into the next two installments of the trilogy audio adaptations. Lis...

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host & producer George Sirois takes a victory lap to celebrate the completion of Excelsior: The Audio Drama. Based on his novel, this production was performed over two Sundays - March 12 & March 19 - on the Clubhouse app, and the whole cast of over 25 actors, and the crew of sound designers and musicians created a truly spectacular listening experience. How...

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host and producer George Sirois sits down with fellow podcaster and audio drama producer Alex Squires. Alex has been podcasting almost twice as long as George has, and he has built up a catalog of 400 episodes of his show "Opinions May Vary." He has proven himself to be a truly valuable asset for those who want to get into podcasting and beyond, and he has a lot of...

On this week's episode of Excelsior Journeys, host George Sirois sits down with accomplished novelist / screenwriter / director / playwright Rex Pickett! 20 years after the release of his novel Sideways, which introduced the world to the antics of Miles and Jack, Rex is preparing for the launch of the hardcover edition of the noel in true fashion: two different signings with plenty of wine amongst...

With less than two weeks until the premiere of Excelsior: The Audio Drama on Clubhouse, the Excelsior Journeys host & producer George Sirois took some time to put the spotlight on two more cast members of the upcoming production, as well as the two composers who are giving Excelsior a symphony beyond all expectations. Want to be an in-demand podcast guest? Join the Endless Stages Challenge and...

With less than a month until the premiere of Excelsior: The Audio Drama on Clubhouse, the time has finally come for Excelsior Journeys host & producer George Sirois to feature some of the cast members on the podcast. Enjoy this episode as more cast members joined the conversation, sharing their thoughts on how the rehearsals are going, and sharing their own Excelsior Journeys that led them to...

With less than a month until the premiere of Excelsior: The Audio Drama on Clubhouse, the time has finally come for Excelsior Journeys host & producer George Sirois to feature some of the cast members on the podcast. Enjoy this episode as they not only share their thoughts on how the rehearsals are going, but also as they share a lot of unexpected information about themselves! Want to be an in...

For those who don't know, the Excelsior Journeys podcast was inspired by the publishing of the Young Adult / Sci-Fi book Excelsior, and last year it was selected by the 529 Club on Clubhouse to be the next basis for an audio drama. The script was completed in July, auditions took place in December, and Excelsior: The Audio Drama is now in its fourth week of rehearsal. Listen in for the first full...

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host & producer George Sirois has the pleasure of sitting down with New York Times Bestselling Author Kevin J. Anderson. With more than 100 stories released since his debut novel in 1988, Kevin has achieved a level of success that most authors only dream of reaching. He has lent his voice to various properties such as Dune, Star Wars, Star Trek, The X-Files, an...

This February, the Once Upon a Podcast Network will officially launch with Excelsior Journeys, Mimesis, and eight other shows - both already established and brand-new. This week on the Excelsior Journeys podcast, host, producer, and network co-founder George Sirois speaks with two of his three partners in this venture: COO Sandra Schaer-Fisackerly and CFO Tricia Daniel. Both are hosting or co-host...

After a disappointing turnout at the launch party of her novel Of Crowns and Legends, author Chelsea Banning experienced the birth of a suddenly rabid fanbase. Just one morning after tweeting the news of the lack of turnout, she awoke to hundreds of notifications on Twitter spurned on by worldwide bestsellers such as Neil Gaiman and Stephen King. It's the kind of social media explosion that we aut...

This week on the Excelsior Journeys podcast, host and producer George Sirois sits down for a long overdue conversation with multi-award-winning author Ann Charles. Ann and George met while part of a Blog Tour de Force event hosted by the Indie Book Collective in January 2011, and both were introduced to each other's writing by reading & reviewing Excelsior and Nearly Departed in Deadwood, the...

Welcome to Season 6 of Excelsior Journeys! To start off 2023, host and producer George Sirois speaks with audiobook narrator and producer Becky Parker Geist of ProAudioVoices.com. Becky has been in the audiobook industry since the early 1980s and she has seen it evolve into what we now celebrate today. She also sees a bright future ahead for this most intimate of formats. For more information, ple...

It's the season 5 finale of the Excelsior Journeys Podcast, and host & producer George Sirois is celebrating by looking back over 30 years of creating, refining, and ultimately writing about his character Excelsior. Since his creation in 1992, Excelsior has inspired a trilogy of young adult / science-fiction novels, an upcoming audio drama that will be performed on Clubhouse in early 2023, and...

This week on Excelsior Journeys, host and producer George Sirois sits down with award-winning novelist Guy Morris. After over 35 years of full-time work, Guy has retired from his full-time work and has dedicated himself to researching so much for his techno-thrillers, that he was visited by federal agents and questioned about his search history. Get your copy of Guy Morris's novel The Last Ark by...

Author. Entrepreneur. Cancer Survivor. Widow. Speaker. This week on Excelsior Journeys, host & producer George Sirois spoke with all of these people... who are all one person, Kim Sorrelle. After going through the heartbreak of losing her husband to pancreatic cancer not long after being diagnosed with cancer herself, Kim stepped away from all of her different businesses and journeyed around t...

This week on Excelsior Jouneys, host and producer George Sirois sat down with actress April Strelinger. A St. Louis native, April and George met while in Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, and the two started a friendship that lasts to this day. After graduating from college, April returned to St. Louis and became a regular for The Muny, the historic outdoor theatre company, and her fir...