Cabin Fever Radio (Chapter 3: Lockdown Productions)

When the pandemic hit, filmmakers, actors, and dreamers everywhere faced the same question: would lockdown be wasted time, or could it be transformed into something new? For me, Robert Christopher Smith, the lockdown became a personal and professional crucible. From recovering after a brutal case of COVID to finding myself stalled on Vengeance Turns, I chose to use isolation as fuel.

In this episode of The Lethal Voice Podcast, we open Chapter 3: Lockdown Productions with the story of Cabin Fever Radio — the wild weekly livestream where I again teamed up with David Ruano along with a crew of actors to read Twilight Zone scripts, classic movies, and eventually, my own feature screenplay. It was part survival, part creativity, and part rebellion against paralysis. What started as our desperate attempt not to get rusty became a proving ground that set the stage for everything that followed.

Listen as I share how Cabin Fever Radio pulled together a community of storytellers in the loneliest time, how it kept Vengeance Turns alive when I had nearly given up, and how it ultimately brought in the producer who would push us forward — for better or worse.

Watch the Cabin Fever Radio Novelas reading of "GLADIATOR" at https://youtu.be/zfKVvCkF40c?si=EwXIFuYT7Yl53DjF

Listen to the "Slick Talking" episode! https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/2509405/episodes/17499220-slick-talking-chapter-2-everything-falls-apart

Check out Andrew Ruano and his art at https://www.instagram.com/arystudio/