HOSTS

All About Our Team

Joe Martin : Producer / Host / Headliners / Top Secret Interviews

Joe is a talk show host/writer/director/executive producer. He has been working in production, both in front of and behind the cameras for over a decade. In the TV and Radio world, he has created and hosted eight TV shows and four radio programs in Los Angeles and Chicago.

In production since 1997, Joe has been involved in every aspect of production and the business side of entertainment. Joe has studied television, film, and radio at Lewis University, The San Francisco Academy of Art, and NYFA at Universal Studios. As a show host, Joe has built many TV shows and pilots. The formats range from late night talk show to sketch comedy and back to a review show. Joe has also taught TV and Radio broadcasting, film, and media classes and workshops at various schools and workshops. Joe is also a die hard Chicago Blackhawks, Bulls, Bears, and Cubs fan.

Recently being nominated for an Emmy has taken Joe's career to a new level. He has show hosted and produced radio for WZZN 94.7 FM, WLRA, and Fearless Radio. Joe has directed two feature length documentaries, hosted, and produced over 40 projects for Comcast, ABC, CBS, and Disney to name a few.

Bob Brindley : Producer / Host / Screentime

Bob is an writer/actor/comedian/producer. As a member of the comedy troupe SPF7, he has created and performed in 100’s of shows and formats, to include performing at the Chicago Improv Festival, Toronto Improv Festival, DC Comedy Fest, and San Francisco Improv Fest. The troupe has also written several sketches featured on YouTube’s main page. He has also written several screen plays and web series.

As a comedian, Bob spent several years as the house MC of the San Francisco Comedy College’s premiere performance troupe, The Stand Up Project. He was a finalist in the San Jose Improv Comedy Competition in 2003.

As an actor, Bob was co lead, Tony Patterson in Unflinching Triumph, an indie film featured by the Wall Street Journal as Top 5 things to watch on the internet, and featured in Sports Illustrated. He has also starred in several national commercial campaigns for: Lowe’s, Target, Saturn, 24 Hour Fitness, Starkist Tuna, Doritos, Bank of America, Chevron and more.

Shaye Troha: Producer / Host / On Tour

Shaye is a multi-faceted performer, working in film, commercial, voiceover, theater and radio. In radio, Shaye assisted produced the Sarah and Vinnie Morning Show at Alice 97.3 FM in San Francisco and KZOK 102.5 FM in Seattle. She had her own show on KUGS 89.3 FM, and her voice has been heard on many radio commercials, including Albertsons and StubHub.

Starting off her acting career, Shaye had a lead role in Gypsy, alongside a young Zac Efron in his first onstage role. As a sketch actor, director and producer, she has been a long-time member of “SF’s Second City”, comedy troupe Killing My Lobster, with whom she’s performed at NYC, SF and Vancouver Sketchfests. In New York, her performance in the ’07 NYC Fringe Festival earned her “Best Ensemble”, and in ’09, she was included in the coveted NYC Fringe Encore.

Today, Shaye continues to perform in the New Yorker "Best of 2009" show, Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage, which she also co-choreographed. Beowulf has taken her to theatres in New York, Boston, San Francisco, Montreal and, later this year, Ireland and Scotland. She’s the brand voice of Scandinavian Designs, Dania and Plummer Furniture and is seen regularly in a national Clorox commercial.

Ismail Afariogun : Producer / Host / Sports Gossip & Relationship Advice

Ismail has the ability to command attention with his voice. Hitting the ground running in 2003 attracting several start up companies in the Silicon Valley for his vocal abilities within their company commercials and promotional visual presentations.

Eager to perfect his craft Ismail began furthering his education taking Voice and Acting classes at DVC, and SFSU’s broadcasting and television (BECA) departments.

The next chapter in Ismail’s career would take him to television as on-air talent working bay area television show Fresh TV (aired on the WB network). Ismail has lent his voice out for everything from plays to album interludes for major recording artists. Everyone has a talent that separates he or her apart from the bunch. For Ismail his voice says it all.

Jenna Edwards : Producer / Host / Lifestyling 

Jenna began her film career in Minnesota where she was signed on as talent with Easter Hailey. Quickly after being signed Edwards was hired by the agency as a full time employee giving her a head-start on her Hollywood education. After two years of rising through the Minnesota film community Edwards made the move to Los Angeles.

Soon after Edwards moved to Los Angeles she was hired by agent Jamie Ferrar.  


It was while Edwards was working for Ferrar that she developed an interest in the casting process, before long she had moved from talent agencies to working in casting with such industry leaders as; Sally Steiner (”Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” “Boy Meets World”), Barbie Block (”Jonas,” “Pepper Dennis”) and Allison Jones (”Superbad,” “The Office”). During this time Edwards was also able to gain valuable production experience working with studios like Disney, MTV, FOX and CBS.

After several years of successfully navigating her career through the Hollywood studio system Edwards made the leap to independent film with her first feature “April Showers” and has since successfully produced 4 feature films as well as co-hosting the Film Method podcast while teaching producing at The New York Film Academy.

After her success with “April Showers” Edwards formed Mattoid Entertainment with partners Jeremy McGovern and Andrew Robinson where they produced the first ever made-for-internet movie, “In the Darkness” which premiered on Hulu.com. Mattoid has recently made the leap to distribution, where they have acquired three feature documentaries to be released in 2011. The first, “Adopting Haiti” premiered as the #1 documentary on Hulu.com and won the Best Documentary award at the San Diego Indie Fest.