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From pyro booms you can feel in the stands to the cinematic opening ceremonies that set the tone for the night, Kat Voiles is part of the team responsible for turning Monster Energy SMX World Championship race weekends into a full-scale live experience.

In this episode, host Heather Wilson Schiltz chats with Kat about her eight-season journey with Feld Entertainment -- from coordinating interviews in media operations to overseeing what fans watch and hear inside the stadium. Kat shares what goes into pre-season content capture, how storylines evolve week to week, why the touring schedule demands constant adaptability, and what it’s like calling the show in her headset.

🎧 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

• What a Senior Live Event Manager oversees on race weekend
• How pre-season media sessions capture hours of athlete content that fuels storytelling across all 31 SMX rounds
• The behind-the-scenes work that brings opening ceremonies to life, including video, timing and pyro
• Touring series realities: how planning for upcoming rounds happens while you’re still executing the current one
• How stadium tech changes from venue to venue
• Weather contingency planning: building Plan B, C, and D and making real-time calls when conditions aren’t safe
• Why Kat thrives in show control, what “a good day” sounds like in her headset, and how she’s learned to roll with chaos

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