The Town Show

Matt Baram, co-star of the play Big Stuff with wife Naomi Snieckus, joins Mark and Ryan to talk about growing up in Edmonton. His stories include sleeping on bologna in his parents' delis and his grandfather's burlesque club, the Blue Danube. Inspired by this, our town gets Second Chance Deli, run by former inmates, with prison-pun sandwiches. The local Irish Hurling team, The Alcoholics, gets a new name - the Dewlaps, after a moose's dangly neck flap. Sign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShowThe Town Show is sponsored by No Smoke Coffee - "No Smoke. No Mirrors. Just great coffee." Head to NoSmokeCoffee.com and use the promo code TOWNSHOW20 at checkout to get 20% off your order.Follow us onInstagram: @TheTownShowYouTube: @TheTownShowPodTikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jennifer Tong, improviser at Tightrope Improv Theatre in Vancouver and recently seen in the Arts Club play Heist, joins Mark and Ryan to talk about growing up in Richmond, BC. Her stories include birthday parties at Go Bananas that ended with a mystery biter, and a sweet sixteen at the River Rock Casino. Inspired by this, our town gets All Bets Are Off, a kids' play zone with a strict no-biting policy, and its sister casino, All Bets Are On. A heist begins, and Dr. Noodle proposes cracking the safe with plant roots. It would only take sixteen years.Sign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShowThe Town Show is sponsored by No Smoke Coffee - "No Smoke. No Mirrors. Just great coffee." Head to NoSmokeCoffee.com and use the promo code TOWNSHOW20 at checkout to get 20% off your order.Follow us onInstagram: @TheTownShowYouTube: @TheTownShowPodTikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan joins Mark and Chris live (to tape) from Seoul, South Korea. He tells stories about his travels including being the perpetrator of cultural faux pas on a train that involved the hit Korean cartoon “Bread Barbershop”. Inspired by this Mark and Ryan create our very own classic cartoon series for the town called Spice Rack featuring Pancake Man. Our town also gets an insurance company called Off Broadway Insurance where most of the employees just want to be actors. The Town Show won a 2026 Signal Award for Best Video Podcast Co-Host Team! Thanks to all who voted! https://www.signalaward.com/winners/details/new-metric-media-the-town-show-729948/Sign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShowThe Town Show is sponsored by Puppers Premium Lager - The official beer of Shoresy and Letterkenney.https://www.instagram.com/officialpuppers/Must be legal drinking age to follow. Please enjoy responsibly.Follow us onInstagram: @TheTownShowYouTube: @TheTownShowPodTikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s all been leading to this - the wrap up of Season 1 of The Outskirts - our premium, serialized narrative that takes place on the outskirts of our town. Will Engle get away with faking his death? Will we ever learn Sequel’s real name? Will the mystery of the Labyrinth be solved? What is going on with that Mad Max type gang? Will Carole and The Sad Man ever reunite with their wife/ex-wife? A word to the wise, you may want to listen to the 1964 song “Leader of the Pack” by The Shangri-La’s before listening to this episode - it highly influences it. If you want to start at the beginning of the series check out the following episodes: #33, #40, #53, #71, #88. The Town Show is nominated for a 2026 Signal Award for Best Video Podcast Co-Host Team. Please go vote for us here: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2026/shows/video-podcast/best-video-podcast-co-host-teamSign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShowThe Town Show is sponsored by Puppers Premium Lager - The official beer of Shoresy and Letterkenney.https://www.instagram.com/officialpuppers/Must be legal drinking age to follow. Please enjoy responsibly.Follow us onInstagram: @TheTownShowYouTube: @TheTownShowPodTikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Hill, part of the comedy/theatre duo Hip.Bang! comes on the show to talk about their new show about You Bet - which is all about gambling. And he also talks about their comedy album Hi-Fi Comedy Kit. Tom brings a very precious and very serious improv troupe to our town by the name of Naked Grapes. The internal politics are crazy. We meet a man by the name of Tylanosaurous Rex. Tom also builds the Central Community Gardens for our town. Tylanosaurous Rex gets a plot. Lastly, we take a visit to our pyrite mine.The Town Show is nominated for a 2026 Signal Award for Best Video Podcast Co-Host Team. Please go vote for us here: https://vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting#/2026/shows/video-podcast/best-video-podcast-co-host-teamSign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShowThe Town Show is sponsored by Puppers Premium Lager - The official beer of Shoresy and Letterkenney.https://www.instagram.com/officialpuppers/Must be legal drinking age to follow. Please enjoy responsibly.Follow us onInstagram: @TheTownShowYouTube: @TheTownShowPodTikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emmett Hall - video game music maker and member of thrash metal band Necronado returns to the show to talk about the new neighborhood he’s moved into in Vancouver, but he puts in New York terms so every can understand. Emmett creates “Van Land” an attraction that is basically just 6 rusted vans on someone’s front lawn. We also get a chain eatery called Chagrinie’s that moves into a neighborhood to gentrify it. Sign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShowThe Town Show is sponsored by Puppers Premium Lager - The official beer of Shoresy and Letterkenney.https://www.instagram.com/officialpuppers/Must be legal drinking age to follow. Please enjoy responsibly.Follow us onInstagram: @TheTownShowYouTube: @TheTownShowPodTikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Actor Howard Dai joins us for our “on-site” episode, where Mark and Ryan host from the outdoor gazebo at The Caravan Farm Theatre in beautiful Armstrong, British Columbia. Howard talks about his time growing up in Taiwan, getting in trouble for throwing rocks in a pond, and a mysterious “Journey Man”. He brings a night market to our town (complete with some sketchy vendors), hints at the beginnings of an AI revolution, and adds a few new updates to some existing town lore.Sign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShowThe Town Show is sponsored by Puppers Premium Lager - The official beer of Shoresy and Letterkenney.https://www.instagram.com/officialpuppers/Must be legal drinking age to follow. Please enjoy responsibly.Follow us onInstagram: @TheTownShowYouTube: @TheTownShowPodTikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host of the legendary Talent Time, Paul Anthony comes by to tell us about getting kicked out of NXIUM, telling Zach Galifianakis that The Hangover was going to flop before it was released, and living in a dead zone. He creates so much this episode including: a town beer called Hissy, a goal orientated cult, and a black market for Certs breath mints. Sign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShowThe Town Show is sponsored by Puppers Premium Lager - The official beer of Shoresy and Letterkenney.https://www.instagram.com/officialpuppers/Must be legal drinking age to follow. Please enjoy responsibly.Follow us onInstagram: @TheTownShowYouTube: @TheTownShowPodTikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

School is back in session and so are we, and this time Chris is joining Mark and Ryan on mic. Lots of promises are made in anticipation of Episode 100 of The Town Show. We also read a few listener emails and take their suggestions which results in two Christmas themed sandwich shops, one Victorian Bear Pit themed sandwich shop, and a very cool banker named Dill. Sign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShowThe Town Show is sponsored by Puppers Premium Lager - The official beer of Shoresy and Letterkenney.https://www.instagram.com/officialpuppers/ Must be legal drinking age to follow. Please enjoy responsibly.Follow us onInstagram: @TheTownShowYouTube: @TheTownShowPodTikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’re back with Ep 5 of The Outskirts - our creepy serialized show within the world of The Town Show. Mark and Ryan start things off with a scene between the two undercover cops - Carol and “The Sad Man” racing through the desert on a silent ATV where they encounter a Mad Max-esque encampment. Then they jump over to a scene with our main character Engle - who is faked his death and the man who is trying to change his identity for him - Shadow Spike. And last but not least we end with a very steamy scene with the Pig Man, and we end on a thrilling cliff hanger - all the be wrapped up in Ep 6 of The Outskirts - the Season 1 finale. Sign up here for our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheTownShowThe Town Show is sponsored by No Smoke Coffee - "No Smoke. No Mirrors. Just great coffee." Head to NoSmokeCoffee.com and use the promo code TOWNSHOW20 at checkout to get 20% off your order.Follow us onInstagram: @TheTownShowYouTube: @TheTownShowPodTikTok: @TheTownShow Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.