Podcasts by Smark & Friends

Space-Truckin', Ass-Stompin' with MOTHER TRUCKER creator "Animal" Andy Belanger from 2021-07-15T04:00

IWS is back. MOTHER TRUCKER is back. All in all, it's a good time to be Animal Bob Anger!  We've talked to Bob at length about MOTHER TRUCKER on previous episodes, and since then his sci-fi...

Pub Trivia II from 2021-07-09T04:00

Another round of pub trivia, just in time to gather with friends and enjoy a pint or two. Follow us on Twitter @smarkandfriends, on Instagram @smark.mouth, and Like Two Finger Guns Club on Faceb...

Threat Level: Money Plane! Reviewing Money Plane with Flying Frank Milano from 2021-07-02T04:00

We've been wanting to cover Money Plane for a while, and with a moniker like that of our guest, now is the perfect time. Professional wrestler Flying Frank Milano joins the show today! Frank is ...

Half a Granola Bar, Half a Banana featuring BUDDY! from 2021-06-24T04:00

**Disclaimer : The video in this watchalong begins with a strobe light**

It's the first episode of the summer, and in the spirit of rest and recreation, Zak welcomes his ...

Conversation Smarkers with Taryn From Accounting from 2021-06-17T04:00

We're proverbially heading back to the West Coast to speak to one of Albertan wrestling’s rising stars. Balancing books with striking good looks, we're speaking to the master of the Number Crunc...

When The Going Gets Weird with Ravenous Randy Myers from 2021-06-10T04:00

Call him the punk hunk, the weirdo hero, call him Ravenous, Zak welcomes west coast’s wrestler Randy Myers to the show. Randy’s a vet, having worked for 20 years in the wrestling scene, but he’s...

Craft Beer, Indie-Wrestling and Hockey Fights from 2021-06-03T04:00

Joining the show today are two guests who are as passionate about beer as Zak is about wrestling. Robin LeBlanc and Jordan St. John, co-hosts of The Ontario Craft Beer Guide The Podcast join the...

The Carfax Cinematic Universe! Reviewing Las luchadoras contre robot asesino with Rocketman from 2021-05-20T04:00

As he's recently kicked off the second season of Rocketman Explores, the Rocketman himself makes his three-peat appearance on Smark & Friends. We tried to find a wrestling film that would ti...

More Than A Wrestler with Shay Purser from 2021-05-13T04:00

He loves being a wrestler, but he wants to be more than that - and his Twitch channel is just the tip of that iceberg! Shay Purser began his in-ring career by surprising Pete Dunne with a school...

Nobody Kicks Out Of The Peregrine Arrow with Jason Lapidus from 2021-05-06T04:00

It’s a big week for comic book lovers in Canada as the Toronto Comic Arts Festival kicks off this weekend, running from May 8th through the 15th. Sticking to digital as they had last year, they'...

$5 Daft Punk with Erica Taddeo from 2021-04-29T04:00

Feels like awhile since we did a watchalong, huh? Well, we have a great guest to get back into the swing of things. Erica Taddeo is a stand-up comedian out of our fine city and has been named on...

Cutting Room Floor Tragedies with Out In The Ring Filmmakers Ry Levey and Brad Webb from 2021-04-22T04:00

Coming soon to the film festival circuit; Out In The Ring! This documentary film explores the growing prominence of LGBTQ+ culture in the wrestling industry and it's often under-discussed histor...

Cherry Pie Turtle! Reviewing Death From Above with Time Warp Radio from 2021-04-15T04:00

One of the motivators behind creating new formats of our podcast is so we can invite rad return guests like Time Warp Radio! It's always an absolute blast recording with Katie and Hayley and our...

Insane Wrestling & Rap Podcast! with The Kevin Bennett from 2021-04-08T04:00

Rap artist, YouTube personality, producer, Smash Wrestling Champion - you won't find many resumes like that of The Kevin Bennett! Kevin's talent for rap and wrestling come in equal measures have...

Pants?! Reviewing Slaxx with Rhia O'Reilly from 2021-04-01T04:00

Reviewing a movie about homicidal denim jeans. Yes you read that correctly! Pro Wrestling Eve Champion and reputable horror buff Rhia O'Reilly joins the show for an in-depth review of the horror...

Rhodes Trip Music featuring Ian Abel from 2021-03-25T04:00

We'd like you to meet a very talented musician whose music is growing more and more intertwined with the wrestling industry. His songs have been featured in All Elite Wrestling as the score for ...

Chekhov's Lego with Michael Mongiardi of The Sonar Network from 2021-03-18T10:00

If you've ever stepped on a Lego block, be ready to cringe! We are joined by Michael Mongiardi in this latest episode. Michael is one of the co-founders of The Sonar Network, a network of podcas...

Helpful Heels featuring Kayla Jaye from 2021-03-11T11:00

Balancing wrestling and pursuing your master's degree - no sweat for The Golden Child. One of the must-see talents of the Alberta wrestling scene Kayla Jaye joins the show. We're talking life on...

Spontaneous Scented Candles featuring Main Event Candles from 2021-03-04T11:00

In a perfect world, this podcast would be scratch n' sniff. Only then would you get a true sense of the amazing work done by Chris Pilkington at Main Event Candles. Chris has been crafting scent...

Frickin' Timezones featuring Chris Perish and Spencer of Love Wrestling from 2021-01-28T11:00

How about a little pod-on-pod action? Zak welcomes Love Wrestling founder Spencer Love and professional wrestler Chris Perish to the show. Together, Perish and Spencer have put together a new po...

The Grapes and the Graps featuring Miroki Tong of 9 Ounces Please from 2021-01-21T11:00

Glasses up, friends. We're watching wrestling and enjoying some vino with wine blogger Miroki Tong of 9 Ounces Please. Zak and Miroki find a lot of common ground between wrestling fans and wine ...

For Brodie. Featuring Artist David Speed from 2021-01-08T11:00

The wrestling world is in mourning for the loss of a great talent and a better man. As we all process the loss of Jon Huber, better known as Brodie Lee and as Luke Harper, wrestling television a...

The TFGC Christmas Special from 2020-12-25T11:00

Join the TFGC crew in their inaugural Christmas Special. What was supposed to be a family show quickly becomes hectic within minutes as trivia host Alexa gets lost in her own logic of the game, ...

Peanut Butter Sandwich and Yogurt with Buddy from 2020-12-17T11:00

Ending the year with a return by our favourite guest. Zak's son Buddy, now 5 years old, is back to watch a little wrestling! Honestly, is there anything like hearing a budding fan get invested i...

Bazooka Ex Machina! Reviewing Santa's Slay with Evan Harkai from 2020-12-10T11:00

We're in the thick of the holidays now, so it's time to spend time with your closest friends, even if remotely! Zak welcomes longtime pal and jack-of-all-trades Evan Harkai for a review of Santa...

GrapsParade : The Best of 2020 from 2020-12-04T11:00

The pocket-sized podcast procuring your positive perspectives on the world of wrestling... yes the alliteration falls apart. We're sorry. GrapsParade returns, and we're talking about all the goo...

Hyrule, IRL with Patricia Summersett from 2020-11-26T11:00

Fresh off of the release of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, voice of Princess Zelda Patricia Summersett returns to Smark & Friends. We talk all about reprising the role as Zelda, doing voi...

Not Another Screwjob Podcast! Reviewing Hitman Hart: Wrestling With Shadows with Spencer Love from 2020-11-12T11:00

Twenty-three years ago this week, an infamous night in Montreal. Backstage politics gone haywire, or intended long-term storytelling? Former owner of Win Column Sports Network Spencer Love joins...

Sterilize the Props featuring Nikki Haggart and Annie Yao of Dungeons and Distancing from 2020-11-05T11:00

Should we roll for persuasion to get you to listen, or can we just tell you how awesome Annie Yao and Nikki Haggart are? The writers, directors and co-stars of Dungeons & Distancing join us ...

Smarky Horror: There's a Light (Over at French Frankenstein Place) featuring PCO from 2020-10-31T10:00

It's Halloween, it's our biggest guest to date, and we're not sure what to be more excited about! Whether you know him from WWF’s golden age in the French Canadian tag team The Quebecers, whethe...

Smarky Horror: Torcha Torcha Torcha Torch Me featuring Time Warp Radio Podcast's Hayley Mervini and Katie Tomeny from 2020-10-29T10:00

You may have noticed we’ve adopted a bit of a Rocky Horror aesthetic this month. Don’t beat yourself up if you didn’t, we were pretty subtle, but someone who did pick up were the hosts of Time W...

Smarky Horror: I Can Make You a Manhausen featuring Cloak & Dagger Theatre Company from 2020-10-22T10:00

October is usually when Montreal is bustling with outrageous theatre and other spirited live events. For obvious reasons that's not happening this year, but luckily our guests have a show they w...

Smarky Horror: The River Was Dull, But We Watched It featuring Andy Belanger aka Bob "Animal" Anger from 2020-10-15T10:00

The last time Andy Belanger joined our podcast he was getting the gears moving on Mother Trucker, his ambitious sci-fi/wrestling graphic novel. As Mother Trucker is heading to the Kickstarter ph...

Smarky Horror: Crimson Tints My World featuring Real Life Apocalypse Podcast's Ian Geldart and Julia Borsellino from 2020-10-08T10:00

You can't have Halloween without costumes, so Ian Geldart and Julia Borsellino of the Real Legitimate Apocalypse join us to watch some cosplay wrestling from FSCW. Real Legitimate Apocalypse is ...

Smarky Horror: Shiver with Mispronounci... ATION featuring Holidead from 2020-10-01T10:00

It's October, and we are spending the month with all the people you want around for this wonderful Halloween season! Our guest kicking off this wicked and ghoulish month with us joins us from th...

Musical Theatre Endorses Wrestling featuring Matt Lacas and Rosie Callaghan from 2020-09-17T10:00

Pour yourself a cocktail, you won't be drinking alone listening to this episode! Matt Lacas and Rosie Callaghan are actors out of Toronto who have put together #IsolationCocktails, a web show wh...

Indie Wrestling vs COVID-19 with Jack Pride from 2020-09-10T10:00

Man of Two Minds Jack Pride was having an amazing 2019 wrestling on the independent scene in Western Canada, but we'll give you a guess what happened to his 2020. COVID-19 took the steady worklo...

Carny at Heart: Reviewing You Cannot Kill David Arquette with Julian Stamboulieh from 2020-09-03T10:00

Last time we had Julian Stamboulieh on the show, we took him out of his element with a wrestling watchalong. This time we got him to bring his filmmaker's eye to review a new documentary. We're ...

a FORK?! featuring Slaxx director Elza Kephart and star Sehar Bhojani from 2020-08-27T13:12:13

This podcast is a real kick in the pants. Fresh off of their world premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival, director Elza Kephart and star Sehar Bhojani of the horror-comedy Slaxx are in for a wr...

The Septic Side of Things: Reviewing Ready to Rumble with Alexa Jordens from 2020-08-21T10:00

Hey, a brand new format for Smark & Friends! On top of watchalongs and interviews, we're adding wrestling-related film reviews to our repertoire. TFGC co-founder joins Zak to review the 2000...

Wrestling as an Art Form with Wrestling Resurgence from 2020-08-13T10:59:32

We were going to call this episode "the art of wrestling" but we don't want to step on any toes. John Kirby and Sam West of the UK's theatre-led promotion Wrestling Resurgence join the show. Wre...

The Thigh-High Boots Advantage with Alana Cosgrove from 2020-08-07T10:00

Terrific actor, brilliant singer, and now the teacher of her own school! Alana Cosgrove joins us on Smark & Friends to talk about Songbird Music School before we watch an AAW Pro match betwe...

Mixed Martial Arts with Magnificent Mitch Clarke from 2020-07-30T10:00

He's the Monster Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Champion, but before he found success in wrestling he was a lightweight division fighter in the UFC. "Magnificent" Mitch Clarke joins us to talk his up...

Apples and Bananas featuring Buddy from 2020-07-23T10:00

Future guests have big shoes to fill. Zak's four-year-old son Buddy joins the show for a wrestling watchalong! Unlike our usual guests, Buddy doesn't have anything to promote, but he will let yo...

Relaunch - Writing Comics with Andrew Stott from 2020-07-18T10:00

This is a throwback! Back in February we did our first interview with someone in the wrestling industry about their outside projects as part of TFGC's 28in28 Challenge, but now it made sense to ...

Graphic Novel Illustration with Andy Belanger - aka Bob "Animal" Anger from 2020-07-16T10:00

He's a graphic novel illustrator who brought a comic book character to life in the wrestling ring! Andy Belanger - aka Bob "Animal" Anger joins the show! Andy's extensive list credits include Fr...

The Phyllis Flipperino featuring Elizabeth Neale & Jonathan Silver from 2020-07-09T10:00

Smark & Friends gets adventurous on the latest episode as we welcome the team behind the interactive storytelling gaming platform for kids called Adventures To Go, actors Elizabeth Neale and...

Pub Trivia Answer Key from 2020-07-04T10:00

If you haven't listened to episode "Pub Trivia", do not listen to this episode! Open this up only if you've finished our wrestling themed quiz and check your scores while Zak blitzes through the...

Pub Trivia from 2020-07-02T10:00

Almost one year ago, Zak hosted trivia night at Hurley's Pub in Montreal in promotion of Smark & Friends. The questions were wrestling themed, but not entirely about wrestling? Are you up fo...

Let's Go To A Bistro featuring Shanice Bowrin & Kelly Harvey-Mykula from 2020-06-18T10:00

This episode is BANTS(are we using that right?)! The stars of the web series Sofa Queens Kelly Harvey-Mykula and Shanice Bowrin joins the show for a wrestling watachalong as Jamie Hayter takes o...

Twitch Streaming with Addy Starr and Michael from 2020-06-11T10:00

Queen of Crazy, First Lady of Lego, and Twitch Streamer! Indie wrestler Addy Starr and her boyfriend Michael to talk about their Twitch channel, retro gaming, wrestling and more! Plus: "Bang Ban...

The Patron Saint of Quarantine featuring Rocketman Explores from 2020-05-28T10:00

You already know and love him. Host of Rocketman Explores Connor Speak returns to Smark & Friends for another watchalong. A pair of fan-favourites duke it out in a match between Colin Delane...

LARPing with Kuma The Grizzly King from 2020-05-21T10:00

He wrestled every weekend of 2019 - except for the weekends he was LARPing! We've summoned Quebec wrestler Kuma the Grizzly King to talk "Les Terres du Nogard", a LARP he runs just north of Mont...

What's in a Name? featuring Scott Chantler from 2020-05-14T10:00

What do you do after the release of your latest book? Watch wrestling of course! Writer/Illustrator Scott Chantler joins the show to talk about his newest graphic memoir BIX, and of course, enjo...

Going Broadway from 2020-05-07T10:00

Huge news; we've dropped the seasonal format and are now going WEEKLY! In this micro-episode, Zak lays out what the show is going to sound like going forward. We're still doing watchalongs, but ...

Fly Me To The Moonsault from 2020-01-16T11:00

Surprise! It's our season finale! Nir Guzinski returns to the show and he's not coming alone! Fellow actor, producer, and musician Stephen Voyce joins in on the fun, and we're all watching Davey...

Baby Got Backbreaker from 2020-01-09T11:00

Is that Julian Stamboulieh joining us? It sure is! The creative director of Beanduck Productions is in to talk about projects The Forest and Dystonia, and of course, watch some wrasslin'! We're ...

Do You Steen What I Steen? from 2019-12-23T11:00

Merry Christmas, let's watch Combat Zone Wrestling! We're spending the holiday special with Matt and JD from The Wrestlemaniaks watching a fatal four way match between Kevin Steen, El Generico, ...

My Bay Bay Shot Me Down from 2019-12-19T11:00

Watching indie wrestling with indie-folk-pop artists! Motel Raphaël joins us to watch Adam Cole take on Prince Devitt at RevPro's Summer Sizzler. Not sure if it's a wrestling match or a bachelor...

Cody was a Rock & Roller from 2019-12-12T11:00

S&F is back for Season 3 and we've hit the ground running; actor and musician Patricia Summersett (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, The Outer Worlds, Mother!) joins us in studio to enjoy...

Chekhov's Table from 2019-06-27T10:00

It's a jam-packed Season Two Finale, and you'll be able to watch along with us on YouTube! We have Full Party Twitch streamers Jon Verrall & Jess Fildes watching Prince Puma vs Mil Muertes i...

Christina Applegate Is Also a Bad Ass from 2019-06-20T10:00

Actor and Fight Choreographer Shawn Baichoo stops by to watch Meiko Satomura take on Mercedes Martinez. This hard-hitting match from the Mae Young Classic leaves little to laugh about, but Shawn...

Hellboy Hammer Helmsley from 2019-06-13T10:00

Emily Skahan, the singer-songwriter of Georgette joins the show just in time to share details of Georgette's debut album Funny Girl! We're having fun watching Legacy take on John Cena, Triple H ...

Slowly Moving Away from 2019-06-06T11:10:54

We welcome Nir Guzinski, actor and content creator of Nearly Funny to the show to see how he feels about the in-ring comedy of the Usos vs Breezango. Did you ever notice Judy Bagwell's cameo in ...

Wrestling-Stew from 2019-05-30T10:00

We're recording in Toronto for this latest episode - that's right, we're NATIONAL now! Zak gets together with host of the Speech Bubble Podcast Aaron Broverman to watch the lumberjack match betw...

FringeMania! from 2019-05-22T22:00

It's springtime, and that means one thing in Montreal - the Fringe Festival! Amy Blackmore, artistic and executive director of both MainLine Theatre and the Fringe Festival helps us kick off Sea...

INTERCEPTED TRANSMISSION from 2019-03-08T11:00

Bouncing off an object in Galaxy GN-z11 and warping through 4 black holes, we have recovered a broadcast from the distant future of S&F! Boldly Boinking hosts Alexa and Connor join the show to watc...

Smark & Friends - Giant Gonzalez' Coin Pouch from 2019-01-17T11:00

Zak and WatchMojo producer Chris Masson are watching Undertaker vs Giant Gonzalez, and spend considerable time admiring the costume design choices. Chris also informs Zak that S&F is indeed abiding...

Smark & Friends - No Dick-squalifications from 2019-01-10T11:00

Actors/writers/twitch-streamers/more, and that's just our two guests! Elizabeth Neale and Scott Humphrey join the show to watch The Rock take on WWE's resident superhero The Hurricane, and naturall...

Smark & Friends - Suplex is Not a Food from 2019-01-03T11:00

The studio gets cozy when Zak welcomes punk band Sprankton to S&F. If 5 people sharing a mic isn’t chaotic enough, they’re watching WrestleMania 2000’s 13-man battle royal. What could go wrong? PLU...

Smark & Friends - A Very Smarky Christmas from 2018-12-20T11:00

Boldly Boinking co-host Connor Speak joins Zak to try turning Big Show & Ric Flair's ECW encounter into a holiday-friendly match. PLUS: Christmas music from Halifax Wrestle-Rockers The B+Players! ...

Smark & Friends - There’s a Costume Designer Crying Somewhere from 2018-12-13T11:00

Guest: Michelle Lewis (ig/@michellehitsthings) Fight choreographer and performer Michelle Lewis joins the show as she and Zak try to keep up with the mile-a-minute action between Rey Mysterio Jr. ...

Smark & Friends - Does Judy Bagwell Have Stockholm Syndrome? from 2018-12-06T02:54:54

Guest: Benjamin Warner (TW/@benthecanadian ig/@benjaminanthonywarner), Producer for Beanduck Productions (TW/IG/@_beanduck) In the inaugural episode of Smark & Friends, host Zak welcomes Beanduck P...