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Every episode, guest, character, landmark, civic mishap, and suspicious local tradition—connected back to the show.

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Episode 13 · February 4, 2025 · 53:44

The Round-Up (Mailbag Edition)

Mark and Ryan open up the mailbag and go through listener suggestions for the town. With the help of the audience they create so many wonderful new things for the town such as: a hot new restaurant called The Taco Hat, a new regional slang for the word ‘mirror’, and a tourist shop for this town that is anti-tourist.
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Episode 12 · January 28, 2025 · 1:03:32

The Casino w/ Dino Archie

Stand up comedian Dino Archie (Jimmy Kimmel Live) joins Mark and Ryan to talk about his hometown of Fresno, California. He tells stories about slinging ice cream, a local one hit wonder who ran a limo company, and his basketball coach who wanted to fight him. He also introduces some major locations for our town: a stadium for Irish hurling, a used car dealership, and a casino.
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Episode 11 · January 22, 2025 · 59:17

The Pub with Colin Cowan

Comedian and musician, Colin Cowan joins Mark and Ryan to talk about his hometown of Riverview, New Brunswick, regional sayings of the Maritime provinces of Canada, and rumours. He also builds the town’s first pub, creates a whole cable access TV station, and has someone murdered in the muddy banks of a river.
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Episode 10 · January 14, 2025 · 50:04

The Egg Market w/ Aaron Read

Standup comedian, musician and artist Aaron Read joins Mark and Ryan to talk about growing up in Burnaby, BC, setting off bear-bangers in the woods, and neglectful landlords. He also creates a Jean Claude Van Damne movie that only exists in our town and builds something called an Egg Market.
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Episode 9 · January 7, 2025 · 1:01:37

The Library w/ Amy Goodmurphy

Amy Goodmurphy (CW's Wild Cards) joins Mark and Ryan for this inaugural video podcast, to tell them about the characters of North Vancouver, including Screwy Louie and Jason Priestly. She builds a library for our town and puts on a full costume to embody town busy body, Judy Campbell.
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Episode 8 · December 10, 2024 · 55:09

The Candy Shop w/ Christine Bortolin

Hosts Mark and Ryan are joined by comedian and director Christine Bortolin. The episode introduces several unique landmarks and characters to “the town” including: A generational candy store named 'Trick or Treat' that promises 'no poison' in their candies anymore, a mysterious 'Tongue Time at Lick Lake' where residents fish for tongues, and a public speaking spot known as 'A. Blinken's Stump.' The town’s radio station WK89 is created and we meet some of the hosts. Christine also talks about her hometown of Burnaby which sounds even crazier than the fictional town.
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Episode 7 · December 3, 2024 · 53:06

The Factory w/ Devin Mackenzie

Actor and member of the comedy duo Hip Bang, Devin McKenzie, joins Mark and Ryan to build the towns first factory. They also establish that the town is NOT tourist friendly, has an apiary, a Donair Dude that doesn’t serve donairs, and a statue that commemorates a famous local iguana by the name of Grant.
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Episode 6 · November 26, 2024 · 51:00

Party Island w/ Ronald Dario

In this episode of The Town Show, hosts Mark and Ryan, along with guest Ronald Dario, brainstorm the creation of a mega store called Party Island a place that requires a 40-minute ferry ride to get there. They also talk about Ronald's cats, and buying his Dad’s lottery tickets as a kid. The trio also explores the lore behind a unique movie franchise called 'Forest Monster Ape Gorilla’.
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Episode 5 · November 19, 2024 · 45:54

The Round-Up

Join Mark and Ryan (and Chris) in a special roundup episode as they check-in on all of the elements that have been created for their town so far. They’ll revisit Benicio the Singing Baker, Eric the Giant, the town fountain, the festivities of GAZEBO, and they’ll even introduce a new citizen or two. They also take a visit to “The Void” where rejected ideas find a strange new life.