Marc Smith, CRNA & Shantall Cummins, CRNA

Clock Out & Connect with Marc and Shantall

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Two CRNAs. No filter. Clock Out & Connect is the podcast that goes where most healthcare shows won't. Marc and Shantall work in anesthesia — one of the most high-stakes, misunderstood corners of medicine — and every episode they clock out, sit down, and get into it. Work culture, burnout, the money nobody talks about, what really happens behind the OR doors, and the life you're trying to build around all of it. Honest conversations. Real experiences. No sugarcoating. If you're thinking it, we're talking about it.

Author

Marc Smith, CRNA & Shantall Cummins, CRNA

Episodes

The Money Myth: How a Nurse Paid Off Nearly $1M in Debt | ft. Naseema McElroy, RN, FNP 30.06.2026 51:50

Send us Fan Mail Most of us were taught to keep our heads down and never talk about money. Naseema McElroy, RN, FNP did the opposite, and it changed her whole life. She was a labor and delivery nurse earning well over six figures and still sitting on close to a million dollars of debt. Then she got loud about it, paid it off in under three years, and built Financially Intentional so other nurses c...

Occupational Hazards: A CRNA on Burnout, Faith, and Heavy Lifting (ft. Bilal Mohammad) 16.06.2026 41:28

Send us Fan Mail We called this one Occupational Hazards, but we're not talking about needle sticks. We're talking about what the job quietly costs a CRNA. What it feels like in your body to walk out of a case that went south, then do a stat C-section ten minutes later because the day doesn't stop for you to fall apart. Bilal Mohammad is a Miami CRNA you probably know as That CRNA W...

Selfish ft. Dr. Dani Williams, DNP, CRNA - Episode 04 02.06.2026 1:18:47

Send us Fan Mail Is taking care of yourself actually selfish? Or is that just what healthcare trained you to believe? Dr. Dani Williams is a CRNA and IFBB Fit Model Pro — and she trained for her Pro card while she was in anesthesia school. Not after. During. In this episode, Shantall and Marc sit down with Dani to talk about what it actually costs to put yourself first when your entire career is b...

They Stayed - Episode 03 19.05.2026 1:01:50

Send us Fan Mail Everyone talks about what it costs you to chase CRNA school. Nobody talks about what it costs them. The spouses who held down households alone. The parents who stopped calling because they didn’t want to add to the weight. The friends who slowly disappeared. The marriages that survived — but barely. In Episode 3, Marc and Shantall get honest about the people who didn’t sign up for...

What Saying Yes Actually Cost - Episode 02 05.05.2026 33:37

Send us Fan Mail What does saying yes to CRNA school actually cost? Marc and Shantall unpack the real price: friendships, marriage, identity, and why they would still do it again even knowing what they know now. This episode is for current CRNA students wondering if it is worth it, ICU nurses considering the leap, and anyone who has ever had to rebuild themselves after saying yes to something that...

Two CRNAs Walk Into a Podcast… - Episode 01 21.04.2026 52:44

Send us Fan Mail Marc asked Shantall one question. She started answering it — and stopped. Would you do it all over again? In the first episode of Clock Out and Connect, two CRNAs sit down and do what nobody in healthcare actually does: tell the truth about how they got here and what it cost. Shantall traces her path from the Dominican Republic to South Florida, to the Army, to Iraq, through nursi...