The Smoking Simian

Send us Fan Mail Weird times call for weird football schedules. Please enjoy the comedic stylings of myself and Rob Altomari as we watch the Baltimore Ravens play the Pittsburgh Steelers at 3:40pm on Wednesday. Listen to us ramble on about fantasy football and if you listen long enough might just hear some commentary. Either way, listen to it, tell me what you think. If you liked it the you should...

Send us Fan Mail One month left people, one month until this dredead year is over. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and spent time with the family. Make sure you’re getting everything in order for the New Year because it’s coming quick! Use this month to determine the energy you’re going to be moving with in 2021. Catch you Thursday! Make sure you follow me on Twitter @thesimian_ and Instag...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Turkey Day everyone, I hope you are all safe and having a great time with your family. Tom D’Agostino is a longtime musician, author and has been conducting paranormal investigations for 38 years. He writes about true haunted tales as well as guides to haunted destinations all over New England. Tom is incredibly knowledgeable and well read on the topic of the supernatural an...

Send us Fan Mail Thanksgiving week is upon us, with the year we’ve had it’s only right we have some much needed family time. Stay safe but don’t hesitate to travel or have a good time if it means seeing the ones you love. The holidays are about family; don't let the hysteria convince you otherwise. I also touch on the birthplace of true confidence and how necessary blind confidence is. Make s...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks Chris Oldrid for the game-time decision on bringing my Xbox in the studio and playing Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare on the podcast. Get ready for live outbursts from the ever addicting game and interesting conversation throughout! This was a fun one. Make sure you follow me on Twitter @thesimian_ and Instagram @abarbosa000. Follow us on whatever platform you use to listen an...

Send us Fan Mail Good Monday morning to you all. This episode is on a topic that I could talk about for hours on end: finance. Financial literacy is not only something I advocate but something I beg of others to learn more about. The stock market is not as inaccessible as we are led to believe, investing in vehicles that make you money passively is the true key to wealth. I really hope this episod...

Send us Fan Mail Here it is people, the first episode in the new format. From now on The Smoking Simian will air twice a week, hopefully you don’t miss me too much. I think this move will catapult the show even further, allowing you all to catch up on older episodes and allowing me to focus on creating better content. I also talk about my future plans regarding other areas in my life. I love to sh...

Send us Fan Mail This year’s election has been riddled with controversy, it’s only right considering the year we’ve had. I am incredibly uneducated on the subject of politics and incapable of picking a side which has led me to have never voted. I’m sure there are plenty of you out there who feel the exact same way I do, this episode is for you. My guest John Larkin answers some of my questions and...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Late Halloween!! I know you just listened to yesterday’s episode of me talking about looking ahead and what not but Halloween is too fun of a day to not do anything. For The Smoking Simian’s Halloween Spectacular, I brought in two good friends: Rob Altomari and Kevin Yepes. We had a few drinks, spoke about a plethora of topics and all during one of the quietest Halloweens I...

Send us Fan Mail It’s November 1st and the year is coming to a close. The end of the year is a stressful time for a lot of people due to things like traveling and spending. I’m here to tell you that we got two months left until we get a clean slate. The new year is coming soon, plan for it but finish out this year focused. Get those notebooks out people, turn to a page, title it “GOALS 2021” and s...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is another long one but definitely a phenomenal one. In the studio today I got my man DJ Flip Mercedes who has worked with artists not only from Rhode Island but all over the world including Joey Bada$$, Jim Jones and Flatbush Zombies. Flip details the origin of his love for music, how his industry has changed since he started 20 years ago and his other endeavours...

Send us Fan Mail UFC 254 what a card, what an event and what an episode we have for you. Have you heard a live play-by-play yet? Was it from the minds of Antonio Barbosa and Evan Oliveira? I’m sure that by this beautiful Monday morning, you have heard all about the fights this past weekend. Just in case you missed them or want an entertaining view on the card, we have our first live commentary epi...

Send us Fan Mail What a hectic but incredibly progressve week! We have our first live commentary releasing tomorrow morning, I speak a lot about putting that together. Not getting discouraged is the key in any endeavour, adapt and overcome. Just a little something light to get everyone ready for the week ahead, enjoy. Be sure to follow us wherever you listen, tell everyone about us and follow me o...

Send us Fan Mail Rafael Adames has his own podcast called Talk or Tap that he started this year, just like me. This episode we speak about each other’s creative process when deciding to start our shows, as well as future plans. Raf is also one of my media guys/training partners as he is a very talented content creator and martial artist. Make sure you guys check out his show and follow his Instagr...

Send us Fan Mail Antonio Sanders is an interesting cat who marches to the beat of his own drum. This episode is riddled with different topics from metaphysics and art to modern day constructs and future plans. He and I have a lot of the same views when it comes to wanting the most from life however they come from different places. My desire comes from the tangible while his, the spiritual. This wa...

Send us Fan Mail Music has been and will always be such a huge part of my life. Being the creative I am, there is so much to be appreciated in music. The idea that a person/group can make something that evokes some kind of feeling in us using these different tools and techniques, is just extraordinary to me. This episode is all about music and how it has affected my life for the absolute better, e...

Send us Fan Mail We got double vision this Thursday morning, two Tony’s in the same room talking noise. Tony is a great guy with a great head on his shoulders, a well spoken business student at Johnson and Wales University and headed in the right direction. This episode we talk about growing up Portuguese, our business aspirations, his time in a fraternity and much more! We had a great conversatio...

Send us Fan Mail Spooky season is in full effect and boy are we happy about it! This episode John and I talk about our favorite Halloween/Horror movie genres to binge on during this lovely October. Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays, I love everything about the atmosphere and the feeling of Halloween night. As well as the build up, fall activities, haunted destinations and of co...

Send us Fan Mail Mental health is a topic that for some reason is not spoken about enough. I know the reason, because the people most affected by mental health issues do not feel comfortable speaking about them. Well this episode is to show you all that you are not alone, there’s millions like us. Mental issues are nothing to be ashamed of and when more speak up the stronger we get. The more infor...

Send us Fan Mail Dom Scalzi is a changed man, a man looking for a new way of life. Freedom. Freedom of location, freedom of time and freedom of finance. I had a great time speaking to a like minded business enthusiast. From sales and entrepreneurship to FOREX trading and investments, we cover it all. I’m excited to see what this man does in the future and I wish him good luck in any and all of his...

Send us Fan Mail Big thanks to my main man James for coming on again, every time we speak I feel smarter. This episode we speak about his experience in law school so far and how his love for history has given him skills to excel in this new field. We also touch on: politics, the fall of great empires, philosophy, life and Joey Diaz. This was a fun episode that we kinda freestyled and made into som...

Send us Fan Mail During this episode I go off on different tangents regarding various topics including: responsibility, time management and living in the real world. Do not get down on yourself for taking a day off, it’s our obligation as humans to rest our bodies and minds. Honesty with ourselves influences our day to day decisions which ultimately influence our futures. Also, I speak about my br...

Send us Fan Mail Our first two-guest episode has arrived, and boy is it a fun one! This lovely Thursday episode is just what you need to get you to the end of your week. My co-workers and good friends, Mike Michaud and Andrew Oberg, were phenomenal. Mike gives us a deep dive on our place of employment as well as his aspirations of owning it one day. Drew speaks about his time in the restaurant ind...

Send us Fan Mail Comin’ atcha on a Monday morning! I appreciate today’s guest Josh Banno for coming on incredibly short notice, literally a half hour. Anyway, we had a great conversation that started quite topical but became introspective as it progressed. Josh is a young man just trying to find his way, whether it be through caring for animals or writing extraordinary fiction novels. He and I lea...

Send us Fan Mail This week, this month, THIS YEAR, has been anything but easy. However, no one ever said this was gonna be easy! Otherwise we’d all be business owners and content creators, this is the road I have chosen. During this episode, I reflect on some of the trials and tribulations regarding the creative process in producing these episodes. Reflection is a huge part of mental growth, it al...