The Conner & Smith Show

We catch up with DC beloved actor and Award winner, Tom Story! Join us for a chat about gay clubs in DC, his many roles on area stages, and everything in between.

We had such a blast reconnecting with Helen Hayes Award winning actor, Bobby Smith! We chat about Titanic, Midwestern Gothic, Forever Plaid, and just life in general in these two Pandemic years. Grab your “nabs” for a snack and listen!

Join us for a chat with DC Theatre royalty, Helen Hayes Award winning actor, Frank Britton! We chat about his journey, his love of film scores, and his in general amazing life.

Join us for a chat with one of DC’s favorite actresses, Katie McManus! We chat about her journey into theatre, adopting rescue dogs, and much more!

Join us for a fun catch-up with actress Karissa Swanigan-Upchurch as we discuss our shared theatre productions High Fidelity, Super Claudio Bros., Night of the Living Dead, and the many cabarets we did, plus everything else she’s been up to, including Urinetown with sock puppets!

We had a great time catching up with Nick Lehan tonight. Listen in on our conversation about DC theatre and much more.

We chat with our producer, Ryan Dean Halbrook about our favorite things. We were going to dole these segments out over the week, but decided to put them all up on Christmas Eve. Enjoy!

Join us for a chat with my Mom, Cyndy Smith, as we talk about the exhibit at National Harbor - I Love Christmas Movies, seeing the remake of West Side Story, and more!

Join us for a chat with Beth Amman and Patrick Flynn, hosts of the podcast, “What is Love, Actually?”, as we discuss all things Love, Actually, their show, and their upcoming spin-off season!

Ride along with us as we make our way to the first preview of our new show, The Christmas Angel. Based on a never before adapted story form 1910 by Author Abbie Farwell Brown, Laura Connors Hull found this tale and suggested that we adapt it for Creative Cauldron's Holiday Season, and so we did! The show features Kanysha Williams, Ryan Sellers, and Carl Williams, alongside an ensemble of super tal...

Join us for a chat with Thomas Simpson and Sherri Edelen Simpson about Tom’s family fruitcake recipe, and their other holiday treats and gifts that they make for sale on their Instagram, @Homemadeforthehome and also we chat with Linda Stegall of www.bakeshopva.com about their holiday offerings.

Welcome to Season 3! We look at some of the best Black Friday deals, and delve into the history of Black Friday, and how it came to be. https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Store/Eddie+Byron+2022+Wall+Calendar-1419830069 https://connerandsmith.myspreadshop.com/

Join us as we examine a cold case murder from November of 1930, The Car Blaze Murder, where one Alfred Rouse, in an effort to fake his own death, plied a man of similar build with drink, and knocked him unconscious before setting his car ablaze and planting his own identification on the unknown man’s person, all to avoid alimony payments from his numerous wives. Many years later, Catherine and her...

Enjoy our updated 2021 version of The War of the Worlds, featuring Wyn Delano, Ryan Halbrook, Kevin Boyce, and music by Wild Idol, Matt Conner’s Nocturne, and Loose Cattle. Rated R due to strong language. https://connerandsmith.myspreadshop.com/

Join us for the last Short Attention Span Sunday, where we discuss the history of Halloween, and thank our listeners for an amazingly popular season! https://connerandsmith.myspreadshop.com/ https://youtube.com/channel/UCZ6niDBqMlCmaPw4FBik05w

Join us for a chat with Robert Aubrey Davis on Palmistry, Hauntings, On Air, and just a love fest on our friendship. https://connerandsmith.myspreadshop.com/

We chat about Poe, Matt’s first musical, “Edgar Allan Poe’s Nevermore”, the story of how that show came to be, and much more. https://connerandsmith.myspreadshop.com/

We discuss this controversial film.

Short Attention Span Sunday returns with a look at the Missing 401 Conspiracy and some Scary Ring Cam Footage! https://connerandsmith.myspreadshop.com/

We welcome Abby Ybarra back for a discussion about Indigenous Folklore of North America, and stories passed down from ancestors.

Join us as we break down a classic of Horror Cinema, Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho”. https://connerandsmith.myspreadshop.com/

We rewatched my favorite film of all time (I’ve seen it hundreds of times and still find new things) and give you our thoughts on it, and also the musical that we wrote based on it. While Frankenstein is the father of the “undead”, NOTLD is the father of the modern zombie, a blue collar monster that we can’t ever get rid of in modern horror. https://connerandsmith.myspreadshop.com/

We visit the Mail Bag for a listener’s spooky sighting, “Ask Kevin” about a Mysterious Sounds heard around the world, check out a Possessed Piñata, and visit Fresno to find their Cryptid, the Fresno Night-crawlers! Important links: https://youtu.be/3jvkP_aHTps https://youtu.be/Io67NQo7wWM https://connerandsmith.myspreadshop.com/

We hunt for the origins of this story that have a Maryland connection, but not to the city that you think they do. We also at the end ponder the meaning of the event and film in a broader conversation.

We watch the director’s cut of the classic 1973 film, The Exorcist, pause the movie and comment every 20 minutes or so.