The Wayback with Ryan Sickler
By: The Wayback with Ryan Sickler
Language: en-us
Categories: Comedy, Interviews, Stand-up, Society, Culture, Relationships
Episodes
The Sickler Brothers | The Wayback with Ryan Sickler – Baltimore Junkyard Series #106 | Part 1
Jan 08, 2026
The Sickler Brothers are finally here in The Wayback for the first episode of the Baltimore Junkyard Series! This episode was over a half-century in the making ya'll, as Derek, Todd and I reunite at Auto Recycling of Baltimore LLC to reminisce about growing up in our crazy family in Baltimore during the 70s and 80s. We get nostalgic about Christmas mornings, fishing with our dad, all the old family cars, and the countless crazy relatives who helped raise us. For more exclusive episodes of the Baltimore Junkyard Series, subscribe to the Patreon today!
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Duration: 00:34:15Amy Miller | The Wayback with Ryan Sickler #105 | Full Episode
Jan 01, 2026Amy Miller cozies up in The Wayback as we take a trip to 1990's Northern California, from El Sobrante to Redding. (Check out her stand up dates at https://www.amymillercomedy.com). Amy reminisces about her childhood growing up in the East Bay, from playing in her father's broken down boat, to attending school at a "fire and brimstone" Baptist church under a nefarious youth pastor. She then gets nostalgic about church summer camp, where she was "crushing it" at bible drills, enjoying the pleasures of the top bunk, and trying to "save" all the cute bad boys.
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A Wayback Sickler Family Christmas | The Wayback with Ryan Sickler #104 | Full Episode
Dec 25, 2025SPONSOR:
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Merry Christmas from The Wayback, Ya'll! Myself, Kirsten and Princess are here in The Wayback to reminisce about Christmas days of yore, as we dig deep into the Sickler family home movies archive. We get nostalgic about family traditions, some of our favorite and not-so-favorite relatives, memorable gifts, and the joyful anticipation of Christmas mornings, during those innocent, youthful days before it all went to hell.
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Zoltan Kaszas | The Wayback with Ryan Sickler #103 | Full Episode
Dec 18, 2025Zoltan Kaszas is here in The Wayback, as we take a trip to 1990s Pittsburgh, PA and San Diego, CA (Check out his special "London Fog" on YouTube). Zoltan reminisces about leaving his native Hungary at 4 years old and immigrating to Pittsburgh where his mom was live-in housekeeper for a wealthy family. We then visit his elementary school where he "flooded" the computer lab, and took ESL classes in a converted broom closet. Zoltan then gets nostalgic about leaving a mansion in Pittsburgh for a trailer park in San Diego, sharing an apartment with followers of Walter Mercado, being a 6th...
Duration: 00:38:30Full Episode | Nate Jackson | The Wayback with Ryan Sickler #102
Dec 11, 2025SPONSOR:
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Nate Jackson slides into The Wayback, as we take a trip to the 1990s of Lacey, Washington. (Check out his special "Super Funny" on Netflix, and his podcast "Opinionated") Nate gets nostalgic as we take a tour through his old stomping grounds in the suburb of Lacey, visiting his childhood home, high school, and local church. He then reminisces about getting pinched for shoplifting at the mall, sneaking out, and running a stolen bike ring to support his fi...
Jiaoying Summers Can't Believe what Her Uncle Made for Lunch | The Wayback #101
Dec 04, 2025Jiaoying Summers slides into The Wayback as we span the globe in the late 90s/early 00s from China to Kentucky. (Check out her special "What Specie Are You?" on Hulu). Jiaoying gets nostalgic about her upbringing in the mountain village of Linzhou, China. She reminisces about riding her bike to school everyday at 6 AM, eating the family pet, beating up her sister's bully, and waitressing as an 8-year old in her mom's restaurant, which she later learned was a brothel. Jiaoying then talks about her move to America, and attending College at the University of Kentucky, and how she lea...
Duration: 00:39:31Ryan Sickler Throws a Project X Party in High School | The Wayback #100
Nov 27, 2025SPONSOR:
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Episode 100 of The Wayback is here, and I'm celebrating the milestone like only a true Gen Xer would: by sitting in The Wayback all by myself. Producer Kirsten and I cruise back to the late 70s through the 90s to some of my early beginnings in Baltimore and Texas. I get nostalgic about many of the ups and downs of my childhood, the places I lived, the people who helped me along the way, and we even take a visit to t...
The Wayback #99 | Josh Wolf - Concert Campouts
Nov 20, 2025SPONSOR:
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Josh Wolf is here for his second ride in The Wayback, and this time we do a deep dive on some of the most memorable concerts of our youth in the 80s and 90s (Check out "The Campfire Special" on YouTube and his podcast "Hey Maaan"). First we reminisce about sleeping outside overnight for tickets, and Josh remembers the time he ruined his parachute pants at a Paul Young show. We then get nostalgic about seeing some of th...
The Wayback #98 | Mike Vecchione - School Walkers
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Mike Vecchione is here for his second ride in The Wayback as we cruise through 1980s Youngstown, Ohio (Check out his stand-up Special "Low Income White" on YouTube). Mike gets nostalgic when we visit his childhood home in Canfield, Ohio, and we both recall what it was like walking to school as kids. We then reminisce about the 80s phenomena that was Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet," the "satanic panic" around Ozzy Osbourne, and the emergence of other hair bands li...
The Wayback #97 | Cristina Mariani - I Crashed into My Crush
Nov 06, 2025Cristina Mariani slides into The Wayback as we span the globe in the early 00s from Stockton, California to Corfino, Italy. (Check out her tour dates at cristinamariani.com). Cristina gets nostalgic about living in Italy as a child, how she first got into playing the accordion, and her childhood obsession with dinosaurs. We also talk about the agony of being humiliated in front of your crush, the time she stole her parents car in high school, and the martini preferences of her drunk alter ego.
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The Wayback #96 | Kerryn Feehan - Field Trip Flashing
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Kerryn Feehan jumps into The Wayback as we cruise back to the 80's and 90's of Marshfield, Massachusetts. (Check out her stand-up special "Don't Serve Me" and her podcast "Only Feehans"). Kerryn rem...
The Wayback #95 | David Nihill - Ketchup Stick Ups
Oct 23, 2025David Nihill jumps into The Wayback as we go international and take a cruise through the 80's and 90's of Ireland. (See him on tour and check out his special "Shelf Help" on YouTube). David gets nostalgic about push starting his dad's car at school pick up, his 1991 Honda CRX, and selling his Super Nintendo for a Suzuki dirt bike. A hellion of a teenager, David also reminisces about getting arrested as a teenager during his "fire phase," stealing a stolen car from the local "armed" robber, and wreaking havoc during the insanity of Irish Halloween.
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The Wayback #94 | Nic Novicki - Permanent Middle Seater
Oct 16, 2025SPONSOR:
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Nic Novicki slides into The Wayback as we take a ride through 1990's Connecticut. (Check out his standup comedy and see him in the movie "Bittersweet"). Nic gets nostalgic about falling out of his mother's station wagon, heckling politicians as a six year old, and his youth sports career as a Little League umpire. Nic also reminisces about little people conventions, his first fake ID, throwing a epic house party in high school, and meeting his hero Billy Barty.
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The Wayback #93 | Frankie Quiñones
Oct 09, 2025SPONSOR:
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Frankie Quiñones hops into The Wayback as we cruise through the 80's/90s's of Oxnard and the San Fernando Valley. (Check out his special "Damn That's Crazy" on Hulu). Frankie gets nostalgic about riding around in his Dad's '65 Impala with a chain steering wheel, fishing in Westlake Village, and Mexican folk dancing. We also reminisce about searching creeks for crawdads, the boredom of being in church as a kid, and sneaking out. Frankie also looks back on wha...
The Wayback #92 | Jeff Dye
Oct 02, 2025Jeff Dye jumps into The Wayback as we take a trip back to 1990s Seattle, Washington! (Catch him on tour and check out his special "Last Cowboy in LA" on YouTube). A natural born troublemaker, Jeff gets nostalgic about being the class clown, throwing rocks at cars, blowing up mailboxes, and getting busted for shoplifting. We then visit Jeff's childhood home to see some of his favorite spots to wreak havoc. We also reminisce about going to church as a kid, playing cemetery football, school parking lot burnouts, and walking to school.
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The Wayback #91 | Thomas Araujo (Dope as Yola)
Sep 25, 2025Thomas Araujo, AKA "Dope As Yola" slides into The Wayback as we take a cruise through the late 90s/early 00s of Merced, CA. (Check out his podcast "Dope As Usual"). Thomas gets nostalgic about the freedom of growing up a San Joaquin Valley country boy, where he would drive his parent's pick up truck to the candy store as a 10-year old. We also take a look at some of Thomas' old haunts, like his childhood home in Merced, the local carniceria, and the birthplace of his Dope As Yola empire. We then reminisce about first concerts (the Spice Gir...
Duration: 00:31:47The Wayback #90 | Ali Siddiq
Sep 18, 2025Ali Siddiq is here for his second ride in The Wayback as we roll straight into the 80s. (Check out his YouTube specials "Rugged," "My Two Sons," and "The Domino Effect" ). Ali gets nostalgic about moving around a lot as a kid, and takes us to see some of his early grade schools, reminiscing about his youth sports career, school dances during the breakdancing era, and watching the Challenger shuttle explosion in class. We also trade stories about childhood games like hot ball, spread eagle, and bottom's up. Then we do a deep dive on early video games like Pong, Pitf...
Duration: 00:31:27The Wayback #89 | Steph Tolev
Sep 11, 2025Steph Tolev slides into The Wayback as we head to 1990's Toronto. (Check out her special "Filth Queen" on Netflix). Steph gets nostalgic about her wild high school years in East York, from hosting ragers, to being the school mascot, and getting arrested while at school in 11th grade. We also take a look at the many phases she went through, like club girl, skater, and punk. Steph then reminisces about touring Canada as a competitive highland dancer, getting hung up while at the epic SARSStock music festival, and the surprise gift her grandfather left her when she inherited his used...
Duration: 00:35:16The Wayback #88 | Shane Todd
Sep 04, 2025Shane Todd climbs into The Wayback as we head to the 1990's, taking an international ride through Ireland. (Check out Shane's podcast "Tea with Me") We reminisce about first family cars, the good ol' days before GPS, and when drunk driving wasn't even a thing. Shane also takes us on a tour of popular UK family vacation spots like Donegal, Achill Island, and Tenerife. We then share youth futbol stories, like the time my team went winless in a tour across Europe, and when Shane's squad got whooped by a team of deaf kids. Shane also gets nostalgic about some of hi...
Duration: 00:31:37The Wayback #87 | Craig Shoemaker
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Craig Shoemaker takes a ride in The Wayback as we head to 1970s and early 80s in the suburbs of Philadelphia. (Check out his tour dates at craigshoemaker.com and his company laughterworx.com). We get nostalgic pool hopping, playing in the woods, and the lost art of busting balls as a form of affection. A delinquent as a kid, Craig also shares stories about starting a neighborhood gang, shoplifting, and the time he got arrested and went to court at V...
The Wayback #86 | Aaron Weber
Aug 21, 2025Aaron Weber jumps into The Wayback as we take a trip to Montgomery, Alabama of the 1990s/early 00s. (Check out his special "Signature Dish" on YouTube). Aaron reminisces about his family's Toyota Previa minivan, summer vacations, and what it's like going to a school where your mom is your teacher and your dad is your principal. We then get nostalgic about school field trips, a wild experience for Aaron as a kid growing up in the former capitol of the Confederacy. We also visit Aaron's childhood home in Montgomery, Space Camp in Huntsville, and check out some throwback photos of h...
Duration: 00:36:47The Wayback #85 | Philip Bowen
Aug 14, 2025Sponsors:
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Philip Bowen slides into The Wayback as we take a ride deep into 1990s West Virginia mountain country. (Check out his music on all streaming platforms and at philipbowenmusic.com). Philip reminisces about his early beginnings as a 5 year old musical prodigy, going to school in the basement of Baptist church, and trying to field a high school basketball team with a graduating class of four people. He also gets nostalgic abo...
The Wayback #84 | Mick Betancourt
Aug 07, 2025SPONSOR:
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Mick Betancourt jumps into The Wayback as we cruise through 1980s Chicago. (Check out his writing on Substack and his work on "Reacher" on Amazon Prime). We get nostalgic about being a latchkey kid, skitching, snowball fights, neighborhood baseball games, and bottle rocket wars. Mick also reminisces about some of his early jobs and hustles like boosting baseball cards, delivering newspapers, and caddying. We also get into the joys of early arcade games and other childhood toys like Voltron and...
The Wayback #83 | Jim Florentine
Jul 31, 2025Jim Florentine returns for another ride in The Wayback! (Check out his podcast "Everybody Is Awful" and his stand up special “You Can't Please 'Em All” on Amazon Prime). In this episode, we cruise by both our childhood homes and share stories about the difficulty of engaging in self-love when you share a room with siblings. Sticking with that theme, we also get nostalgic about Farrah Fawcett posters, and Jim remembers the time he got put on injured reserve just from jerkin' it. We also reminisce about crappy first cars, party balls, legendary 80s metal concerts, and as an encore from Ji...
Duration: 00:29:48The Wayback #82 | Des Bishop
Jul 24, 2025Des Bishop slides into The Wayback as we take a ride to Queens, NY and Ireland of the 80s and early 90s (Check his stand up special “OF ALL PEOPLE” on YouTube). Des gets nostalgic about some his family’s first cars like the Plymouth Duster and Mercury Cougar, vacations at the Jersey Shore, and Old TV shows like The Patchwork Family. He also talks about being sent to Catholic boarding school in Ireland as a teenager, and some of the fun and darkness he encountered there. We then reminisce about an iconic hang out spot of the 1980s, the roller ri...
Duration: 00:30:18The Wayback #81 | The Sklar Brothers
Jul 17, 2025Sponsors:
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The Sklar Brothers squeeze into The Wayback as we take a ride through St. Louis, Missouri of the 70s and 80s! (Check them out on tour and don't miss their live "Tag It" show). In this episode, Jason and Randy get nostalgic about all the station wagon adventures they had as kids, the endless fun of a finished basement, and 80s bar mitzvah DJs. The guys also reminisce about epic neighborhood ba...
The Wayback #80 | Joey McIntyre
Jul 10, 2025Joey McIntyre climbs into The Wayback as we take a ride through 70s/80s Boston, Massachusetts! (Check out his new album "Freedom"). Our first stop is Joey's childhood home in Boston, where he grew up the youngest of 9 kids. We then visit the gigantic house Joey was able to buy on his own at only 17 years old, after achieving worldwide fame with New Kids On The Block. We also get nostalgic about first concerts, drunk youth sports coaches, and 80s TV shows like Soul Train, Solid Gold, Sha Na Na, and the Coy and Vance version of The Dukes of Hazz...
Duration: 00:31:52The Wayback #79 | Yannis Pappas
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Yannis Pappas slides into The Wayback as we roll through Brooklyn, New York in the 1980s! (Check out his special "Property Owner" on YouTube, and his podcast "History Hyenas"). We get nostalgic about old school 80s TVs, and visit his childhood home in Brooklyn where he ran the streets playing all kinds of games like wiffleball, stoop ball, running bases, manhunt, and kick the can. Yannis also reminisces about quarter wat...
The Wayback #78 | Rosebud Baker
Jun 26, 2025Rosebud Baker jumps into The Wayback as we cruise to Virginia in the early 1990s. (Check out her special "The Mother Lode" on Netflix). Rosebud gets nostalgic about summer vacations, and takes us on a trip to her family's incredibly unique vacation home on Watch Island in the Thousand Islands. We also hit up some of the great local DMV vacation spots like Ocean City, and seeing the Assateague Wild Horses on Chincoteague Island. Rosebud also reminisces about Christian summer camp in Texas, and constantly getting grounded as a kid. We also do a deep dive on the diet cola cra...
Duration: 00:32:12The Wayback #77 | Adrienne Iapalucci
Jun 19, 2025Adrienne Iapalucci takes a ride in The Wayback as we roll through the Bronx, New York of the 80s and 90s! (Check out her Netflix special "The Dark Queen"). In this episode, the Dark Queen sure lives up to her name as she reminisces about family vacations in Pennsylvania to see her dying Aunt, and we do a deep dive on some of the strange funeral traditions from back in the day, like viewing the recently deceased in your living room. We also visit Adrienne's childhood home in the Bronx, and cruise through the old neighborhood as she gets nostalgic ab...
Duration: 00:30:51The Wayback #76 | Dan St. Germain
Jun 12, 2025Dan St. Germain hops into The Wayback as we cruise through the late 80s/early 90s of Rutherford, New Jersey and Westchester, New York! (Check out his special "Dance Fatty, Dance!", and his podcasts "Working Stiff" and "Burbs Bros"). Dan reminisces about wild times at music festivals and growing up with a grandmother who dressed him up as a ballerina. Dan also gets nostalgic about his days in the gospel choir and even regales us with a throwback performance for the ages. He also talks about his high school wrestling days, a nightmare junior prom, starting his own backyard wrestling lea...
Duration: 00:28:37The Wayback #75 | Fiona Cauley
Jun 05, 2025Fiona Cauley joins me in The Wayback as we roll into late ‘90s/early 2000s Franklin, Tennessee! (Check out her podcast Rampin’ Up.) Fiona shares wild stories from getting her first job at a Chinese restaurant at 11, driving herself there at 13, and capping it off with a smoke at the playground. She gets nostalgic about Libby Lou birthday parties, sneaking out, and the time her sister gave her a prison tattoo against her will… at 12!
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The Wayback #74 | Harland Williams
May 29, 2025Harland Williams gets back into The Wayback for a second time as we take a trip to 70s/80s Toronto, Canada. We visit Harland's childhood home, and reminisce about one of the most mind-blowing pieces of technology to come out of the 80s: the Sony Walkman. Then Harland gets nostalgic about the quaker boarding school he attended, Pickering College. We also trade stories about bad childhood haircuts, and even take a look at some viewer submissions. We then reminisces about some of the ridiculous shoe styles of the late 70s, like elevator boots, earth shoes, and wooden clogs. Yes, men used...
Duration: 00:27:08The Wayback #73 | Kirsten Schwickerath
May 22, 2025Kirsten Schwickerath, producer of The Wayback and The HoneyDew, moves out from behind the camera and takes a seat in The Wayback as we head to Iowa in the early 00s. Kirsten gets nostalgic about growing up with a dad who worked in a junkyard, and all the weird stuff he'd find in people's cars to bring home. She also reminisces about childhood games, and we both share stories about pranking calling QVC. Then we take a look at the time Kirsten made the local newspaper after crashing her car off the side of a bridge. She also talks about the...
Duration: 00:36:27The Wayback #72 | Gianmarco Soresi
May 15, 2025Gianmarco Soresi takes a seat in The Wayback as we head to 1990s Potomac, Maryland! (check out his podcast "The Downside"). With two Maryland natives in the wayback, we reminisce about what it was like living through two of the craziest events in Maryland history: the Air Florida Flight 90 disaster and the D.C. Sniper. Then Gianmarco gets nostalgic about theater camp, and 90s toys and video games like Power Rangers, Mario Paint, and Dance Dance Revolution. We also get into some of the great late 90s pro wrestling characters, like D-Generation X, The Undertaker, Mankind and Mr. Socko. Lastly, we...
Duration: 00:31:16The Wayback #71 | Kim Congdon
May 08, 2025Kim Congdon takes a seat in The Wayback and we head to 1990s St. Augustine, Florida! (check out her special "Childless Milf" on YouTube and her podcast "The Kim Congdon Takeover"). Kim reminisces about growing up in one of Florida's most famous haunted houses, watching Jerry Springer as a five-year old, trolling grown men in chat rooms, and sneaking out with the help of her friend's grandma! We trade stories about summer school, and Kim gets nostalgic about family karaoke parties and one of her favorites childhood games, the Dream Phone.
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The Wayback #70 | Steve Simeone
May 01, 2025This week, Steve Simeone (awesomesteve.com), takes a seat in The Wayback and we head to 1980s Philadelphia! We reminisce about our funny grandmas and memories of watching comedy with them, including the late night family staple, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. We also talk about the destruction we caused wrestling in our bedrooms, and the fun of messing with our little brothers. Then Steve tells the story of how he learned one of the best dad moves ever - The Car Pie!
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The Wayback #69 | Hanna Dickinson
Apr 24, 2025This week, Hanna Dickinson takes a seat in The Wayback! (@hansdickie on Instagram). In this episode, Hanna takes us back to what it was like growing up in New Orleans and Virginia in the late 90s. Feeling the vibe of the show, Hanna gets nostalgic about her and her brother sitting in the wayback of their parent's station wagon and throwing food at other cars. She also talks about the terror of having an older brother who loved farting in her face. A straight-A student in high school, Hanna also reminisces about her "rough" transition into college life, where her lov...
Duration: 00:30:50The Wayback #68 | Andy Richter
Apr 17, 2025This week, Andy Richter takes a seat in The Wayback! (Check out “The Andy Richter Call-In Show” on SiriusXM, and his podcast “The Three Questions”). In this episode, Andy takes us back to what it was like growing up in Yorkville, Illinois in the 70s and 80s. Andy gets nostalgic about some of his first jobs, like cutting grass, painting outhouses, and the time he was working a paper route and broke his leg falling out of his parents’ wayback. We also take a visit to Andy’s childhood home, built by his great grandfather. Andy then reminisces about his family’s deep in...
Duration: 00:29:46The Wayback #67 | Sara Weinshenk
Apr 10, 2025This week, Sara Weinshenk takes a seat in The Wayback! (Check out her podcasts "This B*tch" and "Shenk"). A true Valley Girl, Sara takes us back to what it was like growing up in the "Clueless" era of 80s/90s San Fernando Valley. She reminisces about riding in the wayback of her parents Mercedes, attending Louisville all girls high school, and joining the track team just so she could get out and see boys. Then Ryan and Sara both get nostalgic about feather pens, Berenstain Bears scratch 'n sniff books, and the early brick-size car phones. Sara also tells some...
Duration: 00:33:53The Wayback #66 | Bobby Moynihan
Apr 03, 2025This week, Bobby Moynihan takes a seat in The Wayback! (Check out his podcast "Who Me? With the Batmin" and see him on NCIS Origins). In this episode, Bobby takes us back to what it was like growing up in Eastchester, NY in the 80s. He reminisces about working at his dad's liquor store as an 8-year old, getting his first Nintendo, and Zima. Ryan and Bobby then get nostalgic about Gen Xers being raised by ad campaigns, like Mr. Yuck, the singing "We're Not Candy" pills, and the "It's 10 p.m. do you know where your children are," commercials. They...
Duration: 00:34:06The Wayback #65 | Nick Swardson
Mar 27, 2025This week, Nick Swardson takes a seat in The Wayback! (Check him out on his "Toilet Head" tour). In this episode, Nick takes us back to what it was like growing up in Minneapolis in the 80s. A self-proclaimed "hell cat" of a child, Nick gets nostalgic about a lot of the trouble he got into as a kid, like shooting fireworks out the wayback of his parents' station wagon, and being a classroom terror at St. Paul Central High School. Then Nick and Ryan get into their love of 80s sitcoms, specifically the timeless brilliance of Three's Company and Joh...
Duration: 00:34:25The Wayback #64 | Tina Dybal
Mar 20, 2025This week, Tina Dybal takes a seat in The Wayback! (Check out her podcast Slop City). In this episode, Tina takes us back to what it was like growing up in St. Louis in the late 90s/early 00s. A diehard Kansas City Chiefs fan, Tina was there way before Taylor Swift, and brings us the receipts to prove it! Tina and Ryan then get nostalgic about the public pools of their childhood. Born to a Russian immigrant family of roller coaster enthusiasts, Tina also reminisces about her many family trips to amusement parks. Then her and Ryan both share stori...
Duration: 00:27:13The Wayback #63 | Sam Tripoli
Mar 13, 2025This week, Sam Tripoli takes a seat in The Wayback! (Check out his special "Quiet" and his podcasts Broken Simulation, Tin Foil Hat, and Deep Waters). In this episode, Sam takes us back to what it was like growing up in Upstate New York in the 1980s. No one knows more about conspiracy theories than Sam, and here he gets nostalgic about two of the very first ones we all experience: Santa Claus and Pro Wrestling. Ryan and Sam then do a deep dive on bowling, and while Sam regales us with stories of the great Tripoli family bowling dynasty of...
Duration: 00:30:17The Wayback #62 | Andrea Jin
Mar 06, 2025This week, Andrea Jin takes a seat in The Wayback! (Check out her tour dates at AndreaJin.com). In this episode, Andrea takes The Wayback into uncharted territory, as she gets nostalgic about growing up in China until age 10, and then Vancouver through her teenage years. Born in Shanghai to a family so poor she had to share a bed with one her grandparents, Andrea reminisces about her version of the wayback, which was riding on the back of her grandfather's bicycle facing backwards. She also talks about her regimented schooling in China, from eye massage breaks, to saluting the Chine...
Duration: 00:38:32The Wayback #61 | Bret Ernst
Feb 27, 2025This week, Bret Ernst takes a seat in The Wayback! (Check out his special "Uncaged" on YouTube, and catch him on Cobra Kai on Netflix). In this episode, Bret takes us back to what is like growing up in both Florida and New Jersey in the 80s and 90s. Raised by a single mom who was always on the move, Bret reminisces about attending 15 schools as a kid (!), breaking leases as family, hanging out in roller rinks, and the terror of gym "lock-ins." Bret also gets nostalgic about some of the crazy jobs he had back in the day, like mak...
Duration: 00:37:53The Wayback #60 | John Farley
Feb 20, 2025Fresh off the heels of Saturday Night Live's 50th Anniversary celebration, we have a special treat for you this week, as the one and only John Farley takes a seat in The Wayback! (Check out his documentary "Meet Me Where I Am"). In this episode, John takes us back to the Farley brothers' childhood home in Madison, Wisconsin, during the 70s and 80s, where he and brother Chris Farley would get into all kinds of trouble. John gets nostalgic about CB radios, getting kicked out of boarding school, and making VHS "naughty tapes." John also reminisces about summer vacations at the...
Duration: 00:42:04The Wayback #59 | Libbie Higgins
Feb 13, 2025This week, Libbie Higgins takes a seat in The Wayback! (Trailer Tales on YouTube, Slop City podcast). In this episode, Libbie takes us back to what it was like growing up in 1980s St. Louis. She reminisces about childhood games like the “pass out” game, and the Ouija board, which her and her friends would use to try and summon ghosts to hook up with. Then Libbie and Ryan do a deep dive on bad childhood haircuts and fashion choices, including Ryan’s Joe Dirt mullet, and Libbie’s Don Johnson fit. Libbie also gets nostalgic about her childhood crushes, like The Mo...
Duration: 00:27:21The Wayback #58 | Rachel Feinstein
Feb 06, 2025This week, Rachel Feinstein takes a seat in The Wayback! (Check out her special "Big Guy" on Netflix). In this episode, Rachel and Ryan both get nostalgic about growing up in Maryland in the 1980s. Rachel reminisces about long car trips in her parents Datsun station wagon "barfmobile," summer vacations in Ocean City and Rehoboth, and always wanting to look like Tawny Kitaen and Kelly LeBrock. Rachel also goes in depth about her weird family, spearheaded by her dad who refused to wash anything denim and still uses his Walkman to this day! Then Rachel and Ryan trade stories abou...
Duration: 00:30:00The Wayback #57 | Jason Ellis
Jan 30, 2025This week, Jason Ellis takes a seat in The Wayback! In this episode we go international, as Jason takes us back to what it was like growing up in 1980s Australia. He gets nostalgic about riding motocross bikes in the bush, and encountering all types of Outback wildlife such as snakes, kangaroo mobs, scary sounding koalas, and huntsman spiders. Jason then reminisces about other adventures, including almost drowning while white water rafting with drunk adults, getting pinched for shoplifting Castle Grayskull, and unleashing home made nunchucks on his mom's abusive boyfriend. As a former pro skateboarder, Jason also takes us b...
Duration: 00:32:27The Wayback #56 | Hannah Berner
Jan 23, 2025This week, Hannah Berner takes a seat in The Wayback! ("We Ride at Dawn" on Netflix, Giggly Squad and Berner Phone podcasts). In this episode, Hannah takes us back to what it was like growing up a New York City girl in the 90s/early 00s. Born to an Italian family in Brooklyn, Hannah reminisces about sharing a room with her little brother and having a funny, yet super intense sports dad. Hannah also gets nostalgic about her early, dominant athletic career, which eventually led to becoming a professional tennis player. She talks about beating the boys she had cru...
Duration: 00:30:52The Wayback #55 | Adam Carolla
Jan 16, 2025This week, Adam Carolla takes a seat in The Wayback! (The Adam Carolla Show, check out his new special "Adam Carolla Comes Clean"). In this episode, Adam takes us way back to 1970s/80s Los Angeles, and what it was like growing up in the San Fernando Valley. We revisit some of his family's early cars, like the VW squareback, VW bug, and his first motorcycle, the Honda 400 four. Adam also reminisces about his youth football career, and attending North Hollywood High in the early 1980s. Adam then gets nostalgic about sneaking into the old Mulholland Club as a tee...
Duration: 00:34:05The Wayback #54 | Paige Ginn
Jan 09, 2025This week, Paige Ginn takes a seat in The Wayback! (The Viral Podcast). In this episode, Paige takes us back to what it was like growing up in Utah during the late 90s/early 00s. First she reminisces about her standout high school athletic career, highlighted by the time she had a feminine hygiene malfunction in the middle of a basketball game. As the youngest of eight kids, Paige also has some wild family stories, like knocking her brother out cold with a left hook, getting "the paddle," and her parents finding a used condom while out on their mo...
Duration: 00:28:29The Wayback #53 | Jay Larson
Jan 02, 2025This week, Jay Larson takes a seat in The Wayback! (Check out his new special "Here We Go Again" on YouTube). In this episode, the old CrabFeast crew is reunited, as Jay takes us back to what it was like growing up in 80s/90s Massachusetts. They get nostalgic about ice cream after little league games, the classic East Coast dessert staple Friendly's, Jay's mom's Mercury Topaz, and they even take a visit to Jay's childhood home in Stoneham, Mass. Ryan and Jay then get into the early 90s cologne craze, including Adidas, Polo, and Jay's preference for Gap co...
Duration: 00:36:14The Wayback #52 | Eddie Bravo
Dec 26, 2024This week, Eddie Bravo takes a seat in The Wayback! ("Look Into It" podcast, the band Hook Thieves). In this episode, Eddie takes us back to what it was like growing up in Southern California in the 70s and 80s. He gets nostalgic about the excitement he felt as a kid when going to the original big box departments stores, like Gemco, Montgomery ward and J.J. Newberry's. Then Ryan and Eddie do a deep dive on the iconic rock band Kiss, including their movie Phantom of the Park, and merchandise like Kiss dolls and the Kiss remote control van...
Duration: 00:36:46The Wayback #51 | Eleanor Kerrigan
Dec 19, 2024This week, Eleanor Kerrigan takes a seat in The Wayback! (Check out her special "No Country For Old Women" on YouTube). In this episode, Eleanor takes us back to the absolute chaos of growing up one of ten children in 1970s Philadelphia. She reminisces about long, smoke-filled car rides with her entire family of 12, looking old enough to buy liquor as a teenager, and her and her brothers taking joy rides in the dryer. Then Ryan and Eleanor commiserate about the awfulness of living in a house with one bathroom that you had to share with your siblings. Eleanor also...
Duration: 00:34:27The Wayback #50 | Ryan Long
Dec 12, 2024This week, Ryan Long takes a seat in The Wayback! (Check out his special "Problem Solved" on YouTube, and his podcast "The Boyscast"). This episode kicks off with both Ryans doing a deep dive on the birth of sneaker culture in 80s/90s. They get into the iconic Reebok Pumps, Air Jordans, Iversons, and classics like Magic and Bird's Converse. Then Ryan Long gets nostalgic about growing up in the suburbs of Toronto in the mid 90s. He reminisces about skateboarding, high school pranks, and the massive cultural influence of Eminem. Like any good Canadian boy, Ryan also reflects on hi...
Duration: 00:34:44The Wayback #49 | Shapel Lacey
Dec 05, 2024This week, Shapel Lacey takes a seat in The Wayback! ("Lesser Known Characters" podcast). In this episode, Shapel takes us back to what it was like growing up in Mesa, Arizona, in the early 90s. He talks about being raised by a teenage stepdad, taking his first family vacation at 20-years old, getting paid to attend summer school, and going full Bruce Lee on some kid in the elementary school bathroom. Ryan and Shapel then do a deep dive on some of their favorite movies and TV shows from back in the day, including Silver Streak, Kung-Fu, Mama's Family, Goo...
Duration: 00:35:44The Wayback #48 | Luenell
Nov 28, 2024This week, Luenell takes a seat in The Wayback! ("Hacks" on HBO Max, Jimmy Kimmel's Comedy Club, Las Vegas). In this episode, Luenell takes us back to what it was like growing up in 1970s Oakland, CA. She gets nostalgic about moving out to the white suburbs of Castro Valley, wrecking her Mom's Plymouth Barracuda, equestrian lessons, and sneaking out of the house to go back and see her friends in Oakland. Luenell then blows Ryan’s mind when she recalls summer vacations in the South, where they could never travel without their Green Book. Also, don’t miss Luenell...
Duration: 00:29:10The Wayback #47 | Craig Conant
Nov 21, 2024This week, Craig Conant takes a seat in The Wayback! ("Community Service" podcast). Growing up in Inglewood, CA in the late 80s, Craig takes us back to what life was like as a true neighborhood delinquent. He schools us on the finer points of building potato cannons, having roman candle wars with gang members, and stealing and crashing his parents car. A born entrepreneur, Craig also recalls some of his earliest hustles, like selling fireworks and escort flyers to the other kids in elementary school, hustling strangers as a 10-year old in Las Vegas, and selling his parents beers to...
Duration: 00:30:02The Wayback #46 | Annie Lederman
Nov 16, 2024This week, Annie Lederman takes a seat in The Wayback! ("Anniewood" podcast). A wild child born into a Quaker family in 80s/90s Philadelphia, Annie takes us on a deep dive into her many misadventures attending Quaker schools as a kid. Then her and Ryan bond over their shared experience of growing up as a twin. They also get into some late 80s nostalgia such as Body Glove, hypercolor clothing, Umbros and mesh half shirts. As a certified queen of youthful indiscretions, Annie also shares stories about getting body piercings at 14-years old, sneaking out of the house to go p...
Duration: 00:37:03The Wayback #45 | George Perez
Nov 07, 2024This week, George Perez takes a seat in The Wayback! ("George Perez Stories" podcast). In this episode, George takes us back to what is was like growing up in Los Angeles in the 1980s as the 2nd youngest of 15 kids! George gets nostalgic about sneaking out, running the block with his crew "The BMX Bandits", and playing their favorite neighborhood game "ditch 'em." Ryan and George then take a deep dive on what was a staple for many kids in the 80s: Nintendo tournaments. They reminisce about Contra, Duck Hunt, Ice Hockey, Madden, and the all-time classic, Mike Tyson's Punc...
Duration: 00:37:27The Wayback #44 | Jodie Sweetin
Oct 31, 2024This week, Jodie Sweetin takes a seat in The Wayback! ("How Rude Tanneritos" podcast, Full House, Fuller House on Netflix). In this episode, we learn that despite her image as a successful child actor, it turns out Jodie was an absolute hellion as a kid growing up in Southern California. Jodie gets nostalgic about throwing water balloons at cars, senior pranks, and going AWOL at summer camp. She also reminisces about some of her favorite toys from back in the day, like Nintendo, She-Ra, and American Girls dolls. And don't miss the story about the time she got too drun...
Duration: 00:27:51The Wayback #43 | Adam Ray
Oct 24, 2024This week, Adam Ray takes a seat in The Wayback! (Dr. Phil Live, About Last Night podcast, "Like and Subscribe" on YouTube). Adam gets nostalgic about growing up in Seattle with a single mom and his many childhood obsessions, like He-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Starter jackets, and talking Urkel dolls. Adam also tells the hilarious yet traumatic story of the time he got caught boosting his best friend's Ghostbusters proton pack. Then, sit back and enjoy as Adam treats us to some highlights from his youth basketball career and the origin story of "Crispy Cream Abdul-Jabbar." Ryan and...
Duration: 00:38:56The Wayback #42 | Chelcie Lynn
Oct 17, 2024This week Chelcie Lynn takes a seat in The Wayback! (Trailer Trash Tammy, The Viral Podcast). The pride of Thackerville, Oklahoma gets nostalgic about riding her bike around town as a kid, and all the local make-out spots she would sneak off to with neighborhood boys. Chelcie also reminisces about all the trouble she would get into back in the day, like stealing golf carts and breaking into people's houses looking for office supplies. Then, Chelcie and Ryan take a trip down memory lane to revisit some of the awful haircuts Chelcie endured as a child. Checlie also gives us...
Duration: 00:31:22The Wayback #41 | Todd Glass
Oct 10, 2024This week Todd Glass takes a seat in The Wayback! (Todd Glass: "The Event of a Lifetime"). Ryan and Todd get nostalgic about some of the station wagons they rode in as kids, as well as the glory days of hubcaps, and Jeep Wagoneers. Todd also talks about the different schools and "resource rooms" he spent time in as a child growing up with dyslexia. Ryan and Todd then reminisce about summer camps and the uncomfortableness of school showers. Lastly, the guys take a tour through some of the suburban Pennsylvania neighborhoods Todd lived in as kid.
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Duration: 00:28:47The Wayback #40 | LeeAnn Kreischer
Oct 03, 2024This week LeeAnn Kreischer takes a seat in The Wayback! (Wife of the Party podcast). LeeAnn takes us on a journey to the Deep South in this episode, as she gets nostalgic about all the crazy characters she hung out with as a kid growing up in rural Bowdon, Georgia. There was the barefooted guy with sparks flying off his feet, and her uncle George, who lived his whole life as a CIA operative without anyone knowing. Ryan then finds a kindred spirit in LeeAnn, as she shares junkyard stories from her youth, like when her and her mom wo...
Duration: 00:35:14The Wayback #39 | Mike Feeney
Sep 26, 2024This week Mike Feeney takes a seat in The Wayback! (Here's The Scenario podcast, Mike Feeney: A Night at the Comedy Cellar on YouTube). Mike gets nostalgic about cruising in his mom's Toyota MR2, pull-out car stereos, and punting basketballs off cruise ships on family vacations. Also, don't miss Mike reminiscing about the death-defying adventures of being a teenage driver on Long Island, and getting popped by the police for making "Jack*ss" style videos with his friends.
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Duration: 00:33:13The Wayback #38 | Ali Siddiq
Sep 19, 2024This week Ali Siddiq takes a seat in The Wayback! (Check out his stand-up special "The Domino Effect" parts 1-4 on YouTube). Ryan and Ali get nostalgic about trick or treating in homemade Halloween costumes, first kisses, joyriding in "borrowed" cars, and sneaking out of the house. They also reminisce about 80s and 90s fashion like Original Jams, parachute pants, Benetton, and the classic childhood staple, Underoos. Ryan and Ali then take us back to school in the 80s, sharing stories about classes like driver's ed., home economics, and shop class.
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Duration: 00:27:26The Wayback #37 | Nadav Itzkowitz
Sep 12, 2024This week Nadav Itzkowitz takes a seat in The Wayback! (“Catching You Up With Nadav” on YouTube). Nadav kicks this one off with the story of his first foray into internet fame, when he tried to hit up what he thought was Steven Spielberg for a role in one of his movies. Then there's no holding back as Ryan and Nadav get nostalgic about one of the biggest rites of passage for any young man: the discovery of self-love. Nadav also recalls one of his first concerts as a kid (Kitaro!), and tells us about some of the ridiculous childho...
Duration: 00:37:53The Wayback #36 | Dusty Slay
Sep 05, 2024This week Dusty Slay takes a seat in The Wayback! (“Workin’ Man” on Netflix, “Nateland” podcast and “We’re Having a Good Time” podcast). Dusty gets nostalgic about growing up in a trailer park, family trips to see Nascar at Talladega, and the time he tried to raise money to bail a friend out of jail. Ryan and Dusty then trade stories about all the fun they had with pets growing up, and the glory days of house parties without parents.
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Duration: 00:35:13The Wayback #35 | Brittany Schmitt
Aug 29, 2024This week Brittany Schmitt takes a seat in The Wayback! Check out her new special HORNY (for the sweet release of death) on YouTube. Brittany takes us back to her childhood growing up with no TV or internet, and how she let loose once she got her driver's license. Ryan and Brittany then get nostalgic about furnished basements, throwing parties when your parents are away, and of course getting busted. Ryan and Brittany also shares stories about some of the terrible parents they encountered growing up, including the time Brittany's stepmom went missing in her own house, and getting hit...
Duration: 00:23:00The Wayback #34 | Jim Norton
Aug 22, 2024This week Jim Norton takes a seat in The Wayback! (Check out his YouTube channel @NikkiandJimNYC). Ryan and Jim get nostalgic about the anxiety of sitting in the wayback as kids, harrowing amusement park rides, and some of the ridiculous safety campaigns from their youth like Mr. Yuk and McGruff the Crime Dog. Jim also recalls his distaste for family vacations in the outdoors, and the trials of cruising North Brunswick, New Jersey in a Ford Topaz. Also, don't miss Jim reminiscing about the notorious Frank's Chicken House of New Jersey, which definitely had nothing to do with chicken!
... Duration: 00:25:56The Wayback #33 | Daniel Van Kirk
Aug 15, 2024This week Daniel Van Kirk takes a seat in The Wayback! (Dumb People Town podcast, watch his special Rose Gold on YouTube ). Ryan and Daniel jump right into the nostalgia deep end, trading stories about public swimming pools, their childhood dogs, and the station wagons they each rode in as kids. Then Daniel recounts one of the most harrowing tree climbing incidents you'll ever hear. Also, don't miss Ryan telling the hilarious story behind the last photo ever taken of his father. Lastly, they take a look at some old childhood photos of Daniel, as he explains the benefits of b...
Duration: 00:38:53The Wayback #32 | Carrot Top
Aug 08, 2024This week the one and only Carrot Top takes a seat in The Wayback! (Carrot Top Live at the Luxor in Las Vegas). Carrot Top gets nostalgic about riding in his family's pinto station wagon, how a high school crush jumpstarted his wrestling career, and getting heckled by Hulk Hogan in his hometown arena. The son of a NASA engineer, Carrot Top then reminisces about having the coolest go-cart in the neighborhood as a kid, and what it's like getting hot-boxed by both his parents during long road trips. Also, don't miss Ryan telling the story of how back in...
Duration: 00:24:12The Wayback #31 | Mike Vecchiones
Aug 01, 2024This week Mike Vecchione takes a seat in The Wayback! (Worst Kind of Thoughtful on YouTube, Mike Vecchione Investigates podcast). It's Olympic season ya'll, and in this episode, Ryan and Mike get nostalgic about wrestling. They talk about wrestling trips, the brutally demanding wrestling season, and the calamitous and often hilarious effects of weight-cutting. Mike also talks about the differences between growing up in both Florida and Ohio, and then gives us the spectrum of his high school and collegiate wresting career; from the thrill of victory in the state tournament, to the humiliating agony of puking on an op...
Duration: 00:29:56The Wayback #30 | Moses Storm
Jul 25, 2024This week Moses Storm takes a seat in The Wayback! (Trash White on HBO Max). No tales of 80s station wagons in this episode, as Moses instead blows our minds with insane stories about growing up in a family of seven on a converted Greyhound tour bus! Moses talks about growing up in a religious cult on wheels, the joys of sharing a tour bus toilet with an incontinent mother, yard sale wars, and some of the finer points of dumpster diving. What's it like living on a tour bus with an industrial-sized cotton candy machine? Only Moses Storm kno...
Duration: 00:35:52The Wayback #29 | Are You Garbage?
Jul 18, 2024This week is a special episode where both H. Foley and Kevin Ryan from the Are You Garbage? podcast squeeze into The Wayback! They reminisce about school lunches, the clapper, Original Jams shorts, going home sick from school, and messing with their teachers. Ryan also tells a story about his days working in a nursing home, and H. Foley recounts a paranormal experience from his youth that still haunts him till this day.
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Duration: 00:23:25The Wayback #28 | Ms. Pat
Jul 11, 2024This week, Ms. Pat takes a seat in The Wayback! (The Ms. Pat Show on BET+, The Patdown with Ms. Pat podcast). Ms. Pat takes us way back down memory land to the 80s, and what is was like growing up in Atlanta. She talks about going to "white kids" summer camp, breakdancing contests, playing in fire hydrants, and messing around during church prayer lock-ins. Ms. Pat then gets nostalgic with Ryan about school meals, and how she had to whoop one of her friends with a lunch tray. Finally, Ms. Pat tells the story of how she was able...
Duration: 00:33:38The Wayback #27 | Prof
Jul 04, 2024This week, Minneapolis’ finest, the rapper Prof takes a seat in The Wayback! (Powderhorn Suites, Horse.) Prof talks about growing up in the Powderhorn section of Minneapolis as part of a large blended family, running with a graffiti crew, school pranks, and joyriding. Then Ryan and Prof get nostalgic as they go through some of Prof’s recently discovered childhood photos, getting a glimpse of his early public rap performances, and seeing him dressed up for the Minneapolis MayDay parade. Prof also tells us what is was like growing up right next door to the neighborhood’s biggest drug dealer a...
Duration: 00:33:59The Wayback #26 | Jared Freid
Jun 27, 2024This week, Jared Freid joins me for a seat in The Wayback! (The JTrain Podcast, 37 And Single on Netflix). Growing up in Boston, Jared's family was big on vacationing. We get nostalgic about cruises, summer camp, garbage people at Florida beach clubs, and going on Teen Tours as a kid. Jared also tells a story from his college fraternity days about one of the greatest toilet fails of all time!
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Duration: 00:29:34The Wayback #25 | Paul Virzi
Jun 20, 2024This week, Paul Virzi joins me for a seat in The Wayback! (Nocturnal Emissions on Netflix, The Virzi Effect podcast, and Bone to Pick with Bobby Kelly). We get nostalgic about being raised by a single mom, switching schools as a kid, messing with foreign exchange students, sleepover class trips, and school bus hijinks. Then Ryan and Paul trade stories about sneaking into clubs in high school, and Ryan tells the origin story of the infamous Baltimore legend, Natty-Bo-Lee!
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Duration: 00:43:21The Wayback #24 | Ian Fidance
Jun 13, 2024This week, Ian Fidance joins me for a seat in The Wayback! (Bein’ Ian with Jordan podcast, This American Life, Gilly and Keeves). We get nostalgic about what it was like growing up in Delaware, family camping trips in the Poconos, the Easter Bunny, 80s concert t-shirts, and being a spoiled brat as a child. Ryan and Ian also share stories about having a really cool dad as kid, and reminisce about one of the great icons of the 20th Century, Ronald McDonald!
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Duration: 00:34:37The Wayback #23 | Jason Mewes
Jun 06, 2024This week, Jason Mewes joins me for a seat in The Wayback! (Clerks, Mallrats, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back). We get into what it was like growing up in a small town by the Jersey Shore in the 80s. Jason and Ryan hit some classic nostalgia sweet spots like playing in the woods, rope swings, river jumping, fireworks, throwing snowballs at cars, and mischief night. You'll also hear about the time Jason tried to hang out with the cool older kids and ended up getting hung from a flagpole by his tighty-whities!
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Duration: 00:29:08The Wayback #22 | Gareth Reynolds
May 30, 2024This week, Gareth Reynolds joins me for a seat in The Wayback! We dive into Gareth's love of performing, starring in elementary class plays like Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Charlotte's Web, and Little Red Riding Hood. Sparking his own memories, Ryan shares a first-grade performance where he played Santa. Gareth tells us what it was like growing up in an anti-sugar, anti-TV household and the loopholes he and his siblings found to work around it (cardboard bricks for the win!). We swap stories about the anxieties of sleepovers, both hosting and attending. We discuss some of our favorite...
Duration: 00:35:40The Wayback #21 | Brad Williams
May 23, 2024This week Brad Williams takes a seat in the Wayback! Make sure to check out his newest special "Starfish" on YouTube, his Showtime special "Fun Size," and his special on Netflix "The Degenerates." In this ride, we dive into all things '80s toys, collectibles, and fashion. As a self-proclaimed 'action figure king,' Brad tells us about collecting G.I. Joes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, X-Men, Transformers, and the often-forgotten Exo Squad. Sparking a memory of his own, Ryan shares the time his mom gave him a Go-Bot's lunchbox beatdown and when he used a Cabbage Patch Doll...
Duration: 00:32:49The Wayback #20 | Drew Lynch
May 16, 2024This week Drew Lynch (Did I Stutter Podcast) joins me in the Wayback to talk about all the ways he used to get in trouble as a kid. Our wild ride takes us everywhere from getting kicked out of daycares, hacking vending machines, to blasting strangers with water balloons, and breaking into construction sites. Drew also shares some of the fun made-up games he and the other neighborhood kids would play. As a perfect conclusion to our stories about mischief, we even touch on the memories of the spankings that followed!
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Duration: 00:36:30The Wayback #19 | Andrew Santino
May 09, 2024This week Andrew Santino takes a seat in The Wayback! (Whiskey Ginger, Bad Friends Podcast) We get nostalgic about carpools with strangers, leaving the car running, bmx bikes, high school talent shows, and growing up a Chicago Bulls fan. We also have our first phone call on The Wayback, when Andrew and his mom tell the story of how back in the 80s, someone stole the family car, and whether it was all Andrew's fault!
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Duration: 00:39:35The Wayback #18 | Chad Daniels
May 02, 2024Chad Daniels joins me on a new episode of The Wayback! We get nostalgic about old school cable TV, dirty 80s comedies, waterbeds, and childhood pranks.
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Duration: 00:31:09The Wayback #17 | Sam Tallent
Apr 25, 2024Sam Tallent joins me on a new episode of The Wayback! We get nostalgic about being a youth football prodigy, old school coaches, childhood obesity and childhood fears.
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Duration: 00:23:38The Wayback #16 | Dan Cummins
Apr 18, 2024Dan Cummins joins me on a new episode of The Wayback! We get nostalgic about ghost stories, and making love for the first time to people and things
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Duration: 00:35:05The Wayback #15 | Jim Florentine
Apr 11, 2024This week Jim Florentine takes a seat on the Wayback!
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Duration: 00:33:31The Wayback #14 | Greg Fitzsimmons
Apr 04, 2024This week Greg Fitzsimmons takes a seat on the Wayback!
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Duration: 00:38:30The Wayback #13 | Steve-O
Mar 28, 2024This week Steve-O takes a seat on the Wayback!
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Duration: 00:28:12The Wayback #12 | H. Foley
Mar 21, 2024This week H. Foley takes a seat on the Wayback!
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Duration: 00:30:40The Wayback #11 | Patrick Renna
Mar 14, 2024This week Patrick Renna takes a seat on the Wayback!
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Duration: 00:22:19The Wayback #10 | Harland Williams
Mar 07, 2024This week Harland Williams takes a seat on the Wayback!
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Duration: 00:35:13The Wayback #9 | Rob Riggle
Feb 29, 2024This week Rob Riggle takes a seat on the Wayback!
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Duration: 00:31:44The Wayback #8 | Joe List
Feb 22, 2024This week Joe List takes a seat on the Wayback!
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Duration: 00:34:05The Wayback #7 | Josh Wolf
Feb 15, 2024This week Josh Wolf takes a seat on the Wayback!
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