The Wayback with Ryan Sickler

Gianmarco 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...

Kim 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 tr...

This 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 t...

This 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 h...

This 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 bro...

This 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...

This 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...

This 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 terr...

This 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 Rus...

This 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 an...

This 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 o...

This 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 i...

Fresh 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...

This 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 ch...

This 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.  R...

This 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, inclu...

This 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 a...

This 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 reminisc...

This 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...

This 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...

This 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...

This 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...

This 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...

This 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 bat...

This 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...