Ian Strong

Strong Words with Ian Strong

Comedy EN ↓ 115 episodes

Ian Strong is a musician, former professional wrestler, world traveler, amateur stand-up comedian, and huge Atlanta Braves fan. Hear the amazing stories that he and the people he met along the way have to share from their entertaining careers, shows, and more including music that Ian personally records every instrument for every episode! Look for new, feature episodes every other Monday and catch a bonus episode every month where Ian tells you the story of a trip that he commemorated by buying a shot glass in "Shot Glass Diaries!"

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015 - Jamie Louachai Is Not Down With the Sickness 02.03.2020 1:18:30

Send us Fan Mail Jamie Louachai had an interesting life as a spokesmodel and brand ambassador for NASCAR and Ask.com before an adrenal illness caused her to be bedridden for virtually the last nine years and counting. Despite that, she has not lost faith that she will be able to return to her interesting life someday. Jamie shares her story with Ian in this exclusive and inspiring interview before...

014 - Shot Glass Diaries Volume 003 - Los Angeles, CA (2013) 24.02.2020 35:38

Send us Fan Mail In this edition of "Shot Glass Diaries," Ian tells the story of the part of his honeymoon where he drove from San Francisco to Los Angeles down the Coastal Highway to spend a couple days in LA with his late wife, Amy. While there, they toured Warner Bros. Studios, attended a taping of "Conan," toured the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and more!

013 - The Fab Three Walk Amongst the Dead 17.02.2020 1:11:52

Send us Fan Mail Ahead of this Sunday's 10th mid-season premiere of "The Walking Dead," "Captain Awesome" Dan Freet and "Daunting" Dave Sharpe return to Strong Words to discuss the graphic novels and the television show with Ian. They discuss what got them into the books before it was a tv show, the good and bad divergencies that the show has taken from the books...

012 - Rocking Out with Suicide Puppets' Jonny Suicide 03.02.2020 1:07:29

Send us Fan Mail Ian sits down with the bass player for the Suicide Puppets, Jonny Suicide to discuss the origin and evolution of his band, their "Puppetcast" podcast, their annual Drunken Puppet Show, which he hosts at his house and where Ian has performed with Dead Cowboy and Awesomely Strong, and what we can expect from the Suicide Puppets in 2020, including their original song "...

011 - Shot Glass Diaries Volume 002 - New Orleans, LA 27.01.2020 25:04

Send us Fan Mail In this edition of "Shot Glass Diaries," Ian tells the story of the trip when he performed during the halftime show of the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans during his freshman year of high school.

010 - Derailing with Darwin's Family Crest Co-Host Deric Sollenberger 20.01.2020 1:16:51

Send us Fan Mail Ian reconnects with his old friend, co-host of the "Darwin's Family Crest" podcast, Deric Sollenberger. In this episode, Ian and Deric talk about working together, doing backyard wrestling together, and Deric's podcast before they derail into talking about music, social media, philosophy, and more.

009 - Clobberating With Nate Blazer About My Wrestling Career - Part Three 06.01.2020 1:20:23

Send us Fan Mail Ian and Nate conclude their conversation about Ian's wrestling career. In part three, Ian discusses his most memorable (and messiest) matches, his final match in 2012, how he feels about his career as a whole, his friendship and stories with Nate, and more!

008 - Clobberating with Nate Blazer About My Wrestling Career - Part Two 23.12.2019 1:09:09

Send us Fan Mail In part two of this multi-episode interview in which Ian's friend, Nate Blazer interviews him about his professional wrestling career, Ian talks about making his professional wrestling debut for Shark Boy's BPW promotion in Cincinnati, OH as well as his first few matches in the business, meeting Johnny and Jey Graham at the PWE training center and working shows for PWE,...

007 - Clobberating with Nate Blazer About My Wrestling Career - Part One 09.12.2019 1:10:44

Send us Fan Mail Ian becomes subject of being interviewed for a change; this time by his friend Nate "J/Joey Money" Blazer about his career as a professional wrestler. In part one of this multi-episode conversation, Ian reminisces about what made him a fan of professional wrestling, how becoming a fan inspired him and some of his friends to start their own backyard wrestling federation,...

006 - Dead Cowboy Week Kicks Off On Strong Words! 25.11.2019 1:40:12

Send us Fan Mail This Friday, November 29th, Dead Cowboy will be performing at the Race Horse Tavern in Thomasville, PA but before that, the entire band sits down with Ian to talk about the early beginnings and evolution of the band's 12+ year existence before Ian debuts the band's original single "#4" that they recorded over the summer!

005 - 2019 MLB Year-In-Review with Mark Shuey 11.11.2019 1:11:28

Send us Fan Mail Mark Shuey is a former sports broadcaster for WINK-104 in Harrisburg, PA as well as WITF-TV and PCN. He and Ian discuss his broadcasting career, favorite past and present baseball broadcasters, the stadiums they've traveled to this year, and break down the 2019 MLB season before looking ahead to what is sure to be a busy off-season!

004 - An Episode That Can Only Be Described as "Awesomely Strong" 28.10.2019 1:16:12

Send us Fan Mail Ian sits down with the other half of his musical-comedy duo Awesomely Strong, "Captain Awesome" Dan Freet to discuss the inception and evolution of their band, reminisce about past shows, and talk about the band's future!

003 - Drawing Up A Conversation With Marvel and DC's Dave Sharpe - Part Two 14.10.2019 1:16:52

Send us Fan Mail Ian sits down with Dave Sharpe for part two of their two part conversation. In this half, Ian and Dave discuss what it was like to leave Marvel for DC comics, the difference between working for the two rival companies, the other comic book companies he's worked for as well as share some stories about meeting the great Stan Lee and Bruce Campbell, the contents of his museum-li...

002 - Drawing up a conversation with Marvel and DC's Dave Sharpe - Part One 30.09.2019 1:16:43

Send us Fan Mail Ian sits down for part one of a two part interview with prolific comic book letterer Dave Sharpe. In part one, Dave and Ian discuss comic book production, what a letterer does, what it was like working in Marvel's studios in New York City in the early 90's straight out of art school, and some of the books he's worked on for Marvel Comics.

001 - Allow Myself To Introduce Myself 16.09.2019 50:31

Send us Fan Mail Meet Ian Strong - musician, sports fan, world traveler, and former professional wrestler. Find out what "Strong Words" is going to be about. Hear Ian's introduction, mission statement, foreshadowing of future episodes, and the first edition of "Shot Glass Diaries" - a recurring segment where Ian tells the story of the trip in which he purchased some (of hi...