The Wayback with Ryan Sickler

Des 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 I...

Sponsors: FIREFLIES.AI: Go to https://www.fireflies.ai/wayback and get your first two months free when you sign up for a yearly subscription! 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 advent...

Joey 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 abou...

Sponsor: Peak Pure and Natural: Head to https://www. PeakNatural.com/WAYBACK and use code WAYBACK at checkout to give Peak Beets a try for 25% off. 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 i...

Rosebud 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 Wil...

Adrienne 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 re...

Dan 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...

Fiona 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 pr...

Harland 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 haircut...

Kirsten 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 callin...

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...