The Wayback with Ryan Sickler

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...

This 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 so...

This 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, U...

This 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 de...

This 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.  Sh...

This 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...

This 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 peop...

This 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 camp...

This 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 with...

This 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 ge...

This 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 childh...

This 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 d...

This 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...

This 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 bu...

This 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 c...

This 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...