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The Wayback with Ryan Sickler

The Wayback with Ryan Sickler

Ryan Sickler and his guests take a seat in “The Wayback” for a nostalgic, wild ride filled with laughter, fond memories, and a touch of wistful reflection. Buckle up.

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75: The Wayback #75 | Fiona Cauley

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2025/06/05

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 prison tattoo against her will… at 12!BALTIMORE! I’m coming home! Catch me at the Horseshoe Casino on

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74: The Wayback #74 | Harland Williams

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2025/05/29

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 haircuts, and even take a look at some viewer submissions. We then reminisces about some of the ridiculous

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73: The Wayback #73 | Kirsten Schwickerath

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2025/05/22

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 calling QVC. Then we take a look at the time Kirsten made the local newspaper after crashing her car off the

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72: The Wayback #72 | Gianmarco Soresi

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2025/05/15

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 like Power Rangers, Mario Paint, and Dance Dance Revolution. We also get into some of the great late

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71: The Wayback #71 | Kim Congdon

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2025/05/08

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 trade stories about summer school, and Kim gets nostalgic about family karaoke parties and one of her

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70: The Wayback #70 | Steve Simeone

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2025/05/01

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 tells the story of how he learned one of the best dad moves ever - The Car Pie! SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube

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69: The Wayback #69 | Hanna Dickinson

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2025/04/24

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 having an older brother who loved farting in her face. A straight-A student in high school, Hanna also

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68: The Wayback #68 | Andy Richter

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2025/04/17

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 broke his leg falling out of his parents’ wayback. We also take a visit to Andy’s childhood home, built by

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67: The Wayback #67 | Sara Weinshenk

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2025/04/10

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 see boys. Then Ryan and Sara both get nostalgic about feather pens, Berenstain Bears scratch 'n sniff

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66: The Wayback #66 | Bobby Moynihan

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2025/04/03

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 raised by ad campaigns, like Mr. Yuck, the singing "We're Not Candy" pills, and the "It's 10 p.m. do

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65: The Wayback #65 | Nick Swardson

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2025/03/27

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 terror at St. Paul Central High School. Then Nick and Ryan get into their love of 80s sitcoms, specifically

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64: The Wayback #64 | Tina Dybal

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2025/03/20

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 Russian immigrant family of roller coaster enthusiasts, Tina also reminisces about her many family trips to

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63: The Wayback #63 | Sam Tripoli

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2025/03/13

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 and Pro Wrestling. Ryan and Sam then do a deep dive on bowling, and while Sam regales us with stories of

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62: The Wayback #62 | Andrea Jin

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2025/03/06

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 of the wayback, which was riding on the back of her grandfather's bicycle facing backwards. She also

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61: The Wayback #61 | Bret Ernst

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2025/02/27

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 in roller rinks, and the terror of gym "lock-ins." Bret also gets nostalgic about some of the crazy jobs

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60: The Wayback #60 | John Farley

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2025/02/20

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 all kinds of trouble. John gets nostalgic about CB radios, getting kicked out of boarding school, and

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59: The Wayback #59 | Libbie Higgins

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2025/02/13

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 childhood haircuts and fashion choices, including Ryan’s Joe Dirt mullet, and Libbie’s Don Johnson fit.

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58: The Wayback #58 | Rachel Feinstein

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2025/02/06

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. Rachel also goes in depth about her weird family, spearheaded by her dad who refused to wash anything

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The Wayback #57 | Jason Ellis

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2025/01/30

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, including almost drowning while white water rafting with drunk adults, getting pinched for shoplifting Castle

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The Wayback #56 | Hannah Berner

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2025/01/23

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 also gets nostalgic about her early, dominant athletic career, which eventually led to becoming a

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