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.

Episodes

March 19, 2026 36 mins
SPONSOR: Pebl - Head to hipebl.ai/ to get a free estimate & lock in our new standard *discounted* pricing at $399 USD per month per employee helps you contain costs We got the whole crew together for Part 1 of the Baltimore Junkyard Series Finale! We were out there in the dark, 100+ heat, rain, lightning, thunder, and we honestly had an absolute blast doing it! It felt just like the old days, laughing our asses off while t...
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Chris Lamb, one of my closest friends since childhood, jumps into The Wayback for our next episode of the Baltimore Junkyard Series! Chris and I get nostalgic about our early days growing up together and the tumultuous family situations of our youth. We reminisce about walking to school, train hopping, the joys of the infamous Aspen station wagon, and the time he ate dirt on a rope swing and got grounded for six months. As a witn...
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Chris Sheeler, one of my best friends since sixth grade, joins me in The Wayback for our next episode of the Baltimore Junkyard Series! Chris and I get nostalgic about walking to school as kids, playing football in the cemetery, and bus stop brawls. We also share stories about some of the crazy characters in our neighborhood, like the weird family that did belly button inspections, and the kid we called "Tartar." We also reminis...
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SPONSOR: Pebl - Head to hipebl.ai/ to get a free estimate & lock in our new standard *discounted* pricing at $399 USD per month per employee helps you contain costs Tim Dimemmo, my second cousin, and a brother to me growing up, joins me in The Wayback for our next episode of the Baltimore Junkyard Series! Tim and I get nostalgic about the craziness of our extended families, from his schizophrenic father, to playing on the trai...
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Justin Schlegel joins me in The Wayback for our next episode of the Baltimore Junkyard Series! (Check out his stand-up special "Chaos" on YouTube, his podcast "The DLP Agenda", and tune in to 98 Rock in Baltimore to catch him on morning radio). One of Baltimore's own, Justin gets nostalgic about summer trips to Ocean City, his dad's love of scrapple, and his biker mom's outsized proportions. We also reminisce about Baltimore's un...
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Shannon Patterson, owner of Baltimore Auto Recycling LLC and one of my best friends since we were kids, jumps in The Wayback as we head back to 1980s  Baltimore! We get nostalgic about working in his dad’s junkyard, our youth soccer glory days (and the all-out brawls that came with ’em), plus the elementary school teacher who allegedly packed heat. We also relive the magic of Baltimore Blast games and the nonstop chaos of junkyard...
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My younger brother Todd Sickler slides into The Wayback for another episode of the Baltimore Junkyard Series, as the deep dive into family dysfunction continues!  We get nostalgic about life in Texas, bee attacks, and our other brother Derek chimes in with a story about getting chased by a bull, which was probably just a dog.  We also reminisce about living with a grandma who smoked like a chimney, playing in the woods, and mom's n...
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This is part 2 of my twin brother Derek's Baltimore Junkyard Series episode in The Wayback, as we continue the trip back to our dysfunctional shared childhood.  We hear Derek's side of the story of when he went full marine sniper on the neighbor's bird feeder, share stories about catching beatings from mom, and get nostalgic about the relentless teasing we inflicted on the son of Dad's new girlfriend.  We then reminisce about neigh...
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SPONSOR:Lucy- Get 20% off your first order when you buy online with code WAYBACK at lucy.co It’s been a long time coming, but I finally sit down with my twin brother Derek Sickler on The Wayback for another episode of the Baltimore Junkyard Series! We get nostalgic about sharing a room, torturing our younger brother Todd, and Derek terrorizing everyone with snakes. After Derek finally confesses to smashing my remote-control KISS va...
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This is part 2 of the Sickler Brothers' Baltimore Junkyard Series episode in The Wayback, and we pick up right where we left off, as the three of us get nostalgic about growing up in the endless dysfunction of the Sickler household.  We reminisce about the time Todd got in trouble for throwing rocks at cars, some of the crazier moments with our mother, house parties with Cisco and Purple Passion, fond memories from Grandma's house,...
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The Sickler Brothers are finally here in The Wayback for the first episode of the Baltimore Junkyard Series!  This episode was over a half-century in the making ya'll, as Derek, Todd and I reunite at Auto Recycling of Baltimore LLC to reminisce about growing up in our crazy family in Baltimore during the 70s and 80s.  We get nostalgic about Christmas mornings, fishing with our dad, all the old family cars, and the countless crazy r...
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Amy Miller cozies up in The Wayback as we take a trip to 1990's Northern California, from El Sobrante to Redding.  (Check out her stand up dates at https://www.amymillercomedy.com). Amy reminisces about her childhood growing up in the East Bay, from playing in her father's broken down boat, to attending school at a "fire and brimstone" Baptist church under a nefarious youth pastor.  She then gets nostalgic about church summer camp,...
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SPONSOR: Quince.com Visit https://www.quince.com/wayback for FREE SHIPPING and 365-day returns. Merry Christmas from The Wayback, Ya'll!  Myself, Kirsten and Princess are here in The Wayback to reminisce about Christmas days of yore, as we dig deep into the Sickler family home movies archive.  We get nostalgic about family traditions, some of our favorite and not-so-favorite relatives, memorable gifts, and the joyful anticipation ...
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Zoltan Kaszas is here in The Wayback, as we take a trip to 1990s Pittsburgh, PA and San Diego, CA (Check out his special "London Fog" on YouTube). Zoltan reminisces about leaving his native Hungary at 4 years old and immigrating to Pittsburgh where his mom was live-in housekeeper for a wealthy family.  We then visit his elementary school where he "flooded" the computer lab, and took ESL classes in a converted broom closet.  Zoltan ...
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SPONSOR:Tempo Meals- Get 60% off your first box when you go to https://www.tempomeals.com/WAYBACKNate Jackson slides into The Wayback, as we take a trip to the 1990s of Lacey, Washington.  (Check out his special "Super Funny" on Netflix, and his podcast "Opinionated") Nate gets nostalgic as we take a tour through his old stomping grounds in the suburb of Lacey, visiting his childhood home, high school, and local church.  He then re...
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Jiaoying Summers slides into The Wayback as we span the globe in the late 90s/early 00s from China to Kentucky. (Check out her special "What Specie Are You?" on Hulu).  Jiaoying gets nostalgic about her upbringing in the mountain village of Linzhou, China.  She reminisces about riding her bike to school everyday at 6 AM, eating the family pet, beating up her sister's bully, and waitressing as an 8-year old in her mom's restaurant, ...
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SPONSOR:Quince.comVisit https://www.quince.com/wayback for FREE SHIPPING and 365-day returns.Episode 100 of The Wayback is here, and I'm celebrating the milestone like only a true Gen Xer would: by sitting in The Wayback all by myself.  Producer Kirsten and I cruise back to the late 70s through the 90s to some of my early beginnings in Baltimore and Texas. I get nostalgic about many of the ups and downs of my childhood, the places ...
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SPONSOR: Tempo Meals - Get 60% off your first box when you go to https://www.tempomeals.com/WAYBACK Josh Wolf is here for his second ride in The Wayback, and this time we do a deep dive on some of the most memorable concerts of our youth in the 80s and 90s (Check out "The Campfire Special" on YouTube and his podcast "Hey Maaan").  First we reminisce about sleeping outside overnight for tickets, and Josh remembers the time he ruine...
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SPONSOR: Brunt Workwear - Get $10 off your order by using code WAYBACK at https://bruntworkwear.com Mike Vecchione is here for his second ride in The Wayback as we cruise through 1980s Youngstown, Ohio (Check out his stand-up Special "Low Income White" on YouTube).  Mike gets nostalgic when we visit his childhood home in Canfield, Ohio, and we both recall what it was like walking to school as kids.  We then reminisce about the 80s...
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Cristina Mariani slides into The Wayback as we span the globe in the early 00s from Stockton, California to Corfino, Italy. (Check out her tour dates at cristinamariani.com).  Cristina gets nostalgic about living in Italy as a child, how she first got into playing the accordion, and her childhood obsession with dinosaurs. We also talk about the agony of being humiliated in front of your crush, the time she stole her parents car in ...
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