Strong Words with Ian Strong
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!"
Episodes
For the first time in Strong Words With Ian Strong history, Ian and Mark Shuey are here to do a mid-season edition of "Iantentional Talk." In this edition, Ian and Mark recap the first half of the 2026 season, the all-star game, the home run derby, give their opinion on how the implementation of the ABS system has worked out, catch you up on the ongoing labor negotiations between the players union and the owners and...
In this volume of "Shot Glass Diaries," Ian continues to the second stop a three-city road trip in which he saw his favorite baseball team, the Atlanta Braves in 2025. This stop goes to Kansas City, Missouri in which Ian saw a couple of Braves games, toured Kauffman Stadium, got a private barbecue food tour of the city, and more!
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In this episode, which is a continuation of the conversation from yesterday's episode, Brandon Youngblood, "Captain Awesome" Dan Freet, and Ian talk about the current WWE product: its over-commercialization since being bought by TKO, its reliance on celebrity and influencer appearances and their affect on the product, and more before previewing this weekend's Wrestlemania 42 by discussing the build for each match an...
With Wrestlemania 42 coming this weekend, Ian talks about the current professional wrestling product for the first time on the show. Joining him was supposed to be the former co-hosts of "Falls Count Anywhere With Youngblood and Manny," but instead, is going to feature the returning Brandon Youngblood, and "Captain Awesome" Dan Freet. In part one of the discussion, the three guys break down their thoughts on the non...
In this volume of "Shot Glass Diaries," Ian visits the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas to see his favorite baseball team, the Atlanta Braves take on the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington. While there, Ian toured Globe Life Field and AT&T Stadium (home of the Dallas Cowboys), went on a walking food tour in Deep Ellum, saw the world's biggest eyeball, sampled the food at the Crossroads, and more!
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With the Major League Baseball season kicking off this Wednesday night, Ian and Mark Shuey return to talk baseball in a segment now being dubbed, "Iantentional Talk." In this edition, Ian and Mark recap the 2026 World Baseball Classic as well as the biggest off-season news including free agent signings, trades, discuss next year's potential work stoppage, the hall of fame inductees, and more before giving you some m...
For the first time since returning from hiatus, "Ranking Roundtable" is back to rank the albums by one of Ian's favorite bands, System of a Down. Joining him on the panel to discuss the compiled rankings of 8 die-hard fans are his co-worker Jared (who Ian saw SOAD with back in the summer) along with ranking roundtable staple, "Captain Awesome" Dan Freet. Together, they reveal the ultimate ranking of the five albums ...
In this volume of "Shot Glass Diaries," Ian returns to Atlanta, Georgia to cross the number one item from his bucket list: see a World Series game in Atlanta. In this episode, Ian talks about the last minute trip (that he almost missed his flight for), the disgusting hotel room he booked, going to game 3 and hanging out outside the stadium and the game 4 experience in the stadium that you may have seen on TV and he ...
In this featured volume of "Shot Glass Diaries, recorded years ago and never released, Ian invites his sister Cortney and his brother-in-law Josh onto the show to recap when Ian came to visit them when they lived in Illinois. While there, Ian and Josh saw a ballgame between the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field and describe the sights, sounds, and tastes of the ballpark while Cortney took her kids wit...
JB, Dan, and Ian's brother-in-law Josh (filling in for Phil) return to go "Balls Deep Inside the NFL" and talk about the '25-'26 season and preview this Sunday's Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. Together, they'll recap the biggest news stories of the season, talk about the 10 head coaches who lost their jobs, preview the big game by predicting the final score, and addressin...
In this volume of "Shot Glass Diaries," Ian returns to San Diego, California for the final leg of a 3-city trip to see the Braves play the Padres as he continues to cross stadiums off his list of the where he's seen Atlanta play. In this quick trip, Ian talks about some of the places he recommends getting food in the area (including a quirky breakfast spot), his experience at Petco Park, food he tried at the stadium...
In this episode, JB and Phil of the "Balls Deep Inside the NFL" episodes return to talk college football: a first for Strong Words With Ian Strong. Together, they and Ian recap the biggest on and off the field stories from the '25-'26 season before discussing this year's 12-team playoff, tonight's championship game between (1) Indiana and (10) Miami, and look ahead to April's NFL draft
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Veritas and Jonny Suicide, formerly of the band known as Suicide Puppets, have returned with new music, new band members, and a new band name: Horror Scene! Ian chats with the rhythm section of the band to discuss the changes in the band since they were last on the show, including why they decided to change their name, some of the personnel and management changes they've gone through, getting their music (and appear...
In this volume of "Shot Glass Diaries," Ian recalls the 2nd stop of a three city trip in which he went to see the Braves play in Phoenix, Arizona as he works on crossing off more MLB stadiums from his list. Along with reviewing the game and some of the food he tried at the stadium, Ian also reviews seeing the Grand Canyon for the first time in person, going to the Musical Instrument Museum, as well as some of the re...
"Captain Awesome" Dan Freet, the other half of the musical-comedy duo Awesomely Strong and lead singer of Ian's band Dead Cowboy, is back to watch a movie with Ian for the first time in over 3 years. This time, they're watching a hidden gem, cult classic comedy of the 90's, "Airheads" starring Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, and Adam Sandler. Watch along with Ian and Dan as they provide your commentary track for the ...
In today's episode, Ian sits down with one of the friends he made doing some standup comedy in central Pennsylvania: Karen Kunick. In this episode, Karen talks balancing her two polar opposite career choices as a laywer and as a comedian, while being a mother of six, the process of taking the bar exam, working in the public defender's office, her first time doing standup, doing a set in New York last weekend, the di...
It'a Strong Words with Ian Strong's 100th episode and to celebrate, we are reintroducing "Shot Glass Diaries!" In this volume, Ian recalls returning to San Francisco, California as part of a 3-city road trip in which he was able to cross off three more stadiums in which he got to see the Atlanta Braves play. Along with reviewing the game, Ian also talks about going on a walking food tour in the Italian District, doi...
Now that the 2025 MLB season has concluded and the Los Angeles Dodgers are back to back World Series champions of the 2021 MLB season, Ian is ready to talk baseball with Mark Shuey, the former sports broadcaster for WITF-TV, PCN, and WINK 104. In this episode, Ian and Mark will discuss and recall the biggest stories on and off the field and more before wrapping up by predicting who will take home the big four awards...
In this episode recorded back in 2022 when The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson had just became available to stream, The Fab Three sat down to discuss and rank all of the solo Batman films outside the DCEU. "Demonrock" Dave Sharpe and "Captain Awesome" Dan Freet return to give their rankings of each movie and their takes on the portrayals or Batman, Bruce Wayne, and the villains of Gotham.
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It's been over three and a half years since the last episode of "Strong Words With Ian Strong" aired a new episode. Well, Ian is back and answering all the questions he's been asked since the spring of 2022: Why did the show stop airing new episodes? What has he been up to this whole time? Why bring the show back now and what can you expect going forward?
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