The HoneyDew with Ryan Sickler

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This week on The HoneyDew, comedian Sam Tallent Highlights the Lowlights of growing up in a tiny Colorado town, being the biggest kid in school, and the unforgettable family stories that helped shape him and his comedy career.

Sam talks about growing up in the first house in town to have the internet and immediately using it to print color p@rn. We also get into why a collection of passports led him to suspect that his grandfather may have been a spy, what it was like going to school with the same small group of kids, and how he remained confident and comfortable with who he was despite always being the biggest kid in class.

Plus, Sam shares how his mother, Betsy, spearheaded his move to Denver, finding him an apartment, helping him begin a new chapter, and even getting him a tattoo.

Check out Sam’s latest novel, Brut available now, and catch him on the road at a show near you.

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John Ross Bowie Highlights the Lowlights of growing up in New York City’s theater district, battling depression and anxiety, and struggling with alcohol on this week’s episode of The HoneyDew!

John, known for playing Barry Kripke on The Big Bang Theory and Jimmy DiMeo on Speechless, looks back at becoming an English teacher before rebooting his life and taking a chance on acting.

John also opens up about his journey to sobriety and how an unexpected interaction with Matthew Perry gave him the push he needed to finally stop drinking.

Check out John on the show, “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” or grab his memoir “No Job for a Man”

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Comedian Willie Macc joins me on The HoneyDew to Highlight the Lowlights of growing up as a preacher’s son and becoming a father at just 16 years old.

Willie shares how he met his son's mom, Erica while working at Burger King, experienced all of his firsts with her, and found out they were having a baby while they were still teenagers.

He also tells the story of planning to run away before his mom woke up and stopped him, why Erica’s mom never liked him, and the irony of failing sex ed when he already had a kid.

Plus, Willie reveals what happened when comedy legend Bernie Mac absolutely dumped on him.

Check out Willie’s comedy special Good Dad, Bad Father

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Comedian Rafe Williams joins me this week on The HoneyDew to Highlight the Lowlights of the abuse he and his brothers experienced at the hands of their father and tells the unbelievable story of discovering his dad was having an affair with the local postmaster!

We also get into one particularly rough day when Rafe and his mom somehow went 0–4 in fights, and Rafe reflects on addiction, recovery, breaking generational cycles, and reaching 15 years of sobriety.

Check out Rafe on his podcast The #2 Show, and his specials Young Grandpa, and Inside Dogs vs. Outside Dogs

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The HoneyDew has officially reached 400 episodes and this one is a celebration of everything the show stands for!

My guest is Shapel Lacey, who over the years and has talked about one of the most important people in his life, a mentor and therapist named Chip Chilton.

Through an amazing fan of The HoneyDew, Chip reached out to us. We passed his information along to Shapel, and after more than 15 years without seeing or speaking to each other, Shapel and Chip reconnected. Now, for our 400th episode, they’re sitting down together for an incredible full-circle conversation.

We talk about childhood, abuse, trauma, anger, confusion, love, mental health, therapy, and what it’s like trying to make sense of life when no one ever gave you the tools to understand it.

We talk about finding comedy and humor in trauma and darkness, the healing power of music, learning how to communicate as men, and accepting that no matter how far you’ve come, you’re still a work in progress.

Most importantly, we talk openly about men’s mental health and therapy and why asking for help, talking about your feelings, and working on yourself doesn’t make you weak.

This episode is everything The HoneyDew has always been about - Highlighting the Lowlights and finding the humor in the darkest parts of life, and it doesn’t happen without you!

I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate 400 episodes of The Dew.

Thank you to every guest who’s trusted us with your story and thank every one of you who’s watched, listened, shared an episode, or supported this show over the years. This one’s for you too!

Here’s to 400 more!

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🎤Check out my new standup special “Live & Alive” streaming on my YouTube now!

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