125: Paul Elia on Growing Up in 90s Detroit & Family Chaos | The Wayback with Ryan Sickler #125

The Wayback with Ryan Sickler

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Relationships, Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Comedy, Stand-up

4.9 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Paul Elia joins me in The Wayback and we head to 1990s Detroit, Michigan! Paul gets nostalgic about sharing a room with his 3 brothers, working at the family liquor store, and we swap stories about teenage trouble, getting hassled by cops, youth sports, house parties, and the glory days of Strength Shoes. We also talk about what it’s like growing up in a family full of overachievers when your brothers are all way more successful than you are! Check out Paul's stand-up special "Good Son" on YouTube! 🎟️See me live. All tickets at https://www.ryansickler.com/tour 🎤Check out my new standup special “Live & Alive” streaming on my YouTube now! https://youtu.be/PMGWVyM2NJo?si=SrhXjgzR1pe6CyYE 👉 Subscribe for more standup and new episodes of The HoneyDew, The Wayback, and more! http://youtube.com/@rsickler ✅ Subscribe to my Patreon “The HoneyDew with Y’all”! Get The HoneyDew audio and video a day early, ad-free, censor-free, for just $5/month! Want more? Upgrade to the $8/month premium tier and get everything above plus The Wayback a day early, ad-free, censor-free, and exclusive bonus content you won’t find anywhere else! http://patreon.com/RyanSickler 📧What’s your story?? Submit at honeydewpodcast@gmail.com 👕Get Your Merch👕 https://www.bonfire.com/store/ryansickler/ 🎧 Listen to my Podcasts 🎧 The HoneyDew - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-honeydew-with-ryan-sickler/id527446250 The Wayback - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wayback-with-ryan-sickler/id1721601479 Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/ryansickler 📣 Follow Me📣 ▪ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryansickler/ ▪ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryan.sickler ▪ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RyanSicklerOfficial 🕸️http://ryansickler.com/ 🍈https://thehoneydewpodcast.com/ 🦀Subscribe to The CrabFeast Podcast🦀 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-crabfeast-with-ryan-sickler-and-jay-larson/id1452403187 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Attention all passengers.
0:04.0	The Uber ride for Jeff's rugby team will depart in five minutes from Platform 15.
0:10.0	Your ride comes with six toilets and a refreshments carriage that you'll empty within five minutes.
0:16.0	Thank you for booking your tickets on Uber.
0:20.0	Trains on Uber.
0:22.0	Tulsa, Oklahoma. I'm fired up to be headed back your way.
0:25.8	I'll be there Friday, June 19th, and Saturday, June 20th.
0:30.1	All tickets on my website at ryancichler.com.
0:35.1	Hey, baby, we're going to be here all day.
0:38.0	We're going to be here all day, baby.
0:39.9	I like this kind of party.
0:41.3	Welcome.
0:42.3	Back to the way back, everybody.
0:43.9	Ryan Sickler here.
0:45.2	Thank you guys for supporting this show.
0:47.1	This show is a lot of fun.
0:48.8	This is a show you have to watch.
0:50.2	I love diving into people's backgrounds and history and bringing it to life. So very excited to have this guest back with us here today. Ladies and gentlemen, Pauli Leo, welcome to the Wayback. What up, way back. Princess fell into fell in love with you right away. Yeah, man. I got dogs love me. She usually barks. I'm telling you, at least for it. She's a girl's girl and she will bark where she ran right up to you. It was not a peep. Not a peep. She was crying because she wasn't, didn't think you were invited. She's so sweet. Thank you for being here. Bro, so blessed, man. I love you so much. So I'm glad we get some time to just chill and talk. I appreciate you. Before we get
1:28.5	into your nostalgic tales, right there, plug everything and anything you'd like, your special,
1:34.6	your socials, all of it. Man, Paul E-L-I-A comedy on all social media. I have my comedy special
1:41.9	out. It's called Good Sun. You can watch it on YouTube,
1:44.8	Facebook, Watermelon Plus. By the time this comes out, it'll probably be on like Tooby and Amazon and
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