376: Erik Kramer | The HoneyDew with Ryan Sickler #376 | Full Episode

The HoneyDew with Ryan Sickler

Ryan Sickler

Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Stand-up

4.9 • 9.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 111 minutes

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My HoneyDew this week is former NFL quarterback Erik Kramer! Be sure to check out Erik’s book, The Ultimate Comeback: Surviving a Suicide Attempt, Conquering Depression, and Living with a Purpose. Erik joins me to Highlight the Lowlights of his incredible comeback story. After the devastating loss of his son to an overdose, followed by his mother passing away just eight months later, Erik fell into a deep depression that led him to attempt to take his own life. Miraculously, he survived the gunshot and began the long road back while recovering from a traumatic brain injury. But the story doesn’t stop there. As Erik tries to rebuild his life, things take another wild turn when a con woman enters the picture and spends years secretly stealing money from him without his knowledge. 🎟️See me live. All tickets at www.ryansickler.com/tour 🎤Check out my new standup special “Live & Alive” streaming on my YouTube now! http://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, 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👕 http://www.bonfire.com/store/ryansickler/ 🎧 Listen to my Podcasts 🎧 The HoneyDew - http://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-honeydew-with-ryan-sickler/id527446250 The Wayback - http://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wayback-with-ryan-sickler/id1721601479 Patreon - http://www.patreon.com/ryansickler 📣 Follow Me📣 ▪ Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/ryansickler/ ▪ TikTok: http://www.tiktok.com/@ryan.sickler ▪ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RyanSicklerOfficial 🕸️ryansickler.com/ 🍈thehoneydewpodcast.com/ 🦀Subscribe to The CrabFeast Podcast🦀 http://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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0:26.6	The Honeydew with Ryan Sickler. Welcome back to the huddy-doo, y'all.
0:42.3	We're over here doing it in the Nightpans Studios.
0:44.6	I'm Ryan Sickler.
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0:48.9	Thank you guys for supporting this show.
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1:05.7	you'll hear anywhere. We've been doing it for years. If you're still on the fence, just go watch the free best of episodes we put out right here on the YouTube channel. And trust me, when you see that, you're going to be like, it's worth a cup of coffee. All right. If you or someone you know has a story that has to be heard, please submit it to Honeydew Podcast at gmail.com. If you sent it before, send it again.
1:27.7	We get a lot of them bump it to the top. We would love to do your story. All right. That is it. That's the biz. You know what we do here. We highlight the low lights. And I always say that these are the stories behind the storytellers. And I am very excited to have this guests with us. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Eric Kramer. Welcome to the honey-new Eric Kramer.
1:45.8	Great to be here.
1:46.8	That's great build-up.
1:48.0	Thank you. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Eric Kramer. Welcome to the honeydew Eric Kramer. Great to be here.
1:46.8	That's great buildup. Thank you. It's great to have you here. And I want to publicly apologize
1:50.6	for the parking debacle outside. I had just space locked and then the trash truck came in.
1:55.6	And you were like, oh. And as popular as you are, you had to know that was going to be an issue.
2:02.5	It's wonderful to have you here.
2:04.5	Before we get into anything that we'd like to talk about, plug all of it right there.
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