SPONSORS: BetterHelp -The HoneyDew is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit https://www.Betterhelp.com/HONEYDEW to get 10% off your first month Tempo -For a limited time, get 60% off your first box at https://www.TempoMeals.com/HONEYDEW Aura Frames -Visit https://www.AuraFrames.com and get $45 off Aura's Carver Mat frame using promo code HONEYDEW My Honeydew this week is comedian Phil Hanley! Check out Phil’s latest book, Spellbound: My Life as a Dyslexic Wordsmith. Phil joins me this week to Highlight the Lowlights of his experience with Dyslexia. From experimental needles in his head, multiple medication trials, to being enrolled in special education classes, Phil shares how he made it to senior year of Highschool before getting a proper diagnosis. We discuss some of the specific ways Dyslexia affects Phil’s everyday life, how ADHD and OCD also play into the picture, and how despite it all he was still able to write and publish his own book. Check out my new standup special “Live and Alive” streaming on my YouTube now! https://youtu.be/PMGWVyM2NJo?si=SrhXjgzR1pe6CyYE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE and watch full episodes of The Dew every toozdee! https://youtube.com/@rsickler SUBSCRIBE TO MY PATREON - The HoneyDew with Y’all, where I Highlight the Lowlights with Y’all! Get audio and video of The HoneyDew a day early, ad-free at no additional cost! It’s only $5/month! AND we just added a second tier. For a total of $8/month, you get everything from the first tier, PLUS The Wayback a day early, ad-free AND censor free AND extra bonus content you won't see anywhere else! http://patreon.com/RyanSickler What’s your story?? Submit at honeydewpodcast@gmail.com Get Your HoneyDew Gear Today! https://shop.ryansickler.com/ Ringtones Are Available Now! https://www.apple.com/itunes/ 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 2:17 Phil's first introduction to Ryan through Tom Segura 4:35 Experiences doing sets on late night shows like Craig Ferguson 6:12 Phil’s self written memoir book Spellbound 7:51 Bringing comedians on stage when you’re dyslexic 9:01 When Dyslexia presented in Phil’s life 11:15 testing in school and going unnoticed 13:24 making it to senior year before diagnosis 15:37 Getting into male modeling 18:44 The struggles of driving when dyslexic 20:50 The missing love for sports 22:14 comedy and writing process for Phil 26:23 8 years to write the book 31:35 Dad’s support and help with self esteem through Phil’s childhood 33:07 Fears of future kids having the same diagnosis 34:40 Discovering Phil had ADHD as well 37:07 Darker times during the schooling process 37:45 Struggles with OCD 39:22 Bad experience with therapist 41:39 Anxiety of being in foreign countries when you can’t read 43:43 School was the biggest lowlight 46:31 Superstition and OCD overlap 47:33 Vipassana meditation helped Phil 50:42 Closure after writing the book 54:55 Fainting in the hospital after moms surgery 57:27 The advantages to dyslexia 1:00:00 Advice to those dealing with Dyslexia

SPONSORS: Uncommon Goods -To get 15% off your next gift, go to https://www.UncommonGoods.com/HONEYDEW Aura Frames -Visit https://www.AuraFrames.com and get $45 off Aura's Carver Mat frame using promo code HONEYDEW Brunt -Get $10 Off at BRUNT with code HONEYDEW at https://www.bruntworkwear.com/HONEYDEW My Honeydew this week is former NBA player Tim Hardaway! Check out Tim’s new book, Killer Crossover. Tim joins me this week to Highlight the Lowlights of the fallout that came with his controversial comments back in 2007. We dive into the background that led Tim to his original views, the moment he realized the gravity of his mistake, and the steps he continues to take to right the wrongs and pain he caused. Tim also opens up about his background growing up in Chicago with an abusive dad, and shares some stories from his time playing, like the time he took a bet against Michael Jordan for a Louis Vuitton jacket, and Kevin Johnson gave him his ‘Welcome to the League’ moment! SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE and watch full episodes of The Dew every toozdee! https://youtube.com/@rsickler SUBSCRIBE TO MY PATREON - The HoneyDew with Y’all, where I Highlight the Lowlights with Y’all! Get audio and video of The HoneyDew a day early, ad-free at no additional cost! It’s only $5/month! AND we just added a second tier. For a total of $8/month, you get everything from the first tier, PLUS The Wayback a day early, ad-free AND censor free AND extra bonus content you won't see anywhere else! http://patreon.com/RyanSickler What’s your story?? Submit at honeydewpodcast@gmail.com Get Your HoneyDew Gear Today! https://shop.ryansickler.com/ Ringtones Are Available Now! https://www.apple.com/itunes/ 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 0:58 Ryan promotes his special Live and Alive 1:45 Tim Hardaway plugs his book Killer Crossover 3:11 Ryan highlights a good coach known for being loud 6:30 Good and bad types of parents who coach their kids 9:40 Coaches that stood out to Hardaway during his time playing 14:30 Connection to John Amaechi who was just on the show 16:30 Tim Hardaway's biggest mistake 19:05 The moment Tim realized the gravity of his mistake 22:00 No sleep for two weeks 23:45 Giving back through The Yes Institute 28:26 Finding LGBTQ members of the family affected by Tim’s controversy 34:00 The effect of cosigning on hate 35:20 Not talking feeling from the ‘Walk it off’ generation 37:00 Hardaway's upbringing in Chicago with an abusive dad 39:11 Not allowing Mr. Hardaway to Tim’s HS games 41:48 Parents struggle with reading Tim’s book 44:00 A lesson in being a nice person 46:08 Deciding to take the book deal 47:12 Experience with gangs growing up and avoiding them 51:02 Realizing basketball talent 52:28 Bet within 4 points of Michael Jordan 57:04 Tim Hardaway’s Welcome to the League moment 58:27 Getting messed up by Kevin Johnson

SPONSORS: Aura Frames -Visit https://www.AuraFrames.com and get $45 off Aura's Carver Mat frame using promo code HONEYDEW Booking.com -Head over to Booking.com and start your listing today. Get Seen. Get Booked on Booking.com. Mood -Get 20% off your first order at https://www.Mood.com with promo code HONEYDEW My HoneyDew this week is comedian Greg Warren! Check out his latest special The Champ, produced by Nate Bargatze and streaming on Nateland’s YouTube channel! Greg joins me to Highlight the Lowlights of his time wrestling! From high school state championships where his father coached him, to a year at West Point, and eventually ending up at the University of Missouri where he would earn an All American title. Greg opens up about some of the darker side effects that wrestling has left him with, like an unhealthy relationship with food and eventually what would be diagnosed as scrupulosity OCD. Plus Ryan shares his own stories of getting to practice in school under legendary sports brothers Solomon and Nate Carr. Check out my new standup special “Live and Alive” streaming on my YouTube now! https://youtu.be/PMGWVyM2NJo?si=SrhXjgzR1pe6CyYE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE and watch full episodes of The Dew every toozdee! https://youtube.com/@rsickler SUBSCRIBE TO MY PATREON - The HoneyDew with Y’all, where I Highlight the Lowlights with Y’all! Get audio and video of The HoneyDew a day early, ad-free at no additional cost! It’s only $5/month! AND we just added a second tier. For a total of $8/month, you get everything from the first tier, PLUS The Wayback a day early, ad-free AND censor free AND extra bonus content you won't see anywhere else! http://patreon.com/RyanSickler What’s your story?? Submit at honeydewpodcast@gmail.com Get Your HoneyDew Gear Today! https://shop.ryansickler.com/ Ringtones Are Available Now! https://www.apple.com/itunes/ 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 2:42 Growing up in St. Louis with 2 brothers 4:33 Dad was HS wrestling coach 7:00 Cutting weight in wrestling 8:30 Wrestling State champ in Missouri 10:10 Clarinet playing in HS 12:45 College choice of schools 13:12 Recruited to West Point 14:25 losing the firing pin at West Point 16:30 Switching to Wrestle at Missouri 17:30 Small world connection with Ryan and Greg 18:58 Solomon Carr - Bad kids can’t get out 21:14 Nate Carr helping Ryan wrestle in High School 23:58 Greg’s Dad bringing in extras to help coach 25:25 High school wrestling spin class 28:08 Cutting weight during college wrestling 29:07 Unhealthy relationship with food from cutting weight 31:00 Adding oreos to the oreo Ice cream 35:15 Seeking help for binge habits, and making therapist sleep 37:38 Therapy for food issues 39:44 Discovering Greg had scrupulosity ocd 43:12 Way’s OCD presents for Greg 46:51 How OCD presents for Ryan 50:00 memorization in West Point 51:15 Greg’s moms passing 53:47 Moving back to St. Louis 55:30 Keeping late mom's memory alive 57:47 Last conversations with mom

SPONSORS: BetterHelp -The HoneyDew is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit https://www.Betterhelp.com/HONEYDEW to get 10% off your first month Tempo -For a limited time, get 60% off your first box at https://www.TempoMeals.com/HONEYDEW Uncommon Goods\ -To get 15% off your next gift, go to https://www.UncommonGoods.com/HONEYDEW My HoneyDew this week is former professional skater and motivational speaker, Brandon Novak! Check out his website BrandonNovak.com to learn more about how he can help if you are struggling with addiction, and pick up any of his published pieces of work to hear more about his story. Brandon joins me this week to Highlight the Lowlights of being a Baltimore boy, having a nuclear physicist for a mother and a Hells Angel for a dad, how he found skating as a teen, and his journey in and out of addiction. Brandon and I share our love of Baltimore, knowing the same places like Sports Elite, where he would meet other skate legend Bucky Lasek. We dive into how Brandon’s addiction progressed, the wildest places it would take him, having Bam Margera helped him and how he eventually turned it around to owning 7 sober living facilities where he helps others find their path to a clean life today. Check out my new standup special “Live and Alive” streaming on my YouTube now! https://youtu.be/PMGWVyM2NJo?si=SrhXjgzR1pe6CyYE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE and watch full episodes of The Dew every toozdee! https://youtube.com/@rsickler SUBSCRIBE TO MY PATREON - The HoneyDew with Y’all, where I Highlight the Lowlights with Y’all! Get audio and video of The HoneyDew a day early, ad-free at no additional cost! It’s only $5/month! AND we just added a second tier. For a total of $8/month, you get everything from the first tier, PLUS The Wayback a day early, ad-free AND censor free AND extra bonus content you won't see anywhere else! http://patreon.com/RyanSickler What’s your story?? Submit at honeydewpodcast@gmail.com Get Your HoneyDew Gear Today! https://shop.ryansickler.com/ Ringtones Are Available Now! https://www.apple.com/itunes/ 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 02:30 Brandon plugs his work 7:00 Grandparents produce market was part of scene in The Wire 10:33 Nuclear physicist married to a hell’s angel 15:28 Finding Dad cheating 22:13 Where things start to go off the rails 28:55 Becoming cool in school, and Brandon’s first drink 35:11 How things spiraled further 40:25 Taking Bam Margera up on his offer for help 44:40 Roaming streets, sleeping in abandoned houses 51:22 Brandon’s rock bottom 1:00:09 Drywall purchase 1:15:00 Making friends with cellmate 1:24:00 Ft. Lauderdale 1:28:40 Where it all turned around

SPONSORS: Function Health - Visit www.functionhealth.com/HONEYDEW or use gift code HONEYDEW100 at sign up to own your health Booking.com -Head over to Booking.com and start your listing today. Get Seen. Get Booked on Booking.com. Brunt -Get $10 Off at BRUNT with code HONEYDEW at https://www.bruntworkwear.com/HONEYDEW My HoneyDew this week is psychologist and former professional basketball player John Amaechi! Check out John’s latest book, It's Not Magic: The Ordinary Skills of Exceptional Leaders. John joins me this week to Highlight the Lowlights of growing up in Stockport, England, his unique journey into the NBA, and earning a PhD in psychology while playing in the league. With little exposure to basketball in England, John shares the memory of picking his first ball up at 17 and the moments after that changed everything. He also shares his experience as the first openly gay NBA player, and how he balances the pride of that milestone with the desire to be recognized for his basketball and career achievements. Check out my new standup special “Live and Alive” streaming on my YouTube now! https://youtu.be/PMGWVyM2NJo?si=SrhXjgzR1pe6CyYE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE and watch full episodes of The Dew every toozdee! https://youtube.com/@rsickler SUBSCRIBE TO MY PATREON - The HoneyDew with Y’all, where I Highlight the Lowlights with Y’all! Get audio and video of The HoneyDew a day early, ad-free at no additional cost! It’s only $5/month! AND we just added a second tier. For a total of $8/month, you get everything from the first tier, PLUS The Wayback a day early, ad-free AND censor free AND extra bonus content you won't see anywhere else! http://patreon.com/RyanSickler What’s your story?? Submit at honeydewpodcast@gmail.com Get Your HoneyDew Gear Today! https://shop.ryansickler.com/ Ringtones Are Available Now! https://www.apple.com/itunes/ 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

SPONSORS: Booking.com - Head over to Booking.com and start your listing today. Get Seen. Get Booked on Booking.com. Ridge Wallet - Take advantage of Ridge’s biggest sale of the year and GET UP TO 47% off by going to https://www.Ridge.com/HONEYDEW Rag & Bones - Upgrade your denim game with Rag & Bone! Get 20% off sitewide with code HONEYDEW at https://www.rag-bone.com My HoneyDew this week is comedian and actor David Koechner! Check out David on the road, and the latest film he starred in called Ganymede. David joins me this week to Highlight the Lowlights of his small town upbringing, breaking out into show business, and his long battle with alcoholism. We talk about David’s experience growing up catholic in a small Missouri town, and how he would go from sneaking episodes of SNL while his parents were out of the house, to eventually getting a one season run himself. David also opens up about his struggles with alcoholism, the trouble it has got him in, and finding his way into recovery. Check out my new standup special “Live and Alive” streaming on my YouTube now! https://youtu.be/PMGWVyM2NJo?si=SrhXjgzR1pe6CyYE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE and watch full episodes of The Dew every toozdee! https://youtube.com/@rsickler SUBSCRIBE TO MY PATREON - The HoneyDew with Y’all, where I Highlight the Lowlights with Y’all! Get audio and video of The HoneyDew a day early, ad-free at no additional cost! It’s only $5/month! AND we just added a second tier. For a total of $8/month, you get everything from the first tier, PLUS The Wayback a day early, ad-free AND censor free AND extra bonus content you won't see anywhere else! http://patreon.com/RyanSickler What’s your story?? Submit at honeydewpodcast@gmail.com Get Your HoneyDew Gear Today! https://shop.ryansickler.com/ Ringtones Are Available Now! https://www.apple.com/itunes/ 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