The HoneyDew with Ryan Sickler

My HoneyDew this week is former NHL star Brooks Laich! Brooks joins me to Highlight the Lowlights of a life spent chasing the ultimate dream: winning the Stanley Cup.

Brooks opens up about growing up in a small Canadian town, leaving home at 16 to pursue hockey, and turning down Division I college scholarships to bet everything on an NHL career. He shares stories from playing alongside Alex Ovechkin and the pressure of dedicating your life to one goal.

Brooks gets brutally honest about retirement, why walking away without a Stanley Cup felt like accepting 30 years of failure, and the incredible story of how his stolen hockey memorabilia—including two game pucks—was recovered after a major drug bust.

Be sure to check out Brooks travel booking platform WorldPlayground.co to save on your next trip!

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Lucas Zelnick joins me on The HoneyDew to Highlight the Lowlights of growing up as the son of the Chairman and CEO of Take-Two Interactive, the company behind Grand Theft Auto, while navigating family struggles money couldn’t fix.

Lucas shares the heartbreaking story of his sister’s life-changing misdiagnosis, becoming her future legal guardian alongside his brother, his brother’s battle with addiction, growing up surrounded by wealth, realizing his childhood was anything but normal, and what it’s like having 11 toes.

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

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My HoneyDew this week is actress Maitland Ward!

Maitland Highlights the Lowlights of reinventing herself after becoming a familiar face in Hollywood. She shares how she got her start in acting, landed a role on The Bold and the Beautiful after attending an acting workshop, and eventually found fame as Rachel McGuire on Boy Meets World.

We also discuss exploring her sexuality after marriage, making the unexpected decision to enter the adult film industry, and the support she received when she fully embraced that new chapter of her life.

Check out Mailand’s memoir Rated X anywhere you get books!

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

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My HoneyDew this week is musician Sawyer Hill!

Sawyer joins me to Highlight the Lowlights of growing up in Arkansas, coming from a family full of Barry Manilow fans, and finding his way into music after working in a pathology lab and morgue.

We talk about his grandfather being a Pentecostal preacher, the experience of processing his own grandfather’s amputated leg, and what life was like before his music career took off.

Sawyer also shares how he got catfished into appearing on The HoneyDew and tells the story of the worst gig he’s ever played—a wake for someone he had never met.

Check out Sawyer at a live show near you, and keep an eye out for his first debut album release!

🎟️See me live. All tickets at

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

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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!

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My HoneyDew this week is comedian Sydney Castillo!

Sydney Highlights the Lowlights of losing his brother to a stroke and his mother to cancer just one year later. We discuss growing up with an older father and the perspective it gave him on life.

Sydney also opens up about navigating grief, family conflict, and discovering that a cousin had been stealing money from his mother’s account as her memory began to fade.

It’s a powerful conversation about loss, family, mortality, and learning how to cope with death.

Check out Sydney on the road at a show near you!

🎟️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!

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✅ 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!

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📧What’s your story?? Submit at honeydewpodcast@gmail.com

👕Get Your Merch👕

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🎧 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📣

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▪ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RyanSicklerOfficial

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🍈thehoneydewpodcast.com/

🦀Subscribe to The CrabFeast Podcast🦀

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