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

About this episode

Paul Elia reminisces about his childhood in 1990s Detroit, sharing stories of family chaos and teenage adventures.

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…

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Sickler

Guest: Paul Elia

Topics covered

• growing up
• family dynamics
• nostalgia
• teenage experiences
• Detroit
• comedy

Keywords

• Detroit
• 90s
• family
• comedy
• nostalgia
• teenage trouble
• Strength Shoes

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Good Son, Live & Alive

Places: Detroit

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