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Comedian Rafe Williams joins me this week on The HoneyDew to Highlight the Lowlights of the abuse he and his brothers experienced at the hands of their father and tells th...

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Comedian, actor, and American Ninja Warrior host Matt Iseman joins me this week on The HoneyDew to Highlight the Lowlights of leaving medicine for comedy, becoming a father at 55, and living with rheumatoid arthritis.

Matt talks about growing up with a father who became a world-renowned expert on tuberculosis and following in his footsteps by going to medical school and training in internal medicine.

He opens up about making the huge decision to walk away from medicine to pursue stand-up comedy and why he believes comedy comes from either “th...

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Comedian Michael Blaustein joins me this week on The HoneyDew to Highlight the Lowlights of growing up surrounded by death, losing his baby sister to SIDS, and how those experiences shaped his views on family.

Michael shares what it was like having a mom who worked in hospice, including going with her at 2 a.m. to pronounce patients dead.

He also opens...

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Matt Mathews joins me this week on The...

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Che Durena joins me this week on The HoneyDew to Highlight the Lowlights of a childhood that sounds too unbelievable to be true.

Che talks about growing up on property that was once owned by notorious Canadian serial ki...

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My HoneyDew this week is Kelly Rizzo! Kelly joins me to Highlight the Lowlights of losing her husband, legendary comedian Bob Saget, and the unimaginable moments that followed.

Kelly shares the incredible story of how a simple Instagram DM led to meeting Bob in Los Angeles and how she convinced him to join her...

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Josh Duhamel joins me this week to Highlight the Lowlights of growing up in a huge family, finding fame, and the unexpected moments that shaped his life.

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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...

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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 McGu...

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My HoneyDew this week is musician Sawyer Hill!

Sawyer joins me to Highlight the...

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My HoneyDew this week is legendary comedian, actor, and television host Howie Mandel!

Howie Highlights the Lowlights of living with ADHD and OCD. We discuss how his OCD diagnosis became public after an interview with Howard Stern and what it’s been like navigating mental health in the public eye.

We also talk about Howie’s incredible career—from the voice behind Gizmo in Gremlins, to one of the first comedians to become a game show host, and becoming the longest-running judge in America’s Got Talent history.

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My HoneyDew this week is comedian Emma Willmann!

Emma joins me to Highlight the Lowlights of growing up in a chaotic household, her parents’ messy divorce, and the unforgettable moment her dad announced his affair while the family was on vacation.

We get into the emotional fallout of divorce, navigating learning struggles in school, recovery, and what it was like for Emma to hide her sexuality before finally coming to terms with who she is.

Catch Emma live at https://www.iamemmawillmann.com

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My HoneyDew this week is comedian Brent Weinbach!

Brent joins me to Highlight the Lowlights of growing up as a Hollywood kid, dealing with bullying since second grade, learning about pimps at the bus stop in middle school, pulling a prank on his pregnant teacher, and why he still checks...

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Comedian Jackie Kashian joins me this week on The HoneyDew to Highlight the Lowlights of her upbringing in South Milwaukee.

From hitchhiking to the pool at 5 years old to growing up in a house with 5 siblings and young parents, Jackie shares stories that are as unbelievable as they are real. We get into her parents meeting at 15 & 17, her father le...

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My HoneyDew this week is comedian Jeff Dunham!

Jeff Highlights the Lowlights of getting rejected by The Tonight Show NINE times before finally getting it, and an insane story of building his own airplane, crashing it, and surviving!

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Comedian Pete Holmes Highlights the Lowlights of his religious upbringing, getting married at 18, and the life lessons that came from it on this week’s episode of The HoneyDew.

Pete opens up about growing up in a strict faith, attending Christian college, and how his first marriage ultimately fell apart. He shares how those experiences shaped his journey of figuring out who he is a...

My HoneyDew this week is Ned Fulmer, host of The Rock Bottom Podcast.

Ned Highlights the Lowlights of being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis while also finding himself at the center of a very public workplace cheating scandal.

After rising to fame at BuzzFeed as the “wholesome husband,” Ned opens up about losing it all and what it’s like to navigate an affair both privately and in front of the world. We talk therapy, accountability, and how self-reflection helped him build a healthier path forward, including co-parenting after separation.

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My HoneyDew this week is Shua Mundy, the founder of Dad’s Against Predators! 

Check him out on socials @Shua.Mundy, or head to dap2k.locals.com to watch full, unfiltered videos of how he tracks and catches predators across the U.S.

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My HoneyDew this week is comedian Mike Vecchione! Check out his special Low Income White on YouTube.

Mike returns to Highlight the Lowlights of growing up middle class in the ’80s and somehow devolving into “low income white” as an adult. We get into where his deep love for Waffle House began, plus some hilariously dark cemetery business ideas.

We also dive into Mike’s relationship history, from a broken engagement to a string of brutal breakups, and how each one forced him to take a hard loo...

My HoneyDew this week is comedian Bruce Bruce! Check out his new Netflix special, I Ain’t Playin. Bruce Bruce joins me to Highlight the Lowlights of growing up an only child raised by a single mom in Atlanta, to becoming a young father while grinding multiple jobs on his way through comedy. We get into some wild full-circle moments he’s experienced since going all-in on stand-up, how he handled the loss of his mother, and he shares a hilarious story about the time Martin Luther King Jr. kicked his family out of his childhood home...

My HoneyDew this week is insurance salesman, published author and podcast host John Goblikon! Check him out on his pod, Right Now with John Goblikon. John joins me to Highlight the Lowlights of his journey as a goblin coming to assimilate to earth! After a troll take over on his original planet, John’s parents knew he was destined for more, and shot him off in a cage to a new world that happened to be Earth! With a great family who adopted him as their own, John starts and shares his experience diving into the ways of Earth! Fr...

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...

My HoneyDew this week is comedian Kevin Nealon! Check out Kevin’s latest special, Loose in the Crotch, as well as the Oscar nominated documentary he produced called, Come See Me in the Good Light. Kevin joins me to Highlight the Lowlights of recently finding a half brother through 23, being an older dad, and one of his worst experiences on Saturday Night Live! Kevin also shares a wild story about the time he found out he was being phone tapped by an article in the New York Times!

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My HoneyDew this week is comedian Charlotte Mckinney! Keep an eye out for Charlotte in the upcoming Busboys movie, and check her website to see her perform live. Charlotte joins me this week to Highlight the Lowlights of growing up dyslexic, how she used modeling to get her foot into the door of acting and comedy, and her battle with addiction. We dive into what it was like becoming the Carl’s Jr. girl, what it means to be boy crazy, recently getting back into recovery, and the new challenge of navigating dating while sober.

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My HoneyDew this week is comedian Charlie Berens! Check out Charlie’s special Neighborly out on YouTube, and his podcast Bellied Up. Charlie joins me this week to Highlight the Lowlights of growing up in Milwaukee, being one of twelve kids, and his career in journalism before pursuing comedy. Charlie shares the time he was arrested while reporting for MTV, a miscommunication that got him let go from KDAF Dallas, and how he once found himself as a naked model for a senior citizen painting group!

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My HoneyDew this week is comedian Katherine Blanford! Check out Katherine's special, Catholic Cowgirl, out on YouTube now, and her new podcast with Shane Torres called Coastal Idiots. Katherine joins me this week to Highlight the Lowlights of growing up in Louisville, being 22 when her mom passed of lung cancer, and her journey of grief and learning to navigate life after the loss. Plus Katherine shares a story about a confession on her mothers deathbed and educates us on the Cornbread Mafia!

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My HoneyDew this week is comedian Nic Novicki! Check out his latest film Bitter Sweet, and his appearance on the Netflix series Bad Thoughts. Nic joins me this week to Highlight the Lowlight of having pseudoachondroplasia dwarfism, one of the rarest kinds! Born at a normal height and weight, Nic describes what it was like for him and his family to not notice the development of his condition until a few years down the road, and how they navigated something so new before the days of the internet. Plus Nic shares some of the wild encounters he’s experienced wi...

My HoneyDew this week is comedian Frank Caliendo! Check out FrankOnStage.com to see where you can catch Frank live near you. Frank joins me this week to Highlight the Lowlights of his upbringing in Illinois and Wisconsin, with Dad playing minor leagues for the White Sox association, teaching Franks AAU teams, and even umping the local neighborhood wiffleball games. Frank reflects on his father’s influence, his lifelong relationship with baseball, the hard truth of walking away from it, and the pivot that brought him to comedy.

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My HoneyDew this week is musician Richard Marx! Check out Richard’s new album After Hours, out now where you stream music. Richard joins me this week to Highlight the Lowlights of his journey in the music industry! We touch on what it was like to come up in music, to then watch your ki...

My HoneyDew this week is comedian and actor Jay Chandrasekhar! Check out his Podcast Mustache Tales, and his app Vouch. Jay joins me to Highlight the Lowlights of growing up in the Chicago suburbs, having doctor parents, and how he paved his way into Hollywood and comedy. We talk about the history of arranged marriages in Indian culture, and how Jay’s grandma once offered to pay $10,000 in diamonds to keep her son from marrying someone she hadn’t chose. We also dive into Jay’s experience being one of the only Indian families in his neighborhood, and the moment...

Ryan Sickler revisits the best Lowlights of 2025 from the HoneyDew with Y’all, joined by special guest Tom Segura, for a brutally honest, hilarious, year-in-review. Be sure to check out Tom's latest Netflix special, Teacher, out now, and keep and eye out for his movie El Tigre coming out later this year.

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My HoneyDew this week is NFL Hall of Fame legend Fran Tarkenton! Check out Fran’s newest business venture PipIQ, a private generative AI workspace specifically designed for small and mid-sized businesses. Fran joins me this week to Highlight the Lowlights of his time playing in the NFL! From getting drafted to the Minnesota Vikings in 1961, to playing against names like Gino Marchetti, Leo Nomellini, and Big Daddy Lipscomb. Fran shares how he learned from older players before him, his influence on mobile quarterbacks, and how he built his own businesses on the side during it all.


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My HoneyDew this week is comedian Jessica Michelle Singleton! Check out Jessica’s latest special “Hi Y’all” or her own podcast Hey Idiots. Jessica joins me to Highlight the Lowlight of growing up in Alaska and finding out the truth about her real dad identity! From being abandoned in a Waffle House at 8 years old, to catching mom in a crisis, and dealing with friends being murdered in High School, this episode is full of stuff you have to h...

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My HoneyDew this week is comedian Mike Lawrence! Check out Mike on his podcast, Nerd of Mouth. Mike joins me to Highlight the Lowlights of his fathers alcoholism, adopting his son, and his late in life autism diagnosis. Mike shares his villain origin story starting at birth, memories of being a kid at his dad’s AA meetings, and what it was like finding out everyone knew he was autistic before he did! Plus...