Ryan Is Super Strong!

Strength Level: Pumpkin Pie! It’s finally THANKSGIVING time!!! Man I love this time of year and holiday, and I hope you do too. And what better to be thankful for than another BAD ASS GUEST??!?!?!!??
 This week, I’ve invited the wonderful: BRETT ROJAS. 
Brett is a gentleman, a fellow drummer/percussionist, MULTI instrumentalist, native Los Angeleno, and so much more. I’m grateful for his friendship in my life, and you should be too!!! So check out Brett (@brojasperc on IG), scoop yourself another big ole helping of mashed taters, stuffing, or whatever your favorite thanksgiving side dish is, and scream 5 things your grateful for at your family! They love it!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: I hope your surrounded by family, friends, love and FOOD this Thanksgiving!!! And as usual, I’m REALLY thankful for you. :)

Strength Level: Ibuprofen After this week’s episode, you’re gonna need to hit this week’s strength level hard to cool yo dang head down. We’ve got FEVAH in the house!!!!! So excited for you guys to meet this wonderful Cincinnati born, LA based singer/songwriter. AND she shares a dang track for you to enjoy (featuring much cowbell)!! Fevah really is a truly wonderful human, and you just feel better after hanging out with her. I really hope you can feel that through your speakers, headphones, or whatever the heck you’re listening to this podcast with!! After you’ve fallen in love with Fevah, hit her up on all social medias (@giveyafevah on IG), because this is one lady you’re gonna wanna keep your eye on!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: It’s gettin chilly, and it’s feeling like Holidays. Life is hard during these times for so many, so I hope YOU are feeling good and spreading some cheery vibes to your loved ones. If you are the one in need of some extra loving right now, I hope you get it NOW!!!!

Strength Level: Robert Moog This week on “Ryan Is Super Strong!”, I’ve invited another great guy who I’m excited for all you guys to meet! This week, the wonderful JOHNNY LUNA IS HERE!!!!!!! Johnny plays so many damn instruments, has an extreme love and passion for all things electronic, is a proud father of two children, and a fellow teacher and worker with kids-er like myself, and I couldn’t be happier to have him on the show to get to share his personality! After you’ve fallen in love with him, hit the social media, follow him everywhere you can (@johnnnnyluna on IG), and your life will be better for knowing him! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Another week into thankful month, and I hope you are spending some time each day goin, “man o man am I thankful to be this wonderful”. Cuz you are

Strength Level: Bedrock This week is a weird one because you actually met this brand new guest LAST WEEK!!! BOBBY WILMORE is here this week, we actually recorded this episode right before the power hour episode (episode 160), and then they came out in reverse order!! What the heck!? So I hope you enjoy getting to know the wonderful man who refused (due to fun all day cocktails with yours truly) to ever speak on mic last week. Hahaha Bobby is a FANTASTIC drummer/percussionist, one of the coolest cucumbers around, a founding member of the baddest Cuban band around (Sitarason), and you’re just gonna need more of him in your life!! Once you’ve listened, please go to all the social medias and follow him (@bobby_wilmore on the ole IG), try to see Sitarason LIVE immediately!!!!!!, and if you ever hear about Bobby playin somewhere or selling some new music, SUPPORT THIS MAN! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: It’s thankful month, and boy-o-boy am I thankful for YOU!!!!!!!

Strength Level: The Mighty Rocky Mountains HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEEK!!!!! 

Guys, this is not only the Halloween episode for the year, but also episode #160, which means I’m bringing back the POWER HOUR!!!!!! This time, the guests of the Power Hour are past guests: Carolyn Jania Adam Ceschin Mikala Schmitz Jonah Levine And FUTURE GUEST: BOBBY WILMORE! Like I mention in the LONG intro, this episode was planned and meant to be EXTRA silly. That being said, MAN do I ever lose complete control of this whacky pack of friends of mine!!! Hahahaha 
We had SUCH a blast doing this episode together, I’m grateful I got to introduce these great humans to one another, I’m grateful YOU now get to experience this insanity, and that next week, you’ll get to FULLY meet the wonderful man, Bobby Wilmore (and he talks on mic the whole time!). I hope you get yourself PLENTY of beers to play along with us this time, and have a happy and safe Halloween with friends and fam!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Though we all clearl

Strength Level: The Piranha This week, on episode 159, I’ve brought to you another fine guest/human/individual for your listening enjoyment. This is the wonderful man: NATHAN ALEF!!!! Nathan is a KILLER piano player, sound designer and producer, as well as another member of the very cool and impressive “Buckets Moving Co.” team. We had only ever really hung out in rehearsals or on stage, so this was a true delight to sit down, get to know each other better, goof around, and just laugh way too much! Nathan has a TON of great videos on youtube, and plays all around, so if you get ANY opportunity to see or hear him play, PLEASE run, do not walk. I beg of you not to walk. Also, follow Nathan on the ole IG (@nathanalef), and stay tuned for ANY project he is involved in because I can give you my personal guarantee that it will be: 1.) cool 2.) kick ass 3.) something that improves your life OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Next week is a VERY special Halloween episode….if I were you, I’d go buy some beers

Strength Level: Cachao This week on “Ryan Is Super Strong!” (You know, you’re favorite podcast that you love), Ryan has invited the wonderful, peaceful, super talent, soft spoken, velvety voiced, bass playing wonder man: ADAN ALONSO!!!! Adan has played with the LA based Cuban band, Sitarason, for MANY years, and this week, we are featuring some of that bad ass music!! You are gonna LOVE these tunes, and love Adan even more; which is really sayin somethin! I hope you’ll go follow Adan on his social medias (@pa_bajo on the old IG), and go buy Sitarason’s album, “Sentimental Reasons”, and then sit back and enjoy your even better life! :) OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: If you go buy Sitarason’s album….do yourself a favor and get yourself a bottle of rum, and make a nice evening of it. You won’t regret this choice! :)

Strength Level: The Elephant This week on “Ryan is Super Strong!”, I’ve invited the wonderful super talent, GRETJE ANGELL back on the show!! Gretje’s first appearance was on episode #29 (check it out in the archive), and though it was a great chance to get to know her a bit, we didn’t share any of her music!!!! BIGGEST MISTAKE EVER!!! So this time, Gretje has brought her new album, “In Any Key” along with her, and she’s hyping it here by sharing music FROM the album, and talking with me about ALL kinds of great stuff. It’s always so much fun to get guests BACK on the show, and this is certainly no exception. Gretje is beautiful inside and out, so as soon as you’ve listened to this episode, hurry up, get to social media and follow her (@gretjeangell on IG, etc), buy her album, “In Any Key”, and just be glad you got to meet her in general!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Week two of spooky scary month….I get it….we’ll get through it together. DO NOT BE SCARED!!!!

Strength Level: Gold I don’t know what to tell you guys….this week’s guest is just a true gentleman. Actor and multi-talent, GLENN EDWARD is here this week! I’ve known Glenn for several years from working with his husband and the Los Alamitos Show Choir program, but this was SUCH a treat to get to sit down with him for an afternoon and get to know him better. I hope that because of this interview, YOU will benefit from meeting this wonderful man as well! After your heart has been warmed all the way through by this gem of a human, I hope you RUN to Instagram and support his social media(s) (@iamglennedward), and become his newest, greatest, human fan!! And like the intro says, thanks again to all of the listeners who have been hitting the “Best of Music” episode series from the beginning of this year!! It makes me SO happy when my bad ass guests get even more ears on their music, personalities, goofiness, etc. OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: If you are a listener who comes here for the music, sorry

Strength Level: Power Tools This week, THE MAN is here: MIKE UHLER!!!!!!!! I am so glad to finally have this friend of mine in the studio, and I hope you guys are comfy, cuz you’re in for a dang treat! Mike has worked with Weird Al, Flea, The Red Hot Band, the makers of SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, and so many more. He’s one of the most versatile and knowledgeable musicians and multi-instrumentalists on the scene, and you’re gonna hear him display some perfect pitch, a ton of music he’s worked on, and just get to know this silly man in general! Once you’ve realized that Mr. Uhler is the best man on the globe, I hope you run to Instagram to follow him on social media (@uhlymike), and lookout for ANY way to support this bad ass man! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: You are strong, easy on the eyes, wonderful in your brain, and just an all around beautiful person. This week, try to remember that every dang day!!!!!!

Strength Level: Red Wine It’s actually your lucky day because MICHAEL RAGONESE IS BACK!!!!! Mike is the dang best, but in order to make things even better, I invited the wonderful super talent: TARA LOUISE!!! 
I have been lucky as hell to get to hang and play with these two a bunch, and they graciously come back to guest on this whacky show to share their music, their goofy sides, and so much more. 
Stay tuned for so many cool things to come from these two, check them out ALL OVER THE INTERNET, and thank your lucky stars that your alive to hear the beginnings of this wonderful musical relationship!!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Like I say in the intro, this would be a GREAT week to help support an amazing organization like the Los Angeles Music and Arts School! Go to lamusart.org TODAY and buy tickets for the crazy Citadel Outlet event this Saturday!!!!

Strength Level: Komodo Dragon This week on the show, yet another multi-talent, super talent is in the house: ANA BARREIRO!!!!!!! Ana is an incredible drummer/musician/human being/composer/friend/and MORE!!! It’s always such a pleasure to get to hang with her, and you’re going to love hearing about Brazil, Baiao, drums, friendship, jazz, and much more in this interview that jumps all over the place! My hope for you is that you RUN to iTunes, pick up a copy of “AMYANA” to hear the rest of this great album, become Ana’s newest greatest human fan, follow her on IG (@anabarreirodrums), and just in general, grow from this experience. If you do these things, I guarantee life will feel better than ever. OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: It’s mid-September and I know you’re already feeling October creeping around the corner….don’t be scared! We can defeat that spooky spooky month together this year.

Strength Level: Groove Today, the inimitable SARAH REICH is in the house!!!!!! Sarah is an all around bad ass, known world wide for her incredible role in the tap dance community. She started the Tap Music Project, has a new album called “New Change” (available everywhere), has taped videos and traveled all around the globe with Post Modern Jukebox, and is just a wonderful lady inside and out! You guys are in for a real treat this week because Sarah is here to talk ALL of the hard issues of life, tell things to get their dang butts out of her face, goof around with Ryan, and SHARE MUSIC!!!! So get your listening ears ready, and after you’ve become Sarah’s newest biggest fan(s), head to IG and follow her (@sourtaps), go buy her album, and support this amazing performing human being!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: The reason episodes with tap dancers are cool is because drums and tap are basically the two coolest things on the globe; so if YOU don’t know about those things very much, GET INTO IT. Y

Strength Level: The Turkey This week, we have OFFICIALLY started a tradition on the podcast that I hope will NEVER end. On this one hundred and fifty first episode, I’ve brought back two of my favorite people on the dang globe: Adam Ceschin and Carolyn Jania of SCHMAB!!!!!!! These guys are hilarious, were the guests on episode 51, 101, and now are back to break off another 50 episodes of the “Ryan is Super Strong!” Podcast with their warmth, joy, friendship, MUSIC, jokes, sillyness, sexiness, generosity, laughter, talent, good lookingness, and I could just keep listing these things for the rest of the day. I don’t know how else to put it guys….I love these crazy animals!! And you will too. I already know. So if you don’t already know these guys, make sure to check out their other appearances on this podcast (episodes 51 and 101), and follow them in every dang way possible (CJ - @seejania, AC - @adamceschin, SCHMAB - @schmab on the ole IG), check out their youtube videos, RUN to any of their live shows (w

Strength Level: Whooping Crane This week, the wonderful drummer/composer/gentleman KYLE CRANE is here! 
Kyle has played with greats like Daniel Lanois, Neko Case, and so many more, and he’s here not only to introduce himself to all of you, but ALSO to share tracks from his new and bad ass album, “Crane Like the Bird”. I love having drummers on this show, as you all know, but especially when they are multi-talent/super-talents who put together their own art, and live life in cool and authentic ways like my buddy Kyle here. If you need some inspiration on how to be great at your profession, AND be yourself at all times, this is the man for you!! After you’ve listened to this episode and rated and reviewed the show, please go follow Kyle everywhere you can (@kylejeffreycrane and @cranelikethebirdmusic on the ole IG), go buy his AMAZING album, and in general, become a better human being by becoming his newest and greatest fan. OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Hit #18 in the comedy podcast category in AUS

Strength Level: Earthquakes Today, we have the wonderfully talented man, JONAS PETERSEN on the show! Jonas is an international man of intrigue, travels all over the globe creating music with past guest Noor Che’ree for their BAD ASS project Symphonic Planet (@symphonicplanetofficial on the ole IG), has great stories, a great laugh, and is just a great guy to learn more about and hang with! Today, you get that opportunity by hangin with us!!! We beg the universe, talk natural disasters, talk about fears and goal completion, and so many more things!!! Jonas chose not to share any music today because Noor did on episode 115, so if you’re interested in hearing more from Symphonic Planet, please go check that episode out, and then hit up their websites to REALLY dig in! Their project, and the music that comes from it, is SO cool and unique and I really hope it will blow up like crazy soon! After you fall in love with Jonas, I hope you follow him wherever you can (@jonasviolins on IG), and support Symphonic Pl

Strength Level: Church Coffee If I’m speaking honestly, and I believe that I truly am, these episodes just keep gettin better and better. This week, I’ve managed to trick yet another bad ass onto the show to spend time with me and share their bad ass music and personality with all of you!! This week, ALEX PFENDER IS HERE!! Alex is a founding member of the kick ass band Yoya, a true gentleman through and through, a beautifully bearded man, a great guitar player and musician, and just a joy to be around. 
I’m so pumped to have him on my whacky show, and even more pumped for you to meet him and hear Yoya if you haven’t already! Once you’ve listened to this episode and fallen in love with Alex (which I can only assume you will), please go buy all of Yoya’s albums and singles (streaming is cool but purchasing is WAY COOLER), and follow Alex wherever you can (@alexpfenderr and @yoyatheband on the ole IG). You won’t regret it for one moment in your entire life. OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Editing this

Strength Level: RC Cola Some of my absolute favorite parts of doing this podcast week to week are these special weeks when I don’t know a guest very well, we get this cool opportunity to hang out and get to know one another, AND capture it all on microphone to prove forever how strong a friendship can become in one hour. This week is one of these exact type of weeks. On today’s episode of the "Ryan is Super Strong!” podcast, super talent RICKY CHAVEZ is here. We talk about myriad topics, Ricky shares what types of food he likes, some of his beliefs on Carlos Santana AND some of his own music (not written by Carlos Santana - Mr. Santana to you), and in general, Ricky and Ryan just become better friends who are stronger humans due to friendship. You’re gonna love this guy, so as soon as this episode is complete and your hands are free of treadmill railing or steering wheel, GRAB that phone and follow Ricky (@rikemind on IG) in any way that you can! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Slip into Ricky’s DMs

Strength Level: The Horse Shoe This week, if you’re sitting around your house saying, “gee it’s hot! Better cool down in the AC with a nice cool episode of “Ryan is Super Strong!”…..but wait……do you think he was able to get ANOTHER bad ass guest to spend an hour with him at his home??? It seems like he…just couldn’t!” STOP THINKING THAT YOU FREAK ASS!!!!! I DO have another bad ass guest, AND a bad ass special guest co-host, so chill out for once in your life, and get ready for the ding dang time of your life! This week, LAURA GOODENKAUF is here to be featured, and GRANISON CRAWFORD is here to co-host and make sure I get all the good stuff!! Laura (@laurahornandhorses and @lauragdressage on IG) is not only an amazing French horn player in the Los Angeles area, but she’s also a HORSE TRAINER, and I’ve never had one of those on the show! We’ve had basically the same life trajectory in several ways, and though we’ve lived in the same cities seemingly forever now, we never get to hang! So this episode was a

Strength Level: Ivory This week, we have the amazing AREAN ALSTON in the studio!!! 
AND, as if you need MORE than her, her cool personality, and amazing musical talents, special guest co-host GRANISON CRAWFORD makes an appearance on this episode as well!! Holy moly!! What else could you ever want or need in your entire life?!?! Even though I made a dumb recording mistake during the first chunk of the show, I think you’re in for a REAL treat with this episode. It’s still packed with silly, TONS of music, friendship, and all the things you listeners have come to love about the RISS podcast, so get comfy, and get ready to enjoy meeting someone I truly admire! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: I’m so bummed I screwed up the recording for this episode!! I will use this moment to apologize again, to swear to you that I will try my hardest to NEVER make this mistake again, and to have Arean back one day soon to make an even longer, sillier, and cooler interview! IN FULL!!! :)