Ryan Is Super Strong!

Strength Level: The Açai Berry This week, the mighty and powerful AMY CADLE is IN THE HOUSE!!!!! I can’t wait for you guys to meet this cool cool friend of mine. She’s been on my list of bad ass guests since I started this whacky show, but because of us living in different cities, and hardly ever getting to hang anymore, it’s taken for dang ever to happen!! But, better late than never as every one of our ancestors has said. Amy is the leader of the Super Sonic Samba School in San Diego (yes, that’s a ton of s’s!), and one of the best Brazilian percussionists I know. In addition, she is truly kind, cool as all hell, and just someone you’re going to want to know for the rest of your dang life! After you listen, go follow Amy (@amycadle @supersonicsambaschool) in any way that you can, and you’ll enjoy a much better life because of this. OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: If you don’t know about Brazilian percussion, hit youtube and google like CRAZY after you hear a million words on this episode of the po

Strength Level: Social Media This week, the wonderful JESSE PALTER is here! I’m pumped about this episode for many reasons: 1 - Jesse found out of this podcast because of mutual friends, checked it out, and became a new friend in rapid succession ALL because of social media! 2 - Jesse is a bad ass!! 3 - Jesse has a brand new album coming out (“Paper Trail” - JULY 19!!), and is here to share a bunch of the music from that album!! 4 - Jesse is cool as all hell! 5 - I love podcast time every week!! I think you’re really going to enjoy this episode and this great guest, so please do make sure to follow and support in every single way that google offers to you! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: I hope you have a great and safe Fourth of July!!! It’s one of my favorite holidays because of all the fireworks and hot dogs. If you have a regular animal dog though….please…protect their little puppy ears and spirits. We all know how difficult it is for them during this time of freedom celebration. Other than tha

Strength Level: The Sequel ALL the way back at the beginning of April, we aired episode #131 with Tom Rasulo. During that episode, you all met a wonderful man named Fernando Navarro….. 
Today, I bring them BOTH back!!!!!!!!!! The only difference this time is that this week, I’m featuring FERNANDO!!!! Tom is here again as my special guest co-host, and for that, I’m endlessly thankful, and filled with glee. After this episode filled with brotherhood and fellowship, I hope you fall in love with Fernando, go crazy for metal, and check out ANYTHING you can involving these lovely gentlemen! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: After this episode, you may be more scared of owls…but it’s just cuz they are so strong and mysterious. Don’t let mystery make you feel fear. Let it excite you like so many Scooby Doos.

Strength Level: A Tornado Unlike the way a tornado rushes into your neighborhood and destroys everything in its path, pianist, composer, and all around gentleman, David Linard rushes into your neighborhood and spreads joy, warmth, and smiling faces to everyone who sees him. David was in LA for a short trip from NYC to celebrate the podcast that he composed for, "Tell Them I Am" (which you should check out IMMEDIATELY), and I think you’ll be able to hear the joy in my voice from just having the opportunity to share air with this man. I hope this joy spreads first to your ears, and then immediately to your own smiling face. David is such a great person, and I’m overjoyed to share not only his personality with all of you, but also, a little clip of him playing on the Latin Jazz Collective album, “Que Sorpresa!”, and a ton of music from Sammy Miller and the Congregation, including a NEW TRACK that you probably haven’t heard EVEN if you’re one of the SMC’s biggest fans!! Once you’ve listened to this episode a

Strength Level: A Yellow Dog This week has been a LONG time in the making! We finally get to sit down with the fantastic bass player, father, and all around wonderful man: PHIL ROMO. Phil is a founding member of the band Intercept (the one with past guests Christian and Jeff Knudsen!), bass player for the Daytime Emmy Band, long time teacher at the Burbank Music Academy, and so much more. You’ve gotta be freakin out for TWO weeks in a row of bad ass bass players, but before you completely lose your brain and mind, take a long deep breath through your nose, blow it out through your mouth, and remember that many humans are cool, including you my friend. So with that in mind, get comfy, enjoy this fun goof around with my buddy Phil, and then get online to follow him (@philphyx), and go listen to and purchase every album you can find by INTERCEPT THE BAND!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: In this episode, we play “Beg the Universe for Something Small That You Want.” What I do is beg for good and fair pr

Strength Level: Superman This week, the “Ryan is Super Strong!” Podcast is bringing the heat yet again with our special guest: BOBBY WOOTEN!!!! Like you’ll hear in the intro, if you don’t know him yet, then get on the dang train! Ryan and Bobby sit down, talk about Empire, Broadway contracts, playing with David Byrne, and so many damn more things. In addition, Bobby brought a ton of music to share that he has played on and/or produced, and it’s time to get your ears ready for a REAL treat delight. After the episode, check Bobby out on social media (@b3wooten), support all the artists we talk about on the show, and just make yourself an even cooler human than you already are!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: In Ireland, they call chicken strips “chicken goujons”. That might seem useless to know…but believe me: When you’re IN Ireland, you’re gonna be glad you know!

Strength Level: Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice If you’ve ever liked one second of this show before, this episode will make you squeal with happiness and delight. Holy moly. This week, Ryan brings in his dear friend, and true delight of a man, COREY FRYE!!!!! Corey is an amazing person, singer, front man for the band “The Main Squeeze”, and so much damn more.
Friends since the IU days, Corey and Ryan share MANY mutual friends. Many of these friends happen to be past guests like Rueben Gingrich, Owen Stevenson, and Dustin Koester; and now it’s time to unveil ALL of those wonderful men’s hidden secrets. ;) In addition to sharing his bright personality and a ton of silly stories with you, Corey brought some DAMN TUNES man. 
Basically, you couldn’t even ask for more from this show if you tried. You couldn’t. You just can’t. Enjoy this episode, follow Corey (@fryezwiththat), follow “The Main Squeeze” (@instasqueeze), go to iTunes and buy ALL OF THEIR DANG MUSIC, stream and youtube EVERYTHING, and become Corey’s

Strength Level: The Wright Brothers Every week, I get to share yet ANOTHER truly bad ass person with you guys, and you are all in for a TRUE delight this week with the appearance of my friend and super talent: 
RACHEL MAZER!!!! Rachel’s basically one of those jerks who plays all the instruments created by man, released an incredible solo album a couple months back called, “How Do We Get By” (that she shares tracks from HERE for YOU!!!), and what else could I say? You’re just going to love this episode. Rachel even brought me a dang TOTE bag from her merch. I don’t think I have EVER received a tote bag as a gift from ANY one. Truly incredible. Go to IG and follow her (@mazerlioness), and then head to www.rachelmazer.com to check out her schedule, buy her music, and get yourself a tote bag TODAY!! The Rachel Mazer train has left the station, so jump on now and be her biggest fan!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: If you’re like Rachel, or the Wright Brothers, or me, or anyone else who has struggled ov

Strength Level: Samson! To be honest, I don’t know what you’ve done to deserve ANOTHER week with such ANOTHER bad ass….. Have you given all your money to charities? Have you saved a bus full of children from a burning crash accident? Have you made a delicious sandwich for your wife when she didn’t even ask you to do that but somehow you intuited that she was hungry just by looking at her face? Well either way, I can’t wait to meet you. Because you must be fuggin amazing. This week, MATHIAS KUNZLI is here!!!!!!!!!! Mathias is from Switzerland, he’s a gentleman, he’s a percussionist who has played with the likes of Moby, Regina Spektor, Lauryn Hill, and myriad others, and he’s here to share his personality, AND his music with YOU!!! Just being around him is like being sprinkled with star dust!! So listen to this episode, learn from the man himself, and go and follow him on EVERY SOCIAL MEDIA YOU CAN FIND!!! (@mathiaskunzli) OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: If you’ve got time to lean, You’ve got time to

Strength Level: Fairies After a crazy week off, we’re back!! And this week, bringing the heat with yet another incredibly talented woman named Lucy: LUCY SHEFTALL IS HERE!!! This episode has been a LONG time coming, and it’s ridiculous that I haven’t had her on earlier than episode #135! But, better later than never-er (as they say). Lucy is a wonderful person, crazy talented actress, incredibly informed on politics and the world around her, and most importantly, one of our closest friends. After you listen to this episode, follow Lucy all over social media (@lucy.sheftall) and jump on the bandwagon EARLY!!!! ALSO, it’s important to note that my lovely fiance, and fan favorite of the show, LORI PASQUALINO is guest co-hosting this episode!!! WAHOOOOO!!!!!! Sit back, and get yourself ready for another whopper! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Honestly, life is ROUGH sometimes. I only hope you can have loved ones around you that care about you and show you that. These are two of mine. :)

This week, Super Strong Ryan uses his strength to admit that he needs a DAMN break! Last week got crazy with life, and rather than rush through editing a great episode, I decided to just let the week ride, take a chill, and get back to bad assery NEXT week. My advice? Go listen to Comedy Bang Bang's 10 hour episode! That will MORE than make up for my betrayal of your routine! More GREAT episodes are in the can, so please do forgive me for this week, and we'll see ya again next week!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Admitting you need to STOP and take some time for yourself is hard. If you struggle with this, I hope this can serve as a little motivation to prioritize your own heart this week and do something good for you. Why? Because you deserve it, and you're so dang easy on the eyes.

Strength Level: The Sea Man-o-man do we have a delightful guest this week!! This week, sit back, relax, and enjoy this silly interview featuring the very warm presence of the wonderful super talent, LUCY LAFORGE!!! Lucy (of the band Lucy and La Mer) is not only a great musician, but also someone who shows strength in SO many facets of her life and career, and if you’re already a fan of her’s and coming to this show for the first time, you already done been knowin that. But, if you haven’t heard of Lucy before, take it from me man! She rocks! 
The tunes you’ll hear in this episode are called: 1 - Discovery 2 - Just Friends 3 - Oak Tree All of these are available online, so my true hope is that ONCE you’ve become Lucy’s biggest new fan of all time, you’ll run to the internet, buy her music, follow her on her social medias (@lucyandlamer), and just improve your life in general by making her and her art more a part of it. 
ALSO, Lucy facebook live streamed this whole interview! So if you want to SEE the pod

Strength Level: The Human Wrist Did I say Jenny Diosa?? NO!!!
Hell no I didn’t!! This is the man himself: DENNY JIOSA!!!!!!!! A legend in the guitar world, Denny has been a friend and colleague of Super Strong Ryan’s for years, and now YOU get to benefit from that friendship by learning all about Denny, AND getting to hear a bunch of music from his new album, “Mueve tu Cuerpo”. Sorry about the hiss throughout the interview…something annoying happened to the interface this time around, and it’s difficult to fully remove! However, just believe me that you do NOT want to hear the original recording! :) 
That all being said, the audio hiss HARDLY takes away from this amazing interview with another amazing guest, and I think you’ll truly enjoy getting to hear more about this wonderful man. Most importantly, once you’ve listened, I hope you figure out every way possible to support Denny! Whether it be live performance, or purchasing one or all of his many albums, it’ll be worth every penny!! OUR PERSONAL THOU

Strength Level: The Baritone Today’s strength level is “the baritone” for so many reasons…but mainly, because I have the freakin NYC based group “BARITONED” on the dang show!!! Edward Miskie, Joe Hager, Kyle Hines, and Dan Pardo are ALLLL here in the studio to horse around with Ryan, talk about how they found each other, how fun it is to walk around the globe as a herd of tallmen (one word purposefully), and SO MUCH dang more. You’re in for a real treat! In addition, Ryan even got them to give you guys a couple little snippets from the show they are currently touring called, “I Hate Men - the damsel in distress tour!” If you hear this on the day that the episode is released, RUN to see the show at Rockwell Table and Stage at 8PM, or go directly to San Francisco for their show tomorrow!!! If you DON’T hear this today, then run to social media and follow “Baritoned” in any way that you can possibly find them (@youhavebeenbaritoned)!!! What a true delight it was to have these guys in studio, and even bette

Strength Level: Valentine’s Day EVE TODAY! Round number 2 with the extremely silly and talented: TOM RASULO!!! Man, Tom is a funny man, VERY talented musician and producer, and just a pure pleasure delight to know and spend time with. If you don’t agree after you’ve listened to this episode, then you have a brain problem that I’d suggest getting checked out by a brain doctor. Ryan and Tom are also joined by the fabulous, Fernando Navarro. Let’s just put it this way: Not only is he from Chile (well covered), but also, you’re going to love him so much that you’re going to WISH that you could listen to a full episode featuring him, his story, and his music……..and we’re gonna make that happen soon. :) Once you’re done with this episode, I hope you go check out Tom and all of his work via any social media and/or musical platform that you can find him on. You will NOT regret supporting this true worldly gentleman…..and of this, I am sure. OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Fernando is from Chile

Strength Level: Friendship Another week, another bad ass, another drummer, another hour+ of joy for you and your earballs. What more could you ask for? 
This week, prepare your ears for a treat as Ryan sits down with fellow drummer/percussionist: KASSANDRA KOCOSHIS!!!!!!!!! She shares a bunch of music that she’s hittin on, she tackles all the hard subjects Ryan throws at her, Ryan tells a story about how stupid he made himself look in-front of Kassandra one time years ago, and craziness ensues as usual. As soon as you’re done listening to this, go follow Kassandra in ANY WAY DANG POSSIBLE!! And then, go rate and review this show!! Everyone you know will appreciate it, and you’ll feel better about yourself. Have fun listening and becoming Kassandra’s newest number 1 fan. OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: If you see someone picking their nose in the car when you’re driving, pick your nose too so they don’t feel so alone. It will make everyone feel more included.

Strength Level: Lightning!! DUDE!
 CHECK IT OUT!!
 It’s my friend Nicole Marcus!!!! She’s a bad ass, a drummer, multi instrumentalist, and one of the nicest people walking the globe. One of my personal favorite parts about this show is bringing not only the music of these bad ass friends of mine to your ear balls, but also letting you peak deeper into how amazing they are as PEOPLE!!! Nicole is such a great example of a humble and talented working professional, so I hope that if you’re like her, you can listen, become a huge fan, and feel happy to relate to such a great person. If you like Nicole and her music, go buy her album, find her on the internet, and join the Nicole Marcus band wagon TODAY!!!!!! nicolemarcusmusic.com @nicole_marcus OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: Iced coffee has saved my life in many ways…..I hope it can yours too.

Strength Level: Caffeine This week on RISS, another stringed instrumentalist: ADA PASTERNAK!!!! Ada is a blast of energy in any room or live show, and you guys are in for a real treat. LUCKILY for everyone’s ears, she share FOUR songs, and as usual, Super Strong Ryan manages to get every personal secret imaginable from his guest. ;) They talk about playing violin, songwriting/performing, being an immigrant from Moscow, the LA scene, and SO MUCH DANG MORE YOU WON’T EVEN BELIEVE IT!!! As soon as you’ve listened and become Ada’s next biggest fan, I hope you RUN to the internet, and follow her on every platform you can. Check her out on Instagram (@adapasternak), buy her music on iTunes, and just go dang support this bad ass musician and human being!!! AND, click this link to PRE-ORDER Ada's new EP today!! https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/adapasternakandgeorgekrikes/unplugged-ep OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: St. Paddy’s Day is Sunday……be careful with those dang green beers!!!!!

Strength Level: Old Faithful This week, ANOTHER GUITAR MAN! The wonderful Matt Hornbeck is HERE, and man-o-man-o-man does he have some wonderful music to share with you guys! 
Matt is a wonderful gentleman with a soothing voice and demeanor, but the way he shreds on guitar will get you ON YOUR DANG feet. 
Immediately after this episode (when you’re deeply in love with Matt), I want you to go rate and review your favorite podcast (and then this one), and then go follow Matt EVERYWHERE!!! Get on the Hornbeck train TODAY!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: March is here and Spring Break is just around the corner……unless you’re an adult who doesn’t GET freakin Spring Break anymore!!!!!!

Strength Level: The Golden Jackal! Since starting this podcast, listener’s have heard as Ryan has received many compliments about being nice, genuine, etc…… Well, get ready because this week’s guest makes Ryan look like a little dirty dweeb from Loser Town. Guitarist, father, composer, multi-degree acquirer, and all around Sweetie Pie with Sweetie Pie disease, BEN MATHEWS IS HERE!!!! Ben and Ryan met while studying at Indiana University, have kept in touch over the years, and are now reunited back in Los Angeles where they were able to come together to party and catch up while YOU get to listen through your ears, and imagine with your mind. Ryan asks Ben every hard question, Ben shares a TON of awesome music, and basically, you’re gonna love it. After you’ve enjoyed this episode, please go and enjoy being one of Ben Mathew’s biggest fans on the globe. I already know you will be. OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: We very well may be at the end of love month, but I want you to know that you should feel