Strength Level: Matell Today, it’s freakin episode 199….I can’t even believe how far we’ve all come together!! And this week’s guest has been around for EVERY SINGLE EPISODE! YES! It’s the inimitable: CHRIS HACKMAN!!!! Chris is the best. This is an extremely silly episode, and you get to hear Chris’ music in the intro, the outro, compliment corner, GYDBOMF, AND from his new project “Real Human Barbie”!!! I know you guys MAY already know this man, but after this episode, you’re just gonna fully love him and want to be his new BFF. I just know that about you, and how you’ll feel. So when you’re done, hit IG immediately, and follow him!!! (@therealhumanbarbie) OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
200!!! Episode 200 is NEXT FREAKIN WEEEK!!!! WOWZEEE ZOWZEEEEESS!

Strength Level: Brothers This week, on episode 198, I invited my dear friend (and past guest) Will Reno to guest co-host, and interview his brother: BEN RENO!!!!!!!! Ben is an incredible actor, producer, funny man, brother, musician, and basically supertalent/jack of all trades. YA WANNA KNOW HIM. YA WANNA FOLLOW HIM!! Listen as we talk about cereal mascots and it goes right over Ben’s head, listen as we revisit many of your favorite games and scream over the Zoom call, and listen to a pure example of friendship and brotherhood. After that, go rate and review the show, and follow Ben on IG IMMEDIATELY!!! @benreno90 OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
2 weeks til episode 200!!?!?!???!!! What the heck!?!?! How did we even get here!??!?!?!!!!??

Strength Level: BFFs Get ready for an hour and a half of straight bro love today my friends. Today, my best friend, my best man: JAKE HARPSTER!!!!!!!! Jake is a MONSTER percussionist (one of my favorites), a member of the United States Army Band, a bad ass cyclist, a dog Dad, and so much damn more, it’s insane!!! Sorry in advance for this long and super indulgent time of reminiscing and complimenting each other……and by “sorry”, I mean, shut up! 
This is a free show, and it was such a blast to hang out with my best friend, and you can just shut up! Sorry….I really lost control there. ANYway, this Zoom hang with my friend was MUCH needed back in May when it happened, much needed now, and at VERY least, was really fun for me to sit down and edit and listen to again. You know what I mean? Some friends just make ya feel good! As soon as you’re done here, go try and find videos of Jake playing, and then follow him on IG (@jacobharpster). One of the baddest men around!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
There are a lot of old (back in May) thoughts about the Coronavirus and the situation we are all in NOW, but rather than edit them out, I kept them in as part of the “time capsule” elements of this #CORONAFILES time. Though we’ve learned a lot since then, these were our thoughts from then, and I hope it doesn’t get ya all riled up! Either way, today? WEAR A DAMN MASK

Strength Level: Anime! On this week’s episode of your favorite silly pod, you’ll get to hear me sit down with my dear friend: BOBBIE LEE CROW III Bobbie is an incredible musician, a funny man, and just a joy to hang with. I WISH we could have done this in person and had some drinks, but hey, when you’re dealing with a guy like Bobbie, you just take what you can get! Zoom hang it is! :) Make sure to follow his awesome projects (@serasymphony and @iconiquestra on IG), and stay IN THE KNOW WITH BOBBIE CROW!!! He’s definitely a shooting star in the music biz! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
 Sorry this episode was a bit late this week everyone! I’ve got so little to do…..but when faced with a difficult technical snaffoo and a serious lack of motivation during the weirdest period of all of our lives…..you can be assured that the first priority was beer. THEN editing this podcast for you all. Hahaha

Strength Level: #DRUMFAM We’re back again this week with the Corona Files/ZOOM edition of the show, and this week featuring the wonderful:

NICK TAYLOR!!!! Nick is a fellow Hoosier and drummer from the mid-west who is a member of the US Navy Band, a freakin BICYCLE RACER, a father of one little baby and two little pups, a husband to a lovely lovely lady (who is also a killer drummer), and so much dang more. Nick has been on my list of guests I’ve wanted to have on the show since DAY 1!!! So thanks Quarantine….for ONE thing. And one thing only: Bringing me my dear friend Nick via Zoom Make sure to follow Nick on IG (@drumznbikes), and keep up with all of his bad assery, of which I can assure you, THERE IS MUCH. OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
Episode 200 is just around the corner!!??!?! That’s insane as all damn hell!!!!!!! What are some things you’ve done 200 times?

Strength Level: Procrastination We Are BACK BAYBEEEEEEE!!!! I took a few weeks off, and you’ll hear all about that in the LONG intro on this episode. But today, I’m bringing to you one of my dear friends who I’d wanted to have on since I started this dang thing! 
Only problem is that he lives in AUSTIN, TX and we never get to dang hang out! But thanks to the crappy corona, we got to ZOOOM hang!! I had a blast reconnecting with Matt back when we recorded this at the beginning of quarantine, and I’m really excited for you to check him out, check out his music, and follow him immediately on all the social medias (@mathjudson on IG)!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
I hope my taking a few weeks off from the show didn’t piss you off too damn bad. I really struggled with it every week, but it just didn’t feel right. But this week, it was quite the opposite feeling! I miss you guys, I miss my friends and family, and I’m ready to get back to being part of each other’s lives every week. Plenty more episodes coming your way!!!!!

No show this week Please stay safe Please stay focused Please stay informed Please donate ANY amount to funds/organizations that you find during this time BLACK LIVES MATTER

Strength Level: Haircuts Whooooooo-eeeeeee!! We’ve got a GOOD one for you this week my friends. DANIELLE WITHERS IS HERE!!!!! Danielle is such an awesome person, energy, and super talent. Though she is well known for backing up artists like J-LO, Justin Timberlake, Chrisette Michelle, USHER, and more and more and more bad asses, this episode features HER and HER bad-assery!! Once you’ve met her and listened to the tunes she’s here to share today, you’re going to agree with me! Then I hope you RUN to Instagram (@daniellerenewithers), soundcloud, youtube, etc, and become Danielle’s newest and biggest fan!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
My only thought is: I HATE QUARANTINE!!! Can’t wait to get off of these restrictions and hang out with all of these bad ass guests again one day!!!!

Strength Level: The Mighty Chanticleer On this week’s installment of the “Ryan is Super Strong!” Podcast, I have brought you a TRUE bad ass, recording all the way from Myrtle Beach, SC!! DR. JESSE WILLIS IS IN THE HOUSE!! Jesse is not only a doctor, a father, and a bad ass drummer. In addition to all of these things, he is one of my favorite people on this very globe, and one of my closest friends. One thing I’m very grateful about during this Corona time is that all of you get to meet even more of my bad ass friends!!! So I hope you enjoy this episode, check Jesse Willis out in any way that you can, check out his program at Coastal Carolina University, and then feel a little closer to one of the coolest drummers walking around today!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
This Quarantine blows. I hope you’re getting through is as well as you possibly can, because I KNOW it sucks!! I’m right there with you, and so is the whole dang globe, so please know that you’re not alone, and that you are loved!! Thanks for listening to this crazy podcast, and I hope it’s serving as a nice distraction during these weird ass times!!

Strength Level: Goodbyes This week on RISS, we’re featuring the wonderful super talent:

VICKY FAREWELL!!! Vicky is an incredible pianist, composer, producer, and all around bad ass, and I hope you enjoy this peak into her life. More importantly, a peak into how she’s handling all of this crazy Coronavirus Quarantine baloney!! You can hear her work with incredible acts like Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals, and she is DEFINITELY an artist who you’re going to want to keep up with as the years go by, and her career continues to become even more bad ass. Follow her on IG (@vickyfarewell), and become her newest and greatest fan TODAY!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
I hope you forgive the fact that these #Coronafiles episodes have slightly worse quality audio. I know it’s not as warm and clear as my usual studio set up, but in these times, I think it’s worth it to document how people are getting through the days and situations that we’re faced with today, even if it’s a bit worse on the ole ear balls! Either way, I hope you are enjoying getting this sneak peak into how the bad ass artist community is getting through their quarantines!

Strength Level: Merlin This week, we begin the CORONA SERIES!! This series will inevitably feature a lot of quarantine and Corona talk since that’s what we’re all dealing with like crazy….but more importantly, this series is all being done VIRTUALLY via Zoom. I’ve never done virtual or phone call episodes before, so to start us off, I have a guest coming in from CANADA!!! This week’s guest is the wonderful talent man: ANTHONY KING! Anthony is an incredible guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and all around gentleman. I’m honored to know him, and pumped to bring him to the show in ANY way that we can during this crazy time. In short, NOTHING will stop me from bringing you bad ass guests to learn about every week!!!! After you fall in love with Anthony and become his biggest new fan, please go check out his music and social media (@anthonykingguitar). Inject your life with a ton of his bad assery ASAP!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
As we continue dealing with the Coronavius, quarantine life, and all of the things that go along with it, I hope you don’t mind hearing me and my guests chat about it. In general, I try to keep things pretty evergreen, but this series is definitely going to serve as more of a time capsule of how crazy things are right now. Either way, I hope these episodes continue to give you a break from the craziness, even if we DO talk about the crap crap crap of life a bit more than usual.

Strength Level: Nostalgia Volume 7 is HERE, and with that, we conclude our 2 week look back at the INCREDIBLE artistry and musicianship that has been displayed on my whacky ass show over the last year and a half! This episode features: Kassandra Kocochis (from Episode 130 where she shared, “Mirrors” from Vahagni’s album, “Imagined Frequencies” Ada Pasternak (from Episode 128 where she shared the tune, “Perfectly Imperfect”) Denny Jiosa (from Episode 123 where he shared his tune, “Mueve Tu Cuerpo”) Martin Diller (from Episode 124 where he share the tune, “Trader Joe’s Parking Lot” from the album, “Martin Diller Quartet at the Blue Whale” Bobby Wilmore (from Episode 161 where he shared the tune, “Chango” from Lazaro Galaraga’s album, “Emi Okokan”) Arean Alston (from Episode 145 where she shared her tune, “Believe”) Patchwork (from Episode 131 where he shared, “Feel” feat. Charlie Cavallo) Michael Ragonese (from Episode 154 where he shared the tune, “Slow Down” from his album, “Day to Day”) Robert Rothko (from Episode 180 where he shared his cover of the tune, “Down Under”) Gretje Angell (from Episode Kyle Crane (from Episode 150 where he shared the tune, “Kaleidoscope” from his album, “Crane Like the Bird”) I hope you enjoyed revisiting all of THESE bad asses today, but please do go back and check out all of their hilarious episodes, and do ALLLLL of the streaming, watching, listening, and purchasing you can in order to help out these amazing artists!! Times are hard for everyone right now, but you KNOW it’s the art that’s helping you get through these tough times, so I hope that, IF you have the means, you’ll find a way to help out some of these incredible humans! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: More bad ass talent, music, and sillyness will be coming at you NEXT week! Thank you all so much for listening every week, and I hope you loved this Best Of Series!!!

Strength Level: Unemployment!! This week, the Best Of Music series continues with Volumes 6 today, and 7 coming out on Friday!!! This episode features: Rachel Mazer (from Episode 137 where she shared, “Is It So Wrong?” from her debut album, “How Do We Get By?”) David Aggyare (from Episode 183 where he shared, “Gateway Drug” from The Brevet’s album, “Legs”) Jeff Sorenson (from Episode 168 where he shared, “Day Tripper” from Pete Anderson’s album, “60’s with a Twist”) Hauk Heimdallsman (from Episode 184 where he shared, “Three Chords” from his album, “Red Tail Rising”) Fernando Navarro (from Episode 142 where he shared his track, “Striges”) Symphonic Planet (from the #NAMMUARY Series and past episode where they shared, “Trip to Krakatoa) Quartet 405 (from the #NAMMUARY Series where they shared their Medley of Paul Anka’s Music) Hush Crush (from the #NAMMUARY Series where they shared the tune, “Katana”) Bird and the War (from Episode 182 where they shared their tune, “Memories”) Andrea Lisa (from Episode 181 and 169 where she shared the tune, “Ruptured” among many others) Please check out ALL of these amazing artists this week, and if you can spare a buck or two, throw it their way(s)!!!! And if you don’t have a buck or two now, maybe you, like ME, need the reminder to go apply for unemployment now that independent contractors can do that!! Wooo wooooo!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: You are beautiful, and also smell really good, even though you haven’t been showering or changing your clothes as much as you normally do. It actually REALLY works for you, and you’re special that way, amongst many other ways.

Strength Level: Freelance Artistry Volume 5 of the Best of Music episodes is HERE!! And it’s a BONUS episode this week! This episode features: Sarah Reich (from Episode 152 where she shared, “Gemini Vibe” from her album, “New Change”) Alex Pfender (from Episode 148 where he shared, “The Bloom” from his band Yoya’s album, “The Half Turn”) Mike Uhler (from Episode 155 where he shared, “Sports Song” from Weird Al Yankovic’s album, “Mandatory Fun”) Nicole Marcus (from Episode 129 where she shared, “Singing for My Life” from her self-titled EP) Baritoned (from Episode 132 where they sang a few snippets from their live show, “You have been Baritoned”) Mathias Kunzli (from Episode 136 where he shared, “Elk Drive” from his album with LausHaus) Ana Barreiro (from Episode 153 where she shared, “Saudade” by her group AmyAna) Adan Alonso (from Episode 158 where he shared, “Mi Changui” by Sitarason) Phil Romo (from Episode 140 where he shared, “Berlin” from Intercept’s album, “Yellow Dog”) FEVAH (from Episode 163 where she shared her track, “West Coast Lovin’”) Corey Frye (from Episode 138 where he shared, “Sweat” from The Main Squeeze’s album, “Without a Sound”) I really hope you’re enjoying these episodes, and that you’re getting inspired to check out and support some of these amazing artists!! More comin at ya next week, but I hope this holds ya over through the weekend at least!! :) OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: If you’re bored, dig into ALL of these past episodes. I couldn’t be more proud of the incredible pantheon of artists these Best Of’s represent, and I’d love it if you got to know them all like I do!!

Strength Level: Quarantunes The Best of Music series has RETURNED!!! It’s been about a year and half since volumes 1-3, and there has been SO MUCH bad ass music since then! So now, I bring to you Volume 4!! This episode features: Matt Hornbeck (from Episode 127 where he shared, “Get to Steppin” by the White Blinds) Lucy LaForge (from Episode 134 where she shared, “Just Friends” from her album, “Little Spoon”) Bobby Wooten (from Episode 139 where he shared, “Everybody’s Comin to My House” from David Byrne’s album, “American Utopia”) Jesse Palter (from Episode 143 where she shared, “Sever the Ties”, from her album, “Paper Trail) SCHMAB (from Episode 151 where they shared the track, “Titties & Shoulders”) David Linard (from Episode 141 where he shared, “Maple Leaf Rag” from Sammy Miller and the Congregation’s self-titled album) Ben Mathews (from Episode 126 where he shared, “Guarare” from the Latin Jazz Collective’s album, “Que Sorpresa!”) Nathan Alef (from Episode 159 where he shared his solo piano arrangement/performance of “Blackbird”) Alex Churchill (from Episode 169 where he shared, “The Sweetest Taboo” by another bad ass past guest, Andrea Lisa) Daniel Rotem (from Episode 123 where he shared, “Serenading the Future” from his album under the same title, which ALSO features past guest, Erin Bentlage) If you don’t enjoy listening to these tunes back to back…..I don’t know what’s wrong with you; but it’s serious. Check out ALL of these past guests and their appearances on my whacky show, and more than ever, please look for ways to support these amazing artists! Stream their videos and albums, and buy their dang music if you can!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
Thank you for listening and supporting all of these artists. I am so proud of knowing all of them, and I hope you are proud to be a part of this little community too. Stay safe and healthy, and we’ll get through this TOGETHER with the help of bad ass artists like these!!!!

Strength Level: Rainier Boy-o-boy do I have one more great Pre-Rona treat for you guys!! This week, it’s the return of my guest from episode #94 back in July of 2017: WILL RENO!!! Will is one of my best friends and favorite people on the globe, and you’re gonna hear ALLLLL about why. 
I’ll be honest with ya, we recorded over 3 hours of conversation on this one WHILST drinking together at Will’s home in Portland. With this in mind, I have edited HEAVILY!!!! :) It was such a blast to be in Portland working with my bud, and even cooler to squeeze in another great episode of this whacky ass show. I hope you enjoy it, and go follow Will on EVERYTHING ASAP!!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
I hope your quarantine time is as productive, or NOT, as you need it to be. Now, go take a nap, and chillllll! You deserve it!

Strength Level: The Red Tailed Hawk This week, the episode features one of my final PRE-RONA recordings. I had the opportunity to sit down with a new friend and human man, Hauk Heimdallsman, and we had a great time talking and listening to music from his new album, “Red Tail Rising”. Hauk is a great multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, theatre owner, and lovely person! So I hope that once you’re done listening here, you’ll run to IG, follow @haukrules, and head to iTunes and Spotify to purchase and stream ALL of his music! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
 I hope you enjoy this glimpse into the past when we once were able to hang out close together in a room! And for all of you listening now when we’re in quarantine times, I hope you are feeling strong, healthy, and finding as many ways as possible to sit back, relax, and get through this weird ass time we’re all in. Hopefully, it will be over sooner than later, and we can all get back to real time friendship, but I’ll be putting out episodes every week either to way to help you pass the time! :) Feel free to reach out about life, quarantine, or just to chat at ryanissuperstrong@gmail.com. I'd love to meet you all!

Strength Level: Contractual Agreements On today’s episode of the Ryan Is Super Strong Podcast, we travel back to the times BEFORE Coronavirus and our new quarantine lifestyles, and bring you to my sit down with wonderful drummer and human man: DAVID AGUIAR!!! David is a fantastic human with tons of skills, not the least of which is playing with the band, The Brevet. This episode not only features his kind and cool personality, but also a ton of music from the Brevet!! I hope that this episode not only makes you fall in love with David and the Brevet (@davidaggyaredrums and @thebrevet on IG), but also serves to help you relax and take your mind off of the stresses that today offers by sitting and listening to two guys talk and get A TON of facts incorrect. :) OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
 Special EXTRA thanks to everyone who helped make the gofundme a success for everyone involved!! This truly is a stressful and strange time, and knowing that we are all fighting this stuff together is extremely reassuring. Thanks for being a part of this whacky little community.

Strength Level: The Mighty Hawk On this week’s episode, we sit down with BIRD AND THE WAR!!! You guys KNOW Tom Rasulo, but I hope you enjoy meeting the wonderful Chris James, and listening to some of this band’s amazing new music. I had a blast sitting down with these guys, and boy-o-boy did we have some silly times. Obviously Tom is always a goof on this crazy show, but Chris is now a great new addition to the roster of HARD CORE BAD ASSES that have made their way into my studio and just giggled and giggled with me. After you listen, please go look these guys up everywhere music streams or is sold, and hit them up on the ole IG (@chrisjamesbird, @birdandthewar, @patchwork.jpeg), and become their newest and biggest fans!!!! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY:
Like I say in the beginning of this episode, I’m wishing nothing but good health and safety for all of you listeners!! If you want to check out the gofundme for RISS guests, check out the link here: gf.me/u/xq5awz And if you’d like to support the Union High School Percussion Ensemble up in Washington, check them out playing my new piece, “Inis Mor” here: https://youtu.be/gVdlLDIy5tQ Stay healthy everybody!!

Strength Level: The Surprise! You met this week’s guest on episode 169 with Alex Churchill! She surprised me at my house that evening, surprised me at my house again for this episode, delighted me with THIS great hang, and brought a ton of amazing music to share!!! This week’s guest is the wonderful: ANDREA LISA!! I am so happy that I know Andrea now, and can’t tell you how much of kindred spirits we have found that we are. She’s a bad ass, I hope you love her and this episode, and then I hope you RUN to Instagram to follow her @andrealisa.comm, then right over to iTunes to BUY ALL OF HER MUSIC!!! You are gonna love this one, and I hope you share it with your friends, your moms, your dogs, your grandmas, your enemies, and every stranger you meet! OUR PERSONAL THOUGHTS FOR YOU TODAY: HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!!!!!
Stay safe out there!! I know the green beer is fun, but just look out! This day gets CRAZY!!! P.S. You’re wonderful