Hi! My name is Ryan Perrio, I am a comedian here in the Dallas, Ft Worth Area. I wanted to take a moment to kind of explain what this podcast is about. Growing up I was short, awkward and afraid of a bunch of things. Which translated into not many friends and a lot of opportunities to be bullied. Those factors really shaped my life for a long time, it led me to make more than a few bad choices. I wouldn't say these were the "man you are really you are lucky you are here" kind of bad, they were more the do you even have a plan for life kind of bad.
In 2006 my life was completely changed as I was arrested for DWI, lost a really good paying job, then the next one stopped paying me before going belly up. In doing so I lost my apt and the friends I grew up with, and I was forced to move in with my mom. I managed to do some temp work, but I found a regular day job for which I am thankful for. However in 2006 another thing happened in my life. I started doing standup comedy, I was immediately hooked and with my situation at home I did as much comedy as possible. Eventually I got pretty good at it and I perform at various comedy clubs.
Comedy has really changed my life, its made me a better person just because to write material, you have to pull from your life. While I don't have loads of funny life stories, there are things you remember in your life that you wish you couldn't, things that by just sheer memory make you cringe and wish never happened most of them revolved around fear and embarrassment. When writing or performing standup you have to look at those things and then talk about them to see if there is any material there. In doing so I realized whether there was material there or not, I felt better like I kind of made my peace with the fears or embarrassment I had. I started having these kind of conversations with fellow comics when I would find out they are afraid of something. I liked knowing about it because I realized I wasn't alone that other people had various fears some common others completely unique. So I decided to do this podcast interviewing people about themselves and then talk about something they are afraid of. Hopefully my guest enjoy the conversation and you do too, so take a look around and listen to an episode or two. If you like what you hear leave a review, send me an email tell me what can I do to make this better. Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy the content.