In Episode 15 of Forging Flame, Ryan and Nick sit down with yet another fascinating and hard-working Ryan! Ryan Penington is an LA-based filmmaker, musician, and stand-up comedian with an origin story based in Indianapolis. 

Nick and the Ryans get together over Zoom and power through some early technical issues, and then cover a whole bunch of fun and interesting topics, such as open mic comedy sets as a method of finding catharsis, Penington’s time in a Rockabilly band, hacking your way through artistic education, the “dark side” of creativity, and LOADS more. 

Give Ryan Penington a follow on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ryanpenington/), and check out some of his past work on IMDB (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1732992/). 

This epsiode is sponsored by Hotel Tango Distillery (https://shop.hoteltangodistillery.com/) — Promo code: forgingflame for 10% off 

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