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In this edition of "Shot Glass Diaries," Ian recounts the story of the greatest birthday gift he ever received: a trip to see his first Braves game in Atlanta, which included a special pre-game ceremony in which the team retired the number 10 of his favorite player of all time: Chipper Jones. While in Atlanta with his father-in-law, they also toured the Coca-Cola factory, saw some of the grounds used for the 1996 Olympic Games, and more!

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Despite the fact that MLB temporarily suspended the start of the 2020 season in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, former sports broadcaster for WINK-104, WITF-TV, and PCN, Mark Shuey returns to recap baseball's offseason, discuss the biggest news, headlines, signings, trades, managerial changes, the hall of fame induction announcement, the controversial sign-stealing scandal, and give predictions of what the 2020 MLB season has in store!

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Jamie Louachai had an interesting life as a spokesmodel and brand ambassador for NASCAR and Ask.com before an adrenal illness caused her to be bedridden for virtually the last nine years and counting. Despite that, she has not lost faith that she will be able to return to her interesting life someday. Jamie shares her story with Ian in this exclusive and inspiring interview before they have some fun discussing interests they have in common: live music, MMA, and The Big Lebowski.

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In this edition of "Shot Glass Diaries," Ian tells the story of the part of his honeymoon where he drove from San Francisco to Los Angeles down the Coastal Highway to spend a couple days in LA with his late wife, Amy. While there, they toured Warner Bros. Studios, attended a taping of "Conan," toured the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and more!

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Ahead of this Sunday's 10th mid-season premiere of "The Walking Dead," "Captain Awesome" Dan Freet and "Daunting" Dave Sharpe return to Strong Words to discuss the graphic novels and the television show with Ian. They discuss what got them into the books before it was a tv show, the good and bad divergencies that the show has taken from the books, the future of the franchise, spin-off series, the upcoming Rick Grimes trilogy of films, and more!

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Ian sits down with the bass player for the Suicide Puppets, Jonny Suicide to discuss the origin and evolution of his band, their "Puppetcast" podcast, their annual Drunken Puppet Show, which he hosts at his house and where Ian has performed with Dead Cowboy and Awesomely Strong, and what we can expect from the Suicide Puppets in 2020, including their original song "Blacker Days!"

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In this edition of "Shot Glass Diaries," Ian tells the story of the trip when he performed during the halftime show of the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans during his freshman year of high school.

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Ian reconnects with his old friend, co-host of the "Darwin's Family Crest" podcast, Deric Sollenberger. In this episode, Ian and Deric talk about working together, doing backyard wrestling together, and Deric's podcast before they derail into talking about music, social media, philosophy, and more.

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Ian and Nate conclude their conversation about Ian's wrestling career. In part three, Ian discusses his most memorable (and messiest) matches, his final match in 2012, how he feels about his career as a whole, his friendship and stories with Nate, and more!

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In part two of this multi-episode interview in which Ian's friend, Nate Blazer interviews him about his professional wrestling career, Ian talks about making his professional wrestling debut for Shark Boy's BPW promotion in Cincinnati, OH as well as his first few matches in the business, meeting Johnny and Jey Graham at the PWE training center and working shows for PWE, as well as some of the other promotions he worked for in his first year in the business.