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Reelin' In The Years (RITY)

RITY is your weekly dose of music education! Enjoy familiar rock favorites with a healthy mix of deeper album cuts. Give it a listen! I promise you'll learn something! For more information on the show, visit reelinwithryan.com

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Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
118 minutes
Episodes
241
Years Active
2021 - 2025
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April 11, 2025

April 11, 2025

This week on RITY... The mini theme is Time To Call Pest Control!... Plus, a Beatles song inspired by the poem, The Shooting Of Dan McGrew... That one time when REO Speedwagon pulled a prank that wen…

01:58:07  |   Fri 11 Apr 2025
April 4, 2025

April 4, 2025

This week on RITY, the mini theme is Allergens: Songs with a common allergen in the title... Also, the story of how one of the most covered songs in the history of popular music started with the work…

01:56:25  |   Fri 04 Apr 2025
March 28, 2025

March 28, 2025

This week on RITY, the mini theme is Batter Up! Songs that relate to baseball... Plus, the incredible story of how Missing Persons frontwoman - Dale Bozzio - escaped an attacker by falling out of her…

02:04:01  |   Fri 28 Mar 2025
March 21, 2025

March 21, 2025

This week on RITY, the mini theme is "The Public Eye": Songs that mention the public eye in the lyrics... Also, a band whose name is a combination of BO Diddley and James DEAN... Music from a group t…

02:02:42  |   Fri 21 Mar 2025
March 14, 2025

March 14, 2025

On this week's episode of Reelin' In The Years, this mini theme is Heavy Metal: Songs with a type of metal in the title... Plus, what was an Apple Scruff?... Why did the Jeff Beck Group cancel their …

02:04:33  |   Fri 14 Mar 2025
March 7, 2025

March 7, 2025

This week on RITY... Our mini theme is The "I'ds" Of March... Plus, a hit song that was the end result of a Neil Young Impersonation... Who was Jimmie Nicol and how he inspired a popular Beatles song…

02:02:42  |   Fri 07 Mar 2025
Feb. 28, 2025

Feb. 28, 2025

On this week's edition of RITY, our mini theme is Down By The Railroad Tracks... Also, music from three Cincinnati area bands... How Paul Simon found love on Saturday Night LIVE... Mr. Sardonicus and…

01:57:09  |   Fri 28 Feb 2025
Feb. 21, 2025

Feb. 21, 2025

This week on RITY, our mini theme is Soccer... Plus, the link between Tom Petty and U.S. Navy Admiral - David Farragut... An alt. rock anthem inspired by a parallel universe where J. Mascis of Dinosa…

02:03:17  |   Fri 21 Feb 2025
Feb. 14, 2025

Feb. 14, 2025

On this week's episode of RITY, our mini theme is What Makes The World Go 'Round?... Plus, a song written from the perspective of a couple "doing the deed" seconds before a nuclear disaster... A song…

02:03:27  |   Fri 14 Feb 2025
Feb. 7, 2025

Feb. 7, 2025

This week on RITY, our mini theme is "Too Late." Plus, a song written by a guy who shares his name with a Monopoly property... Who is Sananda Maitreya and what happened to Terence Trent D'Arby?... Wh…

01:59:21  |   Fri 07 Feb 2025
Jan. 31, 2025

Jan. 31, 2025

This week on RITY, the mini theme is Planets! Also, a solo hit from a guy who had three other hits with three different bands... A David Bowie tune that's a parody of Frank Sinatra's "My Way." Does a…

02:02:07  |   Fri 31 Jan 2025
Jan. 24, 2025

Jan. 24, 2025

This week on the show, the mini theme is Under The Weather - Song titles that relate to illness... Plus, music from a band whose lead singer died of a heart attack while performing on stage... A song…

01:57:33  |   Fri 24 Jan 2025
Jan. 17, 2025

Jan. 17, 2025

This week on RITY, I'll be spotlighting blind musicians for the mini theme... Plus, a song by the son of Doris Day. Plus, his connection to Charles Manson... The original version of Zeppelin's "Lemon…

02:00:59  |   Fri 17 Jan 2025
Jan. 10, 2025

Jan. 10, 2025

This week on RITY... The mini theme is The Weatherman... Plus, a song that Van Morrison was inspired to write after having a nightmare about an assassination attempt on Ray Charles... Music from a gr…

01:57:34  |   Fri 10 Jan 2025
Jan. 3, 2025

Jan. 3, 2025

This week on RITY... Our mini theme is What Time Is It?... Also, music from an English band who got their big break after David Gilmour overheard them playing a wedding... Someone actually wrote a so…

01:55:54  |   Fri 03 Jan 2025
Dec. 27, 2024

Dec. 27, 2024

This week on RITY, to correspond with the upcoming ball drop, our mini theme is The "Ball." I'll be playing songs with the word "ball" in the title... Also, "Kindred Spirits": A collaboration between…

02:08:05  |   Fri 27 Dec 2024
Dec. 20, 2024

Dec. 20, 2024

This week on RITY: A weekly theme has returned! However, it'll only apply to a few songs in the playlist. Also, music from a group that gets their name from a Monty Python sketch... A David Bowie tun…

02:04:10  |   Fri 20 Dec 2024
Dec. 13, 2024

Dec. 13, 2024

This week on RITY: Who was the Butter Queen and what did she use the butter for? The answer will shock you!... Music from a child prodigy who played guitar for the Allman Brothers at the age of 10!..…

02:06:46  |   Fri 13 Dec 2024
Dec. 6, 2024

Dec. 6, 2024

This week on RITY: A Christmas song written by a guy who lives in the former childhood home of Jeffrey Dahmer in Akron... The inspiration for Rick Nelson's "Garden Party"... A duet by Robert Plant & …

02:01:58  |   Fri 06 Dec 2024
Nov. 29, 2024

Nov. 29, 2024

This week on RITY: We all remember Chuck Woolery as a game show host, but what if I told you he was also part of a duo that scored a Top 40 hit!... A song inspired by a normal human body temperature.…

02:03:54  |   Thu 28 Nov 2024
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