
This week, Paige Ginn takes a seat in The Wayback! (The Viral Podcast). In this episode, Paige takes us back to what it was like growing up in Utah during the late 90s/early 00s. First she reminisces about her standout high school athletic...
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Paige Jen
Thank you.
Ryan Sickler
Thank you for being here. Promote whatever you'd like first, please.
Paige Jen
Okay, could you please check out any of my socials at Paige Jen? That's where you can find me on all platforms. So whichever platform you have, just type P, A, I, G, E, G, I.
Ryan Sickler
N, N. Look, let's just get into this story right away because I was asking you like, you know, anything you want to talk about. You're like, well, this one thing I, you know, I think about. And then what you said was outrageous. So why don't you start off with your basketball story? Can we talk about that? Because were you a big ATH athlete in high school and stuff? Were you good?
Paige Jen
Yeah, I. I guess I can't say I was bad.
Ryan Sickler
What was your sport?
Paige Jen
I played basketball, volleyball, softball, track.
Ryan Sickler
Oh, you were an athlete for sure.
Paige Jen
Yeah. And I got female athlete of the year.
Ryan Sickler
Damn. What year was that?
Paige Jen
I think 2013.
Ryan Sickler
What year for you? Like, junior, senior.
Paige Jen
Junior.
Ryan Sickler
That's damn good.
Paige Jen
Thank you.
Ryan Sickler
At your whole school?
Paige Jen
Yes.
Ryan Sickler
That's impressive.
Paige Jen
School had like.
Ryan Sickler
So you were popular then? For sure, in the sports and everything? Everybody knew who you were?
Paige Jen
Yeah, for the most part, for sure. And so that's why I had to play a lot in the games. And one game I felt something down in my under region, and it was a tampon that fell out. And it's not because I'm loose. It's because. I just need to clarify. I have a heavy flow, so they should have had me on the middle of the game.
Ryan Sickler
Like, while you're on the court, not on the bench or anything, you're on the court mid court flow so heavy, it pushed the tampon out like a guy's down your leg. Your basketball shorts on. Right. It's not a skirt.
Paige Jen
I had a big pad on, thankfully, and it was holding it in, so I was just probably running a little weird. But it stayed in until half time, and then I had to go take care of business. I plugged back up and thankfully, I thought somebody was gonna slip like Mario.
Ryan Sickler
Bleed through your shorts or anything like that. Like, look at this girl out there running with her tampon all out.
Paige Jen
No, because the pad saved me.
Ryan Sickler
Is that you right there?
Paige Jen
Yeah, that's me. And is that really you?
Ryan Sickler
Yeah, that one right there in the air?
Paige Jen
Yeah.
Ryan Sickler
Oh, there's the tampon.
Paige Jen
Yeah. So that happened.
Ryan Sickler
So wait, your tampon falls out while you're playing basketball in the same year you went athlete of the year? Junior year.
Paige Jen
Junior year.
Ryan Sickler
Touch it up, girl. Way to. Way to persevere. It's not how you start it's.
Paige Jen
Not how you start, it's how you end.
Ryan Sickler
That's right. So where did you grow up?
Paige Jen
Utah.
Ryan Sickler
Utah. And you're one of eight kids, you said? Eight kids. It's a lot of kids, the young. Did you grow up Mormon?
Paige Jen
No.
Ryan Sickler
No. You just. Your dad, like a Mormon? It's a lot of kids.
Paige Jen
My dad just could not stop.
Ryan Sickler
Pull out.
Paige Jen
You. Yeah. You know that I got his out of a zipper.
Ryan Sickler
I like how. First of all, you asked me if I know about it. Like, I'm like, yeah, yeah. No, I don't know. What do you mean?
Paige Jen
Couple years ago, he. He pulled up a zipper, and his whole shaft got caught up in it, and he couldn't do it. He's 78. Yeah.
Ryan Sickler
You had to help him get his dick out of the zipper.
Paige Jen
Correct.
Ryan Sickler
Just screaming. Was it like, something about Mary?
Paige Jen
Yes.
Ryan Sickler
Yeah.
Paige Jen
My brother, we were getting ready.
Ryan Sickler
Zip it down over the skin.
Paige Jen
Oh, I'll tell you, I had to get some vitamin E oil. And if you would have saw the look of pain in my dad's eyes, you would have helped him. You know, it wasn't an. This thing. This was a Hell, yeah. You know?
Ryan Sickler
Yeah.
Paige Jen
Yeah. I wasn't wanting to do that, but my brother couldn't get it undone, so I had to step in.
Ryan Sickler
You're like, I'll do it. I'll do it. And you got it?
Paige Jen
I got it.
Ryan Sickler
Did he scream when you.
Paige Jen
He was like, oh, no, no. He was just. He was such in pain that he couldn't even talk.
Ryan Sickler
Tell me about fights with siblings.
Paige Jen
I knocked my brother out one time. How we were just bickering, and he's like, yeah, punch me. Enough. Face. So I was like, all right. And I just wound up like Muhammad Ali. Would that be the right person?
Ryan Sickler
Be accurate.
Paige Jen
All right. Got him. And I. When I saw him just fall back, I ran upstairs to my sister before he even hit. Yeah. I was already up on the top floor, and I ran up to my sister's room, and I said, jerry's gonna kill me. That's because I thought he was gonna wake up and just come after me and attack me. So I'm like, I need protection.
Ryan Sickler
Come after you?
Paige Jen
Oh, yeah, he did. Kicking and screaming, trying to really kill me.
Ryan Sickler
You hit him on the button, people. That's the spot.
Paige Jen
Either there, or maybe it was the temple.
Ryan Sickler
That's dangerous. If you got him in the temple, he might die.
Paige Jen
I think that's where it was. I got lucky.
Ryan Sickler
We were talking about your mom before we started as a kid, and you Said that if you slammed the door, she would make you do something.
Paige Jen
Yes. If we would slam the door as kids, she would make us close and open the door a hundred times. Softly. And usually on 99, I'll just slam the door shut. Yeah. Because you know, I'm just thinking she doesn't want to be here either, watching me.
Ryan Sickler
Oh, she would stay and count.
Paige Jen
Yeah, she'd stay and watch us open and close it to make sure we weren't slamming it. So I. I could have done it all day. I just overpower her to the point where she's like, you win.
Ryan Sickler
Did you would really just kind of own your mom or you just knew how to do it?
Paige Jen
She owned us.
Ryan Sickler
Did she?
Paige Jen
She would tackle us and say, who's the queen?
Ryan Sickler
Dean, are you being serious?
Paige Jen
Yeah.
Ryan Sickler
Your mom would tackle you.
Paige Jen
She drove our Astro van down a field and freaking got my brother and was tackling him cuz he kept missing football practice. She was. She was.
Ryan Sickler
What do you mean drove him down? He like started running in a field. She just said it went off road with it.
Paige Jen
Yes. I saw her do some crazy stuff, but like, she was a great mom.
Ryan Sickler
What else?
Paige Jen
O. I know that she probably doesn't want me saying this, but the queen.
Ryan Sickler
Is so good though. I've never.
Paige Jen
The queen dey. That's what she was.
Ryan Sickler
What is it? You might not. What are you worried about saying?
Paige Jen
I just know that she has done some damage with fighting. She would. She doesn't put up with, you know, like, she'll take people down if they need to be brought down.
Ryan Sickler
Did you ever see your mom get into a fight when you were a kid?
Paige Jen
No, no, no.
Ryan Sickler
Just stories.
Paige Jen
Watching my siblings and stuff.
Ryan Sickler
Oh, she would the kids up if you all got out of line. We're not talking about. We're not talking about regular people.
Paige Jen
Yeah, she'd get a pad, write our names on it. Every time she would spank our butts. Like, it was usually my brother's name. Jerry. Jerry. Jerry. Jerry.
Ryan Sickler
Because each time repeated. Not like wipe it off. Right. Jerry again. Like this time it's Paige's turn.
Paige Jen
If you got the spanking, she would put your name on it. So like she. It was a tracker of how many times you've been spanked. It. It seems a lot worse maybe.
Ryan Sickler
Yeah. You think?
Paige Jen
It wasn't that bad.
Ryan Sickler
You know, if you listen, it's Jerry's ass. About that. Literally. Yeah, literally, his ass.
Paige Jen
Jerry was not okay. But yeah, we're good.
Ryan Sickler
Were your parents together? They stay together.
Paige Jen
They divorced when I was Eight.
Ryan Sickler
Okay. But you're the youngest of eight, though, so that's. They've been together a minute at that point, though.
Paige Jen
Yeah, he was remarried before my mom, you know, so it's like half and half, but. So I have, like, half siblings, but we don't really say half because we're all so close, you know? My dad's 25 years older than my mom.
Ryan Sickler
Holy. 25 years.
Paige Jen
And he's Chinese, so he just has always looked younger.
Ryan Sickler
Yeah, he does look younger than her. And he's 25 years older.
Paige Jen
Not younger than her, but, like, at.
Ryan Sickler
The time younger than his age.
Paige Jen
He probably did look younger than her. He still looks pretty young for his age, but. Yeah. I don't know. Their ages when they got divorced was.
Ryan Sickler
So mom was like, more of the disciplinarian. Dad wasn't in.
Paige Jen
If we would swear with her, she. Oh, she wouldn't take it.
Ryan Sickler
Yeah. What would she do? If you're shutting the door, you're doing it 100 times. What are you doing? If you swear, you're getting a little.
Paige Jen
Bit of soap in the mouth for sure.
Ryan Sickler
Yeah. You had soap in the mouth? I had soap in the mouth.
Paige Jen
I never got caught, so I didn't get the soap.
Ryan Sickler
But you would see it. My mom one time gave me pepper, and I mean, to this day, I love pepper. Like, I like extra pepper on my. I think that one backfired. You know what I mean?
Paige Jen
I love extra.
Ryan Sickler
If she'd have put something spicy or hot. But pepper's not that hot. Spicy.
Paige Jen
She would just sprinkle pepper in your mouth.
Ryan Sickler
Made me stick my tongue out and put pepper on my tongue. It also made me eat soap one time, too. Like, chew the bar soap.
Paige Jen
How much of it?
Ryan Sickler
Like the corner. Yeah. Oh, sit there and just gnaw on it and shit. Just so you taste that in your mouth. I'm like, this ain't that bad either, you know? That bad.
Paige Jen
Yeah.
Ryan Sickler
You know, I'd rather do this than eat broccoli.
Paige Jen
Yeah. If I just have to eat a piece of soap to say the word.
Ryan Sickler
Yeah. I'm eating fudgeing wax. Sex wax. Did you guys have sex wax?
Paige Jen
I don't. I've never heard of sex wax. Maybe the surfboard.
Ryan Sickler
That's exactly what it is. Okay, so I don't know how this became a thing in our school, but sex wax made it to us. Maryland, certainly not a big surfing state. Ocean City's got a couple waves, but we would eat this instead of. Who would eat all of us in school, we'd get a sex wax pouch, and instead of like dip or something, we would break off little pieces of wax and just put it in our mouth and chew on this. And it's for waxing your goddamn surfboard.
Paige Jen
That's. That's an odd one. I just had the jerky chew.
Ryan Sickler
What? Jerky chews? Yeah, you'd eat those all the time.
Paige Jen
Yeah. And my mom would even kind of be weird about that. Like, kind of like you're chewing, it's like. But it's shredded up jerky.
Ryan Sickler
Oh, you would get it like that. I see.
Paige Jen
Yeah, we weren't chewing on that.
Ryan Sickler
Okay.
Paige Jen
The little links, you would chew on that for fun. Sex wax.
Ryan Sickler
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, the Bazooka Joe gum was. No, fucking tasted the same to me.
Paige Jen
Or those bottles of wax that are filled with the different colors of juices.
Ryan Sickler
Yeah, the little Coca Cola looking bottles. But they'll have a squirt juice in them.
Paige Jen
Those were fun.
Ryan Sickler
That pack those right here on the bottom, right? Oh, yeah.
Paige Jen
You eat half of the paper.
Ryan Sickler
And also that shit was in the store for probably four years. You know what I mean? When you break the bite, the gum, it would snap, break into pieces.
Paige Jen
That's not good.
Ryan Sickler
Yeah, no, it's Bazooka Joe.
Paige Jen
Every piece was kind of like a risk of opening it.
Ryan Sickler
There's another thing I wanted to ask you about. We were talking about your mom finding something.
Paige Jen
Yeah. She was on a walk one day with my stepdad and they came back and they're like, oh, we found a used condom. And my. She's like saying, my stepdad's name is Danny. She's like. And Danny said, there, that's probably pages. And my mom's like, there's no way. And then it was how old? It was 17 at the time. But her just telling me.
Ryan Sickler
Did you admit it?
Paige Jen
No. But then she heard it on my current podcast because I talked about it and she called me. She's like, oh, my gosh, I can't believe that was yours. It's funny what parents just won't believe that their children. You know, my mom didn't think I was out there getting in a truck. In a truck, you know, and then freaking littering. Condoms on the ground a mile away from the house on their walking trail.
Ryan Sickler
And it really was your condom. It wasn't right out in front of the house. It's down the damn.
Paige Jen
On their walking trail that they walk every day.
Ryan Sickler
Oh, my God, that's too much.
Paige Jen
Who does that?
Ryan Sickler
And it's used. Yeah.
Paige Jen
Hopefully they didn't Pick it up, sniff it.
Ryan Sickler
Yeah.
Paige Jen
Could you imagine?
Ryan Sickler
Did you throw parties in high school? Did you. Were you a regular party thrower? Did you throw one mass of one. What kind of house parties? Field parties. What did you do?
Paige Jen
I wasn't typically a huge like party planner in high school it was usually other people but one time I threw a rager at my grandparents house when they.
Ryan Sickler
Grandparents?
Paige Jen
Yeah, in my grandma's bed. And.
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Paige Jen
Yeah, that's true.
Ryan Sickler
That's true.
Paige Jen
In her bed when she was in Arizona for the summer. And then I was all good. Nobody found out about this party until.
Ryan Sickler
Wait, before you go there, Rager. Like how many people we talk and showing up to this thing and what sort of house did your grandparents have?
Paige Jen
They had a log cabin and my whole family helped build this log cabin.
Ryan Sickler
Okay.
Paige Jen
Yeah, it was really nice growing up there and having Christmas there and every year. But probably a hundred people showed up.
Ryan Sickler
That's a lot.
Paige Jen
Lots of cleaning up cans the next morning and just a typical party, you know, people in random places and hoping everything's not broken and. But we were all good there for a couple days and then me and my friends were all talking about the rager that I threw. Hell yeah, I him in my grandma's bed this and that. And then I looked down and my phone is on the phone with my mom.
Ryan Sickler
No. Yeah, it just dialed your.
Paige Jen
God, I don't know.
Ryan Sickler
And you're saying what you're saying?
Paige Jen
Yes.
Ryan Sickler
And she just hears and she hears every daughter, am I in her mom's bed?
Paige Jen
So then I just.
Ryan Sickler
Wow. Was she over there going paige, Paige. Like oh my God, when did you find out?
Paige Jen
She wasn't making a peep. She wanted to hear it all. Everything. Oh my God. So when I looked down I just was like click pressed end and Then she just repeatedly tried to call me back and I was. And like, what am I gonna say? How do I come back from this? And I came back from it because I'm still here.
Ryan Sickler
Did you. Would you lie? Do you think I was a joke? Or just ignore it for as long as you could?
Paige Jen
No, I just told her like, I'm sorry.
Ryan Sickler
Did she tell your grandparents?
Paige Jen
She did, yeah.
Ryan Sickler
Did she tell them that? Hey, Paige in your bed?
Paige Jen
Well, hopefully not. Maybe she hid that one from them. I'm gonna have to ask my grandma.
Ryan Sickler
You're gonna ask you close enough with your grandma.
Paige Jen
Let me ask my mom first and say, hey. Yeah. Let me not go. No. Yeah, let me not go. Hey. Did my mom tell you I. In your bed?
Ryan Sickler
Yeah, go to mom. Yes.
Paige Jen
That's smart. My bad.
Ryan Sickler
But you. We talked about this too. Your dad had a little more loose rules. You could cuss around him.
Paige Jen
Oh, yeah. He would check us out of school to go buy an Acon CD when we were in like 5th grade.
Ryan Sickler
Get out of here.
Paige Jen
For sure.
Ryan Sickler
Akon's new ones out.
Paige Jen
Oh, yeah. Taking the kids out of school all on the floor. Smack that. We'd be in the back. I'd be like zipping it up in my spongebob case. Something felt wrong.
Ryan Sickler
A con of all people.
Paige Jen
Oh, loved Akon.
Ryan Sickler
What. What age does he start letting you cuss around them?
Paige Jen
I don't remember not cussing around him.
Ryan Sickler
What everywhere was everywhere?
Paige Jen
Everywhere except for other adults that didn't want to swear. And he would let us say fuck or whatever. Just be respectful, really. Like, my dad has always been a very helpful person. Like season elderly person would help them with their groceries. So, you know, just respect your elders. But also you can say the word.
Ryan Sickler
Be a person.
Paige Jen
Yeah. Be a human.
Ryan Sickler
Yeah. We had. I only asked you if there were restrictions because, my friend, I've told the story, so I won't tell the whole story. But his name is Jason Danoloski. And he first time I met him, we were sixth grade. So I went over his house. He's like, that's dad. And I'm like, oh, bro, you're about to get up. I just got here. You know, I'm about to call my dad, come back and get me. And his parents didn't do anything. And he said something else again. And I think we even had another friend there. My buddy Matt was there. And we're like looking at each other.
Paige Jen
You're like, can we swear around him?
Ryan Sickler
Like, what? And his whole rule, their whole rule was he could say Whatever he wanted. But not fucking. That was the word he was not allowed to say. He could say whatever he wanted. They didn't care.
Paige Jen
And that's the best.
Ryan Sickler
That was progressive as hell, you know, like, damn.
Paige Jen
Yeah, I. Looking back, it's like, I can't believe my dad did let us swear. But he was more strict on other things. Like, if you were gonna get hurt, he. He'd rather be the one to hurt you than you slipping on ice. Or like, he hated when we would put ourselves in stupid situations like, what the are you thinking? That type of beat, you know, he was more strict in those ways. And he's Asian, so he's very, like, particular.
Ryan Sickler
And what's your mom?
Paige Jen
She's just white, so I just say I'm Asian. Put a little hyphen.
Ryan Sickler
Yeah, you are. Of all people, you're definitely Caucasian. Yeah, we're not.
Paige Jen
You're not.
Ryan Sickler
We should not have Asian anywhere near our term.
Paige Jen
Yeah, it should just be a.
Ryan Sickler
Why am I. Yeah, we should just be.
Paige Jen
Yeah, start saying that.
Ryan Sickler
Why. Why do we have Asian and Caucasian? Asians. Most of the word.
Paige Jen
Yeah. Why are they saying that to you?
Ryan Sickler
I don't know.
Paige Jen
Just believe what you see.
Ryan Sickler
Tell me about at 18.
Paige Jen
So at 18, I was figuring out if I wanted to move from Utah to San Diego, so I came to visit San Diego. And apparently you can't moon people.
Ryan Sickler
Yeah. It's indecent exposure.
Paige Jen
Yeah.
Ryan Sickler
Did you moon somebody?
Paige Jen
Found that one out. I was walking down the street in Pacific beach, and there was a line of people waiting to get into a club. And I was like, hey, everybody. And they all looked over, and I just whipped down my pants and mooned them. I didn't spread my. Or anything. There was a thong on. And then thought I was good, took off walking. And two cops pulled up on a bike. They saw it, and I was so drunk because me and my friend previously went into a Burger King bathroom and chugged a fifth of Captain Morgan. But they came up to me and said, we need to see your ID. And I was like, oh, I'm not even 21 and I'm hammered. So I was like, be confident. I didn't say anything about my age. I just said, here you go. And then.
Ryan Sickler
Was it a fake one?
Paige Jen
No, I just gave him my real ID and just said, be confident. Like, I was look. Looking at him in the eyes. Drunk. And they just threw me in the drunk tank with a bunch of men. Fifteen men puking everywhere.
Ryan Sickler
For real?
Paige Jen
Yeah. Then I had to go spend the night in the Drunk tank for about 10 hours on a wrestling mat with no blanket.
Ryan Sickler
Wrestling is what. What was your charge? Was it indecent exposure or. They get you for public intoxication, underage drinking, all of it when they get you.
Paige Jen
Well, the really cool thing about this story is they go, they didn't get me for anything.
Ryan Sickler
That's good.
Paige Jen
They kind of just gave me a place to stay for.
Ryan Sickler
I was wondering about that too. Like, here's this girl who' faced. And we probably get her off the damn street. She just had her ass out in front of everybody.
Paige Jen
Yeah, but the fact that they didn't cat like he was staring at my ID and then goes, okay, how do you not know math if you're doing that?
Ryan Sickler
Wait, he didn't say anything about you being underage?
Paige Jen
No. That's crazy, right?
Ryan Sickler
It's bad math. You're right.
Paige Jen
Is that what they're looking at?
Ryan Sickler
That's what I'd be looking at. If I'm wondering how old somebody is, that's what you're supposed to look at. I used to have a fake id. One that was so horrible, I was like, I'm not even using this. It was like this drugstore id. You know what I mean?
Paige Jen
Yeah.
Ryan Sickler
But I got another one through someone and this was a black guy that looked like Prince a little bit. He's a little lighter skinned black guy. He looked like Prince. And I would use it. I used it two times and it worked. Both fucking times. Yes, I know. So I would go to this bar. There was this one bar where we lived in Sykesville.
Paige Jen
Wait, so you used a black guy's id?
Ryan Sickler
I did a light skinned black guy's id.
Paige Jen
Did you try to make yourself look like the guy in any way?
Ryan Sickler
It was pitch black in there. That's why it was so dark inside. So I go in and it's a Baltimore id and we're out in the county. And the guy's like, what are you doing out here? And I'm like, 17, 18. I was just like, my aunt lives out here. He just does that long stare where you're like, he knows, he knows, he knows. And he just goes, what you want? I'm like, I almost want to be like, are you fucking serious?
Paige Jen
I've been in one instance where my friend went into a strip club and I was underage. So then she brought, had somebody bring her passport back out to me. And we all get in like we double. They had to double scan her passport. So they knew that it was double scan.
Ryan Sickler
This bar right here, Hammerheads in Morgantown, West Virginia. This is there, like in the, in the right by wvu. This is a black dude bouncing. I walk up with my idea of a black eye and I hand it to him and he laughs so hard. He straight up lets me in. That's the only two times I ever use it.
Paige Jen
That's.
Ryan Sickler
He's like, I can't even believe you're rolling up here with this right now. Good, I'll let you. And I was like, thank you so much, dude.
Paige Jen
He's like, the drinks on me.
Ryan Sickler
But you're right. When I first moved here, the first time I moved here, I was. I was 20. I turned 21 in LA before I went back to Maryland and came back again. But my buddy and I, it was right when they made this. No, you could still smoke inside at that time. And we were going to the Rainbow Room and he was one year older than me. He's 21, I'm 20. So we had this whole plan, like he's gonna go in with his legit id and we don't look that dissimilar, I would say. He goes in and I was like, when you're in there, I'll be out here on the sidewalk. Just ask the dude, hey, can I step out to have a cigarette? Because they always said, yeah, you know, but yeah. And then they recognize you're just gonna be right there and come back in. And then when I walk by, I'll say, hey, buddy, you got a cigarette? You go, it's my last one. Just take the pack and you've got your ID tucked in the pack already. That was our swift, right? And then that would happen. Boom, boom, boom. I go around. That's how I would get in at that place. You know, there was always a way.
Paige Jen
Oh, if there's a lie, there's a way.
Ryan Sickler
You never had a full on fake ID though.
Paige Jen
I used a couple friends, you know, but nothing crazy, just the passport sharing at the strip club didn't work because they scan. So they kicked our entire group out when I did that.
Ryan Sickler
Oh, really?
Paige Jen
Yeah, because you know, they scan. Are they the only places that can tell that?
Ryan Sickler
I don't know. That's pretty high tech.
Paige Jen
Yeah. To know that two people have used one thing.
Ryan Sickler
Tell me about this game you used to play.
Paige Jen
Oh, we had a birthday party as kids, as you do, and maybe like sixth grade. And one boy was left at the birthday party, so we just made him sit down on the couch and put a blindfold on him. And there's about 15 girls left because we were all gonna stay the night. And we just lined up and went in a circle and kissed him. And he was just sitting there like. And we would say, guess who's kissing you? And when he would guess the right person, we were pretty stoked. And we did that for probably three hours straight.
Ryan Sickler
Three hours. That kid didn't have any complaints. He told his mom, like, don't come get me.
Paige Jen
He was there after dark. Oh, I have one more story that I didn't.
Ryan Sickler
Oh, let's hear.
Paige Jen
People can see my crotch. One time we called our friend to come over late at night and then the next morning we realized she never showed up. And it's because she rode her bike over and she had a sack with her and it got stuck between the tire and the bike and she flipped over the handlebars and busted out her whole teeth and face and ended up in primary children's hospital. So don't ride a bicycle with a bag swinging.
Ryan Sickler
That one is swinging. It flipped her.
Paige Jen
It can just get caught in that tire and just stop suddenly. So I felt bad for that, you know, cuz I was begging her to come over and then didn't even realize that she didn't make it over. And then she's in the hospital.
Ryan Sickler
Damn. Well, thank you very much for doing this. Promote whatever you'd like again, please.
Paige Jen
Same you heard at the beginning. Paige. Jen, on all platforms I have. I don't even want to say the word on here starts with only. And then I have Instagram, all the apps paged in. Just search them. You can come look at my pubes or whatever.
Ryan Sickler
Find your butthole.
Paige Jen
Yeah. Oh yeah. I spy my little brown eye. I'm gonna try to do that every week.
Ryan Sickler
You put a lot of work into it, so God bless you.
Paige Jen
Hey, good job on this and I'm really proud of you and I'm proud to just be here. And thanks, Paige. And I like your fan base.
Ryan Sickler
Thanks. Keep your tampons in as always. Ryan Sickler on all social media. RyanCickler.com we'll talk to you all next week.
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Podcast Summary: The Wayback #54 | Paige Ginn
Released on January 9, 2025, "The Wayback #54" features host Ryan Sickler engaging in a candid and humorous conversation with guest Paige Ginn. The episode delves into Paige's athletic prowess, family dynamics, memorable high school antics, and personal anecdotes that highlight her resilient and spirited personality. Below is a comprehensive summary capturing the key discussions, insights, and memorable moments from their conversation.
The episode kicks off with Ryan Sickler and Paige Ginn reminiscing about Paige's high school athletic career. Paige, an accomplished multi-sport athlete, shares her experiences and accolades.
Multi-sport Athlete: Paige discusses her involvement in various sports, including basketball, volleyball, softball, and track. “I played basketball, volleyball, softball, track,” she states at [03:04].
Recognition: Highlighting her dedication, Paige reveals she was honored as the Female Athlete of the Year during her junior year. “I got female athlete of the year,” she proudly mentions at [03:14].
Athletic Challenges: Paige recounts an embarrassing yet humorous incident during a basketball game where her tampon fell out due to heavy flow. “I had a big pad on, thankfully, and it was holding it in,” she explains at [04:14]. Ryan humorously adds, “So look at this girl out there running with her tampon all out,” prompting laughter at [04:36].
Transitioning from athletics, Ryan and Paige delve into Paige's upbringing in Utah as one of eight children, exploring the dynamics of her large family and disciplinary approaches.
Large Family: Paige shares insights about growing up in a bustling household. “You're the youngest of eight,” Ryan prompts at [10:02], to which Paige responds, “They divorced when I was Eight,” at [10:06], illustrating the complexities of her family structure.
Parental Discipline: The conversation turns to Paige's parents, particularly her mother's strict disciplinary methods. Paige narrates instances of her mother enforcing rules, such as making the children open and close doors repeatedly or sprinkling pepper in their mouths as punishment. “If you swear, you're getting a little bit of soap in the mouth for sure,” she recounts at [11:03].
Sibling Rivalries: Paige shares a vivid memory of knocking her brother out during a sibling quarrel. “I knocked my brother out one time,” she admits at [06:36], comparing herself humorously to Muhammad Ali.
Paige reminisces about her high school years, highlighting her rebellious side and unforgettable antics.
House Parties: One standout story involves Paige throwing a massive party at her grandparents' log cabin, attended by around a hundred guests. “Probably a hundred people showed up,” she recalls at [14:47]. The aftermath involved significant cleanup, but Paige remains fond of the memories.
Caught in the Act: The pinnacle of her high school mischief occurred when her mother accidentally overheard her describing the wild party over the phone. “She just heard every daughter, am I in her mom's bed?” Paige describes the tense moment at [17:01]. Despite the potential fallout, Paige manages to navigate the situation with honesty.
Paige's stories extend beyond family and school, touching on daring escapades and the occasional mishap.
Mooning Incident: At 18, considering a move to San Diego, Paige shares a bold moment where she mooned a crowd, leading to an unexpected run-in with the police. “I just gave him my real ID and just said, be confident,” she recounts at [21:06], resulting in a night spent in the drunk tank.
Friend’s Accident: Paige narrates a concerning incident involving a friend who had a bike accident due to a sack getting caught in the tire. “She flipped over the handlebars and busted out her whole teeth and face,” she explains at [27:14], emphasizing the importance of safety even in everyday activities.
The dialogue also touches upon cultural identity and personal development, offering deeper glimpses into Paige's character.
Cultural Identity: Paige discusses her multicultural background, mentioning her father's Chinese heritage and the age difference between her parents. “He’s Chinese, so he just has always looked younger,” she shares at [10:34], highlighting the blend of cultures in her upbringing.
Parental Relationships: Differentiating between her parents, Paige elaborates on her father's more lenient approach towards certain behaviors, such as allowing children to swear respectfully, contrasting with her mother's strictness. “He would let us say fuck or whatever,” she notes at [18:33].
Throughout the episode, Ryan and Paige engage in playful banter, sharing lighthearted moments that showcase their camaraderie.
Party Games: Paige reminisces about a quirky party game where girls would kiss a blindfolded boy, turning it into hours of fun. “We did that for probably three hours straight,” she laughs at [26:21].
Social Media Promotions: At the end of their conversation, both Ryan and Paige promote their social media platforms with humorous remarks, adding a playful closure to the episode. Paige jokes, “You can come look at my pubes or whatever,” at [28:24], eliciting laughter from Ryan.
As the episode wraps up, Ryan and Paige exchange heartfelt acknowledgments, reflecting on their shared experiences and mutual respect.
Notable Quotes:
“What are you thinking? That type of beat, you know, he was more strict in those ways.” — Paige Ginn [18:22]
“If you love your phone but not your carrier, just switch to T Mobile.” — T-Mobile Advertiser [00:00] (Note: Advertisements are skipped in the summary)
“I had a heavy flow, so they should have had me on the middle of the game.” — Paige Ginn [03:24]
“He would let us say fuck or whatever.” — Paige Ginn [18:33]
Conclusion: In "The Wayback #54," Ryan Sickler and Paige Ginn traverse through a tapestry of memories, blending humor with heartfelt reflections. Paige's stories of athletic triumphs, family dynamics, high school adventures, and personal growth paint a vivid portrait of resilience and vivacity. The episode serves as a nostalgic journey, offering listeners both laughter and meaningful insights into Paige's life experiences.