RYAN LEFEBVRE: The Shame Of Me - Part 1 (EP 26)

The Papa Ron Podcast

Kansas City Royals Radio/TV broadcaster, Ryan Lefebvre joins Jillian Gregg and I in studio for a quick (by Papa Ron Podcast standards) conversation about Ryan's journey in life. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation but if I'm being honest, I was bummed following the end of the episode because we didn't have nearly enough time to discuss everything. Ryan began his career as a MLB broadcaster at the young age of 24 with the Minnesota Twins. At the age of 28, he joined the broadcast team of the Kansas City Royals with Denny Matthews & Joel Goldberg. During that time he has also been partnered with Paul Splittorff, Frank White, Fred White, Jeff Montgomery, Rex Hudler & Steve Physioc. In this episode, Ryan discusses how he got into broadcasting, after a successful college baseball career at the University of Minnesota. Upon arriving to the Royals, he's endured a number of transitions. He shares in-depth about his relationship with Denny, Fred and Rex and the relationship (that turned ugly) between the Royals and Frank White. With little time left in the episode, Ryan discusses his internal struggle with depression and anxiety in 2005 and how he was able to overcome with a renewed walk in his Christian faith. Because we were unable to cover everything we wanted to discuss before Ryan had to leave to pick up his kids, we are already planning a follow-up episode with Ryan in mid January. Watch this episode on Spotify or YouTube. If you can't watch, you can also listen on Apple, Amazon, Google, Castbox or iHeart Radio. And finally, THANK YOU for watching/listening! Please do us a favor and help us spread the word about The Papa Ron Podcast. As promoted in this episode, here is the YouTube link to Ryan's story told in front of his church called Journey in Lee's Summit. The story begins around the 24:55 mark: https://youtu.be/xgCOVYwVZgM Here's an Amazon link to Ryan's book called, "The Shame of Me": https://www.amazon.com/Shame-Mans-Journey-Depression-Back/dp/0984113029/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XXAYSGQDYC4X&keywords=the+shame+of+me&qid=1671206028&sprefix=the+shame+of+me%2Caps%2C138&sr=8-1 https://paparonradio.com Follow The Papa Ron Podcast on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok: @paparonpodcast https://www.mlb.com/royals https://www.domaresolutions.com https://www.heartlandwaterfowl.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paparonpodcast/support