Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan
Episodes
714 - AROMA 8: Home Again
05 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comIn which we talk about our last days in LA, our impressions of the...
713 - Jesse Bering on The Incredible Afterlives of Dr. Stevenson
03 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Bering is an award-winning science writer specializing in evolutionary psychology and human behaviour. He is the author of The Incredible Afterl...
Peter Michael Bauer (Experimental Anthropologist -- Rewilding Expert)
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Michael Bauer is an internationally known leader in the cultural rewilding movement. For over 20 years he has written and taught about rewilding...
711 - Tao Ruspoli (Film Director: The Dulcinée Dialectic)
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tao is a magical man, living a magical life. Film director, musician, philosopher, bon-vivant, and all-around lovely human being. I’m thrilled to br...
710 - Ryley Newport (Smart young dude on a path with heart)
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
I got an email from a guy named Nick, who suggested I might like to meet his buddy, Ryley, who happened to be in Baja. I could sense the love and resp...
709 - AROMA 7
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comProbably our last AROMA from Baja. This one comes to you from a ca...
708 - AROMA 6 (from the Palapa)
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comIn this one we talk about our reactions to “The Ones Who Walk Aw...
Live with Chris and Anya in Santa Inés, Baja.
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We figure out the framing a minute in. Thank you Nickalas Chisari, Bob Goldsmith, Dustin Fenster, Devin McManus, Raymundo Ortiz, and many others for t...
707 - Barbara Lindoerfer
08 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara, Anya’s grandmother, has lived a full life of 91 years and going strong. She’s lived all over the world, raised two sons, studied Jungian ...
706 - AROMA 5 (Los Cerritos)
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comUpdates on our Mexico travels, my attempts to master the flip-flop...
704 - AROMA 4 (from Los Barriles, Baja Sur)
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comWe respond to questions from listeners about therapy, whether sham...
703 - AROMA 3
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings from the lagoon in the oasis town of San Ignacio, Baja Sur, Mexico. We talk about our (maybe) upcoming retreat this summer in Montana, answe...
702 - AROMA 2 (From Culver City, CA)
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comI tell my Peter Attia story and we explore the nature of evil on E...
700 - Goldie Mariola (Death Doula/Earthship Captain)
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
One of the best things about Crestone is that it attracts people like Goldie. She came here to build an Earthship with her partner, Matt, and everyone...
699 - James Meacham (Ethicist, Philosopher, former Minister)
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this wide-ranging conversation, we talk about James’ journey from ministry to technology, the importance of critical thinking and humility, the r...
698 - ROMA 105
25 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comLooking for silver linings of very dark clouds. Muss es sein? Es m...
697 - ROMA 104
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comWhat is the connection (if any) between football, musicals, dancin...
696 - ROMA 103
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comThis one gets dark at the beginning. Could this Epstein/Trump stuf...
695 - Liam (Evolving Love Podcast)
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Liam and his wife, Abbey have been together for over thirteen years and have been consensually non-monogamous for eleven of those years. Their podcast...
694 - ROMA 102
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comListener voice memos. Am I a good mentor? If “the medium is the ...
693 - ROMA 101
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comWill 2026 be the end of the beginning of the end or the beginning ...
692 - Ed Dupas (Singer/Songwriter)
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Dupas is an Americana artist with a knack for crafting songs that stick with you — songs that balance grit and vulnerability while cutting to the...
691 - ROMA 100
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comDoes peak experience ruin normal experience?Why not just run ads?H...
690 - Jef Taylor (Editor, Producer, and Filmmaker)
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jef Taylor has worked in politics, advertising, and independent filmmaking. His podcast is called onefjef, and you can find on any platform or at onef...
689 - ROMA 99
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comTopics: How is a plate of peas a key to a life well-lived? A few p...
ROMA 98
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comA recent health scare. What do I miss about living in Europe? Wher...
687 - Adam Skolnick (Author of American Tiger)
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Adam is a well-known author, journalist, and podcaster. He’s covered travel, adventure sports, human rights and the environment for many outlets. He...
686 - ROMA 97
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comDoes raging against the machine serve as a distraction from trying...
685 - Kyle Thiermann, author of One Last Question Before You Go
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An award-winning journalist, pro big wave surfer, and podcast host with more than four hundred episodes, Kyle Thiermann is a good friend and long-time...
684 - Gabe Polsky (Filmmaker: The Man Who Saves the World?)
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This one happened fast. A week ago, a publicist reached out to ask if I’d possibly be interested in helping to promote a documentary about a guy (a ...
683 - Before the Dawn, with Riley Morton (Part 4 of 4)
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comIn this last episode of the series, Riley Morton and I talk about ...
682 - ROMA 96
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comWords that mean both what they mean and the opposite of what they ...
681 - Tom Murphy (Part II)
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Murphy is a recovering astrophysicist. After spending the first part of his life learning the language of physics and mathematics, Tom started hea...
680 - Before the Dawn (Part III of IV)
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comThis one gets very personal. Riley and I talk about how my own ero...
679 - ROMA 95
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comWhat the hell is going on? Why does the mainstream narrative seem ...
678 - Tom Murphy (Recovering Astrophysicist)
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tom is a fascinating man. He’s shot lasers at the moon and measured their reflection. After studying astrophysics at Cal Tech he taught at UCSD for ...
677 - Lloyd Kahn, in Crestone
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lloyd is one of the most curious, delighted, resilient people I’ve ever known. In his ninety years, he’s been a father, husband, builder, publishe...
676 - ROMA 94
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comHow was Charlie Kirk the same as the people who hated him most? Wh...
675 - ROMA 93
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comWhat happens to famous people who get lost in their own show and g...
674 - Dan Blumstein (Author: The Nature of Fear)
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Blumstein and I explore the multifaceted nature of fear, its evolutionary significance, and its impact on both human and animal behavior. The conv...
673 - Student Loan Justice (Alan Collinge)
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Alan Collinge is the founder of StudentLoanJustice.Org, author of The Student Loan Scam: The Most Oppressive Debt in U.S. History and How We Can Fight...
672 - ROMA 92
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are we (am I) “stuck in honoring the context of the social media platform,” that is podcasting? Is there a way not to be trapped in playing the co...
670 - Mike Gross
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mike just finished his stint in the army and is celebrating by riding a bicycle from El Paso to Canada. He passed by Crestone recently, and we sat dow...
669 - ROMA 91
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comMore blathering. This time, talking about: — Epstein and how fam...
668 - Before the Dawn, Part II (with Riley Morton)
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comMy friend Riley Morton and I sat down for about six hours over two...
667 - ROMA 90
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comIt’s the back to school episode! Do you feel like the year begin...
666 - Kevin Russell Returns (AI/The Future)
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin is my go-to guy when I have questions about AI, cutting edge technologies, and crypto currencies. But he’s not just some freakishly smart supe...
665 - Remembering Uncle Dan (with my cousin David Carr)
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our uncle Dan was a huge influence on both of us, albeit in very different ways. For Dave, Dan was a surrogate father figure who helped guide him thro...
664 - Road ROMA (89 & Budokon Recap)
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We were camping at the Tom Thorn/Beth Williams Wildlife Habitat Management Area in southern Wyoming when we recorded this, yesterday. It’s raw. It’...
663 - Erik Rittenberry (Poetic Outlaws)
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erik’s is the brain behind one of my favorite accounts on Substack, Poetic Outlaws. If I were a woman, I’d be chasing guys like him: smart, tough,...
662 - Mark Sisson (Author of Born to Walk)
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Sisson is widely regarded as the founding father of the ancestral health movement. His number-one-ranked blog and Primal Health Coach Institute h...
661 - Manvir Singh (Author of Shamanism: The Timeless Religion)
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Manvir is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of California, Davis. He holds a bachelor’s degree in human biology from Brown Un...
660 - Eric Czuleger
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Czuleger is an author and geopolitical analyst who has lived, worked, and traveled through 47 countries including conflict zones like Iraq, Leban...
659 - ROMA 87
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comSome of the topics discussed include the fact that I was an illega...
658 - ROMA 86
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comLet’s get into it! Issues discussed include: Scott Galloway on t...
657 - Josh Chandler (Security Specialist)
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone should have a friend like Josh. Solid dude who knows how things work on both sides of the law. This is a public episode. If you'd like to di...
656 - ROMA 85
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comOn principled thinking vs tactical thinking. Is AI coming to “sa...
655 - ROMA 84
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comIn which I rip Fareed Zakaria a (new) new one, talk about the abje...
654 - David Daniel
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David was raised in a conservative Christian reality that he eventually came to question, without questioning his love and respect for the people arou...
653 -Jeff Maurer (Comic/Writer)
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Mauer is the brains behind I Might Be Wrong, here on Substack. He was head writer for Last Week Tonight, with John Oliver and before that, wrote ...
652 - Adam Aronovich (Healing from Healing)
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When I first came across his Instagram account, I assumed he was a comedian of some sort, as he is so deft at taking the piss out of the New Age, Sham...
651 - Becoming Uncivilized (with Anya and Nadia)
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anya and Nadia have helped lead our retreats in Montana for the past few years. In this conversation, we talk about the different kinds of movement th...
650 - Rambling ROMA 3 (For Allene)
13 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Intro music “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range. “Tear,” by Red Hot Chili Peppers. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss ...
649 - Allene Evans - "Guardian of a Free and Just Society" (Crestone Series)
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Allene would never describe herself in such grand terms, but the fact is that she’s spent a long career in law working hard to defend and promote th...
Live with Daniel Pinchbeck
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you Daniele Bolelli, Douglas Rushkoff, Jesse Damiani, Michael Scarmack, and many others for tuning into my live video with Daniel Pinchbeck! Joi...
646 - Erin Ginder-Shaw (Depth Psychology)
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Erin is closing in on her PhD in Depth Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute. We’ve been very close since 1/1/16 and she’s one of my all-time ...
Giving this a spin
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you Nikita Petrov, Lacey Delayne, Dr Doug, Andrew Ramos, Eamon Cullen, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live v...
645 - Walking ROMA
30 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comIn this, the first walking ROMA episode, I ramble: Our world is ru...
644 - David Nance (My 14 year-old first cousin once removed)
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You know those kids — toddlers, even — where you see the fully-formed person in their eyes? That’s how this guy has always been for me. He was c...
643 - Before the Dawn, Part I (with Riley Morton)
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comMy friend Riley Morton is a film-maker, documentarian, world trave...
642 - ROMA 83
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Does Trump have the wrong answers to the right questions? It feels like things are falling apart, but have they been falling apart for a long time? Ho...
641 - Simon Rex in Laurel Canyon
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Simon first came on the scene as an MTV personality, then starred in the Scary Movie franchise, appeared in a slew of TV shows, and toured the world a...
640 - Learning to Fly (with Uncle Dan)
23 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My uncle Dan died on February 13th, my birthday. Here’s a look back at his life and mine. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this wi...
639 - Vincenzo Barney (Cormac McCarthy and Sudden Fame)
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Young guy writes a Substack piece about his favorite author, Cormac McCarthy. It gets a few reads, and turns out that one of those readers knows old C...
638 - ROMA 82
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comA few of the questions I ponder in this one: How can we distinguis...
637 - ROMA 81
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comWhat does it mean to be a “consenting adult?” (Thoughts on the...
636 - Theo Von (Reboot of Ep 342)
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This conversation was originally recorded in September, 2018, when Theo was famous, but not yet FAMOUS. We talked about his recent trip to China, whet...
635 - Chewing the Fat with Cameron Shayne
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comCameron has been studying and sharing martial arts, yoga and mobil...
634 - Peter Anderson (Author/Poet/Mountain Man)
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comPete and I entertain a few questions and we talk by the fire. Amon...
633 - ROMA 80 (Part 2)
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comSome stuff I didn’t get to yesterday. Who was inside Aubrey Plaz...
632 - ROMA 80
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comA few of the issues stumbled over: The complicated ethics of reven...
631 - ROMA 79
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.com— Responses to comments on the Wim Hof thing.— Is football lik...
630 - ROMA 78
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comMeet me in the kitchen! Anger vs gratitude. The perverse appetite ...
629 - Nikki Glaser (Reboot)
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This was originally episode 122, recorded in Portland, OR, in April, 2015. This conversation is about as uninhibited as they come. We bounce from shi...
628 - Aaron Rivera
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I met Aaron at the Budokon retreat this summer, and I was immediately impressed by his candor, kindness, and the depth of his intellect. Then, when I ...
627 - ROMA 77
02 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comTry to fix this old house again, or should we burn it down and sta...
626 - Deborah Eden Tull (After the Storm)
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Deborah and her husband lost everything but their lives and each other when Hurricane Helene washed away their house a few weeks ago. Deborah’s expe...
625 - Art Goodtimes (Poet, Activist, Groovy Elder)
20 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Retired in 2016 after five terms as Colorado’s only Green Party county commissioner, Art Goodtimes has worked as a newspaper editor and he had a 40+...
624 - ROMA 76
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm back. Thanks for your love and support over these past few difficult weeks.Intro music “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range. “Into th...
623 - Cameron Shayne (Part II)
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comThis is a continuation of my (I hope) never-ending conversation wi...
Ancient Roots of Modern Politics (Audio)
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comThis is the “director’s cut” of the article I posted a few d...
622 - Andrew Gold (Heretics)
19 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comAndrew Gold is an investigative journalist, podcaster and filmmake...
621 - Shawn Kubli (Immunologist/Cancer Researcher)
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comShawn Kubli is an American immunologist and surfer, currently land...
620 - ROMA 75
10 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comGender controversies at the Olympics. What is a woman? How pronoun...
619 - Cameron Shayne (Martial Arts Expert & Awesome Dude)
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comCameron Shayne is considered the father of the Mixed Movement Arts...
618 - ROMA 74
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comA bit about how 2024 is like 1934 and the appeal of MAGA is like t...
617 - Abbey and Liam (Evolving Love Project)
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comAbbey and Liam have been married for over a decade, and have been ...
616 - Mark Jacobi (Crestone Elders)
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark is a good dude who has lived a good life. You can see it in his face. Not a life without challenge or disappointment, but a life of meaning and p...
615 - Charlie Hart (Naughty Bits)
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In an age where we’re told to always strive for efficiency, monetization, and TOTAL OPTIMIZATION, doing something purely for the fuck of it becomes ...
614 - Michael Garfield (Paleontologist-Futurist)
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Paleontologist-Futurist Michael Garfield is devoted to helping navigate our age of accelerating weirdness and helping cultivate the curiosity and p...