Synopsis
Tangentially Speaking is dedicated to the idea that good conversation is spontaneous, organic, revelatory, and free to go down unexpected paths with unexpected people. Come hang with comics, porn stars, bank robbers, drug smugglers, scientists, authors, and world travelers.
Episodes
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288 - Kelly Brogan (Renegade Psychiatrist)
07/12/2017 Duration: 01h19minKelly Brogan, M.D. is a Manhattan-based holistic women’s health psychiatrist, author of the NY Times Bestselling book, A Mind of Your Own, and co-editor of the landmark textbook, Integrative Therapies for Depression. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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ROMA 26a
04/12/2017 Duration: 27minAn addendum for a guy who's a little worried about traveling for the first time. Advice on how to puke, and why anything that's in our gut is kind of outside our body already. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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287 - ROMA 26
03/12/2017 Duration: 59minAm I an angry aging hippie? Why do we emulate billionaires instead of real geniuses and visionaries? Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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286 - Jude Angelini (Author & Radio Personality)
30/11/2017 Duration: 01h45minJude grew up on the wrong side of the tracks, near Pontiac, Michigan. He tells it like it is. He brings the same no-b******t attitude to his writing, his radio show on Eminem's Sirius XM station (The All-Out Show), and his conversation. Same guy. Same voice. Same authenticity. He's the author of two books, Hyena and Hummingbird. Either one would make a wonderful gift for your mother-in-law. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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285 - Liam and Allison
28/11/2017 Duration: 02h15minMy friends Liam and Allison confronted every parent's worst nightmare when their 8 year-old son fall off a 40-foot cliff, just an arm's length away from them. We talk about how their confrontation with their own helplessness changed their approach to parenting, work, marriage, and ultimately every aspect of their lives. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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284 - ROMA 25
21/11/2017 Duration: 01h05minAnother episode full of nonsensical advice from a totally unqualified source: Is it always a lie to say you'll love someone forever? Are poly relationships possible? How can one become "a writer"? Why do people take advantage of people who allow themselves to be taken advantage of? Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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283 - Tim Scully (Orange Sunshine)
20/11/2017 Duration: 01h57minTim Scully produced millions of hits of very pure LSD known as "Orange Sunshine" in the late 1960s, hoping to save the world. He was eventually sentenced to 20 years in prison for his troubles. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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282 - Asa Akira (Porn Star)
15/11/2017 Duration: 01h44minAsa Akira could be the girl next door -- if you lived next to a super smart, sexy, funny, open-minded, porn star. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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281- ROMA 24
06/11/2017 Duration: 57minListener emails about travel, woman troubles, tipping, letting kink get out of control, and a few other things I can't remember right now. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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280 - Michael Aranda (C-List Internet Celebrity)
02/11/2017 Duration: 01h48minMichael is a musician, vlogger, and strikingly deep thinker. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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279 - Cacilda Jetha
01/11/2017 Duration: 01h35minThis is a special, very personal episode. Cacilda is going to the Amazon in search of new ways to be a "soul doctor" (psychiatrist). Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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278 - Sol Sebastian (What is Masculinity?)
30/10/2017 Duration: 02h13minSol Sebastian leads small groups of men on journeys into the African bush in search of a renewed sense of purpose and meaning in their lives. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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277 - Geoff Dyer (genre-defying author)
26/10/2017 Duration: 01h31minGeoff is the author of four novels: Paris Trance, The Search, The Colour of Memory, and Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi; a critical study of John Berger, Ways of Telling; two collections of essays, Anglo-English Attitudes and Working the Room; and many genre-defying books: But Beautiful, The Missing of the Somme, Out of Sheer Rage, Yoga For People Who Can’t Be Bothered To Do It, The Ongoing Moment, Zona, about Andrei Tarkovsky’s film Stalker, and Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H W Bush. (shamelessly copied from geoffdyer.com) Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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276 - Floating with Duncan Trussell
19/10/2017 Duration: 01h53minDuncan is a stand-up comic, writer, actor, podcast host, and occasional summoner of Satan. He's also one of my best friends. We recorded this shortly after giving the keynote presentation together at the annual float tank conference in Portland, OR. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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275 - Jim Fadiman (Psychedelic Researcher)
14/10/2017 Duration: 01h41minDr. Jim Fadiman is a psychologist and author best known for his pioneering psychedelic research -- most recently concerning micro-dosing of LSD and psilocybin. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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274 -- TOMA 17 (Barcelona/Alaska/Snake)
11/10/2017 Duration: 42minA long-awaited TOMA episode in which lots of worlds interconnect: an apartment in Barcelona, a drunken night in Kenai, and a snake at a water trough in Sicily. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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273 - Neal Brennan (Co-creator of The Chappelle Show)
09/10/2017 Duration: 01h41minNeal is a writer, actor, director, and standup comic. He's been involved in everything from Half Baked to The Chappelle Show to Saturday Night Live to the White House Correspondent's Dinner to The Daily Show. His most recent special, called 3 Mics (Netflix) is a work of true genius. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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272 - Amy Baldwin (Sex Educator)
04/10/2017 Duration: 02h14minAmy Baldwin is a Somatic Sex and Relationship Coach, Certified Sex Educator as well as co-owner of a mother-daughter owned pleasure boutique called Pure Pleasure Shop. Amy has a passion for promoting shame-free, pleasure-focused sexuality education while emphasizing the deep emotional and energetic forces behind great sex and intimate connection, offering everything from how-to workshops to erotic empowerment retreats. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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271 - ROMA 23
26/09/2017 Duration: 01h21minI answer emails about 3-way etiquette, experience vs. thinking, introverts who want to travel, Burning Man, and the Path of Totality. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe
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270 - Hunter Maats
20/09/2017 Duration: 02h11minHunter Maats is an author, scholar, and co-host of the Mixed Mental Arts podcast. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe