Tangentially Speaking With Dr. Christopher Ryan

Dr. Suedfeld is a Holocaust survivor whose research is focused on how people experience extreme, unusual, challenging, and traumatic events and environments -- including arctic explorers, astronauts, and prisoners. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

A bit of a critical look at Adam Curtis's film, Hypernormalisation, and a few totally unqualified responses to listener's emails. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

World-famous Jake and I sit in his kitchen, talking about the importance of dicks and complaining about leaf blowers. And other stuff, too. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

Neil Strauss is the author of 8 bestselling books and was music critic for Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, and the New York Times. We're chilling on his sofa. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

Emails, most of the "should I stay or should I go" variety. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia and author of Trying Not to Try: The Power of Spontaneity, Slingerland has a uniquely informed perspective on the biggest questions we all face. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

I met Georgina on a plane. Long before the seatbelt sign had gone off, I knew I was going to enjoy chatting with her all the way to LA. Getting to know this smart, funny, candid, and quirky woman, the hours flew by. She agreed she'd appear on my podcast a few weeks down the road--once she'd finished shooting a film. I doubted she'd get around to it, but true to her word, she found some time for this wide-ranging conversation about fame, beauty, Hollywood, Australia, and what it's like to make a living pretending to be someone else. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

Wade Davis is an extraordinary guy. He's wandered into nearly every corner of this planet, published a slew of fantastic books (several of which have become films), studied hallucinogenic plants in the Amazon, explored voodoo rituals in Haiti, and tells the best s**t-knife story you'll ever hear.  Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

The tenth episode of Ranting Out My A$$.  Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

Brian is one of the top dogs at Tinder. He invited me to headquarters in Hollywood, where we had this candid chat about technology, business, dating, and the future of all of them. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

This very special episode features Wim Hof (the Iceman) and Dr. Stanley Krippner discussing extraordinary human capacities. Co-hosted by Sam Lawrence and co-released on his podcast: Grow Big Always. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

Darcia Narvaez teaches in the Psychology department at the University of Notre Dame. She's an expert in how human beings raise children in various cultures around the world. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

Academy award nominee, playwright, banjo player, dancer, rabble-rouser, and kick-ass pasta saucer, Josh Fox is a freakin force of nature. Join us as we talk about the state of the world, how Josh became Josh, and how to run a great 4-day party. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

Deia makes documentary films. She has worked with troubled kids in the remote wilderness and walked from Ecuador to the tip of Tierra del Fuego, through the Andes. We recorded this one floating on a pond in northeast Pennsylvania, which makes this one a "pondcast." Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

Adventures with camels, mace, and a special woman in Jaisalmer, India. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

Tyler is a filmmaker, entrepreneur, winner of The Amazing Race, and has walked the length of Japan--then made an award-winning documentary about the experience, called Kintaro Walks Japan. Dude is busy! Plus, he's super smart and funny. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

Simon is a biologist with special interest in birds of prey and marijuana. You'll hear how one led to the other (by way of Zimbabwe). We spent a lovely Dutch afternoon chatting amidst the animals all around us. He is the owner of Serious Seeds, one of the most respected lines in Holland, and originator of famous strains like AK-47, Bubble Gum, Chronic, Kali Mist, and White Russian. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

Wim Hof holds a slew of world records and has done things like climb within spitting distance of the summit of Mount Everest in shorts, run marathons above the arctic circle in shorts and in the Kalahari desert without water, sit in ice water for 90 minutes, swim under icebergs.... You get the picture. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

The inherently fraudulent nature of fame, fortune, and beauty; premature ejaculation; traditional education; the Unabomber, and existential despair. Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

Uber-blogger Mark Manson has a new book coming out called The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, which was inspired by a blog piece he wrote that struck a nerve.  Get full access to Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan at chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe