Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

By Christopher Ryan

Society & Culture Arts

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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 porn stars, comedians, bank robbers, drug smugglers, health gurus, scientists, authors, world travelers, and an Italian prince or two.

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437 - Kyle Creek, aka "The ...

09.14.2020

Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. Too bad it’s usually boring as sh*t. Enter Kyle Creek, aka "The Captain," the ultimate storyteller who brings history to life (and to your life) in this hilarious, intelligent, brutally ...

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09.14.2020 437 - Kyle Creek, aka "The Captain" (Fcking History) Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. Too bad it’s usually boring as sht. Enter Kyle Creek, aka "The Captain," the ultimate storyteller who brings history to life (and to your life) in this hilarious, intelligent, brutally ...
09.12.2020 436 - Beth Ryan (My Sister, Stepping Forward LA) Beth Ryan, my younger sister, resides in Los Angeles. She attended college in Boston and worked for two start-up computer companies. Wanting to get a better work-life balance, she took a year off and traveled around the world. This trip ...
09.06.2020 435 - Julie Ryan (My Mom) Julie Carr married my dad, Frank Ryan in 1960, and had me two years later. My sister, Beth, was born four years after that. While raising us, she worked as a teacher in Middle and High Schools and in various ...
09.01.2020 434 - Monk Yun Rou (Daoist Monk/Martial Artist/Author) Daoist Monk Yun Rou (his name means Soft Cloud) has been called the new Alan Watts for his Daoist teachings and the zen Gabriel Garcia-Marquez for his works of magical realism set in China. Born Arthur Rosenfeld in New York ...
08.24.2020 433 - Callie Russell (Modern Nomad - Contestant on "Alone") Callie is the original bada$$. She spends months at a time alone in the wilderness with her goats, living off the land. She was among the last three people on this season's "Alone," on the History Channel, lasting 89 days ...
08.10.2020 432 - Andrew Couch (Vanlifer/Monkey Tooth Podcast) Andrew has been a pal since he showed up in Topanga in the same van I drive (2006 Dodge Sprinter), with a cool little mutt named Pele and a plan to drive from Alaska to Chile. He and his wife, ...
08.07.2020 431 - J.R. Martinez (Wounded Vet, Actor, Dancer) J.R. Martinez is a burn survivor (over 40% of his body) and Army veteran who, after many surgeries and months of healing, went on to win Dancing with the Stars, become a New York Times best-selling author, star in the ...
08.05.2020 430 - ROMA 37 I've been falling behind on the ROMAs, so here's a mega-ROMA. Lotsa music, lotsa my dumb opinions on things like toilet paper, camp chairs, sexual communication, the Me Too movement, and how to have a good time on a sinking ...
08.03.2020 429 - Anya Kaats (A Millennial's Guide to Saving the World podcast) Anya Kaats hosts A Millennial's Guide to Saving the World podcast, and co-hosts Whore Rapport, with Erin Ginder-Shaw. Anya consistently challenges her listeners to reconsider what's really going on within discussions of gender, power, sexuality, spirituality, regenerative agriculture, trauma, grief ...
07.18.2020 428 - Kyle Thiermann in CO (Podcaster/Big Wave SurferWriter/) I guess when you grow up surfing waves taller than the trees that tower over your house, you learn to be careful. Kyle is one of the most deliberate, thoughtful, open-hearted dudes I know. He makes as many mistakes as ...
07.06.2020 427 - Diana Rodgers (Sacred Cow) Diana Rodgers, RD, is a “real food” nutritionist and writer living on a working organic farm. She runs a clinical nutrition practice, hosts the Sustainable Dish Podcast, and speaks internationally about human nutrition, sustainability, animal welfare and social justice.
07.05.2020 426 - Fabian Dittrich (Adventurer, Lifeaholic, Digital Nomad) Fabian has been around. A bout with malaria in Congo somehow led to a high-pressure job in Silicon Valley which somehow led to running a company from a Range Rover while bumping through African backroads. He's now teaching free-diving in ...
06.29.2020 425 - Ben Horton (Adventure Photographer/TV Host) Ben is a National Geographic Explorer, adventurer, and an amazing photographer.
06.19.2020 424 - Dacher Keltner (Psychology Researcher/Author) Dacher Keltner is a professor of psychology at University of California, Berkeley, where he directs the Berkeley Social Interaction Lab. He is also the founder and faculty director of the Greater Good Science Center. and host of the podcast The ...
06.12.2020 423 - Dan Doty (Evryman) Dan Doty, is an EVRYMAN co-founder and former director of cult hit TV show MeatEater. His many media appearances include multiple segments on the Joe Rogan Experience and Today Show, always sharing that today to be a man means to ...
06.03.2020 422 - Theo Rossi (Actor/Podcast Host) Theo Rossi is an American actor, producer, and podcast host (THEOry). He's best known for his portrayal of Juan Carlos "Juice" Ortiz on the FX series Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014). He is also known for his portrayal of Hernan "Shades" ...
05.29.2020 421 - Krystal Ball (Political Pundit/Author) Together with Saagar Enjeti, Krystal Ball co-hosts Rising, a show featuring sharp political analysis seemingly free of commercial bias. Ball has worked for over a decade as a political consultant, analyst, and journalist -- having appeared on MSNBC, Real Time ...
05.18.2020 420 - Rick Beato (What Makes This Song Great?) Rick Beato is a multi-instrumentalist, music teacher, producer, dad to Layla and Dylan, and host to three deaf animals (2 dogs and a cat). His YouTube show (What Makes This Song Great?) is the best guide to the magic and ...
05.10.2020 419 - Winston Sterzel & Matthew Tye (China YouTubers) Matt and Winston lived in China for years, learning to speak the language, love the people, and distrust the government. Their insights are surprising and fascinating.
05.04.2020 418 - WMTBG? "What You Can't Say," by Paul Graham A reading and discussion of "What You Can't Say," a very powerful essay by Paul Graham, that shows the importance of tolerating thoughts and statements that may be "offensive," "inappropriate," and/or "heretical." More importantly, Graham shows how to find wisdom ...
04.28.2020 417 - Bryan Callen (Comedian, Actor, Podcaster, Bon Vivant) Bryan Callen is an American actor, comedian, and podcaster. He's also a very smart guy.
04.19.2020 416 - WMTBG? - Cat Person (Part II) My discussion of "Cat Person," by Kristen Roupenian. The story offers a subtle, nuanced look at power, eroticism, and the confusion that often results when a man and a woman try (and fail) to understand each other, taking us inside ...
04.19.2020 415 - (WMTBG?) Cat Person - by Kristen Roupenian "Cat Person" offers a subtle, nuanced look at power, eroticism, and the confusion that often results when a man and a woman try (and fail) to understand each other, taking us inside the heads of people who are together -- ...
04.14.2020 414 - (Icey) Mike Imber (Reality Kings & Kimbo Slice's Manager) Mike had a tennis scholarship to college, but things went a different way. Within a few years, he was helping to run Reality Kings, one of the biggest Internet porn companies in the world, and managing the career of Kimbo ...
04.03.2020 413 - WMTBG? (The Liar, by Tobias Wolff) This first episode of What Makes This Book Great (WMTBG) features "The Liar," one of my favorite short stories, by Tobias Wolff.
03.29.2020 412 - ROMA 36 (COVID 1) Unhinged opening rant from the good people at Profit-Driven Pharmaceuticals, followed by a lot of nonsense and good tunes.
03.18.2020 411 - Eli Marienthal (Back to Earth) Eli and his buddy, Jesse, run Back to Earth, an organization created to take groups of boys and young men into the wilderness for ten days and nights. What happens is powerful, magical, and utterly natural.
03.09.2020 410 - Jody Armour (Race, Justice, Law) Jody Armour teaches law at USC, but don't think this dude is some dry, boring, law professor type. Hell no. Jody's father taught himself law in prison and Jodi struggled to get where he is today. There's no chance of ...
02.27.2020 409 - Zofia (Motorcycle Adventurer) I caught up with Zofia in Patong, Phuket (Thailand), along her journey from Poland on her motorcycle. She's a fascinating woman, who's been riding bikes -- with and without motors -- all over the world for years. Her courage and ...
02.09.2020 408 - Richard Bandy (Near Death or Death?) Richard survived the surgery -- or did he? When he regained consciousness, his memory was wiped clea Nothing remained of his life before that day. No memory of his wife, children, friends ... nothing. His life was effectively over, but ...
01.27.2020 407 - Georgy Gusev (Cellist Extraordinaire) Georgy Gusev is a graduate of the famed Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory and Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He performs at major music festivals and events around the world. He does things with a cello that are unimaginable ...
01.20.2020 406 - Tom Sewell and Tao Ruspoli (80 Years of Finding Beauty in Unexpected Places) Tom Sewell is a multi-media artist, designer, photographer, filmmaker, sculptor, environmental visionary; self-proclaimed "Master of mischief, maker of dreams". (From Tom's site.)
01.10.2020 405 - Matt Holloway and Michelle Davis (Thug Kitchen) Matt Holloway and Michelle Davis put the thuggery into Thug Kitchen, a multi-media empire built around the idea of eating like you give a f*ck and writing like you don't. These two came from nowhere with nothing but a great ...
01.05.2020 404 - Michael Trainer (Peak Mind Podcast) Michael Trainer is a traveler, thinker, and innovator. One of the co-creators of Global Citizen, Michael hosts a podcast called Peak Mind.
12.26.2019 402 - ROMA 35 (From Chiang Mai, Thailand) Thoughts on returning to Chiang Mai 30 years after my first visit. Why it's hard to be young. How long should we linger when we travel? Why do people say such nasty shit online? Thoughts on ambition.
12.22.2019 402 - Ramesh Srinivasan (Technology's Effects on Politics, Economics, and Culture) Ramesh's most recent book, Beyond the Valley (MIT press), explores the the relationships between new technologies and our political, economic, and social lives.
12.02.2019 401 - ROMA 34 What's the word for your ex-wife's husband, who you love more than a brother? How is "never enough" different from "never too much?"
11.25.2019 400 - Simon Rex (Nervous Rex Podcast) Simon Rex is utterly unique. Actor, fashion model, MTV personality, rapper, social media star, intellectual, spiritual seeker, goofball, #vanlifer.... There's nobody like him -- or even similar. No category broad enough to contain him or his unlikely career. He's my ...
11.18.2019 399 - Jon and Cassie Walker (Formerly of Panic! at the Disco) Jon and Cassie met in high school. Jon played guitar and wrote some songs. One day, he was invited to join a band. That band blew up, and the next thing he knew, he was on stage before tens of ...
11.04.2019 398 - Akshay Nanavati (Fearvana) Akshay is an extraordinary guy living an extraordinary life. He's battled his own demons, searched for IEDs in Iraq, dragged a sled across Greenland, climbed mountains, and sat in total darkness for 7 days and nights. These experiences and others ...
10.13.2019 397 - Mike Brancatelli (Mikeadelic Podcast) For 3 1/2 Years, Mike was the co-host of the popular libertarian podcast, Part Of The Problem with stand up comic & Fox News regular Dave Smith. He now hosts his own podcast called Mikeadelic, which focuses on the benefits ...
10.07.2019 Video ROMA 1 Soundtrack to the first video ROMA for supporters of the podcast who donate via my new site.
09.30.2019 395 - Shawn Dinkel (Therapist: Male Rage) Shawn is a deeply thoughtful man who helps other men confront and tame their demons. He's worked with addiction and men who have been abusive to themselves and the people around them.
09.23.2019 394 - Doreen Stokes (Africa Guide) Doreen is a surfer who lives in Montana. She's planted over a million trees, and guides trips to Africa. My kinda woman!
09.10.2019 393 - Jeff Shapiro (Base Jumper/Wingsuit Flyer) Jeff is one of those seemingly insane guys who jump off cliffs thousands off feet high -- either in a wingsuit or with a parachute. His thoughtful, calm demeanor presents an interesting contrast to the realms of sheer terror he's ...
09.02.2019 392 - Daniel (Former Marine/SWAT member) After over a decade carrying a gun (first with the Marines in Iraq and then as a member of a SWAT team), Daniel is now living off the grid in Idaho with his family, starting a different kind of life. ...
08.29.2019 391 - Lierre Keith (The Vegetarian Myth) Lierre spent twenty years refining and restricting her diet in search of better health -- but her health was getting worse, not better. Finally, a doctor told her she'd die if she didn't eat animal-derived foods. This led to a ...
08.22.2019 390 - Tony Perrottet (Sex Lives of Fidel and Che) Tony Perrottet is a journalist and author fascinated by the area where history and sexuality overlap. His latest book, Cuba Libre, includes lots of new material on the sexual lives of Fidel, Che, and the other characters (including many women) ...
08.21.2019 389 - ROMA 33 What is toxic love? What do words mean?
08.13.2019 388 - Kevin Russell (Former TechnoOptimist) Kevin is one of the smartest, most thoughtful people you’ve never met. His 15 minutes of fame came when he and his daughter were featured on a TV show, focusing on his technique of helping her overcome fear by balancing ...

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