Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

Chris Ryan

Episodes 744
Avg. Duration 1h 30m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.8 (2,052)
Since Oct 2012
Latest Episode Jun 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
51%
Hosting
api.substack.com

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About This Podcast

Tangentially Speaking is dedicated to the idea that good conversation is organic, uncensored, revelatory, and free to go down unexpected paths with unconventional people.

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Recent Episodes

728 - ROMA 110

Jun 06, 2026 2m

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comIs Graham Platner the Trump of the left? Could there even be a Trump of the left? Are the pitchforks about to come…

726 - Mehran Seyed Emami (Iranian therapist)

Jun 03, 2026 1h 22m

Mehran Seyed Emami is an Iranian therapist, podcaster, and founder of Ravannama (Persian Psychedelic Society), a community focused on psychedelic education, awareness, and harm reduction for Farsi…

Chris and Anya Live

May 28, 2026 1h 13m

Thank you Bejinha, Midwest Timecapsules, John Climenhaga, david price, Ryan Hichens, and many others for tuning into this live video with Anya Kaats! Join us for our next live video in the app. Check…

725 - ROMA 109

May 21, 2026 2m

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comWhat are some of the potential unintended positive consequences of this shitstorm we’re all living through in 2026?…

724 - Ryan Norbauer (Retro-futurist)

May 19, 2026 1h 51m

Ryan is an aspiring underachiever. He’s worked for NASA, planned and conducted his own scientific research at the CDC, and served as a foreign affairs analyst/speechwriter in the British Parliament;…

723 - AROMA 11

May 14, 2026 2m

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comWe respond to a listener's question about our own addictive behaviors and addiction in general. How to engage with…

722 - Guustaaf Damave (AI Expert)

May 05, 2026 1h 13m

Guustaaf Damave is a Dutch technologist and writer based in Taiwan. He has been writing a weekly newsletter about AI, culture, and the future since 2023. You can read it at guustaaf.substack.com. He…

720 - Daniele Bolelli

Apr 27, 2026 1h 34m

Author, historian, professor, podcaster, father, partner, son, funny and smart dude. Daniele is a man of many dimensions. We just bullshit for an hour or so, but I’d like to think it’s Grade A Prime…

719 - AROMA 10 (Revolutionary Bath)

Apr 24, 2026 2m

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comIs violence ever justified? Is structural violence different from interpersonal? What about violence against…

718 - ROMA 107

Apr 18, 2026 4m

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comConspiracies and collapse. Felt the lightning. Waiting on the thunder.

717 - ROMA 106

Apr 15, 2026 35m

The QWERTY keyboard and its resonance with cognitive and behavioral assumptions we all carry within us that are designed around conditions that no longer exist. And other stuff. This is a public…

716 - AROMA 9

Apr 11, 2026 2m

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.comOn this AROMA, we answer a listener’s question about whether non-monogamy is an expression of a desire for…

715 - Baja Andy Bellerby

Apr 08, 2026 1h 38m

Andy grew up in the UK, but a series of events led him to drop his life there fly off to a place where he knew no one (although he was born there). As you’ll hear, that gutsy decision paid off very…

714 - AROMA 8: Home Again

Apr 05, 2026 2m

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 tenth Bombay Beach Biennale, our arrival back in…

713 - Jesse Bering on The Incredible Afterlives of Dr. Stevenson

Apr 03, 2026 1h 7m

Jesse Bering is an award-winning science writer specializing in evolutionary psychology and human behaviour. He is the author of The Incredible Afterlives of Dr. Stevenson, about the world's leading…

712 - Peter Michael Bauer (Experimental Anthropologist -- Rewilding Expert)

Apr 01, 2026 1h 17m

Peter Michael Bauer is an internationally known leader in the cultural rewilding movement. For over 20 years he has written and taught about rewilding. He has served as an expert source in multiple…

711 - Tao Ruspoli (Film Director: The Dulcinée Dialectic)

Mar 23, 2026 1h 21m

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 bring him back into our party again (for the fourth…

710 - Ryley Newport (Smart young dude on a path with heart)

Mar 19, 2026 1h 1m

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 respect Nick felt for his friend. And then fate…

709 - AROMA 7

Mar 13, 2026 2m

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 campfire on the beach. We talk about education, the…

708 - AROMA 6 (from the Palapa)

Mar 10, 2026 2m

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 Away from Omelas,” by Ursula K. LeGuin. Is there any…

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