Archive - Tangentially Speaking with Chris Ryan

What's Up, Doctopher?

Nov 1 •

October 2025

684 - Gabe Polsky (Filmmaker: The Man Who Saves the World?)

Is it possible that an old guy in California is destined to save the world? It's possible.

Oct 31 •

1:20:24

683 - Before the Dawn, with Riley Morton (Part 4 of 4)

In this last episode of the series, Riley Morton and I talk about the period beginning when I chose to write about prehistoric human sexuality in…

Oct 30 •

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Words that mean both what they mean and the opposite of what they mean. Early days of learning Spanish and the psychological repercussions of not…

Oct 26 •

1:02:35

681 - Tom Murphy (Part II)

Tom Murphy is a recovering astrophysicist. After spending the first part of his life learning the language of physics and mathematics, Tom started…

Oct 20 •

680 - Before the Dawn (Part III of IV)

This one gets very personal.

Oct 13 •

What the hell is going on?

Oct 4 •

678 - Tom Murphy (Recovering Astrophysicist)

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…

Oct 1 •

September 2025

677 - Lloyd Kahn, in Crestone

Lloyd is one of the most curious, delighted, resilient people I’ve ever known.

Sep 24 •

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The Sadness of the Symbol

In early 2010, I was one of thousands of English teachers in Barcelona. By mid-summer, I was the co-author of a very controversial New York Times…

Sep 23 •

Listen now (62 mins) | How was Charlie Kirk the same as the people who hated him most?

Sep 18 •

With Rick Beato

I stumbled upon this video of a conversation I had with Rick Beato a few years ago.

Sep 17 •

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