Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

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673 - Student Loan Justice (Alan Collinge) Aug 30, 2025

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Alan Collinge is the founder of StudentLoanJustice.Org, author of The Student Loan Scam: The Most Oppressive Debt in U.S. History and How We Can Fight Back.

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672 - ROMA 92 Aug 24, 2025

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Are we (am I) “stuck in honoring the context of the social media platform,” that is podcasting? Is there a way not to be trapped in playing the commercial game? Did Joe and Duncan sell out, or did their platforms just capture them? I discuss some of the accusations leveled in “Comedy Jonestown” and Marc Maron’s recent appearance on Pod Save America.

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670 - Mike Gross Aug 14, 2025

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Mike just finished his stint in the army and is celebrating by riding a bicycle from El Paso to Canada. He passed by Crestone recently, and we sat down to get to know each other. Pull up a chair and join us!

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669 - ROMA 91 Aug 12, 2025

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More blathering. This time, talking about:

— Epstein and how fame/power/money distort one’s sense of the possible/permissible;

— The joys of watching the Little League playoffs;

— A friend’s hard fall. Here’s the link to give Charles some love.

668 - Before the Dawn, Part II (with Riley Morton) Aug 04, 2025

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My friend Riley Morton and I sat down for about six hours over two days and he picked my brain about who I am, who I’ve been, and the experiences and ideas that formed the foundation for what eventually became a book called Sex at Dawn. This is the second of a four-part series.

667 - ROMA 90 Aug 03, 2025

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It’s the back to school episode! Do you feel like the year begins at the end of summer? Can anyone really be helped (or just supported in helping themselves)? A study showing how we find what we expect to find. Some thoughts on budgeting energy and attention and learning how to invest both more…

666 - Kevin Russell Returns (AI/The Future) Jul 29, 2025

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Kevin is my go-to guy when I have questions about AI, cutting edge technologies, and crypto currencies. But he’s not just some freakishly smart super-nerd; he thinks of these seemingly cut and dry issues with all the juiciness of mythology, Jungian archetypes, and a deep appreciation of world history.

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665 - Remembering Uncle Dan (with my cousin David Carr) Jul 25, 2025

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Our uncle Dan was a huge influence on both of us, albeit in very different ways. For Dave, Dan was a surrogate father figure who helped guide him through adolescence. For me, Dan was more of a kindred spirit, and our friendship mostly happened in the last decade or so of his life. When we combine our memories, we get a more complete understanding of the man. (How did I not know he loved jazz?)

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664 - Road ROMA (89 & Budokon Recap) Jul 13, 2025

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We were camping at the Tom Thorn/Beth Williams Wildlife Habitat Management Area in southern Wyoming when we recorded this, yesterday. It’s raw. It’s real. Maybe you can hear the birds chirping. Anya and I recap the retreat and give some thoughts about being on the road.

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663 - Erik Rittenberry (Poetic Outlaws) Jul 07, 2025

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Erik’s is the brain behind one of my favorite accounts on Substack, Poetic Outlaws. If I were a woman, I’d be chasing guys like him: smart, tough, adventurous, well-read, sensitive, funny, talented, and way more humble than a guy like that has any right to be. He writes beautifully, takes great photos, has impeccable taste in literature.

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