Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2017-02-07
Books mentioned on #913 - Christopher Ryan
Christopher Ryan, PhD is a psychologist, speaker, and author of New York Times best seller "Sex At Dawn" and he also hosts a podcast called "Tangentially Speaking" available on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord
At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen is a rich novel that explores the complex cultural and spiritual collisions that occur when American missionaries and mercenaries encounter an indigenous, uncontacted Amazonian tribe.
Recommended“there's a great book called at play in the fields of the Lord by Peter mat I've heard of it I've never read it it's a beautiful book”
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Sex at Dawn
Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá's 'Sex at Dawn' challenges conventional assumptions about human mating systems by arguing that monogamy is a cultural construct rather than an evolutionary imperative.
Discussed“I mean it's not that I don't think your book is great I I thought sex of Dawn was amazing”
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The Vegetarian Myth
Discussed“There's a book called The vegetarian myth you ever read that um yes there's a woman who was a vegan for 20 years”
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Silent Spring
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson is a landmark 1962 environmental science book that documented the devastating ecological damage caused by synthetic pesticides like DDT, sparking the modern environmental movement.
Discussed“and so they're like what are we going to do with this [ __ ] we got to sell this [ __ ] and they were like well we can dilute it and spray it and it'll kill aphids or whatever the problem with pests in the American farming industry but they had all the pile of stuff and Rachel”
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Born to Run
Christopher McDougall's Born to Run is a celebrated exploration of endurance running, human evolution, and the remarkable abilities of the Tarahumara tribe in Mexico.
Discussed“ever read that you know book no but I I do know the premise of it Christoper McDougle”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he wrote a book called One River”