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Every book Christopher Ryan recommended on podcasts
Christopher Ryan appears as a podcast guest discussing various books and intellectual concepts, particularly on The Joe Rogan Experience. Throughout his appearances, Ryan engages with literature exploring cultural behavior, historical narratives, and human nature. He discusses Dan Flores's work in Coyote America, highlighting it as a fascinating book focused on coyotes. Ryan also examines Marvin Harris's Cultural Materialism, referencing how cultures respond to their environments and how societies reflect ecological contexts. Additionally, Ryan discusses Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, describing it as a beautiful and interesting book that chronicles the final chapter of different Native American tribes in North America. Furthermore, Ryan addresses his own publication, Sex at Dawn, co-authored with Cacilda Jetha, noting how readers often react to the book very emotionally. His reading interests span human anthropology, evolutionary psychology, cultural history, and environmental interactions, demonstrating a deep engagement with works that analyze societal structures, historical injustices, and the biological and cultural foundations of human behavior across different eras and environments.
Books recommended by Christopher Ryan
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Coyote America
Coyote America by Dan Flores is a comprehensive exploration of the natural history, biology, and enduring presence of coyotes across North America.
Recommended“dan Flores is a fascinating guy he wrote a book a great book on coyotes called coyote America”
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown is a history of the American West told from the perspective of Native Americans, detailing the systematic displacement, broken treaties, and violence inflicted upon Indigenous populations by the United States government.
Discussed“they were ready bury my heart at Wounded Knee no I don't think I did that's a beautiful book it's a really interesting book about the sort of final chapter of different tribes in North America”
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Cultural Materialism
Cultural Materialism by Marvin Harris is an anthropological work that examines how social life, institutions, and cultural practices are shaped by environmental constraints, infrastructure, and technological adaptations.
Discussed“it's also interesting to look at how the culture reflects the environment yes right Marvin Harris wrote about this cultural materialism how how a culture responds to an environment”
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Sex at Dawn
Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha is an evolutionary anthropology book that challenges traditional assumptions about human monogamy by arguing that our prehistoric ancestors practiced a more fluid, polyamorous form of mating.
Discussed“I think people react to sex at dawn very emotionally right”
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Books Christopher Ryan wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1099 - Christopher Ryan | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2018-04-03 | 4 |
Other mentions (12: passing, ad reads, own books)
“There's a there's an anecdote that is in this book civilized to death notice that segue”
“There's a there's an anecdote that is in this book civilized to death Notice that segue”
“And then we were gonna do a movie together and whatever and then his wife like took the book away from him do you remember oh yeah yeah yeah yeah”
“I actually told this book the story at the beginning of sex at dawn I was with my girlfriend at the time”
“I actually told this book the story at the beginning of sex at dawn I was with my girlfriend at the time”
“it's one of its it covers a lot of the same ground that I cover in civilized to death actually I quote him in civilized to death”
“you ever read call of the wild Jack London yeah”
“and his first books called the natural mind that he wrote the marriage of the Sun and the moon”
“and his first books called the natural mind that he wrote the marriage of the Sun and the moon”
“and his first books called the natural mind that he wrote the marriage of the Sun and the moon”
“then a book called from chocolate to morphine these are all like stretch”
“tangentially reading it's out now anybody can get it everywhere”