Christopher Ryan

Christopher Ryan is an American author best known for co-authoring “Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships” with Cacilda Jethá, a New York Times best-selling book. Chris Ryan’s work has been featured in numerous publications, including Netflix, HBO, MSNBC, NPR, The New York Times, The Times of London, Fox News, CNN, Playboy, The Washington Post, Time, National Geographic, Newsweek, and The Atlantic. Chris has appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience, the Duncan Trussell Family Hour, and many other podcasts, and has spoken at SXSW, The Festival of Dangerous Ideas at the Sydney Opera House, TED Talks, the Portland Comedy Festival, and the Einstein Forum in Pottsdam, Germany. With Marriage 2.0, he got an AVN award for Best Non-Sex Performance. He has appeared in a number of documentaries and TV series.

“Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress,” Ryan’s 2019 book, explores the price of progress and whether civilization has been a benefit to our species. When he’s not writing best-selling novels, Ryan broadcasts a weekly podcast called “Tangentially Speaking,” which he frequently records while on the road in his van, Scarlett Jovansson. Conversations with comics, bank robbers, drug smugglers, porn stars, authors, and others are included on the podcast. You may also keep up with Christopher Ryan on Instagram, where he has over 40 thousand followers and fans.