EP 188 — Christopher Ryan: Sex and Relationships

Spirit Gym with Paul Chek

Paul Chek

Spirituality, Metaphysics, Alternative Health, Personal Development, Holistic Health, Paul Chek, Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Philosophy, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Plant Medicine, Wellness, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 156 minutes

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Paul has talked about Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray and What It Means For Modern Relationships so much since starting his Living 4D podcast series more than three years ago, it was long overdue to check in with the book’s influential author, Christopher Ryan. Chris shares the journey to led him to write Sex at Dawn and describes our very human and complicated relationship with sex in this career-spanning Living 4D conversation. Learn more about Chris' work on his website and so...

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0:00.0	It wasn't sexual. It felt like trust and love and community.
0:07.0	And that was something that struck me so hard and that's why I started thinking about sex at dawn is like wait a minute
0:15.9	we use sex to have babies and to cement one relationship
0:21.8	but what if sex was used in our species to cement the intermingling, interconnected
0:27.8	relationships of an entire hunter-gatherer community?
0:31.6	Which is probably more the truth. Which is the truth. Yeah, that's exactly
0:35.1	where my research was taking me, but then I had this experience that like brought it all
0:39.6	home to me, you know? Welcome to Living 4D with Paul Check.
0:44.0	Today's guest is New York Times best-selling author and speaker, Christopher Ryan.
0:50.0	Chris's work has been translated into over 20 languages and appeared all over, including
0:55.3	Netflix, HBO, MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, NPR, The New York Times, The Times of London, Playboy, The Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, National Geographic, and the Atlantic to name just a few.
1:10.0	Chris has been a featured speaker at TED, SXSW, the Festival of Dangerous Ideas at the Sydney Opera
1:16.7	House, the Portland Comedy Festival, the Einstein Forum in Pottsdam, Germany, and is a frequent
1:22.0	guest on the Joe Roggan experience and many other podcasts.
1:25.7	He's provided expert testimony in a Canadian constitutional hearing,
1:30.1	won a coveted Avian Award for Best Non-sex Performance in Marriage 2.0
1:35.2	and popped up in dozens of documentary films and television shows.
1:38.9	If you enjoy today's episode, please consider leaving us a five-star rating and a warm review at the top of
1:44.6	the show page on Spotify or at the bottom of the show page if you were listening on
1:48.4	Apple Podcast your opinions matter and your ratings help us to grow and help more people to be
1:53.6	healthy find freedom of body and mind and to live their dreams. We hope you enjoy
1:58.3	today's episode with Paul and Chris on Sex and Relationship.
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