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#628: Q&A with Tim — Revisiting 15+ Years of PR and Marketing Lessons, Time Dilation for Deep Relaxation, The Art of Setting Ultra-High Prices, The Low-Information Diet, Studying Animal Communication, My 3-Day Fasting Protocol, Tools for Handling Adversity, Selling to the Affluent, My Current Coffee and Alcohol Rules, Risk Mitigation, and Much More from 2022-10-11T17:22:01
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Listen#627: Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase — The Art of Relentless Focus, Preparing for Full-Contact Entrepreneurship, Critical Forks in the Path, Handling Haters, The Wisdom of Paul Graham, Epigenetic Reprogramming, and Much More from 2022-10-08T00:40:57
Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase — The Art of Relentless Focus, Preparing for Full-Contact Entrepreneurship, Critical Forks in the Path, Handling Haters, The Wisdom of Paul Graham, Epige...
Listen#626: Insights from Tara Brach, Ryan Holiday, Maria Popova, and Cal Newport from 2022-10-05T23:08:17
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#625: Dr. John Krystal — All Things Ketamine, The Most Comprehensive Podcast Episode Ever from 2022-09-29T23:00
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#335: The Life Lessons and Success Habits of Four Presidents — Doris Kearns Goodwin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Doris Kearns Goodwin (@DorisKGoodwin) is a biographer, historian, and political commentator who found her curiosity about leadership sparked more than half century ago as a professor at Harvard. He...
Listen#80: Thomas Edison's Formula for Greatness from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is intended to help you with unexpected problems that will crop up this week. My guest is Ryan Holiday, who became Director of Marketing at American Apparel at age 21 (!). He’s a beast...
Listen#334: Drew Houston — The Billionaire Founder of Dropbox from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Write an interesting story, not a perfect story." — Drew Houston Drew Houston (@DrewHouston) is co-founder and CEO of Dropbox. Since founding the company in 2007 with Arash Ferdowsi, Drew has led...
Listen#79: Chris Sacca on Being Different and Making Billions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Fuck it... I'm just not going to play this traditionally anymore." - Chris Sacca Chris Sacca was recently the cover story of the "Midas Issue" of Forbes Magazine. The reason: He is a newly-minted ...
Listen#333: Random Show — Fasting, Biohacking, and Tony Robbins from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Serial entrepreneur, world-class investor, eagle scout, and all around wild and crazy guy Kevin Rose (@KevinRose), rejoins me for another episode of The Random Show. We discuss Kevin’s new diet obs...
Listen#78: How to Build a Large Audience from Scratch (and More) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, I answer questions submitted by you all. 50% of this episode is spent explaining how -- if I had to start over today -- I would build an audience from scratch. For the movie picks ...
Listen#332: Coach George Raveling — A Legend on Sports, Business, and The Great Game of Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Coach George Raveling (@GeorgeRaveling) is an 80-year-old living legend and Nike's former Director of International Basketball. Coach Raveling was the first African American head basketball coach i...
Listen#77: What Do Google X, Medicine, and Great Relationships Have In Common? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Astro Teller is a computer scientist and entrepreneur who currently oversees Google[x], Google's moonshot factory. Dr. Danielle Teller is a physician specializing in intensive care and lung med...
Listen#331: Ann Miura-Ko — The Path from Shyness to World-Class Debater and Investor from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ann Miura-Ko (@annimaniac) has been called "the most powerful woman in startups" by Forbes and is a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Stanford. The child of a rocket scientist at NASA, Ann is a Palo ...
Listen#76: Rick Rubin, The Seclusive Zen Master from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rick Rubin has been called "the most important [music] producer of the last 20 years" by MTV. Rick is also revered as something of a Zen master across industries, and he is as deep as he is soft-sp...
Listen#330: The Return of Drunk Dialing Q&A: How to Ask Better Questions, Take Better Risks, and More! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is a rare exception to the rule — unlike my usual long-form interviews, this is a drunk-dialing Q&A with you guys, which I’ve done a few times in the last few years, including for ...
Listen#75: Tools and Tricks from the #30 Employee at Facebook from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Noah Kagan was #30 at Facebook, #4 at Mint.com, and is the Chief Sumo (founder) at SumoMe, which offers free tools to help grow website traffic. To keep things extra spicy, he's become a taco conno...
Listen#329: Jason Fried — How to Live Life on Your Own Terms from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jason Fried (@jasonfried) is the co-founder and CEO at Basecamp, and the co-author of Rework, Remote: Office Not Required, and Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful We...
Listen#74: How a Computer Hacker Optimizes Online Dating, Opens Locked Cars, and Hijacks Drones from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Samy Kamkar is one of the most innovative and notorious computer hackers in the United States. He’s also a well-known whistleblower. If you want how Samy hacks everything from online dating to car ...
Listen#328: How to Say “No” Gracefully and Uncommit from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode of The Tim Ferriss Show showcases two chapters from Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown (@GregoryMcKeown), one of my favorite books of the past few years. Th...
Listen#73: A Chess Prodigy on Mastering Martial Arts, Chess, and Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Josh Waitzkin was the basis for the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer. This episode is DEEP, in the best way possible. Considered a chess prodigy, he has perfected learning strategies that...
Listen#327: Aisha Tyler — How to Use Pain, Comedy, and Practice for Creativity from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aisha Tyler (@aishatyler on Twitter, Instagram, and Vimeo) is an award-winning director, actor, comedian, bestselling author, podcaster, and activist. She’s amazing. If you enjoyed my episodes with...
Listen#72: Triple H on Pre-Fight Rituals, Injury Avoidance, and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Why would I be wound up? I'm either ready, or I'm not. Worrying about it right now ain't gonna change a damn thing." - Floyd Mayweather, Jr. just before a fight, as recalled by Paul Levesque [34:2...
Listen#326: Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn, Brian Chesky of Airbnb, and How to Scale to 100M+ Users from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"In order to scale, you have to do things that don't scale." — Reid Hoffman This episode is a showcase from Masters of Scale, one of the few podcasts I recommend repeatedly to entrepreneurs. It's ...
Listen#71: The Master Creator - How Jon Favreau Went from Swingers to Elf to Ironman to Chef from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jon Favreau (@Jon_Favreau) is a man of many talents. He burst onto the acting scene with his role in Rudy. He first established himself as a writer with the iconic cult hit Swingers, in which he ...
Listen#325: Lessons from Richard Branson, Tony Robbins, Ray Dalio, and Other Icons from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This particular episode of The Tim Ferriss Radio Hour explores success, a slippery and dangerous term if ever there was one. The particular guests selected for this episode represent not only achie...
Listen#70: How to Earn Your Freedom from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This short episode is composed of two essays on "lifestyle," world travel, practical philosophies, and much more. Disclaimer: These might make you quit your job... even if you're the boss. I'm not ...
Listen#324: Cal Fussman Corners Tim Ferriss from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I’ve interviewed legendary storyteller Cal Fussman (@calfussman) on this show before (here and here), but this time, the roles are reversed, and he interviews me! If you are not yet familiar with ...
Listen#69: Inside the Mind of Glenn Beck Is...Walt Disney and Orson Welles? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The goal of this blog and my podcast is to push you outside of your comfort zone and force you to question assumptions. This why I invite divergent thinkers and world-class performers who often dis...
Listen#323: Tim Ferriss Goes to Maximum Security Prison from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this podcast, I had the rare opportunity to interview three men in Level 4 maximum security at Kern Valley State Prison. There was no time to do homework on any of them, so I crossed my fingers ...
Listen#68: Lazy: A Manifesto (15 Min) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This 15-minute episode is experimental, and it might just change your life. I suspect many of you will listen to it on an ongoing weekly basis, and that's precisely what I plan to do. It's a wonder...
Listen#322: Adam Robinson — Outflanking and Outsmarting the Competition from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where I share the habits, tools and patterns of world-class performers. This special short episode features insights from Adam Robinson (@IAmAdam...
ListenEp 67: Amanda Palmer on How to Fight, Meditate, and Make Good Art from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Amanda Palmer first came to prominence as one half of the internationally acclaimed punk cabaret duo The Dresden Dolls. She is widely known as “The Social Media Queen of Rock-N-Roll” for her intima...
Listen#321: Brandon Stanton — The Story of Humans of New York and 25M+ Fans from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brandon Stanton (@humansofny) is the photographer behind Humans of New York. He attended the University of Georgia and worked as a bond trader in Chicago before moving to New York to pursue photogr...
ListenEp 66: The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide - Risks, Micro-Dosing, Ibogaine, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
DISCLAIMER: DO NOT CONSUME ANY DRUGS WITHOUT CONSULTING A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.JAMES FADIMAN, Ph.D., did his undergraduate work at Harvard and his graduate ...
Listen#320: The Art of Hospitality: An Interview With Entrepreneur and Hotelier Liz Lambert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Liz Lambert (@thelizlambert) first purchased a seedy motel on South Congress Avenue 23 years ago, and she transformed it into Hotel San José, which has become known today as the quintessential "Aus...
ListenEp 65: Supplements, Blood Tests, and Near-Death Experiences (Dr. Peter Attia) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a much anticipated follow-up discussion with Dr. Peter Attia. Peter is the co-founder and current president of the Nutritional Science Initiatives (NuSI). He is also an ultra-endurance athl...
Listen#319: How to Succeed in High-Stress Situations from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“A good person dyes events with his own color…and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.” - Seneca From the outside looking in, the last several weeks have been disaster after disaster for me:...
ListenEp 64: CrossFit's Good, Bad, and Ugly from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode delves into the good, the bad, and the ugly of all things CrossFit, straight from a world-class CrossFit coach. It answers many important questions, including: -What are the 3 most dan...
Listen#318: One-Person Businesses That Make $1M+ Per Year from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This podcast episode of The Tim Ferriss Show is coming up on the 11th anniversary of my first book, The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich. While there are parts writ...
ListenEp 63: Hedge Funds, Investing, and Optimizing Lifestyle (Mark Hart, Raoul Pal) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is an experimental episode. It's a roundtable discussion with two hedge fund experts: Mark Hart and Raoul Pal. It digs into investment, physical training, and more -- all as tools for improvin...
Listen#317: Steve Jurvetson — The Midas Touch and Mind-Bending Futures from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Steve Jurvetson (@jurvetson) is an early-stage venture capitalist with a focus on founder-led, mission-driven companies at the cutting edge of disruptive technology and new industry formation. Stev...
ListenEp 62: The EDM Cinderella - How The Glitch Mob Exploded from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Justin Boreta is a founding member of The Glitch Mob. Their music has been featured in movies like Sin City II, Edge of Tomorrow, Captain America, and Spiderman. In this episode, we discuss The Gli...
Listen#316: Whitney Wolfe Herd — Founder and CEO of Bumble from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Whitney Wolfe Herd (@whitwolfeherd) is the founder and CEO of Bumble, one of the fastest-growing social networking apps in the world. She launched Bumble in 2014 as the only dating platform where w...
ListenEp 61: The Benevolent Dictator of the Internet, Matt Mullenweg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Matt Mullenweg has been named one of PC World’s Top 50 People on the Web, Inc.com’s 30 under 30, and Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the Web. In this episode, I attempt to get him dru...
Listen#315: Lessons Learned Traveling The World from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode explores travel, and I'll take the partial credit or blame in advance, as it might want to make you quit your job and head off to the airport with a backpack. I have interviewed some ...
ListenEp 60: Tim Ferriss Interviews Arnold Schwarzenegger on Psychological Warfare (And Much More) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, I interview the one and only Arnold Schwarzenegger... at his kitchen table. We dig into lessons learned, routines, favorite books, and much more, including many stories that I've n...
Listen#314: Cindy Eckert (formerly Whitehead) — How to Sell Your Company For One Billion Dollars from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cindy Eckert (formerly Whitehead) (@cindypinkceo) is an entrepreneur with 1.5 billion dollars in exits who currently serves as the founder and CEO of The Pink Ceiling, an investment firm and consul...
ListenArnold Schwarzenegger Teaser from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a short excerpt from the full 1+ hour interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger, which is going live after the Super Bowl. The full episode will be available on iTunes, and you won't want to mis...
Listen#313: Michael Pollan — Exploring The New Science of Psychedelics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This might be the most important podcast episode I've put out in the last two years. Please trust me and give it a full listen. It will surprise you, perhaps shock you, and definitely make you thin...
ListenEp 59: How to Create a Blockbuster Podcast (Part 2) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
(Part 2 of 2) How do you create a blockbuster podcast? This episode explores the tips, tricks, and best practices of a master. My guest is Alex Blumberg, who cut his teeth on the king of all radio ...
Listen#312: Joseph Gordon-Levitt — Actor, Filmmaker, and Entrepreneur from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (@hitRECordJoe) is an actor whose career spans three decades, and ranges from television (3rd Rock from the Sun) to arthouse (Mysterious Skin, Brick) to multiplex (Inception, 5...
ListenEp 58: How to Create a Blockbuster Podcast (Part 1) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
How do you create a blockbuster podcast? This episode explores the tips, tricks, and best practices of a master. My guest is Alex Blumberg, who cut his teeth on the king of all radio shows (This Am...
Listen#311: Nick Thompson -- Editor-In-Chief of WIRED from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nick Thompson (@nxthompson) is the editor-in-chief of WIRED. Under his leadership, Wired has launched a successful paywall, a Snapchat channel, and an AMP Stories edition; it has also been nominate...
ListenEp 57: Pavel Tsatsouline Answers Your 15 Most Popular Exercise Questions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
By popular demand, this is a follow-up episode with Pavel Tsatsouline, a world-class strength coach. In this ep, he answers your 15 most popular questions, as voted on by nearly 1,000 of you. Show ...
Listen#310: Hurry Up and Fail -- Tim Kennedy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyMMA) is a former UFC middleweight contender who simultaneously served in the US Army as a Green Beret sniper and had tours in both Afghanistan and Iraq. He is a three-time w...
ListenEp 56: How to Think Like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Peter Diamandis has been named one of “The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders" by Fortune Magazine. You asked for an entire episode with him, so here it is! The subject is simple: How to think big, an...
Listen#309: Astro Teller, CEO of X - How to Think 10x Bigger from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a very short, roughly 10-minute, episode. It explains how to 10x your thinking and your goals, or -- put another way -- how to escape incremental thinking and think truly BIG. I loved it so...
ListenEp 55: The Science of Strength and Simplicity with Pavel Tsatsouline from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode was a real treat. It was one of the most enlightening and lucid conversations about physical training I've ever had. Show notes and links from this episode can be found here. Pavel Tsa...
Listen#308: Inside Out with Katie Couric from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Katie Couric (IG: @katiecouric) is an award-winning journalist, New York Times bestselling author, and co-founder of the non-profit Stand Up to Cancer, which has raised more than $500 million to fu...
ListenEp 54: The Promises and Perils of the Microbiome - Dr. Jonathan Eisen and Jessica Richman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
By popular demand, an entire episode dedicated to exploring the microbiome! Are you really 90% bacteria and 10% human? How can you manage or optimize your own microbiome? Should we do fecal-matter ...
Listen#307: Karlie Kloss - Entrepreneur and Supermodel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Karlie Kloss (IG: @karliekloss) is an entrepreneur and supermodel who was discovered at a local charity fashion show at age 13 and has been modeling professionally ever since. Karlie has walked fo...
ListenEp 53: Ed Cooke (Part 2), Grandmaster of Memory, on Mental Performance, Imagination, and Productive Mischief from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Part 2 of 2... Ed Cooke is a dear friend and a Grandmaster of Memory. In 2010, he was interviewed by a journalist named Joshua Foer. Under Ed's Yoda-like training, Joshua became the very next Ameri...
Listen#306: Discipline, Sex, Psychedelics, and More — The Return of Drunk Dialing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is a rare exception to the rule -- unlike my usual long-form interviews, this is a drunk-dialing Q&A with you guys, which I’ve done a few times in the last few years, including for...
ListenEp 52: Ed Cooke, Grandmaster of Memory, on Mental Performance, Imagination, and Productive Mischief from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ed Cooke is a dear friend and a Grandmaster of Memory. In 2010, he was interviewed by a journalist named Joshua Foer. Under Ed's Yoda-like training, Joshua became the very next American Memory Cham...
Listen#305: Daniel Pink — How to Make Better Decisions and Be More Creative from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This podcast explores how to make better decisions, ask better questions, and be more creative. The stories range from escapes to India and speechwriting for Al Gore, to writing bestselling books a...
ListenEp 51: Tim Answers 10 More Popular Questions from Listeners from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a short episode of around 30 minutes. In it, I answer your 10 most popular questions, determined by 3,000+ votes.Please let me know on Twitter what you think of this episode! @tferriss Woul...
Listen#304: How to Prioritize Your Life and Make Time for What Matters from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Debbie Millman (@debbiemillman) was named by Graphic Design USA as "one of the most influential designers working today." She is also the founder and host of Design Matters, the world's first and l...
ListenEp 50: Dr. Peter Attia on Ultra-Endurance, Drinking Jet Fuel, Human Foie Gras, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Peter Attia, MD, is the President and co-Founder of the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI). He is an ultra-endurance athlete, compulsive self-experimenter, and one of the most fascinating human be...
Listen#303: How to Do Crazy Good Turns -- Frank Blake from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Frank Blake (@frankblake) served as chairman and CEO of The Home Depot from January 2007 to May 2014, and then as chairman through January of 2015. He previously served as deputy secretary for the ...
ListenEp 49: Tim Answers Your 10 Most Popular Questions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a short episode of around 30 minutes. In it, I answer your top 10 most popular questions, as voted on by nearly 7,000 readers. Please let me know on Twitter what you think of this episode! ...
Listen#302: Own the Day, Own Your Life - Aubrey Marcus from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Aubrey Marcus (IG: @aubreymarcus) is the founder and CEO of Onnit, a lifestyle brand based on a holistic health philosophy he calls Total Human Optimization. Onnit is an Inc. 500 company and an ind...
ListenEp 48: Marc Goodman, FBI Futurist, on High-Tech Crime and How to Protect Yourself from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Marc Goodman has been Resident Futurist for the FBI and a senior adviser to Interpol. He is also author of the much anticipated Future Crimes. In this episode, we'll go deep into the digital underg...
Listen#301: Joe Gebbia – Co-Founder of Airbnb from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joe Gebbia (@jgebbia) is a designer, entrepreneur, and global explorer. He is the co-founder and CPO of Airbnb, which has changed the way the world travels and how people connect in more than 190 c...
ListenEp 47: Bryan Callen on Eating Corgis (Yes, The Dogs) and Improving Creativity from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bryan Callen is a prolific actor and world-class standup comic. He's appeared on shows including Entourage, Law & Order, CSI, Sex and the City, Oz, and others. He also travels the globe perform...
Listen#300: Jack Kornfield - Finding Freedom, Love, and Joy in the Present from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jack Kornfield (@JackKornfield) trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India, and Burma, shortly thereafter becoming one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness pr...
ListenEp 46: Hating Tech, Hidden Japanese Gems, Sexual Awkwardness, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a special edition of The Tim Ferriss Show -- an audio version of The Random Show with my friend Kevin Rose (serial founder, Google Ventures). The last few episodes have been rather serious,...
Listen#299: How to Secure Financial Freedom, Maximize Productivity, and Protect Your Health from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, I answer the most up-voted questions from subscribers to 5-Bullet Friday, the free newsletter I send out every week. In this Q&A, I reveal:The top five health markers I check ...
ListenEp 45: Nick Ganju on The Majesty of Ping Pong, Poker, and How to Write Hit Songs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, I talk to my old friend Nick Ganju about ping pong, poker, hit songs, and tackling my most feared subject: math. He makes the complex seem simple, which is a rare gift. Nick is the...
Listen#298: Dr. Gabor Mate - New Paradigms, Ayahuasca, and Redefining Addiction from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Gabor Maté (@DrGaborMate) is a physician who specializes in neurology, psychiatry, and psychology. He's well known for studying and treating addiction. Dr. Maté has written several books, incl...
ListenEp 44: How to Avoid Decision Fatigue (<20 Min) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a short "inbetween-isode" of <20 minutes in length. All the longer interviews and episodes can be found at www.fourhourworkweek.com/podcast, and please let me know what you think on Twit...
Listen#297: Bob Metcalfe — The Man (and Lessons) Behind Ethernet, Metcalfe’s Law, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bob Metcalfe (@BobMetcalfe) is an MIT-Harvard-trained engineer-entrepreneur who became an Internet pioneer in 1970, invented Ethernet in 1973, and founded 3Com Corporation in 1979. About 1.2B Ether...
ListenEp 43: Margaret Cho on Comedy, Bisexuality, and The Slow-Carb Diet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Margaret Cho is a polymath. She is an internationally acclaimed comic, actress, author, fashion designer and singer-songwriter. Perhaps you've seen her on the big screen, or in TV series such as Se...
Listen#296: How to Build Popular Podcasts and Blogs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Many of you have asked me how I have built a popular blog and podcast. I've contemplated writing a long post about this, and then Mari Takahashi (@atomicmari) -- a successful ballerina, gamer, and ...
ListenEp 42: Rolf Potts (Part 2) on Travel Tactics, Creating Time Wealth, and Lateral Thinking from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Part 2 of 2 "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Rolf Potts Rolf Potts is the author of Vagabonding (hear the audio book sample here), one of my favorite books of all-time. It was ...
Listen#295: The 4-Hour Workweek Revisited from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
My first book, The 4-Hour Workweek, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. Thousands of you have asked me how I would update it today -- and many have asked why I haven't updated it since 2009. ...
ListenEp 41: Rolf Potts on Travel Tactics, Creating Time Wealth, and Lateral Thinking from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Rolf Potts Rolf Potts is the author of Vagabonding (hear the audio book sample here), one of my favorite books of all-time. It was one of just ...
Listen#294: Best Investments, Bad Advice to Avoid, and Other Life Lessons from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode sets a new record with five guests -- each considered among the best in their field. It features Adam Robinson (@IAmAdamRobinson), Debbie Millman (@debbiemillman), Neil Strauss (@neils...
ListenEp 40: Andrew Zimmern on Simple Cooking Tricks, Developing TV, and Addiction from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrew Zimmern is a world-class chef, television host and producer, writer, and -- at the end of the day -- teacher. You've probably seen his shows Bizarre Foods and Dining with Death. In 2010 and ...
Listen#293: Catherine Hoke — The Master of Second Chances from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Catherine Hoke (@catherine_hoke) is the founder of Defy Ventures, a national nonprofit organization that "transforms the hustle" of currently and formerly incarcerated people. Defy's vision is to e...
ListenEp 39: Maria Popova on Writing, Work Arounds, and Building BrainPickings.org from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is sponsored by 99Designs and ExOfficio.Maria Popova has written for amazing outlets like The Atlantic and The New York Times, but I find her most amazing project to be BrainPickings.o...
Listen#292: Lessons and Warnings from Successful Risk Takers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a special episode of the podcast, which features three guests: author Soman Chainani (@SomanChainani), author Susan Cain (@susancain), and East Rock Capital co-founder and investor Graham D...
ListenEp 38: Tony Robbins (Part 2) on Morning Routines, Peak Performance, and Mastering Money from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Part 2 of 2. Tony Robbins is the world's most famous performance coach. He's advised everyone from Bill Clinton to Serena Williams, and from Leonardo DiCaprio to Oprah (who calls him "superhuman")....
Listen#291: Overcoming, Managing, and Using Fear from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Welcome to another edition of The Tim Ferriss Radio Hour, where I share the habits and patterns of world-class performers revealed over nearly 300 interviews. In this episode, we'll explore fear. ...
ListenEp 37: Tony Robbins on Morning Routines, Peak Performance, and Mastering Money from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Part 1 of 2.Tony Robbins is the world's most famous performance coach. He's advised everyone from Bill Clinton to Serena Williams, and from Leonardo DiCaprio to Oprah (who calls him "superhuman"). ...
Listen#290: Gretchen Rubin — Experiments in Happiness and Creativity from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gretchen Rubin is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Four Tendencies, Better Than Before, The Happiness Project, and Happier at Home. She has an enormous read...
ListenEp 36: Alexis Ohanian on Y Combinator, Getting Punched, and Picking Winners from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Alexis Ohanian is best known for being: - On the Forbes "30 under 30" list multiple times (then he turned 30)- A co-founder of reddit and hipmunk- In the very first class of Y Combinator, arguably ...
Listen#289: How to Handle Information Overwhelm (and Social Media) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
After reading Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors, many of you have asked me how I process all of the information I receive. This episode will help you manage information overwhelm, recommend a f...
ListenEp 35: Tony Robbins and Peter Diamandis (XPRIZE) on the Magic of Thinking BIG from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This conversation talks about doing HUGE things -- how do you even get started? How did Tony and Peter get started? Be sure to also check out the Global Learning XPRIZE at http://www.xprize.org TON...
Listen#288: Lessons from Bozoma Saint John -- From Spike Lee to Uber, From Ghana to Silicon Valley from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bozoma Saint John (@badassboz) is the Chief Brand Officer at Uber. Until June 2017, she was a marketing executive at Apple Music after joining the company in its acquisition of Beats Music. In 201...
ListenEp 34: Ramit Sethi (Part 2) on Persuasion, Negotiation, and Turning a Blog Into a Multi-Million-Dollar Business from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is Part 2 of a two-part interview.Ramit Sethi built his personal finance blog up to 500,000+ readers per month (http://www.ramitsethi.com), and has since turned it into a revenue generating mo...
Listen#287: Terry Crews — How to Have, Do, and Be All You Want from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Terry Crews (@terrycrews) is an actor and former NFL player (Los Angeles Rams, San Diego Chargers, Washington Redskins, and Philadelphia Eagles). His wide-ranging credits include the original viral...
ListenEp 33: Ramit Sethi on Persuasion, Negotiation, and Turning a Blog Into a Multi-Million-Dollar Business from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ramit Sethi built his personal finance blog (ramitsethi.com) up to 500,000+ readers per month, and has since turned it into a revenue generating monster. I don't use that phrasing lightly. In this ...
Listen#286: The Man Who Taught Me How to Invest from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mike Maples, Jr. (@m2jr) is the man who taught me how to invest. He's one of my favorite people and a personal mentor. He is a partner at Floodgate, a venture capital firm that specializes in micr...
ListenEp 32: Tracy DiNunzio (Part 3), Founder of Tradesy, on Rapid Growth and Rapid Learning from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Part 3 of 3.Tracy DiNunzio is a killer. She's the self-taught founder and CEO of Tradesy.com, which has taken off like a rocket ship. She's raised $13 million from investors including Richard Brans...
Listen#285: Preserving Human Life, Battling the Busy Trap, and How to Stay Focused -- M. Sanjayan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
M. Sanjayan (@msanjayan) is a global conservation scientist specializing in how nature preserves and enhances human life. He serves as CEO for Conservation International, having joined CI in 2014 a...
ListenEp 31: Tracy DiNunzio (Part 2), Founder of Tradesy, on Rapid Growth and Rapid Learning from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Part 2 of 3.Tracy DiNunzio is a killer. She's the self-taught founder and CEO of Tradesy.com, which has taken off like a rocket ship. She's raised $13 million from investors including Richard Brans...
Listen#284: The Answers to My Favorite Questions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is an unusual episode. Instead of the typical interview format where I ask other people questions, I did what thousands of you have requested; I answered the 11 questions that are the foundati...
ListenEp 30: Tracy DiNunzio, Founder of Tradesy, on High-Velocity Growth and Tactics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tracy DiNunzio is a killer. She's the self-taught founder and CEO of Tradesy.com, which has taken off like a rocket ship. She's raised $13 million from investors including Richard Branson, Kleiner ...
Listen#473: Naval Ravikant on Happiness, Reducing Anxiety, Crypto Stablecoins, and Crypto Strategy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
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Listen#283: Managing Procrastination, Predicting the Future, and Finding Happiness - Tim Urban from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) is the author of the blog Wait But Why and has become one of the Internet's most popular writers. According to Fast Company, Tim has "captured a level of reader engagement t...
ListenEp 29: What I Learned Losing a Million Dollars, with Author Brendan Moynihan from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brendan Moynihan is a Managing Director at Marketfield Asset Management ($20 billion of assets under management). Mr. Moynihan is also the Senior Advisor to the Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg News, a...
Listen#472: Books I've Loved — Debbie Millman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Books I've Loved — Debbie Millman | Brought to you by Audible. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types...
Listen#282: How to Say No from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a special episode of the podcast. In writing Tribe of Mentors, I reached out to many people to be featured in the book. More than 130 people said yes -- but many others said no. This episod...
ListenEp 28: Peter Thiel, Billionaire Investor and Company Creator on Investing, Business, and Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Peter Thiel has been involved with some of the most dynamic companies to emerge from Silicon Valley in the past decade, both as a founder and investor. He is well known as the first outside investo...
Listen#471: Adam Grant — How to Remember Anything from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Adam Grant — How to Remember Anything | Brought to you by "5-Bullet Friday" Please enjoy this special episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, featuring the superhuman Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant) and his po...
Listen#281: Stewart Brand - The Polymath of Polymaths from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stewart Brand (@stewartbrand) is the president of The Long Now Foundation, established to foster long-term thinking and responsibility. He leads a project called Revive & Restore, which seeks t...
ListenEp 27: Kevin Kelly (Part 3) - WIRED Co-Founder, Polymath, Most Interesting Man In The World? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is Part 3 of a 3-part interview with Kevin Kelly.Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine, which he co-founded in 1993. He also co-founded the All Species Foundation, a non-profit aime...
Listen#470: Steven Rinella on Hunting (And Why You Should Care), Reconnecting with Nature, Favorite Trips, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Steven Rinella on Hunting (And Why You Should Care), Reconnecting with Nature, Favorite Trips, and More | Brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs hiring platform, FreshBooks cloud-based small business acco...
Listen#280: The Erotic Playbook of a Top-Earning Sex Worker (NSFW) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Alice Little (@thealicelittle) is considered the #1 top-earning legal sex worker in the United States. She is a 4'8" legal sex worker at Nevada's world famous Moonlite Bunny Ranch. This episode is ...
ListenEp 26: Kevin Kelly (Part 2) - WIRED Co-Founder, Polymath, Most Interesting Man In The World? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is Part 2 of a 3-part interview with Kevin Kelly. Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine, which he co-founded in 1993. He also co-founded the All Species Foundation, a non-profit aim...
Listen#469: Dr. Mark Plotkin on Ethnobotany, Real vs. Fake Shamans, Hallucinogens, and the Dalai Lamas of South America from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Mark Plotkin on Ethnobotany, Real vs. Fake Shamans, Hallucinogens, and the Dalai Lamas of South America | Brought to you by Wondery Plus, Four Sigmatic, and Theragun Dr. Mark Plotkin (@DocMar...
Listen#279: The Most Curious Man in Hollywood — Brian Grazer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brian Grazer (@BrianGrazer) is an Academy Award-winning producer and New York Times bestselling author (A Curious Mind: The Secret to a Bigger Life, with Charles Fishman) who has been making movies...
ListenEp 25: Kevin Kelly - WIRED Co-Founder, Polymath, Most Interesting Man In The World from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kevin Kelly is amazing. He is a co-founder of WIRED Magazine, diverse polymath, and my nominee for the real "Most Interesting Man In The World." This is a multi-part interview. Read all about him a...
Listen#468: Books I've Loved — Cal Fussman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Books I've Loved — Cal Fussman | Brought to you by Audible. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types—fr...
Listen#278: Tim O'Reilly - The Trend Spotter from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tim O'Reilly (@timoreilly) is one of the most fascinating polymaths I've ever encountered. Wired has called him "the trend spotter" in the world of tech and macrotrends. Tim is the founder and CEO...
ListenEp 24: Kevin Rose - Gut Bacteria, Meditation, Startups, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Yes, Kevin Rose is back. He was my first ever guest on this podcast, and now he's causing more trouble. All shownotes and links at www.fourhourworkweek.com/podcast Enjoy! Tim *** If you enjoy the...
Listen#467: Dustin Yellin on Making Art, Weaving Madness, and Forging Your Own Path from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dustin Yellin on Making Art, Weaving Madness, and Forging Your Own Path | Brought to you by Wealthfront, Zero Fasting, and ExpressVPN “I don’t worry about inspiration as much as system overload.” ...
Listen#277: Sharon Salzberg, World-Renowned Meditation Teacher from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sharon Salzberg (@SharonSalzberg) is a central figure in the field of meditation, a world-renowned teacher, and New York Times bestselling author of Real Happiness: The Power of Meditation: A 28-Da...
ListenEp 23: Do "Homeopathic" Remedies or Medicine Work? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This short (<10 min) episode explores the realities and science of "homeopathy," a controversial approach to medicine. This episode also explains common logical fallacies that you can guard agai...
Listen#466: Richard Koch on Mastering the 80/20 Principle, Achieving Unreasonable Success, and The Art of Gambling from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Richard Koch on Mastering the 80/20 Principle, Achieving Unreasonable Success, and The Art of Gambling | Brought to you by Boll & Branch, Vuori Clothing, and Athletic Greens. Richard Koch (@R...
Listen#276: Terry Laughlin, The Master Who Changed My Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode will forever have special meaning for me. While I didn't know it at the time, this ended up being the final long-form interview with Terry Laughlin (@TISWIM). Terry passed away from ca...
ListenEp 22: Ed Catmull, President of Pixar, on Steve Jobs, Stories, and Lessons Learned from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ed Catmull is co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios (along with Steve Jobs and John Lasseter) and president of Pixar Animation and Disney Animation. Ed has received five Academy Awards, and -- as a...
Listen#275: Discipline Equals Freedom -- Jocko Willink from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jocko Willink (@jockowillink) takes over the show for a special episode. As I learned during our first interview, he is one of the scariest human beings imaginable. In this episode, Jocko shares l...
ListenEp 21: Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park -- On Music, Creativity, Selling 60+ Million Albums from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mike Shinoda is best known as the rapper, principal songwriter, keyboardist, rhythm guitarist and one of the two vocalists of Linkin Park, which has sold more than 60 million albums worldwide and e...
Listen#274: Arianna Huffington, Media Maven from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) is the founder and CEO of Thrive Global and founder of The Huffington Post. She has been named to Time magazine's list of the world's 100 Most Influential People a...
ListenEp 20: Dan Carlin - Hardcore History, Building Podcasts, Creativity, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dan Carlin is the host of my favorite podcast, Hardcore History.But... what?! History?! I know. I thought the same thing. How could a history podcast have a cult following?And yet it did. During re...
Listen#273: Lessons from Steve Jobs, Leonardo da Vinci, and Ben Franklin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Walter Isaacson (@WalterIsaacson) is a professor at Tulane University, and the president and CEO of The Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan educational and policy studies institute based in Washington, ...
ListenEp. 19: The Top 5 Reasons to Be a Jack of All Trades from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a short "inbetween-isode" audio essay (<15 min). All episodes, including 1-2-hour interviews, can be found at www.fourhourworkweek.com/podcastLet me know what you think on Twitter! @tfer...
Listen#272: Sir Richard Branson — The Billionaire Maverick of the Virgin Empire from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sir Richard Branson (@richardbranson), founder and chairman of The Virgin Group, is a world-famous entrepreneur, adventurer, activist, and business icon. He has launched a dozen billion-dollar busi...
ListenEp. 18: James Altucher on Saying No, Failing Better, Business Building, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
James Altucher is an American hedge fund manager, entrepreneur, and bestselling author. He has founded or cofounded more than 20 companies, including Reset Inc. and StockPickr. 17 have failed, 3 ha...
Listen#271: Intimacy, Emotional Baggage, Relationship Longevity, and More - Esther Perel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Psychotherapist Esther Perel (@estherperel) is back to answer your most requested questions. The New York Times called her the most important game-changer in sexuality and relational health since ...
ListenEp. 17: The Power of Negative Visualization (<10 Minutes) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a short "inbetween-isode" of <10 minutes in length. Please find all episodes and more at www.fourhourworkweek.com/podcast. Let me know what you think on Twitter: @tferriss Enjoy! Tim **...
Listen#270: Investing Wisdom from Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, Chris Sacca, and Others from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode contains some of the best lessons I’ve learned about investing, making money, and growing your personal wealth. It was inspired by my recent talk with Ray Dalio, which has been incredi...
ListenEp. 16 - Joe De Sena on Grit, Endurance, and Building Empires from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Joe De Sena is the co-founder of The Death Race, Spartan Race (1M+ competitors), and more. Among other things, he has personally completed the famously grueling Iditarod dogsledding race...by FOOT....
Listen#269: The 3 Critical Rules of Branding from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a special episode of The Tim Ferriss Show. This time, I focus on tactical, specific advice on branding, marketing, and the most common mistakes of growing an audience. *** If you enjoy th...
ListenEp. 15: Neil Strauss - Author of The Game and 7 New York Times Bestsellers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Neil Strauss has written 7 New York Times bestsellers, including The Game. He's also been an editor at Rolling Stone and a staff writer for The New York Times.In this episode, we discuss life, his ...
Listen#268: Eric Ripert -- Lessons in Mastery and Mindfulness from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eric Ripert (@ericripert) is recognized as one of the best chefs in the world. In 1995, at just 29 years old, he earned a four-star rating from The New York Times. Twenty years later and for the fi...
ListenEp. 14: Sam Harris, PhD - Spirituality, Neuroscience, Meditation, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sam Harris is a neuroscience Ph.D. and the author of the bestselling books, The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, and Lying. The End of Faith won the 2005 PEN Award for Nonfiction.In th...
Listen#267: Tools and Tips for Better Sleep from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode of the podcast, I focus on a topic that has been a lifelong personal struggle: sleep. I've gathered some of the best advice from multiple guests about rest and regeneration. I've fo...
ListenEp. 13: "Productivity" Tricks for the Neurotic, Manic-Depressive, and Crazy (Like Me) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a short audio essay "inbetween-isode" of <15 minutes -- enjoy! Let me know what you think: @tferrissPura vida, Tim *** If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a sho...
Listen#266: Favorite Books, Supplements, Simple Technologies, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, I answer the most up-voted questions from subscribers to 5-Bullet Friday, the free newsletter I send out every week. In this Q&A, I reveal: My 3-5 favorite books of the past ye...
ListenEp. 12: Dr. Rhonda Patrick on Life Extension, Performance, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
My guest this episode is Rhonda Perciavalle Patrick, Ph.D., who works with Dr. Bruce Ames, the 23rd most-cited scientist across ALL fields between 1973 and 1984 (!).Dr. Patrick also conducts clinic...
Listen#265: Bill Burr — The Comedian's Comedian from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode of the podcast features Bill Burr (@billburr). Many of you know Bill as a standup comedian. I know him as one of the funniest humans alive, and someone that many of you requested for y...
ListenEp. 11: Drugs and the Meaning of Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is about 20 minutes long and features Sam Harris, PhD in neuroscience and bestselling author (www.samharris.org). It's intended to give you tools for the week or weekend ahead.Please l...
Listen#264: Ray Dalio, The Steve Jobs of Investing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ray Dalio (@raydalio) grew up a middle-class kid from Long Island. He started his investment company Bridgewater Associates out of a two-bedroom apartment at age 26, and it now has roughly $160 bil...
ListenEp. 10: Brian Koppelman, co-writer/producer of Rounders, Ocean's Thirteen, The Illusionist, etc. from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brian Koppelman is a screenwriter, novelist, director, and producer. He is best known as the co-writer of Ocean's Thirteen and Rounders, as well as a producer of The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones....
Listen#263: Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky — Exploring Creativity, Ignoring Critics, and Making Art from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Darren Aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky) is the founder and head of production company Protozoa Pictures. He is the acclaimed and award-winning filmmaker behind both cult classics and blockbusters, incl...
ListenEpisode 9: The 9 Habits to Stop Now -- The Not-To-Do List from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is less than 20 minutes long and just me riffing on productivity. It's intended to give you tools for the week or weekend ahead.Please let me know what you think by pinging me on Twitt...
Listen#262: The CIA, The Police, and Other Adventures from Stewart Copeland from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stewart Copeland (@copelandmusic) is a Grammy Award-winning musician, considered by Rolling Stone Magazine to be one of the top ten drummers of all time. He's a founding member of The Police, and a...
ListenEpisode 8: Chase Jarvis, Master Photographer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chase Jarvis is a master photographer and the CEO of CreativeLIVE.com. He is the youngest person ever to be named a Hasselblad Master, Nikon Master, and ASMP Master.Since opening his own studio, Ch...
Listen#261: Mental Performance, Work-Life Balance, and the Rise to the Top - Maria Sharapova from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Maria Sharapova (@MariaSharapova) is one of the best tennis players in the world. She is the winner of five Grand Slam titles (two at the French Open and one each at the Australian Open, Wimbledon,...
ListenEpisode 7: Stephen Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stephen J. Dubner is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He is best-known for writing, along with the economist Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics (2005), SuperFreakonomi...
Listen#260: Setting Goals, Making Money, and Overcoming Tough Times -- Phil Hellmuth from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Phil Hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) is an American professional poker player who has won a record fourteen World Series of Poker bracelets. He is the winner of the Main Event of the 1989 World Series of...
ListenEpisode 6: 6 Formulas for More Output and Less Overwhelm from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a new variation on the podcast -- a short experiment. This episode is less than 20 minutes long and just me riffing on productivity. It's intended to give you tools for the week or weekend ...
Listen#259: Lessons from 50,000 Interviews: Larry King and Cal Fussman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cal Fussman (@calfussman) is a New York Times bestselling author and a writer-at-large for Esquire magazine, where he is best known for being a primary writer of the "What I've Learned" feature. He...
ListenEpisode 5: Jason Silva from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jason Silva (@JasonSilva) is a filmmaker and has been called the "Timothy Leary of the viral video age" by The Atlantic. He is also host of Brain Games on National Geographic Channel. The show set ...
Listen#258: From Long-Shot to $50 Billion Empire - Bill Rasmussen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bill Rasmussen (@bill_espn) is the co-founder of ESPN. He turned a massive gamble into an opportunity to create the 24-hour programming cycle used universally by networks today. This episode comes ...
ListenEpisode 4: Ryan Holiday from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode features Ryan Holiday, who became Director of Marketing at American Apparel at age 21 (!).Since dropping out of college at 19 to apprentice under the strategist Robert Greene, Ryan has...
Listen#257: Physical Training, Dating Strategies, and Stories from the Early Days from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, I answer the most upvoted questions from subscribers to 5-Bullet Friday, the newsletter I send out every week. It explores five cool things I've found, including apps, books, gadge...
ListenEpisode 3: Kelly Starrett and Dr. Justin Mager from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode features two incredible guests: Dr. Justin Mager and Kelly Starrett. We all drink wine and get crazy. Dr. Mager is my personal doctor and has helped me with dozens of my crazy experime...
Listen#256: How to Overcome Anxiety and Stress - with Adviser to Olympians, Michael Gervais from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Gervais (@michaelgervais) is the performance psychologist elite athletes and coaches turn to when they want to level up or when they're returning from hard times and want to not just get ba...
ListenEpisode 2: Joshua Waitzkin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Josh Waitzkin was the basis for the book and movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer." Considered a chess prodigy, he has learning strategies that can be applied to anything, including his other loves o...
Listen#255: How to Turn Failure into Success from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, we discuss another common request from listeners. I've gathered some of the best advice about coping with frustrations and roadblocks, and -- ultimately -- learning how to turn fai...
ListenEpisode 1: Kevin Rose from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I consider Kevin Rose one of the best "stock pickers" in the early startup game, and he can predict even non-tech trends with stunning accuracy. Kevin is a tech entrepreneur who co-founded Digg, Re...
Listen#254: When to Quit - Lessons from World-Class Entrepreneurs, Investors, Authors, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I'm very excited to share this episode. It's our first "roundtable" approach to discussing a single topic. This came about when I asked 5-Bullet Friday subscribers (sign up here if you're intereste...
Listen#253: Morning Routines and Strategies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a special episode of the podcast. After more than 200 conversations with the world's top performers, you start to spot certain patterns. These are the shared habits, hacks, philosophies, an...
Listen#252: Inside the World of SuperTraining - Mark Bell from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mark Bell (@MarkSmellyBell) is the founder of Super Training Gym in Sacramento, which is often referred to as "the strongest gym in the West." Prior to opening his own gym, he spent time studying t...
Listen#251: How to Live Without Limits - Kyle Maynard from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kyle Maynard (@kylemaynard) is a motivational speaker, bestselling author, entrepreneur, and ESPY award-winning mixed martial arts athlete, known for becoming the first quadruple amputee to reach t...
Listen#250: Myers-Briggs, Diet Mistakes, and Immortality from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, I'm answering your questions. I'm responding to the most upvoted questions from subscribers to 5-Bullet Friday, the newsletter I send out every week. It explores five cool things I...
Listen#249: How to Make a Difference and Find Your Purpose -- Blake Mycoskie from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode of the podcast features Blake Mycoskie (@blakemycoskie). Blake Mycoskie is the Founder and Chief Shoe Giver of TOMS, and the person behind the One for One® business model, which helps ...
Listen#248: The 10 Commandments of Startup Success with Reid Hoffman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On this special episode, we're going to share with you the "10 Commandments for Startup Success." They're drawn from the new podcast Masters of Scale, which is hosted by my friend and today's guest...
Listen#247: Cool Tools for Travel - Tim Ferriss and Kevin Kelly from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly) might be the real-life Most Interesting Man In The World. I've always wanted to travel with him, and we recently headed to Uzbekistan together. This episode covers some o...
Listen#246: Building Strength, Improving Mindset, and Becoming the World's Fittest Man - Jason Khalipa from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jason Khalipa (@jasonkhalipa IG, Twitter) is one of the fittest men in the world – a title that was officially his when he won the CrossFit Games in 2008. He is an 8-time CrossFit Games competitor,...
Listen#245: The Magic, Misdirection, and Mindset of David Blaine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
David Blaine (@davidblaine) is an American magician, illusionist, and endurance artist. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance and has set and broken several world records. A whil...
Listen#244: The Quiet Master of Cryptocurrency -- Nick Szabo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nick Szabo (@NickSzabo4) is a polymath. The breadth and depth of his interests and knowledge are truly astounding. He's a computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer best known for his pio...
Listen#243: How to Fear Less -- Vince Vaughn from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Vince Vaughn (@WildWest) is one of the most prolific actors, writers, and producers in the world. He's acted in more than thirty major motion pictures that have gone on to gross more than 1.7 billi...
Listen#242: Phil Keoghan -- The Magic of Bucket Lists and Amazing Races from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Phil Keoghan (@PhilKeoghan) has worked in television for almost thirty years on more than a thousand program episodes in more than a hundred countries. His work has earned him numerous awards, incl...
Listen#241: The Relationship Episode: Sex, Love, Polyamory, Marriage, and More (with Esther Perel) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I've wanted to speak with psychotherapist Esther Perel for years. In a cover story, The New York Times called her the most important game changer in sexuality and relational health since Dr. Ruth. ...
Listen#240: Accelerated Learning and Mentors - My Personal Story from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is by request. You have asked me many times for an episode on education, accelerated learning, and my mentors. It will all be covered in the following conversation with Charles Best (@...
Listen#239: How to Reverse Aging with Art De Vany from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Arthur De Vany is nearly eighty years old and ripped. Better known as Art De Vany, he was signed as a professional baseball player in his youth and later earned his Ph.D. in Economics at UCLA. ...
Listen#238: The Savant of Speed -- Ryan Flaherty from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ryan Flaherty (@ryanflaherty1) is the Senior Director of Performance at Nike. Prior to holding that position, Ryan was the Founder and President of Prolific Athletes LLC, a sports performance facil...
Listen#237: Exploring Smart Drugs, Fasting, and Fat Loss -- Dr. Rhonda Patrick from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rhonda Patrick, PhD, (@foundmyfitness) is an American biochemist and scientist. She first appeared on this podcast back in episode twelve, and whether you want to extend life, inexpensively buy a s...
Listen#236: The Alien of Extraordinary Ability from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Murray Carter (@CarterCutlery) is a Canadian craftsman like no other. At eighteen, he fell into an apprenticeship with a sixteenth generation Yoshimoto bladesmith that lasted six years -- and was a...
Listen#235: Dorian Yates on High Intensity Training, Injury Prevention, and Building Maximum Muscle from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dorian Yates (@dorian_yates) is a six-time Mr. Olympia who has taken the already extreme sport of bodybuilding to a new level. He's one of my adolescent heroes whose innovations in training (e.g., ...
Listen#234: Marie Kondo -- The Japanese Tidying Master from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Marie Kondo (@MarieKondo, also known as "KonMari") is a Japanese organizing consultant, author, and entrepreneur. She developed a revolutionary method of organizing known as the KonMari Method, whi...
Listen#233: Cory Booker -- Street Fights, 10-Day Hunger Strikes, and Creative Problem-Solving from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cory Booker (@corybooker) is an American politician and the junior United States Senator from New Jersey. I generally have an allergy to politics, but Cory's story is endlessly fascinating (e.g., h...
Listen#232: The Tim Ferriss Radio Hour: Controlling Stress, Nutrition Upgrades, and Improved Health from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Welcome to the second installment of The Tim Ferriss Radio Hour. After more than 200 conversations with the world's top performers, you start to spot certain patterns. These are the shared habits, ...
Listen#231: How to Be Creative Like a Motherf*cker -- Cheryl Strayed from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you’re interested in the creative process of a famed author, jumpstarting your own creation, note taking, list making, or simply handling hard emotions, this episode is for you. Recorded in fron...
Listen#230: The Secrets, Tactics, and Creative Processes of High Performers and Achievers -- Debbie Millman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is round two for Debbie Millman, whose first interview on this show quickly became one of the most downloaded episodes of all time (listen to it here). Graphic Design USA has named Debbie Mill...
Listen#229: Ricardo Semler -- The Seven-Day Weekend and How to Break the Rules from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ricardo Semler (@ricardosemler) is the former CEO of Semco Partners, a Brazilian company best known perhaps for its radical form of industrial democracy and corporate re-engineering. During his lea...
Listen#228: The Lion of Olympic Weightlifting, 62-Year-Old Jerzy Gregorek (Also Featuring: Naval Ravikant) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jerzy Gregorek (@TheHappyBody) immigrated from Poland to the United States with his wife, Aniela, in 1986 as political refugees. He subsequently won four World Weightlifting Championships and estab...
Listen#227: Conquering Fear and Reducing Anxiety - Caroline Paul from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Caroline Paul (@carowriter) returns to the podcast by popular demand for a round 2 Q&A. (You can catch her first appearance here.) Caroline is the author of four published books. Her latest is ...
Listen#226: How to Not Be Evil - Dr. Phil Zimbardo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Philip Zimbardo (@PhilZimbardo) is one of the most distinguished psychologists in the world and a professor emeritus at Stanford University. He is arguably best known for his 1971 Stanford Pris...
Listen#225: John Crowley -- The Real-Life Captain America and Bruce Banner (Seriously) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
John F. Crowley is the Chairman and CEO of Amicus Therapeutics, a publicly traded biotechnology company, which he helped to found in 2005 and is now a 300+ person company in 22 countries. John's in...
Listen#224: The Random Show - Drinking Urine, Exploring Japan, and Figuring Out Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Coming to you from a late night in rural Japan, this is a special edition of The Random Show. Per usual for The Random Show, I am joined by Kevin Rose (@KevinRose), serial entrepreneur, world-class...
Listen#223: Calming Philosophies for Chaotic Times -- Krista Tippett from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Krista Tippett (@KristaTippett) is a Peabody Award-winning broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author. She created and hosts the public radio program and podcast On Being and curates The Civ...
Listen#222: Jerrod Carmichael - Uber-Productivity and Dangerous Comedy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jerrod Carmichael (@NotoriousROD) is pushing the boundaries of comedy with his groundbreaking work in stand-up, television, and film. Now just 29 years old, what this driven North Carolina native h...
Listen#221: Mr. Money Mustache — Living Beautifully on $25-27K Per Year from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mr. Money Mustache (@mrmoneymustache -- Pete Adeney in real life) grew up in Canada in a family of mostly eccentric musicians. He worked in various tech companies before retiring at age 30. Pete, h...
Listen#220: Soman Chainani — The School for Good and Evil from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Soman Chainani (@SomanChainani) is a detailed planner, filmmaker, and New York Times best selling author. Soman's debut fiction series, The School for Good and Evil, has sold more than a million co...
Listen#219: Lessons from Warren Buffett, Bobby Fischer, and Other Outliers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Adam Robinson (@IAmAdamRobinson) first appeared on this podcast in the "Becoming the Best Version of You" episode (#210) alongside Josh Waitzkin (chess, jiu-jitsu, investing) and Ramit Sethi (perso...
Listen#218: The Most Feared and Well-Liked Journalist in Silicon Valley - Kara Swisher from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) has been called "Silicon Valley's most feared and well-liked journalist" by New York Magazine. Here's just one example: you can graph the impact on Yahoo's stock price b...
Listen#217: The One-Minute Workout Designed by Scientists -- Dr. Martin Gibala from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Martin Gibala, Ph.D. (@gibalam) is a professor and chair of the kinesiology department at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. His research on the physiological and health benefits of high-int...
Listen#216: Arnold Schwarzenegger Part 2! Bodybuilding, Investing, and Online Battles from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Arnold Schwarzenegger (@Schwarzenegger) told you he'd be back. In our first conversation (episode 60), the former Mr. Olympia, Terminator, and Governator shared lessons learned, daily routines, psy...
Listen#215: The Return of the Money Shot from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Whitney Cummings (@whitneycummings) is a Los Angeles-based comedian, actor, writer, and producer. She is the executive producer and, along with Michael Patrick King, co-creator of the Emmy-nominate...
Listen#214: How to Design a Life - Debbie Millman from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For some of you, this may be most important podcast episode you ever listen to. I don't say that lightly. It has nothing to do with me and everything to do with my guest, who walks us through gripp...
Listen#213: Fasting vs. Slow-Carb Diet, Top $150 Purchases, Balancing Productivity and Relaxation, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We're going to kick off the year with an in-betweenisode where I answer the most popular questions you've submitted. If you're wondering what you can do to ask a question that gets answered in the ...
Listen#212: 2016 - What I've Learned from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is a review of the past year. Since it's been a common request, I thought I'd run through what I do at the end of a year. For the last 6 years, I no longer write resolutions. Instead, ...
Listen#211: A.J. Jacobs: Self-Experimenter Extraordinaire from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A.J. Jacobs (@ajjacobs) is a kindred guinea pig of self-experimentation who chronicles his shenanigans in books that seem to keep winding up as New York Times best sellers. The Know-It-All was abou...
Listen#464: Tim Ferriss — My Healing Journey After Childhood Abuse from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
For me, this is the most important podcast episode I’ve ever published. In it, I describe the most life-shaping, certainly the most difficult, and certainly the most transformative journey of my 4...
Listen#210: Becoming the Best Version of You from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a special episode of The Tim Ferriss Show. The audio is from a live conversation with not one, not two, but three guests: Josh Waitzkin, Ramit Sethi, and Adam Robinson. Josh Waitzkin is an ...
Listen#463: Esther Perel — The Relationship Episode: Sex, Love, Polyamory, Marriage, and More (Repost) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Esther Perel — The Relationship Episode: Sex, Love, Polyamory, Marriage, and More (Repost) | Brought to you by ButcherBox and Laird Superfood. Psychotherapist and New York Times bestselling autho...
Listen#209: The Random Show Threesome -- Tim Ferriss, Kevin Rose, and Matt Mullenweg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
My first live podcast in New York City was recorded at the 92nd Street Y to a sold-out crowd of about 900 people. This episode comes from The Random Show segment of the evening when I took the stag...
Listen#462: Guy Raz — Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs, The Story of 'How I Built This,' Overcoming Anxiety and Depression, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Guy Raz — Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs, The Story of 'How I Built This,' Overcoming Anxiety and Depression, and More | Brought to you by Wealthfront, Pique Tea, and LinkedIn Jobs. “There is...
Listen#208: Ezra Klein -- From College Blogger to Political Powerhouse from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) is founder and editor-in-chief of Vox, an explanatory news organization that now reaches more than 100 million people each month through articles, videos, newsletters, and p...
Listen#461: Kelly Slater — The Surfing Legend on Routine, Rickson Gracie, Favorite Books, and Overcoming Setbacks from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kelly Slater — The Surfing Legend on Routine, Rickson Gracie, Favorite Books, and Overcoming Setbacks | Brought to you by Dry Farm Wines, Helix Sleep, and LMNT. “When you’re humble, you’re teacha...
Listen#207: Tools of Titans: Brené Brown Distilled and Other Goodies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Brené Brown (@BreneBrown) is a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. Brené's 2010 TEDx Houston talk, The Power of Vulnerability, has been viewed more ...
Listen#460: Maria Popova on Writing, Workflow, and Workarounds (Repost) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This interview originally aired in 2014. You can find the show notes here: https://tim.blog/2014/10/21/brain-pickings/ Maria Popova (@brainpicker) is a reader and a writer who writes about what sh...
Listen#206: Testing the "Impossible": 17 Questions That Changed My Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a special episode of the podcast. It's a sample chapter from my new book, Tools of Titans: The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers. What follows...
Listen#459: Books I've Loved — Alain de Botton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Books I've Loved — Alain de Botton | Brought to you by Audible. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different type...
Listen#205: Mark Bittman on Changing the Food Industry and Living Dangerously from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mark Bittman (@bittman) is the author of 20 acclaimed books, including the How to Cook Everything series, Food Matters, and his latest, How to Bake Everything -- which is on a coveted shelf in my o...
Listen#458: The Psychedelic News Hour: New Breakthroughs, Compound Comparisons and Warnings (Psilocybin/LSD/Ayahuasca/N,N-DMT/5-MeO-DMT), Treatment of Trauma, Scalable vs. Unscalable Approaches, Making Sense of “Bad” Trips, and Much More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Psychedelic News Hour | | Brought to you by How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers by David M. Rubenstein Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferris...
Listen#204: Tools of Titans: Josh Waitzkin Distilled from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Josh Waitzkin is an endlessly fascinating person who gets mentioned a lot on this show for good reason (and he's been a guest not just once, but twice). He was the basis for the book and movie Sear...
Listen#457: Chuck Palahniuk, Author of Fight Club — A Masterclass in Creative Living and Dangerous Writing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chuck Palahniuk, Author of Fight Club — A Masterclass in Creative Living and Dangerous Writing | Brought to you by ShipStation, ButcherBox, and Thrive Market. More on all three below. “The goal i...
Listen#203: David Heinemeier Hansson on Digital Security, Company Culture, and the Value of Schooling from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
David "DHH" Heinemeier Hansson (@dhh) is the creator of Ruby on Rails, founder and CTO at Basecamp (formerly 37signals), and the best-selling co-author of Rework and Remote: Office Not Required. Oh...
Listen#456: The Power of Myth — The Hero’s Adventure with Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Power of Myth — The Hero’s Adventure with Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers | Brought to you by How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers by David M. Rubenst...
Listen#202: Tools of Titans: Derek Sivers Distilled from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Derek Sivers(@sivers) is one of my favorite humans, and I call him often for advice. Think of him as a philosopher-king programmer, master teacher, and merry prankster. Originally a professional mu...
Listen#455: Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks on Powerful Books, Mystics, Richard Dawkins, and the Dangers of Safe Spaces from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks on Powerful Books, Mystics, Richard Dawkins, and the Dangers of Safe Spaces | Brought to you by Helix Sleep, FreshBooks, and “5-Bullet Friday" “Win the respect of people ...
Listen#201: The Tim Ferriss Radio Hour: Meditation, Mindset, and Mastery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I'm excited to bring you a little taste test of a new show format that I've been working on -- The Tim Ferriss Radio Hour. After 200 conversations with a variety of fascinating people, including Ar...
Listen#454: Books I've Loved — Whitney Cummings from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Books I've Loved — Whitney Cummings | Brought to you by Audible. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different typ...
Listen#200: Susan Garrett -- Master Dog (and Human) Trainer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Susan Garrett (@susangarrett) is an incredible dog trainer. She has a B.Sc. in animal science, and for more than two decades has been one of the most consistently successful competitors in the spor...
Listen#453: The Random Show — Zen, Investing, Mike Tyson, Artificial Intelligence, and the World's Best Beers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Random Show — Zen, Investing, Mike Tyson, Artificial Intelligence, and the World's Best Beers | Brought to you by Dry Farm Wines, LegalZoom, and Allform. Technologist, serial entrepreneur, wo...
Listen#199: Stephen Dubner -- The Art of Storytelling and Facing Malcolm Gladwell in a Fist Fight from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stephen J. Dubner (@Freakonomics) returns to the show. He is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He is best-known for writing, along with the economist Steven D. Levi...
Listen#452: Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen | Brought to you by Athletic Greens, LinkedIn Jobs, and Thrive Market. “I don’t think that I’m necessarily...
Listen#198: Charles Poliquin - His Favorite Mass-Building Program, His Nighttime Routine For Better Sleep, and Much More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Charles Poliquin is back for another round of the podcast. Charles (@strengthsensei) is one of the best known strength coaches in the world. He has trained elite athletes from nearly 20 different s...
Listen#451: Mike Novogratz on Investing, Bitcoin, Ayahuasca, and Running Through The Sahara Desert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mike Novogratz on Investing, Bitcoin, Ayahuasca, and Running Through The Sahara Desert | Brought to you by Magic Spoon, Four Sigmatic, and LMNT. Michael Novogratz (@novogratz) is the founder and C...
Listen#197: Drunk Dialing -- Ladies Night Edition! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
By request, we have another drunk dialing episode (the most recent one can be found here, and the original can be found here). This one is a little different as it's a Ladies Night edition. Some of...
Listen#450: Books I've Loved — Neil Strauss from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Books I've Loved — Neil Strauss | Brought to you by Audible. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types—f...
Listen#196: Meet the Machine, Dave Camarillo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dave Camarillo (@DaveCamarillo) was my long-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) coach (see him kicking my ass repeatedly here). Put simply, he is a machine. On the Mat once said: "It's funny that everyb...
Listen#449: Grandmaster Maurice Ashley — The Path and Strategies of World-Class Mastery from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Grandmaster Maurice Ashley — The Path and Strategies of World-Class Mastery | Brought to you by Helix Sleep, ExpressVPN, and Athletic Greens. Maurice Ashley (@MauriceAshley) made history in 1999 ...
Listen#195: David Heinemeier Hansson: The Power of Being Outspoken from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
David "DHH" Heinemeier Hansson (@dhh) is the creator of Ruby on Rails, founder and CTO at Basecamp (formerly 37signals), and the best-selling co-author of Rework and Remote: Office Not Required. Oh...
Listen#448: Brad Feld — The Art of Unplugging, Carving Your Own Path, and Riding the Entrepreneurial Rollercoaster from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brad Feld — The Art of Unplugging, Carving Your Own Path, and Riding the Entrepreneurial Rollercoaster | Brought to you by Laird Superfood, Theragun, and Thrive Market. "Brad, they can’t kill you ...
Listen#194: The Magic and Power of Placebo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Erik Vance (@erikvance) is an award-winning science writer based in California and Mexico City. After working as a scientist on research projects dealing with dolphin intelligence and coastal ecolo...
Listen#447: Books I've Loved — Ann Miura-Ko from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Books I've Loved — Ann Miura-Ko | Brought to you by Audible. Note: This episode was recorded in November 2019. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down...
Listen#193: My Life Extension Pilgrimage to Easter Island from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode was a blast. It was a tropical exploration of biology, life extension, and all good things. This included a lot of Carmenere wine and good old-fashioned ball busting. I was joined by: ...
Listen#446: Blake Mycoskie — TOMS, The Hoffman Process, Conscious Uncoupling, and Psychedelics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Blake Mycoskie — TOMS, The Hoffman Process, Conscious Uncoupling, and Psychedelics | Brought to you by LMNT, Ascent Protein, and Readwise. Blake Mycoskie (@BlakeMycoskie) is a serial entrepreneur...
Listen#192: The Return of Drunk Dialing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Thanks to the gin I had tonight, this is a special episode. It is a drunk-dialing Q&A with you guys -- like we did around this time last year to celebrate the 100th episode. In preparation, I s...
Listen#445: Janna Levin on Extra Dimensions, Time Travel, and How to Overcome Boots in the Face from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Janna Levin on Extra Dimensions, Time Travel, and How to Overcome Boots in the Face | Brought to you by Allform and LinkedIn Jobs. “I used to resent obstacles along the path, thinking, ‘If only th...
Listen#191: The Art and Science of Learning Anything Faster from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a special episode because it doesn't focus on the lessons of one particular person. Instead, I explore the tips, tricks, and framework I've used to learn just about any skill. This is the m...
Listen#444: Hugh Jackman on Best Decisions, Daily Routines, The 85% Rule, Favorite Exercises, Mind Training, and Much More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hugh Jackman on Best Decisions, Daily Routines, The 85% Rule, Favorite Exercises, Mind Training, and Much More | Brought to you by ExpressVPN and Magic Spoon “Everyone takes a shower every day, a...
Listen#190: Matt Mullenweg on the Characteristics and Practices of Successful Entrepreneurs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Matt Mullenweg (@photomatt) is most associated with a tool that powers more than 25% of the entire Web: WordPress. He's also the CEO of Automattic, which is a multi-billion dollar, fully distribute...
Listen#443: David Yarrow on Art, Markets, Business, and Combining It All from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
David Yarrow on Art, Markets, Business, and Combining It All | Brought to you by Honey, Thrive Market, and LegalZoom "I must never again put myself in a position where my work ethic can be undone ...
Listen#189: Shay Carl on Wealth, Parenting, and the Future of Video from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is another special in-betweenisode. It's a little shorter than the normal long-form episodes, and it features a Q&A with Shay Carl (@shaycarl). If you missed our first interview, Shay's st...
Listen#442: Tribe of Mentors — Naval Ravikant, Susan Cain, and Yuval Noah Harari from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show! It will feature some of my favorite advice and profiles from Tribe of Mentors. Thousands of you have asked for years for the audiobook versions o...
Listen#188: Dom D'Agostino on Disease Prevention, Cancer, and Living Longer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Dominic "Dom" D'Agostino (@DominicDAgosti2) is one of my most popular guests, and I'm happy to have him rejoin the show for the third time. (You can listen to Dom's first appearance here, and h...
Listen#441: John Paul DeJoria — From Homelessness to Building Paul Mitchell and Patrón Tequila from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
John Paul DeJoria — From Homelessness to Building Paul Mitchell and Patrón Tequila | Brought to you by eero and LinkedIn Marketing Solutions "Don't limit yourself in life by your age, or what you ...
Listen#187: Jocko Willink on Discipline, Leadership, and Overcoming Doubt from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Don't count on motivation; count on discipline." - Jocko Willink Jocko Willink (@jockowillink) is one of the scariest human beings imaginable. He is a lean 230 pounds. He is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu ...
Listen#440: Rick Doblin — The Psychedelic Domino That Tips All Others from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rick Doblin — The Psychedelic Domino That Tips All Others | Brought to you by Helix Sleep and LinkedIn Jobs Rick Doblin, PhD, (@rickdoblin) is the founder and executive director of the Multidiscip...
Listen#186: Tony Robbins on How to Resolve Internal Conflict from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"You can't be grateful and angry simultaneously." - Tony Robbins The last time Tony Robbins (@tonyrobbins) was on the show, so many listeners found this one exercise helpful that they suggested I f...
Listen#439: Tools of Titans — Derek Sivers, BJ Miller, and Christopher Sommer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show! It will showcase some of my favorite advice and profiles from the audiobook of Tools of Titans. Thousands of you have asked for years for the aud...
Listen#185: Practicing What You Preach from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
My job is usually to deconstruct world-class performers and tease out their routines and habits you can use. But in this in-betweenisode, I'm going to present some short nuggets of practical, tacti...
Listen#438: Coach George Raveling on This Unique Moment in Time, How to Practice Self-Leadership, Navigating Difficult Conversations, and Much More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“My hope is that we will be who we say we are. All of us.” — Coach George Raveling Coach George Raveling (@GeorgeRaveling) is an 82-year-old living legend and Nike’s former Director of Internatio...
Listen#184: Shep Gordon - The King Maker on His Best PR Stunts, Hugest Failures, and Practical Philosophies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Shep Gordon (@SupermenschShep) has been named one of the "100 most influential people" by Rolling Stone magazine. He is the man behind some of the biggest names you've ever heard. If you like the s...
Listen#437: Secretary Madeleine Albright — Optimism, The Future of the US, and 450-Pound Leg Presses from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Secretary Madeleine Albright - Optimism, The Future of the US, and 450-Pound Leg Presses | Brought to you by Athletic Greens and Helix Sleep. “I’m an optimist who worries a lot.” — Secretary Mad...
Listen#183: Cal Fussman: The Master Storyteller Returns from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Cal (@calfussman) is a New York Times bestselling author and a writer-at-large for Esquire magazine, where he is best known for being a primary writer of the "What I Learned" feature. The Austin Ch...
Listen#436: Books I've Loved — Maria Popova and Tyler Cowen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
#436: Books I've Loved — Maria Popova and Tyler Cowen | Brought to you by Audible. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers o...
Listen#182: Jason Nemer - Inside the Magic of AcroYoga from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
My guest on this episode of the podcast is Jason Nemer, co-founder of AcroYoga. Jason is an incredible character, who travels the world with next to nothing. He introduced me to my latest obsession...
Listen#435: Kevin Hart — The Unstoppable Combination of Positivity and Relentless Improvement from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kevin Hart — The Unstoppable Combination of Positivity and Relentless Improvement | Brought to you by Theragun and Athletic Greens "I don't understand how you do something halfway. I did that thro...
Listen#181: How to ‘Waste Money’ To Improve the Quality of Your Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is not going to deconstruct a world-class performer, per usual. This is a short, but very actionable and practical episode about the inner workings of my business. I was asked recently...
Listen#434: Jim Dethmer — How to Shift from Victim Consciousness, Reduce Drama, Practice Candor, Be Fully Alive, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jim Dethmer — How to Shift from Victim Consciousness, Reduce Drama, Practice Candor, Be Fully Alive, and More | Brought to you by LMNT and "5-Bullet Friday" "So many of us destroy our aliveness th...
Listen#180: The Secrets of Gymnastic Strength Training, Part Two — Home Equipment, Weighted Stretches, and Muscle-Ups from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is another jam-packed episode with Coach Chris Sommer, the former US national team gymnastics coach and founder of GymnasticBodies. As a world-renowned Olympic coach, Sommer is known for build...
Listen#433: Sam Harris on Psychedelics, How to Cope During a Pandemic, Taming Anxiety, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sam Harris — Psychedelics, Meditation, and The Bigger Picture | Brought to you by FreshBooks and "5-Bullet Friday" "Nothing's changed but yet, on some level, everything has changed, and I feel li...
Listen#179: What's Important to You? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
My job is usually to deconstruct world-class performers from business, military, entertainment, politics, or athletics, and then to tease out the routines and habits you can use. But in this in-bet...
Listen#432: Books I've Loved — Kevin Kelly from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
#432: Books I've Loved — Kevin Kelly | Brought to you by Audible. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different ty...
Listen#178: Tony Robbins - On Achievement Versus Fulfillment from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I'm very pleased to welcome Tony Robbins (@tonyrobbins) back to the show. (You can check out our previous in-depth conversations here: Part 1 and Part 2). For those of you that aren't familiar, Ton...
Listen#431: Howard Marks on the US Dollar, Three Ways to Add Defense, and Good Questions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Howard Marks on the US Dollar, Three Ways to Add Defense, and Good Questions | Brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs and "5-Bullet Friday." More on both below. "Move forward but with caution." — Howard...
Listen#177: Seth Godin on How to Think Small to Go Big from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Seth Godin (@thisissethsblog) is the author of 17 bestselling books that have been translated into more than 35 languages. He writes about the way ideas spread, marketing, strategic quitting, leade...
Listen#430: Elizabeth Gilbert’s Creative Path: Saying No, Trusting Your Intuition, Index Cards, Integrity Checks, Grief, Awe, and Much More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Elizabeth Gilbert’s Amazing Creative Toolkit: Saying No, Trusting Intuition, Seeking Awe, Bathing in Grief, and Index Cards | Brought to you by Thrive Market and Athletic Greens. More on both below...
Listen#176: Mike Birbiglia, The Sleepwalking Comedy Giant from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Mike Birbiglia (@birbigs) is one of the best-known and busiest working comedians in the world, both behind and in front of the camera. His standup blends elements of theater, film, storytelling, an...
Listen#429: Nick Kokonas on Resurrecting Restaurants, Skin in the Game, and Investing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nick Kokonas on Resurrecting Restaurants, Skin in the Game, and Investing | Brought to you by ShipStation and Helix Sleep. More on both below. "It remains to be seen, of course, whether or not thi...
Listen#175: How to Cage the Monkey Mind from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is a little different. I visited the Googleplex -- the Mountain View-based headquarters of Google -- and had a public chat. I was interviewed and made sure that we covered some ground ...
Listen#428: Jim Jefferies on Comedy, Life Lessons, and the Magic of Filling Out Customs Forms from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
#428: Jim Jefferies on Comedy, Life Lessons, and the Magic of Filling Out Customs Forms | Brought to you by Laird Superfood and “5-Bullet Friday." More on both below. “The rise is always better th...
Listen#174: The One-Handed Concert Pianist, Nicholas McCarthy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nicholas McCarthy (@NMcCarthyPiano) was born in 1989 without his right hand and only started to play the piano at the age of 14. He was told he would never succeed as a concert pianist. Fortunately...
Listen#427: Michael Lewis — Inside the Mind of the Iconic Writer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
#427: Michael Lewis on the Crafts of Writing, Friendship, Coaching, Happiness, and More | Brought to you by UCAN and Readwise. More on both below. “The secret to doing good research is always to ...
Listen#173: Lessons from Geniuses, Billionaires, and Tinkerers from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Chris Young is an obsessive tinkerer, inventor, and innovator. His areas of expertise range from extreme aviation (world-record goals) to mathematics and apocalyptic-scale BBQs. Above all, he is on...
Listen#426: The Random Show: Boozy Quarantine Edition! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
#426: The Random Show: Boozy Quarantine Edition! | Brought to you by Magic Spoon Cereal and “5-Bullet Friday" Technologist, serial entrepreneur, world-class investor, self-experimenter, and all-ar...
Listen#172: Dom D'Agostino -- The Power of the Ketogenic Diet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Dominic "Dom" D'Agostino (@DominicDAgosti2) is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, ...
Listen#425: Books I've Loved — Cindy Eckert and Alexis Ohanian from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
#425: Books I've Loved — Cindy Eckert and Alexis Ohanian | Brought to you by Audible. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers...
Listen#171: The Random Show - New Favorite Books, Memory Training, and Bets On VR from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is not going to be a long-form interview where I dissect and deconstruct a world-class performer...at least not in the usual fashion. Instead, this is a special edition of The Random Show. I a...
Listen#424: Brian Koppelman on Making Art, Francis Ford Coppola, Building Momentum, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brian Koppelman on Making Art, Francis Ford Coppola, Building Momentum, and More | Brought to you by Helix Sleep and "5-Bullet Friday" “A lot of growing up is learning to shift the responsibility...
Listen#170: Shay Carl — From Manual Laborer to 2.3 Billion YouTube Views from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Shay Carl (@shaycarl) got his first computer at age 27. He was a manual laborer for ages and uploaded his first YouTube video while on break from a granite counter top job. Flash forward to today: ...
Listen#423: Rana el Kaliouby — AI, Emotional Intelligence, and The Journey of Finding Oneself from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rana el Kaliouby — AI, Emotional Intelligence, and The Journey of Finding Oneself | Brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs and "5-Bullet Friday" "Embrace your emotions." — Rana el Kaliouby A pioneer in ...
Listen#169: Useful Lessons from Workaholics Anonymous, Corporate Implosions, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ryan Holiday (@RyanHoliday) is a strategist and writer. He dropped out of college at 19 to apprentice under Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, and later served as the director of market...
Listen#422: Fear-Setting: The Most Valuable Exercise I Do Every Month from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.” — Seneca I do an exercise called “fear-setting” at least once a quarter, often once a month. It is the most powerful exercise I do. Fear-setting ...
Listen#168: Dissecting the Success of Malcolm Gladwell from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Malcolm Gladwell (@gladwell) is the author of five New York Times bestsellers -- The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath. He has been named one of the 100 most i...
Listen#421: Dr. Jane Goodall — The Legend, The Lessons, The Hope from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Jane Goodall — The Legend, The Lessons, The Hope | Brought to you by ExpressVPN and LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. “The greatest danger to our future is apathy.” — Dr. Jane Goodall Dr. Jane Go...
Listen#167: Jamie Foxx Part 2 - Bringing the Thunder from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jamie Foxx (@iamjamiefoxx) returns to the show for a special role-reversal where he interviews me for his radio show. For those of you who didn't hear Jamie's first appearance on the podcast, which...
Listen#420: Books I've Loved — Matt Mullenweg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
#420: Books I've Loved — Matt Mullenweg | Brought to you by Audible. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all differen...
Listen#166: How Creatives Should Negotiate from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is actually a workshop on negotiating. Out of all the resources out there on how to negotiate, 99 percent of them are piss-poor -- but I guarantee you this isn't one of them. The teach...
Listen#419: Ryan Holiday — How to Use Stoicism to Choose Alive Time Over Dead Time from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ryan Holiday — How to Use Stoicism to Choose Alive Time Over Dead Time | Brought to you by LegalZoom and Trello. "Anger is often what pain looks like when it shows itself in public." — Krista Tipp...
Listen#165: The Canvas Strategy -- What Ben Franklin and Bill Belichick Have in Common from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
My job is usually to deconstruct world-class performers from business, military, entertainment, politics, or athletics, and then to tease out the routines and habits you can use. In this particular...
Listen#418: Esther Perel — Tactics for Relationships in Quarantine from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Esther Perel — Tactics for Relationships in Quarantine | Brought to you by Magic Spoon and ShipStation. “Maybe you don’t feel that enough people love you, but I can tell you, there’s a world of p...
Listen#164: Kevin Kelly - AI, Virtual Reality, and The Inevitable from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly) is back again and, as I've said before, he might be the real-life "Most Interesting Man In The World." Kevin is Senior Maverick at Wired Magazine, which he co-founded in ...
Listen#417: Dr. Vivek Murthy — Former Surgeon General on Combatting COVID-19, Loneliness, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Vivek Murthy — Former Surgeon General on Combatting COVID-19, Loneliness, and More | Brought to you by NutriBullet and Trello. “All of us, regardless of what stage of life we’re at, we’ve got ...
Listen#163: Marc Andreessen -- Lessons, Predictions, and Recommendations from an Icon from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Marc Andreessen (@pmarca) is a legendary figure in Silicon Valley -- and worldwide. Even in the epicenter of tech, it's hard to find a more fascinating icon. Marc co-created the highly influential ...
Listen#416: How to Support Healthcare Workers Now — Plus Urgent Suggestions for Uber Eats, Hilton, Amazon, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I expect next week will be an exceptionally difficult week for many people and many cities, New York City chief among them. There are several very urgent needs. This episode will highlight things ...
Listen#162: How to Be Tim Ferriss - Featuring Freakonomics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is a role-reversal. I flew to New York City and sat down with Stephen J. Dubner (@freakonomics) of Freakonomics fame. He proceeded to ask me all sorts of questions that I'd never heard...
Listen#415: Lori Gottlieb — The Power of Getting to *Unknow* Yourself from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Lori Gottlieb — The Power of Getting to *Unknow* Yourself | Brought to you by Four Sigmatic and LinkedIn Jobs. Lori Gottlieb (@LoriGottlieb1) is a psychotherapist and author of the New York Times...
Listen#161: Lessons from War, Tribal Societies, and a Non-Fiction Life (Sebastian Junger) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you want a better understanding of warriors, tribal societies, human nature, and what we can learn from it all, this is for you. My podcast guest is Sebastian Junger (@sebastianjunger), the #1 N...
Listen#414: Jack Kornfield — How to Find Peace Amidst COVID-19, How to Cultivate Calm in Chaos from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jack Kornfield — How to Find Peace Amidst COVID-19, How to Cultivate Calm in Chaos | Brought to you by FreshBooks and 99designs. "We have the opportunity, even in difficult times, to let our spiri...
Listen#160: Assessing Risk and Living Without a Rope – Lessons from Alex Honnold from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Alex Honnold (@alexhonnold, Facebook: /alexhonnold) is a professional adventure rock climber whose audacious free-solo (no ropes, no partner) ascents of America’s biggest cliffs have made him one o...
Listen#413: Tyler Cowen on Rationality, COVID-19, Talismans, and Life on the Margins from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tyler Cowen on Rationality, COVID-19, Talismans, and Life on the Margins | Brought to you by NutriBullet and ExpressVPN. "If you need to measure, you've failed." — Tyler Cowen Professor Tyler Co...
Listen#159: How to Optimize Creative Output — Jarvis versus Ferriss from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is a conversation/debate/trading of ideas between Chase Jarvis (@ChaseJarvis) and yours truly. We discuss a little bit of everything, including: Optimizing creative output Systems thin...
Listen#412: Josh Waitzkin on Beginner’s Mind, Self-Actualization, and Advice from Your Future Self from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Josh Waitzkin on Beginner’s Mind, Self-Actualization, and Advice from Your Future Self | Brought to you by Helix Sleep and Athletic Greens. "I think of learning as unobstructed self-expression." —...
Listen#158: The Secrets of Gymnastic Strength Training from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you loved the Pavel, Poliquin, or Dom D’Agostino episodes, you'll love this one. My guest this episode isChristopher Sommer (GymnasticBodies on Instagram/Facebook), former US national team gymna...
Listen#411: Richard Turner — The Magical Phenom Who Will Blow Your Mind from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Richard Turner — The Magical Phenom Who Will Blow Your Mind | Brought to you by Nulo and Inktel. "Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect." — Richard Turner I am very, very...
Listen#157: The Importance of Being Dirty: Lessons from Mike Rowe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Just because you love something doesn’t mean you can’t suck at it." - Mike Rowe Mike Rowe (@mikeroweworks) is perhaps the best storyteller and pitchman I've ever had on the show. You may know Mike...
Listen#410: Ryan Holiday — Turning the Tables from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ryan Holiday — Turning the Tables | Brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs and 99designs. Welcome to The Tim Ferriss Show! It is — usually — my job to sit down with world-class performers of all differen...
Listen#156: Joshua Skenes -- Playing with Fire from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The answer is either yes or no. If it's 'no,' then I have to start over." - Joshua Skenes Joshua Skenes (IG: @jskenes) has become famous for his use of fire. As chef-owner of Saison in San Francis...
Listen#409: Brené Brown — Striving versus Self-Acceptance, Saving Marriages, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Brené Brown — Striving versus Self-Acceptance, Saving Marriages, and More | Brought to you by Brave and Helix Sleep. "We chase extraordinary moments instead of being grateful for ordinary moments ...
Listen#155: On Zero-to-Hero Transformations from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode, we don't have any special guests, unless you count the multiple personalities in my own head. We are not talking to Arnold Schwarzenegger, black-market chemists, Josh Waitzkin, Jam...
Listen#408: The Random Show — New Year's Resolutions, 2010-2019 Lessons Learned, Finding Joy, Energy Management, and Much More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The Random Show — New Year's Resolutions, 2010-2019 Lessons Learned, Finding Joy, Energy Management, and Much More | Brought to you by Calm and LinkedIn Marketing Solutions. Technologist, serial ...
Listen#154: The Habits of a Master -- Paulo Coelho, Author of The Alchemist from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"A successful writing day is the day that I suffer in the morning, and I have fun in the evening." -Paulo Coelho Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) has long been one of my writing inspirations. His books,...
Listen#407: Sam Zell — Strategies for High-Stakes Investing, Dealmaking, and Grave Dancing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sam Zell — Strategies for High-Stakes Investing, Dealmaking, and Grave Dancing | Brought to you by FreshBooks and Brave “If I can't run it, then I don't want to own it.” — Sam Zell Welcome to ano...
Listen#153: The Man Who Studied 1,000 Deaths to Learn How to Live from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
At the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? And how can knowing this help you live better lives now? BJ Miller, MD (@zenhospice) knows. BJ is a palliative care physician at Zen Hospice Proje...
Listen#406: Bob Iger — CEO and Chairman of Disney from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bob Iger — CEO and Chairman of Disney | Brought to you by 99designs and HumanN's BeetElite. As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, Robert A. Iger (@RobertIger) is the ...
Listen#152: On Philosophy and Riches from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Whenever I succumb to social pressure to treat time as less valuable than income, that's when I turn to stoicism. In this special episode of the podcast, I'm sharing one of my favorite letters from...
Listen#405: Penn Jillette on Magic, Losing 100+ Pounds, and Weaponizing Kindness from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Penn Jillette on Magic, Losing 100+ Pounds, and Weaponizing Kindness | Brought to you by Brave and LinkedIn Jobs. "One of the biggest challenges we face is staying kind with profound disagreement—...
Listen#151: How to Overcome Fear - Lessons from Firefighter and Luger, Caroline Paul from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Caroline Paul (@carowriter) is a blast and can also probably kick my ass... seriously. Caroline is the author of four published books. Her latest is the New York Times best seller The Gutsy Girl: E...
Listen#404: Books I've Loved — Steve Jurvetson from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Books I've Loved — Steve Jurvetson | Brought to you by Four Sigmatic. Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all differen...
Listen#150: Morgan Spurlock: Inside the Mind of a Human Guinea Pig from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is an interview you’ve been asking for since before I started the podcast: Morgan Spurlock. Morgan Spurlock (@morganspurlock) is an Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker based in New York. He ...
Listen#403: Tony Fadell — On Building the iPod, iPhone, Nest, and a Life of Curiosity from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tony Fadell — On Building the iPod, iPhone, Nest, and a Life of Curiosity | Brought to you by SuperFat and Four Sigmatic. “Get bored. Just put away all of your things. Maybe go clean up the garag...
Listen#149: How to Live in The Moment from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I once wrote, "We all like to appear 'successful' (a nebulous term at best) and the media likes to portray standouts as superheroes...Most 'superheroes' are nothing of the sort. They’re weird, neur...
Listen#402: Books I've Loved — Seth Godin and Esther Perel from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Books I've Loved — Seth Godin and Esther Perel | Brought to you by Hu Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all differen...
Listen#148: Josh Waitzkin, The Prodigy Returns from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ever since episode #2 of the podcast, you’ve been asking for more Josh Waitzkin, so here it is! This is an in-depth jam session, and you can definitely listen to this one independently. Josh Waitzk...
Listen#401: Gary Keller — How to Focus on the One Important Thing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Gary Keller — How to Focus on the One Important Thing | Brought to you by ShipStation and Ring. "My life is better when I'm spontaneous after I've done my most important thing. Being spontaneous b...
Listen#147: How to Avoid the Busy Trap (And Other Misuses of Your Time) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Today's episode is a bite-sized morsel for your brain and for your life. This is an excerpt from my favorite writing of all time. This letter is #22, "On the Futility of Halfway Measures." As usual...
Listen#400: Books I’ve Loved — Tim’s Four Must-Read Books from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types—from startup founders and investors to chess champions to Olymp...
Listen#146: The Random Show, Ice Cold Edition from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is not going to be a long form interview where I dissect and deconstruct a world-class performer. Instead, this is a special edition of the Random Show. I am joined by Kevin Rose (@KevinRose),...
Listen#399: Adam Grant — The Man Who Does Everything from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Adam Grant — The Man Who Does Everything | Brought to you by Zapier and Peloton. "When you feel like you're not productive, it's not necessarily because you're lazy or because you have bad habits,...
Listen#145: The Interview Master: Cal Fussman and the Power of Listening from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is very special to me and features a verbal Jedi who never gets interviewed himself: Cal Fussman. Cal (@calfussman) is a New York Times bestselling author and a writer-at-large for Esq...
Listen#398: Peter Attia, M.D. — Fasting, Metformin, Athletic Performance, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Peter Attia, M.D. — Fasting, Metformin, Athletic Performance, and More | Brought to you by HumanN's BeetElite and Peloton. Dr. Peter Attia (peterattiamd.com, TW: @PeterAttiaMD, IG: @peterattiamd,...
Listen#144: How to 10X Your Results, One Tiny Tweak at a Time from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
If you've enjoyed my previous in-between episodes , then this might be your favorite episode ever. It's one of the most actionable, information-packed interviews I've ever done. This time, it's Joe...
Listen#397: Two Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Answer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"If the customer doesn't scream, you don't have product-market fit." — Andy Rachleff Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show. This time, we have a slightly different episode—a takeover ...
Listen#143: The World's Most Famous Performance-Enhancement Chemist from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
At the behest of my astute legal counsel, here is a legal disclaimer for this episode: First, I am not recommending, endorsing, or supporting any of the substances or compounds (especially illegal)...
Listen#396: Marcela Ot’alora — How to Become a Psychedelic Therapist from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The only way to not be afraid of someone's suffering is if you're not afraid of your own." — Marcela Ot'alora G. Marcela Ot'alora G. is a psychotherapist and an installation artist. Her interest ...
Listen#142: How to Achieve Self-Ownership from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is one of my favorite letters from Seneca. Before you listen, I want you to think about this philosophy from Fight Club: "The things you own end up owning you." - Tyler Durden Understanding th...
Listen#395: Jocko Willink Takeover — On Quitting, Relationships, Financial Discipline, Contrast Baths, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"You might have to make some tactical retreats in order to win the long war, but never quit on your strategic vision. Never quit on getting to the ultimate place where you want to go." — Jocko Will...
Listen#141: Kaskade and Sekou Andrews: The Musician and the Poet from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is a special double header. It features one interview and one performance. First up is Kaskade (@Kaskade), widely considered one of the Founding Fathers of Progressive House Music. He'...
Listen#394: Q&A With Tim — On Wealth, Legacy, Grief, Lyme Disease, Gratitude, Longevity, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types to tease out the habits, routines, favorite books, and so on th...
Listen#140: Shaun White: The Most Unholy Snowboarder Ever from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"My parents never really told me I couldn't do anything." - Shaun White This particular episode comes from a fun event -- my first live podcast at the iconic Troubadour in L.A. It sold out through ...
Listen#393: Edward Norton — On Creative Process, Creative Struggle, and Motherless Brooklyn from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“It's nice to be reminded that it's been hard for other people when they were getting things done that you admired, because it maybe gives you that extra little bit of determination or patience to ...
Listen#139: Meet "Scorpion," The Real-Life Santa Claus with an IQ of 197 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode might make your head explode... in the best way possible. Walter O'Brien (AKA "Scorpion") (@walterobrienscs) is the founder of Scorpion Computer Services and ConciergeUp.com, a for-hir...
Listen#392: Ben Horowitz — What You Do Is Who You Are >> Lessons from Silicon Valley, Andy Grove, Genghis Khan, Slave Revolutions, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"One of the key insights from Bushido is that a culture is not a set of beliefs, it's a set of actions." — Ben Horowitz Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz) is a cofounder and general partner at the venture ...
Listen#138: How Seth Godin Manages His Life -- Rules, Principles, and Obsessions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I expected this episode to be amazing, and Seth 10x'd expectations. He's incredible. Seth Godin (@thisissethsblog) is the author of 17 bestselling books that have been translated into more than 35 ...
Listen#391: The Random Show — On Fasting, Forest Bathing, How to Say NO, Rebooting the Self, and Much More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Technologist, serial entrepreneur, world-class investor, self-experimenter, and all-around wild and crazy guy Kevin Rose (@KevinRose), rejoins me for another episode of The Random Show. In this one...
Listen#137: How to Practice Poverty and Reduce Fear from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sometimes mindset is everything. That's why I hope you pay close attention to this episode of the podcast. This two-thousand-year-old letter from Seneca the Younger is a practical guide for constru...
Listen#390: Q&A With Tim — On Happiness, Dating, Depressive Episodes, and Much More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types to tease out the habits, routines, favorite books, and so on th...
Listen#136: Naval Ravikant on Happiness Hacks and The 5 Chimps Theory from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When a guest is nominated for "Podcast of the Year," that's usually a good sign to bring them to the show for more. That's why Naval Ravikant (@naval) is back, and this time, he's answering your qu...
Listen#389: Neil deGrasse Tyson — How to Dream Big, Think Scientifically, and Get More Done from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“What matters is: Are you a good problem solver? Are you moral? Are you a hard worker? Are you a good leader? Do you have insights into the field? These are the questions that matter.” — Neil deGra...
Listen#135: Luis Von Ahn on Learning Languages, Building Companies, and Changing the World from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Luis von Ahn (@luisvonahn) is an entrepreneur and computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He is known for inventing CAPTCHAs, being a MacArthur Fellow ("genius grant" recipient), ...
Listen#388: Lisa Ling — Exploring Subcultures, Learning to Feel, and Changing Perception from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"It requires time and energy to get invested in other people's stories, but I do in my heart of hearts believe that you emerge a better and smarter human as a result of taking that time." — Lisa Li...
Listen#134: The Tao of Seneca from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a special episode that is the result of more than 10 years of dreaming. For years, I've been studying Stoicism, but I've always had a particular interest in The Tao of Seneca. What is the T...
Listen#387: Tristan Harris — Fighting Skynet and Firewalling Attention from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Big Brother isn't watching. He's singing and dancing. He's pulling rabbits out of a hat. Big Brother’s busy holding your attention every moment you're awake. He's making sure you're always distrac...
Listen#133: Edward Norton on Mastery, Must-Read Books, and The Future of CrowdFunding from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode, I sit down with Edward Norton (@EdwardNorton). Edward is an actor, filmmaker and activist. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards for his work in Primal Fear, American History...
Listen#386: Ken Burns — A Master Filmmaker on Creative Process, the Long Game, and the Noumenal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“There’s always the certainty that the opposite of what I might believe in might also be true.” — Ken Burns Ken Burns (@KenBurns) has been making documentary films for more than 40 years. Since t...
Listen#132: Chris Sacca on Shark Tank, Building Your Business, and Startup Mistakes from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sometimes one interview just isn't enough. That was certainly the case with my good friend, Chris Sacca. Chris (who I interviewed before) was recently the cover story of the Midas Issue of Forbes m...
Listen#385: The World's Largest Psychedelic Research Center from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is something I’ve been working on for ~1.5 years and something diligent scientists have been working toward for 20+ years. This episode features a recording of the press conference announcing...
Listen#131: Eric Weinstein on Challenging “Reality,” Working with Peter Thiel, and Destroying Education to Save It from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
My guest this episode is my friend, Eric Weinstein (@ericrweinstein), managing director of Thiel Capital, a Ph.D in mathematical physics from Harvard, and a research fellow at the Mathematical Inst...
Listen#384: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Your head's for having ideas, not for holding them." — David Allen David Allen (@gtdguy) is one of the world's most influential thinkers on productivity, and his 35 years of experience as a manag...
Listen#130: Daymond John and How to Turn Weaknesses into Strengths from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Usually, it's my job to deconstruct world-class performers. This time around, the tables are turned. Many of you have wanted to hear me interviewed, so this week Daymond John (@thesharkdaymond), st...
Listen#383: Mike Phillips — How to Save a Species from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Humans and cockroaches and coyotes are going to inherit the earth." — Mike Phillips [Visit tim.blog/wolf for the most important links from this interview and my personal next steps.] Mike Philli...
Listen#129: Recommendations and Resolutions for 2016 - Kevin Rose and Tim Ferriss from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is ~99% serious recommendations and resolutions for 2016. But I am joined by tech entrepreneur and investor, Kevin Rose, so it's at least 1% shenanigans. The conversation is also a new...
Listen#382: Safi Bahcall — On Hypnosis, Conquering Insomnia, Incentives, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Safi Bahcall (@SafiBahcall) is the author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, which debuted #3 on Wall Street Journal’s bestseller l...
Listen#128: Derek Sivers Reloaded - On Success Habits and Billionaires with Perfect Abs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Derek Sivers (@sivers) is one of my favorite humans, and I call him often for advice. Think of him as a philosopher-king programmer, master teacher, and merry prankster. Originally a professional m...
Listen#381: Charles Koch — CEO of Koch Industries from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“When goods don't cross borders, soldiers will.” — Charles Koch, quoting Frédéric Bastiat This episode will no doubt surprise people, and my guest came to me through channels I wouldn't have expec...
Listen#127: Amelia Boone on Beating 99% of Men and Suffering for a High-Performance Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Amelia Boone (@ameliaboone) has been called the Michael Jordan of obstacle course racing (OCR). This episode explores her training, nutrition, rehab, "pre-hab", and more. In a sense, Amelia is more...
Listen#380: Ed Zschau — The Polymath Professor Who Changed My Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Entrepreneurship isn't about starting companies. Entrepreneurship is an approach to life." — Ed Zschau Ed Zschau is the Interim President of Sierra Nevada College, and he brings to the college 17...
Listen#126: 25 Things I've Learned from Podcast Guests in 2015 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this short episode (approximately 30 minutes), I describe 25 tips, tricks, and quotes from podcast guests that I've incorporated into my own life in 2015. Show notes for all episodes can be foun...
Listen#379: Dita Von Teese — The Queen of Burlesque from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"You can be a juicy ripe peach and there will still be someone who doesn't like peaches." — Dita Von Teese Dita Von Teese (@DitaVonTeese) is the biggest name in burlesque in the world since Gypsy ...
Listen#125: Derek Sivers on Developing Confidence, Finding Happiness, and Saying "No" to Millions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Originally a professional musician and circus clown, Derek Sivers (@sivers) created CD Baby in 1998. It became the largest seller of independent music online, with $100 million in sales for 150,000...
Listen#378: Nick Norris — Navy SEAL and Athlete on Training, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Healing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I’ve shared that a lot more openly, and it’s been one of the best medicines that I’ve found. It’s liberating. Talking about grief has been something that’s unlocked a lot of happiness for me." — N...
Listen#124: Jamie Foxx on Workout Routines, Success Habits, and Untold Hollywood Stories from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode is one of my favorite I've ever done. Jamie Foxx (@iamjamiefoxx) is an Academy Award-winning actor, a Grammy Award-winning musician, and a famous standup and improv comedian. He is, wi...
Listen#377: Psychedelics — Microdosing, Mind-Enhancing Methods, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode features a panel that I moderated in front of a standing-room-only crowd at the Milken Institute's Global Conference 2019. It includes a great overview of psychedelic science, investin...
ListenJamie Foxx Mega-Interview - 5-Minute Teaser from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Enjoy the teaser sample! Full episode coming in a few days. 2.5 hours of stories and impromptu performances in Jamie's studio, digging into acting, music, comedy, hustling, parenting, and much more...
Listen#376: How Seth Godin Manages His Life — Rules, Principles, and Obsessions (Repost) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This interview originally aired in 2016. You can find the show notes here: https://tim.blog/2016/02/10/seth-godin/ “We can’t out-obedience the competition.” – Seth Godin I expected this episode ...
Listen#123: Rainn Wilson on Meditation, The Sexy Nostril Exercise, and Acting as Therapy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Rainn Wilson (@rainnwilson) is best known for playing "Dwight" on NBC's Emmy-Winning, "The Office”. He has also acted in "Super", "Cooties", "Juno", "Monsters vs. Aliens" and "The Rocker" among oth...
Listen#375: Josh Waitzkin — How to Cram 2 Months of Learning into 1 Day from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"From my perspective, the goal is unobstructed self-expression." — Josh Waitzkin Josh Waitzkin, author of The Art of Learning, is an eight-time US National Chess Champion, a two-time World Champio...
Listen#122: The Magic of Mindfulness: Complain Less, Appreciate More, and Live a Better Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is another special episode of The Tim Ferriss Show. Usually, when I talk about strategies for living a better life, I focus on strategies for effectiveness and efficiency. That is, finding way...
Listen#374: Chip Conley — Building Empires, Tackling Cancer, and Surfing the Liminal from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"The question would be: 'What mastery can you offer?' So have a friend of yours ask that question of you five times, and you'll be sort of surprised at, by the fifth time you get asked that questio...
Listen#121: BJ Novak of The Office on Creative Process, Handling Rejection, and Good Comedy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This tactical episode covers principles and tactics for creating amazing careers, comedy, writing, and much more. Hilarious stories weave it all together. My guest is B.J. Novak (@bjnovak), best kn...
Listen#373: Jerry Colonna — The Coach With the Spider Tattoo from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"You are not alone. And just because you feel like shit doesn't mean you are shit." — Jerry Colonna Jerry Colonna (@jerrycolonna) is the CEO and cofounder of Reboot.io, an executive coaching and l...
Listen#120: Will MacAskill on Effective Altruism, Y Combinator, and Artificial Intelligence from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Will MacAskill (@willmacaskill) is an Associate Professor in Philosophy at Lincoln College, Oxford. Just 28 years old, he is likely the youngest associate (i.e. tenured) professor of philosophy in ...
Listen#372: Julie Rice — Co-Founding SoulCycle, Taming Anxiety, and Mastering Difficult Conversations from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"There is no elevator to success; you have to take the stairs." — Julie Rice Julie Rice (@julierice_) is an entrepreneur best known for co-founding the fitness phenomenon SoulCycle. Julie served a...
Listen#119: Kevin Costner on Building His Career, Positive Self-Talk, and Making Dances with Wolves Happen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kevin Costner (@modernwest) is an internationally renowned filmmaker. He is considered one of the most critically acclaimed and visionary storytellers of his generation. Costner has produced, direc...
Listen#371: Ramit Sethi — Automating Finances, Negotiating Prenups, Disagreeing with Tim, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Ramit Sethi — Automating Finances, Negotiating Prenups, Disagreeing with Tim, and More | Brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs. "Most of us should spend less time on most decisions and we should spend a...
Listen#118: How Philosophy Can Change Your Life, Alain de Botton from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Alain de Botton (@alaindebotton) is many things, but I think of him as a rare breed of practical philosopher. In 1997, he turned away from writing novels and instead wrote an extended essay titled ...
Listen#370.5: Derek Sivers on Developing Confidence, Finding Happiness, and Saying “No” to Millions (Repost) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode originally aired in 2015. You can find the show notes of the episode here. “To me, ‘busy’ implies that the person is out of control of their life.” – Derek Sivers Derek Sivers (@siv...
Listen#117: Dom D'Agostino on Fasting, Ketosis, and The End of Cancer from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Dominic “Dom" D’Agostino (@DominicDAgosti2) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, ...
Listen#370: Adam Savage on Great Tools, Great Projects, and Great Lessons from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"A true creator knows that you follow the thing to where it's going, not to where you think it ought to go." — Adam Savage Adam Savage (TW: @donttrythis IG: @therealadamsavage FB: therealadamsava...
Listen#116: How Casey Neistat Gets Away With Murder from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Casey Neistat (@caseyneistat) is a New York-based filmmaker. His online films have been viewed more than 50,000,000 times in the last 3 years. He is the writer, director, editor, and star of the se...
Listen#369: Kevin Systrom — Tactics, Books, and the Path to a Billion Users from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“I think a big part of knowing that you’re right is working as hard as you can to prove that you’re wrong. And if you can’t, well, there’s only one option left, which is: you’re probably right.” —...
Listen#115: Thinking About Extra Dimensions with Physicist Lisa Randall from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Professor Lisa Randall (@lirarandall) researches particle physics and cosmology at Harvard, where she is a professor of theoretical physics. Professor Randall was the first tenured woman in the Pri...
Listen#368: Amanda Palmer on Creativity, Pain, and Art from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I'm just so fundamentally optimistic, and I barrel forth in life with this attitude that everything is going to be absolutely fine and go my way." — Amanda Palmer Amanda Palmer (@amandapalmer) is...
Listen#114: The Athlete (And Artist) Who Cheats Death, Jimmy Chin from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jimmy Chin (@jimkchin) is an artist and professional athlete, often at the same time. If Chase Jarvis and Laird Hamilton had a love child, it would be Jimmy. He has participated in and documented b...
Listen#367: Eric Schmidt — Lessons from a Trillion-Dollar Coach from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Eric Schmidt — Lessons from a Trillion-Dollar Coach | Brought to you by Inktel and LinkedIn Jobs. "You can systematize innovation even if you can't completely predict it." — Eric Schmidt Eric Sch...
Listen#113: 5 Tools I Use For Faster And Better Sleep from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This short (~20 min) episode covers the latest tools, gadgets, and tactics I'm using for faster and better sleep. As a lifelong insomniac, I've tried everything, and these are the critical few that...
Listen#366: Neil Gaiman — The Interview I've Waited 20 Years To Do from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“The biggest problem we run into is going, ‘This is who I am, this is what I’m like, this is how I function’ while failing to notice that you don’t do that anymore.” — Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman (@ne...
Listen#112: The Nasty Icon of Retail, Sophia Amoruso from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sophia Amoruso (@Sophia_Amoruso) is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Nasty Gal, a global online destination for both new and vintage clothing, shoes, and accessories. Founded in 2006, Nasty Ga...
Listen#365: Michael Pollan — Exploring the Frontiers of Psychedelics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Michael Pollan — Exploring the Frontiers of Psychedelics | Brought to you by 99designs and Athletic Greens. "An overactive ego is a tyrant." - Michael Pollan Michael Pollan (@michaelpollan) is th...
Listen#111: Should You Start a ’Startup’ or Build a Cash-Flow Business? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I should be used as a mercenary, not a lifer." - Tim Ferriss In this episode, we have a change of pace... Expa (@expa) is a startup studio. It was founded by Garrett Camp, who co-founded Uber. Eve...
Listen#364: Safi Bahcall — On Thinking Big, Curing Cancer, and Transforming Industries from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“All these things you’re sure are true — what if they weren’t?” — Safi Bahcall Safi Bahcall (@SafiBahcall) is the author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases,...
Listen#110: The Tattooed Heretic of Wine and Whiskey, Richard Betts from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Richard Betts (@yobetts) served as the wine director at The Little Nell in Aspen from 2000 to 2008. Much more interesting to me, Richard passed the Court of Master Sommeliers' Masters Exam on his f...
Listen#363: Tea Time with Tim — How to Find Mentors, Decrease Anxiety Through Training, and Much More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Welcome to a special episode called Tea Time with Tim, in which I solicited phone numbers and called a handful of you to field any questions that you might have. Among other topics, we discuss:How...
Listen#109: The 5 Things I Did To Become a Better Investor from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
I get asked a lot about investing. This is mostly due to start-up investing and the hoopla around it, but I've expanded my experiments to late-stage deals, real estate, and more. So far, my startup...
Listen#362: Graham Duncan — Talent Is The Best Asset Class from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Everyone's genius is right next to their dysfunction." — Graham Duncan Graham Duncan (@GrahamDuncanNYC) is the co-founder of East Rock Capital, a multi-family office investment firm that manages ...
Listen#108: Comedy's Dynamic Duo, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode features a dynamic duo. Seth Rogen (@SethRogen) is an actor, writer, producer, and director. Evan Goldberg (@EvanDGoldberg) is a Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer. Together...
Listen#361: Jim Collins — A Rare Interview with a Reclusive Polymath from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jim Collins — A Rare Interview with a Reclusive Polymath | Brought to you by Peloton and LinkedIn Jobs. "I'm not really a business author; I just happen to have used companies as the method to stu...
Listen#107: The Scariest Navy SEAL I've Ever Met...And What He Taught Me from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jocko Willink (@jockowillink) is one of the scariest human beings imaginable. He is a lean 230 pounds. He is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu expert who used to tap out 20 Navy SEALs per workout. He is a lege...
Listen#360: Caterina Fake — The Outsider Who Built Giants from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I really am a big believer in people's creativity flourishing when they come at things from a different direction and see things in a different way." — Caterina Fake Caterina Fake (@caterina) is ...
Listen#106: Scott Adams: The Man Behind Dilbert from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Scott Adams (@scottadamssays) is a famous cartoonist and the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, which has been published in more than 2000 newspapers in 57 countries and in 19 languages. In my con...
Listen#359: Tobi Lütke — From Snowboard Shop to Billion-Dollar Company from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Feedback is a gift." — Tobi Lütke Tobi Lütke (@tobi) is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Shopify. In 2004, Tobi began building software to launch an online snowboard store called Snowde...
Listen#105: 5 Morning Rituals That Help Me Win the Day from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode of The Tim Ferriss Show is a bit of an experiment. Most the time, I interview many world-class people, and I ask them many, many questions to try and figure out what makes them good at...
Listen#358: Ken Block — The Art of Marketing with a DC Shoes and Gymkhana Legend (500M+ views) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“In life — from the simplest thing to the biggest thing — I want to be proud of what it is and stake my claim: ‘That’s mine and that’s how I do it.'” — Ken Block Ken Block (@kblock43 on IG and TW)...
Listen#104: Are Psychedelic Drugs the Next Medical Breakthrough? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Martin Polanco (@Martin_Polanco7), M.D., is the founder and program director of Crossroads Treatment Center, based in Rosarito, Mexico. Crossroads specializes in helping patients conquer powerful a...
Listen#357: Susan Cain — How to Overcome Fear and Embrace Creativity from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Susan Cain — How to Overcome Fear and Embrace Creativity | Brought to you by Peloton and LinkedIn Jobs. "So often, when you see someone who's really good at almost anything, it's because they actu...
Listen#103: Drunk Dialing Fans--Celebrating The 100th Podcast Episode! from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
100 episodes! Whaaat?! This celebratory episode involves me drunk dialing a bunch of you on Skype. We'll get to that. But first, a little background and thank you... My podcast--The Tim Ferriss Sho...
Listen#356: Peter Mallouk — Exploring the Worlds of Investing, Assets, and Quality of Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"You spend the first 20 years of being rich accumulating all of this stuff. And then you'll spend the next 20 years trying to get out of one thing after another to simplify your life." — Peter Mall...
Listen#102: "The Iceman," Wim Hof from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
WARNING: AS I’VE EMPHASIZED BEFORE, NEVER DO BREATHING EXERCISES IN WATER OR BEFORE TRAINING IN WATER. SHALLOW-WATER BLACKOUTS CAN BE FATAL. Wim Hof (@Iceman_hof) is a Dutch world record holder, ad...
Listen#355: Greg McKeown — How to Master Essentialism from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Greg McKeown — How to Master Essentialism | Brought to you by WordPress and Peloton. "If you don't prioritize your life, someone else will."— Greg McKeown Greg McKeown (@GregoryMcKeown) is the au...
Listen#101: The Oracle of Silicon Valley, Reid Hoffman (Plus: Michael McCullough) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Reid Hoffman (@reidhoffman) is often referred to as "The Oracle of Silicon Valley" by tech insiders, who look at his company-building and investing track record (Facebook, Airbnb, Flickr, etc.) wit...
Listen#354: Real 4-Hour Workweek Case Studies — How to Generate 8-Figure Revenue at Age 21 (Or Any Age) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I think the role of the entrepreneur in the world is to find ways to do things better or more efficiently and then try to do that as many times over with the help of other people." — Santiago Nest...
Listen#353: Patrick Collison — CEO of Stripe from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"If people around you don't think what you're doing is a bit strange, maybe it's not strange enough." — Patrick Collison Patrick Collison (@patrickc) is chief executive officer and co-founder of S...
Listen#99: How to Build a World-Class Network in Record Time from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Welcome to a special edition of The Tim Ferriss Show. Back in 2007, I experienced a massive tipping point for The 4-Hour Workweek at the South by Southwest (SXSW)conference held in Austin, Texas. T...
Listen#352: Dr. Peter Attia vs. Tim Ferriss from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Unhappiness is at the root of more pain, I would suspect, than any ailment that falls in the 'physical' body. And to think that we have compounds that could play such an important role that are re...
Listen#98: The "Wizard" of Hollywood, Robert Rodriguez from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Robert Rodriguez (@Rodriguez) is a film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor, and musician. He is also the founder and chairman of El Rey Network, the new genre-busting English...
Listen#351: Real 4-Hour Workweek Case Studies — Allen Walton and SpyGuy, The Path to Seven Figures from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
“And then I wake up at 7:00 a.m., and I roll over and look at my phone. And I have a notification from Shopify saying that I made my first sale for $149. And I let out this huge, orgasmic noise of ...
Listen#97: The Evolutionary Angel, Naval Ravikant from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Naval Ravikant (@naval) is the CEO and a co-founder of AngelList. He previously co-founded Epinions, which went public as part of Shopping.com, and Vast.com. He is an active angel investor and has ...
Listen#350: Dr. Andrew Weil — Optimal Health, Plant Medicine, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Andrew Weil, M.D. (@DrWeil) is a world-renowned leader and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine. Dr. Weil received a degree in biology (botany) from Harvard College in 1964 and an M.D. fro...
Listen#96: Kevin Kelly on Artificial Intelligence and Designer Babies from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly) returns to the podcast due to popular demand. Kevin continues to be perhaps the Most Interesting Man in the World. He is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine, which he co-fo...
Listen#349: LeBron James and His Top-Secret Trainer, Mike Mancias from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode represents the first time that LeBron James has been interviewed alongside his very below-the-radar, some might say top-secret, athletic trainer about details of training, recovery, di...
Listen#95: Lessons Learned from Jeff Bezos, Reid Hoffman, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Phil Libin (@plibin) is the co-founder and executive chairman of Evernote. Evernote has roughly 150 million users, and I personally use it at least 10 times a day. It is my external brain for captu...
Listen#348: Dave Elitch — How to Get Out of Your Own Way from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Slow down. Do it again." — Dave Elitch Dave Elitch (IG: @daveelitch) first garnered attention with his band Daughters of Mara's debut album I am Destroyer in 2007, but his time touring with the A...
Listen#94: Tara Brach on Meditation and Overcoming FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Tara Brach (@TaraBrach) is a PhD in clinical psychology and one of the leading teachers of Buddhist thinking and meditation in the Western world. She is the founder of the Insight Meditation Commun...
Listen#347: Stan Grof, Lessons from ~4,500 LSD Sessions and Beyond from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"I realized people were not having LSD experiences; they were having experiences of themselves. But they were coming from depths that psychoanalysis didn't know anything about." — Stanislav Grof S...
Listen#93: Jane McGonigal on Getting More Done with Less Stress and The Health Benefits of Gaming from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Jane McGonigal (@avantgame), PhD, is a senior researcher at the Institute for the Future and the author of The New York Times bestseller Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can...
Listen#346: James Cameron and Suzy Amis Cameron — How to Think Big, Start Small, and Change the World from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option." — James Cameron James Cameron (@jimcameron) is a filmmaker and deep sea explorer. He is writer, director and producer of The ...
Listen#92: Maria Popova on Being Interesting, Creating More Time in a Day, And How to Start A Successful Blog from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Maria Popova (@brainpicker) has written for amazing outlets like The Atlantic and The New York Times, but I find her most amazing project to be BrainPickings.org. Founded in 2006 as a weekly email ...
Listen#345: Doug McMillon — CEO of Walmart from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Doug McMillon (IG: @dougmcmillon) is president and chief executive officer of Walmart, a company that, if it were a country, would be the 25th largest economy in the world. Walmart serves 265 milli...
Listen#91: Charles Poliquin on Strength Training, Shredding Body Fat, and Increasing Testosterone and Sex Drive from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Charles Poliquin (@strengthsensei) is one of the best known strength coaches in the world. He has trained elite athletes from nearly 20 different sports, including Olympic gold medalists, NFL All-P...
Listen#344: A.J. Jacobs — 10 Strategies to Be Happier Through Gratitude from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A.J. Jacobs (@ajjacobs) takes over the show for a special episode. A.J. is a kindred guinea pig of self-experimentation who chronicles his shenanigans in books that seem to keep winding up as New Y...
Listen#90: Peter Diamandis on Disrupting the Education System, The Evolution of Healthcare, and Building a Billion-Dollar Business from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Dr. Peter Diamandis (@PeterDiamandis) has been named one of “The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” by Fortune Magazine. His accomplishments are far too many to list, but here are a few: Peter is Chairma...
Listen#343: Seth Godin on How to Say “No,” Market Like a Professional, and Win at Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Seth Godin (@thisissethsblog, seths.blog) is the author of 18 bestselling books that have been translated into more than 35 languages. He was inducted into the Direct Marketing Hall of Fame in 2013...
Listen#89: Laird Hamilton, The King of Big Wave Surfing (Plus: Gabrielle Reece and Brian MacKenzie) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Laird Hamilton (@LairdLife) is widely considered the greatest big wave surfer of all-time and an innovator in board sports. He’s the creator of tow-in surfing, and largely responsible for the rebir...
ListenBONUS: Sam Harris Guided Meditations and Lessons from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This is a companion episode to episode #342 ("Sam Harris, Ph.D. — How to Master Your Mind"), and it features guided meditations and lessons from Sam's meditation app Waking Up. Please note that it ...
Listen#88: Stanley McChrystal on Anti-War Americans, Pushing Your Limits, and The Three Military Tests You Should Take from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"Push yourself harder than you think you're capable of. You'll find new depth inside yourself." - Stanley McChrystal Stanley McChrystal (@StanMcChrystal) retired from the U.S. Army as a four-star g...
Listen#342: Sam Harris, Ph.D. — How to Master Your Mind from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sam Harris (@SamHarrisOrg) received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D in neuroscience from UCLA. Sam is the host of the Waking Up podcast, and he is the author of multiple ...
Listen#87: Sam Harris on Daily Routines, The Trolley Scenario, and 5 Books Everyone Should Read from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sam Harris is a neuroscience Ph.D. and the author of the bestselling books, The End of Faith, The Moral Landscape, Free Will, Lying, and Waking Up. His work has been discussed in The New York Times...
Listen#341: Nick Kokonas — How to Apply World-Class Creativity to Business, Art, and Life from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Nick Kokonas (IG: @nkokonas, TW: @NickKokonas) is the co-owner and co-founder of The Alinea Group of restaurants, which includes Alinea, Next, The Aviary, Roister, and The Aviary NYC. He is also th...
Listen#86: General Stan McChrystal on Eating One Meal Per Day, Special Ops, and Mental Toughness from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stanley McChrystal (@StanMcChrystal) retired from the U.S. Army as a four-star general after more than 34 years of service. Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates described McChrystal as "perhaps th...
Listen#340: Paul Stamets — How Mushrooms Can Save You and (Perhaps) the World from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Paul Stamets (@PaulStamets) is an intellectual and industry leader in the habitat, medicinal use, and production of fungi. Part of his mission is to deepen our understanding and respect for the org...
Listen#85: Kelly Starrett on the 80/20 of Mobility and Performance from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
By popular demand, this episode features Kelly Starrett. He’s trained CrossFit athletes for more than 130,000 hours (!) and his clients include Olympic gold medalists, Tour de France cyclists, worl...
Listen#339: Samin Nosrat — Master Creative, Master Teacher from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Samin Nosrat (@ciaosamin) is a writer, chef, and teacher who is masterful at turning complexity into simplicity. Her first book, Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking, is a ...
Listen#84: How to Turn Pain Into Creativity (Whitney Cummings) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode explores pain, struggle, and how to turn both into amazing creative projects. Whitney Cummings is a Los Angeles-based comedian, actor, writer and producer. Whitney is executive produce...
Listen#338: Howard Marks — How to Invest with Clear Thinking from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Howard Marks (@howardmarksbook) is co-chairman and co-founder of Oaktree Capital Management, a leading investment firm with more than $120 billion in assets. He is the author of the new book Master...
Listen#83: The Maverick of Brain Optimization from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
"My lab is interested in pursuing how we can enhance cognition to improve quality of life." - Adam Gazzaley Dr. Adam Gazzaley (@adamgazz) obtained an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at the Mount S...
Listen#337: Hamilton Morris on Better Living Through Chemistry: Psychedelics, Smart Drugs, and More from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Hamilton Morris (TW: @hamiltonmorris, IG: @hamiltonmorris) is a writer, documentarian, and scientific researcher who currently studies the chemistry and pharmacology of tryptamines at the Universit...
Listen#82: Sam Kass on Trials by Fire and Cooking for The Obamas from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Sam Kass almost became a pro baseball player. Instead, he pivoted a history major into becoming the private chef for the Obamas in the White House. He then broke into national nutrition policy and ...
Listen#336: Scott Belsky — How to Conquer the Messy Middle from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Scott Belsky (@scottbelsky) is an entrepreneur, author, investor, Chief Product Officer of Adobe, and venture partner with venture capital firm Benchmark. Scott co-founded Behance in 2006 and serve...
Listen#81: The Rags to Riches Philosopher: Bryan Johnson's Path to $800 Million from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Bryan Johnson is an entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder of OS Fund and Braintree, the latter of which was bought by eBay in 2013 for $800 million in cash. Bryan launched OS Fund in 2014 wi...
ListenEpisode 1: Kevin Rose from 2014-04-18T08:13:27
I consider Kevin Rose one of the best "stock pickers" in the early startup game, and he can predict even non-tech trends with stunning accuracy. Kevin is a tech entrepreneur who co-founded ...
ListenEpisode 1: Kevin Rose from 2014-04-18T08:13:27
I consider Kevin Rose one of the best "stock pickers" in the early startup game, and he can predict even non-tech trends with stunning accuracy. Kevin is a tech entrepreneur who co-founded ...
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