Matthew McConaughey ( @McConaughey ) is a Texas native and one of Hollywood's most sought-after leading men. A chance meeting in Austin with casting director and producer Don Phillips led him to director Richard Linklater, who launched the actor's career in the cult classic Dazed and Confused . Since then, he has won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club , appeared in more than 40 feature films that have grossed more than $1 billion, and has become a producer, ...
Oct 19, 2020•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 474
Naval Ravikant ( @naval ) is the co-founder and chairman of AngelList . He is an angel investor and has invested in more than 100 companies, including many mega-successes such as Twitter, Uber, Notion, OpenDoor, Postmates, and Wish. You can subscribe to Naval , his podcast on wealth and happiness, on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Overcast , or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also find his blog at nav.al . For more Naval plus Tim, check out my ...
Oct 15, 2020•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 473
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—from startup founders and investors to chess champions to Olympic athletes. This episode, however, is an experiment and part of a shorter series I’m doing called “Books I’ve Loved.” I’ve invited some amazing past guests, close friends, and new faces to share their favorite boo...
Oct 09, 2020•21 min•Ep. 472
Please enjoy this special episode of The Tim Ferriss Show , featuring the superhuman Adam Grant ( @AdamMGrant ) and his podcast with TED, WorkLife . Many of you have heard my interview with Adam, which was one of the most popular interviews of 2019. I titled that podcast “ The Man Who Does Everything ” because Adam seems to accomplish more than the next 10 people combined, and he has built systems and habits that allow him to do this. Adam is an expert in how we can find motivation and mea...
Oct 08, 2020•38 min•Ep. 471
Steven Rinella ( @StevenRinella ) is the host of the Netflix Originals series MeatEater and The MeatEater Podcast . He's also the author of seven books dealing with wildlife, conservation, hunting, fishing, and wild foods, including the forthcoming The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival , coming out on December 1st, 2020. Please enjoy! This episode is brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs . Whether you are looking to hire now for a critical role or thinking about needs that ...
Oct 06, 2020•2 hr 45 min•Ep. 470
Dr. Mark Plotkin ( @DocMarkPlotkin ) is an ethnobotanist who serves as president of the Amazon Conservation Team , which has partnered with 55 tribes to map and improve management and protection of 80 million acres of ancestral rainforests. Educated at Harvard, Yale, and Tufts, Plotkin has since spent much of the past four decades studying the shamans and healing plants of tropical America from Mexico to Argentina, although much of his work focuses on the rainforests of the northeast Amazon. He ...
Sep 30, 2020•2 hr 37 min•Ep. 469
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—from startup founders and investors to chess champions to Olympic athletes. This episode, however, is an experiment and part of a shorter series I’m doing called “Books I’ve Loved.” I’ve invited some amazing past guests, close friends, and new faces to share their favorite books—...
Sep 27, 2020•26 min•Ep. 468
“I don’t worry about inspiration as much as system overload.” — Dustin Yellin Dustin Yellin ( @dustinyellin ) is an artist who lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is the founder and director of Pioneer Works , a multidisciplinary cultural center in Red Hook, Brooklyn, that builds community through the arts and sciences to create an open and inspired world. He and his incredible work have been featured by media and organizations including The New York Times , Artforum , ...
Sep 25, 2020•2 hr 44 min•Ep. 467
Richard Koch ( @RichardKoch8020 ) is an entrepreneur, investor, former strategy consultant, and author of several books on business and ideas, including four on how to apply the 80/20 principle in all walks of life. His investments have grown at 22 percent compounded annually over 37 years and have included Filofax, Plymouth Gin, Belgo, Betfair (the world’s largest betting exchange), FanDuel, and Auto1. He has worked for Boston Consulting Group and was a partner at Bain & Co. before joining ...
Sep 22, 2020•3 hr 46 min•Ep. 466
Jamie Foxx ( @iamjamiefoxx ) is an Academy Award-winning actor , a Grammy Award-winning musician , and a famous standup and improv comedian . He is, without a doubt, the most consummate performer and entertainer I have ever met. In the 2.5 hours we spent together in his home studio, he blew my mind. We cover a TON in this wide-ranging episode, including many never-before-heard stories. Here’s just a tiny sample of what you’ll hear: Jamie’s workout routine J...
Sep 18, 2020•3 hr 35 min•Ep. 465
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 43 years on this planet. I’ve never shared it before. My dance partner and safety net in this conversation is my friend Debbie Millman ( @debbiemillman ). She has been named one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company , and she is the host of Design Matters —a great show and one of the wo...
Sep 15, 2020•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 464
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 author Esther Perel ( @EstherPerelOfficial ) is recognized as one of today’s most insightful and original voices on modern relationships. Fluent in nine languages, she helms a therapy practice in New York City and serves as an organizational consultant for Fortune 500 companies around...
Sep 12, 2020•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 463
“There is a natural skepticism that you develop as a journalist, which I think is important. But oftentimes that develops into cynicism.” — Guy Raz Guy Raz ( @guyraz ) is the Michael Phelps of podcasting. He’s the creator and host of the popular podcasts How I Built This , Wisdom from the Top , and The Rewind and the co-creator of the acclaimed podcasts TED Radio Hour and Wow in the World , a children’s program. He’s received the Edward R. Murrow A...
Sep 10, 2020•2 hr 49 min•Ep. 462
“When you’re humble, you’re teachable.” — Kelly Slater Kelly Slater ( @kellyslater ) is widely considered the greatest surfer of all time. He holds nearly every major record in the sport, including 11 world titles and 55 career victories. He also has the amazing distinction of being both the youngest and oldest world champion in men’s history. His most dominant days were the mid-’90s, when he won five straight titles between 1993 and 1998. After topping Mark Richards’ previous record of fo...
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 461
Maria Popova ( @brainpicker ) is a reader and a writer who writes about what she reads on Brain Pickings , which is included in the Library of Congress permanent web archive of culturally valuable materials. She is the author of Figuring , the editor of A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader , and the creator and host of The Universe in Verse , an annual charitable celebration of science through poetry at the interdisciplinary cultural center ...
Sep 06, 2020•2 hr 43 min•Ep. 460
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 Olympic athletes. This episode, however, is an experiment and part of a shorter series I’m doing called “Books I’ve Loved.” I’ve invited some amazing past guests, close friends, and new faces to share their favorite books—the books that have influenced them, changed them, and transformed them f...
Sep 04, 2020•15 min•Ep. 459
Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show , where it is normally my job to deconstruct world-class performers of various types, of all ilks. In this special episode, the tables are turned. Instead of interviewing someone else, I am interviewed by two experts on several topics I’ve both studied and supported, including psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and what it can do to heal trauma and—broadly speaking—possible futures for mental health. This audio was recorded on a new show, ...
Sep 03, 2020•2 hr 39 min•Ep. 458
“The goal is to make people laugh and then to really break their heart.” — Chuck Palahniuk Writer Chuck Palahniuk ( @chuckpalahniuk ) has published twenty-three national and international best-selling books. These include fifteen prose novels, a collection of short stories, two graphic novels, two coloring books, a travel guide, a collection of essays, and a memoir about his life as a writer. He was raised in a desert town with a population of three hundred at the time of his birth i...
Sep 02, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 457
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. Rubenstein Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show , where it is normally my job to interview and deconstruct world-class performers of all different types. This episode flips the script, but you get a masterful interview in the process. and it features the first program or chapter—titled “The Hero...
Aug 27, 2020•1 hr•Ep. 456
“Win the respect of people you respect, and you can forget the rest.” — Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks ( @RabbiSacks ) is an international religious leader, philosopher, and respected moral voice. He was the chief rabbi of the UK and Commonwealth from 1991 to 2013 and the recipient of the 2016 Templeton Prize, in recognition of his “exceptional contributions to affirming life’s spiritual dimension.” Rabbi Sacks has been described by HRH The Prince of Wales as “a light ...
Aug 26, 2020•2 hr 33 min•Ep. 455
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 types—from startup founders and investors to chess champions to Olympic athletes. This episode, however, is an experiment and part of a shorter series I’m doing called “Books I’ve Loved.” I’ve invited some amazing past guests, close friends, and new faces to share their favorite b...
Aug 21, 2020•21 min•Ep. 454
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, 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, we wax poetic over wildlife friends and foes, the folly of facing off against Mike Tyson (even in his...
Aug 20, 2020•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 453
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 like a super-talented songwriter. I think I’m just really productive. One out of 10 songs is a hit. So where a lot of people will spend three weeks on one song, I will write 10 in three weeks.” — Sia Sia ( @sia ) is an Australian singer, songwriter, director, screenwriter, and pop icon. ...
Aug 12, 2020•2 hr 35 min•Ep. 452
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 CEO of Galaxy Digital . He was formerly a partner and president of Fortress Investment Group, LLC. Prior to Fortress, Michael spent 11 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was elected partner in 1998. Michael served on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Investor Advisory Commi...
Aug 05, 2020•2 hr 30 min•Ep. 451
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—from startup founders and investors to chess champions to Olympic athletes. This episode, however, is an experiment and part of a shorter series I’m doing called “Books I’ve Loved.” I’ve invited some amazing past guests, close friends, and new faces to share their favorite books...
Jul 31, 2020•25 min•Ep. 450
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 when he became the first African-American chess Grandmaster. He is a three-time national championship coach, an author, ESPN commentator, iPhone app designer, puzzle inventor, and motivational speaker. Maurice is well known for providing dynamic live tournament coverage of world-class chess com...
Jul 29, 2020•2 hr 59 min•Ep. 449
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 and they can’t eat you. Suit up." — Len Fassler Brad Feld ( @bfeld ) is the author of two new books: The Startup Community Way and the second edition of Startup Communities . He has been an early-stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987. Prior to co-...
Jul 23, 2020•3 hr 31 min•Ep. 448
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 with world-class performers of all different types—from startup founders and investors to chess champions to Olympic athletes. This episode, however, is an experiment and part of a shorter series I’m doing called “Books I’ve Loved.” I’ve invited some amazing past guests, close fr...
Jul 17, 2020•27 min•Ep. 447
Blake Mycoskie ( @BlakeMycoskie ) is a serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, and best-selling author, most known for founding TOMS Shoes . He is also the person behind the idea of One for One®, a business model that helps a person in need with every product purchased. Since its inception, TOMS Shoes has provided almost 96 million pairs of shoes to children around the globe. In 2014, after selling half of the company to Bain Capital, Blake stepped down as CEO of TOMS. Utilizing half of his proceed...
Jul 16, 2020•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 446
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 that hadn’t happened life would be so good.’ Then I suddenly realized, life is the obstacles. There is no underlying path.” — Janna Levin Janna Levin ( @jannalevin ) is the Tow Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University. She has contributed to an...
Jul 09, 2020•2 hr 54 min•Ep. 445
