Dr. Adam Gazzaley, UCSF — Brain Optimization and The Future of Psychedelic Medicine | Brought to you by Wealthfront automated investing, ExpressVPN virtual private network service, and Allform premium, modular furniture. Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD ( @adamgazz ) , is the David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology, and Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, and the founder and executive director of Neuroscape , a translational neuroscience center engaged in techno...
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 507
Balaji Srinivasan on The Future of Bitcoin and Ethereum, How to Become Noncancelable, the Path to Personal Freedom and Wealth in a New World, the Changing Landscape of Warfare, and More | Brought to you by Wealthfront automated investing, Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement, and Helix Sleep premium mattresses. More on all three below. “If code scripts machines, media scripts human beings.” — Balaji Srinivasan Balaji S. Srinivasan ( @balajis ) is an angel investor and entrepreneur. ...
Mar 25, 2021•3 hr 44 min•Ep. 506
Elizabeth Lesser on Building Omega Institute, ADD (Authenticity Deficit Disorder), and Seeking The Emotion of Illumination | Brought to you by Tonal smart home gym, Laird Superfood clean, plant-based creamers, and Allform premium, modular furniture. More on all three below. Elizabeth Lesser ( @ElizabethLesser ) is a bestselling author and the co-founder of Omega Institute , the renowned conference and retreat center located in Rhinebeck, New York. Elizabeth’s first book, The Seeker’s Guide , chr...
Mar 16, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 505
Vitalik Buterin, Creator of Ethereum, on Understanding Ethereum, ETH vs. BTC, ETH2, Scaling Plans and Timelines, NFTs, Future Considerations, Life Extension, and More (Featuring Naval Ravikant) | Brought to you by Wealthfront automated investing, Pique 's Daily Immune (Vitamin C optimized for absorption), and Theragun percussive muscle therapy devices. Vitalik Buterin ( @VitalikButerin ) is the creator of Ethereum. He first discovered blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies through Bitcoin in...
Mar 09, 2021•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 504
Walter Isaacson on CRISPR, Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race | Brought to you by Magic Spoon delicious low-carb cereal, LinkedIn Jobs recruitment platform with ~720M users, and Eight Sleep’s Pod Pro Cover sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating. More on all three below. Walter Isaacson ( @WalterIsaacson ) is a professor of history at Tulane, has been CEO of the Aspen Institute, chair of CNN, and editor of Time . He is the author of Leonardo da Vinci ; The ...
Mar 04, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 503
Jordan Peterson on Rules for Life, Psychedelics, The Bible, and Much More | Brought to you by Wealthfront automated investing, Helix Sleep premium mattresses, and Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement. More on all three below. Jordan B. Peterson ( @jordanbpeterson ) has taught mythology to lawyers, doctors, and business people, consulted for the UN secretary general, helped his clinical clients manage depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, and schizophrenia, served as an...
Mar 02, 2021•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 502
Steven Pressfield — How to Overcome Self-Sabotage and Resistance, Routines for Little Successes, and The Hero’s Journey vs. The Artist’s Journey | Brought to you by Tonal smart home gym, LinkedIn Sales Navigator , the best version of LinkedIn for sales professionals, and Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement. More on all three below. Steven Pressfield ( @SPressfield ), a former Marine and graduate of Duke University, became an overnight success as a writer after 30 years of abject fa...
Feb 26, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Ep. 501
KevKev TimTim TalkTalk on Dragon Slaying, Lessons Learned, Viagra, and Assorted Nonsense | Brought to you by Wealthfront automated investing, Literati Kids , a try-before-you-buy subscription book club, and Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement. More on all three below. Kevin Rose ( @KevinRose )—technologist, serial entrepreneur, world-class investor, self-experimenter, and all-around wild and crazy guy—was the first guest on the podcast nearly seven years ago. We were in San Francis...
Feb 24, 2021•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 500
Katie Haun on the Dark Web, Gangs, Investigating Bitcoin, and The New Magic of "Nifties" (NFTs) | Brought to you by Four Sigmatic mushroom coffee, Eight Sleep’s Pod Pro Cover sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating, and LinkedIn Jobs recruitment platform with ~700M users . More on all three below. Katie Haun ( @katie_haun ) is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz . Previously, she spent a decade as a federal prosecutor with the US Department of Justice where she focused on fraud, c...
Feb 18, 2021•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 499
Josh Waitzkin and Tim Ferriss on The Cave Process, Advice from Future Selves, and Training for an Uncertain Future | Brought to you by Wealthfront automated investing, Vuori comfortable and durable performance apparel, and Tonal smart home gym. More on all three below. Josh Waitzkin , author of The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance , is an eight-time national chess champion, a two-time world champion in Tai Chi Chuan Push Hands , and the first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black bel...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 498
Joyce Carol Oates — A Writing Icon on Creative Process and Creative Living | Brought to you by Pique Tea premium tea crystals (pu-erh, etc.), ShipStation shipping software, and ExpressVPN virtual private network service. Joyce Carol Oates ( @JoyceCarolOates ) is the author of novels, short story collections, poetry volumes, plays, essays, and criticism, including the national bestsellers We Were the Mulvaneys , Blonde , and A Widow’s Story . Among her many honors are the National Book Award, the...
Feb 10, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 497
Marc Randolph on Building Netflix, Battling Blockbuster, Negotiating with Amazon/Bezos, and Scraping the Barnacles Off the Hull | Brought to you by Wealthfront automated investing, Helix Sleep premium mattresses, and Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement. More on all three below. Although best known as the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix , Marc Randolph ‘s ( @mbrandolph ) career as an entrepreneur spans more than four decades. He’s founded or co-founded half a dozen other success...
Feb 01, 2021•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 496
David Rubenstein, Co-Founder of The Carlyle Group, on Lessons Learned, Jeff Bezos, Raising Billions of Dollars, Advising Presidents, and Sprinting to the End | Brought to you by ShipStation shipping software, Headspace easy-to-use app with guided meditations, and Theragun percussive muscle therapy devices. More on all three below. David M. Rubenstein ( davidrubenstein.com ) is co-founder and co-executive chairman of The Carlyle Group , a global investment firm with $230 billion under management....
Jan 27, 2021•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 495
Michael Phelps and Grant Hackett — Two Legends on Competing, Overcoming Adversity, Must-Read Books, and Much More | Brought to you by Wealthfront automated investing, Eight Sleep’s Pod Pro Cover sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating, and ButcherBox premium meats delivered to your door. More on all three below. Michael Phelps ( @michaelphelps ) is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. He captured 28 medals, including a record-setting 23 gold medals, and set 39 w...
Jan 21, 2021•1 hr 57 min•Ep. 494
The Random Show — Bitcoin Pros and Cons, 2021 Resolutions, Fave Books, Lucid Dreaming, Couples Therapy, and More | Brought to you by LinkedIn Sales Navigator , the best version of LinkedIn for sales professionals, FreshBooks small-business accounting software, and Magic Spoon delicious low-carb cereal. More on all three below. Technologist, serial entrepreneur, world-class investor, self-experimenter, and all-around wild and crazy guy Kevin Rose ( @KevinRose ) rejoins me for another episode of “...
Jan 19, 2021•2 hr 21 min•Ep. 493
Richard Schwartz — IFS, Psychedelic Experiences Without Drugs, and Finding Inner Peace for Our Many Parts | Brought to you by Helix Sleep premium mattresses, LinkedIn Jobs recruitment platform with 700M+ users , and Athletic Greens all-in-one nutritional supplement. More on all three below. Richard Schwartz is on the faculty of the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He began his career as a family therapist and an academic at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he disco...
Jan 14, 2021•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 492
"[Visualize] a negative outcome. We don’t want to plan for it, but we need to prepare for it so we know how to react. Can you keep it together and try again, or will you crumble under pressure?" — Dr. Stefi Cohen Stefi Cohen ( @steficohen ) is a 25x world-record-holding powerlifter and the first woman in the history of the sport to deadlift 4.4x her body weight. She is a doctor of physical therapy, author, co-host of the Hybrid Unlimited podcast, and business owner passionately educating people ...
Jan 07, 2021•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 491
"The power broker in your life is the voice that no one hears. How well you revisit the tone and content of your private voice is what determines the quality of your life. It is the master storyteller, and the stories we tell ourselves are our reality." — Dr. Jim Loehr Dr. Jim Loehr is a world-renowned performance psychologist and author of 17 books, including his most recent, Leading with Character , which also comes with “The Personal Credo Journal: A Companion to Leading with Character.” He a...
Dec 28, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 490
Welcome to The Tim Ferriss Show , where it is usually my job to deconstruct world-class performers, to tease out their routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life. This time around, the tables are turned. I was interviewed by Guy Raz ( @guyraz ) for his mega-popular NPR podcast How I Built This . In this episode, Guy traces my story from the very early days to the current day, asking me about key decisions, hard times, obstacles, lessons learned, and much, much more. We had a...
Dec 25, 2020•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 489
"I learned that none of the urges that I thought I needed to act on were actually commands." — Leo Babauta Leo Babauta ( @zen_habits ) is a bestselling author and the founder of Zen Habits , a website dedicated to finding simplicity and mindfulness in the daily chaos of our lives. Zen Habits has more than two million readers, and Time magazine has named it one of their “Top 25 Blogs” and “Top 50 Websites.” He is also a student of Zen and on a mission to help the world open through uncertainty tr...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 488
Dr. Martine Rothblatt ( @skybiome ) is Chairman and CEO of United Therapeutics , a biotechnology company she started to save the life of one of her daughters. The company offers FDA-approved medicines for pulmonary hypertension and neuroblastoma and is working on manufacturing an unlimited supply of transplantable organs. Dr. Rothblatt previously created and led Sirius XM as its Chairman and CEO and launched other satellite systems for navigation and international television broadcasting. In the...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 487
Harley Finkelstein ( @harleyf ) is an entrepreneur, lawyer, and the President of Shopify . He founded his first company at age 17 while a student at McGill. Harley is an advisor to Felicis Ventures, and he is one of the “dragons” on CBC’s Next Gen Den . In 2017, he received the Canadian Angel Investor of the Year award and Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 award, and in 2016 he was inducted into the Order of Ottawa. From 2014 to 2017 Harley was on the board of the C100, and from 2017 to 2020 he was on to...
Dec 10, 2020•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 486
Entertainment icon Jerry Seinfeld ’s ( @jerryseinfeld ) comedy career took off after his first appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1981. Eight years later, he teamed up with fellow comedian Larry David to create what was to become the most successful comedy series in the history of television: Seinfeld . The show ran on NBC for nine seasons, winning numerous Emmy, Golden Globe, and People’s Choice awards, and was named the greatest television show of all time in 2009 by TV Guide...
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 485
Daniel Ek ( @eldsjal ) is the founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the board of directors of Spotify , the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with 320m users, including 144m subscribers, across 92 markets. Please enjoy! * This episode is brought to you by Wealthfront ! Wealthfront pioneered the automated investing movement, sometimes referred to as ‘robo-advising,’ and they currently oversee $20 billion of assets for their clients. It takes about three minutes...
Dec 03, 2020•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 484
Jim Collins ( jimcollins.com ) is a student and teacher of what makes great companies tick and a Socratic advisor to leaders in the business and social sectors. Having invested more than a quarter-century in rigorous research, he has authored or co-authored six books that have sold in total more than 10 million copies worldwide. They include Good to Great , the #1 bestseller that examines why some companies make the leap to superior results, and its companion work Good to Great and the Social Se...
Dec 02, 2020•2 hr 46 min•Ep. 483
Steven Rinella ( @MeatEater , @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 his newest, The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival . * This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens . I get asked all the time, “If you could only use one supplement, what would it be?” My answer is usually Athletic Greens , my all-in...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 482
After ABC News anchor Dan Harris ( @danbharris ) had a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America in 2004, he knew he had to make some changes. He found himself on a bizarre adventure to rein in the voice in his head that provoked his on-air freak-out and found a solution in meditation. A lifelong nonbeliever, meditation was something Dan always assumed to be either impossible or useless. In 2014, Dan published the book 10% Happier , which takes readers on a ride from the outer re...
Nov 19, 2020•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 481
Dax Shepard ( @daxshepard ) is an American actor, writer, director, and podcast host. He is known for his work in the feature films Without a Paddle , Zathura: A Space Adventure , Employee of the Month , Idiocracy , Let’s Go to Prison , Hit and Run , and CHiPs , the last pair of which he also wrote and directed, and the MTV practical joke reality series Punk’d . He is also known for portraying Crosby Braverman in the NBC comedy-drama series Parenthood . Since 2018, Dax has hosted the juggernaut ...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 480
"For me, the solution to fear is curiosity and presence. I can’t be terrified and curious at the same time." — Mary Karr Mary Karr ( @marykarrlit ) is the author of three award-winning, bestselling memoirs: The Liars’ Club , Cherry , and Lit . She is also the author of The Art of Memoir , which lays bare her own process as she breaks down the craft of memoir , and Tropic of Squalor , her latest volume of poetry. A Guggenheim fellow in poetry, Karr has won Pushcart Prizes for both verse and essay...
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 479
Scott Kelly ( @StationCDRKelly ) is a former military fighter pilot and test pilot, an engineer, a retired astronaut, and a retired US Navy captain. A veteran of four space flights, Scott commanded the International Space Station (ISS) on three expeditions and was a member of the yearlong mission aboard the ISS, the single longest space mission by an American astronaut. In October 2015, he set the American record for the total accumulated number of days spent in space. Go for Launch: How to Drea...
Nov 05, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 478
