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 fund scientific research teams. Katie launched her production company, Katie Couric Media, in 2015. Since then, the aptly named Katie Couric Podcast has featured conversations with some of the biggest names in politics, media, and popular culture. Katie's documentaries include Gender Revolution: A Jour...
Apr 12, 2018•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 308
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 for and starred in campaigns for top designers including Calvin Klein, Oscar de la Renta, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Marc Jacobs, Versace, Adidas, Carolina Herrera, and Swarovski, among many others. Outside of modeling, Karlie's personal passion for coding led her to launch Kode With Klossy , a nonprofit that ...
Apr 04, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 307
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 the celebration of the 100th episode of this podcast. In preparation for this episode, I solicited phone numbers from listeners who wanted to receive a call from me, and then I started drinking and dialing, answering questions and getting a little frisky along the way. In this episode, I cover topics ...
Mar 28, 2018•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 306
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 and using “motivational interviewing” with kids. The guest is Daniel H. Pink ( @danielpink ), the author of six provocative books, including his newest, WHEN: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing. WHEN is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post , and Publishers Weekly bests...
Mar 25, 2018•2 hr 13 min•Ep. 305
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 longest-running podcast about design, where she's interviewed nearly 300 design luminaries and cultural commentators including Massimo Vignelli and Milton Glaser . Debbie's done it all. Her artwork has been exhibited around the world. She is the President Emeritus of AIGA (one of only five women to h...
Mar 22, 2018•38 min•Ep. 304
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 US Department of Energy. Prior to that, he served in a wide variety of executive roles at General Electric. Frank's public sector experience includes having served as general counsel for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), deputy counsel to Vice President George H.W. Bush, and law clerk to ...
Mar 15, 2018•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 303
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 industry leader with products touching millions of lives, including many top professional athletes around the world. Aubrey currently hosts The Aubrey Marcus Podcast , a motivational destination for conversations with the brightest minds in athletics, business, science, relationships and spirituality wi...
Mar 13, 2018•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 302
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 countries. In this wide-ranging and hilarious interview, Joe delivers the details on his path to Airbnb, and he shares the decisions, hardship, failures, and successes that prepared him for Airbnb. Enjoy! This episode is brought to you by Athletic Greens . I get asked all the time, “If you could only...
Mar 08, 2018•2 hr 42 min•Ep. 301
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 practice to the West. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974. Jack has had a profound and direct impact on my life, and I'm thrilled to finally have him on the podcast to share our history, his incredible stories, and practical tactics and techniques that you can use. Jack co-founded the I...
Mar 05, 2018•2 hr 55 min•Ep. 300
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 and watch regularly. Strategies to prevent or minimize binge eating during times of stress. The most valuable skills for securing financial freedom. My philospophy on having children. Productivity advice And much, much more. Want to ask me your own questions? Just subscribe to 5-Bullet Friday , which —...
Mar 01, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 299
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, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction . His work has been published internationally in 20 languages, and he's received the Hubert Evans Prize for Literary Non-Fiction; an Honorary Degree (Law) from the University of Northern British Columbia; an Outstan...
Feb 20, 2018•2 hr 31 min•Ep. 298
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 Ethernet ports were shipped last year — 400M wired and 800M wireless (Wi-Fi). 3Com went public in 1984, peaked at $5.7B in annual sales in 1999, and after 30 years became part of HP last year. Bob was a publisher-pundit for IDG-InfoWorld for about 10 years and a venture capitalist for about 10 years with ...
Feb 14, 2018•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 297
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 content creator -- sent me some very good questions that I decided to answer in this episode. The Tim Ferriss Show has almost 300 million downloads and is the first business interview podcast to cross a hundred million downloads -- but with its fair share of mistakes and trials by fire along the way....
Feb 10, 2018•58 min•Ep. 296
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. For this episode, I discuss common questions and misperceptions, and how I would adjust certain chapters and recommendations. As always, thank you for listening! This episode is brought to you by WeWork . I haven't had an office in almost two decades, but working from home and coffee shops isn't always...
Feb 03, 2018•1 hr•Ep. 295
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 ( @neilstrauss ), Scott Belsky ( @scottbelsky ), and Veronica Belmont ( @Veronica ). This roundtable discussion covers topics including best investments, favorite failures, and bad advice to avoid. I really enjoyed all of the answers from the guests as there's lots of actionable advice. I hope you enjoy t...
Jan 26, 2018•50 min•Ep. 294
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 end mass incarceration by using entrepreneurship as a tool to transform legacies and human potential. Cat was named a #MakeTechHuman Agent of Change by WIRED and Nokia for being one of 17 Global Influencers Expanding Human Possibility Through Technology. She has received the MDC Partners Humanitarian...
Jan 21, 2018•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 293
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 Duncan . All three are featured in my latest book, Tribe of Mentors , and all three share something in common: they're experts at mitigating risk. I don't view them as a throw-caution-to-the-wind; nonetheless, they've been good at capping downsides and making various career decisions that have paid ...
Jan 18, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 292
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. Specifically, how to manage, mitigate, and overcome fear, which is something I've battled for decades. This has been such a focal point of my life that my last TED Talk focused on an exercise called fear setting , which is something I practice at least one a month and have found to be a life raft. In ad...
Jan 14, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 291
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 readership, both in print and online, and her books have sold three million copies worldwide, in more than thirty languages. On her popular weekly podcast, Happier with Gretchen Rubin , she discusses good habits and happiness with her sister Elizabeth Craft; they've been called the "Click and Clack of ...
Jan 10, 2018•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 290
After reading Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentor s, 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 few techniques for dealing with social media, and answer a few questions that have been frequently asked about building a world-class network and writing books. I hope this information strengthens the signal, discards the noise, and helps you make every piece of information that you choose to receive ea...
Jan 04, 2018•36 min•Ep. 289
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 2016, Billboard named her Female Executive of the Year , she appeared on Fortune's 40 under 40 , and Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People . Bozoma was featured in Tribe of Mentors , but this conversation covers topics that go far beyond what was covered in the book. Enjoy! This podcast is brought to y...
Dec 27, 2017•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 288
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 Old Spice commercials, television series such as The Newsroom, Arrested Development, and Everybody Hates Chris , and films including White Chicks , the Expendables franchise, Bridesmaids , and The Longest Yard . He now stars on the Golden Globe award-winning Fox sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine . In 2014, ...
Dec 20, 2017•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 287
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 micro-cap investments in startups. He has been on the Forbes Midas List since 2010 and named one of Fortune magazine's " 8 Rising VC Stars." Before becoming a full-time investor, Mike was inolved as a founder and operating executive at back-to-back starup IPOs, including Tivoli Systems (acquired by IBM) ...
Dec 16, 2017•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 286
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 as executive vice president and senior scientist. He has led several key divisions including Oceans, Science, Development, Brand and Communications and Strategic Priorities. Sanjayan holds a doctorate from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his peer-reviewed scientific work has been publis...
Dec 07, 2017•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 285
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 foundation of Tribe of Mentors (and add in a few bonus answers). From beliefs that have changed my life to how I cope with feelings of overwhelm, I go into depth on all of my answers. I also recorded some of the answers on video, which you can watch on my YouTube channe l. I hope you enjoy this solo episode, a...
Dec 03, 2017•51 min•Ep. 284
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 that even the new-media giants would be envious of." Wait But Why receives more than 1.5 million unique visitors per month and has over 550,000 email subscribers. Tim has gained a number of prominent readers as well, like authors Sam Harris (page 365 in Tribe of Mentors ) and Susan Cain (page 10), Tw...
Nov 30, 2017•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 283
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 episode covers rejection, and -- more specifically -- how to reject other people and opportunities (even if they seem great). How you can you say no to seemingly burdensome "obligations," and say yes to the critical few opportunities. Understanding the difference -- and how to do it -- can make a significant...
Nov 25, 2017•18 min•Ep. 282
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 to bring back extinct animal species such as the passenger pigeon and woolly mammoth. Stewart is very well known for founding, editing, and publishing The Whole Earth Catalog (WEC), which changed my life when I was a little kid. It also received a national book award for its 1972 issue. Stewart is t...
Nov 21, 2017•2 hr 40 min•Ep. 281
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 definitely not suitable for work (NSFW). In this wide-ranging episode, we cover a lot of ground, including: Technical sex tips How Alice puts people at ease, including adult virgins BDSM and power play Threesome do’s and don’ts, plus the “Big KO” finishing move Her music playlist for getting people ...
Nov 17, 2017•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 280
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 and television programs for more than 25 years. Grazer and his longtime friend and business partner Ron Howard began their collaboration in 1985 on the hit comedies Nightshift and Splash, and in 1986 they founded Imagine Entertainment . In 2002, Grazer won an Oscar for Best Picture for A Beautiful...
Nov 12, 2017•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 279
