"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 and focus on trauma has led her to understand the healing process as an intimate reconnection with one's essence through love, integrity, acceptance, and honoring of the human spirit. In addition to working with trauma and PTSD, she has dedicated her professional life to teaching and research. She uses ...
Nov 22, 2019•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 396
"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 Willink Jocko Willink ( @jockowillink ) takes over the show for a special episode. Jocko is one of the scariest human beings imaginable. He is a lean 230 pounds and a Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt who used to tap out 20 Navy SEALs per workout. He is a legend in the special operations world, and his viral ...
Nov 14, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 395
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 that you can apply and test in your own life. This time, we have a slightly different episode. As many of you know, I tested a "fan-supported model" earlier in the year, but I ended up reverting back to ads. It's a long story, and you can read more about it at tim.blog/podcastexperiment . After the expe...
Nov 07, 2019•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 394
“ 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 persevere a little more." — Edward Norton Edward Norton ( @EdwardNorton ) is one of the most celebrated actors of his generation. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards for his performances and has starred in, produced, written, or directed more than 30 films. His most recent film, Motherless ...
Oct 31, 2019•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 393
"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 capital firm Andreessen Horowitz . He is the author of The New York Times bestseller, The Hard Thing About Hard Things , and the upcoming Harper Business book, What You Do Is Who You Are , available October 29th. He also created the a16z Cultural Leadership Fund to connect cultural leaders to the best...
Oct 24, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 392
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 discuss Japanese whisky, domestic speakeasies, wooden saddles, the rebooting power of Anthony de Mello's Awareness , poetry, the art of surrender and letting go, mushroom cultivation in the Pacific Northwest, fasting, learning to say no, and much more! This podcast is brought to you by 99designs ...
Oct 17, 2019•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 391
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 that you can apply and test in your own life. This time, we have a slightly different episode. As many of you know, I tested a "fan-supported model" earlier in the year, but I ended up reverting back to ads. That's a long story, and you can read more about that at tim.blog/podcastexperiment . One of the...
Oct 10, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 390
“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 deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson ( @neiltyson ) was appointed the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium in 1996. Dr. Tyson’s professional research interests are primarily related to the structure of the Milky Way galaxy, and the formation of stars, supernovas, and dwarf galax...
Oct 03, 2019•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 389
"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 Ling Lisa Ling ( @lisaling ) is the host and executive producer of the CNN Original Series This Is Life with Lisa Ling . It returns for its sixth season on Sunday, September 29 at 10 p.m. ET. In each episode, Lisa immerses herself in communities across America giving viewers an inside look at some of the...
Sep 26, 2019•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 388
"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 distracted. He's making sure you're fully absorbed. He's making sure your imagination withers. Until it's as useful as your appendix." — Chuck Palahniuk Tristan Harris ( @tristanharris ) was named by Rolling Stone as one of the " 25 People Shaping the World. " He was featured in Fortune 's 2018 "40 under 40" ...
Sep 19, 2019•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 387
“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 the Academy Award nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, Ken has gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made , including The Civil War ; Baseball ; Jazz ; The Statue of Liberty ; Huey Long ; Lewis & Clark ; Frank Lloyd Wright ; Mark Twain ; Unforgivable Bl...
Sep 12, 2019•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 386
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 the launch of the world’s largest psychedelic research center and the U.S.’s first psychedelic research center -- The Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Among other things, they will be investigating the effectiveness of psychedelics as a new therapy for opioid...
Sep 10, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 385
"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 management consultant and executive coach have earned him the titles of " personal productivity guru " by Fast Company , one of America's top five executive coaches by Forbes , and among The American Management Association's top 10 business leaders . David's bestselling book, the groundbreaking Getting Thi...
Sep 03, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 384
"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 Phillips has served as the Executive Director of the Turner Endangered Species Fund and advisor to the Turner Biodiversity Divisions since he co-founded both with Ted Turner in June 1997. Before that, Mike worked for the U.S. Department of Interior leading historic efforts to restore red wolves to the southeas...
Aug 21, 2019•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 383
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 list. Loonshots describes what an idea from physics tells us about the behavior of groups and how teams, companies, and nations can use that to innovate faster and better. Safi received his PhD in physics from Stanford and his undergrad degree from Harvard. After working as a consultant for McKinsey...
Aug 16, 2019•2 hr 51 min•Ep. 382
“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 expected. --- Charles Koch received a bachelor’s degree in general engineering and two master’s degrees, in nuclear and chemical engineering, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is chairman of the board and CEO of Koch Industries Inc. , a position he has held since 1967. He is renowned for gro...
Aug 11, 2019•2 hr 6 min•Ep. 381
"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 years of leading technology companies. He founded System Industries in Palo Alto, California in 1969, and as its CEO led it to a successful IPO in 1980. In the 1990s, he was the General Manager of the IBM Storage Systems Division headquartered in San Jose, California. Ed has a total of 10 years of tea...
Aug 01, 2019•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 380
"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 Rose Lee, and is credited with bringing the art form back into the spotlight. She is renowned for her iconic martini glass act and dazzling haute-couture striptease costumes adorned with hundreds of thousands of Swarovski crystals. This "Burlesque Superheroine" (Vanity Fair) is the performer of choice...
Jul 29, 2019•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 379
"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." — Nick Norris Nick Norris ( @nick_norris1981 ) is a graduate of both the United States Naval Academy and Basic Underwater Demolition / SEAL (BUD/S) Class 247. Upon completion of SEAL training in 2004, Nick assumed progressively higher positions of leadership within Naval Special Warfare. His deployed role...
Jul 18, 2019•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 378
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, investing opportunities, anecdotal personal benefits, legal challenges, and much more. I think it’s one of the more comprehensive panels ever done on the subject. Here are the participants: Matthew Johnson — Principal Investigator, Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Unit Ayelet Waldman — Author, A Really Good ...
Jul 15, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 377
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 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 languages. He writes about the way ideas spread, marketing, strategic quitting, leadership, and — most of all — challenging the sta...
Jul 04, 2019•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 376
"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 Champion in Tai Chi Chuan Push Hands , and the first Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Black Belt under nine-time World Champion Marcelo Garcia . For the past 12 years, Josh has been channeling his passion for the outer limits of the learning process toward training elite mental performers in business and finance, and to r...
Jun 26, 2019•40 min•Ep. 375
"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 question, and you've had to come up with four other answers before that, what kind of revelation you may have in this archaeological dig." — Chip Conley At age 52, after selling the company he founded and ran as CEO for 24 years, rebel boutique hotelier Chip Conley ( @chipconley ) was looking for a new chapte...
Jun 20, 2019•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 374
"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 leadership development firm dedicated to the notion that better humans make better leaders. Prior to his career as a coach, he was a partner with J.P. Morgan Partners (JPMP), the private equity arm of J.P. Morgan Chase. Prior to that, he cofounded New York City-based Flatiron Partners with Fred Wilson...
Jun 12, 2019•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 373
"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 as Co-CEO at SoulCycle from 2006 to 2015 before joining WeWork in November 2017. Julie's life's work has been about building community, and these days she brings that focus to her new role at WeWork. At WeWork, Julie is approaching everything through the lens of community—she is focusing on WeWork's b...
Jun 03, 2019•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 372
Brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs . "Most of us should spend less time on most decisions and we should spend a lot more time on a few key decisions." — Ramit Sethi Ramit Sethi ( @ramit ), author of the New York Times bestseller I Will Teach You To Be Rich , has become a financial guru to millions of readers in their twenties, thirties, and forties. He started his website, iwillteachyoutoberich.com , as a Stanford undergraduate in 2004, and he now hosts over a million readers per month on his blog,...
May 21, 2019•2 hr 25 min•Ep. 371
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 ( @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 musician and circus clown, Derek created CD Baby in 1998. It became the largest seller of independent music online, with $100...
May 11, 2019•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 371
"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: therealadamsavage ) has spent his life gathering skills that allow him to take what's in his brain and make it real. He's built everything from ancient Buddhas and futuristic weapons to fine-art sculptures and dancing vegetables. The son of a filmmaker/painter and a psychotherapist, Adam's previous positions include p...
Apr 30, 2019•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 370
“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.” — Kevin Systrom Kevin Systrom ( @kevin ) is an entrepreneur and the co-founder (with Mike Krieger ) of Instagram. While at Instagram, Kevin served as the CEO, where he oversaw the company’s vision and strategy and daily operations. Under his leadership, Instagram grew to over one billion users and launch...
Apr 25, 2019•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 369
"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 a singer, songwriter, playwright, pianist, author, director, blogger, and ukulele enthusiast who simultaneously embraces and explodes traditional frameworks of music, theatre, and art. She first came to prominence as one half of the Boston-based punk cabaret duo The Dresden Dolls , earning global app...
Apr 18, 2019•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 368
