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Sebastian Mallaby, Biographer of Demis Hassabis — Lessons from 100+ AI Insiders on The Race to Superintelligence, The Religion of AI, and Spotting Breakthroughs Early (#870)
Interview with Sebastian Mallaby on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
Has AI Already Killed How-To Nonfiction? Sales Trends, My Personal Data, and What It Might Mean for the Future
My head has been spinning after getting a spreadsheet roughly a week ago. Before we dive into my dirty laundry, let’s state the obvious: millions of people have a vague sense that AI is changing things. And LLMs sure are convenient for getting answers quickly. My team and I use Claude and other tools daily. […]
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Max Levchin, PayPal and Affirm — The Path from The Soviet Union to Building Multi-Billion Dollar Companies (Plus: Real-World Socialism vs. Capitalism) (#869)
Max Levchin (@mlevchin) is a serial entrepreneur, computer scientist, philanthropist, and active investor in more than 100 startups. He is the founder and CEO of Affirm, the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth. He is also the co-founder and chairman of Glow, a data-driven fertility company. Max was one of the […]
Max Levchin, PayPal and Affirm — The Path from The Soviet Union to Building Multi-Billion Dollar Companies (Plus: Real-World Socialism vs. Capitalism) (#869)
Interview with Max Levchin on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Tim’s Founder Kitchen — From Brainstorm to the President’s Office in Two Months (Featuring Jake Becraft, Strand Therapeutics) (#868)
Please enjoy this transcript of my conversation with Jake Becraft, the CEO and co-founder of Strand Therapeutics, a company building one of the most advanced programmable genetic medicine platforms in biotechnology. Under his leadership, Strand is redefining what RNA medicines can do by enabling cell-selective targeting and therapeutic payload delivery inside the body, unlocking a […]
Tim’s Founder Kitchen — From Brainstorm to the President’s Office in Two Months (Featuring Jake Becraft, Strand Therapeutics) (#868)
Conversation with Jake Becraft of Strand Therapeutics on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
On The Importance of Desperate Customers
I’ve been revisiting my Kindle highlights of Pattern Breakers, co-authored by legendary angel investor and friend Mike Maples Jr. Mike was the kind soul who taught me the fundamentals of angel investing back in 2007/2008. He deserves a lot of credit for the wild startup adventures that followed. He’s one of my favorite people in […]
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Sami Inkinen of Virta Health — Reversing Type 2 Diabetes, Rowing 2,750 Miles, and Lessons from Fixing Metabolic Health in 100,000+ People (#866)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Sami Inkinen (@samiinkinen), a Finnish-born, Stanford-trained entrepreneur and the founder and CEO/president of Trulia and Virta Health. Virta is on a mission to reverse metabolic disease in one billion people using technology, AI, and nutrition. He is the founder of Fat Chance Row, which he created to […]
Sami Inkinen of Virta Health — Reversing Type 2 Diabetes, Rowing 2,750 Miles, and Lessons from Fixing Metabolic Health in 100,000+ People (#866)
Interview with Sami Inkinen on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: The Most Incredible Transformation I’ve Ever Seen — Jerzy Gregorek on Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Coaching, and the Power of Micro-Progressions (#865)
Jerzy Gregorek (@TheHappyBody) is a 4x World Weightlifting Champion, co-founder of UCLA’s weightlifting team, and co-creator, with his wife Aniela, of the Happy Body program. To fill out the form on Cerebral Palsy Research Project, visit tim.blog/cp. To watch Prisoner No More for free, click here. Books, people, tools, and resources mentioned in the interview Legal conditions/copyright information Additional […]
The Most Incredible Transformation I’ve Ever Seen — Jerzy Gregorek on Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Coaching, and the Power of Micro-Progressions (#865)
Interview with legendary investor Elad Gil on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
The Practice of Self-Inquiry: 10 Questions for People Who Are Too Hard on Themselves
The following is a guest post from Paul Conti, MD, a graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine. He completed his psychiatry training at Stanford and at Harvard, where he was appointed chief resident and then served on the medical faculty before moving to Portland and founding a clinic. Dr. Conti specializes in complex assessment […]
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: How to Simplify Your Life in 2026 — New Tips from Anne Lamott, Claire Hughes Johnson, David Yarrow, and Diana Chapman (#864)
Please enjoy this transcript of a special episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, featuring four listener favorites—Anne Lamott, Claire Hughes Johnson, David Yarrow, and Diana Chapman—whom I invited to answer the question What are 1–3 decisions that could dramatically simplify my life in 2026? Guest information Books, people, tools, and resources mentioned in the interview […]
How to Simplify Your Life in 2026 — New Tips from Anne Lamott, Claire Hughes Johnson, David Yarrow, and Diana Chapman (#864)
Short audio segments from Anne Lamott, Claire Hughes Johnson, David Yarrow, and Diana Chapman on how to simplify your life!
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Elad Gil, Consigliere to Empire Builders — How to Spot Billion-Dollar Companies Before Everyone Else, The Misty AI Frontier, How Coke Beat Pepsi, When Consensus Pays, and Much More (#863)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Elad Gil (@eladgil), CEO of Gil & Co, a multi-stage investment firm, holding company, and operating company working on the world’s most advanced technologies. Elad is a serial entrepreneur, operating executive, and investor or advisor to private companies, including AirBnB, Anduril, Coinbase, Figma, Instacart, OpenAI, SpaceX, and […]
Elad Gil, Consigliere to Empire Builders — How to Spot Billion-Dollar Companies Before Everyone Else, The Misty AI Frontier, How Coke Beat Pepsi, When Consensus Pays, and Much More (#863)
Interview with legendary investor Elad Gil on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
How to Keep Your Brain Sharp: A Practical Playbook Beyond the Basics
The following is a guest post from Dr. Tommy Wood (@drtommywood), associate professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at the University of Washington, where his research focuses on brain health. In this blog post, Tommy covers: Tommy’s new book is The Stimulated Mind: Future-Proof Your Brain from Dementia and Stay Sharp at Any Age. Enter Tommy… […]
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Cathy Lanier, NFL Chief Security Officer — From Food Stamps to the Super Bowl War Room (#862)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Cathy Lanier. Cathy is the chief security officer for the National Football League (NFL), supervising all operations and activities of the NFL Security Department. Prior to her work at the NFL, Cathy served as chief of police with the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department, becoming the first female […]
Cathy Lanier, NFL Chief Security Officer — From Food Stamps to the Super Bowl War Room (#862)
Interview with Cathy Lanier, NFL Chief Security Officer on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: 4-Hour Workweek Success Story Brian Dean — From Dad’s Basement to Selling Two Companies (#861)
Welcome to another episode featuring a 4-Hour Workweek case study—a conversation with someone who has read the book, applied it, and built a life and a businesses I never could have imagined. In this episode, we have Brian Dean, the founder of Backlinko and Exploding Topics, both acquired by Semrush, which itself was recently acquired by Adobe for $1.9 billion. We […]
4-Hour Workweek Success Story Brian Dean — From Dad’s Basement to Selling Two Companies (#861)
Interview with Brian Dean on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Daredevil Michelle Khare — How to Become a YouTube Superstar, Open Impossible Doors (FBI, Secret Service, etc.), Craft Jedi-Level Cold Emails, and Use Fear-Setting to Change Your Life (#860)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with daredevil Michelle Khare. Michelle lives life to the extreme in Challenge Accepted, amassing more than 6 million followers and more than 1 billion views. Michelle hopes to prove that with enough dedication and failure, anything is possible. In 2025, Challenge Accepted made history successfully petitioning to join the […]
Daredevil Michelle Khare — How to Become a YouTube Superstar, Open Impossible Doors (FBI, Secret Service, etc.), Craft Jedi-Level Cold Emails, and Use Fear-Setting to Change Your Life (#860)
Interview with Michelle Khare on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Q&A with Tim — The Upcoming AI Tsunami and Building Offline Advantage, Book Recommendations, Spotting Psychedelic Red Flags, Courage as a Learnable Skill, and More (#859)
Please enjoy this transcript of another in-between-isode, with one of my favorite formats: the good old-fashioned Q&A. Books, people, tools, and resources mentioned in the interview Legal conditions/copyright information Additional podcast platforms Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Audible, or on your favorite podcast platform. Transcripts may contain a few typos. With […]
Q&A with Tim — The Upcoming AI Tsunami and Building Offline Advantage, Book Recommendations, Spotting Psychedelic Red Flags, Courage as a Learnable Skill, and More (#859)
Welcome back to another in-between-isode, with one of my favorite formats: the good old-fashioned Q&A. Please enjoy! This episode is brought to you by: Additional podcast platforms Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Castbox, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Audible, or on your favorite podcast platform. Transcripts SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Books Poetry Essays & Articles Films […]
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: The Random Show, Couch Edition! — Supplements, Hummingbirds, Cock Rings, Optimizing Mitochondria, Breathing and Balance Training, Cool Grip-Strength Tools, and More (#858)
Please enjoy this transcript of another wide-ranging Random Show episode, recorded with my close friend Kevin Rose! We cover our recent Zen meditation retreat with Henry Shukman at Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, the fascinating science of vagus nerve stimulation, my recent back pain breakthrough, balance-training tools, tendon-strengthening protocols from Swedish rock climber Emil […]
The Random Show, Couch Edition! — Supplements, Hummingbirds, Cock Rings, Optimizing Mitochondria, Breathing and Balance Training, Cool Grip Strength Tools, and More (#858)
Welcome to another wide-ranging “Random Show” episode that I recorded with my close friend Kevin Rose! We cover our recent Zen meditation retreat with Henry Shukman at Mountain Cloud Zen Center in Santa Fe, the fascinating science of vagus nerve stimulation, my recent back pain breakthrough, balance training tools, tendon-strengthening protocols from Swedish rock climber Emil […]
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: How to Simplify Your Life in 2026 — New Tips from Maria Popova, Morgan Housel, Cal Newport, Craig Mod, and Debbie Millman (#857)
Please enjoy this transcript of a special episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, for which I invited five long-time listener favorites to answer a simple question: What are 1–3 decisions that could dramatically simplify my life in 2026? You’ll hear from Maria Popova, Morgan Housel, Cal Newport, Craig Mod, and Debbie Millman. You can find their full […]
How to Simplify Your Life in 2026 — New Tips from Maria Popova, Morgan Housel, Cal Newport, Craig Mod, and Debbie Millman (#857)
Interview with Jim Collins on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Jim Collins — What to Make of a Life and How to Maximize Your Return on Luck (#856)
Please enjoy this transcript of my third interview with Jim Collins (jimcollins.com). Jim has published multiple international bestsellers that have sold in total more than eleven million copies worldwide, including the perennial favorite Good to Great. His writings and teachings are based on extensive research projects designed to uncover timeless principles of human endeavor that […]
Jim Collins — What to Make of a Life and How to Maximize Your Return on Luck (#856)
Interview with Jim Collins on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
The Self-Help Trap: What 20+ Years of “Optimizing” Has Taught Me
“We cannot reason ourselves out of our basic irrationality. All we can do is to learn the art of being irrational in a reasonable way.” — Aldous Huxley, Island It was cold out, but none of us were cold. I sat with five men in the mountains of Montana. As the sun set, the fire […]
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Tim Ferriss — How to Quiet the Ruminative Mind, Avoid Traps of Self-Help, and Focus in a World of Promiscuous Overcommitment (#855)
Please enjoy this transcript of a different kind of episode, where I am in the hot seat. Dan Harris (@danharris) interviewed me for his show, the 10% Happier with Dan Harris podcast, and I thought it was worth sharing here. We cover my most recent brain stimulation protocol, where I’ve landed on optimization, and avoiding […]
Tim Ferriss — How to Quiet the Ruminative Mind, Avoid Traps of Self-Help, and Focus in a World of Promiscuous Overcommitment (#855)
Interview with Tish Rabe on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Tish Rabe — 200+ Children’s Books, Getting Picked for Dr. Seuss, Lessons from Early Sesame Street, How to Write 300+ Songs, and More (#854)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Tish Rabe (@tishrabebooks) the New York Times bestselling author of more than 200 children’s books, with more than 11 million copies sold. She has written for Sesame Street, Disney, PBS Kids, Curious George, Clifford, and many more. In 1991, following the death of Dr. Seuss, she was […]
Tish Rabe — 200+ Children’s Books, Getting Picked for Dr. Seuss, Lessons from Early Sesame Street, How to Write 300+ Songs, and More (#854)
Interview with Tish Rabe on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Jordan Jonas, Champion of Alone — The Art of Survival, Lessons from Nomadic Tribes, Hardship as the Path to Peace, How to Handle Rogue Wolverines, and Why Not to Photograph Attacking Bears (#853)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Jordan Jonas (@hobojordo). Jordan grew up on a farm in Idaho, rode freight trains across the US, spent time in remote Russian villages, fur trapped and travelled for several years with nomads in Siberia, and won Alone Season 6, after being the first contestant to truly thrive […]
Jordan Jonas, Champion of Alone — The Art of Survival, Lessons from Nomadic Tribes, Hardship as the Path to Peace, How to Handle Rogue Wolverines, and Why Not to Photograph Attacking Bears (#853)
Interview with Jordan Jonas on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Tim McGraw — Starting Late with a $20 Guitar, Selling 100M+ Records, and 30+ Years of Creative Longevity (#852)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Tim McGraw (@thetimmcgraw), a Grammy Award-winning entertainer, author, and actor who has sold more than 106 million records worldwide, with 49 number-one singles and 19 number-one albums. You can find tickets for his upcoming Pawn Shop Guitar Tour at TimMcGraw.com. Full bio Books, music, and people mentioned […]
Tim McGraw — Starting Late with a $20 Guitar, Selling 100M+ Records, and 30+ Years of Creative Longevity (#852)
Interview with Tim McGraw on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
How I Beat Lyme Disease with The Ketogenic Diet — Science, How-To Protocols, and 10+ Years of Zero Symptoms
I’ve had Lyme disease twice, and I’m now 100% asymptomatic. The second case in 2014 was incredibly severe, but it was resolved in 4–6 weeks with an unorthodox but defensible approach: strict ketosis.
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Dr. Tommy Wood — How to Future-Proof Your Brain from Dementia (#851)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Dr. Tommy Wood (@drtommywood), an associate professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at the University of Washington, where his research focuses on brain health across the lifespan. Alongside his academic work, Tommy is head scientist for Motorsport at Hintsa Performance, overseeing health and performance programs for multiple Formula […]
Dr. Tommy Wood — How to Future-Proof Your Brain from Dementia (#851)
Interview with Dr. Tommy Wood on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
Go Where The Action Is
Bill Gurley (@bgurley) is a general partner at Benchmark, a leading venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. Over his venture career, he has invested in and served on the boards of such companies as Nextdoor, OpenTable, Stitch Fix, Uber, and Zillow. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the University of Florida and […]
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Dr. Michael Levin — Reprogramming Bioelectricity, Updating “Software” for Anti-Aging, Treating Cancer Without Drugs, Cognition of Cells, and Much More (#849)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Dr. Michael Levin (@drmichaellevin ), the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor of Biology at Tufts University and director of the Allen Discovery Center. Dr. Levin is primarily interested in how intelligence self-organizes in a diverse range of natural, engineered, and hybrid embodiments. His lab has developed new applications […]
Dr. Michael Levin — Reprogramming Bioelectricity, Updating “Software” for Anti-Aging, Treating Cancer Without Drugs, Cognition of Cells, and Much More (#849)
Interview with Steve Young on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
The Tim Ferris Show Transcripts: Steve Young, from Super Bowl MVP to Managing Billions — Hall of Fame 49ers Quarterback on High Performance, Reinvention, Faith, and How to Blend Dreams and Plans (#847)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Steve Young (@steveyoung), Hall of Fame NFL quarterback; cofounder of HGGC, a private equity firm managing more than $6.9B in capital commitments; founder and current chair of the Forever Young Foundation, an organization deeply involved in supporting children’s charities globally; and the author of QB: My Life […]
Steve Young, from Super Bowl MVP to Managing Billions — Hall of Fame 49ers Quarterback on High Performance, Reinvention, Faith, and How to Blend Dreams and Plans (#847)
Interview with Steve Young on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: How to Use Ketosis for Enhanced Mood, Cognition, and Long-Term Brain Protection — A Practical and Tactical Guide with Dr. Dominic D’Agostino (Plus: Deconstructing Tim’s Latest Keto Experiment) (#845)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Dr. Dominic D’Agostino (@DominicDAgosti2), a tenured associate professor in the Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine and a Visiting Senior Research Scientist at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. His research focuses on the development and testing […]
How to Use Ketosis for Enhanced Mood, Cognition, and Long-Term Brain Protection — A Practical and Tactical Guide with Dr. Dominic D’Agostino (Plus: Deconstructing Tim’s Latest Keto Experiment) (#845)
Interview with Dr. Dominic D'Agostino on The Tim Ferriss Show podcast!