Podcast Episodes featuring Tim Urban

Tim Urban on Asking Why and Appreciating Life

Elevate with Robert Glazer - June 25, 2019 12:53 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 325 ratings
In this episode of the Elevate Podcast, host Robert Glazer sits down with Tim Urban creator of the popular blog Wait But Why. In a wide ranging conversation, Robert and Tim dig into Tim’s career as a writer, his TED Talk on why everybody is a procrastinator, and an eye-opening post Tim wrote that...

[REPLAY] Tim Urban - Grand Theft Life - [Invest Like the Best, EP.59]

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy - May 14, 2019 09:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
This week’s conversation is about artificial intelligence and interplanetary travel. Its about content creation, thinking from first principles, and death progress units. Its about brain machine interfaces and why it is crucial that you be a chef and not a cook.  My guest is Tim Urban, along wit...

Chapter 22: Tim Urban on shivering in shorts and shifting from sheep to chef

3 Books With Neil Pasricha - February 04, 2019 21:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 246 ratings
3 Books is a completely insane and totally epic 15-year-long quest to uncover the 1000 most formative books in the world. Each chapter is hosted live and in-person at the guest's preferred location by Neil Pasricha, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome and The Happiness Equat...

#55 - Tim Urban of Wait But Why

Y Combinator - January 03, 2018 10:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 159 ratings
Tim Urban cofounded the blog Wait But Why with Andrew Finn in 2013. His posts about Artificial Intelligence, Elon Musk, and the Fermi Paradox have been read millions of times. We discussed Tim's research strategy, the purpose of Wait But Why, and his thoughts on technologies including cryptocu...

#283: Managing Procrastination, Predicting the Future, and Finding Happiness - Tim Urban

The Tim Ferriss Show - November 30, 2017 12:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14.3K ratings
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 mi...

Wait But Why -- Tim Urban

Tribe of Mentors - November 24, 2017 22:30 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 1.2K ratings
Tribe of Mentors is a new short-form podcast from bestselling author and early-stage investor, Tim Ferriss. This episode breaks the mold and features a longer conversation with Tim Urban, the author of the blog Wait But Why and has one of the Internet’s most popular writers. Tim, accord...

Tim Urban - Grand Theft Life - [Invest Like the Best, EP.59]

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy - October 17, 2017 09:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
This week’s conversation is about artificial intelligence and interplanetary travel. Its about content creation, thinking from first principles, and death progress units. Its about brain machine interfaces and why it is crucial that you be a chef and not a cook.  My guest is Tim Urban, along wit...

Wait But Why with Tim Urban

Extra Pack of Peanuts Travel Podcast - May 11, 2017 12:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 844 ratings
Wait But Why is one of my favorite places on the internet and today Tim Urban joins me today to talk about his writing, his process, and his travels.

EFP 167: Tim Urban From Wait But Why

Empire Flippers Podcast - February 23, 2017 17:03 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 238 ratings
We sit down with Tim Urban from WaitButWhy.com to discuss his creative process, procrastination, his meeting with Elon Musk, and how he runs his business.

Rationally Speaking #178 - Tim Urban on "Trying to live well, as semi-rational animals"

Rationally Speaking Podcast - February 20, 2017 01:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 464 ratings
This episode features Tim Urban, author of popular longform illustrated blog Wait But Why. Julia and Tim explore one of their common interests: the tension between the rational and irrational aspects of human nature. Is there any value in the "irrational" parts of us (such as Tim's colorfully nam...

Episode 372: TMBA372: A Conversation with Wait But Why’s Tim Urban

Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle - January 19, 2017 13:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 435 ratings
http://www.tropicalmba.com/waitbutwhy/ Today's guest is easily one of Dan and Ian's favorite writers online. Tim Urban is the man behind Wait But Why. He writes long-form, stick figure illustrated blog posts on a variety of topics. Better yet, he has turned his own procrastination into success. ...

Tim Urban - Wait But Why

ManTalks Podcast - April 03, 2016 21:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 402 ratings
Tim Urban is the creator and blogger of Wait but Why, a website that is anti-click bait and extremely informative. Tim originally started his website on a bet because he knew deep down that other people, too, craved for meaningful and substantial content on the web. The idea worked! Not only does...