The Tim Ferriss Show
615 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 14.3K ratingsTim Ferriss is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been translated into 40+ languages. Newsweek calls him "the world's best human guinea pig," and The New York Times calls him "a cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk." In this show, he deconstructs world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing, chess, pro sports, etc.), digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use.
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#407: Sam Zell — Strategies for High-Stakes Investing, Dealmaking, and Grave Dancing
January 23, 2020 18:48 - 2 hours - 113 MBSam Zell — Strategies for High-Stakes Investing, Dealmaking, and Grave Dancing | Brought to you by FreshBooks and Brave “If I can't run it, then I don't want to own it.” — Sam Zell 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. I will not be ...
#406: Bob Iger — CEO and Chairman of Disney
January 16, 2020 18:29 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBBob Iger — CEO and Chairman of Disney | Brought to you by 99designs and HumanN's BeetElite. As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, Robert A. Iger (@RobertIger) is the steward of one of the world's largest media companies and some of the most respected and beloved brands around the globe. Since becoming CEO in 2005, Iger has built on Disney's rich history of storytelling and innovation with the acquisitions of Pixar (2006), Marvel (2009), Lucasfilm (2012...
#405: Penn Jillette on Magic, Losing 100+ Pounds, and Weaponizing Kindness
January 09, 2020 17:38 - 2 hours - 120 MBPenn Jillette on Magic, Losing 100+ Pounds, and Weaponizing Kindness | Brought to you by Brave and LinkedIn Jobs. "One of the biggest challenges we face is staying kind with profound disagreement—and staying kind when a mechanism has been set up to make money and power out of hate." — Penn Jillette Penn Jillette (@pennjillette) is a cultural phenomenon as a solo personality and as half of the world-famous, Emmy Award-winning magic duo and Las Vegas headliners Penn & Teller. Toget...
#404: Books I've Loved — Steve Jurvetson
December 30, 2019 18:10 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBBooks I've Loved — Steve Jurvetson | Brought to you by Four Sigmatic. 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—from startup founders and investors to chess champions to Olympic athletes. This episode, however, is an experiment and part of a shorter series I'm doing called "Books I've Loved." I've invited some amazing past guests, close friends, and new faces to share their favorite books — ...
#403: Tony Fadell — On Building the iPod, iPhone, Nest, and a Life of Curiosity
December 23, 2019 09:48 - 2 hours - 111 MBTony Fadell — On Building the iPod, iPhone, Nest, and a Life of Curiosity | Brought to you by SuperFat and Four Sigmatic. “Get bored. Just put away all of your things. Maybe go clean up the garage or whatever it is. Right? Through that, you're going to start to think differently. You're going to act slightly differently and your mind might open up to other sources of inspiration, other problems...” — Tony Fadell Tony Fadell (@tfadell), sometimes called "the father of the iPod," is...
#402: Books I've Loved — Seth Godin and Esther Perel
December 16, 2019 09:58 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBBooks I've Loved — Seth Godin and Esther Perel | Brought to you by Hu 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—from startup founders and investors to chess champions to Olympic athletes. This episode, however, is an experiment and part of a shorter series I’m doing called “Books I’ve Loved.” I’ve invited some amazing past guests, close friends, and new faces to share their favorite books — ...
#401: Gary Keller — How to Focus on the One Important Thing
December 12, 2019 17:51 - 2 hours - 112 MBGary Keller — How to Focus on the One Important Thing | Brought to you by ShipStation and Ring. "My life is better when I'm spontaneous after I've done my most important thing. Being spontaneous before that, that's where it becomes a distraction and does me harm." — Gary Keller Gary Keller (@garykeller) is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Keller Williams (KW), the world's largest real estate franchise by agent count. In 2019, KW, which also ranks number one in units and sales ...
#400: Books I’ve Loved — Tim’s Four Must-Read Books
December 09, 2019 22:13 - 18 minutes - 17 MBWelcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to sit down with world-class performers of all different types—from startup founders and investors to chess champions to Olympic athletes. This episode, however, is an experiment and part of a shorter series I’m doing called “Books I’ve Loved.” I’ve invited some amazing past guests, close friends, and new faces to share their favorite books—the books that have influenced them, changed them, and transformed them f...
#399: Adam Grant — The Man Who Does Everything
December 05, 2019 12:00 - 2 hours - 113 MBAdam Grant — The Man Who Does Everything | Brought to you by Zapier and Peloton. "When you feel like you're not productive, it's not necessarily because you're lazy or because you have bad habits, it's because you're not working on the right projects and you haven't found the ones that are intrinsically motivating and meaningful to you." — Adam Grant Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant) is an organizational psychologist at Wharton, where he has been the top-rated professor for seven straight ...
#399: Adam Grant — The Man Who Does Everything
December 05, 2019 12:00 - 2 hours - 113 MB"When you feel like you're not productive, it's not necessarily because you're lazy or because you have bad habits, it's because you're not working on the right projects and you haven't found the ones that are intrinsically motivating and meaningful to you." — Adam Grant Adam Grant (@AdamMGrant) is an organizational psychologist at Wharton, where he has been the top-rated professor for seven straight years. He is an expert in how we can find motivation and meaning, and lead more ge...
#398: Peter Attia, M.D. — Fasting, Metformin, Athletic Performance, and More
November 27, 2019 19:12 - 2 hours - 153 MBPeter Attia, M.D. — Fasting, Metformin, Athletic Performance, and More | Brought to you by HumanN's BeetElite and Peloton. Dr. Peter Attia (peterattiamd.com, TW: @PeterAttiaMD, IG: @peterattiamd, FB: @peterattiamd) is a former ultra-endurance athlete (e.g., swimming races of 25 miles), a compulsive self-experimenter, and one of the most fascinating human beings I know. He is one of my go-to doctors for anything performance or longevity-related. He is also easily the best quarterba...
#397: How to Win in the Startup World — Mike Maples and Andy Rachleff
November 25, 2019 14:42 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MB"If the customer doesn't scream, you don't have product-market fit." — Andy Rachleff Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show. This time, we have a slightly different episode—a takeover by Mike Maples, Jr. Mike Maples, Jr. (@m2jr) and his firm, Floodgate, have invested in and supported many of the startups you might recognize — including Twitter, Twitch, Lyft, Chegg, and Okta, among others — long before they were household names. He's been on the Forbes Midas List eight ...
#397: Two Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Answer
November 25, 2019 14:42 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MB"If the customer doesn't scream, you don't have product-market fit." — Andy Rachleff Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show. This time, we have a slightly different episode—a takeover by Mike Maples, Jr. Mike Maples, Jr. (@m2jr) and his firm, Floodgate, have invested in and supported many of the startups you might recognize — including Twitter, Twitch, Lyft, Chegg, and Okta, among others — long before they were household names. He's been on the Forbes Midas List eight ...
#396: Marcela Ot’alora — The Art and Science of Psychedelic Therapy and Healing
November 22, 2019 15:27 - 1 hour - 93.9 MB"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 resea...
#396: Marcela Ot’alora — How to Become a Psychedelic Therapist
November 22, 2019 15:27 - 1 hour - 93.9 MB"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 resea...
#395: Jocko Willink Takeover — On Quitting, Relationships, Financial Discipline, Contrast Baths, and More
November 14, 2019 14:17 - 1 hour - 67.3 MB"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, an...
#394: Q&A With Tim — On Wealth, Legacy, Grief, Lyme Disease, Gratitude, Longevity, and More
November 07, 2019 15:16 - 1 hour - 90 MBWelcome 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. A...
#393: Edward Norton — On Creative Process, Creative Struggle, and Motherless Brooklyn
October 31, 2019 13:37 - 2 hours - 113 MB“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, ...
#392: Ben Horowitz — What You Do Is Who You Are >> Lessons from Silicon Valley, Andy Grove, Genghis Khan, Slave Revolutions, and More
October 24, 2019 12:24 - 1 hour - 67.2 MB"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...
#391: The Random Show — On Fasting, Forest Bathing, How to Say NO, Rebooting the Self, and Much More
October 17, 2019 16:58 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBTechnologist, 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...
#390: Q&A With Tim — On Happiness, Dating, Depressive Episodes, and Much More
October 10, 2019 15:42 - 1 hour - 94.8 MBWelcome 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...
#389: Neil deGrasse Tyson — How to Dream Big, Think Scientifically, and Get More Done
October 03, 2019 18:08 - 1 hour - 101 MB“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...
#388: Lisa Ling — Exploring Subcultures, Learning to Feel, and Changing Perception
September 26, 2019 22:57 - 1 hour - 96 MB"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 ...
#387: Tristan Harris — Fighting Skynet and Firewalling Attention
September 19, 2019 15:42 - 2 hours - 116 MB"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 u...
#386: Ken Burns — A Master Filmmaker on Creative Process, the Long Game, and the Noumenal
September 12, 2019 14:19 - 1 hour - 80.7 MB“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...
#385: The World's Largest Psychedelic Research Center
September 10, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBThis 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 ther...
#384: David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD)
September 03, 2019 13:07 - 1 hour - 95.2 MB"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 Get...
#383: Mike Phillips — How to Save a Species
August 21, 2019 12:54 - 2 hours - 114 MB"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 ...
#382: Safi Bahcall — On Hypnosis, Conquering Insomnia, Incentives, and More
August 16, 2019 17:38 - 2 hours - 157 MBSafi 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 fo...
#381: Charles Koch — CEO of Koch Industries
August 11, 2019 20:31 - 2 hours - 116 MB“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...
#380: Ed Zschau — The Polymath Professor Who Changed My Life
August 01, 2019 23:08 - 1 hour - 101 MB"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...
#379: Dita Von Teese — The Queen of Burlesque
July 29, 2019 14:32 - 1 hour - 80.2 MB"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 perform...
#378: Nick Norris — Navy SEAL and Athlete on Training, Post-Traumatic Growth, and Healing
July 18, 2019 18:05 - 2 hours - 120 MB"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 d...
#377: Psychedelics — Microdosing, Mind-Enhancing Methods, and More
July 15, 2019 15:06 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBThis 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,...
#376: How Seth Godin Manages His Life — Rules, Principles, and Obsessions (Repost)
July 04, 2019 10:36 - 1 hour - 109 MBThis 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 — chal...
#375: Josh Waitzkin — How to Cram 2 Months of Learning into 1 Day
June 26, 2019 22:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MB"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 finan...
#374: Chip Conley — Building Empires, Tackling Cancer, and Surfing the Liminal
June 20, 2019 09:26 - 1 hour - 101 MB"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 ...
#373: Jerry Colonna — The Coach With the Spider Tattoo
June 12, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 106 MB"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...
#372: Julie Rice — Co-Founding SoulCycle, Taming Anxiety, and Mastering Difficult Conversations
June 03, 2019 14:08 - 1 hour - 87.4 MB"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 o...
#371: Ramit Sethi — Automating Finances, Negotiating Prenups, Disagreeing with Tim, and More
May 21, 2019 13:39 - 2 hours - 133 MBRamit Sethi — Automating Finances, Negotiating Prenups, Disagreeing with Tim, and More | 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, ...
#370.5: Derek Sivers on Developing Confidence, Finding Happiness, and Saying “No” to Millions (Repost)
May 11, 2019 16:55 - 1 hour - 109 MBThis 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 onl...
#370: Adam Savage on Great Tools, Great Projects, and Great Lessons
April 30, 2019 15:12 - 1 hour - 88.6 MB"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 posit...
#369: Kevin Systrom — Tactics, Books, and the Path to a Billion Users
April 25, 2019 15:03 - 1 hour - 82.8 MB“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 user...
#368: Amanda Palmer on Creativity, Pain, and Art
April 18, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 106 MB"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...
#367: Eric Schmidt — Lessons from a Trillion-Dollar Coach
April 09, 2019 13:57 - 1 hour - 95.3 MBEric Schmidt — Lessons from a Trillion-Dollar Coach | Brought to you by Inktel and LinkedIn Jobs. "You can systematize innovation even if you can't completely predict it." — Eric Schmidt Eric Schmidt (@ericschmidt) is Technical Advisor and Board Member to Alphabet Inc., where he advises its leaders on technology, business and policy issues. Eric joined Google in 2001 and helped grow the company from a Silicon Valley startup to a global leader in technology. He served as Google's C...
#366: Neil Gaiman — The Interview I've Waited 20 Years To Do
March 28, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 104 MB“The biggest problem we run into is going, ‘This is who I am, this is what I’m like, this is how I function’ while failing to notice that you don’t do that anymore.” — Neil Gaiman Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) is the bestselling author and creator of books, graphic novels, short stories, film and television for all ages, including Neverwhere, Coraline, The Graveyard Book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane, The View from the Cheap Seats and the Sandman series of graphic novels. His fict...
#365: Michael Pollan — Exploring the Frontiers of Psychedelics
March 21, 2019 13:05 - 1 hour - 90.6 MBMichael Pollan — Exploring the Frontiers of Psychedelics | Brought to you by 99designs and Athletic Greens. "An overactive ego is a tyrant." - Michael Pollan Michael Pollan (@michaelpollan) is the author of seven previous books, including Cooked, Food Rules, In Defense of Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma, and The Botany of Desire, all of which were New York Times bestsellers. A longtime contributor to The New York Times Magazine, he also teaches writing at Harvard and the University o...
#364: Safi Bahcall — On Thinking Big, Curing Cancer, and Transforming Industries
March 15, 2019 12:00 - 2 hours - 133 MB“All these things you’re sure are true — what if they weren’t?” — Safi Bahcall Safi Bahcall (@SafiBahcall) is the author of Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries. 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. It has been selected for The Washington Post‘s 10 Leadership Books to Watch for in 2019, Inc.‘s 1...
#363: Tea Time with Tim — How to Find Mentors, Decrease Anxiety Through Training, and Much More
March 11, 2019 15:46 - 1 hour - 96.1 MBWelcome to a special episode called Tea Time with Tim, in which I solicited phone numbers and called a handful of you to field any questions that you might have. Among other topics, we discuss: How to go about finding a mentor. The meaning of life. How to extinguish anxiety. Cocktails. Relationship advice. Training into confidence. Without further ado, please enjoy this tea-fueled Q&A! Click here for the show notes for this episode. This podcast is brought to you by Peloto...
#362: Graham Duncan — Talent Is The Best Asset Class
February 28, 2019 14:49 - 1 hour - 98.7 MB"Everyone's genius is right next to their dysfunction." — Graham Duncan Graham Duncan (@GrahamDuncanNYC) is the co-founder of East Rock Capital, a multi-family office investment firm that manages $2 billion for a small number of families and their charitable foundations. Before starting East Rock 14 years ago, Graham worked at two other investment firms and started his career by co-founding an independent Wall Street research firm. Graham graduated from Yale with a B.A. in ethics,...