The Tim Ferriss Show

Guy Oseary ( @guyoseary ) has been spotting talent before anyone else could see it for nearly four decades. Under his leadership at Maverick Records, Maverick sold more than 100 million albums. Guy has managed some of the biggest names in music, including Madonna, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and U2, and was named Variety 's Music Mogul of the Year in 2022. He executive produced Twilight , which bec...

For more than 40 years, David Allen has worked with individuals and organizations around the world to help them stay clear, focused, and productive—without burning out. He is the author of the mega-bestseller Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity . Subscribe to David's Substack at davidallen.substack.com . This episode was originally published in September 2019. Show notes: http...

Graham Duncan ( @GrahamDuncanNYC ) is the co-founder of East Rock Capital , a multibillion-dollar multi-family investment office he launched in 2006. He is also Chairman of the Sohn Conference Foundation , which funds pediatric cancer research. This episode was originally published in February 2019. Show notes: https://tim.blog/2019/02/28/graham-duncan/ This episode is brought to you by: Shopify g...

"Coca is to cocaine what potatoes are to vodka" — Dr. Andrew Weil and Wade Davis on the health benefits, sacred history, and unjust prohibition of the most misunderstood plant on Earth. Dr. Andrew Weil is a pioneer in integrative medicine and founder of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, where he holds the Lovell-Jones Endowed Chair and serves as Clinical...

Sebastian Mallaby ( @scmallaby ) is the Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and the author of six books, including More Money Than God , The Power Law , The Man Who Knew , and The World's Banker . His latest book is The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence . Thi...

Max Levchin ( @mlevchin ) is a serial entrepreneur and investor in 100+ startups. He's the founder and CEO of Affirm , the payment network powering consumer purchases and merchant growth. An original PayPal co-founder, Max served as CTO until its 2002 acquisition by eBay. This episode is brought to you by: ProLon : science-backed Fasting Mimicking Diet that helps activate cellular renewal through...

Jake Becraft is 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 new class of precision genetic therapies. This episode is brought...

Dr. Becky Kennedy is the founder and CEO of Good Inside , a parenting movement that overturns a lot of conventional, modern parenting practices to empower parents to become sturdy, confident leaders and raise sturdy, confident kids. She is the author of the bestselling book Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be , a chart-topping podcast , a TED talk with more than 5 million vi...

Sami Inkinen ( @samiinkinen ) is 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. A world-class endurance athlete, Sami is a triathlon age-group world champion and an 8-hour, 24-minute Ironman finisher, having completed the Hawaii...

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 .  You can watch the documentary Prisoner No More , directed by Jeff Wolfe and produced by WolfePrideProductions.com , for free here: tim.blog/hardchoices . To fill out the form on Cerebral Palsy Research Project, visit...

Many of us feel like we’re drowning in invisible complexity. So I wanted to hit pause and ask a simple question:  What are 1-3 decisions that could dramatically simplify my life in 2026?  To explore that, I invited four long-time listener favorites—Anne Lamott, Claire Hughes Johnson, David Yarrow, and Diana Chapman. This episode is brought to you by: Incogni,  which automatically re...

Elad Gil ( @eladgil ) is 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 Stripe. He was previously VP of Corporate Strategy at Twitte...

Cathy Lanier is the Chief Security Officer of the National Football League, where she oversees security across the league office and all 32 clubs. Before the NFL, she served as Chief of Police of Washington, D.C., from 2007 to 2016 — the first woman in the role and the longest-serving chief in the force's history — where her strategies helped cut violent crime by 21 percent even as the city's popu...

Brian Dean is the founder of Backlinko and Exploding Topics , both acquired by Semrush, which itself was recently acquired by Adobe for $1.9 billion. Brian's story starts exactly where a lot of great stories start: broke, directionless, and eating canned beef stew in his dad's basement during the 2008 financial crisis. He picked up a copy of The 4-Hour Workweek and took action. As is nearly a...

Daredevil Michelle Khare lives life to the extreme in Challenge Accepted , amassing more than 6 million followers and more than 1 billion views. Across the show, you'll see Michelle attempt everything from Tom Cruise’s Deadliest stunt to Harry Houdini’s water torture cell to trying to earn a black belt in taekwondo in only 90 days . This episode is brought to you by: Fin powerful AI Agent for all...

Welcome back to another in-between-isode, with one of my favorite formats: the good old-fashioned Q&A. This episode is brought to you by: Our Place’s Titanium Always Pan® Pro  using nonstick technology that’s coating-free and made without PFAS, otherwise known as “forever chemicals”:  FromOurPlace.com/Tim AG1  all-in-one nutritional supplement:  DrinkAG1.com/Tim Wealthfront...

Welcome to another wide-ranging "Random Show" episode that I recorded with my close friend  Kevin Rose  ( digg.com ) ! This episode is brought to you by: Eight Sleep Pod Cover 5  sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating:  EightSleep.com/Tim AG1  all-in-one nutritional supplement:  DrinkAG1.com/Tim Cresset  family office services for CEOs, founders, and e...

Many of us feel like we’re drowning in invisible complexity. So I wanted to hit pause and ask a simple question:  What are 1-3 decisions that could dramatically simplify my life in 2026?  To explore that, I invited five long-time listener favorites: Maria Popova, Morgan Housel, Cal Newport, Craig Mod, and Debbie Millman. This episode is brought to you by: Shopify  global commerce pl...

Jim Collins  has published multiple international bestsellers that have sold in total more than eleven million copies worldwide, including the perennial favorite  Good to Great . His new book is  What to Make of a Life: Cliffs, Fog, Fire, and the Self-Knowledge Imperative . This episode is brought to you by: AG1  all-in-one nutritional supplement:  DrinkAG1.com/Tim Cresset...

This episode is a bit different, and 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. Dan is a wonderful interviewer, and we got in the zone. He is also the bestselling author of 10% Happier and Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-To Book . This episode is brought to you by:...

Tish Rabe ( @tishrabebooks ) is 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. She now heads her own children's book publishing company, Tish Rabe Books . This episode is brought to you by: Circle  complete community platform for your co...

Jordan Jonas  ( @hobojordo ) 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 in the wilderness and harvest big game. You can learn more about Jordan's axes at JordanJonas.com/Axe . This ep...

Tim McGraw ( @thetimmcgraw ) is 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. He is one of the most-played country artists since his debut in 1992, has four New York Times bestselling books, and has acted for both film and television, including the movies Friday Night Lights and The B...

Dr. Tommy Wood ( @DrRagnar ) is an associate professor of pediatrics and neuroscience at the University of Washington, where his research focuses on brain health across the lifespan. This includes therapies for brain injury in newborns, prevention and treatment of adult brain trauma, and the factors that contribute to long-term cognitive function and cognitive decline. He is the author of the fort...

This episode is part of a series called  Meditation Monday . The teacher, Henry Shukman, has been on my podcast twice before. He is one of only a few dozen masters in the world authorized to teach Sanbo Zen, and now, he’ll be your teacher. In addition to my long-form interviews each week, every Monday I’ll bring you a short 10-minute or so meditation, which will help you for the rest of the w...