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Naval Ravikant  ( @naval ) is the co-founder and chairman of  AngelList . He is an angel investor and has invested in more than 100 companies, including many mega-successes such as Twitter, Uber, Notion, OpenDoor, Postmates, and Wish. You can subscribe to  Naval , his podcast on wealth and happiness, on  Apple Podcasts ,  Spotify ,  Overcast , or wherever you get your...

Books I've Loved — Debbie Millman  | Brought to you by  Audible . 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.”&n...

Please enjoy this special episode of The Tim Ferriss Show , featuring the superhuman Adam Grant ( @AdamMGrant ) and his podcast with TED, WorkLife . Many of you have heard my interview with Adam, which was one of the most popular interviews of 2019. I titled that podcast “ The Man Who Does Everything ” because Adam seems to accomplish more than the next 10 people combined, and he has built systems...

Steven Rinella ( @StevenRinella ) is the host of the Netflix Originals series MeatEater and The MeatEater Podcast . He's also the author of seven books dealing with wildlife, conservation, hunting, fishing, and wild foods, including the forthcoming The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival , coming out on December 1st, 2020. Please enjoy! This episode is brought to you by  LinkedI...

Dr. Mark Plotkin ( @DocMarkPlotkin ) is an ethnobotanist who serves as president of the Amazon Conservation Team , which has partnered with 55 tribes to map and improve management and protection of 80 million acres of ancestral rainforests. Educated at Harvard, Yale, and Tufts, Plotkin has since spent much of the past four decades studying the shamans and healing plants of tropical America from Me...

Books I've Loved — Cal Fussman  | Brought to you by  Audible . 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.”&nbsp...

“I don’t worry about inspiration as much as system overload.” — Dustin Yellin Dustin Yellin ( @dustinyellin )  is an artist who lives in Brooklyn, New York, and is the founder and director of  Pioneer Works , a multidisciplinary cultural center in Red Hook, Brooklyn, that builds community through the arts and sciences to create an open and inspired world. He and his incredible work have...

Richard Koch ( @RichardKoch8020 ) is an entrepreneur, investor, former strategy consultant, and author of several books on business and ideas, including four on how to apply the 80/20 principle in all walks of life. His investments have grown at 22 percent compounded annually over 37 years and have included Filofax, Plymouth Gin, Belgo, Betfair (the world’s largest betting exchange), FanDuel, and...

Jamie Foxx  ( @iamjamiefoxx ) is an Academy Award-winning  actor , a Grammy Award-winning  musician , and a famous standup and improv  comedian . He is, without a doubt, the most consummate performer and entertainer I have ever met. In the 2.5 hours we spent together in his home studio, he blew my mind. We cover a TON in this wide-ranging episode, including many never...

For me, this is the most important podcast episode I’ve ever published. In it, I describe the most life-shaping, certainly the most difficult, and certainly the most transformative journey of my 43 years on this planet. I’ve never shared it before. My dance partner and safety net in this conversation is my friend Debbie Millman ( @debbiemillman ). She has been named one of the most creative people...

Esther Perel — The Relationship Episode: Sex, Love, Polyamory, Marriage, and More (Repost) | Brought to you by ButcherBox and Laird Superfood . Psychotherapist and  New York Times  bestselling author  Esther Perel  ( @EstherPerelOfficial ) is recognized as one of today’s most insightful and original voices on modern relationships. Fluent in nine languages, she helms a therapy p...

“There is a natural skepticism that you develop as a journalist, which I think is important. But oftentimes that develops into cynicism.” — Guy Raz Guy Raz  ( @guyraz ) is the Michael Phelps of podcasting. He’s the creator and host of the popular podcasts  How I Built This ,  Wisdom from the Top , and  The Rewind  and the co-creator of the acclaimed podcasts  TED Radi...

“When you’re humble, you’re teachable.” — Kelly Slater Kelly Slater  ( @kellyslater ) is widely considered the greatest surfer of all time. He holds nearly every major record in the sport, including 11 world titles and 55 career victories. He also has the amazing distinction of being both the youngest and oldest world champion in men’s history. His most dominant days were the mid-’90s, when h...

Maria Popova  ( @brainpicker ) is a reader and a writer who writes about what she reads on  Brain Pickings , which is included in the Library of Congress permanent web archive of culturally valuable materials. She is the author of  Figuring , the editor of  A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader , and the creator and host of  The Universe in Verse , an an...

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...

Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show , where it is normally my job to deconstruct world-class performers of various types, of all ilks.  In this special episode, the tables are turned. Instead of interviewing someone else, I am interviewed by two experts on several topics I’ve both studied and supported, including psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and what it can do to heal tra...

“The goal is to make people laugh and then to really break their heart.” — Chuck Palahniuk Writer  Chuck Palahniuk  ( @chuckpalahniuk ) has published twenty-three national and international best-selling books. These include fifteen prose novels, a collection of short stories, two graphic novels, two coloring books, a travel guide, a collection of essays, and a memoir about his life as a...

The Power of Myth — The Hero’s Adventure with Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers | Brought to you by How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers by David M. Rubenstein Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show , where it is normally my job to interview and deconstruct world-class performers of all different types. This episode flips the script, but you get...

“Win the respect of people you respect, and you can forget the rest.” — Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks  ( @RabbiSacks ) is an international religious leader, philosopher, and respected moral voice. He was the chief rabbi of the UK and Commonwealth from 1991 to 2013 and the recipient of the 2016 Templeton Prize, in recognition of his “exceptional contributions to affirming...

Books I've Loved — Whitney Cummings  | Brought to you by  Audible . 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.”...

The Random Show — Zen, Investing, Mike Tyson, Artificial Intelligence, and the World's Best Beers | Brought to you by  Dry Farm Wines ,  LegalZoom , and  Allform .  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, w...

Sia — The Alchemy of Blockbuster Songs, Billions of Views, and the Face You’ve Never Seen | Brought to you by  Athletic Greens , LinkedIn Jobs , and Thrive Market . “I don’t think that I’m necessarily like a super-talented songwriter. I think I’m just really productive. One out of 10 songs is a hit. So where a lot of people will spend three weeks on one song, I will write 10 in three weeks.”...

Mike Novogratz on Investing, Bitcoin, Ayahuasca, and Running Through The Sahara Desert | Brought to you by  Magic Spoon , Four Sigmatic , and LMNT . Michael Novogratz  ( @novogratz ) is the founder and CEO of  Galaxy Digital . He was formerly a partner and president of Fortress Investment Group, LLC. Prior to Fortress, Michael spent 11 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was elect...

Books I've Loved — Neil Strauss  | Brought to you by  Audible . 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.”&nbs...

Grandmaster Maurice Ashley — The Path and Strategies of World-Class Mastery | Brought to you by Helix Sleep , ExpressVPN , and Athletic Greens . Maurice Ashley ( @MauriceAshley ) made history in 1999 when he became the first African-American chess Grandmaster. He is a three-time national championship coach, an author, ESPN commentator, iPhone app designer, puzzle inventor, and motivational sp...