Episodes featuring Tim Ferriss
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Tim Ferriss talks with manager and investor Guy Oseary about 36 years managing Madonna, 26 IPO exits, and how he spots talent across music and tech.
Tim Ferriss talks with Max Levchin, who fled the Soviet Union as a teen, about why socialism fails and how capitalism's flaws are better fixed from within.
Chris Williamson, Tim Ferriss, Tim Urban, and George Mack discuss how outdated school facts persist and how teaching pessimism too early harms children's sense of agency.
Chris Williamson hosts Tim Ferriss, Tim Urban, and George Mack to discuss black holes, media culture, and practical habits for thinking and productivity.
Tim Ferriss, Andrew Weil, and Wade Davis discuss coca leaf's 8,000-year history, its medicinal potential, and why they believe its demonization was driven by politics rather than science.
Tim Ferriss and Sebastian Mallaby discuss the race to build superintelligence, covering key players like DeepMind and OpenAI, existential risks, and US-China dynamics.
Tim Ferriss talks with Max Levchin, co-founder of PayPal and Affirm, about building pro-consumer financial products, growing up in Soviet Ukraine, and the mindset needed to persist when the industry says you are wrong.
Tim Ferriss talks with Jake Becraft, founder of Strand Therapeutics, about delivering RNA instructions directly into cancer cells and how to push for FDA reform.
Investor Elad Gil joins Tim Ferriss to explain how generative AI shifts enterprise software from selling tools to selling units of cognitive work, and what that means for founders.
Sami Inkinen, CEO of Virta Health, joins Tim Ferriss to discuss reversing type 2 diabetes through nutrition, his productivity system, and how Virta achieves 83% patient adherence.
Tim Ferriss talks with Cathy Lanier about her sexual harassment complaint against a superior officer in 1990s Washington DC and how she survived retaliation to eventually become police commissioner.
Tim Ferriss and four-time world weightlifting champion Jerzy Gregorek discuss coaching Tajin Park, a man with cerebral palsy and autism, from failing to lift 15 pounds to bench pressing 170 and attending college.
Tim Ferriss narrates the story of Tae Jin Park, a young man with cerebral palsy, and Jersey, the Olympic weightlifting coach who trained him like an athlete until he lived independently and went to college.
Tim Ferriss outlines his personal longevity approach, arguing that sleep, exercise, and nutrition deliver most of the gains, with mitochondrial health and brain stimulation as the most promising frontiers.
Investor Elad Gil joins Tim Ferriss to explain why 95-99% of AI companies will fail and how founders can tell if they should sell now or hold long-term.
Cathy Lanier tells Tim Ferriss how she went from dropping out of school pregnant at 14 to becoming DC's top police commissioner at 39.
Tim Ferriss talks with investor Elad Gil about AI's competitive landscape, how to spot billion-dollar companies early, and when founders should consider selling.
Tim Ferriss talks with NFL Chief Security Officer Cathy Lanier about her path from food stamps and teenage pregnancy to leading DC's police department and securing the Super Bowl.
Tim Ferriss walks through his step-by-step framework for writing cold emails that get responses from high-status contacts who receive hundreds of messages a day.
Tim Ferriss talks with Brian Dean, who built and sold two companies, Backlinko and Exploding Topics, sharing what actually drove their growth and exits.