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Human Guinea Pig

Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author

Tim 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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Kevin Ryan is one of the leading entrepreneurs and investors in New York. Often called the “Godfather of NYC tech,” he is the founder and CEO of AlleyCorp, a New York based venture capital firm that incubates and invests across healthcare, AI and software, consumer tech, deep tech, and more. Kevin is also the co-founder of several notable companies including MongoDB, Business Insider, Zola, Gilt Groupe, and Transcend Therapeutics. Earlier in his career, Kevin was the CEO of DoubleClick, which he helped grow from a 20-person startup to a publicly-traded company with more than 1,500 employees.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Intro from Tim

00:01:25 Kevin Ryan’s entrepreneurial track record

00:03:40 Spotting long-term trends and turning them into businesses

00:06:33 Designing gatherings and trips for great conversations

00:11:42 Second-order thinking and the missed YouTube opportunity

00:17:47 Gilt’s rise, shrinking moat, and knowing when to sell

00:22:06 From Dilbert to DoubleClick: early lessons and fast decisions

00:27:52 AlleyCorp’s model: start narrow, then scale

00:32:26 Recruiting founders and building Business Insider

00:38:28 Recognizing a business crush and choosing what to build

00:41:44 Investing in nuclear energy

00:43:26 Taking money off the table and keeping funds small

00:47:15 Ping-pong and the value of coaching

00:49:05 Making time for family, fitness, and vacation

00:51:52 Psychedelics and the origins of Transcend Therapeutics

00:54:20 Methylone, PTSD trials, and navigating the FDA

00:59:57 Transcend’s public-benefit mission and giving back

01:05:46 Deep tech, robotics, and the next wave of opportunities

01:11:35 Failed startups, MongoDB, and knowing when to persist

01:15:06 A more caring society: inequality, taxes, and opportunity

01:17:26 Immigration and attracting the world’s best talent

01:20:04 Why Kevin is bullish on New York

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#884: How to Spot 10-Year Trends and Build Billion-Dollar Companies — Kevin Ryan of DoubleClick, MongoDB, Business Insider, and Many More

My guest today is Tania de Jong, co-founder of Mind Medicine Australia. Tania and her husband, Peter, helped lead the push that, in 2023, made Australia the first country in the world to allow MDMA and psilocybin to be prescribed for psychiatric conditions. I wanted to understand how the hell they helped make that happen and what the rest of the world can learn from it.

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Timestamps

[00:00:00] Intro from Tim.

[00:02:46] The article that changed Tania’s life.

[00:04:39] A first psychedelic experience—and the year it took to integrate it.

[00:10:17] Rick Doblin’s encouragement and the birth of Mind Medicine Australia.

[00:13:15] Turning regulatory rejection into a stronger application.

[00:20:48] Building a grassroots movement and training clinicians.

[00:23:23] Cold emails, scientific allies, and singing your way into the room.

[00:31:11] A week with Ram Dass: silence, singing, and an extraordinary LSD story.

[00:37:54] Bringing David Nutt—and a family’s devastating story—to the regulators.

[00:42:42] Dancing in the kitchen: Australia’s rescheduling breakthrough.

[00:43:40] From changing the rules to treating patients.

[00:48:18] Why Tim thinks MDMA is still underestimated.

[00:50:23] Integration beyond the session: therapy, nutrition, and exercise.

[00:52:29] Scaling access and collecting real-world evidence.

[00:58:13] Getting insurers, government agencies, and philanthropists on board.

[01:00:44] Syrian rue, psilocybin, and learning to let go of control.

[01:09:06] Dosing, expectations, and the pressure to take more.

[01:11:07] The promise of group therapy and shared integration.

[01:13:27] Hiring mistakes, personal attacks, and the resilience advocacy requires.

[01:22:43] Turning a window of change into lasting habits.

[01:24:56] Getting through to regulators and pushing for end-of-life access.

[01:27:32] The bureaucratic barriers that remain.

[01:30:43] What treatment costs—and why therapist time drives the bill.

[01:34:12] Could shorter-acting compounds make treatment more affordable?

[01:37:51] Ketamine, kratom, and the limits of “all natural.”

[01:42:19] The unexpected payoff from Tim’s ketamine experiment.

[01:46:51] What might come next for psychedelic access worldwide?

[01:48:10] Persistence versus pushiness—and knowing when to try another door.

[01:53:27] Supporting patients and training the next wave of clinicians.

[01:56:56] “Be curious”: exploring your inner world and walking each other home.

[02:00:40] The ripple effects of sharing your curiosity—and simply asking for help.

Timeline:

February 2, 2015: • Michael Pollan publishes “
The Trip Treatment • ” in 
The New Yorker, • which is the article Tania credits with setting her journey in motion.
March 21, 2015: • Tim releases his James Fadiman interview, “
The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide • ” (#66). Its show notes link to “The Trip Treatment.”
January 15, 2016: • In 
5-Bullet Friday • , Tim announces support for Johns Hopkins’ psilocybin research and a personal commitment of at least $100,000 toward psychedelic research that year.
2016: • Tania and Peter travel to the Netherlands for their first guided psilocybin experience. 
(Source)2017–2019: • UCSF conducts the psilocybin-assisted group-therapy study involving long-term AIDS survivors that Tim helped support. 
(Source)May 6, 2018: • Michael Pollan joins Tim for “Exploring the New Science of Psychedelics” (#313), discussing his forthcoming book (
How to Change Your Mind) • .
May 15, 2018: • Pollan’s 
How to Change Your Mind • is published.
February 13, 2019: • Tania and Peter publicly launch 
Mind Medicine Australia • . 
(Source)2020–2022: • MMA applies to reschedule MDMA and psilocybin, faces rejection, and submits new applications in March 2022. 
(Source)November 21, 2022: • David Nutt presents to Australia’s medicines regulator, the TGA, supporting the case for therapeutic access. 
(Source)February 3, 2023: • The TGA announces restricted prescribing access to MDMA for PTSD and psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression, effective 
July 1, 2023 • . 
(Source)January 2024: • Patients begin receiving treatment under the new prescribing program. 
(Source)
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#883: How to Legalize Medical Psychedelics in Your Country — Tania de Jong on The Playbook Behind Australia's World-First Breakthrough

This episode is a bit different. It's a live, unscripted working session with a founder, and I've only done one other earlier this year.

Niels Hoven (@NielsHoven) is the founder and CEO of Mentava, a company building software to support fast learners. Eager kids are dramatically underserved by today's education system, and Niels created Mentava to allow students to achieve their potential. Prior to Mentava, Niels worked at Cloudflare, ClassDojo, and Pocket Gems, where he ran the highest-grossing mobile game in the world in 2011. He has a graduate degree in electrical engineering from UC Berkeley.

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Timestamps:

[00:00:00] Start.

[00:01:32] What Mentava is—and the toddlers reading before age three.

[00:08:31] Game design, slot-machine motivation, and lowering the hoop.

[00:11:54] Tim's red pen: rewriting the bio and positioning.

[00:16:59] The real problem: wasted early years, high-school pressure.

[00:23:55] Learning at your own pace—and "what if you did nothing?"

[00:29:32] Dog-fish, fish-dog: readiness, failed trials, and follow-ups.

[00:35:06] The $500 price, school pilots, and videos-for-tuition scholarships.

[00:41:39] Teach a kid to fish: selling relief, not nagging.

[00:47:49] Viral posts, the culture-war trap, and why exaggeration is death.

[00:55:05] Put the ask on top: investor updates and what actually converts.

[00:59:35] The thirty-year phonics war—and it's not with teachers.

[01:01:10] A $1,000 coupon, zero takers: why the referral bribe flopped.

[01:08:04] Lead with the love letters: testimonials, homepage, and who's buying.

[01:20:03] "No scam charges $500 a month": pricing and who you're not for.

[01:34:16] Uncrowded channels and workshopping like a standup.

[01:42:08] Don't let Amazon be your debutante ball: testing what sells.

[01:46:42] Alpha School, the competitive map, and the eager investor.

[01:48:39] Reaching the already-converted: be the painkiller, TiE, surround sound.

[02:08:18] Niels's charge: advocate for your child, unapologetically.

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#882: How to Teach a 3-Year-Old to Read and Rethinking Education — Tim Coaches Niels Hoven of Mentava

This is a special episode about overcoming mistakes and failure. What do you do when your work is rejected, when the big bet fails, or when the path ahead suddenly disappears? As you’ll hear in this episode, setbacks can often present opportunities, if you know how to look for them.

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In this episode: 

 • BJ Miller, a triple amputee, on his years-long quest to ride a motorcycle.
 • Terry Crews on missing a season-ending shot—and the mindset shift that stayed with him for life.
 • Tim McGraw on his debut album flopping and betting his career on next steps.
 • Jessica Lahey on being told her first book was “unpublishable” and turning brutal feedback into a 
New York Times • bestseller.
 • Dax Shepard on the collapse of an identity and career he thought he wanted—and the unexpected much better life it made possible.
 • Cathy Lanier on becoming a teenage single mother, passing her GED by a single point, and beginning an unlikely climb.
 • Janna Levin on the liberating realization that life is not a smooth path interrupted by obstacles—life 
is • the obstacles.
 • Boyd Varty on using the mindset of a lion tracker to move through uncertainty and the paralysis of not knowing what comes next.

Dr. BJ Miller is a triple amputee, longtime palliative-care physician, cofounder of virtual palliative-care service Mettle Health, and coauthor of A Beginner’s Guide to the End.

Terry Crews is an actor, artist, author, television host, and former NFL player best known as Terry Jeffords on the Emmy-nominated TV series Brooklyn Nine-Nine and as the longtime host of America’s Got Talent.

Tim McGraw is a three-time Grammy-winning country-music superstar, an actor, and a 2026 Country Music Hall of Fame inductee.

Jessica Lahey is an educator and the New York Times bestselling author of The Gift of Failure and The Addiction Inoculation.

Dax Shepard is an actor, writer, and director and the co-creator and host of the hit podcast Armchair Expert.

Cathy Lanier is the NFL’s chief security officer and the first woman—and longest serving chief—to lead Washington, DC’s Metropolitan Police Department.

Janna Levin is a theoretical cosmologist, the Claire Tow Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College, a Guggenheim Fellow, a PEN-winning author, and the founding director of sciences at Pioneer Works.

Boyd Varty is a lion tracker, wildlife activist, TED speaker, and author of The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life.

Timestamps:

00:00 — Introduction from Tim

01:23 — BJ Miller: Making an Impossible Motorcycle Dream Real

05:35 — Terry Crews: Why You Have to Take the Shot

16:28 — Tim McGraw: Failing on Your Own Terms

27:31 — Jessica Lahey: From “Unpublishable” to Bestseller

31:48 — Dax Shepard: When Failure Saves You From What You Want

38:11 — Cathy Lanier: Rebuilding a Life

47:33 — Janna Levin: Life Is the Obstacles

54:36 — Boyd Varty: Finding the Next Track When You’re Stuck

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#881: Tales of Overcoming The Odds, and How to Turn Losses Into Wins — Tim McGraw, Terry Crews, Dax Shepard, and More

This episode is devoted to one deceptively simple question: How do you stay close to your partner over time through the inevitable exhaustion, misunderstanding, conflict, disappointment, and change?

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In this episode: 

Esther Perel • begins with the basics: appreciation, affection, and replacing chronic complaints with clear requests.
Brené Brown • explains why marriage is never 50/50 and how she and her husband create what Brené calls a “plan of kindness.” 
Brad Feld • describes the monthly “life dinners” that have helped him and his wife review the previous 30 days, talk honestly about the future, and prevent resentments from building up
Jim Dethmer • offers a practical way to distinguish observable facts from the stories we make up about our partners.
Sheila Heen • explains how humor and genuine curiosity can serve as an interrupt on an argument that is heating up 
 • The late 
Dr. Sue Johnson • then walks us through a “Hold Me Tight” conversation—a way of moving beneath anger and defensiveness to the fear, vulnerability, and need for connection underneath.
Terry Real • then
 • offers a strikingly simple model for repair and introduces the term “normal marital hatred” - as he put it, nobody ever goes up to him and says “What do you mean by that?!”
 • Finally, 
Diana Chapman • describes what it means to let an outdated version of a marriage end so that two people can consciously choose what comes next for their relationship.

Timestamps:

Intro from Tim: 00:00:00

Esther Perel: 00:01:58

Brené Brown: 00:08:21

Brad Feld: 00:12:02

Jim Dethmer: 00:16:51

Shelia Heen: 00:23:04

Dr. Sue Johnson: 00:29:26

Terry Real: 00:40:14

Diana Chapman: 00:46:19

Short bios:

Esther Perel • is an internationally renowned psychotherapist, the New York Times bestselling author of 
Mating in Captivity • and 
The State of Affairs • , and the host of the award-winning podcast 
Where Should We Begin?Brené Brown • is the author of six number-one New York Times bestsellers exploring courage, vulnerability, shame, and resilience; a research professor at the University of Houston; and a professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin.
Brad Feld • is an early-stage investor and entrepreneur and a co-founder of Foundry Group, Mobius Venture Capital, and Techstars. He writes on entrepreneurship, leadership, mental health, and sustaining a life beyond work.
Jim Dethmer • is a co-founder of the Conscious Leadership Group and co-author of 
The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership • , an influential framework for building candid, responsible, high-trust relationships.
Sheila Heen • is the deputy director of the Harvard Negotiation Project, founder of Triad Consulting Group, and co-author of the New York Times bestsellers 
Difficult Conversations • and 
Thanks for the Feedback • .
Dr. Sue Johnson • was the pioneering clinical psychologist who created Emotionally Focused Therapy. She was named Psychologist of the Year by the American Psychological Association and appointed to the Order of Canada for her global impact on psychotherapy.
Terry Real • is an internationally recognized family therapist, a bestselling author, and the creator of Relational Life Therapy. He has spent more than four decades helping couples restore intimacy and connection.
Diana Chapman • is co-author of 
The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership • , a cofounder of the Conscious Leadership Group, and founder of the Signal Institute, working with leaders on radical honesty, somatic intelligence, and transformation.

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#880: Relationship Tools That Work — Esther Perel, Brené Brown, Dr. Sue Johnson, Terry Real, and More on Conflict, Repair, and Lasting Love

This is a special compilation devoted to reinvention: how to shed an identity that no longer fits, decide on a new chapter, navigate uncertainty, and commit to what’s next.

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In this episode: 

 • Matthew McConaughey explains why he stopped making romantic comedies, turned down $15 million, and waited nearly two years for Hollywood to see him differently.
 • Steve Young talks about losing the identity that had defined him and the advice another legendary quarterback gave him.
 • Lori Gottlieb explains how listening to a quiet inner voice led her from Hollywood to medicine, then to journalism, and finally to psychotherapy.
 • Suleika Jaouad describes rebuilding her life after cancer when going back to her old life was no longer possible.
 • Samin Nosrat on walking away from a wildly successful food business that was making her miserable, and making room for the writing career that ultimately became Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat.
 • Martine Rothblatt tells the remarkable story of teaching herself biology and starting a pharmaceutical company to save her daughter’s life.
 • Finally, Debbie Millman gives you a simple exercise for imagining—and creating—the life you truly want.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro from Tim

01:43 Matthew McConaughey

14:35 Steve Young

17:16 Lori Gottlieb

24:38 Suleika Jaouad

36:47 Samin Nosrat

45:04 Martine Rothblatt

56:51 Debbie Millman

Short bios: 

Matthew McConaughey is an Academy Award-winning actor—whose career spans 40+ feature films—a cofounder of the Just Keep Livin’ foundation, and the bestselling author of Greenlights.

Steve Young is a Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, Super Bowl MVP, and co-founder and chairman of private-equity firm HGGC.

Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist, the New York Times “Ask the Therapist” advice columnist, and the bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.

Suleika Jaouad is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, artist, and bestselling author of Between Two Kingdoms and The Book of Alchemy.

Samin Nosrat is the James Beard Award–winning author of the New York Times bestseller Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat—also the title of her acclaimed Netflix series.

Dr. Martine Rothblatt is the founder, chairperson, and CEO of United Therapeutics—a biotechnology company she started to save the life of one of her daughters—and a pioneer of satellite radio.

Debbie Millman is one of the most influential designers working today, according to Graphic Design USA, an author, an educator, and the host of the pioneering podcast Design Matters, now celebrating its 21st year.

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#879: How to Reinvent Yourself and Make Bold Moves — Decisive Stories from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Samin Nosrat, and More

This is a special compilation devoted to a subject very close to my heart and currently consuming a large percentage of my waking hours: writing. Over the years, I’ve asked some of the writers I admire most questions like: How do you choose a project and stay with it? How do you begin when inspiration refuses to show up? How do you build a practice that reliably produces pages? And how do you keep going when you fear your pages are terrible? Listen in to some of my favorite authors answer these and other questions. Please enjoy this special compilation on the craft of writing.

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Timestamps:

00:00 — Introduction

01:52 — Elizabeth Gilbert: Choosing and committing to a project

06:25 — Anne Lamott: Shitty first drafts and taking it bird by bird

13:04 — Joyce Carol Oates: Don’t wait for inspiration

15:47 — Jerry Seinfeld: Building a writing system

26:27 — Mary Karr: Revision and throwing out 1,200 pages

35:08 — Brandon Sanderson: Consistency, word counts, and output

45:04 — Seth Godin: Fear of bad writing

Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of Eat, Pray, Love; Big Magic; and City of Girls. Her ten books have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide. 

Anne Lamott is the author of 20 books, including Bird by Bird, Operating Instructions, and Help, Thanks, Wow, and co-author—with her husband Neal Allen—of Good Writing.

Joyce Carol Oates has written more than 70 books, including Blonde and We Were the Mulvaneys, and won the National Book Award for her novel them.

Jerry Seinfeld co-created and starred in the sitcom Seinfeld—which ran nine seasons and won 10 Emmys—and later created Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and wrote Is This Anything? 

Mary Karr wrote the bestselling memoirs The Liars’ Club, Cherry, and Lit and her book on writing, The Art of Memoir. 

Brandon Sanderson created the Mistborn and Stormlight Archive series, completed Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time, and raised more than $41 million on Kickstarter for four secret novels. 

Seth Godin has written 21 bestsellers published in 40 languages—including Purple Cow, Linchpin, and The Practice—and a daily blog of more than 10,000 posts. 

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#878: How to Start When You're Stuck, Finish What You Begin, and Stop Waiting for Inspiration — Creative Advice from Elizabeth Gilbert, Seth Godin, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Lamott and More

In this wide-ranging Q&A, Tim explores reinvention, enduring skills for the age of AI, friendship, mental health, fitness, language learning, privacy, cognitive longevity, and more.

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Timestamps:

[00:00:00] Start.

[00:00:24] How to go from hyper-optimized to grounded.

[00:03:45] Reinvention in your late 40s: there are more than two options.

[00:07:45] Five meta-skills for the age of AI.

[00:16:06] Post-sabbatical rules that re-focused this podcast.

[00:21:05] Why male friendship is built shoulder-to-shoulder, not face-to-face.

[00:25:04] Love for women authors.

[00:25:24] SAINT, TMS, and Ampa’s one-day brain reset.

[00:27:32] How to build a fanbase by being your authentically weird self.

[00:28:50] My “something is better than nothing” workout routine.

[00:30:33] Staying fit in mind and soul via the past-year review.

[00:31:12] The 4-Hour Body workout routines I still follow.

[00:35:46] Spotting the future titan hiding in an average teen.

[00:37:01] Vacation, burnout, or an outgrown life? Take a mini-retirement.

[00:41:18] Guiding kids through our digital dystopia.

[00:43:45] Does AI kill language learning? What does a new language really give you?

[00:53:36] Muted movies as late-night writing company.

[00:54:13] Best sub-$100 buy: seven seasons of wholesome Pawnee.

[00:55:34] Why two hours of walking fixes almost everything.

[00:57:21] Sleep, unsexily solved: less water, more sun, more exhaustion.

[00:59:16] Privacy as the new luxury in the age of shrinking fame.

[01:02:35] Luxuries worth overspending on: massage, easy travel, and health.

[01:07:24] The best defense against cognitive decline: exercise, exercise, exercise.

[01:11:11] Parting thoughts.

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#877: Q&A with Tim — The Art of Male Friendship, Mini-Retirements, Higher-Resolution Living, Reinvention in The Age of AI, and More

Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the Departments of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he runs the Huberman Lab. He is the author of Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 — Who is Dr. Andrew Huberman?

00:02:03 — Dean Potter, The Dark Wizard, and the physics of raw energy.

00:04:11 — Why competition destroys performance.

00:05:45 — Laird Hamilton, tow-in surfing, and the lure of big waves.

00:06:27 — Training with Dorian Yates.

00:18:29 — The full weekly split that keeps building strength at 50.

00:21:00 — Neck training.

00:25:56 — AssaultBike vs. Airdyne.

00:31:12 — Revisiting MDMA and psychedelics.

00:48:06 — Inducing plasticity is only half the job.

00:53:17 — The one-day protocol that cut my anxiety by 90%.

01:00:27 — Cortisol as the master key.

01:03:26 — Peptides demystified: GLP-1s, growth hormone, and BPC-157.

01:14:44 — The Enhanced Games, the Deca burrito, and the honesty problem.

01:17:56 — Pinealon, epitalon, and the hunt for more REM sleep.

01:25:02 — Why women, not gym bros, are the real peptide market.

01:35:52 — Why "no reported side effects" is a trap.

01:43:48 — Stem cells, cartilage regrowth, and mining the body for medicine.

01:46:37 — AI, wearables, and the race to write to the nervous system.

01:54:12 — The MIT mask that puts you to sleep in six minutes.

01:56:09 — Inside Andrew's new operating manual, Protocols.

02:03:30 — Navigating grief and remapping loss.

02:04:40 — Shut up, suit up, show up.

02:08:03 — Parting thoughts.

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#876: Dr. Andrew Huberman — Peptides, Performance, and Protocols

In this edition of The Random Show, Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose reunite over tequila to talk Zen retreats, learning to rock climb at (almost) 50, mortality and grief, why you should stop saying "one day," AI predictions , and much more. Please enjoy!

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Timestamps

 • [00:00:00] Start.
 • [00:00:24] A tequila toast, and getting "taxed" by alcohol as you age.
 • [00:02:18] Toaster at 15: a late-night health scare.
 • [00:06:01] Losing Om Malik, and finding out on retreat.
 • [00:08:03] Matt Mullenweg, Antarctica, and gratitude.
 • [00:09:34] Coming to terms with our limited time on Earth.
 • [00:14:37] Five days of silence and the koan "Mu."
 • [00:15:20] Kevin's micro-insight and a plug for The Way.
 • [00:27:25] Rock climbing after 40, and a Yosemite goal.
 • [00:29:18] Michael Eckert and finger-strength training.
 • [00:30:40] The Nug, Abrahangs, and a travel training kit.
 • [00:32:57] 
Free Solo • and climbing with a fear of heights.
 • [00:37:53] 
The Blade Itself • , and a friend lost in a plane crash.
 • [00:39:19] A2 protein and Pioneer Pastures.
 • [00:40:34] Maui Nui venison and the nitrate question.
 • [00:43:48] deltaG ketones: what they are and the catch.
 • [00:45:42] Ketones, dementia, and verbal fluidity.
 • [00:46:29] Pre-grieving a parent's decline.
 • [00:48:33] Training not to die: the one bike I can stand and the Norwegian 4×4.
 • [00:51:10] Something beats nothing: saunas, treadmills, and Duolingo chess.
 • [00:53:04] The MM120 anxiety study — and a small-world surprise.
 • [00:56:17] Psilocybin, LSD, and dementia case reports.
 • [01:01:28] Neutonic toothpicks and Kevin's AI-powered home.
 • [01:06:12] Spooky AI personalization and investment autopsies.
 • [01:17:38] Values cards, contractual bonds, and dark information.
 • [01:23:25] 360 reviews and child-rearing.
 • [01:24:54] Wispr Flow, Shokz, and my recording rig.
 • [01:29:32] The "big three" and where AI goes next.
 • [01:44:40] Let your winners run; buy the company, not the product.
 • [01:51:08] Digg's relaunch, 5-Bullet Friday, and parting thoughts.

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#875: The Random Show — Tim and Kevin Talk Retreats, Mortality, AI Predictions, Supplements, Rock Climbing at (Almost) 50, and Not Waiting for “Someday”

This is a special inbetweenisode, which serves as a recap of the episodes from last month. It features a short clip from each conversation in one place so you can easily jump around to get a feel for the episode and guest.

Based on your feedback, this format has been tweaked and improved since the first recap episode. For instance, listeners suggested that the bios for each guest can slow the momentum, so we moved all the bios to the end. 

See it as a teaser. Something to whet your appetite. If you like what you hear, you can of course find the full episodes at tim.blog/podcast. 

Please enjoy! 

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Timestamps:

Brandon Sanderson: 03:24

Seth Godin: 12:08

L.A. Paul: 21:08

Dr. Keith Baar: 31:53

Full episode titles:

#794: Brandon Sanderson on Building a Fiction Empire, Creating $40M+ Kickstarter Campaigns, Unbreakable Habits, The Art of World-Building, and The Science of Magic Systems 

#792: Seth Godin on Playing the Right Game and Strategy as a Superpower

#796: L.A. Paul — On Becoming a Vampire, Whether or Not to Have Kids, Getting Incredible Mentorship for $250, Transformative Experiences, and More

#797: Dr. Keith Baar, UC Davis — Simple Exercises That Can Repair Tendons (Tennis Elbow, etc.), Collagen Fact vs. Fiction, Isometrics vs. Eccentrics, JAK Inhibitors, Growth Hormone vs. IGF-1, The Anti-RICE Protocol, and How to Use Load as an Anti-Inflammatory

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#801: In Case You Missed It: February 2025 Recap of "The Tim Ferriss Show"

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