Lo and behold! Please find transcripts for all episodes of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast below!
They go all the way back to episode #1 with my dear friend, world-class investor and entrepreneur Kevin Rose, who nicknamed the show “TimTimTalkTalk” in the first few minutes of its existence. Ah, the early days . . .
There are currently more than 850 transcripts. Newer transcripts will be added as they are published.
Each link below will take you directly to that episode’s transcript.
Enjoy!
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Before you dig in, please read the below, which applies to every transcript, and which I sadly need to post, due to previous legal headaches and related misbehavior.
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#19: The Top 5 Reasons to Be a Jack of All Trades
#18: James Altucher on Saying No, Failing Better, Business Building, and More
#17: The Power of Negative Visualization (
#16: Joe De Sena on Grit, Endurance, and Building Empires
#15: Neil Strauss — Author of The Game and 7 New York Times Bestsellers
#14: Sam Harris, PhD — Spirituality, Neuroscience, Meditation, and More
#13: “Productivity” Tricks for the Neurotic, Manic-Depressive, and Crazy (Like Me)
#12: Dr. Rhonda Patrick on Life Extension, Performance, and More
#11: Drugs and the Meaning of Life
#10: Brian Koppelman, co-writer/producer of Rounders, Ocean’s Thirteen, The Illusionist, etc.
#9: The 9 Habits to Stop Now — The Not-To-Do List
#8: Chase Jarvis, Master Photographer
#7: Stephen Dubner, co-author of Freakonomics
#6: 6 Formulas for More Output and Less Overwhelm
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Can you please add episode 544!
Hi, Poonam –
Episode #544 was a repost of Episode #214. Please enjoy the transcript of Episode #214, Tim’s interview with Debbie Millman titled “How to Design a Life.”
Best,
Team Tim Ferriss
The transcript for episode #463 is missing. Where can I find it?
Hi Maria,
#463 is a repost of #241: The Relationship Episode: Sex, Love, Polyamory, Marriage, and More (with Esther Perel)
Best,
Team Tim Ferriss
Is there a way to see the timestamp at which some text in the transcript was spoken in the episode audio?
Hi, Adam –
If you go to Tim’s YouTube page and find the video you want, you can click the three dots at the bottom-right of the video and choose to show the transcript. You can then find the passage you want and you’ll see the timestamp inside the YouTube video. Note, however, that timestamps on YouTube don’t always line up with timestamps on the blog, due to different editing for video and audio-only. You can also use the player embedded in the blog post to find the passage you want, but it could take longer. The timestamps in the player on the blog align with the timestamps in the Show Notes, which you can find further down the blog post page.
Team Tim Ferriss
Can you please add episode #656?
Hi, Jieun –
Episode #656 was a rebroadcast of episode #409, the transcript for which you’ll find above.
Best,
Team Tim Ferriss
Hi, Where is 836?
Hi, Dawn –
As episode #836 feature chapters from the audiobook of Tim’s book The 4-Hour Workweek, we don’t publish the transcript of those chapters, since they’re available to read in Tim’s book, available in most bookstores, at online booksellers, and hopefully at your local library.
Best,
Team Tim Ferriss
Good to hear that Peterson is back. I LOVED the fact that he provided some very compelling push back to some of your beliefs/comments. That rarely happens in your interviews, and you dealt with it surprisingly well. Congratulations.
Hi Tim, I would like to learn the tools and tips that you have to transcribe audio to text. Thanks
Tim, thank you for the transcripts–this is great access for people who are deaf/hard of hearing.
Looking for the free site for summarized books mentioned in podcast I believe with Hugh Jackman
I just want to say thank you Tim Ferriss for doing this, I have learned a ton in the short 6 months since I discovered your podcast and the show notes are an amazing resource!
“you will never gather enough of the things you don’t need”
I think it might be a very worthwhile excercise to push the transcript of these podcasts, your books and digitze your enormous amount of notebooks in the context of a big LLM. And make you a twin. Please read thelongcontext article by Steven Johnsen,