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All Transcripts from The Tim Ferriss Show!

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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#597: Morgan Fallon — 10 Years on the Road with Anthony Bourdain, 9 Emmy Nominations, Lessons from Michael Mann, Adventures with Steven Rinella, High Standards, Wisdom from West Virginia, and More

#596: Edward O. Thorp, A Man for All Markets — Beating Blackjack and Roulette, Beating the Stock Market, Spotting Bernie Madoff Early, and Knowing When Enough Is Enough

#594: Cal Newport and Tim Ferriss Revisit “The 4-Hour Workweek” (Plus: The Allure and The Void of Remote Work, Unsustainable Behaviors, Burning Out, The Cult of Productivity, and More)

#593: Richard Wiseman on Lessons from Dale Carnegie, How to Keep a Luck Diary, Mentalism, The Psychology of the Paranormal, Mass Participation Experiments, NLP, Remote Viewing, and Attempting the Impossible

#592: Dennis McKenna — An Ethnopharmacologist on Hallucinogens, Sex-Crazed Cicadas, The Mushrooms of Language, BioGnosis, and Illuminating Obscure Corners

#591: Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine Fame — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss

#590: Tony Fadell of iPod, iPhone, and Nest Fame — Stories of Steve Jobs on “Vacation,” Product Design and Team Building, Good Assholes vs. Bad Assholes, Investing in Trends Before They Become Trends, The Hydrogen Economy, The Future of Batteries, and More

#588: A.J. Jacobs — How to Be Less Furious and More Curious

#587: Terry Crews on Masculinity, True Power, Therapy, and Resisting Cynicism

#586: The Random Show with Kevin Rose — Current Books, Men’s Groups, Tuna Helper, the Latest in NFTs, Fierce Intimacy, and More

#585: Professor Donald Hoffman — The Case Against Reality, Beyond Spacetime, Rethinking Death, Panpsychism, QBism, and More

#584: Bo Shao — His Path from Food Rations to Managing Billions, the Blessings and Burdens of Chasing Perfection, Building the eBay of China in 1999, Pillars of Parenting, and Pursuing the Unpopular

#583: Susan Cain on Transforming Pain, Building Your Emotional Resilience, Exploring Sufi Wisdom, Tapping into Bittersweet Songs, and Seeking the Shards of Light

#582: Mark Zuckerberg on Long-Term Strategy, Business and Parenting Principles, Personal Energy Management, Building the Metaverse, Seeking Awe, the Role of Religion, Solving Deep Technical Challenges (e.g., AR), and More

#581: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Stewart Copeland — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss

#579: Jane McGonigal — How She Predicted COVID in 2010, Becoming the Expert of Your Own Future, Trust Warfare, the 10-Year Winter, and How to Cultivate Optimism

#578: Tim Ferriss and Matt Mullenweg in Antarctica: Exploring Personal Fears, Bucket Lists, Facing Grief, Crafting Life Missions, and Tim’s Best Penguin Impressions

#576: Morgan Housel — The Psychology of Money, Picking the Right Game, and the $6 Million Janitor

#573: Margaret Atwood — A Living Legend on Creative Process, The Handmaid’s Tale, Being a Mercenary Child, Resisting Labels, the Poet Rug Exchange, Liminal Beings, Burning Questions, Practical Utopias, and More

#571: Boyd Varty — The Lion Tracker’s Guide to Life

#570: Marine Biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson on How to Catalyze Change with Awe and Wonder, How to Save the Planet, Finding Your Unique Venn Diagram of Strength, and Seeking the Minimum Effective Dose

#569: ESPN Co-Founder Bill Rasmussen — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss

#568: Cal Newport — The Eternal Pursuit of Craftsmanship, the Deep Life, Slow Productivity, and a 30-Day Digital Minimalism Challenge

#567: A Rare Podcast at 30 Below Zero — Sue Flood on Antarctica, Making Your Own Luck, Chasing David Attenborough, and Reinventing Yourself 

#566: John List — A Master Economist on Strategic Quitting, How to Practice Theory of Mind, Learnings from Uber, Optimizations to Boost Donations, the Primitives of Decision-Making, and How Field Experiments Reveal Hidden Realities

#565: Michael Schur, Creator of “The Good Place” — How SNL Trains Writers, His TV University at “The Office,” Lessons from Lorne Michaels, Wisdom from David Foster Wallace, and Exploring Moral Philosophy with “How to Be Perfect”

#564: Performance Psychologist Michael Gervais — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss

#563: Sarah Silverman — The Joy of Being Alone, Becoming Your Own Best Friend, Insights from Therapy, and More

#562: Dr. Michio Kaku — Exploring Time Travel, the Beauty of Physics, Parallel Universes, the Mind of God, String Theory, Lessons from Einstein, and More

#561: Rich Roll — Reinventing Your Life at 30, 40, and Beyond

#560: Zen Master Henry Shukman — 20 Minutes of Calm, Plus the Strange and Powerful World of Koans

#559: Forget New Year’s Resolutions and Conduct a ‘Past Year Review’ Instead

#557: Q&A with Tim — Tools for Better Sleep, Musings on Parenting, the Different Roles of Fear, the Delight of Deepening Friendships, the Purpose of College, How to Boost Your Mood, HRV Training, and More

#556: The Incredible Kyle Maynard — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss

The Liberation of Cosmic Insignificance Therapy

#554: Jerry Colonna — How to Reboot Yourself and Feel Unrushed in the New Year

#553: Jessica Lahey on Parenting, Desirable Difficulties, The Gift of Failure, Self-Efficacy, and The Addiction Inoculation

#551: TOMS Founder Blake Mycoskie — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss

#550: Andrew Chen — Growth Secrets from Tinder, Uber, and Twitch; Exploring the Metaverse; the Future of Startup Investing; Games as the Next Social Networks; and How to Pick the Right Metrics

#549: The Random Show — Biohacking, Tim’s COVID Experience, Holiday Gift Ideas, Favorite New Apps, Bad Science, Quarantine Delights, and a Small Dose of NFTs and DAOs

#548: The Lost Presentation That Launched The 4-Hour Workweek — “Secrets of Doing More with Less in a Digital World” from SXSW 2007

#547: Balaji Srinivasan — Centralized China vs Decentralized World, The DeFi Matrix, Ascending vs Descending Trends, Bitcoin Mining as Energy Storage, Reputational Civil War, and Maximalism vs. Optimalism

#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss

#545: Marco Canora — The Art of Food, Eating, Nutrition, and Life

#543: Legendary Investor John Doerr on Picking Winners — From Google in 1999 to Solving the Climate Crisis Now

#542: Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant — The Wonders of Web3, How to Pick the Right Hill to Climb, Finding the Right Amount of Crypto Regulation, Friends with Benefits, and the Untapped Potential of NFTs

#541: Eric Schmidt — The Promises and Perils of AI, the Future of Warfare, Profound Revolutions on the Horizon, and Exploring the Meaning of Life

#540: Noah Feldman on Hyper-Productivity, Learning 10+ Languages, DAOs, Using History to Become a Futurist, Crypto Constitutions, State Building, and the Supreme Court of Facebook

#539: Alisa Cohn on Prenups for Startup Founders, How to Reinvent Your Career, the Importance of “Pre-Mortems,” and the Three Selves

#538: How I Built The Tim Ferriss Show to 700+ Million Downloads — An Immersive Explanation of All Aspects and Key Decisions (Featuring Chris Hutchins)

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129 Comments
Poonam Muti
Poonam Muti
4 years ago

Can you please add episode 544!

Paul
Admin
4 years ago
Reply to  Poonam Muti

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

Maria Rodrigues
Maria Rodrigues
4 years ago

The transcript for episode #463 is missing. Where can I find it?

Team Tim Ferriss
Team Tim Ferriss
4 years ago

Hi Maria,

#463 is a repost of #241: The Relationship Episode: Sex, Love, Polyamory, Marriage, and More (with Esther Perel)

Best,

Team Tim Ferriss

Adam Comella
Adam Comella
3 years ago

Is there a way to see the timestamp at which some text in the transcript was spoken in the episode audio?

Paul
Admin
3 years ago
Reply to  Adam Comella

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

Jieun
Jieun
3 years ago

Can you please add episode #656?

Paul
Admin
3 years ago
Reply to  Jieun

Hi, Jieun –

Episode #656 was a rebroadcast of episode #409, the transcript for which you’ll find above.

Best,

Team Tim Ferriss

Dawn
Dawn
7 months ago

Hi, Where is 836?

Team Tim Ferriss
Admin
7 months ago
Reply to  Dawn

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

Yoshiro Ikeda
Yoshiro Ikeda
5 years ago

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.

Zichao
Zichao
5 years ago

Hi Tim, I would like to learn the tools and tips that you have to transcribe audio to text. Thanks

Karen Putz
Karen Putz
4 years ago

Tim, thank you for the transcripts–this is great access for people who are deaf/hard of hearing.

Kim Kahn
Kim Kahn
4 years ago

Looking for the free site for summarized books mentioned in podcast I believe with Hugh Jackman

Chris
Chris
2 years ago

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!

George
George
2 years ago

“you will never gather enough of the things you don’t need”

Johan R
Johan R
1 year ago

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,