The Tim Ferriss Show
Hosted by Tim Ferriss · Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
4.7from 24,374 ratings
- 910
- Episodes
- 899
- Transcribed
- 24,374
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
About The Tim Ferriss Show
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.
- Publisher
- Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Apr 2014
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
899 of 910 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Lucky #888 — My Tour of Designing Luck in China, Japan, and Korea
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
#887: Q&A with Tim — The 4-Hour Workweek in a World of AI, Rebuilding Personal Agency, The 4-Hour Body After 40, and More
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
#886: The Random Show — AI Super Assistants, Boner Pills, Dream Engineering, Wizards, Supplements, Books, and More
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Lucky #888 — My Tour of Designing Luck in China, Japan, and Korea
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] All right, Beijing Olympics. When are we going to have the opening ceremony? Well, of course, The opening ceremony should start at 8 p.m. on August 8, 2008. That's a lot of eights, right? On a global stage, just so happens on that same date, Beijing registered 15,646 marriages. So there you have it. […]
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- Kevin Rose
- Oliver Burkeman
- Chip Conley
- Elizabeth Gilbert
- Greg McKeown
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- 4.6 / 5
- 15,875 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 8,499 ratings
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- 99
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- 97
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 100
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