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**Paul Stamets** ([@PaulStamets](https://twitter.com/PaulStamets)) is an intellectual and industry leader in the habitat, medicinal use, and production of fungi. Part of his mission is to deepen our understanding and respect for the organisms that literally exist under every footstep taken on this path of life. Paul is the author of [a ...

**Samin Nosrat** ([@ciaosamin](https://twitter.com/ciaosamin/)) is a writer, chef, and teacher who is masterful at turning complexity into simplicity. Her first book, [_Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1476753830/offsitoftimfe-20), is a _New York Times_ bestseller, was a James Beard Award-winner for [Best General Cookbook](https://www.jamesbeard.org/blog/the-years-best-cookbooks), was named as [Cookbook of ...

**Howard Marks** ([@howardmarksbook](https://twitter.com/howardmarksbook)) is co-chairman and co-founder of [Oaktree Capital Management](https://www.oaktreecapital.com/), a leading investment firm with more than $120 billion in assets. He is the author of the new book [_Mastering the Market Cycle: Getting the Odds on Your Side_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1328479250/offsitoftimfe-20), and his previous book on investing, [_The Most Important Thing: ...

**Hamilton Morris** (TW: [@hamiltonmorris](https://twitter.com/HamiltonMorris), IG: [@hamiltonmorris](https://www.instagram.com/hamiltonmorris/)) is a writer, documentarian, and scientific researcher who currently studies the chemistry and pharmacology of tryptamines at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. His writing has been featured in [Harper’s Magazine](https://harpers.org/blog/tag/hamilton-morris/), [Playboy](https://playboysfw.kinja.com/p-is-for-pleasure-1564930873), and [Vice](https://www.vice.com/en_us/topic/hamilton-morris), and he is the creator of the television series ...

**Scott Belsky** ([@scottbelsky](https://twitter.com/scottbelsky)) is an entrepreneur, author, investor, Chief Product Officer of Adobe, and venture partner with venture capital firm Benchmark. Scott co-founded Behance in 2006 and served as CEO until Adobe acquired the company in 2012. Millions of people use Behance to display their portfolios, as well as track ...

**Doris Kearns Goodwin** ([@DorisKGoodwin](https://twitter.com/DorisKGoodwin/)) is a biographer, historian, and political commentator who found her curiosity about leadership sparked more than half century ago as a professor at Harvard. Her experiences working for LBJ in the White House and later assisting him on his memoirs led to her first book, [_Lyndon ...

**_"Write an interesting story, not a perfect story."_** _— Drew Houston_ Drew Houston ([@DrewHouston](https://twitter.com/drewhouston)) is co-founder and CEO of [Dropbox](https://www.dropbox.com/). Since founding the company in 2007 with Arash Ferdowsi, Drew has led the company's growth from a simple idea to a service used by 500 million people around the world. ...

Serial entrepreneur, world-class investor, eagle scout, and all around wild and crazy guy Kevin Rose ([@KevinRose](http://www.twitter.com/kevinrose)), rejoins me for another episode of The Random Show. We discuss Kevin’s new diet obsession that may just save his life for many decades to come, fatherhood, minimalism, lifetime learning, ways to dial back ...

**Coach George Raveling** ([@GeorgeRaveling](https://twitter.com/GeorgeRaveling/)) is an 80-year-old living legend and Nike's former Director of International Basketball. Coach Raveling was the first African American head basketball coach in the PAC-8 (now PAC-12), and he is often referred to as the "Human Google." Coach Raveling has held head coaching jobs at Washington ...

**Ann Miura-Ko** ([@annimaniac](https://twitter.com/annimaniac)) has been called "the most powerful woman in startups" by Forbes and is a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Stanford. The child of a rocket scientist at NASA, Ann is a Palo Alto native and has been steeped in technology startups from when she was a teenager. Prior ...

This episode is a rare exception to the rule — unlike my usual long-form interviews, this is a drunk-dialing Q&A with you guys, which I’ve done a few times in the last few years, including for the celebration of[ the 100th episode](http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/09/11/drunk-dialing/) of this podcast. In preparation for this episode, ...

**Jason Fried** ([@jasonfried](https://twitter.com/jasonfried)) is the co- founder and CEO at [Basecamp](https://basecamp.com/), and the co-author of [_Rework_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307463745/offsitoftimfe-20), __[_Remote: Office Not Required_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0804137501/offsitoftimfe-20), and [_Getting Real: The Smarter, Faster, Easier Way to Build a Successful Web Application_](https://basecamp.com/books/getting-real). The upcoming [_It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0062874780/offsitoftimfe-20) will be out later this year. ...

This episode of The Tim Ferriss Show showcases two chapters from [_Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less_](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0804137382/offsitoftimfe-20) __ by Greg McKeown ([@GregoryMcKeown](https://twitter.com/GregoryMcKeown)), one of my favorite books of the past few years. The first chapter explains how to say "no" gracefully (and why most of us have trouble doing this ...

**Aisha Tyler** (@aishatyler on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/aishatyler), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/aishatyler), and [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/aishatyler)) is an award-winning director, actor, comedian, bestselling author, podcaster, and activist. She’s amazing. If you enjoyed my episodes with [Brandon Stanton](https://tim.blog/2018/06/18/brandon-stanton-humans-of-new-york/), [Debbie Millman](https://tim.blog/2017/01/12/how-to-design-a-life-debbie- millman/), or [Adam Robinson](https://tim.blog/2017/02/02/lessons-from-warren- buffett-bobby-fischer-and-other-outliers/), among others, you will love this one. Whether you do any type of creative ...

**_"In order to scale, you have to do things that don't scale."_** — Reid Hoffman This episode is a showcase from [Masters of Scale](https://mastersofscale.com/), one of the few podcasts I recommend repeatedly to entrepreneurs. It's a conversation between LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman ([@reidhoffman](https://twitter.com/reidhoffman)) and Airbnb co- founder Brian Chesky ([@bchesky](https://twitter.com/bchesky)), ...

This particular episode of The Tim Ferriss Radio Hour explores success, a slippery and dangerous term if ever there was one. The particular guests selected for this episode represent not only achievement, but also appreciation and a well-rounded version of what I consider to be a successful human being. This ...

I’ve interviewed legendary storyteller Cal Fussman ([@calfussman](https://twitter.com/calfussman)) on this show before ([here](https://tim.blog/2016/03/11/the-interview-master-cal-fussman-and-the- power-of-listening/) and [here](https://tim.blog/2016/08/31/cal-fussman-the- master-storyteller-returns/)), but this time, the roles are reversed, and he interviews me! If you are not yet familiar with him, Cal is a _New York Times_ bestselling author and a writer-at-large for _Esquire_ magazine, where ...

In this podcast, I had the rare opportunity to interview three men in Level 4 maximum security at Kern Valley State Prison. There was no time to do homework on any of them, so I crossed my fingers and jumped in. It was incredibly nerve-wracking and, ultimately, incredibly rewarding and ...

Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where I share the habits, tools and patterns of world-class performers. This special short episode features insights from **Adam Robinson** ([@IAmAdamRobinson](https://twitter.com/iamadamrobinson?lang=en)). His answers to my questions were highlighted in my most recent book, [_Tribe of Mentors_](https://tribeofmentors.com/). For those of you not ...