Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Philip Goff (@Philip_Goff), a professor of philosophy at Durham University. His main research focus is consciousness, but he is interested in many questions about the nature of reality. He is most known for defending panpsychism, the view that consciousness is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of the …
Category Archives: The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Robert Rodriguez, The Wizard of Cinema Returns — The “Fear-Forward” Way of Life, How to Overcome Self-Doubt, Learning to Love Limitations, and Counter-Intuitive Parenting That Works (#804)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor, and composer Robert Rodriguez (@rodriguez). While a student at the University of Texas at Austin in 1991, Rodriguez wrote the script to his first feature film El Mariachi, which won the coveted Audience Award at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival and …
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Craig Mod Returns — Epic Walks in Japan, The Art of Slowness, Digital Detox, Publishing “Impossible” Books, and Choosing Beauty Over Scale (#803)
Please enjoy this transcript of my second interview with Craig Mod, a writer, photographer, and walker living in Tokyo and Kamakura, Japan. Craig is the author of Things Become Other Things and Kissa by Kissa. He also writes the newsletters Roden and Ridgeline and has contributed to The New York Times, The Atlantic, Wired, and …
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Craig Mod — The Real Japan, Cheap Apartments in Tokyo, Productive Side Quests, Creative Retreats, Buying Future Freedom, and Being Possessed by Spirits (#802)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Craig Mod. Craig is a writer, photographer, and walker living in Tokyo and Kamakura, Japan. He is the author of Things Become Other Things and Kissa by Kissa. He also writes the newsletters Roden and Ridgeline and has contributed to The New York Times, The Atlantic, Wired, …
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Ev Williams — The Art of Pivoting (e.g., Odeo to Twitter), Strategic Quitting, The Dangers of Premature Scaling, Must-Read Books, and More (#800)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Ev Williams (@ev) the co-founder and chairman of Mozi, a new social network that helps you connect in person with the people you care about. Over the past 25 years, Ev has co-founded several companies that have helped shape the modern internet—including Blogger, Medium, and Twitter. Ev …
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Richard Taylor and Greg Broadmore, Wētā Workshop — Untapping Creativity, Stories from The Lord of the Rings, The Magic of New Zealand, Four Tenets to Live By, and The Only Sentence of Self-Help You Need (#799)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Richard Taylor and Greg Broadmore. Richard is a co-founder and the creative lead at Wētā Workshop, which he runs with his wife and fellow co-founder Tania Rodger. Wētā Workshop is a concept design studio and manufacturing facility that services the world’s creative and entertainment industries. Their practical and special …
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: 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 (#797)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Dr. Keith Baar, a professor at the University of California, Davis, in the Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology. During his PhD studies, his research revealed that mechanical strain on muscle fibers activates the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway, a crucial regulator of muscular hypertrophy. …
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: L.A. Paul — On Becoming a Vampire, Whether or Not to Have Kids, Getting Incredible Mentorship for $250, Transformative Experiences, and More (#796)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with L. A. Paul (lapaul.org). Paul is the Millstone Family Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Cognitive Science at Yale University, where she leads the Self and Society Initiative for the Wu Tsai Institute. Her research explores questions about the nature of the self and decision-making and the …
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Brandon Sanderson on Building a Fiction Empire, Creating $40M+ Kickstarter Campaigns, Unbreakable Habits, The Art of World-Building, and The Science of Magic Systems (#794)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Brandon Sanderson (@BrandSanderson), the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stormlight Archive series and the Mistborn saga; the middle-grade series Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians; and the young-adult novels The Rithmatist, the Reckoners trilogy, and the Skyward series. Brandon has sold more than 40 million …
The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Seth Godin on Playing the Right Game and Strategy as a Superpower (#792)
Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Seth Godin, author of 21 internationally bestselling books, translated into more than 35 languages, including Linchpin, Tribes, The Dip, and Purple Cow. His latest book, This Is Strategy, offers a fresh lens on how we can make bold decisions, embrace change, and navigate a complex, rapidly evolving …