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1. #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

   21 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 19 min

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   This episode explores what The 4-Hour Workweek looks like in the age of AI, rebuilding momentum when you’re stuck, navigating friendships, making room for serendipity, and much, much more. Lees meer

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   Timestamps

   [00:00:00] Introduction.

   [00:01:23] The 4-Hour Workweek in the age of AI.

   [00:06:29] Revisiting old advice as your life changes.

   [00:09:10] Rebuilding momentum with small daily actions.

   [00:12:58] The one question Tim would ask every guest.

   [00:18:06] Staying close when friends drift apart.

   [00:22:19] Knowing when to persist and when to quit.

   [00:27:15] Oryx and age-related vision changes.

   [00:31:51] Investing 10 times more in health and relationships.

   [00:37:35] Making room for serendipity.

   [00:42:37] What Tim gets from live Q&As.

   [00:43:54] Climbing and building finger strength.

   [00:44:49] Tim's experience with accelerated TMS.

   [00:48:01] Bioelectric medicine and vagus nerve research.

   [00:49:22] State, story, strategy: answering questions well.

   [00:53:39] The movies and music behind Tim's writing routine.

   [00:55:09] Ten-minute meditation sessions, twice a day.

   [00:57:45] John Sarno, back pain, and the limits of one explanation.

   [01:04:26] Back Mechanic and the Egoscue exercises Tim still uses.

   [01:05:03] The 4-Hour Body after 40: Slow-Carb, fasting, and supplements.

   [01:09:01] A book recommendation for grieving.

   [01:09:55] What Tim would prioritize as a new parent.

   [01:12:20] The Happy Body and gy…

2. #886: The Random Show — AI Super Assistants, Boner Pills, Dream Engineering, Wizards, Supplements, Books, and More

   8 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 54 min

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   In this edition of The Random Show, Tim and Kevin reunite in L.A. to talk AI super assistants that run your life over text message, agentic shopping, beta-alanine for climbing endurance, walnuts and sperm quality, dream engineering and anesthesia dreams, boner pills, man makeup, The Dark Wizard, Tim's upcoming book, a Jean-Claude Van Damme splits bet, and much more. Please enjoy! Lees meer

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   Timestamps:

   00:00:00 Start

   00:00:52 AI super assistants: Instinct, Muse, Grok Bot, and ChatGPT dots

   00:09:04 How AI agents could reshape shopping and video editing

   00:19:43 Beta-alanine for climbing endurance

   00:26:23 Psyllium, contaminants, and creatine without stomach trouble

   00:30:34 Walnuts, sperm quality, and micronutrients

   00:40:15 A2 protein shakes and practical training nutrition

   00:46:20 Dream engineering, lucid dreaming, and brain stimulation

   00:53:06 Anesthesia dreams and trauma recovery

   00:59:19 DORA sleep medications and Alzheimer’s research

   01:01:25 Plum Flower Curing Pills and Airofit breathing training

   01:05:36 Brain-stimulating contact lenses and the mysteries of anesthesia

   01:10:06 Boner pills, back pain, and the lure of enhancement

   01:12:55 AI writing tools and the value of lived experience

   01:16:51 “Personal Renewal”: John Gardner and the story of Cervantes

   01:18:44 Man makeup, rosacea, and Kevin’s skincare routine

   01:22:17 The Dark Wizard and the extraordinary life of Dean Potter

   01:24:48 Studs Terkel’s Hard Times, Working, and the art of oral history

   01:27:34 Exploring romantas…

3. #885: How to Simplify Your Life — Tips from Oliver Burkeman, Chip Conley, Elizabeth Gilbert, and More

   2 oktober 2026 · 47 min

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   Many of us feel like we’re drowning in invisible complexity. So I wanted to hit pause and ask a simple question: What are 1–3 decisions that could dramatically simplify my life? Lees meer

   In this episode:

   Chip Conley shares how a near-death experience on stage changed his life.

   Greg McKeown reveals what a stormtrooper costume has to do with all the goddamn clutter in our lives.

   David Allen explains why the to-do list living in your head costs you more than you think.

   Elizabeth Gilbert explains why she treats her inbox like her home and what she does when uninvited guests show up.

   And Oliver Burkeman explains why so much simplicity advice backfires and what has actually worked for him.

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   Timestamps:

   Chip Conley: 00:01:36

   Greg McKeown: 00:13:00:22

   David Allen: 00:20:18:27

   Elizabeth Gilbert: 00:28:35:17

   Oliver Burkeman: 00:36:37:01

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4. #884: How to Spot 10-Year Trends and Build Billion-Dollar Companies — Kevin Ryan of DoubleClick, MongoDB, Business Insider, and Many More

   24 september 2026 · 1 uur 26 min

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   Kevin Ryan is one of the leading entrepreneurs and investors in New York. Often called the “Godfather of NYC tech,” he is the founder and CEO of AlleyCorp, a New York based venture capital firm that incubates and invests across healthcare, AI and software, consumer tech, deep tech, and more. Kevin is also the co-founder of several notable companies including MongoDB, Business Insider, Zola, Gilt Groupe, and Transcend Therapeutics. Earlier in his career, Kevin was the CEO of DoubleClick, which he helped grow from a 20-person startup to a publicly-traded company with more than 1,500 employees. Lees meer

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   Timestamps:

   00:00:00 Intro from Tim

   00:01:25 Kevin Ryan’s entrepreneurial track record

   00:03:40 Spotting long-term trends and turning them into businesses

   00:06:33 Designing gatherings and trips for great conversations

   00:11:42 Second-order thinking and the missed YouTube opportunity

   00:17:47 Gilt’s rise, shrinking moat, and knowing when to sell

   00:22:06 From Dilbert to DoubleClick: early lessons and fast decisions

   00:27:52 AlleyCorp’s model: start narrow, then scale

   00:32:26 Recruiting founders and building Business Insider

   00:38:28 Recognizing a business crush and choosing what to build

   00:41:44 Investing in nuclear energy

   00:43:26 Taking money off the table and keeping funds small

   00:47:15 Ping-pong and the value of coaching

   00:49:05 Making time for family, fitness, and vacation

   00:51:52 Psychedelics and the origins of Transcend Therapeutics

   00:54:20 Methylone, PTSD trials, and navigating the FDA

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5. #883: How to Legalize Medical Psychedelics in Your Country — Tania de Jong on The Playbook Behind Australia's World-First Breakthrough

   18 september 2026 · 2 uur 12 min

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   My guest today is Tania de Jong, co-founder of Mind Medicine Australia. Tania and her husband, Peter, helped lead the push that, in 2023, made Australia the first country in the world to allow MDMA and psilocybin to be prescribed for psychiatric conditions. I wanted to understand how the hell they helped make that happen and what the rest of the world can learn from it. Lees meer

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   Timestamps

   [00:00:00] Intro from Tim.

   [00:02:46] The article that changed Tania’s life.

   [00:04:39] A first psychedelic experience—and the year it took to integrate it.

   [00:10:17] Rick Doblin’s encouragement and the birth of Mind Medicine Australia.

   [00:13:15] Turning regulatory rejection into a stronger application.

   [00:20:48] Building a grassroots movement and training clinicians.

   [00:23:23] Cold emails, scientific allies, and singing your way into the room.

   [00:31:11] A week with Ram Dass: silence, singing, and an extraordinary LSD story.

   [00:37:54] Bringing David Nutt—and a family’s devastating story—to the regulators.

   [00:42:42] Dancing in the kitchen: Australia’s rescheduling breakthrough.

   [00:43:40] From changing the rules to treating patients.

   [00:48:18] Why Tim thinks MDMA is still underestimated.

   [00:50:23] Integration beyond the session: therapy, nutrition, and exercise.

   [00:52:29] Scaling access and collecting real-world evidence.

   [00:58:13] Getting insurers, government agencies, and philanthropists on board.

   [01:00:44] Syrian rue, psilocybin, and learning to let go of control.

   [01:09:06] Dosing, expectations, and the pressure to take more.

   [01:11:07] The promise of group therapy and shared integration.

   [01:13:27] Hirin…

6. #882: How to Teach a 3-Year-Old to Read and Rethinking Education — Tim Coaches Niels Hoven of Mentava

   10 september 2026 · 2 uur 14 min

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   This episode is a bit different. It's a live, unscripted working session with a founder, and I've only done one other earlier this year. Lees meer

   Niels Hoven (@NielsHoven) is the founder and CEO of Mentava, a company building software to support fast learners. Eager kids are dramatically underserved by today's education system, and Niels created Mentava to allow students to achieve their potential. Prior to Mentava, Niels worked at Cloudflare, ClassDojo, and Pocket Gems, where he ran the highest-grossing mobile game in the world in 2011. He has a graduate degree in electrical engineering from UC Berkeley.

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   [00:00:00] Start.

   [00:01:32] What Mentava is—and the toddlers reading before age three.

   [00:08:31] Game design, slot-machine motivation, and lowering the hoop.

   [00:11:54] Tim's red pen: rewriting the bio and positioning.

   [00:16:59] The rea…

7. #881: Tales of Overcoming The Odds, and How to Turn Losses Into Wins — Tim McGraw, Terry Crews, Dax Shepard, and More

   4 september 2026 · 1 uur 5 min

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   This is a special episode about overcoming mistakes and failure. What do you do when your work is rejected, when the big bet fails, or when the path ahead suddenly disappears? As you’ll hear in this episode, setbacks can often present opportunities, if you know how to look for them. Lees meer

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   In this episode:

   BJ Miller, a triple amputee, on his years-long quest to ride a motorcycle.

   Terry Crews on missing a season-ending shot—and the mindset shift that stayed with him for life.

   Tim McGraw on his debut album flopping and betting his career on next steps.

   Jessica Lahey on being told her first book was “unpublishable” and turning brutal feedback into a New York Times bestseller.

   Dax Shepard on the collapse of an identity and career he thought he wanted—and the unexpected much better life it made possible.

   Cathy Lanier on becoming a teenage single mother, passing her GED by a single point, and beginning an unlikely climb.

   Janna Levin on the liberating realization that life is not a smooth path interrupted by obstacles—life is the obstacles.

   Boyd Varty on using the mindset of a lion tracker to move through uncertainty and the paralysis of not knowing what comes next.

   Dr. BJ Miller is a triple amputee, longtime palliative-care physician, cofounder of virtual palliative-care service Mettle Health, and coauthor of A Beginner’s Guide to the End.

   Terry Crews is an actor, artist, author, television host, and former NFL player best known as Terry Jeffords on the Emmy-nominated TV series Brooklyn Nine-Nine and as the longtime host of America’s Got Talent.

   Tim McGraw is a three-time …

8. #880: Relationship Tools That Work — Esther Perel, Brené Brown, Dr. Sue Johnson, Terry Real, and More on Conflict, Repair, and Lasting Love

   19 augustus 2026 · 57 min

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   This episode is devoted to one deceptively simple question: How do you stay close to your partner over time through the inevitable exhaustion, misunderstanding, conflict, disappointment, and change? Lees meer

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   In this episode:

   Esther Perel begins with the basics: appreciation, affection, and replacing chronic complaints with clear requests.

   Brené Brown explains why marriage is never 50/50 and how she and her husband create what Brené calls a “plan of kindness.”

   Brad Feld describes the monthly “life dinners” that have helped him and his wife review the previous 30 days, talk honestly about the future, and prevent resentments from building up

   Jim Dethmer offers a practical way to distinguish observable facts from the stories we make up about our partners.

   Sheila Heen explains how humor and genuine curiosity can serve as an interrupt on an argument that is heating up

   The late Dr. Sue Johnson then walks us through a “Hold Me Tight” conversation—a way of moving beneath anger and defensiveness to the fear, vulnerability, and need for connection underneath.

   Terry Real then offers a strikingly simple model for repair and introduces the term “normal marital hatred” - as he put it, nobody ever goes up to him and says “What do you mean by that?!”

   Finally, Diana Chapman describes what it means to let an outdated version of a marriage end so that two people can consciously choose what comes next for their relationship.

   Timestamps:

   Intro from Tim: 00:00:00

   Esther Perel: 00:01:58

   Brené Brown: 00:08:21

   Brad Feld: 00:12:02

   Jim Dethmer: 00:16:51

   Shelia Heen: 00:23:04

   Dr. Sue Johnson: 00:29:26

   Terry Real: 00:40:14

   Diana Chapman: 00:46:19

   Short bios:

   Esther Perel is an internationally renowned psychotherapist, the New York Times bestselling author of Mating in Captivity and The State of Affairs, and the host of the award-winning…

9. #879: How to Reinvent Yourself and Make Bold Moves — Decisive Stories from Matthew McConaughey, Steve Young, Samin Nosrat, and More

   12 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 1 min

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   This is a special compilation devoted to reinvention: how to shed an identity that no longer fits, decide on a new chapter, navigate uncertainty, and commit to what’s next. Lees meer

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   In this episode:

   Matthew McConaughey explains why he stopped making romantic comedies, turned down $15 million, and waited nearly two years for Hollywood to see him differently.

   Steve Young talks about losing the identity that had defined him and the advice another legendary quarterback gave him.

   Lori Gottlieb explains how listening to a quiet inner voice led her from Hollywood to medicine, then to journalism, and finally to psychotherapy.

   Suleika Jaouad describes rebuilding her life after cancer when going back to her old life was no longer possible.

   Samin Nosrat on walking away from a wildly successful food business that was making her miserable, and making room for the writing career that ultimately became Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat.

   Martine Rothblatt tells the remarkable story of teaching herself biology and starting a pharmaceutical company to save her daughter’s life.

   Finally, Debbie Millman gives you a simple exercise for imagining—and creating—the life you truly want.

   Timestamps:

   00:00 Intro from Tim

   01:43 Matthew McConaughey

   14:35 Steve Young

   17:16 Lori Gottlieb

   24:38 Suleika Jaouad

   36:47 Samin Nosrat

   45:04 Martine Rothblatt

   56:51 Debbie Millman

   Short bios:

   Matthew McConaughey is an Academy Award-winning actor—whose career spans 40+ feature films—a cofounder of the Just Keep Livin’ foundation, and the bestselling author of Greenlights.

   Steve Young is a Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, Super Bowl MVP, and co-founder and chairman of private-equity firm HGGC.

   Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist, the New York Times “Ask the Therapist” advice columnist, and the bests…

10. #878: How to Start When You're Stuck, Finish What You Begin, and Stop Waiting for Inspiration — Creative Advice from Elizabeth Gilbert, Seth Godin, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Lamott and More

    5 augustus 2026 · 59 min

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    This is a special compilation devoted to a subject very close to my heart and currently consuming a large percentage of my waking hours: writing. Over the years, I’ve asked some of the writers I admire most questions like: How do you choose a project and stay with it? How do you begin when inspiration refuses to show up? How do you build a practice that reliably produces pages? And how do you keep going when you fear your pages are terrible? Listen in to some of my favorite authors answer these and other questions. Please enjoy this special compilation on the craft of writing. Lees meer

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    Timestamps:

    00:00 — Introduction

    01:52 — Elizabeth Gilbert: Choosing and committing to a project

    06:25 — Anne Lamott: Shitty first drafts and taking it bird by bird

    13:04 — Joyce Carol Oates: Don’t wait for inspiration

    15:47 — Jerry Seinfeld: Building a writing system

    26:27 — Mary Karr: Revision and throwing out 1,200 pages

    35:08 — Brandon Sanderson: Consistency, word counts, and output

    45:04 — Seth Godin: Fear of bad writing

    Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of Eat, Pray, Love; Big Magic; and City of Girls. Her ten books have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide.

    Anne Lamott is the author of 20 books, including Bird by Bird, Operating Instructions, and Help, Thanks, Wow, and co-author—with her husband Neal Allen—of Good Writing.

    Joyce Carol Oates has written more than 70 books, including Blonde and We Were the Mulvaneys, and won the National Book Award for her novel them.

    Jerry Seinfeld co-created and starred in the sitcom Seinfeld—which ran nine seasons and won 10 Emmys—and later created Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee and wrote Is This Anything?

    Mary Karr wrote the bestselling memoirs The Liars’ Club, Cherry, and Lit and her book on writing, The Art of Memoir.

    Br…

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