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Jan 22
Art as Activism, Activism as Art — Pierce Freelon, Revisited
We’re re-releasing a conversation from 2021 that remains strikingly relevant today. In this episode, we speak with Pierce Freelon– musician, filmmaker, social entrepreneur, and former Durham, North Carolina City Councilman– whose work sits at the crossroads of art, activism, and ... Show More
25m 49s
Jan 8
Scaling the Intimacy of Live Music — Warren Webster
Before Billie Eilish and Olivia Dean were winning Grammys and selling out at Madison Square Garden, they were performing in living rooms with Sofar Sounds. In this episode, we talk with Warren Webster, CEO of Sofar Sounds, about the importance of connecting artists and fans throu ... Show More
28m 14s
Dec 18
Humanity is First — Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Revisited
Today, we’re re-releasing a favorite conversation and a 2024 Webby Award-nominated episode with acclaimed Mexican filmmaker, Alejandro González Iñárritu. Iñárritu is best known for directing Oscar-winning films like Birdman and The Revenant, but today, we discuss his work beyond ... Show More
57m 47s
Apr 2024
483 Immersion by Paul Zak
1h 1m
Nov 2016
#199: Stephen Dubner -- The Art of Storytelling and Facing Malcolm Gladwell in a Fist Fight
<p>Stephen J. Dubner (@Freakonomics) returns to the show. He is an award-winning author, journalist, and radio and TV personality. He is best-known for writing, along with the economist Steven D. Levitt, Freakonomics (2005), SuperFreakonomics†(2009), and ... Show More
1h 1m
Apr 2023
The quantum revolution: The way the world is
<p>In the final episode of this series, we hear how radical quantum ideas are reshaping our fundamental understanding of the universe. Nobel Prize winner Anton Zeilinger tells the FT’s Madhumita Murgia about the future of teleportation and the quantum internet; quantum computing ... Show More
23m 41s
Aug 2014
Ep 27: Kevin Kelly (Part 3) - WIRED Co-Founder, Polymath, Most Interesting Man In The World?
<p>This is Part 3 of a 3-part interview with Kevin Kelly.Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired magazine, which he co-founded in 1993. He also co-founded the All Species Foundation, a non-profit aimed at cataloging and identifying every living species on earth. And in ... Show More
35m 31s
Jun 2016
#164: Kevin Kelly - AI, Virtual Reality, and The Inevitable
<p>Kevin Kelly (@kevin2kelly) is back again and, as I've said before, he might be the real-life "Most Interesting Man In The World." Kevin is Senior Maverick at Wired Magazine, which he co-founded in 1993. He also co-founded the All Species Foundation, a non-profit aimed at ... Show More
1h 41m
Aug 2020
#456: The Power of Myth — The Hero’s Adventure with Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers
<p><strong>The Power of Myth — The Hero’s Adventure with Joseph Campbell and Bill Moyers | Brought to you by </strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Lead-Greatest-Founders-Changers/dp/1982132159/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=offsitoftimfe-20&linkId=182 ... Show More
1 h
Dec 2019
#404: Books I've Loved — Steve Jurvetson
25m 39s
Jan 2015
Ep 56: How to Think Like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos
<p>Dr. Peter Diamandis has been named one of “The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders" by Fortune Magazine. You asked for an entire episode with him, so here it is! The subject is simple: How to think big, and how to use the key strategies of Peter's friends and ... Show More
1h 16m
Sep 2020
#458: The Psychedelic News Hour: New Breakthroughs, Compound Comparisons and Warnings (Psilocybin/LSD/Ayahuasca/N,N-DMT/5-MeO-DMT), Treatment of Trauma, Scalable vs. Unscalable Approaches, Making Sense of “Bad” Trips, and Much More
1h 38m
Sep 2014
Ep 30: Tracy DiNunzio, Founder of Tradesy, on High-Velocity Growth and Tactics
<p>Tracy DiNunzio is a killer. She's the self-taught founder and CEO of Tradesy.com, which has taken off like a rocket ship. She's raised $13 million from investors including Richard Branson, Kleiner Perkins, and yours truly, and board members include the legendary ... Show More
43m 43s
Creators, marketers, and other storytellers have long wondered: could there ever be an objective measurement of how moving our stories are to audiences? Neuroscientist and tech entrepreneur Paul J. Zak says yes— and he's studied 50,000 brains to back up his claims. Paul shares science-based insights on what makes stories effective from his new book, "Immersi ... Show More
<p><em><strong>Immersion: The Science of the Extraordinary and the Source of Happiness</strong></em> by Paul Zak</p> <p>ABOUT THE BOOK:</p> <p>No one raves about boring movies, bland customer service experiences, or sleep-inducing classes. </p> <p>The world is rapidly transformin ... Show More
<p><strong>Books I've Loved — Steve Jurvetson</strong> | Brought to you by<strong> </strong><a href="http://foursigmatic.com/tim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Four Sigmatic</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p><p>Welcome to another episode of <a href="http: ... Show More
<p>Welcome to another episode of <a href="http://tim.blog/podcast?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=podcast-description" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Tim Ferriss Show</em></a>, where it is normally my job to deconstruct world-class pe ... Show More
