The Tim Ferriss Show

Tim Ferriss approaches interviewing like a scientist running experiments. He sits down with world-class performers, from NFL Hall of Famers like Steve Young to Grammy-winning musicians like Tim McGraw, and methodically picks apart their routines, habits, and decision-making processes. The result is a podcast that consistently delivers actionable takeaways you can actually use. With 857 episodes and a 4.6-star rating from nearly 16,000 reviews, The Tim Ferriss Show has been one of the most popular podcasts in the world for over a decade. Ferriss became famous for The 4-Hour Workweek, and that same obsession with efficiency and optimization runs through every interview. Episodes typically run 90 minutes to two and a half hours, though he occasionally drops shorter guided meditation sessions too. The guest range is impressive. You will hear from neuroscience researchers, survival show champions, performance coaches, and bioelectricity pioneers all within a few weeks of each other. Ferriss prepares obsessively for each conversation, and it shows. He asks specific, detailed follow-up questions that reveal things guests have never discussed elsewhere. The tone is more buttoned-up than Rogan, less comedy and more intellectual rigor, but the long-form interview format and genuine curiosity about how exceptional people operate makes this a natural next stop for JRE listeners who lean toward the self-improvement side.