The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Tim Urban (#283)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy), the author of the blog Wait But Why, who has become one of the Internet’s most popular writers, with his site receiving more than 1.5 million unique visitors per month and having over 550,000 email subscribers. Transcripts may contain a few typos—with some episodes lasting …

The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Stewart Brand (#281)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Stewart Brand (@stewartbrand), the president of The Long Now Foundation, established to foster long-term thinking and responsibility, the leader of the Revive & Restore  project, which seeks to bring back extinct animal species such as the passenger pigeon and woolly mammoth, and former founder, editor and publisher of The Whole …

The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Darren Aronofsky (#263)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Darren Aronofsky (@DarrenAronofsky), founder and head of production company Protozoa Pictures. He is the acclaimed and award-winning filmmaker behind both cult classics and blockbusters, including Pi (which earned him a Best Director award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival), Requiem For a Dream, The Wrestler (the third …

Are Psychedelic Drugs the Next Medical Breakthrough? (#104)

Are Psychedelic Drugs the Next Medical Breakthrough? (#104)

DISCLAIMER: DO NOT USE ANY DRUGS OR SUBSTANCES WITHOUT CONSULTING A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. “Be curious.” – Dr. Dan Engle Martin Polanco (@Martin_Polanco7), M.D., is the founder and program director of Crossroads Treatment Center, based in Rosarito, Mexico. Crossroads specializes in helping patients conquer powerful addictions (heroin, cocaine, etc.) by using the African hallucinogen …

The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide – Risks, Micro-Dosing, Ibogaine, and More (#66)

The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide – Risks, Micro-Dosing, Ibogaine, and More (#66)

I’m not high in this picture, despite my appearance. DISCLAIMER: DO NOT USE ANY DRUGS OR SUBSTANCES WITHOUT CONSULTING A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. JAMES FADIMAN, Ph.D., did his undergraduate work at Harvard and his graduate work at Stanford, doing research with the Harvard Group, the West Coast Research Group in …