The Tim Ferriss Show is a podcast hosted by Tim Ferriss, a self-experimenter and bestselling author best known for The 4-Hour Workweek. Per its description, he deconstructs world-class performers from areas such as investing, chess and pro sports to find tools and tactics listeners can use. It publishes weekly by median gap (about 11 episodes in the last 90 days, as of October 2026), and episodes usually run about 92 minutes.
The show is built on Tim Ferriss's long interviews with high performers, plus a mix of solo and Q&A episodes. Recent episode numbers run from #883 to #887, and the feed holds 891 episodes going back to April 2014.
October 2026 titles show the range: a Q&A on The 4-Hour Workweek in a world of AI, a Random Show episode on AI super assistants and supplements, a collection of tips on simplifying your life from Oliver Burkeman, Chip Conley and Elizabeth Gilbert, and an interview with Kevin Ryan, an entrepreneur and investor, on spotting 10-year trends.
Our take: listeners who like long, wide-ranging conversations about habits, performance, investing, health and creative work. Episodes often pass 90 minutes, and some YouTube uploads run over two hours.
Ranked by YouTube views among the channel's latest 400 uploads, as of October 2026.
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Show details on this page come from the public listings and feeds below, checked on October 24, 2026.
Tim Ferriss, self-experimenter and bestselling author of The 4-Hour Workweek, hosts the show.
Weekly by median gap (about 7 days between episodes), with about 11 episodes in the last 90 days, as of October 2026.
Episodes usually run about 92 minutes, based on the median in the show's feed.
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