5 Bullet Archive

▶The art of misdirection | Apollo Robbins

📺 Misc VideosTim featured this 2× · 2019–2021 · Tristan Harris · youtube.com

The art of misdirection | Apollo Robbins. Apollo (@ApolloRobbins, website) was first recommended to me by Tristan Harris (@tristanharris), with whom I recorded a podcast in 2019. The subject of that portion of the conversation was attention. This part of the video description explains how it relates: “Hailed as the greatest pickpocket in the world, Apollo Robbins studies the quirks of human behavior as he steals your watch.” It’s a fantastic demonstration of what also happens to you when you’re outmatched on social media by companies whose scientists, engineers, and business models focus on hi— Tim Ferriss

Yaktrax

🛒 Products & GadgetsTim featured this 2× · 2016–2021 · yaktrax.implus.com

Yaktrax (official website, Amazon), for modifying normal shoes when you need to walk on snow or ice. These are amazing and fit in a jacket pocket when folded up. I bought the basic “Walk” model, but there are many options. They’ve been a lifesaver on slippery sidewalks, slick hiking trails, and much more.— Tim Ferriss

💬 QuotesTim featured this 2× · 2020

Praying It doesn’t have to be the blue iris, it could be weeds in a vacant lot, or a few small stones; just pay attention, then patch a few words together and don’t try to make them elaborate, this isn’t a contest but the doorway into thanks, and a silence in which another voice may speak. — Mary Oliver

The Glorious, Almost-Disconnected Boredom of My Walk in Japan

📰 ArticlesTim featured this 2× · 2019–2020 · Craig Mod · wired.com

The Glorious, Almost-Disconnected Boredom of My Walk in Japan by Craig Mod (@craigmod). This remains one of my favorite pieces ever published by WIRED. I printed it out more than a year ago and reread it often, continuing to highlight new things. If you feel overwhelmed by the noise, or if you simply fantasize about being a stranger in a strange land, this is a wonderful transporter. Told through the lens of an ultra-marathon walk through Japan, Craig’s story contains a lot of gems, including paragraphs like these: I have configured servers, written code, built web pages, helped design product— Tim Ferriss

Brilliant Minds of Trash and Sewage

🎙️ PodcastsTim featured this 2× · 2019–2020 · wnycstudios.org

Brilliant Minds of Trash and Sewage. Alec Baldwin (@ABFalecbaldwin) — yes, that Alec Baldwin — is absolutely one of the best interviewers in the podcast game. Polymath Matt Mullenweg recommended this short episode of Here’s the Thing to me, and it doesn’t disappoint. Here’s a teaser: “New York City generates 1.3 billion gallons of wastewater every day. 16 million pounds of trash. Eight million pounds of recyclables. Think of the awesome engineering and effort behind making all of that ‘go away’ without our thinking about it.” Listen to this one for ten minutes. It will help you to see and appr— Tim Ferriss

The Work

🎥 DocumentariesTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020 · amazon.com

The Work. This documentary tore my heart apart but simultaneously gave me tremendous hope. It strikes me as particularly important for men (or those who want to better understand men) to watch, but the intensity isn’t for everyone. It’s exhausting to watch. Check out this short trailer, and you’ll see what I mean. As one reviewer put it, “The Work is a ‘prison film’ but not as you know it, and yet it is perhaps the most emotionally draining the genre has ever seen…. Set in Folsom prison, a group of men from the outside participate in a group therapy session with convicts, many of them violent — Tim Ferriss

Amy’s Black Bean Chili

🛒 Products & GadgetsTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020 · amazon.com

Amy’s Black Bean Chili (Amazon, Amy’s website). This chili (plus 1–2 soft-boiled eggs) has returned as my default low-labor breakfast. I eat it straight out of the can because I’m still feral.— Tim Ferriss

Waboba Pro water bouncing ball

🛒 Products & GadgetsTim featured this 2× · 2019–2020 · amazon.com

Waboba Pro water bouncing ball. Be careful and start slow! This travels like a skipping stone in ocean whitewash or the pool, and it bounces much farther than you’d expect. Ensure no one is behind you or your partner, and remember the boxing maxim: keep your hands up. It’s not a soft impact if you take a shot in the face. For this week, no Lyme and no face shots.— Tim Ferriss

ElimiTick Insect Repellent Ultra Lite Pant / TLP

🛒 Products & GadgetsTim featured this 2× · 2019–2020 · gamehide.com

ElimiTick Insect Repellent Ultra Lite Pant / TLP. I’ve contracted Lyme disease twice. Lyme seems to be a tax for many people who grow up on Long Island, and I have no desire for a third experience. These ElimiTick pants were gifted to me by a dear friend, and… they really seem to work. I wore them on a recent hike (forgoing tick-repellent spray) and came back with no ticks whatsoever. The person with me later found more than a dozen ticks on their clothing and skin. I’ll roll the dice with intermittent permethrin—or whatever they use—instead of rolling the dice with ticks and then downing 200m— Tim Ferriss

💬 QuotesTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020

“The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” ― Eden Phillpotts

Siddhartha

📚 BooksTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020 · Herman Hesse · amazon.com

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse. This is one of the books most frequently recommended by podcast guests. Long ago, Naval Ravikant (@naval) highlighted for me the protagonist Siddhartha’s response to “What can you give?” His simple answer is “I can think, I can wait, I can fast.” There’s much more to his response (search “Kamala” here for a good excerpt), and I think about it often. Skip the Amazon description, as it gives away too much plot, but consider reading or rereading this short gem. If you’d prefer an even shorter read, try this: Can We All Be Like Texas? by David Byrne (@DBtodomundo).— Tim Ferriss

The Risk of Discovery

📚 BooksTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020 · Paul Graham · paulgraham.com

“The Risk of Discovery” essay by Paul Graham (@paulg), which is only a few paragraphs long. It’s worth rereading a few times.— Tim Ferriss

💬 QuotesTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020

“Beware the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world.” — Ben Okri

Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy

📚 BooksTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020 · Mo Gawdat · amazon.com

Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy by Mo Gawdat (@mgawdat). This was recommended to me by a type-A MD who runs his life at 200 mph. He is also an engineer and strongly dislikes most woo-woo thinking. He gave this book his highest recommendation. To my relief, it doesn’t require any technical background. Here is part of the description, slightly edited for space: “Mo Gawdat, Chief Business Officer at Google’s [X], applies his superior logic and problem solving skills to understand how the brain processes joy and sadness—and then he solves for happy. In 2001, Mo Gawdat realized that desp— Tim Ferriss

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

📺 Misc VideosTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020 · amazon.com

Brooklyn Nine-Nine, starting with Season 1, Episode 1. To decompress and destress at the end of each day, I’ve been watching one 22-minute episode of this show, which features an all-star cast and is wonderfully ridiculous. The show gets stronger and stronger with each episode. My 2017 interview with Terry Crews (“Terry Crews — How to Have, Do, and Be All You Want”) convinced me to start with the very first and work my way through.— Tim Ferriss

💬 QuotesTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020

“Every day of our lives, we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference.” — Mignon McLaughlin

💬 QuotesTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020

“Don’t postpone joy until you have learned all of your lessons. Joy is your lesson.” — Alan Cohen

▶Don’t Talk PSA | Angry Voicemail (Uncensored)

📺 Misc VideosTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020 · youtube.com

Don’t Talk PSA | Angry Voicemail (Uncensored). This might not be a productive use of time, but it’s hilarious enough to highlight. Alamo Drafthouse theaters (@alamodrafthouse) are probably my favorites in the country. The food, booze, and experience are fantastic. This is partly due to a simple rule: Do not fucking talk or use your phone, or we’ll kick your ass out. The above video is a consequence of that rule. It’s worth watching the whole thing.— Tim Ferriss

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives

📚 BooksTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020 · Stanford neuroscientist David Eagleman · amazon.com

Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by Stanford neuroscientist David Eagleman (@davideagleman). Don’t let the title of this book fool you; it isn’t making a case for the afterlife. Instead, this short read (easy to finish in 1–2 days) is a collection of 40 thought exercises on the nature of existence, reality, perception, death, pain, boredom, and more. It’s remarkably elegant and fun. At the very least, it should make you appreciate your own life—warts and all—much more. From the book’s official description: “In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of you— Tim Ferriss

Abstract: The Art of Design

🎬 FilmsTim featured this 2× · 2017–2020 · netflix.com

Abstract: The Art of Design, Tinker Hatfield (season 1, episode 2). If you’ve ever wondered how the empire of Air Jordan came to be, Tinker Hatfield is a big part of the answer, and this is the story of his life and craft. Thanks to Tobi Lütke (@tobi), CEO of Shopify, for the recommendation.— Tim Ferriss

Moving Shapes

🛒 Products & GadgetsTim featured this 2× · 2018–2020 · instagram.com

“Moving Shapes.” This dance piece is hypnotically original. For a more BDSM-themed arrangement, or if you prefer legs to arms, try this. You’re welcome.— Tim Ferriss

The Francis Mallmann episode of Chef’s Table (Season 1, Episode 3)

📺 Misc VideosTim featured this 2× · 2017–2019 · David Gelb · el2.convertkit-mail.com

The Francis Mallmann episode of Chef’s Table (Season 1, Episode 3). This was recommended to me at least a dozen times before I finally watched it, and I shouldn’t have waited. Francis (@francismallmann) is the Argentine author of one of my all-time favorite cookbooks, Seven Fires, and this series was created by David Gelb, who also directed Jiro Dreams of Sushi. This short episode is GORGEOUSLY shot, every bit equal to a feature film. I suggest watching with a bottle of red wine.— Tim Ferriss

💬 QuotesTim featured this 2× · 2017–2019

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” ― Helen Schucman

QuantiTea Duck Shit Fragrance Oolong Tea

💊 Supplements & HealthTim featured this 2× · 2018–2019 · Jason Nemer · quantitea.com

QuantiTea Duck Shit Fragrance Oolong Tea. This excellent tea was recommended to me by Jason Nemer (@jasonnemer), the co-creator of AcroYoga (interview here). Here’s the description from the website: “Duckshit Fragrance (Ya Shi Xiang) tea received its distinctive name from the original farmer whose intention was to hide the success of the tea from fellow farmers. Tea plants can be cloned by taking clippings and nurtured to mature tea trees. Duck shit Fragrance is a style of wulong [also written ‘oolong’] from the yashixiang cultivar (dancong 单枞) tea trees that grow in the Phoenix Mountains. Dan— Tim Ferriss

The Kevin Rose Loading Prank.” I’ll give credit to my good friend KRose

💡 Life HacksTim featured this 2× · 2018–2019 · twitter.com

“The Kevin Rose Loading Prank.” I’ll give credit to my good friend KRose for this one, even though he’s not expecting it. He and I were texting last week via iPhone, and I had poor reception. I was trying to send him a picture, and I kept asking, “Did you get it yet?” to which he kept responding, “Not yet. It’s still loading….” After a few rounds of this, we had the following exchange: Kevin: “There is a non-zero chance you’re fucking with me and sending me a picture of a downloading symbol.” Tim: “Haha... I’m not! That’s a genius idea, though.” And so, here we are in 5-Bullet Friday, and I of— Tim Ferriss

▶Les Doigts de l'Homme - Festival Jazz de Coti Chiavari

🎵 MusicTim featured this 2× · 2017–2018 · youtube.com

Les Doigts de l'Homme - Festival Jazz de Coti Chiavari. I can’t get enough of these guys. I play this particular video in the background as I write. The beginning is a remarkable demonstration of skill, but the “real” music starts around 2:00. If you want a fantastic mood elevator, this might do the trick.— Tim Ferriss

▶Métropolitain

🎵 MusicTim featured this 2× · 2016–2018 · Emmanuel Santarromana · youtube.com

Métropolitain by Emmanuel Santarromana (from the album Hôtel Costes 6).— Tim Ferriss

The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master

📰 ArticlesTim featured this 2× · 2018 · Hafiz · amazon.com

The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master by Hafiz (translated by Daniel Ladinsky). Speaking as someone who actively avoided poetry for decades, I have a confession: Hafiz has become one of my favorite writers in the last year. I randomly (or not?) found this collection at a bookstore and flipped to several poems that made me burst out laughing, including “Two Giant Fat People.” Hafiz is a profound joker, and his poems are unlike any poetry I’ve ever seen. Here is part of the description from Amazon: “Chosen by author Elizabeth Gilbert as one of her ten favorite books, Daniel Ladinsky’s — Tim Ferriss

Lucky #888 — My Tour of Designing Luck in China, Japan, and Korea

📰 ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · tim.blog

Lucky #888 — My Tour of Designing Luck in China, Japan, and Korea. I did a lot of reading for this short 30-minute episode, which features a nerdy tour of China, Japan, and Korea, including a million-dollar license plate, disappearing hotel floors, a casino room designed around one gambler’s birthday, and the lucky number hiding in Toyota’s name. It’s my excuse to dust off some of my East Asian Studies and indulge a few weird interests. You can listen here.— Tim Ferriss

I just saw You Can See Everything

🎬 FilmsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · a24films.com

I just saw You Can See Everything from A24, and it blew my mind. It redefines what a documentary can be, partially by creating an IV drip of WTF moments and blurring every line imaginable. It inspired the hell out of me. Editing that film almost certainly took 10 years off of the lives of Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, and team. If they’d gone 80%, it would have been terrible. Instead, they went 100%, and it’s a masterpiece. I’ve seen all sorts of buzz online around their “marketing playbook,” but here’s their marketing secret: make the product so ridiculously good and unique that people can— Tim Ferriss

X Followers' Stock and Crypto Prediction Results

📰 ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Tim Ferriss

One year ago this week, I asked my ~1.9M X followers to make stock and crypto predictions. I promised I’d report back. The outcome? As of November 3rd, they ranked the stocks 100% correctly and ranked the crypto 100% incorrectly. Read the details and methodology here.— Tim Ferriss

The Algorithm: The Hypergrowth Formula That Transformed Tesla, Lululemon, General Motors, and SpaceX

📚 BooksTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Jon McNeill · amazon.com

The Algorithm: The Hypergrowth Formula That Transformed Tesla, Lululemon, General Motors, and SpaceX by Jon McNeill, former president of Tesla. This is an incredibly tactical and concise book, and apparently the first such book written by an Elon direct report. The audiobook version clocks in at only 4.5 hours on 1x speed. I made nearly 100 highlights, and I asked my COO to read the book, as we will be emulating parts of the playbook. From the description: Jon McNeill had already founded and sold six startups when Sheryl Sandberg introduced him to Elon Musk, who was looking for help at Tesla. — Tim Ferriss

The Real-Life Willy Wonka Who Built Tony Hawk a Secret Desert Train

🎙️ PodcastsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · podcasts.apple.com

“The Real-Life Willy Wonka Who Built Tony Hawk a Secret Desert Train” on the Death, Sex & Money podcast. Hat tip to Elan Lee for the great recommendation. N.D., if you see this, Elan would love to meet you, and I think the two of you would really hit it off. N.D. Austin is not an event planner. He designs experiences, which he says are supposed to leave you feeling transformed. He’s designed hundreds over the years, from secret sewer speakeasies to coming-of-age rituals on deserted islands to funeral board games that guide people through decades of memories. In this episode, host Anna Sale tal— Tim Ferriss

💬 QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2026

“Believe those who are seeking the truth, doubt those who find it.” — André Gide

Cubicle Escape Artist

💻 Apps & SoftwareTim featured this 1× · 2026 · cubicle-escape-artist.space.fast

Cubicle Escape Artist. A casual video game based on The 4-Hour Workweek? Named after my first blog? Never thought I’d see such a thing. “Decline meetings, tango past interruptions, automate a shortcut, reclaim your Friday.” You can play it in 60 seconds. You can also deploy and publish your own games on Spacefast, an agent-native hosting and publishing platform. Thanks to @dlprager for the find.— Tim Ferriss

Warning about DNAComplete

💊 Supplements & HealthTim featured this 1× · 2026

After waiting more than a year for lab results for a family member, including multiple follow-ups with the company, I have taken to publicly calling out DNAComplete to see if anyone has had a similar experience. Sadly, I am not alone!— Tim Ferriss

Open Payments

🛒 Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · openpaymentsdata.cms.gov

Open Payments (official US gov website) shows reported payments from drug and device companies to U.S. doctors. Doctor Payments Data makes those records easier to explore, so you might want to start there. Financial ties don’t automatically mean wrongdoing, but they’re worth understanding. Incentives affect all of us, and that includes medical professionals. As Charlie Munger famously said, “Show me the incentive, and I’ll show you the outcome.” I recently used these tools to choose between two surgeons. The doc who wanted to do the minimum effective dose of surgery had $0 in payments, and the— Tim Ferriss

Ninja Air Fryer Pro

🛒 Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · amazon.com

Ninja Air Fryer Pro. This thing is amazing. I was skeptical (“Does ‘air frying’ even make sense?”), but now I’m a true believer. For fast cooking and even faster cleanup, it’s become a go-to in the kitchen. My favorite thing I’ve cooked so far is Maui Nui Reserve aged rib chops. It’s literally what’s for dinner tonight. Here’s the recipe, if you can call it that: Get the chops to room temp, pat dry, rub on a little olive oil, add Montreal steak rub, then cook for 9 minutes at max temp (400°F). F’ing DELICIOUS, and cleaning is a breeze.— Tim Ferriss

▶The Poison Squad

🎙️ PodcastsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · open.spotify.com

“The Poison Squad” on the Criminal podcast. This is a wild listen. Think we could do without the FDA? Think “all natural” supplements are automatically better or safer than prescription drugs? Listen to the stories in this episode, and you’ll reconsider. From the description: “In 1902, twelve young men volunteered for a government experiment. They agreed to eat food laced with chemicals like formaldehyde, borax, and salicylic acid every day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. They were called The Poison Squad.” The reasons behind this experiment are the craziest part of all. Hat tip to Brendan G— Tim Ferriss

💬 QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2026

“Successful people sort through priorities and act upon them, while the unsuccessful see only a fog of chaos.” — Josef Venport, instruction to business trainees, in Mentats of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (2014)

Friends — I’d like to do more unscripted podcast episodes, like The Random Show and live Q&As.

🎙️ PodcastsTim featured this 1× · 2026

Friends — I’d like to do more unscripted podcast episodes, like The Random Show and live Q&As. Any ideas for what could be fun? What you’d like to see or listen to? Weird ideas welcome. Just reply to this tweet, and I’ll read them all. Thanks! 🙏— Tim Ferriss

Adobe, Office, Outlook, ElevenLabs: AI is cloning all of it in Rust

📰 ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · reddit.com

“Adobe, Office, Outlook, ElevenLabs: AI is cloning all of it in Rust.” Check this link. The speed is staggering, and it will all accelerate. AI will make nearly all software free. What is the moat that then remains? Reputation and service-level agreements? Support and services à la Red Hat? The knowledge base of someone like an SAP, with 400,000 companies and 50+ years of data? Something else? Idealab. Bill Gross has started 175+ companies through Idealab. He wrote down 31 of the methods he uses to turn real-world problems into businesses, refined them with AI, and found the output beat his ow— Tim Ferriss

Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald

🎥 DocumentariesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · netflix.com

Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald. For people who don’t have Netflix, at least check out this compilation of some of Norm’s appearances on late-night shows. To state the obvious, Norm is NSFW.— Tim Ferriss

What 100 Hours of Dark Retreat Did to My Mind

📰 ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Nate Green · nategreen.org

“What 100 Hours of Dark Retreat Did to My Mind.” Nate is Head of Content for Sam Harris’s Waking Up meditation app and a longtime meditator himself. OGs will remember Nate from his über-popular guest post “How To Lose 20–30 Pounds In 5 Days: The Extreme Weight Cutting and Rehydration Secrets of UFC Fighters” and his contribution to The 4-Hour Body chapter “The Meatless Machine II: A 28-Day Experiment.” Hat tip to Jake Orthwein, who flagged Nate’s video for me. Pair his piece with my interview with Dr. Willoughby Britton on the hidden risks of meditation.— Tim Ferriss

▶Ya Habibi Ta’ala - يا حبيبي تعالَ

🎵 MusicTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Lynn Adib & Zeid Hamdan · youtube.com

Softer — Ya Habibi Ta’ala - يا حبيبي تعالَ - Lynn Adib & Zeid Hamdan. Lynn’s vocals are otherworldly. One of the top comments says it all: “liquid gold.” This is a short clip, and you will play it more than once. Harder — Ice Nine Kills - Hip To Be Scared ft. Jacoby Shaddix. Ice Nine Kills is also the creative force behind the Silver Scream convention in Worcester, Massachusetts. If you missed it this year, you can learn more about future conventions here. It’s no accident that Worcester is close to Salem, where many attendees go first to get into the proper mood. Fungal — Mushroom in the Wild— Tim Ferriss

💬 QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2026

“I am here today to cross the swamp, not to fight all the alligators.” — Rosamund and Benjamin Zander, The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life

💬 QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2026

“Being inoffensive, and being offended, are now the twin addictions of the culture.” — Martin Amis

The Art of Possibility Highlights

📚 BooksTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Seth Godin · goodreads.com

The Art of Possibility Highlights. I love this book and have read it three times. It was first recommended to me by Seth Godin, and I have more than 100 highlights in my Kindle version. It is a beautiful, short, and intensely practical book, coauthored by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander.— Tim Ferriss

💬 QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2026

“Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain’t no free rides, baby. No hitchhiking. And if you want to strike out in any new direction—you go alone. With a machete in your hand and the fear of God in your heart.” — Ursula K. Le Guin

Wall Mount Charger for Philips Sonicare

🛒 Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · amazon.com

Wall Mount Charger for Philips Sonicare. Like many of you, I cannot stand a tangle of cables on a surface I use a lot. I own a Sonicare toothbrush for many reasons, but the charging station has always bothered me. This little swap has made the sink area beautifully usable again. Sometimes it’s the little things! To explore oral care for cognitive health, I suggest checking out Dr. Tommy Wood.— Tim Ferriss

▶Stephen Fry on Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

🎙️ PodcastsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · open.spotify.com

Stephen Fry on Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth. I love Stephen Fry, the actor, writer, and comedian. He’s too complex to categorize. He performed the audiobook of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which quickly became one of my all-time favorites. Last week, I was hunting for a new book featuring his mellifluous voice, but then a thought occurred: why not get to know Stephen in his own words? As I’ll often do, I cross-referenced a few LLMs and then chose a few interviews. I chose the above for its biographical and comedic strength, and it delivered.— Tim Ferriss

▶Frank Miller: American Genius

🎥 DocumentariesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Silenn Thomas · youtube.com

Frank Miller: American Genius, directed by Silenn Thomas. Frank Miller is a comic book visionary best known for his work on Daredevil, The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City, and 300. This free documentary covers ~50 years of Frank’s career. It charts his path from Vermont to New York, from the world of comics to the craziness of Hollywood, and from meteoric rise to near self-destruction. It also includes cameos from Robert Rodriguez, Zack Snyder, Jim Lee, Neal Adams, and Stan Lee. For more Frank, watch the two of us do a deep dive on his creative process here.— Tim Ferriss

Sennheiser Pro Audio Condenser Microphone

🛒 Products & GadgetsTim featured this 1× · 2026 · amazon.com

Sennheiser Pro Audio Condenser Microphone. This lav mic plugs straight into an iPhone and makes on-the-go recordings sound much better than any built-in laptop or phone mic. It’s remarkable what quality you can get, especially if paired with the Ferrite app that allows you to record high-fidelity audio straight on your iPhone.— Tim Ferriss

ProBody Pilates Ball

💻 Apps & SoftwareTim featured this 1× · 2026 · amazon.com

ProBody Pilates Ball. Yep, it’s a Pilates ball, but I don’t use it for Pilates. I keep it deflated in my backpack, and if I need lumbar support or butt padding anywhere on the road (in hotels, restaurants, airplanes, etc.), I give it literally 2–3 puffs of partial inflation and voilà! Deflated, this is small enough to fold up and stick in a jacket or jeans pocket.— Tim Ferriss

Bernard Arnault's Open Letter and Media Crisis Management

📰 ArticlesTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Bernard Arnault · instagram.com

An open letter from the French businessman who runs LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury goods company. “Bernard Arnault rarely responds to criticism in public, but this time he published a detailed open letter after Le Monde spent 6 months investigating him and LVMH.” The above is a case study in clever media-crisis management.— Tim Ferriss

▶Inevitable Ending

🎵 MusicTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Armen Miran and Hraach · open.spotify.com

“Inevitable Ending” (Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music), by Armen Miran and Hraach (Viken Arman and Goldcap remix). Great music for a million things. I’m currently using it for writing sessions, but it’s versatile.— Tim Ferriss

💬 QuotesTim featured this 1× · 2026

“Do we not know the feeling that overtakes us when we are in the presence of a particular person and, roughly translates as, The fact that this person exists in the world at all, this alone makes this world, and a life in it, meaningful.” — Viktor Frankl

Aerolamp

👤 PeopleTim featured this 1× · 2026 · aerolamp.net

Aerolamp. I recently purchased multiple Jaspr air purifiers, so I’m not rushing to buy any other air-filtration tools, but far-UVC is fascinating, and I’m learning more. This lamp uses light to inactivate airborne viruses and bacteria and is designed for use while people are in the room. In a published study, four ceiling-mounted far-UVC fixtures reduced infectious airborne mouse norovirus by 99.8%. Adam Strandberg, a researcher at Harvard’s Needleman Lab who works on bacterial respiratory control, added one in his living room and hosted his kid’s birthday party with no disease transmission.— Tim Ferriss

Tune Up Fitness – Alpha Ball

💻 Apps & SoftwareTim featured this 1× · 2026 · Nsima Inyang · amazon.com

Tune Up Fitness – Alpha Ball. This was recommended to me by Nsima Inyang, a mutant among mutants. The Alpha Ball solves a few different problems at the same time: (1) It’s precise. Foam rollers are big, amorphous objects. It can be hard to get them to certain spots (e.g., hips—TFL, glute medius, piriformis), which the Alpha Ball can easily access. (2) It’s compact enough for luggage and travel. This also means I can use it against a wall for spinal erectors, rear of the shoulders, etc. (3) It has a Goldilocks density: not too hard and not too soft. The firmness hits the sweet spot—hard enough — Tim Ferriss

▶Speaking With The Mind | Neuralink

📺 Misc VideosTim featured this 1× · 2026 · youtube.com

“Speaking With The Mind | Neuralink.” Prepare to tear up in the best way possible. This video really got me. The description: “Terry was diagnosed with bulbar-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 2024. While he is still able to move his mouth and body, his speech has become impaired to the point where his loved ones have difficulty understanding him. Through the VOICE trial, Terry is using his Neuralink implant to help fine-tune a brain-to-voice interface for himself and others who can’t speak.”— Tim Ferriss