CROSSOVER EVENT: Tim Ferriss’s "The 4-Hour Body"

If Books Could Kill

Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

Books, Politics, Society & Culture, News, Arts

4.6 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Peter went on Mike's other show, Maintenance Phase, to revisit a biohacking diet book for the boys. Where to find us: Our PatreonOur merch!Peter's newsletterPeter's other podcast, 5-4Mike's other podcast, Maintenance PhaseSources: The 4-Hour BodyDoes Glycemic Index Matter for Weight Loss? An Examination of the Evidence New! Improved! Shape Up Your Life! The 4-Hour Body: The Real App You Are Working On Is An App Called YourselfThanks to Mindseye for our theme song!

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0:00.0	Uh, should we have Peter do it?
0:12.9	Whoa.
0:14.1	Peter's never listened to our show, so he doesn't know the format.
0:16.2	I do.
0:16.8	I do.
0:17.4	Sort of.
0:18.1	It's like, uh...
0:24.6	Wait, what's your tagline format? I do. I do. Sort of. It's like, wait, what's your tagline format?
0:28.0	I've heard it 100 times and now I can't remember the format because I'm just confusing it with hours in my head.
0:29.2	We could do a little Peter, what do you know about the four hour body?
0:34.1	Peter's health like convinced.
0:36.8	Decline!
0:39.7	It's your podcast You can
0:40.4	If you want to degrade it by using our lazy format
0:44.1	Well do one then Peter
0:45.3	You're trying to like figure out a way where it's my responsibility
0:47.8	To come up with a tagline
0:49.2	100%
0:49.9	Mike is eternally trying to weasel his way out of doing the tagline
0:54.1	What if we made you a part of this, Peter? Peter Mike is eternally trying to weasel his way out of doing the tagline.
0:55.8	What if we made you a part of this, Peter?
0:57.2	What if we... Peter, I want you to feel like you have some real ownership here.
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