meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Eater's Digest

How Tim Ferriss Taught Himself to Cook

Eater's Digest

Vox Media Podcast Network

Comedy, Food, Arts, News Commentary, Improv, News

4.4902 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Tim Ferriss built his career on finding the sweet spot between effort and outcome. The podcaster and bestselling writer — you probably know him from The Four-Hour Workweek or The Four-Hour Chef — uses his books as opportunities to teach himself how to be a better human being, whether it’s holding his breath for 4 minutes, or searing a perfect steak. Tim stopped by the Upsell studios to chat with Helen about his relationship with fine dining, the path that led him to writing a cookbook, and how to win at dating apps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hey Greg.

0:02.8

Hey Helen, what's up?

0:04.2

Um, you weren't here for this interview, so I did it by myself.

0:07.8

Oh, yes, Tim Ferris.

0:10.0

Tim Ferris.

0:10.8

I sat down in a room in a dark podcast recording closet with Tim Ferris.

0:15.6

I'm really excited to hear this now because as I've mentioned to you before I actually was not I didn't know anything about Tim Ferris until you explained who he was and now I'm like very curious to hear all these details about him.

0:31.0

You know? So yeah, he is a huge deal. He's got a podcast called The Tim Ferris Show, which has

0:36.7

uncountable numbers of subscribers. I'm sure a lot of our listeners also listen to his show,

0:41.6

it's one of the top podcasts in the universe. And he's also of our

0:45.0

lot of our listeners also listen to his show, it's one of the top podcasts in the universe.

0:44.0

And he's also the author of, I think, four, if not more,

0:49.0

really, really successful books which kind of take a very interesting view from left field take on

0:56.8

the way people live in the world. He's most famous I think for the four hour work

1:01.0

week but what I'm really excited to talk to him about and what you'll hear in this

1:04.0

interview is us talking about his two food oriented books the four hour body which is all about

1:10.3

hacking your body using among other things the food that you do or don't eat, and the

1:16.2

four-hour chef, which looks like a cookbook and sounds like a cookbook and walks like a cookbook,

1:20.9

but is not a duck. It's actually secretly a book about how

1:24.9

humans learn and acquire knowledge which is totally crazy and completely up my alley

1:28.9

and I think you're gonna love it. Wow I love the idea of hacking your body. Hack your body sounds like a Justin Timberlake song from like 2005 or something.

1:38.3

I want to hack your body to the break of dawn.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.