Forbes put the Tim Ferriss Show on its list of "10 Podcasts To Change Your Life". With more than 700 million downloads, it has been selected three time as the "Best of Apple Podcasts" and has been ranked #1 out of its 400,000+ podcasts on numerous occasions. But can you replicate Tim's success? Can you eventually get ads for mushroom coffee too?

Launched in April of 2014, Ferriss interviews "world-class performers" ranging from Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel to Malcolm Gladwell and Reid Hoffman to Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Foxx. His focus is on dissecting actionable advice from top books, morning routines, exercise habits and time-management tricks. Or in his own words … “I specialize in pattern recognition and accelerated learning”.

In this episode of “No Harm In Asking” Mike and Eric review "The Tim Ferriss Show" where we discuss what makes Tim unique, as well as whether preparation really is the key to success. Are two hour podcasts really necessary? Should you break them up? Is Tim’s interview style particularly distinct? Apparently, Ferriss charges $54,000 per episode and does two sponsorships per episode, what do we think of these ads?

We’ll be specifically focused on episode #566 from January 26, 2022 with University of Chicago economics professor John List — A Master Economist on Strategic Quitting, How to Practice Theory of Mind, Learnings from Uber, Optimizations to Boost Donations, the Primitives of Decision-Making, and How Field Experiments Reveal Hidden Realities.

We’ll also discuss if this is the world’s longest podcast title and whether Tim is the king of podcasting SEO?

A link to this episode can be found on Tim’s blog:

https://tim.blog/2022/01/26/john-list/

Follow Tim Ferriss on Twitter at @tferriss and on Instagram at @timferriss.