Episode
#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
55:51
Published: Thu Nov 11 2021
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Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, where it is my job to deconstruct world-class performers to tease out the routines, habits, et cetera that you can apply to your own life.You’ll get plenty of that in this special episode, which features my interview with David Blaine from my 2017 TV Show Fear{less}. The “less” is in parentheses because the objective is to teach you to fear less, not to be fearless.Fear{less} features in-depth, long-form conversations with top performers, focusing on how they’ve overcome fears and made hard decisions, embracing discomfort and thinking big.It was produced by Wild West Productions, and I worked with them to make both the video and audio available to you for free, my dear listeners. You can find the video of this episode on YouTube.com/TimFerriss, and eventually you’ll be able to see all episodes for free at YouTube.com/TimFerriss.Spearheaded by actor/producer and past podcast guest Vince Vaughn, Wild West Productions has produced a string of hit movies including The Internship, Couples Retreat, Four Christmases, and The Break-Up.In 2020, Wild West produced the comedy The Opening Act, starring Jimmy O. Yang and Cedric The Entertainer. In addition to Fear{less}, their television credits include Undeniable with Joe Buck, ESPN’s 30 for 30 episode about the ’85 Bears, and the Netflix animated show F is for Family.Please enjoy!*This episode is brought to you by “5-Bullet Friday,” my very own email newsletter that every Friday features five bullet points highlighting cool things I’ve found that week, including apps, books, documentaries, gadgets, albums, articles, TV shows, new hacks or tricks, and—of course—all sorts of weird stuff I’ve dug up from around the world.It’s free, it’s always going to be free, and you can subscribe now at tim.blog/friday.*For show notes and past guests, please visit tim.blog/podcast.Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”) at tim.blog/friday.For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.Follow Tim:Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss Instagram: instagram.com/timferrissFacebook: facebook.com/timferriss YouTube: youtube.com/timferrissPast guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine Albright, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris, Michael Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil Gaiman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard Marks, Dr. Brené Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan, Dr. Jordan Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit Sethi, Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio, Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Lesser, Amanda Palmer, Katie Haun, Sir Richard Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna Huffington, Reid Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren Aronofsky, and many more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Tim Ferriss shares five bullet points every Friday that include cool finds such as apps, books, documentaries, gadgets, and self-experiments from around the world.
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Tim Ferriss shares five bullet points every Friday that include cool finds such as apps, books, documentaries, gadgets, and self-experiments from around the world. Many of the guests on his podcast were first subscribers of this weekly newsletter.
Episode#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
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Episode#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
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Episode#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
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Episode#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
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Episode#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
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Episode#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
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Episode#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
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Episode#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
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Episode#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
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Episode#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
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Episode#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
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Episode#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
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Episode#546: Master Magician David Blaine — Fear{less} with Tim Ferriss
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
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