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Tim Ferriss · 2021-10-14

How I Built The Tim Ferriss Show to 700+ Million Downloads (Featuring Chris Hutchins)

How I Built The Tim Ferriss Show to 700+ Million Downloads (Featuring Chris Hutchins)

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Audio-Technica ATR2100x

Audio-Technica

“this is probably what would you say an 80 80 80 to 100 microphone that connects to my macbook pro”
“i have an audio technica atr 2100 x one of the more recent it might be a 2500 but and you have that exact microphone in front of you”— Tim Ferriss
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Zoom H6

Zoom

“it's been good enough for between 600 and 700 episodes and i don't have any plans to change”
“when i record in person i use the zoom h6 recording device with xlr cables and generally sm58 stage microphones which are sure microphones”— Tim Ferriss
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Shure SM58

Shure

“you could take the sm58 mic and probably throw it against a brick wall and it would be fine”
“generally sm58 stage microphones which are sure microphones they're the oldest microphones you can imagine”— Tim Ferriss
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Descript

Descript (inferred)

“descript is great ... it's a great tool for like running through a transcript that that's auto-generated”
“there's a product that i've used called the script descript is great or description and it makes it really easy to find these filler words”— Chris Hutchins
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Chartable

Chartable (inferred)

“the one thing they do that's really cool is if you put their prefix in front of your feed”
“another tip from kevin rose was charitable is a platform that you can kind of use for lots of analytics things but the one thing they do that's really cool”— Chris Hutchins
BookRecommendedISBN verified

The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing

Al Ries and Jack Trout

“read the law of category ... these will give you principles adaptable principles that will allow you to build a unique position”
“i would suggest getting a book like the 22 immutable laws of marketing reading a short chapter called the law of category”— Tim Ferriss
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1,000 True Fans (essay)

Kevin Kelly

“these will give you principles adaptable principles that will allow you to build a unique position in the minds of people”
“read 1000 true fans by kevin kelly which you can find on kk.org these will give you principles adaptable principles”— Tim Ferriss
MediaRecommended

Wait But Why (blog)

Tim Urban

“tim urban who has an incredible blog called wait but why”
“listen to my interview with tim urban who has an incredible blog called wait but why and if he had followed any of the advice”— Tim Ferriss
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The Tail End (blog post)

Tim Urban

“everyone should read it it will improve your life it will improve how you relate to your family it's a must read”
“one of my favorites is the tail end ... just search the tail end by tim urban everyone should read it it will improve your life”— Tim Ferriss
BookRecommended

Positioning

Al Ries and Jack Trout

“positioning by the same authors ... as well as 1000 true fans by kevin kelly”
“get the older version positioning by the same authors rhys r-i-e-s not eric but an older reese and trout i believe are the names”— Tim Ferriss

The guest's own work

BookBy the guestISBN verified

Tribe of Mentors

Tim Ferriss

“people will recognize a lot of them from tribe of mentors and other places but there are certain questions i ask a lot”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

Tools of Titans

Tim Ferriss

“i put an updated slash edited version of that in either tools of titans or tribe mentors because i think it's that valuable”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

The 4-Hour Workweek

Tim Ferriss

“it is over more than a decade since four hour work week came out 2007 i started the blog i want to say in 2005 or 2006”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

The 4-Hour Body

Tim Ferriss

“move it into physical performance with the four hour body ... for our body hits number one new york times still sells extremely well”— Tim Ferriss
BookBy the guestISBN verified

The 4-Hour Chef

Tim Ferriss

“that then bought me the license to write the four-hour chef where i'm taking these principles ... the first major acquisition by amazon publishing”— Tim Ferriss

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

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SquadCast

SquadCast (inferred)

“the plan was to jump to squad cast but you have used riverside.fm all of these platforms i have seen fail none of them are perfect”— Tim Ferriss
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Riverside.fm

Riverside (inferred)

“you have used riverside.fm all of these platforms i have seen fail none of them are perfect and therefore on the technical side”— Tim Ferriss
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QuickTime

Apple (inferred)

“both of us are currently recording local backup audio using quicktime audio so those are a few things that i wanted to add”— Tim Ferriss
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Logitech Brio

Logitech

“i have a logitech brio camera which i do not use all the time i very frequently do audio only”— Tim Ferriss
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MacBook Pro

Apple

“an 80 to 100 microphone that connects to my macbook pro and then i'm using airpods for in-ear listening that's it”— Tim Ferriss
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AirPods

Apple

“that connects to my macbook pro and then i'm using airpods for in-ear listening that's it that is the sum total of hardware”— Tim Ferriss
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Amazon Prime

Amazon

“we will use amazon prime to buy an audio technica 2100 mic and ship it to them and it's very easy to do it's 80 to 100 bucks”— Tim Ferriss
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The Psychology of Money

Morgan Housel

“an episode i did with uh writer morgan housel and it was all about the psychology of money i'd read the book i'd been fascinated by it”— Tim Ferriss
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iPhone

Apple

“i always set both the laptop and my iphone to do not disturb because you might just receive a facetime audio call”— Tim Ferriss
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JRE Clips (YouTube channel)

Joe Rogan (inferred)

“create clips as he has through jr eclipse and so on and if you are bringing on guests who are going to be capitalizing on news”— Tim Ferriss
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Evernote

Evernote (inferred)

“circle the things that we didn't get to with a highlighter and put r2 on them take photographs put it into evernote and share that with my team”— Tim Ferriss
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Google Docs

Google

“i would send them word docs and they would add comments and redline and so on you could certainly use google docs or something else i now use google docs”— Tim Ferriss