Book · recommended on 3 episodes
The Great Nerve
Kevin Tracey
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Kevin Tracey
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This book by Kevin Tracey has come up 3 times on Tim Ferriss. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2025-08-27 and the most recent from 2026-03-18. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“in the Great Nerve which is a book written by Kevin Tracey. It's a great book. There's an extended chapter about Wim Hof”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Kevin Rose: Tech investor, entrepreneur (founder of Digg), longtime friend and co-host of The Random Show with Tim Ferriss; meditation and biohacking enthusiast. Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose riff on Zen retreats, vagus nerve stimulation, supplements, balance training, and Alzheimer's experiments.
“a guy named Dr. Brian Tracy... He wrote a book called The Great Nerve, which is a very good introductory read on all of this.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Tim Ferriss: Author of 'The 4-Hour Workweek' and host of The Tim Ferriss Show, one of the most downloaded podcasts in the world. A self-described self-experimenter who has interviewed over 800 high performers and pioneered the long-form interview podcast format. Tim Ferriss opens up about childhood abuse and survival, then maps the bioelectric and metabolic frontiers of mental health treatment.
“right in front of my face was your book, The Great Nerve. And I thought, okay, universe... I recommend everybody read this book.”— Tim Ferriss
The guest here is Dr. Kevin Tracey: Neurosurgeon, president of the Feinstein Institutes at Northwell, co-founder of SetPoint Medical, author of The Great Nerve; pioneer of vagus nerve stimulation / bioelectronic medicine. Neurosurgeon Kevin Tracy explains how stimulating the vagus nerve can switch off runaway inflammation, with the first FDA-approved device just launched.
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