This product by Freedom has come up 4 times across 2 different shows: Andrew Huberman, Tim Ferriss. 4 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Andrew Huberman, Craig Mod. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-07-12 and the most recent from 2025-03-28. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Craig Mod Returns — Epic Walks, The Art of Slowness, and More
“I ran the software called Freedom which is actually pretty good freedom.to is the website and I've used that for a while to basically break my devices”— Craig Mod
The guest here is Craig Mod: Writer, photographer, and independent publisher based in Japan; known for epic multi-week solo walks of Japan's old pilgrimage routes, his membership program, and books including Kissa by Kissa and Things Become Other Things (Random House). Craig Mod returns to detail his epic solo walks across Japan, his rules for radical presence, and a life-changing reunion with his birth mother.
The Real Japan — Craig Mod
“just block the internet using like freedom apps like Freedom. Turn your smartphone off. Don't sleep with your smartphone in your bedroom.”— Craig Mod
The guest here is Craig Mod: Writer, photographer, and book designer based in Japan; runs the Special Projects membership and craigmod.com, and authored the Random House book Things Become Other Things about a 600km COVID-era walk on Japan's Kii Peninsula. Craig Mod tells Tim Ferriss how a working-class kid from Connecticut became a Japan-based bookmaker, writer, and walker.
Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity
“things like Freedom, which is an app, a free app that allows you to lock yourself out of the internet or turning off your phone”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Andrew Huberman: Professor of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast. This is a solo episode with no outside guest. Huberman breaks down how light, screen height, posture, sound, and ceiling height can be arranged for free to maximize focus and creativity.
Maximizing Productivity, Physical & Mental Health with Daily Tools
“I use a program called Freedom. It shuts me out of the internet completely.”— Andrew Huberman
The guest here is Andrew Huberman: Professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast. This is a solo 'office hours' toolkit episode with no outside guest. Huberman maps his entire science-based daily protocol from wake-up sunlight and delayed caffeine to 90-minute work blocks, hypnosis, and sleep supplements.
