{"podcast":{"title":"The Tim Ferriss Show","slug":"the-tim-ferriss-show-739525","podcast_index_feed_id":739525,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/tim-ferriss-show","website_url":"https://tim.blog/podcast","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/69/10/10/fb/691010fb-625e-4abe-993c-a57228b28dbe/91cb53ae0d5dbb379b9dffecf0a772593891d0d09bbe6d90ee746edbdb79e3ec75584f2ceb8260e9f675a90c05419b9b99842a76905b686f0f51c1a9d3e227ab.jpeg","author":"Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig","episode_count":872,"summary":"Tim Ferriss is a self-experimenter and bestselling author, best known for The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been translated into 40+ languages. Newsweek calls him \"the world's best human guinea pig,\" and The New York Times calls him \"a cross between Jack Welch and a Buddhist monk.\" In this show, he deconstructs world-class performers from eclectic areas (investing, chess, pro sports, etc.), digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tim-ferriss-show-739525"},"episode":{"title":"#852: Tim McGraw — Starting Late with a $20 Guitar, Selling 100M+ Records, and 30+ Years of Creative Longevity","slug":"852-tim-mcgraw-starting-late-with-a-20-guitar-selling-100m-records-and-30-years-of-creative-longevity","published_at":"2026-02-04T17:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tim-ferriss-show-739525/852-tim-mcgraw-starting-late-with-a-20-guitar-selling-100m-records-and-30-years-of-creative-longevity","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tim-ferriss-show-739525","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/6f37d96e-09af-4638-950a-c3f4918cffd8.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/6f37d96e-09af-4638-950a-c3f4918cffd8.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Tim McGraw ( @thetimmcgraw ) is a Grammy Award-winning entertainer, author, and actor who has sold more than 106 million records worldwide, with 49 number-one singles and 19 number-one albums. He is one of the most-played country artists since his debut in 1992, has four New York Times bestselling books, and has acted for both film and television, including the movies Friday Night Lights and The Blind Side and Paramount Network’s Yellowstone . He recently starred alongside his wife Faith Hill and Sam Elliott in Yellowstone ’s prequel—the three-time-Emmy-nominated 1883 . You can find tickets for his upcoming Pawn Shop Guitar Tour at TimMcGraw.com . This episode is brought to you by: Circle  complete community platform for your community, events, and courses — all under your own brand:  Circle.so/Tim   Shopify  global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business:  Shopify.com/tim AG1  all-in-one nutritional supplement:  DrinkAG1.com/Tim TIMESTAMPS [00:00:00] Who is Tim McGraw? [00:01:51] Two Tims walk into a podcast. [00:02:56] “The song always has to win.” [00:05:02] Recording “Live Like You Were Dying” at 2 a.m. with Uncle Hank in a puddle in the corner. [00:09:22] Sensing when the moment is right. [00:10:29] The song Nashville hated that Tim heard his first night off the Greyhound. [00:13:18] The one-two punch that saved Tim from novelty-act purgatory. [00:15:22] Turning down the CMAs because the song wouldn’t fit the time slot. [00:20:11] Why you can’t let the audience steer the ship when testing material live. [00:25:51] Coping with the physical toll of performing for three decades. [00:34:04]  The Four Christmases  wake-up call that changed everything. [00:37:42] What training s…","meta_description":"Tim McGraw ( @thetimmcgraw ) is a Grammy Award-winning entertainer, author, and actor who has sold more than 106 million records worldwide, with 49 number…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7060,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-tim-ferriss-show-739525/episodes/852-tim-mcgraw-starting-late-with-a-20-guitar-selling-100m-records-and-30-years-of-creative-longevity/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-tim-ferriss-show-739525/852-tim-mcgraw-starting-late-with-a-20-guitar-selling-100m-records-and-30-years-of-creative-longevity.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}