Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs, all jrms.

All right-a-bye-bye-me-hune-hine-hae.

This is Tim Ferriss.

Welcome to another episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, and my guest today needs no introduction,

but maybe he does.

His name is Stephen West.

I say he needs no introduction because he has been in my ears for years upon years.

Stephen West is a father, husband, and a host of the Philosophies

this podcast. His Genesis story is insane. His ability to synthesize decades and centuries and

millennia of wisdom into tight little episodes and nuggets that actually deliver the goods

is incredible. So I will let him say more about all of

that, but he's one of the best people I've come across who can explain, translate, and humanize

philosophy in a way that, in my words, doesn't teach you what to think, but how to think better. And he does that by studying the

smartest people or the wisest people that have been recorded throughout history. You can find

him online at philosophize this.org. Patreon also philosophize this on X at I am Stephen West,

and that is with the pH, Stephen West, and on YouTube at Philosophize

this podcast. And we'll get right to the meat and potatoes of everything, but first, just a few

words from the people who make this podcast possible. Many people wonder how I end up getting

sponsors on this podcast. And first of foremost, I say no to 80 plus percent of the

products and services that get pitched. But I always test them. And I test things either personally

or if they make the first round of vetting, my team and many others will look at these things.

Then I test the few who make it myself or I put them on social media at odd

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