The Tim Ferriss Show Transcripts: Dr. Andrew Huberman — Peptides, Performance, and Protocols (#876)

Please enjoy this transcript of my interview with Dr. Andrew Huberman, (IG: @hubermanlab ), a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the Departments of Neurobiology and Ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he runs the Huberman Lab. Andrew is the author of Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body and the host of the Huberman Lab podcast, which became, and remains, the most popular health and science podcast in the world.Andrew’s full bioBooks, people, tools, and resources mentioned in the interviewLegal conditions/copyright informationListen on SpotifyListen on Apple PodcastsListen on Overcast

Dr. Andrew Huberman — Peptides, Performance, and Protocols

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Tim Ferriss: Well, why don’t we just do a quick call back, The Dark Wizard. This sounds like an Ozzy Osbourne album, but it’s not.

Andrew Huberman: It’s not.

Tim Ferriss: It’s a documentary, and we were chatting about it before we started recording since it’s top of mind. Why don’t you just describe what that’s about because this involves a character that I tracked for a super long time.

Andrew Huberman: Yeah. Dean Potter.

Tim Ferriss: Dean Potter. So what is The Dark Wizard? Why has it struck you so?

Andrew Huberman: So I learned about this movie from Andy Stumpf, who’s a former retired Navy SEAL, tier one operator who then set two world records with the Red Bull high performance team doing wing suiting. BASE jumping, wing suiting, whatever you want to call it, the squirrel suits.

Tim Ferriss: Squirrel suits.

Andrew Huberman: And he told me about this movie, The Dark Wizard, which is about Dean Potter, who started off as a climber and t…