Gold

This book by Rumi, translated by Haleh Liza Gafori has been genuinely recommended 3 times on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Tim Ferriss. It comes up in conversations about brain health, consciousness, depression & mood, psychedelics, relationships. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Sep 2023 and the most recent from Dec 2025. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “It's called gold. It's by Roomie and then the translator Hala Liza Gapori... if you read one or two of these poems before you go to bed at night, it just makes everything better.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “if you read one or two of these poems before you go to bed at night, it just makes everything better”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 202501:05:41

  Said during "The Future of AI, Bioelectric Medicine, Surviving Modern Dating, and More, The Random Show". The episode features Kevin Rose: Tech investor, founder (Digg, Revision3, Dignation), and Tim Ferriss's longtime co-host on The Random Show; involved with the Way meditation app and an active early-stage AI investor. Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose riff on accelerated brain stimulation, the AI race, Alzheimer's prevention, gift gear, and modern dating.

• “Hallelua Gapori's translations of Roomie, there's one collection called Gold, I think is a great entry point.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “is a great entry point”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · May 202500:19:48

  Said during "Three Life Commandments, AI, Stoicism, & More". The episode features Kevin Rose: Investor, entrepreneur, and Tim Ferriss's longtime co-host on The Random Show. Referenced in this solo community episode rather than appearing in conversation. Tim Ferriss fields community Q&A on his three life commandments, AI, stoicism, writing, and the future of his fiction projects.

• “I also have reread now multiple times this collection of newly translated Rumi, called Gold, by Haleh Liza Gafori.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “reread now multiple times”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 202301:18:32

  Said during "The Random Show with Tim Ferriss & Kevin Rose, Affordable Luxuries, Brain Stimulation, and More!". The episode features Kevin Rose: Kevin Rose with Tim Ferriss. Tim and Kevin swap affordable luxuries, brain-stimulation experiments, books, supplements, gear, and AI investing ideas in a free-ranging Random Show.