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#812: The Random Show — New Health Gadgets, Tim’s Latest Adventures, How to Drink Less, Zen Retreats, AI + Your Genome, and Colonoscopy Confessions
Welcome to another wide-ranging "Random Show" episode I recorded with my close friend Kevin Rose (digg.com)! We cover dozens of topics: from the cutting edge of health tech to pro-tips for colonoscopies; AI; adventures in Japan and Taiwan seeking out perfect coffee and tea; tips for drinking less alcohol; powerful documentaries like 32 Sounds and books such as Awareness; the unexpected joys and therapeutic benefits of adult Lego; and much, much more.
Sponsors:
Vanta trusted compliance and security platform: https://vanta.com/tim ($1000 off)
Momentous high-quality supplements: https://livemomentous.com/tim (code TIM for up to 35% off)
ExpressVPN high-speed, secure, and anonymous VPN service: https://www.expressvpn.com/tim (get 3 or 4 months free on their annual plans)
Timestamps:
[00:00:00] Start.
[00:05:13] Two old men discuss the importance of regular medical checkups.
[00:11:47] Zen and the art of 32 Sounds.
[00:14:50] Going with the low-poly Flow.
[00:18:02] KevKev goes cleanclean and sober.
[00:25:10] The first rule of AA is you do not talk about AA.
[00:26:24] LEGO bricks (and Nanoblocks) as art for grown-ups.
[00:28:27] Maintaining sobriety with a partner who still drinks.
[00:31:47] Addressing under-the-hood reasons behind addiction with a group.
[00:35:41] TimTim talks Taiwan and tea.
[00:43:13] A Japanese coffee bender.
[00:48:56] An "expresso" intervention.
[00:50:02] Where Americans can get Taiwanese tea if they can't make the trip.
[00:51:16] Kevin's new WHOOP wearable and quantifying health benchmarks/goals.
[00:57:45] I'm getting a new exercise bike because the old one rubbed me the wrong way.
[00:59:11] Kevin keeps COVID and cooties at bay with Profi in his schnozz.
[01:02:01] Sippin' dashi and conquering anxiety with Awareness.
[01:06:36] Getting a (Versa) Gripp on eclectic injuries.
[01:10:07] Finding magic in the ordinary with Paul Madonna and Hayao Miyazaki.
[01:13:19] The Well of Being is back in stock for a reasonable price.
[01:14:02] Finding Asian artisanal goods in the US without having to travel.
[01:16:49] Squirrels: distracting dogs and humans for millennia.
[01:18:04] My personal ups and downs with accelerated TMS.
[01:28:27] The current state of consumer-level sleep aid technology.
[01:33:47] How full genome sequencing helped Kevin tame a once-insurmountable health issue.
[01:36:16] Eyeing traffic at the intersection of AI and life sciences.
[01:38:30] Genetic data privacy concerns.
[01:42:36] Face to face with my deepfaked side hustler.
[01:44:06] Kevin's unsettling AI headphone review experiment and its implications for real humans.
[01:47:03] Steps Kevin has taken toward proving he's a real boy.
[01:48:23] "You were talking to models — you were just talking to large language models."
[01:50:25] Exploding Kittens and I made a game together: Coyote.
[01:52:06] When meditation retreats go right (and wrong).
[01:59:21] Parting thoughts.
*
For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast.
For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsors
Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday.
For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.
Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.
Follow Tim:
Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss
Instagram: instagram.com/timferriss
YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss
Facebook: facebook.com/timferriss
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferriss
Past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine Albright, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris, Michael Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil Gaiman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard Marks, Dr. Brené Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan, Dr. Jordan Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit Sethi, Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio, Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Lesser, Amanda Palmer, Katie Haun, Sir Richard Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna Huffington, Reid Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren Aronofsky, Margaret Atwood, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Dr. Gabor Maté, Anne Lamott, Sarah Silverman, Dr. Andrew Huberman, and many more.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Welcome to another wide-ranging "Random Show" episode I recorded with my close friend Kevin Rose (digg.com)! We cover dozens of topics: from the cutting edge of health tech to pro-tips for colonoscopies; AI; adventures in Japan and Taiwan seeking out perfect coffee and tea; tips for drinking less alcohol; powerful documentaries like 32 Sounds and books such as Awareness; the unexpected joys and therapeutic benefits of adult Lego; and much, much more.
Sponsors:
Vanta trusted compliance and security platform: https://vanta.com/tim ($1000 off)
Momentous high-quality supplements: https://livemomentous.com/tim (code TIM for up to 35% off)
ExpressVPN high-speed, secure, and anonymous VPN service: https://www.expressvpn.com/tim (get 3 or 4 months free on their annual plans)
Timestamps:
[00:00:00] Start.
[00:05:13] Two old men discuss the importance of regular medical checkups.
[00:11:47] Zen and the art of 32 Sounds.
[00:14:50] Going with the low-poly Flow.
[00:18:02] KevKev goes cleanclean and sober.
[00:25:10] The first rule of AA is you do not talk about AA.
[00:26:24] LEGO bricks (and Nanoblocks) as art for grown-ups.
[00:28:27] Maintaining sobriety with a partner who still drinks.
[00:31:47] Addressing under-the-hood reasons behind addiction with a group.
[00:35:41] TimTim talks Taiwan and tea.
[00:43:13] A Japanese coffee bender.
[00:48:56] An "expresso" intervention.
[00:50:02] Where Americans can get Taiwanese tea if they can't make the trip.
[00:51:16] Kevin's new WHOOP wearable and quantifying health benchmarks/goals.
[00:57:45] I'm getting a new exercise bike because the old one rubbed me the wrong way.
[00:59:11] Kevin keeps COVID and cooties at bay with Profi in his schnozz.
[01:02:01] Sippin' dashi and conquering anxiety with Awareness.
[01:06:36] Getting a (Versa) Gripp on eclectic injuries.
[01:10:07] Finding magic in the ordinary with Paul Madonna and Hayao Miyazaki.
[01:13:19] The Well of Being is back in stock for a reasonable price.
[01:14:02] Finding Asian artisanal goods in the US without having to travel.
[01:16:49] Squirrels: distracting dogs and humans for millennia.
[01:18:04] My personal ups and downs with accelerated TMS.
[01:28:27] The current state of consumer-level sleep aid technology.
[01:33:47] How full genome sequencing helped Kevin tame a once-insurmountable health issue.
[01:36:16] Eyeing traffic at the intersection of AI and life sciences.
[01:38:30] Genetic data privacy concerns.
[01:42:36] Face to face with my deepfaked side hustler.
[01:44:06] Kevin's unsettling AI headphone review experiment and its implications for real humans.
[01:47:03] Steps Kevin has taken toward proving he's a real boy.
[01:48:23] "You were talking to models — you were just talking to large language models."
[01:50:25] Exploding Kittens and I made a game together: Coyote.
[01:52:06] When meditation retreats go right (and wrong).
[01:59:21] Parting thoughts.
*
For show notes and past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast.
For deals from sponsors of The Tim Ferriss Show, please visit tim.blog/podcast-sponsors
Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (5-Bullet Friday) at tim.blog/friday.
For transcripts of episodes, go to tim.blog/transcripts.
Discover Tim’s books: tim.blog/books.
Follow Tim:
Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss
Instagram: instagram.com/timferriss
YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss
Facebook: facebook.com/timferriss
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/timferriss
Past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James, Kevin Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia, Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine Albright, Cheryl Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris, Michael Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil Gaiman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard Marks, Dr. Brené Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan, Dr. Jordan Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit Sethi, Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio, Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Lesser, Amanda Palmer, Katie Haun, Sir Richard Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna Huffington, Reid Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren Aronofsky, Margaret Atwood, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Dr. Gabor Maté, Anne Lamott, Sarah Silverman, Dr. Andrew Huberman, and many more.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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