#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 (kevinrose.com) (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.
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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.
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