#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 .