Episode 024 Random Show

Summary

• Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose discuss their recent experiences and topics of interest on the Random Show
• Tim reveals he is 99% sure he has Lyme disease and is on doxycycline
• Kevin talks about his drinking experiment and his mild to medium stomach issues
• Tim shares his thoughts on antibiotics and the importance of the microbiome
• Kevin mentions the Gut Project, which is a mailorder service that helps with stomach issues
• Kevin Rose discussed a project that provides test tubes with Qtips to send in samples of bodily fluids to analyze bacteria.
• He has been glutenfree for two weeks and is reading a book called Grain Brain.
• Tim Ferriss mentioned an article in the New York Times Magazine about people who have not showered in weeks or years and use ammoniaeating bacteria to clean their skin.
• Tim Ferriss also mentioned a blog post he wrote about grain consumption, leaky gut syndrome, and other associated issues.
• Kevin Rose committed to going 30 days without alcohol but failed and had a few glasses of wine.
• Kevin Rose and Tim Ferriss discuss a situation in which Kevin Rose and his wife had to abandon a house they were renovating due to protests from the neighborhood.
• Kevin Rose and Tim Ferriss discuss the benefits of donating appreciated stock to charity instead of cash.
• They discuss Tim Ferriss' latest challenge, Nob Numb, which involves going 30 days without alcohol, masturbating, or watching porn.
• They discuss the benefits of abstaining from these activities and the potential detriments of excessive porn viewing.
• They discuss the legality of hiring a masseuse that gives a "lotion snap."
• Tim Ferriss is running a 30day challenge called Nob Numb, which involves no alcohol, no masturbating, and no sex.
• The challenge is to help people overcome obsessive behaviors and improve the quality of their lives.
• Almost 5000 people are participating in the challenge, and common patterns are emerging, such as vivid dreams.
• Tim Ferriss is offering a reward to the three most helpful people who complete the challenge.
• Kevin Rose is discussing the app HeadSpace, which is a guided meditation app.
• Tim Ferriss mentions Calm as a competitor to HeadSpace.
• Kevin Rose and Tim Ferriss discuss the benefits of meditation and the two leading meditation apps, HeadSpace and Calm.
• Kevin Rose has done 92 sessions and 25 hours of meditation with HeadSpace and has experienced moments of perfect presence and freedom from thought.
• Tim Ferriss recommends Sam Harris' website for guided meditations and the book Antifragile by Nassim Taleb.
• Tim Ferriss also recommends the book Jesus' Son by an unknown author, which is a collection of short stories with beautiful prose.
• Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose discuss a new app called Sup.
• Sup allows users to livestream video to each other and direct the camera with commands.
• They also discuss the tech bubble and the influx of new angel investors.
• Kevin Rose recommends that new angel investors spread their risk across multiple companies.
• They also discuss personal improvement projects, such as Lumosity and going glutenfree.
• Kevin Rose has been searching for a way to make cardio fun and has found a solution involving a weight vest and playing games on an iPad while walking on a treadmill.
• The weight vest makes the walking more tiring and the games make it more enjoyable.
• Tim Ferriss is considering creating a game called TimTim where players have to work out, eat healthy, and buy antibiotics or steroids to cure illnesses.
• Tim Ferriss is focusing on email and blog posts to reach his audience, as opposed to social media, and has seen a large uptick in engagement.
• Tim Ferriss is unsure of what the next three years will look like for him.
• Tim Ferriss is considering his next big project, which may be a feature film
• He is also working on his first screenplay and has been reading a lot of screenplays
• He has been working on the Tim Ferriss Bookclub, which is audiobooks and eBooks
• He is considering partnering with traditional publishers to handle the print edition and retail distribution
• He is also considering becoming a talent scout and coaching people through the process of publishing books
• He recently had a profound experience in the wilderness experimenting with medicinal plants
• Kevin Rose has been enjoying the creative process of creating new applications with his friend Mark Hymien.
• He was inspired to get back into creating after a fan asked him when his next startup would be.
• He was also inspired by Tony Fidel, the creator of the iPod and Nest, who said his passion was around creativity and inventing.
• Kevin is still a fulltime investor at Google Ventures, but is also hacking on projects and having fun with it.
• He and Tim Ferriss discussed the importance of creating something tangible from nothing, as opposed to just filtering.
• Kevin Rose has recently become interested in wristwatches.
• He inherited two watches from his father, which sparked his interest.
• He learned about the craftsmanship and innovation that goes into making watches.
• He visited a boutique in Germany called Lange and Sohne, which only makes 5000 watches per year.
• He found a watch called the System 51, made by Swatch, which is the first fully automatic, selfwinding, machineassembled watch.
• It has 17 new patents and is very collectible.
• Swatch owns the internals for almost all major watch brands.
• Patek Phillipe and Lange are tied for the number one watch brand in the world.
• They make their own inhouse movements and engineers.
• Kevin Rose and Tim Ferriss discuss the movie Anchorman and other movies such as Stepbrothers and King of Kong.
• Graham, the cameraman, recommends a documentary called Tiny House about people who live in tiny houses.
• They discuss the benefits of living in tiny houses, such as not having to pay mortgages or property tax.
• Graham also mentions that there are small communities of people who follow each other on blogs and pass around plans on how to build tiny houses.
• Kevin Rose expresses his interest in tiny houses.
• Tim Ferriss recommends reading Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle for those who don't usually read fiction.
• Kevin Rose will donate $1000 to DonorsChoose.org and Tim Ferriss will be drinking in the next episode.