#527: The Random Show — Life-Extension Misadventures, Blockchain/Crypto Investing, NFT Experiments, Dogecoin, Zen Buddhism, and Weathering Sharp Elbows
The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
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🗓️ 18 August 2021
⏱️ 168 minutes
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The Random Show — Life-Extension Misadventures, Blockchain/Crypto Investing, NFT Experiments, Dogecoin, Zen Buddhism, and Weathering Sharp Elbows | Brought to you by UCAN endurance products powered by SuperStarch®, Vuori comfortable and durable performance apparel, and Tonal smart home gym. More on all three below.
Technologist, serial entrepreneur, world-class investor, self-experimenter, and all-around wild and crazy guy Kevin Rose (@KevinRose) rejoins me for another episode of "The Random Show." In this one we explore crypto investing, NFT experiments, Dogecoin, Zen Buddhism, current workouts, sleep supplements, and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Viori Clothing spelled V-U-O-R-I Viori. I've been wearing Viori |
| 0:07.9 | at least one item per day for the last few months and you can use it for everything. It's |
| 0:14.8 | performance apparel but it can be used for working out, it can be used for going out to dinner, |
| 0:20.6 | at least in my case. I feel very comfortable with it. Super comfortable, super stylish and I just |
| 0:26.8 | want to read something that one of my employees said. She is an athlete, she is quite technical, |
| 0:32.5 | although she would never say that. I asked her if she had ever used or heard of Viori and this was |
| 0:38.4 | her response. I do love their stuff, been using them for about a year. I think I found them at RRI, |
| 0:43.6 | first for my partner T-shirts that are super soft but somehow last as he's hard on stuff. |
| 0:48.1 | And then I got into the super soft cotton yoga pants and jogger sweatpants. I live in them and |
| 0:53.6 | they too have lasted. They're stylish enough. I can wear them out and about. The material is just |
| 0:57.8 | super soft and durable. I just got their Clementine running shorts for summer and love them. The |
| 1:02.2 | brand seems pretty popular, constantly sold out, enclosing and I'm abbreviating here but enclosing |
| 1:07.2 | with the exception of when I need technical outdoor gear, they're the only brand I bought in the |
| 1:11.3 | last year or so for yoga running lounge wear that lasts and that I think look good also. I like |
| 1:17.6 | the discrete logo. That gives you some idea. That was not intended for the sponsor read. That was |
| 1:24.1 | just her response via text. Viori, against called V-U-O-R-I, is designed for maximum comfort and |
| 1:30.8 | versatility. You can wear it running. You can wear their stuff training, doing yoga, lounging, |
| 1:35.9 | weekend errands or in my case again going out to dinner. It really doesn't matter what you're doing. |
| 1:40.9 | Their clothing is so comfortable and it looks so good and it's not offensive that you don't have a |
| 1:47.6 | huge brand logo in your face. You'll just want to be in them all this time and my girlfriend and I |
| 1:52.4 | have been wearing them for the last few months. They're men's core short K-O-R-E. The most |
| 1:58.0 | comfortable line athletic shirt is your one short for every sport. I've been using it for |
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