#549: The Random Show — Biohacking, Tim’s COVID Experience, Holiday Gift Ideas, Favorite New Apps, Bad Science, Quarantine Delights, and a Small Dose of NFTs and DAOs
The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig
4.6 • 17.7K Ratings
🗓️ 24 November 2021
⏱️ 128 minutes
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The Random Show — Biohacking, Tim’s COVID Experience, Holiday Gift Ideas, Favorite New Apps, Bad Science, Quarantine Delights, and a Small Dose of NFTs and DAOs | Brought to you by Tonal smart home gym, LinkedIn Jobs recruitment platform with 770M users, and Helix Sleep premium mattresses. 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 discuss the recent KevKev and TimTim reunion in Marfa, good television for anyone passing time in quarantine, Kevin’s latest biohacking adventures, utility NFTs (including Kevin’s upcoming PROOF drop), donating cryptocurrency for psychedelic research, ketamine therapy, my COVID experience, holiday gifts, financing and budgeting apps, and much more.
Please enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Just a few quick disclaimers before we get started, |
| 0:02.8 | the short one, Kevin and I are not doctors, |
| 0:05.1 | North therapists, and we don't play them on the internet. |
| 0:07.6 | We're also not giving investment advice. |
| 0:09.6 | This episode and blog posts are for informational purposes only. |
| 0:12.6 | And nothing is intended as professional or medical advice |
| 0:15.0 | in any capacity. |
| 0:15.9 | Please be smart, not stupid, and be safe and get professional advice |
| 0:20.0 | on all things we discuss. |
| 0:21.0 | Here's a slightly longer version. |
| 0:22.7 | This podcast episode is for general informational purposes only |
| 0:25.4 | and is not constitute the practice of medicine, |
| 0:27.6 | nursing or other professional healthcare services, |
| 0:29.7 | including the giving of medical advice, |
| 0:31.6 | and no doctor-patient relationship is formed. |
| 0:33.8 | The use of information in this podcast episode |
| 0:35.8 | or materials linked from Tim.Blog is at the users |
| 0:38.4 | and listeners own risk. |
| 0:40.3 | The content of this episode is not intended to be a substitute |
| 0:42.8 | for professional medical advice diagnosis or treatment. |
| 0:45.4 | Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice |
| 0:48.5 | for any medical condition they may have |
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