A Rare In-Person Random Show with Kevin Rose — VR Workouts, I Bonds, Excellent Movies, Recent Books, Lessons from Amy Tan, How to Shape Your Mind, and More (#622)

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.

Please enjoy!

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Want to hear another Random Show? Listen to my last conversation with Kevin Rose in which we discussed stupid frugality, the demonization of masculinity, FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) in the NFT world, the challenges of serving a massive audience on a reasonable budget, how to get a foundational understanding of the way blockchains work, conference anti-mingling tactics, and much more.

What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Please let me know in the comments.

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SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

Website | PROOF | Instagram | Twitter

• 10 Reasons Why L.A. Totally Beats NYC for Raising Kids | MommyPoppins
• Los Dos Blanco | Los Dos Tequila
• How Jay-Z Changed Champagne Culture | Wine Enthusiast Magazine
• Snoop Dogg Cali Red Blend | 19 Crimes
• Anti-Tech Protesters Are Telling Kevin Rose’s Neighbors That He’s a “Parasite” | TechCrunch
• Mark Zuckerberg on Long-Term Strategy, Business and Parenting Principles, Personal Energy Management, Building the Metaverse, Seeking Awe, the Role of Religion, Solving Deep Technical Challenges (e.g., AR), and More | The Tim Ferriss Show #582
• Mark Zuckerberg | The Joe Rogan Experience #1863
• Face to Face with the Ayatollah | 60 Minutes
• Mike Wallace is Here | Prime Video
• Elon Musk Interview | The Kevin Rose Show
• Elon Musk | The Joe Rogan Experience #1609
• Aaron Rodgers | The Joe Rogan Experience #1865
• fear{less} with Tim Ferriss | YouTube
• Five Lessons from the Life of Oprah | Entrepreneur
• Everything’s Bigger in Texas — Including Taxes, Which Are Outpacing California | Yahoo!
• Lex Fridman Podcast
• ‘Conspirituality’ — The Overlap between the New Age and Conspiracy Beliefs by Jules Evans | Medium
• Ayahuasca, Psychedelics a Hit with Celebs Like Aaron Rodgers | New York Post
• Psychedelics 101: Books, Documentaries, Podcasts, Science, and More | Tim Ferriss
• Brain Damages in Ketamine Addicts as Revealed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
• Mountain Cloud Zen Center
• The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and Enlightenment by Roshi Philip Kapleau | Amazon
• Zen: The Authentic Gate by Yamada Koun | Amazon
• Waking Up with Sam Harris App
• Henry Shukman — Zen, Tools for Awakening, Ayahuasca vs. Meditation, Intro to Koans, and Using Wounds as the Doorway | The Tim Ferriss Show #531
• Zen Master Henry Shukman — 20 Minutes of Calm, Plus the Strange and Powerful World of Koans | The Tim Ferriss Show #560
• Henry Shukman: Associate Master of Sanbo Zen | The Kevin Rose Show
• Top Gun: Maverick | Prime Video
• Tom Cruise and Scientology: A Lesson in Cognitive Dissonance | Only Sky
• The Price of Everything | Prime Video
• Elvis | Prime Video
• Everything Everywhere All At Once | Prime Video
• The Goonies | Prime Video
• Airplane! | Prime Video
• Spirited Away (English Language) | Prime Video
• Studio Ghibli
• A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin | Amazon
• Harry Potter Complete Boxed Set by J.K. Rowling | Amazon
• Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien | Amazon
• The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Prime Video
• Arcane: League of Legends | Netflix
• Arcane: Bridging the Rift | YouTube
• Fortiche
• League of Legends
• How to Start a War by Tim Ferriss | Grails by PROOF Collective
• Steven Pressfield — How to Overcome Self-Sabotage and Resistance, Routines for Little Successes, and The Hero’s Journey vs. The Artist’s Journey | The Tim Ferriss Show #501
• Neil Gaiman — The Interview I’ve Waited 20 Years to Do | The Tim Ferriss Show #366
• The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman | Amazon
• The Neverending Story by Michael Ende | Amazon
• Aladdin | Prime Video
• Series I Savings Bonds | Treasury Direct
• Neil Gaiman Teaches the Art of Storytelling | MasterClass
• Amy Tan Teaches Fiction, Memory, and Imagination | MasterClass
• Start Something Great | Match
• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Prime Video
• XPO Trainer 2.0 Workout Push Sled | Armored Fitness Equipment
• Jump Ropes | Amazon
• Kettlebells | Amazon
• VR Fitness App | Supernatural
• Fruit Ninja | Halfbrick
• Whole-Body MRI Scans | Prenuvo
• Sam Harris: Enlightenment, Real Meditation, and Consciousness Explained | The Kevin Rose Show
• The Story of Rage Against the Machine’s Political Album Cover | Far Out Magazine
• Thich Quang Duc Self-Immolation | YouTube
• A Cancer Treatment Makes Leukemia Vanish, but Creates More Mysteries | The New York Times
• Some Thoughts on For-Profit Psychedelic Startups and Companies | Tim Ferriss
• The Effects of Ketamine on Suicidality across Various Formulations and Study Settings | Journal of Mental Health and Clinical Psychology
• LSD and Psilocybin for Cluster Headaches: Preventing Pain, Saving Lives | MAPS

SHOW NOTES

Note from the editor: Timestamps will be added shortly.

• Why we’re recording this in Los Angeles.
• What are we drinking?
• Why I aim for evergreen interviews over gotchas on this show.
• Where Kevin wants me to take this show.
• Scenes: Austin vs. San Francisco
• I did not start the conspirituality.
• Opening the doors of perception with prescription and meditation.
• Movies we’ve been watching.
• A peek into a world-building, fictional foray.
• Are we too old for podcasting?
• Should you buy I bonds right now? (Reminder: not financial advice!)
• Lessons from Amy Tan.
• How we get suckered into paying for services we haven’t used in years.
• Fat, bald, and bastardly is no way to go through life, son.
• Supernatural fitness: the only thing Kevin likes about VR.
• Why you might want to consider getting a full-body MRI scan.
• Mind over matter.
• What the current state of medicine hints about its future.
• Parting thoughts.

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