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0Welcome to another wide-ranging "Random Show" episode that I recorded with my close friend Kevin Rose (digg.com)!
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Timestamps:
- 00:00:00 A meditative start.
- 00:02:19 Reflecting on our second Zen retreat in Santa Fe with Henry Shukman.
- 00:04:08 Ketone liver warnings and eggplant allergies: The perils of raiding Kevin’s fridge.
- 00:08:06 “Just be still” — three simple words that miraculously shut down my OCD.
- 00:13:54 Is meditation secretly vagus nerve stimulation?
- 00:20:17 DIY vagus nerve stim for $25 vs. Kevin’s $900 ear clip.
- 00:24:57 HeartMath and watching your HRV move in real time.
- 00:27:57 Marching toward 50: balance boards and the end of jiu-jitsu.
- 00:31:26 Tony Hawk snowboarding Hokkaido with screws in his hip.
- 00:33:01 Slacklining and why your nervous system needs sleep cycles.
- 00:35:19 Bertolotti’s Syndrome: My six-year back pain gets a name.
- 00:37:09 The nerve block test: everything wrong, zero pain.
- 00:44:10 Abrahangs tendon protocol: 10 seconds on, 50 off.
- 00:46:24 The NUG: a pocket hangboard for travelers.
- 00:48:31 Craig Mod’s Japanese toothbrush and Toaster’s cameo.
- 00:50:45 Kevin’s $92 vintage fire jacket: Blue Heritage Japan.
- 00:54:26 Podcast picks: The Power Broker and STEM Talk.
- 00:56:20 Alzheimer’s: A plaque or mitochondrial problem?
- 00:57:30 10 grams of ketones turns one-word answers into sentences.
- 00:58:40 Methylene blue on Amazon: 120 years of research, zero guardrails.
- 01:02:36 Bredesen Protocol, APOE genotyping, and a cognitive comeback.
- 01:05:32 Photobiomodulation: $30k laser to the forehead.
- 01:07:55 Urolithin A and the high price of mitochondrial upkeep.
- 01:14:56 Recipe for disaster pants: espresso + creatine + MCT oil.
- 01:17:39 Norwegian 4×4 training and lactate as a brain lever.
- 01:23:15 Blood flow restriction bands and schwantz ring koans.
- 01:29:08 Hummingbirds named Sunset and squirrel obstacle courses.
- 01:32:06 Parting thoughts.
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