A Rare In-Person Random Show with Kevin Rose! How to Shape Your Mind, Books, Movies, and More

In a rare in-person Random Show recorded on the floor of Tim's new Los Angeles apartment, Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose catch up over tequila and champagne after months apart. Kevin explains his move from Portland to LA and pushes Tim to consider a live show, while Tim shares his philosophy for why he avoids gotcha-style interviews and won't try to out-compete Joe Rogan. They dig into psychedelics and the future of psychiatry, Kevin's upcoming 7-day silent Zen retreat, and Tim's renewed passion for writing science-fiction and fantasy fiction. The episode rounds out with movie recommendations, a Series I Bonds investing hack, physical training tips, and sobering reflections on full-body MRI scans and friends facing cancer.

• Kevin Rose reveals he has moved to Los Angeles, leaving Portland, Oregon after years of rain and few friends, driven partly by NFT work calls based in LA and New York and wanting to stay close to his mother who is undergoing cancer treatment.
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• Tim explains a deliberate early decision that defines his show: he does not want a gotcha or hardball format like Mike Wallace, instead aiming for well-researched, evergreen conversations.
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• Kevin announces he is doing his first 7-day silent meditation retreat at Mountain Cloud Zen Center, run by his teacher Henry Shukman.
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• Tim reveals he is doing a lot of fiction writing focused on world-building in sci-fi and fantasy, and may have something to show in the next few months.
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• Kevin reveals he did a full-body MRI scan and on the second year's scan they detected a tiny 1mm brain aneurysm (not treated until 7mm), which had been missed on the first scan.
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• Tim shares that a friend recently went in for a routine exam and was diagnosed with terminal stage-four metastasized cancer, contrasting the friend's remarkable meditative equanimity.
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• Kevin shares his Series I Bonds investing hack, buyable on treasurydirect.gov, yielding 9.62% at the time of recording.
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• Kevin is drinking Ace of Spades, Jay-Z's champagne, which Daria bought on sale; Tim is drinking Dos Artes 100% agave blanco tequila chosen partly for its ceramic bottle.
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• Tim rails against 'conspirituality,' a term he loves, describing it as centered in Austin and complains he moved to Austin to escape a scene only for COVID to turn Austin into one in 18 months.
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• Tim says he talks far more people out of using psychedelics than into them, warning the compounds are strong and can be incredibly destabilizing.
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• Tim names Spirited Away by Studio Ghibli's Miyazaki Hayao as a favorite, citing nostalgia from watching it around age 15-16.
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• Tim says without Ursula K. Le Guin's 1968 novel The Wizard of Earthsea, Harry Potter and modern wizarding schools wouldn't exist; he also read Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring for the first time.
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• Tim highly recommends Arcane on Netflix, made by French studio Fortiche based on League of Legends, noting it reportedly cost nine figures.
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• Tim recounts hiding his favorite childhood book, The NeverEnding Story by Michael Ende, in a different library corner so no one else could check it out.
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• Tim watched a MasterClass with novelist Amy Tan, praising her segment walking through her rejection letters and the detailed feedback fiction editors gave on her manuscripts.
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• Kevin does a VR workout app called Supernatural three times a week, using two lightsabers choreographed to music, while Tim has been short VR for a decade.
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• Tim has lost baby fat using an XPO Trainer mechanically-resisted sled, jump rope, kettlebells, and intermittent fasting (late lunch, early dinner).
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