Random Show Episode 25

A new episode of the Random Show with Kevin Rose (founder of Digg) and Tim Ferriss (author of The 4-Hour Workweek) is out! This is episode 25.

Lessons learned

• Tim Ferriss is a guy who likes to experiment with his own body. For example, he has experimented with how much he really needs to sleep, or if he can stay off-screen during each Saturday. His latest experiments is NOBNOM - short for No Booze, No Masturbation for 30 days. That's why Kevin Rose is the only one in this episode who's drinking wine
• Kevin Rose is trying to become better at meditating, and he recommended the meditation app Headspace. Kevin Rose recommended Sam Harris's website if you want to learn more about meditation
• Kevin Rose has found a new way to make exercising fun. He puts on a 20-pound [9 kg] heavy weight-vest, jumps on a treadmill, opens a game on his iPad, and walks for 45 minutes

Recommendations

• Tim Ferriss recommended the documentary movie Bigger Faster Stronger
• Kevin Rose recommended American Gut. If you donate $99 to the project, they will send you a home sampling kit. In return, they will provide you with a list of the bacteria in your sample and show you how your bacterial community compares to others in the study based on the diet and lifestyle questionnaire you fill out when you take your sample. Kevin Rose recommended the similar project called uBiome (where u is the Greek letter mu)
• Tim Ferriss recommended the article My No-Soap, No-Shampoo, Bacteria-Rich Hygiene Experiment
• Kevin Rose recommended the book Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar - Your Brain's Silent Killers by David Perlmutter, and Tim Ferriss recommended an article he has written on the same subject called How to Keep Feces Out of Your Bloodstream
• Tim Ferriss recommended the charity organization DonorsChoose and the app Lift
• Kevin Rose recommended the book Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 
• Tim Ferriss recommended the book Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson and Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
• Kevin Rose recommended the app Sup, the website Lumosity where you can challenge your brain with scientifically designed training, the upcoming virtual world High Fidelity, and the wristwatch-blog Hodinkee. He has also bought the wristwatch Sistem51
• Kevin Rose recommended the movies Anchorman and Step Brothers. Tim Ferriss recommended the documentaries King of Kong and Man on Wire. The guy who operates the camera recommended the documentary TINY - a story about living small 

If you want to watch the rest of the episodes, you can find them here: The Random Show with Kevin Rose and Tim Ferriss