Drunk Tales and Bitcoin Fails | The Diggnation Reunion (#64)

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Kevin Rose

Technology, Business, Entrepreneurship

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🗓️ 2 July 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Alex Albrecht joins Kevins to take a trip down memory lane. They reminisce about Diggnation, and their wildest drunken moments, including the infamous Reno episode and various escapades during live shows. Kevin and Alex share their experiences with Bitcoin mining, discussing their investments' highs and lows, and the perpetual f*ckery of sobriety. Tune in next week for part II, Diggnation style! Guest Bio and Links: Alex Albrecht is known for his significant contributions to technology and entertainment. He is a podcast host, television personality, and tech entrepreneur. Alex gained popularity as the co-host of "The Screen Savers" on TechTV and later co-created and co-hosted the popular podcasts "Diggnation" and "The Totally Rad Show." He has also ventured into directing, writing, and game development. Listeners can learn more about Alex Albrecht at his website, and on X @alexalbrecht Partners: Dram: Try the Kevin Rose Show sparkling drink sampler + 20% off everything DeleteMe: 20% off removing your personal info from the web CoPilot: Free 2 months of Kevin’s favorite personal finance app Enjoy 30 Free Guided Meditation Sessions with The Way App Resources: Kevin's Newsletter: Join 100,000+ subscribers Show Notes: (0:00) Introduction (0:55) Dram: Try the Kevin Rose Show sparkling drink sampler + 20% off everything (2:17) DeleteMe: 20% off removing your personal info from the web (4:30) Reno’s drunken chaos (9:00) Hair of the dog (14:55) Reminiscing time in Japan (17:25) Tokyo high-rise party (21:10) CoPilot: Free 2 months of Kevin’s favorite personal finance app (22:08) Enjoy 30 Free Guided Meditation Sessions with The Way App (23:33) Latest for Alex (23:50) Bitcoin mining stories (34:30) Reflecting on health and aging (35:19) “Look, if we're lucky, we've got 20 more years of being healthy and able to do whatever we want.” (41:10) 90 days without alcohol (48:30) The perpetual f*ckery of sobriety (51:30) Tune in 7/9/24 for a classic Diggnation Connect with Kevin: Website: kevinrose.com Instagram: @KevinRose X: @KevinRose YouTube: @KevinRose

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0:00.0	How's your family been? How's a life been? People are going to wonder like what's Alex been up to?
0:04.6	God, yeah!
0:05.6	Please welcome back to the show Kevin Rose and Alice.
0:08.7	She's like, La La La.
0:09.8	Just watch the world. Oh, fuck me! Help me! We probably encourage an entire generation to drink way too much.
0:15.0	I mean, yes.
0:17.0	We were backstage and it was like 3,000 seats and they were all filled in this big British
0:27.1	guy who was like the security guard.
0:29.1	He's like, what are these guys doing here?
0:31.1	We were like, we do the show.
0:32.6	And he goes, they're just here for the beer.
0:34.1	And we were like, okay, dude, just chill.
0:36.5	And that's when finish the show.
0:38.5	So all 3,000 people start getting on to this platform.
0:42.3	The giant security guard grabs both of us.
0:44.8	And he was like, you were serious.
0:46.4	They were here for you.
0:47.6	And we were like, yeah, dude.
0:49.7	I've never seen anything like that.
0:54.0	This week's episode is brought to you by Dram.
0:56.5	You've probably heard me mention that way back in the day,
0:59.3	back in 2000, when I was a wee lad,
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