Snapshot · 2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer
When Bert Kreischer polled his social media audience on whether the first sweat of a workout or the last dripping sweat at the end is better, 60% voted for the last sweat.
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Tom frames Julian's belt moment as an accidental litmus test for healthy childhood: because Julian had never been hit, he found the concept of being beaten genuinely incomprehensible — and therefore absurd. [1] — Tom Segura "Tom Segura's son Julian watched the Michael Jackson biopic and was confused by Joe Jackson beating Michael. He had never been hit, so he th…" 54:51 He wanted a belt not to understand abuse but to parody it. Tom sees the joke as proof his son grew up safely. Bert counters with LeeAnn's switch story: as a child, LeeAnn had to go pick her own punishment instrument from the yard. She explained this to Isla, then as a thought experiment asked her to go find a switch. Isla returned with something flimsy. When they explained that bringing an inadequate switch meant a parent would go find one — and it wouldn't be what you wanted — Isla immediately asked if there was any leftover lumber. The chapter also touches on Tom's happy coincidence that he got hairier-looking after weight loss (his hair simply moved closer together) and the conversation that Bert's sobriety-driven self-awareness is a new and sometimes unsettling development at age 53.
Tom Segura's resting heart rate is in the upper 30s, alarming enough that he had a full cardiac workup at Cedars-Sinai, which confirmed he simply has a very strong heart.
Bert Kreischer's resting heart rate was 79 bpm in January, around the time he had a blood clot. Six months of sobriety later, it's in the low 50s. He shows Tom the Whoop sleep data too: a flat, uninterrupted line that looks almost medically perfect.
Bert Kreischer's resting heart rate dropped from 79 bpm in January to the low 50s after getting sober and exercising, a significant cardiovascular improvement over six months.
The U.S. Surgeon General's 2023 report on loneliness found that half of American adults report feeling lonely, marking a widespread epidemic of social isolation.
In a peer-reviewed study, Brain.fm's audio technology was shown to increase focus-related brainwave activity by 119%, according to the show's sponsor read.
The Easterlin Paradox shows that wealthier nations — and the wealthiest neighborhoods within them — tend to have the highest rates of anxiety, depression, loneliness, and suicide.
Mental health challenges are nearly universal — BetterHelp's own research found the majority of Americans experiencing symptoms right now.
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Fei-Fei Li's father's liver surgery performed by a da Vinci robot resulted in 10 times less blood loss than a typical open liver surgery, thanks to laparoscopic precision.
Approximately 115 million adults in the US currently have prediabetes, most of whom are unaware, according to the Lingo sponsor segment.
Drug overdose deaths in the US fell from 110,000 to 80,000 in 2024, and then to roughly 70,000 — the largest single-year drop the CDC has ever recorded.
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