Snapshot · 2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer
Tom Segura is having his stool tested at a lab to determine why his bowel movements are so unpredictable, requiring him to scoop samples into vials and refrigerate or freeze them.
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With mushrooms on their way via a mutual friend, Bert clarifies he's not doing a child's dose — he wants a hero dose, though he'll ease in with double a microdose first. What he really needs, he insists, is a shaman. Tom immediately says yes to recording a full podcast episode with both of them eating mushrooms guided by an actual shaman in Los Angeles, and adds he also wants DMT on the menu. Bert refuses the DMT add-on. The conversation shifts to Tom's gut health investigation, [1] — Tom Segura "Tom Segura is doing a full gut-health investigation that requires him to defecate into a bucket, scoop samples into separate vials at three…" 48:24 which may be the most unusual health story this podcast has ever produced: he must defecate into a bucket, scoop samples into separate vials maintained at room temperature, refrigerated, and frozen, then deliver them to a lab. His doctor specifically asked for a 'bad one.' The goal is to explain why his bowels are completely unpredictable — great food producing terrible results and vice versa. He and Bert compare daily bowel schedules in sincere detail, including Tom's trick of eating a jalapeño as a tracker to measure gastric transit time.
Bert is planning his first mushroom trip with a 'hero dose' and tells Tom he needs a shaman. Tom immediately agrees to do a full Two Bears, One Cave episode where both of them eat mushrooms guided by an actual shaman. Tom adds he also wants to do DMT. Bert says absolutely not.
Tom Segura is doing a full gut-health investigation that requires him to defecate into a bucket, scoop samples into separate vials at three different temperatures, and deliver them to a lab. His goal: figure out why he can eat chicken and rice and have a wild shit, then eat a cheeseburger and be totally fine.
Bert Kreischer unknowingly defecated in his sleep, worked out afterward, and only discovered the incident the next morning in the shower.
Bert Kreischer accidentally defecated in his sleep, thought it was a fart, woke up, went to the gym, worked out, came home, and only discovered the evidence during his post-workout shower. His wife walked in and said 'it smells like balls in here.' He told her it wasn't balls.
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