Diggnation is back for 2026. In this New Year’s episode, Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht dive into Dry (ish) January, accidental woodworking injuries, and why Kevin's Peloton crush might be more motivating than your therapist. On the tech side, Kevin drops a quiet-but-clear hint for Digg beta users to keep an eye out. The guys talk about Samsung’s decision to ship Google’s Gemini AI to 800 million devices, which feels like a major win for Google’s ecosystem. On the tech side, Kevin gives a heads up to Digg beta users: Communities are coming. Now is a good time to start paying attention.

Also on deck: a bizarre Waymo vs. Santa Monica standoff involving robotic cars and 3 a.m. backup beeping, a Garmin plane that landed itself (because the pilot didn’t), and a Lego set that lights up on its own. Other stops include futuristic cartilage regrowth injections, the return of "Dolphin Shorts" via a Hooters rebrand nobody asked for, and an existential debate about smart fridges.

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YouTube Chapter Markers

00:00 Intro
02:41 Resolutions Nobody Asked For: Pilates & Productivity
03:36 Can Saunas Cure Depression or Just Make You Sweatier?
04:52 Kevin Gets Stabbed by Wellness (Acupuncture Chat)
06:02 Peloton and the German Instructor Who Yells in Motivation
07:13 Holiday Haul: Singing Bowls and the Rise of Vibe Decor
09:07 Spoon Carving, Blood Loss & $400 Japanese Hammers
12:30 Coming Soon: Digg Communities That Don’t Look Like Reddit
14:00 Samsung Gives 800M Devices a Gemini AI Glow-Up
20:31 Waymo Cars Are Beeping Insomnia Into Santa Monica
25:06 Self-Driving Cars Are Scanning Your Kids for Booster Seats
33:25 Lego Bricks Just Got Smarter (and Slightly Haunted)
37:07 How Boredom Became the New Self-Care Hack
42:10 Garmin Autoland: The Plane That Landed Itself
47:56 Parachutes for Planes and Other Backup Plans
56:53 Can Amazon's “Art Line” TV Beat the Samsung Frame?
1:01:00 Streaming Loyalty Tests: Apple TV, We See You
1:03:19 Movies Worth Hoarding Forever (Anchorman & Jack Reacher?)
1:05:08 Injecting Knees With Youth: The Cartilage Comeback
1:08:44 Dementia-Fighting Protein or Supervillain Serum?
1:09:54 Smart Fridge Fatigue vs. Bird Watching for Fun
1:13:05 Kamado Joe Smoker Review: BBQ Tech Gets Serious
1:15:23 Hooters Rebrands, Dolphin Shorts Return, Internet Shrugs

This holiday episode is a greatest hits tour of Diggnation Rebooted with Kevin and Alex in peak end of year form. Scotch gift exchanges and fighting Mike Tyson for $500,000 is a reasonable life choice. There are pronunciation corrections, especially Hyundai, plus plenty of love for retro futuristic concept cars.

AI takes center stage as the duo talks creativity and productivity with tools like Cursor and ChatGPT, including negotiation tricks and extremely questionable AI day trading strategies. The conversation also covers the Telepathy Tapes podcast, autism, neurodiversity, and Alex’s experience with aphantasia. Kevin finally understanding Netflix and chill.

Chapter Markers
00:00 Intro
04:22 Mike Tyson vs $500K
07:52 Hyundai Pronunciation and Car Concepts
13:00 Digg Beta Community Update
16:30 Building AI Web Apps on the Road
18:28 Telepathy Tapes, Autism, and Curiosity
21:56 AI Trading and Bad Financial Ideas
24:55 ChatGPT Negotiation Tactics
29:50 Kevin Discovers Netflix and Chill
31:38 Aphantasia Explained
35:50 Emotions, Money, and Decisions
37:41 End of Year Montage

Alex and Kevin break in the new Digg warehouse studio with brandy cocktails, French pastry flexes, and a surprisingly serious challenge—can Alex stay sober for all of 2025?

They cover Netflix’s rumored $84B move to buy Warner Bros. Discovery (yes, including HBO and DC Comics), AI tools that drop your face into fake movie scenes, and the rise of “etiquette camps” for startup founders. Also: teens in Australia are happy to be banned from social media, a spider-shaped robot now performs endoscopies, and the famous Japanese 7-Eleven egg salad sandwich finally lands in the U.S.—with questionable results.

All that, plus rucking vests, doomscroll detoxing, and a Kindle Color that might actually be good.

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⏱️ CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro
03:00 Holiday cocktails get dangerously brandy-forward
04:41 Kevin explains his weighted rucking vest
07:23 Inside Digg’s new office + upcoming community features
13:06 New Year’s goals: chess apps and digital pianos
15:00 The bet: Can Alex stay sober for all of 2025?
21:10 Netflix may buy Warner Bros. Discovery for $84B
30:28 Silicon Valley founders now attend etiquette bootcamp
41:28 Australian teens are glad social media is banned
49:10 Nano Banana AI drops you into fake movie scenes
53:40 Deepfakes, bot farms, and internet misinformation
1:03:37 Pill-sized robot crawls your gut for science
1:09:05 Kindle Color Scribe vs. the Remarkable showdown
1:18:57 Japan’s viral 7-Eleven egg sandwich hits the U.S.