Live-Action Zelda, and the Spank Bank Declines Charges

About this episode

Kevin and Alex discuss various topics including alcohol, AI, and the new live-action Zelda movie.

This week on Diggnation , Kevin ends his seven-month break from alcohol with a glass of wine and some podcast-inspired reflection on why being too rigid about anything might be its own kind of burden, While Alex sips wine and regrets live theater. Kevin reveals he has aphantasia, aka the inability to conjure mental images, which he says disqualifies him from certain forms of _ahem_ nostalgia. The pair dive into the existential horror of AI-enabled children’s toys that suggest you play with knives and explore kinks. On a lighter note, converting vintage cars to electric sparks a surprisingly feasible business idea. Waymo’s freeway rollout gets love, as the duo dreams of an L.A. where robots take the wheel and people take naps. Meanwhile, Michael Burry shorting AI stocks makes Kevin wonder if we’re still in early-internet territory or just early-stage delusion. Bezos launches an AI company because of course he does, and Nintendo drops the first look at its live-action _Zelda_ movie, which may or may not have been necessary. Also: eggnog aging, budgeting apps, and a play that made Alex fear for his life. It’s an episode. Chapter Markers 00:00:00 - Kevin's First Sip in 7 Months…

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Rose

Guest: Alex

Topics covered

• alcohol reflection
• AI technology
• live-action movies
• electric vehicles
• nostalgia
• theater experiences

Keywords

• alcohol
• AI
• Zelda
• electric vehicles
• nostalgia
• live theater
• Michael Burry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Waymo, Nintendo

Books & works: Zelda

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