2025 Recap: AI dominates, Catholicism is so back, the End of iPhone Face?

About this episode

Aubrey Strobel interviews Elena Nisonoff about the major shifts in 2025, including AI's impact and the resurgence of Catholicism.

Live from the top of PubKey, Aubrey Strobel sits down with Elena Nisonoff, Co-Founder of Halcyon Media to talk about the biggest shifts we saw in 2025, and what's next.They get into: AI as TIME person of the year Natural vs. Filler Revolution Prediction markets = the new truth Winners and losers of 2025, & more This episode was brought to you by Ledger and Cake Wallet.🎧 Subscribe for new episodes weekly. Follow Aubrey: https://x.com/aubreystrobel Follow the show: https://x.com/theaubservation Follow Elena: https://x.com/elenanisonoff Listen on Spotify, Apple and more. 1:05 — January 1st bangers 2:30 — Catholicism 4:30 — AI billionaires 6:15 — ChatGPT dominance 10:45 — Ledger 11:45 — Prediction markets in 2026 16:30 — Housing crisis for millennials 21:00 — Cake Wallet 21:45 — The end of iPhone face?28:45 — Is Gen Z okay31:30 — Politics 202637:30 — Winners & losers of 2025Ledger is the hardware wallet trusted by millions to securely buy, store, swap, and manage crypto. This holiday season, give the gift of financial freedom with Ledger – get up to $90 of BTC to grow your portfolio and save up to 50% on the biggest Ledger deals ever. Get started at ledger.com🎂 Cake Wallet…

People in this episode

Host: Aubrey Strobel

Guest: Elena Nisonoff

Topics covered

• AI advancements
• Catholicism resurgence
• Prediction markets
• Millennial housing crisis
• Generational issues
• Political landscape

Keywords

• AI
• Catholicism
• Prediction markets
• Millennials
• ChatGPT
• iPhone
• Gen Z
• politics

Sponsors

Ledger, Cake Wallet

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Halcyon Media

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