This week, Aaron, Jess and Joey revisit their 2025 prognogs from Episode 296. They talk about the micro social media surge, cynicism, platform madness, informed styling, blockbusters, weaponized compliance, non-apocalyptic runaway AI moments, and our AI overlords. They don’t talk about eggprogs.

references

• If I ruled the world ...
• People: Bob Mackie Says 'People Were Horrified' by Cher's 'Naked' 1974 Met Gala Dress, Even Ripping Her Photo off Magazine Covers
• Tasting ultra-aged eggnog
• America's Test Kitchen: How to Make the Absolute Best Eggnog
• Louis Pasteur
• Memphis Group
• Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend Podcast: Conan Blames Jason Bateman For His Dad's Death
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Split Fiction
• AAA (video game industry)
• quod erat demonstrandum
• The New York Times: Gonzo Fans Have Made ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’ Into a Global Blockbuster
• Michiko Kakutani's 1995 The New York Times book review of Wicked: Let's Get This Straight: Glinda Was the Bad One? (paywall)
• Bloomberg: OpenAI's Nvidia, AMD Deals Boost $1 Trillion AI Boom With Circular Deals (paywall)
• The Food Lab: How to Roast the Best Potatoes of Your Life

What does your Zero Farts Land future look like?

This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about fucks. And farts.

references

• Empire: Jamie Lee Curtis Is Done Compromising – And She’s Not Slowing Down
• George Wallace (not George Wallace)
• Kenan Thompson on We Might Be Drunk with Normand and Morril
• Janelle James on Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend
• The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson

How do you strategy?

This week, Aaron and Joey talk about Elliott Kalan, the School of Let's Figure It Out, emotional distance from work, working in teams, meandering, and strategy that bleeds. They don’t talk about Jamesy P.

references

• Pure Moods
• Joke Farming: How to Write Comedy and Other Nonsense by Elliott Kalan
• 99% Invisible Podcast Episode 646: Interview with Elliott Kalan
• Corrections Department: Les has never ever ever heard, touched, or even seen a copy of Pure Moods and now fears his colleagues do not understand him at all.