Broadcasting from Kevin’s new ADU bunker (goodbye Neuehouse, we barely knew you), Kevin and Alex are back with 80-ish minutes of tech, pranks, and philosophical spirals. From Apple’s latest brain-implants-that-go-in-your-ears to a Samsung fridge trying to sell you stuff while chilling your oat milk, it’s a full spectrum ride through what the internet's doing to us—sometimes with our permission, sometimes with ads. Also: AI fails, mystery stereo tubes, and a German slug with strong prank energy.

Chapter Markers
0:00:00 – Cold open
0:00:39 – Officially episode 20, welcome to the chaos.
0:01:03 – Kevin lost an office, gained a backyard studio.
0:02:24 – Studio tour features incense, Buddha, and a suspiciously nice stereo.
0:04:33 – Phones are ruining mindfulness and wrecking millennial intestines.
0:06:03 – Political engagement exists mostly to keep you angry.
0:09:16 – Alex pitches viral videos about artisanal charcoal.
0:11:05 – Kevin reviews face lasers, Alex reviews earbuds.
0:13:41 – ZBiotics wants to save your liver from you.
0:16:09 – Thanks San Francisco, next stop Chicago.
0:18:57 – AirPods Pro 3: now with live translation and pulse checks.
0:21:06 – An impromptu hearing test roasts the hosts’ ears.
0:22:27 – Apple keynotes should be heckled MST3K-style.
0:23:16 – Kevin hates phone cases, Alex chooses peach.
0:26:24 – MagSafe wallets meet crypto credit cards.
0:27:43 – Kevin turns credit points into a Japan trip.
0:30:16 – Apple pretends to avoid AI, then demos AI.
0:35:57 – Rumors fly about touchscreen Macs and chip envy.
0:37:54 – Claude AI shows off its straight-A student energy.
0:40:48 – LMNT: electrolytes, but Navy Seal-approved.
0:43:29 – Meta glasses want to record your entire existence.
0:47:37 – Tech companies now monetize the in-between moments.
0:51:10 – Zuckerberg’s AI kitchen demo burns the recipe.
0:55:25 – Samsung fridges now idle as ad billboards.
1:01:47 – Kevin asks if the internet can still be fun.
1:09:05 – Diggnation is officially everywhere now.
1:09:57 – Monarch Money: couples’ therapy disguised as budgeting.
1:12:36 – DeleteMe erases your data from shady corners of the web.
1:14:20 – A German slug pranks neighbors by ringing doorbells.
1:16:28 – Childhood pranks involved eggs, TP, and fire bags.
1:18:48 – Kids now bond over lag screens instead of bike rides.
1:20:26 – Wrapping up with meetups, studio thanks, and goodbyes.

Diggnation Episode 19 is part tech dispatch, part suburban diary. Kevin and Alex open with updates on sobriety, lawn mowing, and a Linux laptop built from scratch. Then it's into smart home experiments, including security cameras that yell at people a little too enthusiastically.

Digg news includes app store approvals, invite rollouts, a bot-thwarting system called the Human Captcha Project, and new plans for user-led communities. They also drop "Digg Daily," an AI-powered news podcast you can call by phone like it's 2006 again.

Other highlights include a Chinese EV promising 1000 miles per charge, some soul-searching about Tesla, a look at Polymarket’s ethical gray zones, and Chipotle being delivered by drone. Add in complaints about LA transit, the surprise return of CDs, and Google’s Pixel 10 flexing real-time translation.

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Chapter Markers
00:00:00 - Diggnation begins. You chose to press play.
00:01:22 - Kevin’s sober. Alex fought a spider.
00:03:08 - Lawns were mowed. Childhoods resurfaced.
00:05:14 - Kevin builds a Framework laptop. Linux approves.
00:08:19 - Security cameras now yell at people.
00:15:15 - Digg app gets approved. Embeds are live.
00:16:36 - Human Captcha Project launches. Your way into Digg.
00:17:36 - Users pitch ideas. Communities expand.
00:21:42 - Homemade beef jerky enters the chat.
00:23:20 - Digg Daily becomes a phone-in podcast.
00:29:30 - A Chinese EV promises 1000 miles.
00:38:07 - Sponsor: Delete Me. For digital vanishing acts.
00:42:08 - Prediction markets meet ethics. It's complicated.
00:54:45 - Chipotle delivery by drone is real.
00:59:43 - LA transit vs. DC. Everyone loses.
01:03:39 - Sponsor: Square. Business gets infrastructure.
01:05:21 - Sponsor: Element. Electrolytes want attention.
01:08:01 - CDs return. Audiophiles feel seen.
01:17:26 - Kids once entertained themselves. Wild.
01:21:30 - Pixel 10 does real-time translation.
01:28:46 - Pixel Watch and Apple Watch square off.
01:30:59 - Closing remarks. You made it.

This week on Diggnation: Kevin discovers a squatter secretly living in a staged LA home during a house tour, Alex tries to explain time dilation without having a full existential meltdown, and the team breaks down what actually happened at Digg’s first real-world community meetup. We’re talking mind blanking, deep meditation states that register as sleep, and why your brain sometimes just stops working for a bit. Plus: rollable laptops, modular microLED home theaters, ChatGPT’s 700 million users, and why we’re finally moving the Digg app out of TestFlight and into the App Store for real.

0:00:00 – Set flipped, drinks poured, chaos begins anew
0:07:06 – Found: one squatter, one closet, zero warning
0:10:28 – LA meetup: skeeball, tequila, surprisingly deep convos
0:12:09 – Groundbreakers now handing out keys to the castle
0:13:44 – TestFlight is dead; long live the public app
0:15:41 – Your brain sometimes goes full blank on purpose
0:17:55 – Kevin meditated so hard his ring thought he died
0:23:44 – Time isn’t real and Einstein broke everyone’s brain
0:26:27 – Laptops now roll up like scrolls, because of course
0:34:50 – ChatGPT hits 700M users, including your mom
0:36:54 – Claude, Gemini, Perplexity: the AI hunger games begin
0:58:03 – Kevin vs. boa constrictor: a wildly confident mismatch

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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 People Mentioned:
Justin (Digg's CEO)
Mau (Diggnation Producer)
Will Harlan (winemaker)
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Chris Hutchins (points/miles guy)

🧑‍💻 Users Mentioned:
@michde – Why does your mind go blank?
@sabbah – Zoo Asks People To Donate Their Healthy Pets As Food For Its Captive Predators
@linux – Defrag 98: Entertainment from My Youth Complete with Sounds

🛠️ Products & Brands Mentioned:
Z-biotics
Oura Ring
World of Warcraft
Lenovo Thinkbook Plus Gen 6
MicroLED displays
ChatGPT
Claude
Gemini (Google Ultra)
Perplexity
Square
Monarch Money
Ubiquiti
Amazon
Google Opal
American Express
Figma
Nvidia
Stripe
SpaceX
Wix
TikTok
Mac
NVR
C Drive
TestFlight
App Store
Google Play Store
OLED displays
Pixel 10
Apple Intelligence