EPISODE 470 : Predictions for the year 2025

Nick the Rat begins episode 470 by introducing the show's theme of predictions for 2025, noting he usually makes them at year's end but delayed due to Christmas. He claims a 33% accuracy rate for past predictions. The host drinks Samuel Adams Holiday White Ale and discusses shifting the show time to 10 p.m. for sanity. He avoids current news, focusing instead on future forecasts. Using ChatGPT, he generates a conceptual chart showing the perceived size of the 'deep state' increasing from 4 in 2000 to 8 in 2025, linking it to events like 9/11 and COVID-19. Predictions include Oprah installing a micro nuclear power plant in Hawaii, DJI products being banned in America, and urban developers finding an architectural pyramid alignment in Washington D.C. A voicemail from Chris Kristoff rants against time travel and promotes his 'Church of the Now'. Other predictions cover topics like crystallized sodium batteries, hellfire in Chicago, and mammoth cloning causing breast growth. The host promotes donations via PayPal and a VPN service called Sir Bemrose's Dark Sewer VPN. He ends by reflecting on the year ahead and teasing next week's review of last year's predictions.

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A shaggy New Year broadcast that moves from beer to dark jokes to pop-culture detours.

Episode 470 opens on January 1st, 2025 with a loose New Year check-in, a joke about the future, and a move to a new 10 o'clock start time. The show settles into its beer-sipping, half-rambling rhythm: Samuel Adams Holiday White Ale gets a quick endorsement, then the conversation…

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For when you want a January 1, 2025 New Year rant that keeps sliding into stranger, funnier territory.

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