The Random Show — 2025 Predictions (AI, Aliens, BTC, and More), New Year’s Resolutions, and More

In this year-end Random Show, Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose trade New Year's resolutions and 2025 predictions ranging from Bitcoin and nuclear power to AI-native mobile devices. Tim goes deep on his shift to functional, spinal-engine strength training, his minimalist one-set-to-failure protocol, and recovery experiments including stem cells and low-intensity ultrasound. Kevin lays out a simplified investing approach (VTI, Bitcoin at 10% of net worth, a nuclear ETF) and predicts crypto, AI consolidation, and OpenAI hardware. Tim shares his involvement with Maui Nui Venison and an ethical night-harvest, plus how twice-daily 10-minute meditation via The Way app matched the anti-anxiety benefits of expensive accelerated TMS. They close with an extended, skeptical-but-curious conversation on UFOs/UAPs and book recommendations.

• Kevin moved his crypto allocation to 10% of net worth (up from 4-5%), buying more Bitcoin after a gut feeling Trump would win, and predicts Bitcoin hits $250K+ within two years as the US government adds it to reserves.
  00:50:09
• Tim revealed full-leg X-rays confirmed his right leg is 0.8-1.1 cm longer, which introduced rotational force in back squats and turned mild back pain into two years of acute pain.
  00:33:01
• Tim did an experimental stem cell (MSC) injection into the SI joint and around the iliolumbar ligament as part of a clinical trial and felt relief within a day.
  00:34:35
• Tim disclosed his 5-day accelerated TMS had the greatest durable impact on his anxiety ever, but 2-day and 3-day boosters did nothing, costing wasted time and money.
  01:27:25
• Twice-daily 10-minute meditation with The Way app got Tim to a similar lowered-anxiety level as the $30K-50K experimental TMS therapy.
  01:28:29
• Maui Nui Venison restructured its business model after the 2023 wildfires and has donated more than 120,000 lbs of venison to the community.
  01:21:17
• Kevin predicts Microsoft will release an Android-based phone bundling Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) plus ChatGPT integration.
  01:01:33
• Tim shared his 'New Year's reservations' practice (5+ years running): blocking calendar time for extended trips with close friends so relationships don't atrophy.
  01:42:28

• Kevin predicts OpenAI launches a mobile device or smart headphones, possibly designed with Jony Ive, to get AI at the device level.
  00:55:54
• Kevin holds NLR, the VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF, as a long-term bet that nuclear outperforms the S&P over the next decade due to AI data-center power demand.
  00:53:50
• Maui Nui's axis deer were introduced to Hawaii from India by King Kamehameha; with no natural predators, tens of thousands now ravage the landscape and erode coral reefs.
  01:16:33
• Tim's one-set-to-failure protocol uses a super-slow 5-seconds-up/5-seconds-down cadence for 6-10 reps, with a full workout under 20 minutes.
  00:30:26
• Tim is testing LICUS (low-intensity continuous ultrasound) electrode patches for shoulder tendinitis, costing roughly $10K for two months of patches.
  00:39:16
• Tim returned to the 'Reversing Permanent Injuries' chapter of The 4-Hour Body, using Gray Cook exercises like the chop-and-lift and Turkish get-up.
  00:45:57
• Tim completed a 'NobNaw' challenge: 30 days of no booze, no masturbating, plus no coffee, calling it a fantastic dopamine reset.
  01:42:58
• Tim eats two to three Maui Nui Pepper 10 venison sticks daily (10% liver and heart), plus David protein bars (28g protein, 150 calories) when traveling.
  01:16:33
• Tim recommends the book 'After' by Bruce Greyson, MD on near-death experiences, and had Greyson on his podcast a few months prior.
  01:51:22
• Tim cited the Enigma app (enigma.labs.io), which runs machine learning on UAP sightings, amid the New Jersey drone sighting spike.
  01:08:47