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January 2022

🎁 5 Hottest But Hardest To Get Tech Gifts Of Holiday 2021

🎅🏼 In this Rick & Quick episode of Rick and Rick, we present our annual list of the 5 hottest, but hardest to get tech gifts for the holiday season. Here's hoping you won't be able to find even one of these this year. From November 26, 2021.

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Approx. 3 minutes, 10 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.


🦃 What Meta Means To Brands, James Bond's Weird Box Office Record, Turkey & Gravy Soda & More

The Ricks discuss the metaverse—what it is, what it isn't, and what Meta means to brands. The Dutch view on Superman. James Bond's unusual distinction at the box office. Playing Doom via Twitter. The Rick & Morty's Mobile delivers Wendy's. Turkey- and green beans-flavored candy corns and other holiday stunt snacks. Plus: Ugly brand Christmas sweaters and a whole lot more. From Nov. 15, 2021.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

🇳🇱 Rick W. returns from Amsterdam (at 1 min, 15-sec)
🎅🏼 Rick M. experiences Christmas shopping in … October (at 2:15)
🌍 Rick M talks Luxembourg and Germany during the holidays (at 2:52)
🏛 California dudes marvel over centuries-old architecture and 500-year-old restaurants (at 3:25)
💥 The Dutch view on Superman's new groove (at 4:50)
🍿 James Bond has No Time to Die, but plenty for earning an unusual box office distinction (at 6:40)
🎮 Tweet to Doom: Now you can play everybody's favorite FPS via … Twitter? (At 9:16)
🚗 Move over, Weiner-Mobile—Rick and Morty's-Mobile is coming in hot (and crispy) (At 11:08)
👽 Inside the Metaverse—what it is, what it isn't, and what Meta means for brands (at 12:30)
🥨 Holiday 2021's biggest stunt snacks—including Turkey and Gravy Flavored soda (really) (at 18:54)
🎄 The branded in-gift this season: an ugly Christmas sweater (at 20:27)
🛍 The consumer pulse on Black Friday: waning or ready for takeoff? (at 21:00)

Approx. 22 minutes, 30 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.


🎃 Facebook Goes Meta, Superman Goes Bi, 'Scream' Goes AirBNB

Facebook wants to turn the page—will going Meta make a difference? Superman has some news. AirBNB wants to make you "Scream." Plus: Gartner's top tech trends for 2022, the Ricks debate whether SEM delivers results, you spent a lot of money on Halloween, and a whole lot more. From October 28, 2021.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

☔️ In never rains in California, but when it pours … (at :54-sec)

🕺🏻 Rick W. gets in touch with his rebel yell (and Rolaids) with Billy Idol (at 2:05)

💥 DC FanDome: "Black Adam" rises while Twilight dude vamps as Batman (at 4:15)

🦸🏻‍♂️ Truth, Justice & LGBTQ+: Much ado about Superman pays off big for DC (at 6:09)

🥽 Zuck Enters the (Meta)verse: Facebook rebrands, heavy on the "Snow Crash" (at 12:18)

🕵🏽‍♂️ Does SEM Really Deliver Results? The Ricks Beg to Differ With Each Other (at 14:40)

😱 Knives Out: AirBNB promotion puts the Scream house within your reach (at 18:18)

🤹🏻‍♀️ Gartner's Top Tech Trends for 2022: Are CX, EX, UX, and MX ready for TX? (at 20:00)

🍜 Gartner's alphabet soup of tech trends: You're gonna need a bigger bowl (at 21:30)

👠 Barbie's Dream Cast: Margo Robbie and what's his name (at 22:33)

👻 Trick or really, really big treat? Halloween consumer spend data from NRF (at 23:22)

Approx. 24 minutes, 52 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.


🖖🏼 Star Trek VR Gets Real, Tech Brands Get Ranked & Heroic Radio Adventures Get A Reboot

Play a quick round of Loaded Questions spanning Star Trek virtual technology that's edging closer to reality, the rise of superhero podcast adventures, and the top 5 most trusted technology brands. From October 27, 2021.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

🎧 The hero who has everything, including a new, all-star audio adventure series (at :39 seconds)

💬 Which big tech brand is trusted most (Spoiler alert: It doesn't rhyme with "Mace Hook") (at 2:33)

👩🏽‍🚀 What Star Trek virtual world is about to become a reality thanks to aeropathic technology? (at 4:36)

Approx. 6 minutes, 50 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.


🤯 America's Most Hated—and Most Trusted—Brands, Amazon Ring Drones & The Weiner Mobile Rides Again

The Ricks dive into conflicting studies on America's Most Trusted and Most Hated Brands and discuss what Pixar's "Inside Out" can tell us about CX. Amazon Ring Drones are pretty fly, but Tesla Bots may be gunning for them. And Lyft wants you to "fasten your 'meat belts'" and jump aboard the Weiner Mobile for your next rideshare. From Oct. 7, 2021.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

🤖 Amazon's Ring Drones make the rounds—but what can "The Jetsons" tell us about what's next? (At :28-secs)

🌭 Fasten your "meat belts": The Weiner Mobiles are ready to roll—but will it pass mustard? (at 4:08)

🏆 Newsweek's (surprising) list of America's Most Trusted Brands for 2022 … (at 7:03)

🤬 … and what Pixar's "Inside Out" tells us about Twitter's (surprising) list of Most Hated Brands (at 9:32)

Approx. 13 minutes, 32 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.