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January 2023

๐Ÿ”ฎ Our 2022 Predictions Scorecard, Cuffing Season Pick-Up Lines From ChatGPT, 'The Volume' & More

In our annual Predictions Scorecard episode, the Ricks revisit their big predictions for the yearโ€”what they got right, what they got ridiculously wrong, in the worlds of marketing, media, tech and pop culture. Plus: Cuffing Season pick-up lines generated by ChatGPT, Netflix's "1899" cranks up "The Volume," and a whole lot more. From December 28, 2022. 

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IN THIS EPISODE:

๐Ÿ“– Rick M sends Rick W a "Die Hard" children's holiday gift book (at 1-min 57-sec)
๐ŸŽฌ "1899" on Netflix cranks up "The Volume" (at 3:25)
๐Ÿฆถ๐Ÿผ Rick M's predictions about a Lotrimin-branded NFT (at 5:00)
๐Ÿ“บ Overly-optimistic about box office, but nailing streaming(at 5:48)
๐Ÿข Mixed results on predictions for the hybrid workforce (at 7:37)
๐Ÿ“ˆ Adding a "D" for "Democracy" to ESG Funds? Not yet (at 9:46)
๐Ÿฆ  "What Covid?" by Summer & return to lockdowns by Fall? (at 10:50)
0๏ธโƒฃ Nailing the # of Tesla Cybertrucks delivered in 2022 (at 12:36)
๐ŸŒ Metaverse: Boom time or empty & sad virtual worlds? (at 13:37)
๐Ÿค– ChatGPT's best pick-up lines come with warnings (at 17:35)
๐Ÿคฌ Survey says: "The gift that keeps on grating" (at 19:52)
๐Ÿˆ Look who's advertising in Super Bowl LVII (at 20:48)

Approx. 22 minutes and 20 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.


๐ŸŽ Hottest But Hardest-to-Get Tech Gifts For Holiday 2022

๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿผ In a new Rick & Quick episode, the Ricks reveal their annual list of the hottest but hardest-to-get tech gifts for Holiday 2022. For the first time ever, a previous year's winner has returned to what is widely seen as the ultimate barometer of global holiday zeitgeist. Please accept our apologies in advance. From December 14, 2022. 

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โ›„๏ธ IN THIS EPISODE:

The 3๏ธโƒฃ Hottest But Hardest to Get Tech Gifts for Holiday 2022:

๐Ÿ›ป #3: The gift described as "game-changing," "shatterproof," and "coming soon" continues to prove it isn't.

๐Ÿฆ #2: Two nifty ways to kill one little blue bird.

๐Ÿค“ #1: A lightweight headset that could give Meta Quest Pro a run for the moneyโ€”at a fraction of the cost.

Approx. 3-minutes and 38-seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.