🔮 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 year—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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Rick and Rick Rule the World · 🔮 Our 2022 Predictions Scorecard, Cuffing Season Pick-Up Lines From ChatGPT, 'The Volume' & More

IN THIS EPISODE:

📖 Rick M sends Rick W a "Die Hard" children's holiday gift book (at 1-min 57-sec)
🎬 "1899" on Netflix cranks up "The Volume" (at 3:25)
🦶🏼 Rick M's predictions about a Lotrimin-branded NFT (at 5:00)
📺 Overly-optimistic about box office, but nailing streaming(at 5:48)
🏢 Mixed results on predictions for the hybrid workforce (at 7:37)
📈 Adding a "D" for "Democracy" to ESG Funds? Not yet (at 9:46)
🦠 "What Covid?" by Summer & return to lockdowns by Fall? (at 10:50)
0️⃣ Nailing the # of Tesla Cybertrucks delivered in 2022 (at 12:36)
🌐 Metaverse: Boom time or empty & sad virtual worlds? (at 13:37)
🤖 ChatGPT's best pick-up lines come with warnings (at 17:35)
🤬 Survey says: "The gift that keeps on grating" (at 19:52)
🏈 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.

🎁 Hottest But Hardest-to-Get Tech Gifts For Holiday 2022

🎅🏼 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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Rick and Rick Rule the World · 🎁 Hottest But Hardest-to-Get Tech Gifts For Holiday 2022

⛄️ IN THIS EPISODE:

The 3️⃣ Hottest But Hardest to Get Tech Gifts for Holiday 2022:

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

🐦 #2: Two nifty ways to kill one little blue bird.

🤓 #1: A lightweight headset that could give Meta Quest Pro a run for the money—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.

🕶 Meta Quest Pro—First Impressions

Rick and Rick Rule the World · 🕶 Meta Quest Pro—First Impressions

💥 One Rick just got the new Meta Quest Pro. The other Rick has pressing questions. In this Rick and Quick episode, we capture some first impressions of Meta's premium-quality AR/VR headset and the premium price tag that comes with it. With Meta's VR division operating at a loss of more than $9 billion during the first three quarters of the year, could this $1,499 mixed-reality headset help turn things around? From Nov 5.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

🤘🏻 Meta's new Quest Pro is here (at :28 seconds)
👾 Pro comes packed with pixels, processors, sensors & cameras galore (at :44)
🌀 Not just VR anymore: The Quest for mixed, augmented and virtual reality (at 1:05)
📦 Pro logistics: Started shipping on Tuesday, arrived on Wednesday (at 1:17 seconds)
👔 It's not just for games, either—Pro is serious business, too (at 1:35)
😵‍💫 But is all this heavy-duty technology light enough for all-day use? (at 2:10)
😎 Immersion tradeoff or trip-up: A view to a thrill—or your feet? (at 3:35)
🤯 Look out, James Cameron: Next-level facial tracking means expressive avatars
🤦🏻‍♂️ An engineering headcase: How (and where) does Pro fit? (at 4:02)
😶 The $1,499 question: Does Meta Quest Pro live up to its price? (at 4:42)

Approx. 5 minutes, 52 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

😎 2022 Marketing Trends (Conclusion)

👁‍🗨 In the conclusion of their annual trends watch, the Ricks dive headfirst into the Metaverse—and what it does (and doesn't) mean to marketers in the year ahead. From Feb 9.

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Rick and Rick Rule the World · 😎 2022 Marketing Trends (Conclusion)

IN THIS EPISODE

👀 Was 2021 the Year of VR & We Didn't Notice? (at 37-seconds)
🥨 Time for a (Big) Grain of Salt About the Metaverse? (at 3:51)
🏂 Final Predictions: Snow Crash Revisited (at 6:30)

Approx. 7 min, 50 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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Rick and Rick Rule the World · 🦃 What Meta Means To Brands, James Bond's Weird Box Office Record, Turkey & Gravy Soda & More

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.