🎃 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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Rick and Rick Rule the World · 🎃 Facebook Goes Meta, Superman Goes Bi, 'Scream' Goes AirBNB

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.

🏎 F9 vs. Black Widow, Lexus NX 4.6 Wants You to Crash, 2021's Top Marketing Trend & More

F9 goes full-throttle as Black Widow aims to bite into its box office. Facebook's ubiquitous ad machine invades Oculus virtual reality games. "Driving Disrupted" makes you crash your Lexus NX 4.6 to drive home a point Plus: Boston Dynamics' new robot dog pees beer on command and a whole lot more. NOTE: Our apologies, this episode has noticeable audio issues on voice track.

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Rick and Rick Rule the World · 🏎 F9 vs. Black Widow, Lexus NX 4.6 Wants You to Crash, 2021's Top Marketing Trend & More

IN THIS EPISODE

📺 Does one of the Ricks secretly have a grandson named Morty? (at 1 min, 15 sec)
🤿 The Ricks' first adventures in mask-free living (at 2:13)
🍲 How you can do the Ricks a solid and help food-insecure Americans (at 3:55)
🕷 Black Widow is set to pounce on F9's box office—will she rule the summer? (at 4:20)
🍿 What was the last movie you saw before the world shut down? (6:14)
🤖Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot who pees beer into a glass on command (at 8:08)
🕶 Game, Interrupted? Facebook ads invade Oculus VR games (at 11:33)
✇ Lexus NX 4.6 wants to distract you just long enough to crash—to prove a point (at 13:42)
🔮Is nostalgia the biggest marketing trend of 2021? (at 15:55)
 
Approx. 19 minutes, 04 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

🤓VR Takes You to 'Lovecraft Country,' 'The Batman' Trailer's Uncanny Similarity to 'Se7en' & More

In this episode: "The Matrix 4" and its transgender allegory is on its way—without Agent Smith or Morpheus. HBO's experiential promotion for "Lovecraft Country." Is "The Batman" a trailer thief? Netflix has a 'Three Body Problem.' Plus Loaded Questions and a whole lot more.

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Rick and Rick Rule the World · 🤓VR Takes You to 'Lovecraft Country,' 'The Batman' Trailer's Uncanny Similarity to 'Se7en' & More

IN THIS EPISODE:

🛹 Rick W. gets his new Tony Hawk game, complete with limited edition skateboard (at 1 min, 6 sec)

✈️ Rick M. wasn't the guy flying a jetpack past commercial airliners on approach to LAX … at least not this time (at 2:46)

3️⃣ Netflix's "Three Body Problem" may be a good one to have (at 3:26)

🕵️‍♂️ "The Matrix 4" is on its way–without Agent Smith or Morpheus (at 4:52)

💥 "The Animatrix," revisited–why it was better than Matrix 2 and 3 (at 6:46)

👩🏻‍🦰 Did you know "The Matrix" series is an allegory about transgenderism? Neither did we (at 7:34)

🦇=❼? "Holy Double Vision, Batman!" If the trailer to "The Batman" looks familiar to you, this may be why (at 10:43)

👓 HBO takes its experiential marketing prowess to virtual reality to promote "Lovecraft Country" (at 12:04)

🐷 Did Elon Musk's Neuralink presser pull a Cybertruck? (at 14:47)

🤕 Just how much damage has the pandemic done to media spend in 2020? (at 15:42)

🍿 It's official: Summer 2020's box office champion is … (at 16:26)

Approximately 18-minutes, 15-seconds. For US audiences.

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😎Oculus Leaks, Coca-Cola Goes Zero Touch, Batman Goes 'Black Mirror,' Mac & Cheese Goes Breakfast

Our Roundup on all those rumors about Oculus Quest 2. Coca-Cola's Freestyle Fountains gets a mobile, zero-touch makeover. Batman goes all "Black Mirror" on us in his first interactive animated movie. Plus "Loaded Questions" and a whole lot more.

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Rick and Rick Rule the World · 😎Oculus Leaks, Coca-Cola Goes Zero Touch, Batman Goes 'Black Mirror,' Mac & Cheese Goes Breakfast

IN THIS EPISODE

👍🏻The latest on Rick W's phantom finger tips (at 1:00)

🥽Oculus 2 Leaks: The rumors sound (virtually) amazing (at 1:50)

🦸🏻‍♂️Robin Dies at Dawn? New interactive Batman movie lets you decide (at 4:00)

🥤Rick M's favorite Coke Zero fix is going "zero touch" via mobile web app (at 6:14)

🍺A mustard-flavored beer you can guzzle … with relish (at 9:24)

🇺🇸Does Non-Essential Worker Barbie have a future in politics? (at 11:00)

🍲Kraft Mac & Cheese: Now part of a balanced breakfast? (at 12:23)

Approx. 13-min, 54-sec. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

🥽 How COVID-19 Will Shape VR, Brands You Want to Shelter With Most, R-Rated Justice League & More

"The Mandalorian" tries on some 501's. The Justice League stars in a gory new R-rated animated movie. ADWEEK asks: What brands would you want to shelter with most? Starbucks switches up its strategy for the time of COVID-19, and more. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in stylish, premium-quality travel gear.

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Rick and Rick Rule the World · 🥽 How COVID-19 Will Shape VR, Brands You Want to Shelter With Most, R-Rated Justice League

IN THIS EPISODE

🚀 Disney+ hit "The Mandalorian" tries on some of their favorite 501's (at 1-min, 34-sec)

💥 The SuperFriends it ain't: The gory new, R-rated "Justice League" animated movie is pure <BLEEP> (at 3:38)

🕹 Virtually House Bound: The impact of COVID-19 on the future of virtual reality (at 5:07)

🏘 ADWEEK wants to know: With what "house" of brands would you want to shack up with most? (at 9:39)

🖖🏽 Turns out James T. Kirk may be into little green men, too (at 12:53)

🧗🏻‍North Face joins brands boycotting Facebook–will more join the party? (at 14:09)

☕️ Starbucks' plans for a post-"third place" world (at 14:45)

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Approximately 17-minutes, 3-seconds. For US audiences.

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