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Rick Mathieson & Rick Wootten

Insights on marketing, media, tech, and pop culture—served with an extra-large helping of fun. Join award-winning creative director and bestselling author Rick Mathieson and seasoned Silicon Valley marketer Rick Wootten as they explore the latest trends, tools, and strategies in advertising, digital, social, experiential, and content marketing. Plus SEO/AEO, multi-flavor AI (generative, agentic, neurosymbolic, etc.), your choice of realities (virtual, augmented, mixed)—and the B2B and B2C marketers and brands out to make the most of them.

Whether you’re entry-level, CxO, or creative, the spoiler alert’s the same: This isn’t your grandpa’s marketing podcast. It’s an irreverent, fast-paced dispatch on brand innovation at the corner of awesome and WTF. Guest interviews, pop quizzes, and unfortunate bouts of singing are involved, too. Consider yourself warned.

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Saturday · 21 min
Movie Review: 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day'
🦶🏻 Peter Parker serves up some not-so-small potatoes: In the conclusion of this two-part episode, the Ricks and guest Kurt Ho pivot to that other massive blockbuster for summer 2026—“Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” IN THIS EPISODE 💀 Enter: The Punisher, the Hulk, the Black Widow—and Jean Grey? 👀 From pure evil to a righteous quest: What’s gotten into Grey? 🦂 From Scorpion to Ramrod, famous comic book covers come to life 🕷️ Getting back to basics with your friendly neighborhood webslinger 😎 A spectacular 3D experience, even for Rick W. 🌆 A cinematic postcard-cum-love-letter to New York City 💰 Spidey does serious box office–but where’s Peter getting his spending money? 🕸️ Techno or organic: What’s your preferred web shooter? 🧠 Drop your inhibitor: Did Peter outbrain Bruce Banner–and will he regret it? 🧤 Is the Hulk always a cameo, never the lead? Which Hulk could change that? ❓ Did the Hulk and Ned really remember who Peter is? If so, how? Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approximately 18 minutes. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using AI or other digital tools. © Maverix, LLC.
August 26 · 24 min
Movie Review: Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’
🎥 In Part One of a two-part episode, the Ricks are joined by guest Kurt Ho for the first of two movie reviews of this summer’s biggest blockbusters. First up: Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey.” IN THIS EPISODE 🖖 One Rick’s odyssey leaving Las Vegas—and fleeing Trekkers 🕷️ Two blockbusters starring Tom Holland, a few common themes 👁️ Matt Damon’s 10 years dodging a cyclops, witches, and bad decisions 👀 Kurt spoils himself with back-to-back adventures in IMAX 🔫 If “Inception” is Nolan’s heist movie & “Tenet” his Bond, what is “Odyssey”? 🥷 Jason Bourne is ready to rumble, but why is Tom Holland so hollow? 🤔 Is this the Christopher Nolan movie that’s not quite a Christopher Nolan movie? 🥋 Why Robert P. & Tom H. were just grasshoppers to Damon’s Kung-Fu master 🐶 Petting the dog: A tear-jerking story about a boy, his dad—and his dad’s dog 🎭 Anne Hathaway’s masterclass on acting and layered performances 📕 Homer’s myth about gods and monsters, not “historical” accuracy 💰 “The Odyssey” breaks box office records for Nolan, Damon—but not Holland 👸🏾 Zendaya does Athena—or does she? A debate about her role 💀 A Punisher out of time: Jon Bernthal’s Greek accent is Bronx to us 🎬 The cyclops sizzles: Nolan’s practical effects in a CGI-crazy world 🖼️ Nolan channels Redon’s “The Cyclops” at a key moment 🪞 What does it mean that this is the first movie filmed entirely in IMAX? ⚡️ Zeus’s Law: Does the film reflect a Homeric or Christian worldview? 🐴 Burning Troy: the myth and Nolan’s message to modern audiences 🔤 The Ricks and Kurt give their final grades for Nolan’s “The Odyssey” Approximately 24 min, 15 sec. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using AI or other digital tools. © Maverix, LLC.
August 17 · 19 min
Brand Activations, Big Trailer Drops & More at Comic-Con 2026
💥The biggest brand activations, the buzziest trailer drops, the most bodacious new merch, and more: Learn how the Ricks won San Diego Comic-Con 2026—with a little help from Kurt Ho, Eric V. and 135,000 of their closest friends. Think: DC’s Lanterns, Clayface, and Superman: Man of Tomorrow. Marvel’s Ghost Rider, Black Panther 3, and Avengers: Doomsday. Plus: Blade Runner 2099, LEGO loot, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and the cookiest cosplay—as seen by the coolest crew to hit this year’s Con. IN THIS EPISODE 🎙️ What happens in Vegas goes straight to a Rick & Rick recording session (at 01:11) 🎬 56-years young: What exactly is San Diego Comic-Con, anyway? (02:52) 🎢 The highs, lows, and WTFs of geekdom’s biggest annual event (03:22) 🤖 Marvel showcases Victor von Doom and Ryan Gosling the Friendly Ghost (Rider) (05:33) 🖖 Star Trek: Lower Decks: The Movie? Is it buzz—or BS? (06:18) 🤲 Replicating greatness: Blade Runner parties like it’s 2099 (07:50) 🔋 DC’s Lanterns: Still lame, or suddenly looking cool? (08:08) ⏫ Wearing Jean Grey How Johnny Dep, Ryan Reynolds & other celebs cosplay (10:06) 🧱 Kurt rocks the Rick and Rick merch—and scores big bucks with a LEGO kit (12:06) 🏬 Brand activations from DC, All-State, Star Trek, A Christmas Carol, and more (14:29) 🤔 How do you solve a problem like Hall H? If only PetCo Field was just a block away (16:10) Approximately 18 minutes. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using AI or other digital tools. © Maverix, LLC.
August 6 · 17 min
☕️ How Starbucks Brewed Its Buzz Back, BMW Curbs Corners, Twix Is for Dummies & More
Starbucks serves up a turnaround fit for Gen Z. BMW brings corners to court. Twix doubles down on a new ventriloquist act. Plus Loaded Questions and more— straight from the intersection of marketing, media, tech and pop culture. IN THIS EPISODE ☕️ Novelty drinks power a Starbucks turnaround—when they don’t run out of coffee (at 01:40) 🛞 BMW meets Law & Order: Special Vehicular Unit in a noirish new campaign (06:18) 🍫 Twix’s "Dummy Dilemma” injects a ventriloquist’s double act with R&B (08:12) 🎟️ Full-year box office sales: How will 2026 stack up? (11:42) 🏛️ How movie ticket sales compare to books, music, games…and museums? (12:06) Approximately 17 minutes, 15 seconds. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using AI or other digital tools. © Maverix, LLC.
July 22 · 17 min
💥 Celebrating the Life of Comic Book Legend Stan Lee
From the vault, just in time for ComicCon 2026: The Ricks celebrate the life of Stan Lee in this November 2018 episode recorded just hours after the death of this comic book industry icon. Approximate 17 minutes. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools. © Maverix, LLC.
July 16 · 20 min
🍟 Five Guy’s Fry Cup Scandal, Ferrari’s $640K Luce Fiasco, GTA 6’s $3 Billion Launch
⏱️ $3 billion gone in 60 minutes: Grand Theft Auto 6’s sizzling pre-orders. Why Ferrari thought the Luce EV would light up sales. And Five Guys serves itself a kerfuffle over its fry cups. Plus Loaded Questions and a whole lot more, straight from the intersection of marketing, media, tech and pop culture. IN THIS EPISODE 🛞 Did pre-sales of Rockstar’s GTA 6 really hit $3 billion in 1 hour? (at 01:22) 🪫 The $640K Ferrari Luce: a hit stuck in neutral, or a serious misfire? (07:06) 🤯 The greasy backlash over Five Guys' beloved fry cups (10:25) 🤓 Meta’s paywall for a hearing boost built into its smart glasses (14:21) ⚽️ David Beckham makes bank on overexposure—but is it at brands’ expense? (16:16) 💩 goodwipe’s “Scentsational Summer” campaign is a stinker (on purpose) (17:30) Approximately 20 minutes. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools. © Maverix, LLC.
July 9 · 19 min
⚽️ World Cup Advertising 2026: Spots That Scored
📺 World Cup mania has come to marketing, and the Ricks are scouting out the spots that are scoring big—from brands like Lays, BofA, Michelob ULTRA, Apple and more. Plus: Our Spidey-senses are tingling over this summer’s box office pre-sales champ, the rough road ahead for US auto brands, and more. IN THIS EPISODE 🏟️ What happens when the World Cup comes to town (at 01:00) 🚌 Jump in, Lays lovers, we’re going band-wagoning (72andSunny) (03:39) 🏦 BofA fuels brandamonium via Fan Bands (Octagon) (06:11) 🍺 Michelob ULTRA attempts a Superior Match via Matrix-style futbol (BBDO) (09:03) 🍎 Apple and Vini Jr. tune out the world in an unintuitive spot (Apple) (11:14) 👟 Adidas’ “Backyard Legends” brings the star power (LOLA USA) (12:04) 🤫 What does Gen Z trust more than social media for product info? (14:57) 🚗 Is the joy ride over for US auto brands? What’s next, by the numbers (16:36) 🎬 Peter Parker appears to be this summer’s box office champ in pre-sales (17:53) Approximately 19 minutes. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools. © Maverix, LLC.
July 2 · 21 min
🎮 Big Moves at XBOX, Netflix, Cannes, and … Peak GenAI?
XBOX thinks outside the well, box. Brands who love AI influencers and the consumers who hate them. Three big themes from the 2026 Cannes Lions, and more. And is GenAI about to hit Gartner’s Trough of Disillusionment?” IN THIS EPISODE 🎮 XBOX hits 25 with a quarter-life crisis all its own 🧟‍♀️ Why did Netflix cancel a hit show after just one season? 🤖 AI influencers: Brands love ‘em…but what about consumers? 🔃 Have we finally hit peak GenAI? And what comes next? ☀️ AI, Entertainment, the Creator Economy at the Cannes Lions 😎 Sony Pictures Entertainment bets big on The Cosm ⚽️ Mercado Libre scores big with a stadium-sized barcode Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approximately 21 minutes. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools. © Maverix, LLC.
June 7 · 18 min
🚀 Rick and Rick Review ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’
It’s the first new Star Wars movie in over seven years, which means it’s time for an official, Rick and Rick review of “The Mandalorian and Grogu.” Super fans Eric V. and Kurt Ho—the Comic Book Kids—join the conversation with their takes on the latest entry in their all-time favorite franchise. Plus, the crew try to stump each other in a Mando & Grogu trivia challenge—and attempt to do a medley of the Imperial March Needless to say, it doesn’t end well. IN THIS EPISODE: 🚀 Star Wars—in 3D, wrap-around, IMAX, or ? (at 1:08) 🍿 The story ‘til now: From Disney+ to a cineplex near you (1:52) ⛩️ Eric & Kurt go full Mando at Mann’s—and revisit memories (2:49) 🎥 Is Mando a bomb? A blockbuster? Or both? (3:53) 🔫 Skywalker Saga: 40 years of family, friendship, and fandom (5:01) 👖 Is that Obi Wan Wootten? Is he wearing pants this time? (6:35) 🤬 Watto waits for no one—except maybe Ani (6:52) 🙌🏼 Did Mando & Grogu successfully leap to the silver screen? (7:08) 🌀 🌀 Where are all our All-Terrain Armored Transports (AT-ATs)? (7:34) 🍝 Mando’s go-to meal—a Spaghetti Western with garlic Grogu Sauce (8:30) 🎬 Finding the Way: Is on-camera acting really required anymore? (10:00) 🤖 Does the Mandalorian and Grogu make a case for AI in filmmaking (11:54) 🎤 The Imperial March like you’ve never heard it before (13:08) 🛸 What as the name of the Mandalorian’s original space ride? (13:42) 🙅🏽‍♂️ What are other men doing to Mando’s helmet? And do you think he knows? (14:18) 🤠 What if one of those guys is the son of a Hollywood legend? 🥏 Blue is the warmest color: The Trouble with Tribble Milk (15:22) 🐌 Deconstructing the voice of a wannabe man’s-man (or slug) (16:38) 🍔 BBQ Bounty Whoppers: BK’s Mandalorian “Out of This Galaxy” menu (17:27) Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approx. 19 min. Review privacy and cookie policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify and all other streaming services. Some audio and visual elements created using AI-based tools.
May 29 · 17 min
🧟 Why Marketers Are Obsessed With ‘Obsession,’ Robot Fight Club, the Cult of Canva & More
A look at the outdoor campaign for the hit horror flick “Obsession” that’s so effective, it’s scary. New trends in robot boxing. McDonald’s fries do the moonwalk. Canva fosters a squirrel-based “cult.” Plus Loaded Questions, and a whole lot more. IN THIS EPISODE 🍿 An unconventional campaign for an unconventional horror film (at 01:36) 🍟 McDonald’s French fries get in touch with their inner Michael Jackson (06:17) 🫯 First rule of Robot Fight Club: You pay $50, they fight for your pleasure (07:29) 🐿️ Canva tries to go viral with a campaign promoting a squirrel-loving cult (08:47) 🥒 From KFC’s Pickle Puffer Jacket to McDonald’s Pickle Juice Cramp Remedy (11:37) 🅧 A Gen X equivalent of Okay Boomer? Gen X doesn’t give an hoot (13:35) 👶🏼 A look at the future of Generation Beta, or Generation AI (14:40) Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approximately 18 minutes. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools.
May 19 · 21 min
🏆 2026 Cannes Lions Creative Marketer of the Year, AI Hallucinations-With Advertising?
A first-ever, three-time Cannes Lions Creative Marketer of the Year. ChatGPT hallucinations now may come with advertising. Fifty movies for the cost of one? How AI could restructure Hollywood’s cost structure. Allbirds ditches the sneakers, flocks to AI. McKinsey’s take on the GenAI paradox—and agentic AI’s role in marketing workflows. Plus more. IN THIS EPISODE ☕️The Ricks really (really) love caffeinated chewing gum (at 0:1:20) 🤪 ChatGPT’s self-serve ads: Hallucinations with a word from Their Sponsor? (03:22) 🧟 Netflix animates “Stranger Things: Tales from ’85” to a second season (06:18) 😷 ‘Scrubs” is hanging from the passenger side of RW’s ride (08:10) 🍿 Honey, AI shrunk the blockbuster…but democratized Hollywood? (09:45) 🤖 McKinsey: Agentic AI is coming to marketing workflows near you (15:45) 🪺 Allbirds drops the sneakers, nests around AI (17:33) 🏆 2026 Cannes Lions Creative Marketer of the Year Pulls a Three-fer (19:37) Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approximately 24 minutes. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools.
April 30 · 23 min
🌕 Steph Curry’s Moonshot, Winning LinkedIn’s New Algorithm, Star Trek at 60 & More
Mastering the new LinkedIn algorithm for fun and profit. Mark Zuckerberg sends in the clone. How Steph Curry’s “Moonshot” won Creative Data Campaign of the Year. Plus a whole lot more. IN THIS EPISODE: 🧟‍♀️ Rick W. Finally Sees “Weapons” (at 01:10) 🖖🏼 Star Trek at 60: Warp Factor…WTF (03:24) 🍎 End of the Tim Cook Era at Apple (07:50) 🤖 Mark Zuckerberg Clones Himself Using AI (11:24) 🏀 Steph Curry Shoots for the Moon for His New Book (14:00) 🍗 KFC Wants You to Sport Some Big Dill Energy (15:24) 🚨 Winning LinkedIn’s New Algorithm (17:55) 🧊 Liquid Death & Pop-Tarts Spill Iced Tea (20:24) 🗞️ The Secret to AI Discoverability (21:17) Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approximately 24 minutes. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools. © Maverix, LLC.
April 20 · 20 min
🎬 Interview: Nuance Collective's Anne Faricy on the Oscars & the State of Consumer Marketing
🎬 Playing it safe never won anybody an Oscar. So why set advertisers on such unsure footing during Hollywood’s biggest night? The chief strategy officer of The Nuance Collective joins the show to discuss the state of consumer marketing as seen through the prism of this year’s Academy Awards broadcast. IN THIS EPISODE: 🍔 Burger King's bold new rebrand 💄 Why beauty brands missed a big moment 💊 The surge in pharma advertising 🛟 Why brands should stop playing it safe ....plus more 👉🏼Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩️-setters everywhere. Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&Rtake30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF Approximately 21 minutes, 30 seconds. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual, and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools.
April 16 · 14 min
📣 New Liquid Death + Spotify Collab, Kraft's Real-Time Marketing & More
One Rick went to see “The Bone Temple,” the other cosplayed as part of an F1 pit crew. Both bring you their unique brand of news and views from the intersection of marketing, media, tech & pop culture. This time out: The unusual collab from Liquid Death and Spotify, BK’s new burger bot, Kraft Mac & Cheese’s real-time marketing stunt, and more. From March 14. 👉🏼Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩️-setters everywhere. Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&Rtake30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF IN THIS EPISODE 🏎️ It’s all F1 & games ‘til someone wears a jumpsuit 🦴 “A Clockwork Orange” visits “The Bone Temple” 🤓 Firefly returns–but is it for real? 🧀 Kraft Mac & Cheese’s marketing goes real time 👶🏼 Iliza Shlesenger pitches Jeep’s Grand Baby Maker ⚱️ Liquid Death + Spotify: Something to urn for 🛍️ 2026 (pre-war) e-commerce projections 🤖 BK’s new surveillance, er, training bot Approximately 15 minutes. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual, and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools.
March 1 · 20 min
🍿10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2026, the Top 5 Marketing Channels by ROI & More
🎬 From “Avengers: Doomsday” to “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” and beyond, the Ricks look at the 10 most anticipated movies of 2026. Plus: Executives rank the top 5 marketing channels with the best ROI, Kellogg’s Tony the Tiger gets a rebrand, Burger King puts customer feedback front and center, and more. 👉🏼Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel ger for 🛩️-setters everywhere. Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&Rtake30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF IN THIS EPISODE 😱 Is 2026 the Year of Horror at the cineplex? 👹 Clayface: “The Substance” comes to Gotham City? 🕸️ Spider-Man: “Brand New Day”–or “Forget Me Not”? 🦸‍♀️ Supergirl: The Girl of Steel vs. Sheriff Lobo? 🌍 Disclosure Day: Emily’s Blunt about ETs 🧙‍♀️ “They Will Kill You,” not Zazzi Beetz 🧛🏿 Is Blade rising from the dead (again)? 🧟‍♀️ Do you want your “Mummy”? 🚀 Grogu and Pedro space out 🐯 Tony the Tiger: Frosted Fury? 💰 5 top marketing channels for ROI 🍔 BK serves up a new way to give feedback Approximately 20 min and 30 secs. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual, and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools.
February 17 · 22 min
🏈 Super Bowl Pop Quiz-Test Your 2026 Ad Recall
📺 A mere 10 days later, do you think you can remember some, or any, of this year’s Super Bowl spots? In a special edition of Rick and Rick Loaded Questions, we test your ad recall to see just how much mindshare $10 million can buy brands in the biggest media event of the year. 👉🏼Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩️-setters everywhere. Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&Rtake30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF IN THIS EPISODE 🌉 A bittersweet Super Bowl for the Ricks (at 01:20) 🐕 Do the Ricks have dogs in this hunt? (01:44) 💰 Big game, big costs: $10 million per 30 seconds (02:36) 💩 Where Will Shat on Super Bowl Sunday (04:30) ⛷️ Michelob Ultra meets Bob from every movie (07:00) 🐇 Bad Bunny made how much (…or rather, how little?) (08:14) 🦅 A horse, a bird, and milestone birthdays (09:07) 🧑‍🍳 Sabrina Carpenter builds her perfect man (10:35) 🦾 A Fembot, a Brobot, and AI as a badge of honor (12:22) 💍 Peyton Manning and a hilltop wedding gone wrong (13:22) 🦖 Xfinity fields a pair of head-scratchers (14:45) 🥤 The Cola Wars get icy in a blind taste test (17:40) 🪒 Weird & weirder: backflips and … singing hairballs (19:30) 🏆 How Taika Waititi won the Super Bowl (20:35) 🎈 Are AI brands partying like it’s 1999? (20:51) Approximately 22 minutes. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual, and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools.
February 7 · 27 min
🏟️ Super Bowl Advertising, Oscar Noms, IAB's 2026 Ad Spend Outlook & More
📣 Internet Advertising Bureau’s 2026 advertising spend outlook has digital, AI on the rise. NVIDIA Googles its first CMO. Pringles, Svedka Vodka, Hellmann’s, and Instacart hope to score big at Super Bowl LX—and let’s just say that Rick M's attempt to sing Hellmann’s “Sweet Sandwich Time” doesn’t end well. 👉🏼Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩️-setters everywhere. Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&Rtake30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF IN THIS EPISODE: 🏰 From Europe & the UK, with Love 🥶 Cold-Weather Glow-Up: Glühwein Memories 🏆 Forget “Eve,” “Sinners’” Oscar Noms Have Bite ☢️ Apocalypse Wow: Amazon Prime’s “Fallout” 💀Ralph Feins has a Bone to Pick 📺 Enter: “Stranger Things” and the Conformity Gate 🤖 Blink of AI: Svedka Vodka’s Fembot & BroBot 🥔 Pringles Hopes the Pop Don’t Stop 🏈 That Super Bowl Spot Is Just for Starters 🎤 Low A-Peel? Instacart Goes “Bananas” 👩🏽‍💼 NVIDIA Gets Its First Chief Marketing Officer 🏪 Digital, AI on the Rise: IAB’s 2026 Ad Spend Outlook 🔮 How to Make Bank in the Predictions Markets 🎸 Ham Touching Ham: Andy Samberg as Neil Diamond 🫟 “Whispers of Tranquility” - Pantone’s Color of the Year 2026 Approximately 27 minutes, 30 seconds. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual, and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools.
Dec 27, 2025 · 4 min
🎄Hottest But Hardest to Get Tech Toys for Holiday 2025
🎅🏻 Yippee-kay-yay, mirth lovers! The numbers have been crunched, and it’s time to reveal the Ricks’ list of the hottest-but-hardest-to-get tech toys of holiday 2025. Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 IN THIS EPISODE 🧸 This doll might not start it—but she will finish it 👽 Not the LEGO set you’re looking for 💩 The gift that’s full of, well, you know Approximately 4 minutes, 34 seconds. Review your streamer’s privacy policies. Episode may feature audio, visual and/or other forms of content developed using generative AI or other digital tools.
Sep 1, 2025 · 18 min
Brand Meets Fandamonium at Comic-Con 2025 (Concl)
In the conclusion of our annual coverage of geekdom’s biggest gathering, guests Kurt Ho and Eric V. continue to interview the Ricks about their experience at Comic-Con International 2025. Think: panels, purchases, parties—and at least some weirdness (looking at you, Megan 2.0). IN THIS EPISODE 📚 Rick W. shares the panels he attended—and some of their oddities 🦸🏽‍♂️ Rick M. on a panel with correlations with advertising industry—and missing host 🦾 Kurt Ho thanks Robotech promoters for keeping the faith 🚀 Rick M. reconsiders the “Star Trek Universe” panel in Hall H. 🔮 Kurt has an inspired idea for a panel at next year’s show 🛍️ Rick W. meets Johnny Bravo and buys a hell of a mystery box 💥 Rick M. zeroes in on vintage Justice League’s comics 🥷🏻 Eric V. targets Firefly—GI Joe’s answer to Boba Fett 🤩 How GI Joe bypassed Star Wars in Eric V’s art collection 🏪 Circle K, hold the candy bars: comics in the good ol’ days 🎬 The crew’s best—and freakiest—moments from Comic-Con 🎉 Ready Party One revisited—and the less said, the better 🛸 Kurt rounds things out about friends and fun traditions ✅ Tips to those who want to attend Nerd Mecca net year Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approx. 18 min, 30 sec. Review privacy and cookie policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify and all other streaming services. Some audio and visual elements created using AI-based tools.
Aug 24, 2025 · 15 min
Brand Activations: Lego, Hasbro & More at Comic-Con 2025 (Pt 1.)
🕶️ In their annual post-Comic-Con episode, guests Kurt Ho and Eric V. flip the script and interview the Ricks about their experience at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. It’s time to go inside Mardi Gras for Comic Book Geeks—and inspired brand activations from Lego, Hasbro, and more. IN THIS EPISODE 🤓 135,000 strong: What happens in San Diego never stays there (at 01:38) 💥 Overall impressions from newbies & and novices (02:30) 🤘🏼 Party Central: “Ready Party One” rocks the cosplay (04:30) 🧱 Lego brand activation: Replicating Comic-Con in plastic bricks (05:10) 🤖 Galactus for the win: In a sea of cosplay, one towers over all (07:45) 💃🏼 Andor or else? The “Niamos!” flash mobs that never happened (08:08) 💩 Todd McFarlane unfiltered: The weirder side of Comic-Con 2025 (08:34) 🤬 Inside, outside, upside down: A cruel opening-day joke on attendees (09:40) 🚍 A trippy bus ride you can only catch on the way to Comic-Con (11:46) 🎸 Zartan’s Revenge: Cobra Command goes heavy metal with Cold Slither (12:35) Brought to you by Taskin, the first name in ultra-stylish, premium-quality travel gear for 🛩-setters everywhere. 👐🏻Shop now and save 30% with promo code R&RTAKE30 at TaskinSF.com: ow.ly/Vh6M30r9EpF👐🏻 Approx. 15 min, 30 sec. Review privacy and cookie policies for SoundCloud, iTunes, Spotify and all other streaming services. Some audio and visual elements created using AI-based tools.

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