It's time for Rick and Rick's annual look at key trends shaping the worlds of marketing, media, tech, and pop culture in the year ahead. In part one: B2B marketing to a hybrid workforce; getting topsy-turvy in the entertainment sector; plus some tongue-in-cheek predictions about a new branded NFT initiative from Lotrimin, Spider-Man's next Big-Apple adventure, and more.

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IN THIS EPISODE

✈️ Rick W. shares his 2022 travel plans and a mission impossible (at 1-min, 19-seconds)

🤞🏻 Rick M. shares one trend he hopes will hold in the NFL (at 2:26)

🏈 Rick W. takes it a step further and predicts the winner of this year's Super Bowl (at 2:54)

🦶🏼 Rick M's prediction about a new NFT initiative from a major athlete's foot brand (at 3:31)

📢 A hybrid workforce world—and what that means to B2B marketing (at 3:56)

🎧 Why audio in general—and podcasts in particular—may prove crucial in 2022 (at 5:42)

🕷 Predicting Spider-Man will do the full Macaulay in the sequel to "No Way Home" (at 7:43)

🍿 A return to the cineplex in 2022 with plenty of blockbusters coming to the rescue? (at 9:30)

🎥 For the love (and thunder) of it—what's the scoop on this year's "Avatar 2?" (at 10:55)

📺 Is turbulence (or at least big changes) ahead for streaming services? (at 11:27)

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