In our Season 5 opener: The Batman is a high-flying hit, The Boys' SXSW activation, and the Biden administration takes on social media data collection for targeting kids' with advertising, and more.

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😎 Slap us five: Heralding Season 5 of us Being the Ricardos—by way of Fat Albert & The Cosby Kids (at 1 min)

🏖 Rick W's Miami memories and Rick M's nightmare trip to the mall (at 02:30)

🦇 The Caped Crusader kicks box office butt—even if Bruce Wayne didn't show (at 06:07)

⚠️ Brands react to the Ukraine invasion; Morning Consult has the read on consumer reaction (at 10:18)

🦸🏼‍♀️ Vought Land goes Diabolical: The Boys brand activation at SXSW (at 12:25)

🍎 Apple's new Studio Display debuts at Apple's Spring Product Launch Event (at 13:38)

(at 13:40)

📢 The Biden administration wants social media to stop collecting data on kids for ad targeting (at 14:42)

Approx. 18 minutes, 34 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

It's time for an epic round of Loaded Questions as the Ricks celebrate their sensational season 4 finale.

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Approx. 34 minutes, 56 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

👁‍🗨 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.

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👀 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.

The Ricks continue to talk trends in part two of our annual outlook for marketing, media, tech, and pop culture. Includes: Elon Musk's hair, COVID's on-again-off-again impact on marketing, the future of ESG funds, and more.

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⚡️ Our estimates on the number of Tesla Cybertrucks to be delivered in 2022 (at 36-seconds)

💈 The distraction Elon Musk has ready if he gets guff for Cyberstuck (at 1-min, 13-seconds)

😎 A summer respite from the pandemic—and what it means to marketers (at 2:38)

📈 The future of ESG funds and what it means to brand reputation and loyalty (at 5:36)

Approx. 10 min, 36 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

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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✈️ 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)

Approx. 14 min, 36 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

🎬 That's right: The Ricks have all the gunfights, force fields, metaversal meta-commentary, synthients, and more—as they present a spoileriffic review of one of their most anticipated movies of the past year. From Jan 2.

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😷 Rick W's (thankfully vaxxed) Omicron holidays (at 1 min, 10-sec)

🕷 The 800-pound arachnid in the room (at 2:40)

💣 Why was Resurrections a box-office bomb? (at 3:20)

🎶 Did we really need a Matrix threequel—even if it features John Wick? (at 4:28)

🤦🏻‍♂️ For the love of a dude named Chad (at 6:54)

🔖 The self-referential plot quickens (at 7:10)

🕵🏼‍♂️ The private lives of evil agents (at 10:28)

🎭 Neo, Trinity, Morpheus and more—a look at the cast and their characters (at 11:19)

🐈‍⬛ Déjà vu: Callbacks, themes, Easter eggs and Kung Fu (at 15:32)

👁‍🗨 A movie most meta (at 17:51)

‼️ The binary codex and hitting the spin cycle (at 19:37)

🏅 Our final grades (at 24:32)

Approx. 26 minutes, 32 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

🍿 In the finale of our countdown of their three favorite movies of 2021, the Ricks share the December releases they're looking forward to most, from Spider-Man No Way Home to Matrix Resurrection and beyond. Plus: Loaded Questions and a whole lot more. From Dec. 5.

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💥 Rick W's most anticipated December movie is … (at 1 min, 4 sec)

📺 Rick M's surprise pick—and the little known alternative name for this podcast (at 3:10)

🕷 Forget "No Way Home"—let's talk "Across the Spider-verse" (at 3:40)

🐰 Dr. Strange is looking … strange (at 4:02)

💊 Let's discuss "A Glitch in the Matrix"–the doc on the simulation theory (at 6:21)

💋 The end-credits mistake in "James Bond: The Spy Who Loved Me" (at 8:36)

📆 The mistake showing the time in which the events of "The Matrix" take place (at 11:02)

🚙 Nick Fury's license place in "Spider-Man Far From Home" is … (at 12:21)

Approx. 14 min, 10 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

🍿 In part three of our countdown, the Ricks reveal their #1 favorite movies of 2021—but not without a surprise that could put an end to their friendship forever. From Dec. 5.

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🎬 A match-free movie countdown? It may be a first! (at :39 seconds)

🚀 Rick W's 2021 favorite is spacey… (at 55 sec)

💥 Rick M pulls a fast one (5 min 25 sec)

🔫 Rick M's favorite comes with a gun barrel salute (ay 6:04)

Approx. 8 minutes, 10 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

🎥 The countdown continues as the Ricks share the movies that rank #2 on their list of favorites for 2021. Spoiler alert: They both star the same actor. From Dec. 5.

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♟ Bishop plays pawn, with a little help from The Rock (at :37 seconds)

🎮 Guy discovers he's an NPC, all hell breaks breaks loose (at 3:41)

🌟 Hollywood's small (but growing) talent pool of bankable stars (at 4:48)

Approx.5 min, 47 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.

🎥 The Ricks count down their list of top three favorite movies of 2021 plus the one December release they're looking forward to seeing most.

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🏍 The Cyber Quad is here…but two years later, wither Cyber Truck? (at 1 min, 17 sec)

⭐️ The movie where the villain is a giant butthole … er, starfish (at 3:33)

🕷 The movie with the chick from "Midsommar" as a superhero (at 7:50)

Approx. 11 min, 30 seconds. For US audiences. Review cookie and privacy policies for iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud and all other streaming services.