Ricker and Bon

One coding agent has been running for a day, and suddenly everyone’s an engineer. We get into the tools we’re trying, the jobs AI might change, why we still want a human checking the work, and whether anyone actually needs another dashboard.

We also talk through the reported Jensen Huang allegations, election promises, energy prices and California politics, with detours through restaurant robots, chicken nuggets, cats and dogs. Then it’s back to our own problem: making clips people want to watch. Stale followers, trial reels, B-roll, Gary Vee’s content machine and what we’re trying next with AI editing.

Chapters

00:00 Everybody’s favorite podcast

00:47 Halloween finally catches up

02:50 Talking through the Jensen Huang story

09:06 The coding agent that runs all day

10:47 Restaurant robots and chicken nuggets

12:17 Jobs, AI and the human checking the work

16:58 What is a forward-deployed engineer?

18:57 Do we need another dashboard?

20:02 Cats, dogs and the worst text to send

24:47 Election promises and energy prices

30:34 Data centers and the next candidate field

35:50 California politics and Los Angeles

42:51 A few more business headlines

44:09 Long Instagram videos, stale followers and trial reels

48:14 B-roll and the Gary Vee content machine

51:00 Can AI learn how we edit clips?

53:30 Why keep making the podcast?

57:16 The Dana White rumor and the long goodbye

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Gavin Newsom: Office of Governor Gavin Newsom, budget address, June 29, 2026 (archive excerpt, source audio omitted). https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/06/29/signedbudget/

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Halloween costumes, questionable movie ratings, and a documentary that gives us plenty to argue about. We get into You Can See Everything, Nathan Fielder, Elizabeth Holmes, and the scenes that left us wondering what was real.

We also talk music submissions, Spotify, crying kids in public, and Halloween parties before getting into crypto exchanges, drinking habits, and relationship drama. There is a Christmas-tree debate, plenty of AI and IPO talk, our problems with touchscreen laptops, and a few app-building updates before the closing headlines.

Chapters

00:00 Halloween episode preview

00:44 Music submissions, Spotify, and introductions

05:17 Crying kids and the time change

08:04 Halloween parties, costumes, and concerts

12:35 Crypto exchanges and trust

17:21 You Can See Everything and movie ratings

26:25 What felt scripted in the documentary

35:04 Gen Z and drinking

38:53 Relationship gossip and emotional cheating

44:42 White or green Christmas trees?

46:43 AI pricing, valuations, and IPO talk

57:49 Delivery-app deals and employee shares

59:19 Trying to boss the AI editor around

01:00:40 Banks, Robinhood, and investing habits

01:04:11 Touchscreen laptops and Mac minis

01:06:01 Camera apps and app-store experiences

01:06:55 Closing headlines and AI search

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How do you make sense of AI's money problem? Ricker and Bon work through the numbers being discussed around Anthropic, computing capacity and Musk's companies, then get into the appeal of always-on assistants and the privacy tradeoffs that come with them.

The conversation takes a few detours: foldable phones and novelty apps, Halloween plans, old YouTube, comedy on SNL, and a long debate about Drake and The Weeknd. Plus, building apps, waiting on App Store review, and experimenting with a cloned voice for behind-the-scenes videos.

Music playback excerpts have been removed for this Spotify version.

Chapters

00:00 Coming up

00:35 Webcam trouble and studio setup

02:24 Celebrity politics and internet rumors

07:03 AI's money problem

18:06 Halloween plans and party games

21:28 Foldable phones and novelty apps

28:08 Always-on AI assistants and privacy

34:21 Internet fame and creator culture

40:35 When videos became content

46:16 Comedy, SNL and finding an audience

55:43 Drake, Kendrick and the pop-star persona

01:00:19 The Weeknd and album rabbit holes

01:02:30 Building apps and waiting for approval

01:04:21 Cloned voices and making videos with AI

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Ricker & Bon debate the idea of a flying Tesla, compare radio with online entertainment, and talk through AI fatigue, game building and assistants that make you wait on the phone.

The conversation wanders through movies, lockdown memories, festival livestreams and an AI ball before the opening engagement tease gets an answer. Expect explicit language, irreverent jokes and plenty of speculation.

Chapters

00:00 Welcome and the engagement tease

00:54 HOT 97, radio and Financial Audit

03:50 Can a Tesla really fly?

08:55 SolarCity, Tesla and investing

11:01 Microsoft chips and the AI buildout

12:41 AI fatigue and building a game

15:18 Dot, texting and AI phone calls

17:52 Finding music with Instagram search

19:04 Why people are tired of AI

21:52 AI art and movie talk

24:03 A would-you-rather detour

25:27 Nathan Fielder and movie rabbit holes

29:25 The Weeknd and lockdown memories

30:36 Bitcoin regrets

31:09 China and AI export restrictions

33:29 DJ Harvey and festival-stream stories

34:36 Cigarettes and AI optimism

35:01 Codex posting while the hosts talk

35:37 MrBeast and an AI ball

41:05 An engagement announcement and sign-off

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Bon goes solo for a review of The Social Reckoning, then discusses the iPhone Duo and reported plans for Apple’s home hub.

This episode contains film spoilers and Bon’s commentary on the stories discussed.

Chapters

00:00 Solo episode introduction

01:24 The Social Reckoning review

11:30 iPhone Duo discussion

12:30 Apple home hub discussion

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Ricker and Bon discuss the week's AI and business headlines, including Anthropic's reported computing commitments, the America.gov redesign, and reports involving AMD, World Labs, Paramount, Warner Bros. and Skydance.

The conversation also takes a long detour through Migos history, live-event booking, hotel brands, airline loyalty and the week's Gen Z word.

Chapters
00:00 Festival stories and the show open
02:35 The week's news begins
04:23 Merriam-Webster and online definitions
06:27 Anthropic and AI computing costs
12:19 AI agents and government websites
13:35 Inside the new America.gov
20:48 AMD and World Labs
22:16 Paramount, Warner Bros. and Skydance
31:40 The Migos and Offset rabbit hole
40:50 Live bookings and event logistics
42:00 Radisson, Choice Hotels and loyalty brands
51:40 Airlines, tattoos and the sign-off
53:43 Gen Z word of the week: larp

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Jetpack Pals opens with its recorded theme and a live browser demonstration of a multiplayer game set in a version of downtown Los Angeles. Players fly around with jetpacks, meet friends, and play smaller games inside the world.

The game has been in development for about three weeks in the recording and is still unfinished. AI coding tools, phone-based prompts, coworkers, and a city map are part of the build process.

Coffee ordering leads to a detour through app loyalty points, store habits, and the software behind big food chains. A simple purchase can connect to a surprisingly large technical system.

An AI shopping assistant raises questions about what an agent can do in a browser and how personal data shapes its suggestions. Marketplace recommendations and advertising become harder to separate when software shops on someone’s behalf.

Payment tools for agents move the discussion from suggestions to transactions. A funded card or account could let an agent buy things for its user, raising questions about controls and trust.

Turning a Zoom recording into clips and scheduled posts requires more than one good prompt. The workflow conversation covers documentation, repeated mistakes, prompt design, and how each run can preserve what was learned.

Meta glasses become a test of both hardware appeal and product presentation. The conversation examines the images, the landing page, and how the device might fit into daily use.

Yahoo search leads to a discussion about AI features, publisher links, and whether an older web brand can become more useful again. The segment also touches on other AI software announcements.

Downtown Los Angeles appears both as a real city and as a place represented in Jetpack Pals. Hollywood, buildings, and local landmarks shape the conversation around the game map.

Software costs and model limits affect how much can be built in a week. The game still needs graphics, phone performance, and more work before it can be treated as finished.

The iPhone’s top display area inspires ideas for small apps and reminders that stay visible during normal phone use. The concept turns a familiar interface detail into a place for lightweight software.

Blender is used for game models and Unity for the game itself in the workflow described in the recording. Remote control from a phone lets desktop tools keep working while the developer is away from the computer.

Internet slang and creator videos take the conversation away from software products. The detour moves through online forums, short-form videos, and what makes a creator worth sharing.

The spoken sign-off is followed by more conversation about transcripts and production systems. That aftertalk remains in the no-cut episode rather than being trimmed at the first goodbye.

A short Jetpack Pals promo bumper closes the recording after the aftertalk. It also jokes about Meta glasses and the metaverse.

Chapters

00:00 Jetpack Pals theme and game demo

03:05 Three weeks of AI-assisted game building

10:08 Coffee and app detour

14:20 AI shopping assistant

18:18 Paying for AI agents

21:13 Building the Zoom-to-clips workflow

25:24 Meta glasses and landing page

28:16 Yahoo search and AI software

30:25 Los Angeles and the game map

33:57 Software headlines and Jetpack Pals progress

38:19 iPhone interface ideas

40:09 Blender and Unity workflow

43:31 Football and online slang

45:48 Spoken sign-off and workflow aftertalk

47:26 Jetpack Pals promo bumper

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Ricker & Bon return with a wide-ranging conversation about media, technology, markets, AI tools, and the stories shaping the week.

The conversation moves from pop culture and press access to AI’s role in daily life, biotech ambitions, debt, and the business of the internet.

The hosts talk through everyday AI use, changing personal workflows and software experiments, then turn to technology financing, media-company dealmaking, consumer technology, and digital habits.

Chapters

00:00 Host intro

01:07 Opening: media, music, and public debate

09:07 Press access and the changing news landscape

15:07 AI tools, personal workflows, and software experiments

28:07 AI, biotech, and the technology investment cycle

33:07 Debt, markets, and media-company dealmaking

39:07 Consumer technology and digital habits

53:07 Internet culture, finance, and closing conversation

Ricker & Bon covers technology, business, media, markets, and the ideas moving through culture each week.

Ricker and Bon talk through foldable phones, the future of phone-first computing, AI safety, the compute race, NVIDIA, workplace productivity, and what debt and bond markets mean for the AI economy.

This audio edition opens with the approved 15-second Collar John theme before the conversation.

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Ricker & Bon are back with a wide-open conversation on the AI work boom, Codex and the terminal barrier, why faster software can create more work instead of fewer jobs, AirPods Pro, NVIDIA, Anthropic's compute buildout, and Tesla Cybercab.

00:00 The drops are back02:39 Codex, AI, and the terminal barrier07:30 Building games and software with AI12:00 Why AI can create more work, not fewer jobs21:20 GTA VI and Xbox cloud gaming25:00 Physical media, ownership, and copyright30:00 Internet research and the music tangent35:35 Azure, cloud spending, and Microsoft42:45 Apple, private CEOs, and AirPods Pro48:00 Anthropic, Lambda, and the AI compute buildout51:00 NVIDIA, Roblox, and market optimism56:00 Jensen Huang watch talk59:00 Tesla Cybercab and the federal safety question64:00 Volkswagen cuts, jobs, and rapid-fire news67:25 Sign-offSubscribe for more Ricker & Bon. Follow @rickerandbon on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.