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)

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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.

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🧟‍♀️ 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)

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🎬 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

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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.

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🏎️ 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

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🎬 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.