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Ricker and Bon
by Adobe House Records
Two definitely-not-old millenials document their journeys to becoming internet-age trillionaires (inflation-adjusted). Follow on Instagram: http://instagram.com/rickerandbonFollow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z6QN68EeLR8
Episodes
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The Social Reckoning Review
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...
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Is America.gov great?
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...
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Can AI help build a multiplayer game in three weeks?
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...
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AI, Media and the Money Machine | Ricker & Bon
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...
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The Foldable iPhone, AI Safety, NVIDIA, and the Debt Question
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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The AI Work Boom, AirPods Pro & Tesla Cybercab | Ricker & Bon
Follow Ricker and Bon: http://instagram.com/rickerandbon http://tiktok.com/@rickerandbon https://youtube.com/@rickerandbon https://open.spotify.com/show/0n1m0eR2sYZU2EFhSwlqX1 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ricker-and-bon/id1367523204 Ricker & Bon are back with a wide-open conversation on...
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Nvidia’s $96B Quarter, OpenAI’s Hugging Face Hack, and Jersey Mike’s IPO | Ricker and Bon #439
Nvidia posted a $96.2 billion quarter, forecast another year of major growth, and set off a conversation about whether the AI buildout is a durable boom or a hyperscaler-funded bubble. Ricker and Bon also get into the reported Nvidia and Hugging Face deal, what open-source AI infrastructure...
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Evan Marks on Trading, Burnout, Emotional Control & Mental Performance | Ricker & Bon
Evan Marks joins Ricker & Bon for a wide-ranging conversation about trading psychology, mental training, performance under pressure, and what it takes to execute consistently in high-stakes environments. Evan traces the path from managing institutional capital on Wall Street to founding M1...
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The Lakers' $12.5B Deal, AI's Data Center Backlash, and Goth Night in LA | Ricker and Bon #438
Ricker and Bon open with the platform question every podcaster eventually asks: how did Spotify win the culture war while Apple Music and Apple Podcasts still struggle to feel social? They get into discovery, desktop apps, short-form conversion and why technically polished products do not...
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South Korea's Leverage Casino, SpaceX vs. Telecom & Timepiece Hour | Ricker and Bon #437
Ricker and Bon break down South Korea's leveraged-ETF unwind, SpaceX and Starlink's challenge to telecom, GPT-5.6 and agentic work, Christopher Nolan's studio move, Japan's yen problem, and a final Timepiece Hour on Seiko and Orient. They also get into Spotify's copyright crackdown, late-night DJ...
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Are We Getting the Foldable iPhone?
We talk the foldable iPhone, Michael Jackson's death, and Trump passports. Some other notable news:Micron delivered one of the most stunning quarters in semiconductor history, reporting roughly $41.5 billion in fiscal-Q3 revenue, up about 346% year over year, and guiding next quarter to about $50...
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SpaceX's $75B Record IPO, Fable 5 Regulation & OpenAI's $1T S-1 Filing | Ricker and Bon #429
SpaceX priced its IPO at $135 per share on June 11 and began trading on the Nasdaq under ticker SPCX on June 12, raising roughly $75 billion at a $1.75 trillion valuation - the largest initial public offering ever, dwarfing Saudi Aramco's $29B record from 2019. The stock opened at $150, jumped…
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The Death of Weightless Software: $80B AI Bets, 142K Layoffs & GitHub Revolt | Ricker and Bon #434
The weightless era of software is over. This week the AI buildout slammed into the physical world: concrete, copper, electricity, water, and capital. We map the paradox of record wealth at the top of the stack and intense friction everywhere else. Alphabet announced an $80 billion equity raise…
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The History of Coding, Why AI Is In Everything, and New Drake | Ricker and Bon #433
We talk a lot about coding and AI and a little less about headlines today. Runner-up: SpaceX is targeting a June/July 2026 IPO at a reported ~$1.75 trillion valuation, which would be the largest public listing in history. The float follows SpaceX's ~$250B all-stock acquisition of xAI in February,...
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SpaceX IPO at $1.75T, Nvidia's $81.6B Blowout, and Google I/O Recap | Ricker and Bon #432
SpaceX filed its public S-1 with the SEC, revealing 2025 revenue of $18.7 billion — up 33% year over year — anchored by Starlink's $11.4 billion connectivity segment. The Goldman-led syndicate is targeting a $1.75 to $2 trillion valuation, more than double the December 2025 tender offer mark…
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Cerebras IPO Explodes, Claude Rate Limits Hurt, and the AI Bubble Gets Realer | Ricker and Bon #431
Cerebras just had one of the biggest tech IPO debuts in years. The AI chip company listed at $185, opened at $350, and closed up 68% at $311 — giving it a roughly $95 billion valuation and making it the largest U.S. tech IPO since Uber. The AI hardware window is officially open, and the market is...
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New Anthropic Deals, Meta Layoffs, and Cerebras IPO | Ricker and Bon #430
Anthropic is making the AI infrastructure race look less like software and more like an industrial arms race. The company reportedly committed $200 billion to Google Cloud over five years, stacked on top of its existing Amazon compute arrangement, while also striking a separate agreement tied to...
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Apple's $111B Quarter, OpenAI Misses & Debt Hits 100% GDP | Ricker and Bon #429
This week on Ricker and Bon:Apple' fiscal Q2 2206 shattered every record in the books —112.1 revenue, services at an allt-ime quarterly high of $.0398B, EPS of .2$01. OpenAI missed revenue and user growth targets, pushing its IPO to mid-to-late 202.7 The Musk v .Altman trial kicked off in Oakland...
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Tim Cook Exits, Tesla's $25B Bet & OpenAI's Fastest Model Ever | Ricker and Bon #428
This week on Ricker and Bon: Tim Cook exits Apple, Tesla raises its 2026 capex to $25B, OpenAI ships GPT-5.5 "Spud," SpaceX eyes a $60B acquisition of Cursor, and consumer sentiment hits a 74-year low.
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The AI Hacking Arms Race, AWS's $15B Bet & Bezos Builds a Rival Lab | Ricker and Bon #427
The 6 biggest stories in tech, business, and macro — week of April 12, 2026. Anthropic's Mythos Preview autonomously found high-severity zero-day vulnerabilities across every major operating system and browser. The offensive/defensive asymmetry in cybersecurity just shifted. Attackers with…
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OpenAI’s $852B Shock, AI Job Collapse & Artemis Moon Mission | Ricker and Bon #426
A $122 billion funding round just valued OpenAI at $852 billion, with $2 billion in monthly revenue and nearly 1 billion weekly users, marking the moment AI stopped being a startup category and became global infrastructure.Five weeks into an Iran-linked oil disruption, the Strait of Hormuz…
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Iran War Week 4, OpenAI $730B Valuation, Anthropic vs. Pentagon, Meta Verdicts | Ricker and Bon #425
A federal judge used the word "Orwellian" this week to describe the U.S. government's attempt to blacklist one of its own AI companies for refusing to build autonomous weapons. Week four of the Iran war brought missiles into Saudi Arabia, oil past $100 a barrel, and a White House deadline that...
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NVIDIA GTC and Michael Jackson Movie
The best one yet
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Ricker and Bon Put Your Hands Up!
Ricker and Bon Put Your Hands Up!
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Bieber Swag, Full Self Driving, Business Software | Ricker and Bon #423
Bieber Swag, Full Self Driving, Business Software | Ricker and Bon #423
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American Party, iOS, and Peter Thiel Bank | Ricker and Bon #422
American Party, iOS, and Peter Thiel Bank | Ricker and Bon #422
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What Does The FBI Director Think? | Ricker and Bon #421
What Does The FBI Director Think? | Ricker and Bon #421
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Human or AI? | Ricker and Bon #420
Human or AI? | Ricker and Bon #419
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Skype Dies and Warren Buffet Retires | Ricker and Bon 419
Skype Dies and Warren Buffet Retires
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Tesla Tanks, Trump Shills Investors, and Startup Profits | Ricker and Bon #418
Tesla Tanks, Trump Shills Investors, and Startup Profits | Ricker and Bon #418
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Why iPhones Are Expensive and How Netflix Was Acquired | Ricker and Bon #416
Why iPhones Are Expensive and How Netflix Was Acquired | Ricker and Bon #417
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iShowSpeed history, Severance Spoilers, and Markets in Turmoil | Ricker and Bon #415
iShowSpeed history, Severance Spoilers, and Markets in Turmoil | Ricker and Bon #414
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23andMe Bankrupt, StubHub IPO, and ICE Reshuffle | Ricker and Bon #414
23andMe Bankrupt, StubHub IPO, and ICE Reshuffle
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Apple Guts Privacy, Microsoft's Quantum Chip, and the MAN Behind Melania Coin | Ricker and Bon #413
This week, we’re diving into the biggest stories in business, tech, and crypto, including a $600 million crypto scandal, Apple’s encryption rollback, and Microsoft’s new quantum computing breakthrough.
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Apple Humanoid Robots and Nostalgic Flash Games | Ricker and Bon #412
Apple Humanoid Robots and Nostalgic Flash Games | Ricker and Bon #413
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Hurry Up Tomorrow and Tariffs | Ricker and Bon #411
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Trump’s First 4 Days: Major Moves, Controversies, and What’s Next | Ricker and Bon #410
In this episode, we dive into the whirlwind first four days of Donald Trump’s second term as president. From executive orders targeting crypto and AI to the unexpected $TRUMP meme coin launch, Trump’s bold moves are already reshaping key industries. We discuss: ✅ The $500 billion Stargate AI...
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$TRUMP Memecoin, Bitcoin-Backed Loans, and New ChatGPT Update | Ricker and Bon #409
$TRUMP Meme Coin Frenzy: Donald Trump’s meme coin surges to a $5B market cap — liquidity stats, ownership risks, and potential market impact.Bitcoin-Backed Loans on Coinbase: Borrow up to $100,000 against your Bitcoin — what’s the catch, and who should avoid it?ChatGPT’s New Update: OpenAI...
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Los Angeles Fire of 2025 | Ricker and Bon #408
We talk a lot about the Pasadena, Eaton, Palisades fire that hit close to home. If you want a prize, send us a DM of your rating on Instagram http://instagram.com/rickerandbon
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Tesla’s Sales Decline, Cybertruck Explosion and Apple’s $95M Settlement | Ricker and Bon #407
Tesla’s Annual EV Sales Drop for the First Time in Over a Decade Historic Decline: Tesla sold 1.79 million vehicles in 2024, marking its first annual sales drop in over a decade. Quarterly Miss: Delivered 495,570 vehicles in Q4, falling short of analyst expectations. Stock Reaction: Shares…
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Netflix’s NFL Takeover, Apple’s $20B Google Drama, & Christmas Spending | Ricker and Bon #406
Netflix scores 24M viewers per NFL game in its Christmas Day debut, featuring Beyoncé’s halftime show for fans in 200+ countries. Apple defends its $20B search deal with Google in a landmark antitrust trial reshaping how we search online. China announces a record $411B treasury bond issuance to...
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More USA Debt? | Ricker and Bon #405
President-elect Donald Trump announced his support for a new GOP proposal to fund the government temporarily and raise the debt ceiling just before a potential government shutdown. The plan includes $100.4 billion in disaster aid and extends government funding through March 14. However, it faces...
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Meta’s AI Nuclear Leap, Hot Ones Sold to Soros, & Stanley Mug Scandal | Ricker and Bon #404
Meta dives into nuclear data AI, Buzzfeed sells its iconic Hot Ones franchise to George Soros, and Stanley's faulty mugs stir up consumer outrage! Get ready for a deep dive into the most intriguing headlines of the week! Meta’s Nuclear Data AI: Meta announces a groundbreaking AI initiative to...
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Bitcoin Hits $100K, $200 OpenAI o1, and Chaos in South Korea | Ricker and Bon #403
In this episode, we dive into Bitcoin's milestone as it reaches $100K, explore Google DeepMind's groundbreaking AI weather model GenCast, and break down the chaos in South Korea following the declaration of martial law. Plus, insights on OpenAI's premium ChatGPT Pro subscription. Stay tuned for…
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Drake Sues Universal, Marketing Music, & Blackstone Buys Jersey Mike's | Ricker & Bon #402
We got Sean Gunner Lee in the house for Thanksgiving week and we talk about Drake suing his own label, how to market music organically on TikTok and Blackstone buys the second largest sandwich chain in Ameirca.
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Kendrick's GNX Drops, Bitcoin 100K, and Google's Antitrust | Ricker and Bon #401
Kendrick Lamar's GNX Project: A dive into Kendrick’s new record and how it means the Warriors definitely win the chip in 2025. Crypto Market Updates: Key wins, losses, and what’s shaping the future of cryptocurrency. Google Antitrust Battle: DOJ’s push to break up Google’s Chrome browser—what it...
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7-Eleven's Big Move Apple’s Smart Home Surprise, Grubhub’s Fire Sale, and Burrito History | Ricker & Bon 400
In this episode, we explore major shakeups across industries. We start with 7-Eleven’s huge potential acquisition that sounds like Succession. Next, we dive into Apple’s latest venture into smart home tech, showcasing how the new product could change home automation. We also uncover the story...
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Trump Won Election, Who Wins Markets? | Ricker and Bon #399
Trump Won Election, Who Wins Markets? | Ricker and Bon #399
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Tech Earnings, Movies Moving to Mexico, and Disney Grabs Grammys | Ricker and Bon #398
Tech Earnings Breakdown: Analysis of top tech companies’ Q4 reports, spotlighting Apple’s performance and industry trends. Hollywood in Mexico: Discussion on the push for film production in Mexico as studios seek cost-effective and visually diverse locations. Disney’s Grammy Play: Disney’s...
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AI Bubble vs. Dot-Com Crash, Apple’s Rivalry with Meta, and the Rise of Risky New Loans | Ricker and Bon #397
Join us as we break down tech and finance’s hottest topics. First, we dive into the AI bubble vs. the internet bubble—is today’s AI boom headed for a similar fate? Next, we explore Apple’s dominance as Meta challenges its standing with new AR/VR innovations. Lastly, we tackle Wall Street’s latest...
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Two definitely-not-old millenials document their journeys to becoming internet-age trillionaires (inflation-adjusted). Follow on Instagram: http://instagram.com/rickerandbonFollow on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z6QN68EeLR8
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