A short one-on-one where we find Nikki and Chad reminiscing the recent Atlanta snow day, why snow in the South is special, YakTrax, Zwift kudos, and Wahoo ROLLR v KICKR trainers. They chat the LA fires, how the recent “eat the rich” sentiment is a result of celebrities, social media, the flaunting of wealth and what it means for the future of social media from the perspective and habits of Gen Z and Gen Alpha. They also walk us through how a proposed filming can get hijacked by an HOA president, Red One or Red Notice, and how much The Rock must just really like the color. Don’t forget to subscribe to the Culture Edit newsletter (cultureedit.com) and the Substack app.

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This week’s one-on-one New Year/Circle-Back Week special finds Nikki and Chad back in the ATL where they walk us through Nikki’s Glazer’s triumph at the Golden Globes, a deep dive of the service spectrum with Verizon wireless, what the retail experience will be when the robots take over, how the Avicii documentary draws tears and inspiration, the death of Burley’s bar where “vodka is vodka,” Dry January, why Tik Tok ban is a good for young girls and the planet, the hydration brand explosion, and the latest on the +SpeedStudio brand tweak. They get serious thinking about 2025 goals, what it is like to be an entrepreneur, and seeking out more authentic mentors.

This week’s one-on-one on New Year’s Eve finds Nikki and Chad still in Miami where they provide their “culture takes” like how Christmas is non-existent, lots of eye contact, social relationship priority, the latest on shrimp cocktail, and how Sunny’s Steakhouse could be the best restaurant in America.

Since it’s year-end, they also tackle the big trend reports, including Airmail’s over/under hyped and the Strava “Year In Sport.” They also provide their own 2025 workplace culture predictions: the death of perks, AI’s impact on return to office, the shift to performance-based pay, and getting creative with leadership communications.

A holiday one-on-one from Miami where Nikki and Chad catch us up on getting over the “Baselvid” illness and why it doesn’t feel like the holidays even though it’s Christmas Adam. They walk us through the “perfect Sunday” which consists of Don Pan, Lido, and Michael’s Genuine. Nikki opens up her Shrimp Cocktail list to crowdsourcing, where their oyster tradition originated, why Paris has the best Christmas season, how sometimes you can meet your heroes, and getting invited to celebrate Noche Buena.

In this week’s one-on-one episode, Nikki and Chad are still in Miami as they wrap up an exhausting Art Basel. They chat through the pod’s Spotify-wrapped data, their surprising wrapped rankings, how traffic compares to ATL (there’s water involved), Nikki flubbing a brush with Bethenny Frankel, robot deliveries, the second-best espresso martini at Feana, and why WhatsApp. They give us a run-down on exactly what goes down at “Miami Art Week” from a newbie's perspective, including the shows, parties, brand activation smoke and mirror tactics, the elephant migration installation, and how there’s a huge opportunity for athletic brands to get involved.

This week’s episode features returning guest and CTO of Wahoo Fitness, John Trainor. We chat marathon war stories, the latest in AI possibilities, and why leadership communication is hard but effective. John gives us insights into Wahoo’s wildly popular and disruptive new treadmill the KICKR RUN with its “run free” feature. We also chat about Wahoo’s new bike computer - the ELEMNT ACE with its revolutionary wind measurement tools, and Nikki makes a request to add a speaker. We wrap things up with a chat about why it’s only when you’ve nearly died that you truly appreciate having the gift of endurance athletics (it goes dark for a minute) and Chad’s disturbing scar from 2009.

This is an episode you don’t want to miss.

A special one-on-one during Thanksgiving week, as Nikki and Chad chat about her experience running the Duncan Ridge Ultra and remembering their friend Kelly Raymond Pizzuti. They also cover corporate math for the holidays, backcountry comms, confusing Black Friday strategy, Jaguar’s weird AI-generated rebrand, and Manifesting the word of the year.

In this week’s one-on-one, Nikki and Chad bring us in on all things Clayton, GA - which has the world’s best road riding, the best Cuban restaurant (HUSH), Stonewall Creek Winery, and how Wander thrives with a brand first and people first strategy. There’s another dog save – this time from a rural gas station, and Nikki walks us through how much of a difference it can make to build confidence through training. They walk us through why they take the time to build community and camaraderie via SpeedClub and some controversial takes on AI fails, Yellowstone, Martha doc, and May Old Ass movie.