Joe, Becky, Andrew Conquer the Morning vignettes

Talking Squawk, the official "Squawk Box" blog, is BACK after our holiday hiatus—providing tidbits, insights, and some sarcastic reflections on the WEEK THAT WAS and the WEEK TO COME from the notepad of the show's senior executive producer.

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Conquer the Morning! Conquer the Day!

It's the new "Squawk Box" ad campaign, and it's a lot of fun. The first ads are meant to give you a real behind-the-scenes view of our three musketeers, showing you what makes them tick both at home and at the office. So if you haven't seen them yet, I posted the links to the videos featuring Becky, Joe, and Andrew below. (I should mention, we shot them for our "Squawk on the Street" brethren too! If you want to check them out just go to CNBC's "Conquer the Morning" Channel on YouTube)

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Big thinking

Peter Orszag used to run the budget at the White House. Now he's the global banking vice chairman at Citigroup, and he's paid to think big. Like big, and Grand Bargain big.

More big thinking

Meanwhile, Glenn Hubbard ran the White House Council of Economic Advisers before he became dean of the Columbia Business School. He's also paid to think big on the economy.

Byron Wien's market surprises

Every year, market guru Byron Wien makes a list of 10 surprise predictions. He revealed this year's list on "Squawk Box" and then we went through them one at a time.

Among the highlights, he thinks this could be !

Another surprise? Mexico.

And how about agricultural commodities?

The Squawk Reserve

"Squawk Box" Market Master Mohamed El-Erian runs Pimco—the largest and most influential bond trading firm in the world.

This week, along with his appearance on the show, he penned an editorial exclusively for CNBC.com. Here's the .

'Shark Tank'

I have to admit, I have never been a huge fan of reality television. But "" on CNBC might just change my mind.

We had "Shark Tank" star Kevin O'Leary on this week to talk about the show's debut on CNBC on Tuesday nights.

Watch how this segment evolves and the conversation it sparked on the minimum wage.

The 'Kernency'

All this bitcoin talk got us talking this past week, mainly about the story of Kanye West getting his own virtual currency, "Coinye."

This very important and relevant business discussion led the control room to draw their own obvious conclusions on what the next big virtual currency opportunity would be.

Of course, we now introduce to the world to the Joe "Kernency."

Squawkward moments

Byron Wien: " … I knew that would arouse you Joe."

Joe: "No, Byron your comments earlier about you hop around in the snow aroused me, but let's not get into that."

Eye in the sky

Your car knows more about you than you may think.

's head of marketing was talking about data privacy at CES in Las Vegas this week. He says GPS units installed in Ford vehicles allow the automaker to know when drivers are speeding.

This of course has some Squawkers a little upset. Cue the classic Joe Kernen road rage video!