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The Best One Yet
Feel brighter every day with our 20-minute pop-biz news podcast. The 3 business stories you need, with fresh takes you can pretend you came up with — Pairs perfectly with your morning oatmeal ritual. Hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell. Formerly known as “Snacks Daily”, Nick and Jack co...
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🏃♀️ “Doing Things” — Ty Haney, Founder of Outdoor Voices
The Rise, fall, and resurrection of the coolest athleisure brand of the 20-teens, Outdoor Voices.
No one does things like Ty Haney...
🏀 “FBI, NBA, & The Mafia” — Basketball’s insider trading. Netflix’s Stranger Things strategy. Ty Haney of OV. +Water Sommeliers
Basketball. Mafia Bosses. The FBI… 30+ people were arrested for NBA insider trading and illegal poker.
Netflix’s Stranger Things Season 5 is tak...
🎢 “Roller Coaster Tycoon” — Travis Kelce’s Six Flag’s investment. OpenAI’s web browser. NHL’s predictions deal. +Google’s Bed Bugs
We used OpenAI’s web browser for 1 full day… Here's our review on “ChatGPT Atlas”.
The Kelce brothers invested in Six Flags with a hedge fund… I...
🍷 “LeBrunello James” — NBA’s wine season. China’s marriage markets. Warner Bros’ bidding way. +6-pound phone case
The NBA season kicked off last night…and it’s the official league of wine.
Warner Brothers Discovery stock jumped 11% on word of a bidding war…...
🏴☠️ “The Day the Internet Broke” — AWS’ outage. Canyon Ranch’s menopause resort. TiVo’s last day. +FBI’s art crime team
Canyon Ranch is opening a $500M hotel in Austin, but for just 1 customer… Women.
The internet broke yesterday because of Amazon Web Services… It...
🌴 “Date Maxxing” — Medjool Dates’ surge. Apple’s F1 fashion. Ramp’s ‘The Office’ strategy. +Worst Tipping City
Apple snagged the TV rights to Formula1… Because racing is now a luxury fashion product.
Ramp just hired the cast from ‘The Office’... and got t...
🪽 “Fashion Show 2.0” — Victoria’s Secret’s resurrection. Coterie’s $1B diaper. Ikea’s price pop. +Moneycrisp Apples
Victoria’s Secret got its mojo back Wednesday night, but so did the stock… it’s following Abercrombie’s playbook.
Coterie diapers are being acqu...
😏 “DTP (Down To Prompt)” — ChatGPT’s erotic pivot. Bill Simmons’ king-maker. Goldman’s D1 Athletes. +Tyra Banks’ hot ice cream.
OpenAI announced erotica will be allowed in the chat… Sam Altman is flooding the zone.
Netflix is adding Spotify video podcasts… because Bill Si...
🧋 “Anti-Slop Coffee Shop” — Claude’s AI café. Vulcan’s patriotic mine. Buldak’s $8B noodles. +Downpayment Work Perk.
Why did an AI brand open an NYC coffee shop?... Claude’s throwing shade at ChatGPT.
China’s cutting off rare earth metals to America… So Vulcan...
🪞 “Mirror, no Mirror?” — Aritzia’s mirrorless fashion. Nobel’s Creative Destruction prize. Strava’s Garmin lawsuit. +Failure Day
Canada’s Aritzia is now as valuable as The Gap or Levi’s… But it’s doing it with mirrorless dressing rooms.
Strava sued Garmin as the running ap...
🏙️ “JamieLand” — JPM’s Return-to-Office Tower. Scoreability’s LinkedIn for Athletes. Walmart’s Store of the Future. +Pumpkin Spice Weddings
JP Morgan Chase’s new skyscraper just opened… including 19 restaurants & custom scents.
Scoreability is LinkedIn of high school athletes… Becaus...
💄 “The Carrie Bradshaw Index” — Where to Live Solo. Amazon’s Prime Day retirement. Pizza by the Slice. +Jack’s Nvidia Poem.
Amazon was sued for fake deals on Prime Day… it’s time to retire Prime Day.
Where can Americans afford to live solo in 2025?... Introducing The...
🐊 “4th-and-Pickle” — Gatorade’s picklejuice plan. ChatGPT’s chief-of-app. Spunge’s sneaker disruption. +150 Friend Rule.
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🥇 “$4K” — Gold’s “debasement” trade. Rowan’s $150M Ear Piercing. Sharpies’ Made in America. +Netflix’s Loud Ad Law.
Gold reached a record $4,000/ounce… but this gold run is different than any in history.
How is Rowan doing $150M in sales of ear piercings for g...
👠 “D(ad)dy Gang” — Alex Cooper’s ad agency. Lamborghini’s $6K stroller. CBS’ radical moderate. +Knitting Economy.
Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy launched an ad agency… It’s vertical integration, daddy-style.
Lamborghini & Aston-Martin now sell $5k baby strolle...
🤡 “Brain RotTok” — Sora’s AI Hollywood app. Heinz’s sauce maxxing. Best Buddy Stock Accounts. +Nick’s Waymo ticket
OpenAI’s Sora hit #1 in the app store with AI-only vids… Artificial intelligence is going the way of Artificial Ingredients.
The financial “tren...
🌮 “Choco Taco 2.0” — Salt & Straw’s Taco Bell collab. Electric Cars’ last call. Interview with Friend AI’s CEO. +AOL RIP
The founder of Friend joins the pod for an interview… And announces he’s making a Friend AI movie.
Taco Bell and Salt & Straw resurrected the Ch...
🏴 “Bank It Like Beckham” — David Beckham’s biz empire. Dirty Soda’s surge. McKinsey’s CEO secret. +Co-CEO Olsen Twins.
Swig started the Dirty Soda trend that’s taking over America… and now it’s overtaking alcohol.
David Beckham’s financials leaked… He makes more...
🐶 “Cute > Compute” — DoorDash’s delivery bot. Etsy’s ChatGPT website-killer. America’s 15th Shutdown. +Ford Poetry.
DoorDash’s 1st food delivery robot has as a strategic feature… Cuteness.
Etsy stock jumped 16% on a shopping deal with ChatGPT… but AI agents ar...
🎩 “Boardwalk McEmpire” — McDonald’s Monopoly psychology. Friend AI’s viral subway ad. EA’s Saudi Sale. +The Best Idea Yet nomination.
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🥃 “Negroni Hotel” — Death & Co’s hotel chain. Costco’s 9am DINK hour. Apple acquires Intel? +Ad-supported Toilet Paper
Death & Co. started the craft cocktail movement… and now it’s becoming a hotel chain.
Apple’s surprise Made in America power move?... Buy Intel...
🚛 “Sloppy Soundtracks” — Spotify’s AI purge. NFL’s 3 huge sales. Starbucks’ McDonald moment. + Anthropologie’s $1K rock.
Starbucks is decaffeinating itself, closing 400 stores… but there’s hope for Starbs at McDonald’s.
3 NFL teams just sold at record prices... The...
🛵 “Who is Mamadou?” — Uber’s perfect delivery guy. Nvidia’s OpenAI circularity. Exec Assistants-for-All. +Sorority $$$ Surge.
Who is Mamadou?... The 5.0 perfect delivery mystery is Uber’s big marketing opportunity.
Nvidia paid OpenAI $100B, so that OpenAI can pay Nvidia...
🍣 “Capitalism Roll” — Sushi’s US surge. Oura’s $11B Ring. Oklo’s nuclear Trump speech. +Ben Stiller soda.
Sushi is surging in America, specifically grocery store sushi… because convenience is king.
Oura just hit a $11B valuation selling their tech ri...
🧸 “Bear Squeeze” — Build-A-Bear’s 2,500% surge. H-1B’s $100K visa fee. Beli’s Yelp-etition. +SNL’s talent accelerator.
Trump jacked up the fee of H-1B visas to $100K… The economic lens? It’s a tariff on people.
Build-A-Bear’s stock is surging this year… because 9...
💏 “Cuffing Szn” — Raya’s dating club. Olive Garden’s petite parm. TikTok FlipFlop. +September Stock Diss.
The top dating app right now is a secret: Raya… It’s got a waitlist bigger than Philadelphia.
We have TikTok deal, it’s approved, but we don’t k...
👟 “Air Force Kirkland” — Nike’s Costco sneaker. Amex’s $895 mirror card. Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation. +Kevin Durant’s crypto password.
Amex just jacked up the fee for its Platinum card to $895… so we used AI to optimize the points.
Did Nike just collab with Costco on a shoe?......
☎️ “No you hang up!” — Landlines’ comeback. SharkNinja’s influencer army. The Fed’s D-Day. +Nike/Nobu Sushi Club.
Landline phones are making a comeback, led by the brand Tin Can… and it’s because of Millennial parents.
SharkNinja sells gadgets in 35 categori...
👁️ “eyePhone” — Zuck’s screen-in-lens glasses. Kodak’s renaissance moment. Quarterly Earnings psych. +Treadmill trends.
Meta leaked that they’re launching new smart glasses today… with a screen on the lens.
Kodak is back with a camera that sold out… thanks to Lab...
👢 “ChatGP-She” – AI’s female flip. Robinhood’s VC-for-All. Shake Shack’s Michael Kors burger. +Sony Walkman’s innovation.
ChatGPT revealed the 1st study on who actually uses it… The power user? High school girls.
Shake Shack invented a French Onion Burger… it’s the...
👨 “Performative Male” — Pinterest’s pin dudes. Alo’s ath-luxury bag. Stagflation’s fire flood.
Alo launched a $3,600 bag, while Aldi launched a free bag… and that explains the economy.
The #1 issue this week is stagflation… The Fed has to...
⚽ “Yellow card” — World Cup’s surge seating. Winklevii Bros’ IPO. Casey’s pizza station. +Zodiac Investing.
FIFA began selling tickets to the 2026 World Cup in USA yesterday… and it’s messing with StubHub.
The Winklevoss twins didn’t get Facebook… but...
🔮 “New Richest Human” — Oracle’s 40% surge. Ralph Lauren’s AI nepobaby. “Got Milk?” 30th b’day. +Pokemon Card investors.
Oracle stock jumped 40% yesterday… making Larry Ellison is now the world’s richest person.
Ralph Lauren stock is at an all-time high… Because t...
🤏 “Ozempic iPhone” — Apple’s iPhone “Air”. Ben & Jerry’s revolt. Sphere’s 4D Wizard of Oz. +Anti-Shoe-Startups.
Apple just unveiled the iPhone Air… for Apple, it’s survival by a thousand features.
Wizard of Oz at the Sphere is basically the metaverse… and...
🧈 “Costco Gold Digger” — Gold’s all-time-high. OpenAI’s 1st Cannes film. Black Rock Coffee’s IPO. +NYYankee $$$.
Sam Altman’s newest idea?... OpenAI makes an animated movie to win the Cannes Film Fest.
Black Rock Coffee is going public as anti-Starbucks… It...
💰 “$1 Trillion Paycheck” — Elon’s 13-digit incentive. J.Crew’s AI faux pas. US Open’s Cadillac. +Martell baby #2.
The real winner of the US Open? Cadillac… It used “The Great Gatsby Strategy.”
J.Crew just caused the biggest fashion drama of the year… It used...
💰 “The (Ex)Finance Bro’s Guide To $$$” — Nick & Jack interviewed on Wild 'Til 9
What do I do with my money? And why? And how? And ????????
We hung out with influencer couple Lauren Riihimaki (aka LaurDIY) & Jeremy Lewis to...
PART 2 👜Birkin: The Handbag That Costs More Than Your House
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When Jane Birkin's boyfriend ran over her belove...
PART 1 👜Birkin: The Handbag That Costs More Than Your House
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When Jane Birkin's boyfriend ran over her belove...
💪 “How David Bar Flexed Virality” — Our Interview with Peter Rahal of David Protein
In his twenties, he founded RXBAR and sold it to Kellogg for $600M. In his thirties, he launched David Protein, which competes with RXBAR, and it’s al...