⛰️ “51st State” — USA’s Greenland deal. Starface’s pimple patch. John Deere’s robo-tractor.
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.6 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Trump proposed buying Greenland… so we looked into how/if/when it’s possible.
John Deere’s big tech update at CES?... a robo-self-driving tractor to cut your grocery bill.
Starface has become a $100M startup… by putting star stickers on pimples.
Plus, we’re living in the Panda-conomy… because when Pandas are out, sales surge.
$DEER $NVDA $SPY
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| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Thursday, the new Friday, January 9th, and today's pod is the best one yet. This is a T-boy. |
| 0:10.0 | The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Yeties, it's a strange day. |
| 0:15.2 | First, markets are closed today to honor former president Jimmy Carter, who has a funeral in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:22.6 | And the city of Los Angeles is experiencing horrible wildfires. |
| 0:26.8 | A thousand structures have been destroyed. |
| 0:28.8 | 23,000 acres have been burned, and as of this recording, the fires are zero percent contained. |
| 0:35.1 | Honestly, we cannot imagine what our Angelinos are going through right now. So |
| 0:38.7 | Jack and I are going to make this the best possible tea boy. Jack, three stories for today's |
| 0:44.9 | pod. What do we got on the show? For our first story, it's Donald Trump's latest idea. |
| 0:49.3 | He wants America to buy Greenland. So Jack and I got the economic case on how Greenland could become the 51st state. |
| 0:57.1 | For our second story, it's the biggest tech update at the Consumer Electronics Show. And guess what? |
| 1:02.4 | It's from John Deere. Yeah, that John Deere. John Deere is solving food prices with a self-driving |
| 1:08.2 | robo-tractor. And our third and final story, I wish I had in middle school. |
| 1:13.0 | It's so good. |
| 1:13.6 | Starface has become a $100 million skin care startup. |
| 1:17.3 | Because Starface is putting stars on pimples. |
| 1:20.8 | Pimple patches. |
| 1:21.8 | They're pimple patches. |
| 1:22.7 | But yeties, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. |
| 1:25.2 | What a mix today. |
| 1:26.3 | Love the mix, Jack. Nick, |
| 1:27.9 | what are the three most powerful forces in economics? Ah, the three most powerful forces in economics. |
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