⛰️ “51st State” — USA’s Greenland deal. Starface’s pimple patch. John Deere’s robo-tractor.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

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

Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: “The Best Idea Yet”: The untold origin stories of the products you’re obsessed with — From the McDonald’s Happy Meal to Birkenstock’s sandal to Nintendo’s Super Mario Brothers to Sriracha. New 45-minute episodes drop weekly.

Subscribe here Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks to listen.

—-----------------------------------------------------

GET ON THE POD:

Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts

FOR MORE NICK & JACK:

Newsletter: https://tboypod.com/newsletter

Connect with Nick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-martell/

Connect with Jack: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-crivici-kramer/

SOCIALS:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypod

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod

Anything else: https://tboypod.com/

Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks

Episodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Nick & Jack Studios, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Nick & Jack Studios and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.