💆‍♀️ “AI-ahhhhhh” – Equinox’s AI masseuse. Robinhood’s QB sneak. Millennials’ tantrum tax. +9/9/9 Hot Dog strategy.
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.7 • 9.5K Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Equinox is adding AI robot masseuses to 60 of their gym locations… and it’s actually good for the job market.
Robinhood launched football betting predictions… It’s a sports betting QB sneak.
Millennials are dropping up to $147K for 5 years of daycare… It’s the Childcare Tax.
Plus, trying the “9-9-9 Challenge” this weekend?… 9 beers, 9 hotdogs, in 9 baseball innings.
$HOOD $SBUX $JPM
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| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Friday the real Friday, August 22nd. And today's pod is the best one yet. This is a T-boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. One week, Jack. We are one week to the baby due date. That's it. know. I know. Molly's doing amazing. |
| 0:21.3 | She's floating in a pool downtown right now. |
| 0:23.4 | I'm so glad she's treating herself. You know what we're doing this weekend, Jack? What? The baby name brunch. You know what that is? Tell me. Okay, we're basically just having brunch and just talking baby names the whole time. We've got to finalize this thing. Wait, I thought you already had. |
| 0:17.9 | I know, I thought it too, but there was a left field idea. |
| 0:20.7 | Yeties, we're still crowdsourcing names. |
| 0:22.7 | If you got a baby name idea, drop it in the comments for us for the brunch. Wait, are you going to call her Skibbidi? It's Skabidi, Jack. Three stories for today's team boy. What do we got on the Pop Bizpod, Jack? for our first story. Equinox, the Lux Jim Chain, has installed AI robot masseuses |
| 0:39.7 | and... got on the pop biz pod, Jack. For our first story, Equinox, the Luxe Gym Chain, has installed AI |
| 0:56.7 | robot masseuses at 60 of their locations. But Jack and I think AI robots are actually a feel-good |
| 1:04.3 | story. Literally. For our second story, Robin Hood just launched football betting. I mean, |
| 1:10.4 | football predictions. Can't say betting. If we still were working at Robin Hood just launched football betting. I mean, football predictions. Can't say |
| 1:12.9 | betting. If we still were working at Robin Hood, legal would have us in their office right now. |
| 1:17.7 | Robin Hood just pulled off the quarterback sneak of finance. And our third and final story, |
| 1:24.3 | get this. Millennial parents spend up to $147,000 for the first five years of their kid |
| 1:32.2 | for child care. Jack and I call it the tantrum tax, and solving this child care crisis starts with |
| 1:39.1 | business. But Yeties, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. Whoa, fantastic mixes stories, Jack. |
| 1:45.8 | Perfect mix to go into the weekend with. |
| 1:47.4 | This weekend, you may be challenged to the 9-99 challenge. |
| 1:52.9 | 9-9-9. 9 hot dogs, 9 beers, 9 innings. |
| 1:58.1 | Can you consume nine dogs, 9 bruskees in nine innings of baseball? |
| 2:02.0 | It's kind of like the ice bucket challenge |
| 2:03.5 | or split in the G, |
| 2:04.9 | but with a side of cracker jacks. |
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