👟 “Air Force Kirkland” — Nike’s Costco sneaker. Amex’s $895 mirror card. Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation. +Kevin Durant’s crypto password.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

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?... Could be a deepfake - or an intentional Nike leak.

Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show just got canceled… but you can follow the money to a $6B acquisition.

Plus, NBA star Kevin Durant forgot his Coinbase password… so it’s now worth Bitcoin millions.

$NKE $COST $AMEX $NXST

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0:00.0	This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Friday, the real Friday. September 19th. 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. Yettys, we're going to make you the most interesting person from brunch to the boardroom. Three fantastic stories for today's pod. Jack, what do we got on the T-Boy? For our first story,
0:22.9	the MX Platinum card increased their annual credit card fee to what? 895 bucks. I'm sorry. We crunched
0:32.0	the math on whether this almost $900 fee is worth it, and we also have an AI life hack to go with it.
0:38.0	Yes, we do, besties.
0:39.3	For our second story, Jimmy Kimmel's show, being canceled by ABC, was the talk of every news show yesterday.
0:46.2	But if you follow the money, and we follow the money, you can see a $6 billion acquisition
0:51.1	that drove the entire story.
0:53.1	And our third and final story. Did Nike just
0:55.9	collab with Costco for a Kirkland branded sneaker? Well, Jack, the internet thinks so. If this is
1:02.1	real, we bet Nike leaked those pictures on purpose. And we will explain why. But yeties,
1:08.7	before we hit that wonderful mix of stories.
1:12.3	I mean, no one else is doing that mix.
1:13.6	Love the mix today, Jack.
1:18.3	Kevin Durant, he's a 6'11 basketball star, and he's got a problem.
1:19.7	He's not in foul trouble.
1:22.2	He's in password trouble.
1:27.8	Because the 15-time NBA All-Star forgot the password to his Coinbase account.
1:31.3	He's literally locked out of his crypto right now. Kevin Durant.
1:36.8	But Nick, here's the wild part. Kevin Durant's agent is thrilled that he can't remember his password. Because get this, Durant forgot his password back in 2016.
1:41.8	So for nine straight years, he hasn't been able to log into his crypto account.
1:46.2	But his Bitcoin hasn't just sat there, Nick. No. His Bitcoin has gone to the moon.
1:51.9	Since he last logged into Coinbase, the price of Bitcoin has gone from 700 bucks to
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