🛩️ “Amalfi, please” — Travel Agents beat AI. Jerome Powell’s last day. Cerebras’ wedding IPO. +Kool-Aid Wellness
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.6 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
There are more travel agents than ever… because AI can’t do taste.
The biggest IPO of the year so far is Cerebras… this IPO is about wafers and weddings.
It’s Fed Chair Jerry Powell’s last day of work… we give him two grades for his 8-year tenure.
Plus, Kool-Aid now thinks it’s a wellness brand… so do gummy bears and Kraft Mac & Cheese.
$CBRS $KHC $BKNG
NEWSLETTER:
https://tboypod.com/newsletter
OUR 2ND SHOW:
Want more business storytelling from us? Check our weekly deepdive show, The Best Idea Yet: The untold origin story of the products you're obsessed with. Listen for free to The Best Idea Yet: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/
NEW LISTENERS
Fill out our 2 minute survey: https://qualtricsxm88y5r986q.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dp1FDYiJgt6lHy6
GET ON THE POD:
Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts
SOCIALS:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypod
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod
Linkedin (Nick): https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-martell/
Linkedin (Jack): https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-crivici-kramer/
Anything else: https://tboypod.com/
About Us: The daily pop-biz news show making today’s top stories your business. Formerly known as Robinhood Snacks, The Best One Yet is hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Friday, the real Friday, May 15th. And today's part is the best one yet. This is a T-boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. A new acronym. You got to make into a tattoo jack. A.T.H. All-time high, baby. Despite back-to-back hot inflation reports, the tech rally on Wall Street cannot be |
| 0:22.8 | stopped. Stocks just hit an ATH, and you guessed it, it's because of the AI stocks, which is actually |
| 0:28.1 | our second story. But we've got three fantastic stories to go into the coolest place in capitalism. |
| 0:32.6 | Jack, what do we got in today's tea boy? For our first story, one job defying AI right now is travel agents. Travel agent |
| 0:39.9 | demand. It is booming because chat cheap tea ain't got no taste. For our second story, the biggest |
| 0:45.3 | IPO of the year happened on Thursday. Cerebrus jumped 100% on day one of trading. They're kicking off |
| 0:51.0 | hot IPO summer and it reminds us of wedding season. And our third and |
| 0:55.0 | final story, it's Jerome Powell's last day as the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank. Jerry, |
| 1:00.5 | so we're giving him two grades for two very different jobs. And those grades are very, very |
| 1:05.0 | different. But yeties, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. I mean, no better mix to |
| 1:09.3 | go into the weekend with Love the Mix Jack. |
| 1:11.4 | Every food company is bending over backwards right now to align with the wellness trends. |
| 1:17.2 | Oh, and case in point, it's Kool-Aid. They're now a hydration business? We repeat, |
| 1:22.6 | Kool-Aid, which includes sugar, red 40, and artificial flavoring in their ingredients. That Kool-Aid is good for you? The giant red anthropomorphic punch bowl now does yoga, baby. True story. Kool-Aid is launching electrolyte pouches with no sugar and no artificial colors. Jack, did I see Alex taking a Stanley full of Kool-Aid to Pilates the other day? You did not. But Kool-Aid isn't the only brand trying to pivot to wellness. Capri-Sun, anyone? Last month, Capri-Sun also launched with electrolytes. They call it Capri-Sun hydrate. Put me in, coach. I just pounded a Capri-Sun. Besties, we call this the addition economy. As in jumping onto a trend by adding one viral ingredient. For instance, Kraft's Mac and cheese, now with protein. Or chips a hoy, now with fiber. Or Albirds, now with AI. Hey, Snickers. Why haven't you added peptides yet? Because gummy bears already beat them to college in Nick. You see, besties, when we were growing up, Tropicana added calcium to the orange juice, and that was a big deal. Pretty sure it was a big deal when they added vitamin C to the orange juice. And today, though, potato chips are adding Botox to the bag. And it's like nobody's even blinking. No big deal. Here's the formula. Struggling legacy brand plus hot trending buzzword ingredient, voila. To quote Parasilton, that's hot. And Parasilton, that is financial advice. Jack, let's hit our three stories. Fifteen years before this song, two boys from the Northeast met in the dorm. They had an idea to cause a cultural storm. It's the best one yet, but the best is an norm. Jack Nick, that's it. I don't even think They need to practice |
| 2:51.6 | 50% |
| 2:52.6 | That's a fat tip |
| 2:53.9 | Tea boy city on your at list |
| 2:56.1 | If you know you know |
| 2:57.1 | Because we're ready to go |
| 2:58.2 | We can't wait no more |
| 2:59.4 | So just start the show |
| 3:00.5 | Start the show |
... |
Transcript will be available on the free plan in 5 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.
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.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

