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The Best One Yet

🪖“Army’s GeekSquad” — US Military’s Tech Recruits. Converse’s MJ moment. Din Tai Fung’s dumpling empire.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The best player in the NBA Finals wears Converse… so they launched a sneaker dating show?

War in the Middle East means the US Army has a new recruit… Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI.

Din Tai Fung is now the most lucrative restaurant chain in the US… because of 1 lucky number.

Plus, Summer Fridays are disappearing… so happy Summer Monday. 


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About Us: The daily pop-biz news show making today’s top stories your business. Formerly known as Robinhood Snacks, TBOY Lite is hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Nick. This is Jack. Welcome back. It is Monday, June 16th. 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. But man, Yetis, there is a lot going on right now. Across the country, you have protests. Outside of the country, there's a new war in the Middle East.

0:21.7

And then on Saturday, a state representative from Minnesota and her husband were assassinated.

0:27.2

Yeties, we don't cover all that news on this show. That's not possible for us, and it's not what

0:31.2

the show is about. But here's the thing. Jack and I live and breathe the news every day to create

0:36.7

this podcast. We feel it and we see it just like you do.

0:40.3

What we do do is find the best business stories and takeaways that will make you the most interesting person in the room.

0:47.4

And make each episode the best one yet. So Jack, we got three fantastic stories for today's T-boy. What's on the show? For our first story,

0:59.0

the best player in the NBA finals is wearing the smallest shoe brand. Converse. And Converse is launching

1:05.8

a sneaker dating show, Jack. We got to jump into this. For our second story, with war escalating in the Middle East,

1:13.2

executives from Meta, Palantir, and Open AI are joining the U.S. Army reserves.

1:18.7

Literally, because Big Tech is the new drill sergeant.

1:22.0

And our third and final story, guess what's the most lucrative restaurant chain in America?

1:27.2

You're never going to guess it.

1:28.0

Hint, they're known for soup dumplings, okay? Answer, they're called dintai fung.

1:33.3

Dintai fung. They make more money per restaurant than anyone else in the country because of one

1:38.8

lucky number. 18. 18. But yeties, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories.

1:44.7

I mean, what a mix of stories.

1:47.4

Love the mix today.

1:48.3

Hawaiian shirt day.

1:49.7

Cupcake birthday day.

1:51.4

Bring your kid to work day.

1:52.7

But of all those office traditions, one is the most holy.

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