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The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.6 • 9.8K 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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| 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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