🎶 “Baby Cardi B” — Kidz Bop’s record music. Ozempic’s secret side-effect. CNN’s plastic surgery. Single-Lady Home Surge.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Kidz Bop is making $50M on cover music… not by creating, by re-creating.

If you shop online too much or scroll Instagram too much, the new cure may be… Ozempic.

CNN is overhauling its entire business for the Trump presidency… A media plastic surgery.

Plus, guess who’s driving luxury home sales these days?... Single ladies (it’s a Beyonce Bump)

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0:00.0	This is Nick. This is Jack. Welcome back. It is Monday, January 27th. And today's pot is the best one yet. This one, it's a T-boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. But Jack, how is the hot tub? I can tell you've been spending a lot of time in there over last 48 hours. Sure. I told you you we had a mad day on Saturday, a mortgage appreciation day.
0:23.0	You're not allowed to do any house chores or any work on your house.
0:27.0	Just enjoy the house like it's a vacation house.
0:29.7	Well, your hands are still pruny.
0:31.3	I can see him from here, Jack.
0:32.9	In the meantime, three stories for today's show.
0:35.5	What do we got on the pod, man? For our first story,
0:37.9	the maker of Ozempic just unveiled an even more powerful weight loss drug. If you shop
0:43.1	online too much or scroll Instagram too much, the new cure may be Ozempic. For our second
0:50.7	story, it's Kids Bob. They've been making kids' versions of adult music for 25 years.
0:55.8	Cardi B for babies. Kids Bop. Their real innovation? It's the re-creator economy.
1:01.4	And our third and final story. One week into the Trump presidency, CNN is overhauling its entire business.
1:08.3	We're going to tell you why CNN is having plastic media surgery.
1:12.9	But Yeties, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. I mean, fantastic mix of story. There's no
1:17.9	better mix. I love the mix check. To quote Beyonce, all the single ladies, all the single ladies.
1:23.0	Because guess who's driving the housing market right now, yet is? That's kind of a leading question.
1:28.1	Single ladies. According to Southern Bees International, the biggest new buyers of luxury real estate
1:34.3	are single women. Jack, to quote Diana Ross, it's my house and I live here. According to the data,
1:41.2	women were the sole owners of 20% of American homes in 2024.
1:46.1	That is twice the percentage from just 30 years ago.
1:49.6	And those solo ladies that are owning homes are also the fastest growing segment of luxury real estate.
1:55.8	A villa in Italia owned by a single lady.
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