🎬 “Batman’s New Boss” — Netflix’s buys HBO. Dubai’s AI restaurant. Nothing’s iPhone-killer. +Giant Santa shortage
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.6 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2025
⏱️ 23 minutes
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The 3 stories on today’s pod:
Netflix splurged $83B to buy Warner Bros… it’s the ultimate Hollywood plot twist.
The hottest new restaurant on earth is run by an AI chef… who also does podcast interviews.
Nothing sells alt-Apple tech gadgets… Sales are $1B, because everything is fashion.
Plus, 8 ½-foot Santas are disappearing across the economy…
$NFLX $WBD $AAPL $HD
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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.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. Welcome back. It is Monday, December 8th. 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. |
| 0:11.8 | I'm sorry, Jack. Can I celebrate three wins with you right now? You ready for this? |
| 0:15.3 | Yes. In the last three weeks, we've interviewed Jim Kramer, launched the first ever business-themed toy doll, |
| 0:21.3 | and announced our live tour. |
| 0:23.9 | You know what that means, man? |
| 0:25.1 | Che-ching button? |
| 0:26.0 | No, to quote Lexus, this has been a December to remember, man. |
| 0:31.4 | Besties, you're looking fantastic to start the week. |
| 0:33.8 | Jack, three stories for today's pod. |
| 0:35.5 | What have we got in the show? |
| 0:36.3 | For our first story, |
| 0:44.0 | Netflix shocked Hollywood on Friday by spending $83 billion to acquire Warner Brothers. It's the biggest deal of the year. But plot twist, Netflix's corporate war has only just begun. For our |
| 0:50.0 | second story, it's the hottest new restaurant on Earth. It's in Dubai, and the chef is AI. |
| 0:55.0 | With a real surprise, isn't the AI designed menu. It's that the AI chef was just on a podcast. |
| 1:01.2 | And our third and final story, there's a $1.3 billion company that's trying to kill the iPhone. |
| 1:06.8 | And it's called Nothing. Yeah, there's something about nothing. |
| 1:28.8 | And nothing is trending with people cooler and younger than us. Yes, it is. It's a something. But Yeties, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. I mean, what a mix of stories to start the week. I love the mix, Jack. Hoarder's Ammanac Week 298. Ooh, things we are running out in this economy, Jack, and I've been keeping track for you. This week, we are running out of eight-foot Santa Claus's. Boom, the biggest |
| 1:33.7 | Christmas ornament in the country is M-I-A. Home Depot is famous for their fantastically large |
| 1:39.6 | lawn decorations. I mean, Jack, remember the 12-foot skeleton that haunted you for Halloween? It was scary. |
| 1:44.7 | My kids love Skelly. And Skelly taught Home Depot to double down on holidays as their new profit |
| 1:50.0 | puppy. Yeah, the investors, they're loving Skelly too. Not just investors, not just my kids. |
| 1:54.5 | There's a Facebook Home Depot holiday group with 166,000 members wondering what's the next huge lawn decoration? |
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