🎷 “Bubl-ionaire” — Michael Bublé Christmas. iRobot’s RIP. J.Crew’s Ath-ski-surewear. +AI Barbie.
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.6 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Michael Bublé is the top grossing musician every December… Here's how he won Christmas music.
iRobot filed for bankruptcy… and the Roomba maker’s life story is Forest Gumpian.
Skims, Alo Yoga, & J Crew have joined the ski industry... because skiing is more than recreation.
Plus, AI toys are the gift of the season… for Chinese propaganda.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. It is Tuesday, T-Boy, Tuesday, December 16th. 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. Yiddies, Jack and I are already planning our first pod of 2026. Jack, what are we going to announce? We're going to announce our stock picks for 2026. That's right, our 2026 portfolio resolutions. |
| 0:24.3 | How's your portfolio, Greg? Yeah. I don't know. You've got to listen to the first episode |
| 0:27.7 | next year. We'll find out in the new year. All right. That's coming in January. But in the meantime, |
| 0:31.6 | Jack and I prepared the three best stories we've ever done. Jack, what's on today's tea boy? |
| 0:36.0 | For our first story, Michael Boubley |
| 0:38.3 | is the top earning musician every December, 14 December's in a row. Mikey Boubley is cornered |
| 0:45.0 | the Christmas music market in a move Jack and I call bublaying. For our second story, I robot |
| 0:51.4 | filed for bankruptcy yesterday. Your robot vacuum is crying in your closet. |
| 0:55.4 | So we wrote an obituary for Roomba, and its life story is wilder than Forrest Gump's. |
| 1:00.5 | And our third and final story, J. Crews ski jackets, aloe Yoga appreware? And skim's ski gear. |
| 1:07.9 | Besties, the fashion industry has embraced skiing because skiing ain't a hobby or a |
| 1:12.4 | recreation anymore. It's something else. Oh, it's something else entirely. But Yeties, before we hit |
| 1:17.9 | that wonderful mix of stories. Fantastic mix of stories. Love the mix for T-Boy Tuesday, Jack. |
| 1:22.6 | It's day three of Hanukkah. Yep. We have nine days until Christmas. What gift should you get? |
| 1:26.8 | Well, Jack and I'll tell you what gift you should not get. An AI toy. Yeah, don't get an AI toy. Trust us. |
| 1:33.3 | Yeties, you may have heard a story last month about the AI stuffed teddy bears that told kids some inappropriate things. Yeah, like where to find the sharp knives in the kitchen. Not a good look. |
| 1:42.0 | Well, that's not all. |
| 1:42.8 | According to CNBC, some AI stuffed animals will tell kids where to light a match. |
| 1:47.9 | Other AI stuffed animals will tell kids romantic advice. |
| 1:51.6 | It's like Furby and Chad GPT had a baby who sells cigarettes on the playground. |
| 1:57.2 | Batteries are not included. Huge privacy and safety and developmental concerns are. |
| 2:02.3 | Oh, and that's not even the wildest part, is it, Jack? |
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