🤔 “China’s Factory Revolt” — Trade war moves to TikTok. Moleskine’s Gen Z board. Meta’s FTC lawsuit.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Chinese factories are retaliating in the trade war… with TikTok videos exposing $5 Lulu pants.

Moleskine’s journals are thriving despite the digital age… because they created a Gen Z Board.

Will Instagram get split from Meta?... Zuckerberg testifies this week in FTC vs. Meta.

Plus, the untold origin story of… The Super Soaker.

$LULU $META $SPY

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0:00.0	This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Tuesday, T-Boy, Tuesday, April 15th. And today's pod. It's the best one yet. This is a T-boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Yiddies don't withhold any longer. Your taxes are due today. Pause the pod. Yep. File that W-2 like you're writing off your soul. But today's pod is so good.
0:22.4	It should be an exemption.
0:23.9	So, Jack, three stories for today's show.
0:26.8	What do we got on the T-boy?
0:28.1	For our first story.
0:29.3	There's a brand new front in the trade war that nobody is talking about.
0:32.9	True story.
0:33.7	Chinese factories are exposing American brands on TikTok. Do your $100 Lulu lemon leggings actually cost just five bucks to make?
0:42.3	We'll tell you in our first story.
0:44.3	There's a revolution brewing.
0:45.3	For our second story, how is Moleskin, a brand that makes journals, books, and diaries thriving right now?
0:51.3	Moleskin is winning because it's got a board of Gen Z's. That's right,
0:56.0	it's got a Gen Z board of directors. And our third and final story, the epic antitrust lawsuit
1:03.1	against Meta began on Monday. And here's what's at stake. Zuck could actually lose Instagram.
1:09.6	But Yeties, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories.
1:11.6	What a mix of stories!
1:13.6	Love the T-Boy Tuesday Mixed.
1:14.6	Yesterday we asked you a trivia question.
1:16.6	What famous toy was invented by a NASA rocket scientist?
1:19.6	And the answer is...
1:21.6	The Super Soaker.
1:23.6	The billion-dollar toy that was created by accident in a man's bathroom.
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