This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Friday the real Friday, October 3rd. 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. Now, Yeties, you may have noticed today's pod is a little longer than usual because Jack and I got a surprise for you at the end. Our third story is a special story with a special guest.

Okay, but in the meantime, Jack, we got a government shutdown. Stocks are at an all-time high, and Taylor Swift is launching an album today. Plus, it's Mean Girls Day. It's October 3rd. But in the meantime, Jack, we got three fantastic stories for today's special Tea Boy. What do we got on the pod? For our first story, no industry is

facing more controversy these days than ice cream, including the death of a fan favorite,

the Chaco Taco Taco. But salt and straw and Taco Bell just teamed up to resurrect the

Chaco from the dead. For our second story, electric cars just had their best quarter

ever, but it was unfortunately in many ways their last quarter ever. The golden era of

EVs is over, and its end can be explained by cannabis. And our third and final story. Remember the

story we did earlier this week on Friend, the AI wearable companion

that took over the New York City subway? Here's the surprise. Jack and I got the friend founder on this

podcast and he's announcing their next big move. Friend is making a movie. Spoiler, but yet he's before we

hit that wonderful mix of stories. I mean, Jack, no better mix to go into the

weekend with. I love the mix, man. The biggest acquisition of the year isn't financially the

biggest. It's emotionally the biggest. And we'll give you a three-word hint for who's being

acquired. You've got mail. It's AOL. Yeties, here's the news. AOL is reportedly being sold to Bending Spoons, an Italian tech company for $1.4 billion.

AOL, three letters, once worth $200 billion, now just $1.4 billion.

AOL, it's 99% off. It's like one fifth of a lift these days. Easy. America Online was critical

to the plot of the great rom-com, you've got mail. But today, AOL is making MySpace look like

chat GPT. Mom, get off the phone. I'm trying to get on AOL. I'm sorry, Jack, one second. Jimmy,

get off the internet. I'm trying to phone your father. But the most valuable asset on AOL's balance sheet. What is it, Jack? It's the screen names. Screen names, the tattoo of the digital world. This is Jack. Here's the screen name I came up with when I was 10. J.K. Baseball 5. Lame. Super lame. No creativity. I went the opposite director, Jack. My screen name was Face Off Guy 22. Well, similar in that, we both wanted everyone to know we played sports. But here's the key. It was face off for lacrosse and hockey. And that was a flex. Yet he's dropped your screen name in the comments if you want to connect with Nick and me on AOL.

And if you are so brave.

But AOL is not just getting sold.

There's actually more emotional AOL news this week.

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