⌚ “Clooney Dupe” — Swatch’s $50K watch drama. BuzzFeed’s fire sale. Inflation’s paycheck situation. +UFO ETFs
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.6 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
BuzzFeed was just sold… so we wrote a eulogy to the most disruptive media brand of the decade.
Inflation’s new milestone… It beat your paycheck (and is explained by Diet Coke cans in India).
Why is $50 Swatch collabing with $50,000 Audemars Piquet?... It’s the oddest couple in history.
Plus, UFOs now have an ETF… Yes, you can invest in aliens — and so can they.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Wednesday, SaVice Wednesday, May 13th. And today's pod is the best one. Yeah, this is a T-boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Okay, we have the best new baby name. We got to share this. What is it, Jack? Well, Edward L. said on Spotify that baby boy name, the top one in 2030, it's going to be Claude. |
| 0:21.2 | Claude. And why is that? Because they're going to be in charge of baby names. |
| 0:24.7 | But Besties, Jack and I got the three coolest stories in capitalism. Jack, what do we |
| 0:29.0 | got on today's pod? For our first story, Otomar Pige is collabing with Swatch for a wristwatch. |
| 0:35.4 | Besties, it's the most controversial collab since you two in the iPod. |
| 0:39.2 | But this story is really about laws and dupes. |
| 0:42.1 | For our second story, we just got the inflation report for April. |
| 0:45.3 | And, uh-oh. |
| 0:46.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:47.0 | Looking bad here in the States. |
| 0:48.4 | But if you want to understand a global inflation, then look at a dyed coke can in India. |
| 0:53.8 | And our third and final story, BuzzFeed has been acquired by a rich guy for 95% less than |
| 0:58.8 | its peak valuation. |
| 0:59.9 | Because BuzzFeed is the first company to slip on its own AI slop. |
| 1:04.2 | But besties, before we hit that wonderful mix of three stories. |
| 1:07.3 | Fantastic mix. |
| 1:08.3 | Love the mix on today's project. |
| 1:09.8 | Last week, the Pentagon released all the files they have on UFOs. |
| 1:14.7 | Finally, they are out there. Everything our government knows about extraterrestrials, we can all take a peek. |
| 1:21.4 | Close encounters from Roswell to flying saucers, 80 years in military secrets, we all got him now. |
| 1:26.2 | If a farmer thinks he saw something up in this guy and he's not sure what he is, |
| 1:29.5 | but he was suspicious. |
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