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The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.7 ⢠9.5K Ratings
đď¸ 17 July 2025
âąď¸ 25 minutes
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Summary
David, the $725M protein bar brand, dropped its most controversial product yet⌠Cod fish.
Pittsburgh just snagged $90B in AI investments⌠If all goes to plan, Pitt becomes the Austin of the East.
Labubu dolls are now bigger than all of Mattel⌠but will these viral dolls become Beanie Babies or Barbies?
Plus, France has a wild new plan to boost the economy⌠Cancel 2 holidays.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Thursday, the new Friday, July 17th. 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. Well, there you go. Yeti's stocks rose yesterday as President Trump denied he's firing the chairman of the Fed. Investors are happy that the head of our nation's central bank isn't going anywhere, at least for now. |
| 0:24.7 | Stocks are happy, investors are happy, and we prepared three fantastic stories for today's show. |
| 0:29.2 | Jack, what do we got on the tea boy? |
| 0:30.7 | For our first story, it's David. |
| 0:32.7 | The $725 million protein bar just launched its most controversial product yet. |
| 0:39.0 | Cod. |
| 0:40.0 | Cod. |
| 0:41.0 | Like the fish. |
| 0:42.0 | Protein bar, cod, fish. |
| 0:44.0 | We'll explain why. |
| 0:45.2 | For our second story, Popmark is the Chinese company behind the viral Laboooooo dolls. |
| 0:49.9 | And now it's way bigger than Mattel. |
| 0:52.1 | But here's our question for Laboubu. |
| 0:54.3 | Will they be the next Beanie Baby or will they be the next Barbie? |
| 0:58.2 | And our third and final story. |
| 1:00.0 | The city of Pittsburgh just snagged $90 billion of AI investment pledges from 20 different companies. |
| 1:06.1 | So if all goes according to plan, then Pittsburgh will become the Austin of the East. |
| 1:11.1 | But Yeties, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. |
| 1:13.8 | Oh, fantastic mix of stories for the new Friday. |
| 1:16.7 | It feels like a Friday. |
| 1:17.5 | It's basically the weekend and summer is in full swing. |
| 1:20.8 | Besties, you're still feeling the vibes of your Fourth of July vacation. |
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