🀄👵 “Crazy Rich Aces” — Mahjong’s “GrannyCore” surge. Elon’s record bonus. NY Post’s Californiacation. Hennessey’s rap biz.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The hot new networking opportunity… is playing a 200-year-old Chinese game: Mahjong.

Tesla gave Elon the biggest bonus in human history… during the biggest drop in business history.

The NY Post is expanding to California… but the iconic tabloid actually began with Alexander Hamilton.

The untold origin story of… Hennessey Cognac.

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0:00.0	This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Tuesday, T-Boy, Tuesday, August 5th. 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. I'm sorry, am I podcasting with the winner of the three-mile stand-up paddleboard championships, Jack? I did finish a three-mile stand-up paddleboard and race.
0:23.0	I wouldn't call myself the winner.
0:24.5	Round up.
0:25.0	But I didn't fall.
0:26.2	Uh-huh.
0:26.5	I didn't pass anybody, and I'm not sore.
0:29.0	Sounds like you lost, Jack.
0:30.1	Sounds like you lost, actually.
0:30.8	No, I finished.
0:31.5	I finished.
0:32.4	And I'm not sore.
0:33.8	Yet.
0:35.1	By the way, Yeties, thank you so much for the baby congratulations isn't an easy process to get
0:40.8	pregnant hasn't been an easy pregnancy molly's doing fantastic by the way but thank you for your comments
0:45.9	guys for those who didn't listen to yesterday's show nick announced that he and molly are expecting
0:50.8	their second baby it's an ibo baby offering. Yeah. We're very excited.
0:55.5	We got a fantastic show today for the besties. What do we got on today's pod? For our first story,
1:00.7	the hot new networking activity for ambitious American women is a 200-year-old Chinese tile game.
1:07.6	Mahjong ain't just a game yet he's mahjong is a wild business.
1:12.5	For our second story, Tesla announced yesterday it's letting Elon Musk buy 96 million shares of Tesla at 2018 prices.
1:22.5	What does that mean, Jack?
1:24.5	It means Tesla just gave Elon Musk the biggest bonus in human history.
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