Yetis you already know about the assassination attempt over the weekend. It's a painful moment for our country and we hope that this is the lowest point.

Political violence is un-American.

So we hope the temperature turns down and we don't see anything close to this again.

Now as part of our pop business podcast Jack and I we cover policy not politics but this felt different

It did so we wanted to acknowledge it now besties, let's get to our pod.

This is Nick. This is Jack. Welcome back. It is Monday, July 15th. And today's pod is the best one yet this is a T boy

Happy Monday the top three pop business news stories you need to know today

stocks are at record highs Jack's looking record fantastic and I assume I'm going to guess that you were up on the paddleboard this weekend, Jack. Yes, I was. You got paddleboard vibes. You're giving paddleboard. Yes, I was. But the podson misses you Nick Nick. He's so sad that you left Camp Kramer.

That was fantastic. I felt like every day we were teaching him something, Jack, like ice cream.

And yeah, speaking of ice cream, he actually got you a gift. It started melting.

So I put it in the freezer, and we'll give it to you next time. It's dairy-based.

Extra Hot Fudge Jack! Three fantastic stories for today. What do we got on the pot?

For our first story, the NBA's new TV deal is worth 76. the do next? Add an expansion team in Europe and in Africa.

Oh, that's a good takeaway. Second story, what do we got?

For our second story, ETSI is now requiring that everything sold on their marketplace have a human touch, literally.

Because AI and Timu are infiltrate in ETSI.

It's not artificial intelligence.

Sometimes it's far artificial intelligence.

If you know, you know.

Third story, what do we got?

And our third and final story

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