🐶 “DOGE.gov” — Elon’s Dep’t of Government Efficiency. Spotify’s power-pausers. Bounce’s luggage storage.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The Department of Government Efficiency is a thing now… So what will Elon do with D.O.G.E.?

Spotify stock is up 400% in 2 years to all-time highs… because Spotify is immune to “Pausers.”

Bounce created the Airbnb for your luggage… Would you store your suitcase in a Starbucks?

Plus, My Little Pony has finally been inducted to the National Toy Hall of Fame… it 7 tries, and that’s a lesson for all of us.

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0:00.0	This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Thursday, the new Friday, November 14th. Then 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. Big drop coming tomorrow. Big news, right, Jack? That's right, Yetis. We're announcing that we have an announcement tomorrow.
0:21.4	Should we just tell them?
0:22.1	You want to just tell them, Jack?
0:23.0	Sounds like we're telling the Yetis.
0:24.3	Why don't you take the honors?
0:25.5	All right, Yiddies, Jack, and I, we're dropping our holiday merch tomorrow on the show when you get on here.
0:31.3	Black Friday, never heard of it.
0:33.2	Pink Friday.
0:34.1	You're into it. More to come tomorrow. In the meantime, three fantastic stories for the show.
0:38.9	What do we got on the project?
0:39.8	For our first story, Donald Trump has officially created Doge, the Department of Government
0:44.8	Efficiency, and he's put Elon Musk in charge.
0:47.6	Because our government spends $6.4 trillion every year, so Jack and I will tell you where
0:53.2	all of it goes.
0:54.3	For our second story, it's Spotify.
0:56.8	Spotify just enjoyed its most profitable quarter ever, and stock is at an all-time high.
1:01.5	And it's all thanks to pausers or non-possers.
1:04.9	Actually, both. We'll explain. We'll explain pausers and non-puzzers.
1:07.5	And our third and final story is a company called Bounce. Bounce just
1:11.7	raised big money to become the Airbnb of suitcases. Yeties, what if Jack and I told you you could
1:17.3	leave your luggage in a locker at Starbucks? But yeties, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories,
1:23.5	fantastic mix of stories, really curious about the luggage jacket.
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