🥸 “Espionage Advertising” — Bilt’s comedy series. Taco Bell’s everything plan. Hertz’s Amazon deal. +Summer Song Recession.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Taco Bell is launching a new thing every month… because instant gratification is a recipe.

Hertz is the 2nd biggest car-seller in America… and now it’s on Amazon.

Bilt does credit cards, but also a comedy series? … Roomies is an example of Espionage Advertising.

Plus, there is no “Song of the Summer” for 2025… and we got the numbers to prove it.

$YUM $AMEX $HTZ $AMZN

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Thursday, the new Friday, August 21st, 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. You know, if you're a new listener to the show right now, welcome. You're either a Yetty or a bestie. It's up to you to decide in the next few days. And also, we'd love you to
0:20.8	jump into our show notes and fill out a two-minute survey. Where'd you come from? Who are you? Tell us a little bit about yourself. We want to get to know you. This is Nick. That's Jack. He was born in Flannel and I have an affinity for not jeans. So Jack, we got three fantastic stories for today's Tea Boy.
0:37.6	What do we got in the Pop BizPod?
0:39.1	For our first story, Taco Bell is officially the winner of fast food in 2025.
0:44.3	Get this.
0:45.1	They launched twice as many products this year as last year.
0:48.2	So Jack and I dove in Teboy style and got the recipe for instant gratification.
0:53.1	For our second story, this one's wild.
0:55.5	Hertz is now selling cars on Amazon.
0:59.4	You could drop them in your shopping cart right now.
1:02.1	But this is wilder.
1:03.8	Hertz is now the second biggest car seller in America.
1:07.6	And our third and final story is built.
1:13.1	The $10 billion credit card startup that gives points for rent just launched a comedy show. I'm sorry, Jack, a covert comedy show, if I will.
1:20.6	We'll tell you why a credit card company made a comedy series and kept their role a secret.
1:26.0	Shh, Jack, we're not supposed to talk about this.
1:28.2	But, Yeties, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories.
1:31.7	Fantastic mix of stories, Jack, no one else doing the mix today.
1:35.1	Love the mix.
1:35.8	It's not just you.
1:37.6	It's not just your ears either.
1:39.4	No, no, no, no, no, no, yeties.
	...

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