🥸 “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
4.6 • 9.8K 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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| 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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