đ„ âESPN Rizzzzâ â Gen Zâs SportsCenter. Silveradoâs tariff explainer. Boba Ice Cream IPO.
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.7 âą 9.5K Ratings
đïž 5 March 2025
â±ïž 26 minutes
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Summary
ESPN just launched a Gen Z SportsCenter on Disney+⊠âSC+â is a playbook for youth content.
The US is now in a trade war with Canada and Mexico⊠the Chevy Silverado explains it all.
The worldâs biggest fast food chain just IPOâd⊠Chinaâs Mixue is bigger than McDâs.
Plus, the untold origin story of Taco Bellâs Doritos Locos Taco.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Wednesday, Saviche Wednesday, March 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. One second, Jack. I just got to put a candle in this Bratworth, because I believe it is somebody's birthday over there. It's my full birthday. |
| 0:22.0 | Not my quarter birthday, okay, Nick. |
| 0:24.1 | Nothing wrong with stuff right in quarters, Jack. |
| 0:25.7 | A candle and a brot is exactly what the doctor ordered. |
| 0:28.4 | Maybe a yak sweater in the future, but I want to get your hopes up. |
| 0:31.5 | Yeties, we got three fantastic stories for Jack's big birthday. |
| 0:35.5 | Jack, what do we got on the TV boy? |
| 0:37.0 | For our first story, ESPN just launched a Gen Z Sports Center that they're calling SC Plus. |
| 0:43.3 | So Jack and I will tell you if this business plan slaps or if it's Grinch. |
| 0:47.2 | For our second story, it's official. |
| 0:49.4 | After a one-month delay, the U.S. is now in a trade war against Canada and Mexico. |
| 0:53.9 | So to understand the pain of these tariffs, we're looking at one product, the Chevy Silverado. |
| 1:01.0 | For our third and final story, the world's largest fast food chain isn't McDonald's or Starbucks. |
| 1:07.0 | It's Mishu with 45,000 locations. |
| 1:11.2 | Meishu sells ice cream and boba tea for $1 in China and it just IPOed. |
| 1:16.9 | But Yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories on my birthday, your fantastic |
| 1:21.8 | four-quarter birthday. |
| 1:23.0 | What a mix of stories, Jack. |
| 1:24.4 | Let's do my favorite thing, which is trivia. |
| 1:27.0 | What product was so viral |
| 1:29.0 | that it required 15,000 extra workers to serve it? Jack, what product was so viral it was invented |
| 1:34.8 | in a top secret research lab? We're not talking about the atomic bomb or the H bomb. It's the |
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