meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Best One Yet

🧃 “Hold the caffeine” — Four Loko’s return. Europe’s military stocks. Warren Buffett’s fave biz.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Four Loko is the #1 malt liquor in America… thanks to the Japanese philosophy of Misogi.

European stocks are shockingly beating American stocks this year… because Europe’s building a military.

Warren Buffett just revealed his favorite CEO ever… It’s an RV guy who didn’t have a computer.

Plus, Monopoly just launched a fintech version of the game (no more cash money)


$BRK.B $LMT $SPY


Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… The Doritos Locos Taco 🌮. Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks to listen.


“The Best Idea Yet”: The untold origin stories of the products you’re obsessed with — From the McDonald’s Happy Meal to Birkenstock’s sandal to Nintendo’s Super Mario Brothers to Sriracha. New 45-minute episodes drop weekly.


—-----------------------------------------------------

Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks

Episodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.


GET ON THE POD: 

Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts 


FOR MORE NICK & JACK: 

Newsletter: https://tboypod.com/newsletter 

Connect with Nick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-martell/ 

Connect with Jack: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-crivici-kramer/ 


SOCIALS:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod 

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypod

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod 


Anything else: https://tboypod.com/ 


Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks

Episodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.



See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Thursday, the new Friday, March 6th, 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. Did you get your birthday spaghetti, Jack? Did you get it? Yes, although it was controversial. My mother-in-law made me spaghetti meatballs like I asked. Nice move. And then she realized

0:22.0

yesterday was Ash Wednesday. Okay. Eating meat was a sin. Didn't realize that. Good thing she's got

0:27.8

Sunday confessions, though. Three stories for today's team boy, Jack, what do we got on the pond?

0:33.8

For our first store. For Loco, the notoriously high alcohol and high caffeine party drink,

0:39.2

is having a renaissance. Four Loco used to be a lawsuit in a can, but now it's having to come back,

0:44.6

and we will tell you why. For our second story, it's shocking news from Wall Street. Europe's stock

0:49.5

market is outperforming America's stock market since the election. Because Europe's new growth industry is national defense.

0:57.3

And our third and final story, Warren Buffett just wrote a tribute to his favorite CEO of all

1:02.3

time who passed away last year.

1:04.1

This guy drives RVs, he doesn't own a computer, and he sold his company to Warren Buffett

1:08.9

after sending him a fax. A cold fax. But Yeties, before

1:14.2

we hit that wonderful mix of stories, what a fantastic mix of stories. Love the mix today, Jack.

1:20.3

Best selling board game of all time hath disrupted itself. It's the biggest change in the toy

1:26.1

industry since Elmo got tickled. Get this, Yates. Monopoly just

1:30.6

launched a fintech version of the famous board game. FinTech Monopoly. It's actually called

1:35.8

Monopoly app banking and it's a BIO phone situation. So the famous Monopoly money, it's gone.

1:42.4

You must use the Monopoly app instead. If you want a loan from the banker, that's's gone. You must use the monopoly app instead. If you want a loan

1:45.7

from the banker, that's gone too. You must apply online instead. Now, there's still a physical board,

1:51.9

and there's still physical pieces that you move around the board. But the rest of this

1:55.2

Monopoly game is basically Venmo. Honestly, I kind of love the idea. I meant to do it. Because you get

1:58.9

to play Monopoly, but without having to keep organized, that unruly stack

2:03.0

of colorful monopoly money.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Nick & Jack Studios, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Nick & Jack Studios and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright Š Tapesearch 2025.