🐏 “I gave away $3B” — Patagonia’s ultimate donation. Amazon’s NFL play. Railroads’ road rage

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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After a $13B deal, NFL football begins on Amazon tonight, streaming exclusively for the 1st time ever - because football is the holy grail. The founder of Patagonia just gave away his $3B baby - the ultimate mission statement. And your weekend Amtrak right might get canceled because the Railroad strike reveals how much we rely on Railroads. $AMZN $CSX Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that too Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Nick, this is Jack.
0:02.4	It's Thursday, September 15th, and today's pod is the best one yet Jack.
0:08.1	It really is Nick.
0:09.3	We should point out that Thursday is the new Friday.
0:12.8	And this T-boy doesn't disappoint.
0:14.8	We didn't forget yet, he's Jack.
0:16.2	What's our first story for the T-B-O-Y?
0:18.4	Amazon's $13 billion Thursday night football deal begins tonight.
0:23.2	Bezos was wrong.
0:24.4	Football is the one ring to rule them all.
0:27.6	I'm precious.
0:28.8	Right on cue.
0:29.8	For our second story, if you've got a weekend Amtrak trip planned, heads up, and Mike
0:34.7	it canceled.
0:35.7	The railroad strike, it just revealed how much we really depend on the train, the locomotive,
0:41.7	the caboose.
0:42.7	For our third and final story, the founder of Patagonia has given away the entire company.
0:47.6	The whole company.
0:48.6	All $3 billion of puffer jackets, poof, gone.
0:52.9	Or as he put it, the earth is our only shareholder now.
0:57.2	Yetis, before we hit that fantastic mix of stories.
1:00.4	A wild mix, including a last minute edition of the Patagonia story, did not see that coming.
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