🚘 “I own a Waymo” — Toyota’s self-driving deal. Domino’s pizza paradox. The Year-Round Horror Economy.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Pizza explains the Trade War… Delivery pizza is tariff-proof, but frozen pizza is recession-proof.

Waymo just partnered with Toyota for personal self-driving cars… It’s the new robo-chauffeur.

Today is half-way to Halloween… but “horror” has become a year-round industry.

Plus, instead of “can 100 men beat 1 gorilla,” we’re asking “can 100 men out-earn 1 gorilla?”

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0:00.0	This is Nick. This is Jack. It is Thursday, the new Friday, May the first. And today's pod is the best one yet. This is T-boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Yet is breaking news. Jacks and my children have broken the contract. This morning, Brooks woke up at 5.50 a.m. That's not the deal.
0:22.6	No, no, no. That's not the deal. The deal is we provide food, shelter, and emotional support,
0:27.8	and the children in exchange. You give us peace and quiet in the morning. You can't wake up
0:31.5	till 7 a.m. That's part of the deal, guys. 5.50, that is unacceptable. So, yeah, Nick and I are short on sleep this morning.
0:38.9	We don't know what to do about that.
0:40.1	But in the meantime, we got three amazing stories for you, Jack,
0:44.1	three fantastic tea boys for the show.
0:45.9	What do we got, buddy?
0:46.7	For our first story, the best way for us to explain the trade war to you today
0:51.0	is with the pizza paradox.
0:53.1	The pizza paradox.
0:54.0	If Domino's pizza is tariff proof, then why are sales down?
0:59.0	For our second story, this one's wild. Waymo just partnered with Toyota to make your personal
1:05.2	car a self-driving one. Because the biggest business rivalry of the next year will be Google versus Tesla.
1:12.6	And our third and final story. Today is officially the halfway point to Halloween. And yet
1:19.2	Halloween is everywhere already. So Jack and I will tell you the economic reason why horror
1:25.2	has become a full year in the street.
1:27.8	But Yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories.
1:31.0	Whoa, what a fantastic mix of stories.
1:33.8	Love the mix today, Jack.
1:34.9	The number one meme that's dividing the internet right now, what is it, Nick?
1:38.3	Jack, it is 100 men versus one gorilla.
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