🎟️ “Inside StubHub” — The Ticket IPO. Napster’s $200M comeback. 23&Me’s DNA drama.
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.6 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
StubHub is the #1 secondary ticket marketplace… but the biz totally depends on scalpers.
Napster still exists (?) and just got bought for $207M… because “Say my name, say my name.”
23&M is bankrupt, but 15M customers have a question… ummm, what about my DNA?
Plus, the newest economic indicator is “Recession Brunette”...
$STUB $ME $EBAY
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| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Wednesday, Saviche Wednesday, March 26th. And today's part is the best one yet this is a T-Boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Jack, I got the results. You ready for these, man? What results? Okay, we asked the Eddies if they or a friend were going boy sober this year. You want to know the answer? Yeah. |
| 0:21.1 | 57% are currently or going boy sober. |
| 0:24.8 | Seriously? |
| 0:25.5 | Yeah, seriously. |
| 0:26.1 | That's a big number right now. |
| 0:27.2 | Single and not looking to be able. |
| 0:29.5 | So, Jack, three stories for today's show. |
| 0:32.2 | What do we got on the T-Boy? |
| 0:33.4 | For our first story, Stubhub could be the biggest consumer brand to IPO this year, so we're diving in T-boy style to their business. |
| 0:40.8 | The biggest risk to Stubhub's IPO, it's scalpers. |
| 0:44.5 | For reasons, you wouldn't expect. |
| 0:46.5 | For our second story, 23 and me just filed for bankruptcy. |
| 0:50.1 | So we're answering the number one question everyone is asking. |
| 0:53.2 | Oh, what the heck is happening to my DNA? |
| 0:55.7 | And our third and final story. |
| 0:57.7 | Napster, the Y2K music pirating platform, just sold for $207 million? |
| 1:04.4 | No, no, no, no, no, no. |
| 1:05.4 | That is not the worst fact-checked headline you've ever heard. |
| 1:08.5 | That is a true story. |
| 1:09.6 | We'll tell you why Napster is still worth $200 million using a song from Destiny's Child. |
| 1:16.0 | If you know, you know. |
| 1:17.1 | But yet he's before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. |
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