👪 “Nepo-preneurs” — Family biz boom. Twinkies’ 4/20 munchies trade. China’s rare earth embargo.
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.6 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Twinkie is embracing 4/20 with Munchies Mobiles... because the US economy is now PG-13.
China just stopped selling us Rare Earth Metals… We call it the Acupuncture Needle Strategy.
Say hello to “Nepo-preneurs”… Because kids joining family businesses just surged 13%.
Plus, the top way to reduce stress at work? Playing Tetris…
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| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Thursday the new Friday. April 17th. 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. You know what? Yet is the last pod before Good Friday. Markets are actually closed tomorrow. Yeah, it's a purely religious holiday on Wall Street. |
| 0:21.7 | Church, straight, separated, except on Wall Street, apparently. |
| 0:24.7 | But we do have a special full episode dropping tomorrow on our feet. |
| 0:28.3 | We wouldn't leave you empty-handed. |
| 0:29.7 | Also, you know, Jack, we haven't done a T-Boy hotline in a while, |
| 0:32.8 | and people got a lot of questions with the market these days. |
| 0:35.0 | So, if you have a question for Nick or me, go to our Instagram right now and we'll answer your questions on Friday on Instagram. |
| 0:42.0 | It is up at T-BoyPod on Insta. Ask us anything including about our three fantastic stories for |
| 0:48.9 | today. Jack, what's on today's T-boy? For our first story, Twinkies, their snack sales have been slipping, so |
| 0:55.1 | Twinkies has a solution. They're embracing 420. Twinkies is unleashing a fleet of |
| 1:00.8 | Munchymobiles to celebrate the controversial cannabis holiday. For our second story, it's the |
| 1:06.7 | Trade War Update Day 16. China has banned the export of rare earth metals to the United |
| 1:12.6 | States. This is China's biggest trade war move yet, and it reminds us of acupuncture. And our third |
| 1:20.0 | and final story is the hot new job trend of 2025. Moed is Jack working for mom or dad. Family businesses |
| 1:26.4 | are sur surgeon right now |
| 1:28.2 | Like a scene straight out of the godfather |
| 1:30.6 | But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories |
| 1:33.4 | Three fantastic mixes of stories my son |
| 1:36.8 | Beautiful mix today |
| 1:38.2 | I love your godfather impression |
| 1:40.3 | I imagine what you're talking about |
| 1:42.1 | Keep it in the family |
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