🌴 “Nothing beats a…” — Jet2’s meme-of-the-summer. Uber’s Airbn-beating. The NFL’s ESPN hookup. Kevin = Cash.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

One obscure British airline is surging thanks to a TikTok meme… Jet2 is self-roasting.

Uber stock is 2x higher than their IPO, while Airbnb’s is down… we found why one’s riding, one’s hiding.

The NFL is buying 10% of ESPN from Disney… but Disney is living in Opposite Day.

The most popular name on Wall Street (and Germany) right now is… Kevin.

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0:00.0	This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Thursday, the new Friday, August 7th, 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. Big news yeties. Jack and I are interviewing the creator, the co-founder, and the CEO of David Barr.
0:21.4	Remember, the viral protein bar company that's so committed to protein, they launched a
0:27.2	fish bar.
0:28.7	Yeah, caught fish.
0:30.2	If you've got a question for Peter from David Barr, hit us up, and we will ask it in the
0:34.2	interview.
0:34.7	That interview drops later this month.
0:36.2	But in the meantime, yeah, Jack, we got a fantastic mix of stories our best yet.
0:40.6	What do we got on today's tea boy?
0:42.1	For our first story, nothing beats a jet to holiday.
0:46.1	That sentence is the meme of the summer.
0:48.2	And it's causing a sales surge for one random British airline.
0:52.7	For our second story, the NFL is buying 10% of ESPN from Disney.
0:58.6	Wow. It's the biggest hook up in sports since Batman Ball. But it highlights an awkward
1:03.9	truth about Disney's business, a physically hard truth. And our third and final story, Uber stock has had its best quarter ever.
1:12.6	So why is Airbnb experiencing the opposite? Well, Jack and I will tell you why Uber is riding,
1:19.0	but Airbnb is hiding. We actually created a pretend earnings report to show you how. We did our first
1:25.3	fake earnings report for this one. It's pretty cool. But Yeties, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. I mean, fantastic mix of stories today, Jack.
1:32.6	Nick, what's the coolest name on Wall Street right now? Jack, it's Kevin. Kevin is the coolest
1:38.5	name on Wall Street these days. Because President Trump's leading candidates for the future Fed
1:43.2	chairman are both Kevin's.
1:45.7	Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh, the Kevin's of the economy.
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