🎬 “Quentin Tariff-tino” — Hollywood’s digital trade war. Warren Buffett’s secret investing sauce. Skechers’ $9B retirement.
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.6 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Hollywood just entered the Trade War… starring the 1st ever digital tariff (100% on Wicked 2).
Warren Buffett is retiring, so we found his secret $$$ sauce… It’s culture, not calculations.
Skechers is the 3rd biggest shoe biz on earth… and just sold for $9B thanks to your nana.
Plus, the untold origin story of… Google Maps.
$SKX $$PARA $NFLX $BRK.B $GOOG
Our episode from last year on Berkshire Hathaway’s Greg Abel: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-best-one-yet/id1386234384
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2zC0iXEvP8BkUDq6lBa4f5
Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Google Maps: The *Actual* Everything App 🌎
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| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. It is Tuesday, T-Boy, Tuesday, May 6th. 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. |
| 0:12.2 | And yet is, in case you missed it yesterday, mark your calendars. We announced our next city for the T-Boy Live show. What do we got, Jack? |
| 0:20.4 | On July 23rd, Nick and I are going to record this podcast live. |
| 0:24.8 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:25.6 | From the Vic Theater in Chicago. |
| 0:27.7 | Oh, boy, 1,000 seats. |
| 0:29.9 | There you go, Jack, there you go. |
| 0:31.3 | Tickets drop tomorrow. |
| 0:32.8 | Follow us at T-Boy pod on Instagram for the link. |
| 0:35.4 | If you're not in Chicago, fly into Chicago and pull off some logistics. |
| 0:38.7 | You're going to love this live show. |
| 0:39.9 | But Jack, three stories for today's pod. |
| 0:42.0 | What did we got in the T-boy? |
| 0:43.0 | For our first story, Hollywood was just terrified. |
| 0:46.8 | Oh, boy. |
| 0:47.3 | All movies must now be made in America or else pay a 100% tax. |
| 0:51.5 | So we are turning our spotlight on the first ever digital tariff, the Tom Hanks |
| 0:57.4 | tariff. For our second story, Skechers was just acquired for $9 billion. Skechers is the third |
| 1:03.8 | biggest shoe brand on earth. And why is that, Jack? There are more retired athletes than there are |
| 1:10.1 | athletes. What are athletes. |
| 1:10.9 | What are we going to do with cleats? Honestly, what are we going to do with cleats? |
| 1:13.4 | I haven't bought cleats since I was 21 years old. |
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