This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Tuesday, T-Boy, Tuesday, July 22nd. 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. All right, get this. The S&P, it's at an all-time high. NASDAQ also at an all-time high. What's going on? I think we arrived in Chicago, which is the financial capital

of the Midwest. Stocks hit record highs when we land. We already ran into a Yeti, and we just got here.

We made a left-off Michigan Ave. Boom, there's a bestie, Tommy. Thanks for saying hi, man.

But Jack, we got three stories for today's tea boy. What do we got on the pod?

For our first story, it tesla Tesla Tesla just opened a

movie theater slash diner slash supercharging station right in Los Angeles and the burgers for this

Tesla diner are served by robots it's real it's open today and we'll explain yes we shall

for our second story one company makes half of the world zippers.

It's called YKK and it's the most global business on Earth.

YKK is the mystery brand behind your zippers, so we studied its zipper monopoly.

And our third and final story.

The WNBA is in the middle of a critical labor contract, and the players protested big this past weekend.

So Jack and I whipped up all the numbers to find out if the WNBA is facing a flagrant foul.

But yet, he's, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories.

Fantastic mix of stories. Love the mix for a T-Boy Tuesday, Jack.

Yesterday we asked you a simple trivia question.

What is the most valuable franchise of all time?

What fictional characters have generated more revenue than any other fictional characters?

Actually, you almost all got it wrong.

The most valuable fictional franchise of all time is Pokemon.

Pokemon is the highest grossing franchise in history. Pikachu is a $100 billion pocket monster.

That is more than Star Wars and Harry Potter. Combined. Holy Bulbosaur. And it wasn't movies. It was TV.

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