🔮 “The Predictions Pod” — SpaceX’s Olympics, Starbucks’ Library, OpenAI’s company town.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

Finance, News, Business, Pop Culture, Tech

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

#1. SpaceX’s Olympics

#2. Starbucks’ Library

#3. OpenAI’s company town

To kick off 2026, we whipped up our 7th annual “3 big business wishes” for the coming year. These ain’t *just* predictions — they’re wild wishes that if you think about it, make a ton of sense. Predictions sprinkled with razzle dazzle & sprinkle dinkle.

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0:00.0	This is Nick. This is Jack. Welcome back. It is Monday, January 5th, 2026. And today's part is the best one yet this. Oh, this is a T-boy.
0:12.4	The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Yeties, we are back and we are Tanner than two weeks ago, ain't we, Jack?
0:19.6	Well, I caught some ice rays on the
0:21.8	chairlift. That's a real thing. You caught some actual sun rays down in sunny San Diego. And good
0:27.0	news, besties, because our first pod of 2026 is already our best pod of 2026. And stocks are already
0:33.2	at an all-time high for the year. That's literally true. It's a true story because today is our
0:39.3	predictions pod, our three big business wishes for the new year. Nick and I don't have a crystal ball,
0:44.4	but we do have a crystal bull. So Jack, our three big business wishes, what do we got on today's
0:50.5	pod? Our wish number one is that Open AI should build an entire town with homes, data centers,
0:56.4	and nuclear power.
0:57.7	An AI company town, call it Samland, because AI ain't just an industry.
1:02.8	AI is a way of life.
1:04.4	Our second big business wish of the year is that Starbucks should launch a chain of libraries.
1:09.8	Yeah.
1:10.0	That's right.
1:10.8	Latte libraries. Bestie, Starbucks needs a a chain of libraries. Yeah. That's right. Latte libraries.
1:12.4	Bestie, Starbucks needs a turnaround plan for 2026, and a library is the ultimate third place.
1:17.9	And our third and final big business wish of the year.
1:21.3	SpaceX should host the Olympics in outer space.
1:24.8	SpaceX, they're IPOing in 26.
1:27.7	Why not host an Olympic event in 28?
1:30.5	But yetis, before we hit that wonderful and wild mix of business wishes.
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