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The Best One Yet

🧘 “Unicorn Pants” — Lulu’s leggings turn 10. Chime is the McD’s of Money. Cava’s hummus surge.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

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Lululemon’s Align Leggings just turned 10 years old… And they actually invented athleisure.

Chime, the online banking app, just filed to IPO… Because they’re the McDonalds of money.

Cava is beating Chipotle and Sweetgreen… We’ve got the apples-to-apples numbers to prove it.

Plus, the most profitable graduation gift in history is… Dr. Seuss’ “Oh The Places You’ll Go”


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$LULU $CAVA $SG $MCD


About Us: The daily pop-biz news show making today’s top stories your business. Formerly known as Robinhood Snacks, TBOY Lite is hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Nick. This is Jack. Welcome back. It is Monday, May 19th, and today's pod, out of all the pods, is the best one yet. This is a T-Boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. But first, a quick question. Besties, do you want a free Yeti cooler? All you got to do is take our semi-annual T-Boy survey. We drop it only twice a year,

0:23.2

and you might win that free Yeti cooler. That's right. We want to hear from the besties so we can

0:27.6

make this the best show yet for you. So click the link in the episode description, take our three

0:32.8

minute survey, and you could win a Yeti cooler. But in the meantime, Jack and I whipped up three fantastic stories.

0:39.4

Jack, what's on today's pod?

0:40.9

For our first story, 10 years ago, Lulu Lemons Align Leggings invented the

0:47.4

athleisure category.

0:48.5

So Jack and I will tell you the surprise reason Align Leggings became a billion dollar brand.

0:54.5

For our second story, Chime, the online bank that swears it's not a bank.

0:59.6

Just filed to IPO.

1:01.6

Because Chime is the McDonald's of money, and every industry needs its McDonald's.

1:07.1

And our third and final story.

1:09.1

Of all the food chains in America right now, one is thriving.

1:12.4

Who is Jack? Kaava. Kava. Why is Kava beating Sweet Green and Chipotle? Well, Jack and I are going

1:18.8

to serve up the answer for you. But yeties, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories,

1:22.7

I mean, no one's doing this mix. Love this mix, Jack. The top Google search happening right now is,

1:27.7

is graduation gifts. Ah, graduation gifts. The tradition of writing a check to your nephew

1:32.7

after four years of them partying at Sig Sig Sig App. They get diploma, you give gift. You

1:37.4

got degree, they give money. The trending graduation gifts this year, what are they, Nick?

1:43.0

Jack, it's good. The fifth one's a surprise, but number one is a laptop.

1:47.3

That pairs well with an entry-level job.

1:49.0

Number two is a Yeti water bottle.

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