🧾 “wtf is that?” — Say Hello to Tariff Fees. Costco’s 1st beer dupe. Return of the Mascots.
The Best One Yet
Nick & Jack Studios
4.6 • 9.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
You’re about to see “Tariff Fee” on your receipts… But the phrasing is about to get political.
Companies are embracing mascots again … Jake From State Farm just beat the Kardashians.
Costco’s one weakness? It’s never successfully sold a Kirkland beer… until now.
Plus, we’ve got Duolingo’s CEO on tomorrow’s pod… and he’s announcing something big.
$COST $MCD $DUO $SPY
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| 0:00.0 | This is Nick. This is Jack. Welcome back. It is Monday, April 21st. 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. Yeti's big update. On tomorrow's show, we're going to pause our regular programming for a very good reason. Because we interviewed the CEO of the trendiest tech company in America. |
| 0:23.5 | This is the coolest brand across every single border we could find, baby. |
| 0:28.3 | And get this, the CEO we interviewed, he's announcing a new product on our show tomorrow. |
| 0:33.3 | You got to tune into tomorrow's pod. |
| 0:34.9 | It's going to be the best one yet. |
| 0:36.0 | But in the meantime, Jack, we got a T-Boy today. |
| 0:38.3 | What are our three stories for today's showman? |
| 0:40.2 | For our first story, there's a new fee you're about to see. |
| 0:44.5 | Prepare for the tariff fee. |
| 0:46.7 | But we predict you will see two names for the tariff fee. |
| 0:50.0 | One is the Trump fee and the other is the Patriot fee. For our second story, Costco's one weakness, it's never successfully sold a Kirkland beer. |
| 0:59.9 | But one Oregon microbrewery is slapping Costco on their cans, and we'll tell you why. |
| 1:05.3 | And for our third and final story, there's a new marketing trend taking over American companies, corporate mascots. |
| 1:12.6 | Because Jake from State Farm will do one thing that Kardashian sisters won't. But Yeties, |
| 1:18.5 | before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. What a mix. New stories. Love the mix, Jack. |
| 1:24.4 | As we mentioned, we're dropping a CEO interview for tomorrow's pod. |
| 1:28.2 | And Basties, this company has so much buzz right now. Its name crosses borders. Literally. |
| 1:34.5 | Only problem? The mascot is more famous than the CEO. Because tomorrow, we are interviewing Luis |
| 1:40.7 | Von On, the CEO and co-founder of Duolingo on this show. |
| 1:45.1 | It's a big deal. |
| 1:45.9 | Huge deal. |
| 1:46.3 | Duolingo CEOs announcing their next product tomorrow on the best one. |
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