We brought a surprise guest to our LIVE TBOY show in Chicago: Chris Barman, CEO of the wildest (and newest) electric car brand. Jeff Bezos invested, and Chris is leading it. Slate’s not just building the lowest-priced electric truck on the market ($25K), it’s also the craziest: No radio, no touchscreen, no tech whatsoever. We (jokingly) call it the “Amish-Inspired Electric Car.” And she built hype for the launch by creating a bunch of fake companies (true story). So in today’s interview from our...
Jul 25, 2025•25 min•Ep. 1497
Live… from Chicago… it’s The Best One Yet! We performed our show in front of a live studio audience of Besties & Yetis at Chicago’s famous Vic Theater. Some extra razzle dazzle & sprinkle dinkle — but our usual daily Takeaways you know & love. #1: Michael Jordan’s mansion is now on Airbnb ($17K/night)… but can it boost the stock? #2: Mattel’s Uno card game is expanding into movies & theme parks… by borrowing a strategy from Duolingo. #3: Amazon just acquired an AI listening devic...
Jul 24, 2025•32 min•Ep. 1496
Coldplay is now the #2 highest-grossing concert tour ever… their concerts manufacture virality. Coca-Cola is launching coke w/ cane sugar instead of corn syrup… it could be “Luxury Coke” Cetaphil has given their website a makeover… because chatbots read websites, not people. As Shark Week goes full hammerhead, sharks are at all time highs… $KO $SPOT $SPY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Pokemon 🐲 S...
Jul 23, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1495
Tesla just opened something completely wild: a drive-in movie theater diner / charging station… run by robots. About ½ of all zippers are made by 1 company: YKK… it’s the most international brand on earth. WNBA All-Stars wore pay-protest t-shirts on the court… so we’re breaking down the salary negotiation. Plus, the untold origin story of the most valuable franchise in history… Pokemon. $TSLA $LEVI $NTDOY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly dee...
Jul 22, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1494
There’s a secret app for influencers to get anything for free… and now we know about it. The reason the Late Show industry is getting canceled? Partly business, partly politics… and partly podcasts. “Crypto Week” passed America’s 1st three Bitcoin laws… and it reminds us of Julius Caesar. The newest trend in coffee… is serving it in giant plastic buckets. $PARA $NFLX $BTC Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin stor...
Jul 21, 2025•21 min•Ep. 1493
TBOY Live Chicago, July 23rd - tickets on sale here: https://www.axs.com/events/949346/the-best-one-yet-podcast-tickets The Chainsmokers’ music duo launched a VC fund… but their investing secret is their schedule. Uber is spending $2B on Lucid’s luxe electric cars to deliver its founder’s original dream… robo-chauffeurs. The Fed & President Trump are in a situationship… and it's Wall Street’s biggest soap opera. Plus, the new Super Man movie is driving dog adoption interest… up 513%. $UBER $...
Jul 18, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1492
David, the $725M protein bar brand, dropped its most controversial product yet… Cod fish. Pittsburgh just snagged $90B in AI investments… If all goes to plan, Pitt becomes the Austin of the East. Labubu dolls are now bigger than all of Mattel… but will these viral dolls become Beanie Babies or Barbies? Plus, France has a wild new plan to boost the economy… Cancel 2 holidays. $META $GIS $SPY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The...
Jul 17, 2025•22 min•Ep. 1491
Forget the Trump T.A.C.O. Trade… we want to introduce the B.U.R.R.I.T.O. trade coming Aug 1st Basketball star Jimmy Butler just launched a $100 coffee… because of the wine industry. Target’s stock has dropped 60% from its high, so we have a solution… and it’s all about influencers. Plus, the most controversial part of your car? Cupholders (blame Stanley Mugs)... $SBUX $TGT TSPY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origi...
Jul 16, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1490
KFC just fell out of the top 3 chicken chains in America… and Dave’s Hot is bringing the heat. Millennial Moms are leading a female founder boom… and it’s all thanks to “The Power Pause.” Google and OpenAI are battling to win in Vibe-Coding… and we created an app instantly thanks to it. Plus, the untold origin story of… The Michelin Restaurant Guide. $GOOG $YUM $SPY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… ...
Jul 15, 2025•22 min•Ep. 1489
Love Island is the most viral show of the year… and it’s having a global economic impact. Delta only makes $4 profit per ticket… so it’s launching new premium classes (Super Biz Class+) Bitcoin hit a fresh record high of $118K… but the biggest winner is the little Kingdom of Bhutan. Plus, the best part of a TBOY Live Show… in Chicago Get tickets here: https://www.axs.com/events/949346/the-best-one-yet-podcast-tickets $BTC $PARA $DAL Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest e...
Jul 14, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1488
Kellogg’s cereal brands were just acquired by Italy’s Ferrero (Nutella)… but it’s really about the mascots. Netflix’s most popular content is actually Anime… and Japan’s Anime shows an AI growth hack. The Pentagon just bought a rare earth metal stock… So is that strategy or socialism? Plus, the Fyre Fest brand is being auctioned off on eBay… for $205K. $KLG $K $NFLX $MP Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story ...
Jul 11, 2025•22 min•Ep. 1487
Gmail launched a Weapon of Mass Unsubscription… to fix your inbox stress. The matcha industry is suffering an unprecedented shortage… blame Japan’s senior citizens. X’s CEO Linda Yaccarino is officially out… so what’s really up at the Everything App? Plus, the 1st ever Hermes Birkin Bag is going to auction today… Expected price? $500K. $GOOG $META $HESAY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… The Frisbee ...
Jul 10, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1486
London’s most popular restaurant, Dishoom, has a wild growth hack… Roll the dice, get a free meal. Amazon Prime Day is now Prime Week… but it’s really a fake deal mind game. One biz is saving flood victims in Texas: H-E-B… the $47B grocery chain bigger than Uber. Plus, Ozzy Osborne is selling his DNA in Liquid Death water cans… and it’s a new celeb trend. $AMZN $WMT $SPY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story...
Jul 09, 2025•21 min•Ep. 1485
The trendiest song over the weekend was by a fake band… Spotify’s 1st AI band has gone viral. The only major beer growing in America? Michelob Ultra… thanks to plagiarizing Gatorade. One tech guy is collecting 4 different full-time tech salaries… all at once. The untold origin story of… the Frisbee. $SPOT $BUD $META Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… “Frisbee 🥏A Pie in the Sky Idea (Literally)” Subsc...
Jul 08, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1484
TBOY Live Show Tickets to Chicago on sale NOW: https://www.axs.com/events/949346/the-best-one-yet-podcast-tickets Goldman Sachs tried to bought 3 luxury hotels in Greece… but Zeus struck the whole project down. Amazon factories now have as many robots as humans… next up? Dark Factories. FedEx’s legendary founder passed away… and he once bet the entire biz on a black jack game. Plus, the guest for our LIVE show in Chicago is… CEO of Slate Auto: Chris Barman. $GS $AMZN $FDX Want more business stor...
Jul 07, 2025•21 min•Ep. 1483
Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/ In 2008, Lin-Manuel Miranda badly needed a vacation. He’d just won the Tony for his musical “In The Heights,” he’d been going nonstop. So he took a break, bringing a book with him for poolside lounging: the 800-page biography of America’s first treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton. But what started as a light beach read soon became an obsession. Lin HAD to bring this man’s incredible life to the stage. Thus began...
Jul 04, 2025•43 min•Ep. 1482
TBOY Live Show Tickets to Chicago on sale NOW: https://www.axs.com/events/949346/the-best-one-yet-podcast-tickets Nathan’s hot dog stock just hit an all-time high… because it’s selling dogs in Ukraine. Lululemon sued Costco for copying their designs… and this dupe crackdown reminds us of Netflix. Cloudflare just invented cybersecurity to bock AI crawling… it’s the first ever anti-bot cloak of protection. Plus, the average movie theater shows 30 minutes of previews and ads before the movie. $NATH...
Jul 03, 2025•22 min•Ep. 1481
Luckin Coffee’s 1st US location opened in NYC… and it’s got an anti-Starbucks strategy #ZeroPlace. Elon Musk is fighting to block Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill… because clean energy gets runover. Stetson invented the cowboy hat, now it’s living its best life… Being founded in 1865 is its competitive advantage. Plus, we’re sharing our Mid-Year’s Resolutions (like New Years… but midway through) $LKNYC $SBUX $FDX Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly d...
Jul 02, 2025•22 min•Ep. 1480
The Big Beautiful Bill would be the biggest law in our lifetime… so we’ll explain it using ice cream. Goodwipes launched luxury Porta-Potty Palaces to give out wet wipes… it’s a VIP Sample. Robinhood created a new thing: ½ stock, ½ crypto… because it moves fast by faking things. Plus, the untold origin story of… Hamilton The Musical $HOOD $KMB $SPY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… “Hamilton 🎭 From ...
Jul 01, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1479
TBOY Live Show Tickets to Chicago on sale NOW: https://www.axs.com/events/949346/the-best-one-yet-podcast-tickets Despite trade war & real war, US stocks just hit all-time-highs… We whipped up 4 reasons why. Momofuku’s Michelin-starred restaurant just raised $27M of VC… to stick its noodles in Costco. Internships are down, but some are making $25K/month?... Our advice: Cancel your internship. Plus, get your tickets to our Live Show in Chicago… it’s gonna be a TBOY $SPY $JPM $NVDA Want more b...
Jun 30, 2025•22 min•Ep. 1478
Jeff Bezos is getting married in Venice… but did ya know Venice was the Amazon of the Old World? Nike is pinning its turnaround on a snoafer (a sneaker/loafer)… it’s not a throwback, it’s a flowforward. NYC democrats just nominated a socialist mayoral candidate… because Wall Street has changed. Plus, the hottest new $1 unicorn startup… is a tech company for cows. $AMZN Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story o...
Jun 27, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1477
Pan Am Airlines is back after 34 years, but with a hotel, theater, & cafe… Because Brands > Logos. Apple’s Formula1 movie premiers today… Brad Pitt proves how Hollywood powers Wall Street. The newest industry to know is PeaceTech… because AI can predict (and prevent) war. Plus, the hottest industry in this economy?... Matchmaking coaches. $DAL $AAPL $PLTR Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Subs...
Jun 26, 2025•20 min•Ep. 1476
America’s biggest cement business just went public… because commodities don’t exist. Perfume sales are surging right now… Because of dudes, college, and Ozempic? Father’s Day revealed how much we all use AI… And the culprit is Microsoft. Plus, the hottest new fashion trend is Jorts… Jeans shorts just hit an all-time high #ATH. $PPRUY $AMRZ Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Subscribe to The Best Idea ...
Jun 25, 2025•20 min•Ep. 1475
The most important economic part of the War in Iran? The Strait of Hormuz… It controls 20% of earth’s oil exports. The 2 biggest self-driving car headlines of the decade… Tesla’s robotaxi launch in Austin & Waymo’s coming to NYC. The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders just got a 400% pay raise thanks to 1 word… Leverage. Plus, the untold origin story of… Dr Pepper. $KDP $TSLA $SPY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origi...
Jun 24, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1474
The hot new real estate trend is giant surf parks… Wave Pools borrowed the biz model of golf. 117 emails per day? Interruptions every 2 minutes?... Microsoft data reveals your “Infinite Workday.” Disney just hooked up with Amazon on advertising… and TV ads are about to look like Instagram. Plus, Jeff Bezos is getting married this week… and we found his leaked wedding vows. $DIS $AMZN $MSFT Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The ...
Jun 23, 2025•22 min•Ep. 1473
Reddit… it’s the most important company in social media right now, because it’s the most different. It’s the 5th most visited website in America, the internet’s front page, and the most valuable source of content to train artificial intelligence (Sam Altman pays *them*). They’ve got a partnership with OpenAI… yet the content is anti-AI. And co-founder / CEO Steve Huffman runs the most real company in tech right now… and he's a classically-trained ballroom dancer. In this interview episode, you’l...
Jun 20, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 1472
The Chase Sapphire Reserve card jacked up its fee to $795… so we did the aluminum math. Why is Florida winning so many Stanley Cup hockey games?... Lower taxes = More trophies. Roblox stock is up 180% in the last year… because Grow a Garden set a video game record. Plus, the hottest trend across food, fashion, tech, and AI?... Guavas (yes, fruit guavas) $RBLX $JPM $NFLX Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story ...
Jun 18, 2025•22 min•Ep. 1471
Shake Shack stock popped on its 1st slogan… so we’ll share the secret to slogans. Trump disclosed his 2024 income (at least $600M)… and now the he’s is launching a $499 smartphone. Tracy Anderson has pioneered the wildest concept in fitness… invite-only pilates studios. Plus, the untold origin story of Ferrari… $SHAK $MCD $RACE Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Ferrari 🏎️ Subscribe to The Best Idea ...
Jun 17, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1470
The best player in the NBA Finals wears Converse… so they launched a sneaker dating show? War in the Middle East means the US Army has a new recruit… Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI. Din Tai Fung is now the most lucrative restaurant chain in the US… because of 1 lucky number. Plus, Summer Fridays are disappearing… so happy Summer Monday. $MSFT $AAPL $NKE Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Beanie Babies 🧸 ...
Jun 16, 2025•23 min•Ep. 1469
Rolex sales are jumping… because women are giving them as engagement rings (watches?). Home Depot’s newest business risk?... It’s now ground zero in the ICE immigration raids. Starbucks hosted the world’s 1st Barista Championship… and hiring full-time in-house influencers. Plus, the wildest new recession indicator is… TaskRabbits. $SBUX $HD $SWGAY Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Subscribe to The Be...
Jun 13, 2025•20 min•Ep. 1468
