The Best One Yet
🧊 “$17 per cube” — Glacial Ice startups. Bezos’ $20k electric car. California = 4th Biggest Economy.
28 Apr 2025
Jeff Bezos’ secret electric car launched… It’s $20k, anti-Tesla, and inspired by the Amish.100,000 year old glacier ice is being used in Dubai nightclubs… selling for $60/cube.California passed Japan to be the 4th biggest economy in the world… we’ll tell ya how.Plus, the latest recession signal is the “Brown Bag Indicator”... Leftover lunch is an econ warning.$RIVN $AMZN $JBLUWant 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 Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks to listen.“The Best Idea Yet”: The untold origin stories of the products you’re obsessed with — From the McDonald’s Happy Meal to Birkenstock’s sandal to Nintendo’s Susper Mario Brothers to Sriracha. New 45-minute episodes drop weekly.—-----------------------------------------------------Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinksEpisodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.GET ON THE POD: Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts FOR MORE NICK & JACK: Newsletter: https://tboypod.com/newsletter Connect with Nick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-martell/ Connect with Jack: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-crivici-kramer/ SOCIALS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod Anything else: https://tboypod.com/ Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinksEpisodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Full Episode
This is Nick. This is Jack. Welcome back. It is Monday, April 28th, 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. If you want to be the most interesting person in the room today, Jack and I have the three best stories for you. Don't we, Jack? Yes, we do. Oh, yes, we do. What's on today's T-Boy, man?
For our first story, a Jeff Bezos-backed electric car company just launched. And get this, it's priced under $20,000. But here's the twist. This electric car brand was inspired by the Amish. For our second story, California just passed Japan to become the fourth biggest economy in the world. Cali is about to pass Germany for number three.
But our story itself explains why California is so polarizing. And our third and final story. The newest startup trend is the oldest thing on earth. Glacial ice. 100,000-year-old ice cubes from glaciers are now a venture-backed business, baby. But yeah, it is before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. I can only afford one cube. Great mix of stories. Great mix of stories.
Couple weeks ago, we told you about recession brunette. Oh, the recession brunette when your usually blonde buddy starts looking more brunette. It's a bad sign for the economy. But there's another recession indicator that's already red flashing. And it's flashing in your salad. Introducing the bring your lunch to work index, aka the brown bag indicator.
The BYO lunch instead of buying at the office? Yeah, that's an early sign of an economic problem. We call it the brown bag recession indicator. And right now, it's flashing red like a half-eaten burrito. Here's the data. More people are working from the office, but fewer people are eating lunch out. Get this. Sales at fast, casual restaurants across America fell 7% nationwide in Q1.
Less Lenny's bagels, more leftover lasagna. Ceviche Wednesdays? Maybe every other Wednesday? Because the lunch math, it really adds up. Yes, it does, Jack. Your average sweet green salad plus a drink, that's 21 bucks, my friend. And over the course of the month, if you do it every day, that's $441 for your eating lunch out budget. Well, since making a meal at home saves about 75% of the cost.
300 bucks a month you could save if you bring your lunch to work. So besties, you're swapping out the sweet green for your homemade Cobb salad. The only drama is whether there's space in the office fridge. Jack, you better write your name on those noodles, man. It's the brown bag indicator. Let's hit our three stories.
15 years before this song, two boys from the Northeast met in a dorm. They had an idea to cause a cultural storm. It's the best one yet, but the best is the norm. Jack Nick. That's it. I don't even think they need to practice. 50%, that's a fat tip. T-Boy City on your at list. If you know, you know, cause we ready to go. We can't wait no more, so just start the show. Start the show.
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