The Best One Yet
⛰️ “51st State” — USA’s Greenland deal. Starface’s pimple patch. John Deere’s robo-tractor.
09 Jan 2025
Trump proposed buying Greenland… so we looked into how/if/when it’s possible.John Deere’s big tech update at CES?... a robo-self-driving tractor to cut your grocery bill.Starface has become a $100M startup… by putting star stickers on pimples.Plus, we’re living in the Panda-conomy… because when Pandas are out, sales surge.$DEER $NVDA $SPYWant more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: “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 Super Mario Brothers to Sriracha. New 45-minute episodes drop weekly. Subscribe here Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks to listen.—-----------------------------------------------------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.
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This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Thursday, the new Friday, January 9th, 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. Yetis, it's a strange day. First, markets are closed today to honor former President Jimmy Carter, who has a funeral in the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
And the city of Los Angeles is experiencing horrible wildfires. A thousand structures have been destroyed. 23,000 acres have been burned. And as of this recording, the fires are 0% contained. Honestly, we cannot imagine what our Angelenos are going through right now. So Jack and I are going to make this the best possible tea point. Jack, three stories for today's pod. What do we got on the show?
For our first story, it's Donald Trump's latest idea. He wants America to buy Greenland. So Jack and I got the economic case on how Greenland could become the 51st state. For our second story, it's the biggest tech update at the Consumer Electronics Show. And guess what? It's from John Deere. Yeah, that John Deere. John Deere is solving food prices with a self-driving Robo Tractor.
And our third and final story I wish I had in middle school. It's so good. Starface has become a $100 million skincare startup because Starface is putting stars on pimples. Pimple patches. They're pimple patches. But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories... What a mix today. Love the mix, Jack. Nick, what are the three most powerful forces in economics?
Ah, the three most powerful forces in economics, that would be supply, demand, and pandas. That's right. Few factors can move the markets like a black and white panda bear. Besties, here's the news. Starting this week, two new pandas are being unveiled at our National Zoo down in D.C. Their names are Bao Li and King Bao. Great names. And they're the biggest celebrities in America right now.
And guess what? They're gifts from China. They're basically the Olsen twins of panda bears. Now, I'm going to sprinkle on some context here. I would love for you to do so, Jack. Pandas, it's wild. If you look at the map of where panda bears are native to, it's just a tiny strip of forest over in China. So these pandas are actually on loan to us all the way over from China.
But the pandemonium is now an economic force in our nation's capital. Because there's a new panda-themed cocktail bar down in DC. There are panda-themed hotel packages for visitors. Get this, one restaurant redesigned the entire interior with bamboo to honor Bao Li and King Bao, the pandas. Have you ever seen a panda bear? The closest I ever came was that scene in Anchorman.
Honestly, they're so cute, I don't even believe they exist, Jack. But for businesses located near the zoo, revenues actually triple during panda unveil. We repeat, sales triple when the Panda exhibit is open in a zoo. One bakery in Washington, D.C. described their two most profitable weeks in the bakery's history. One was when the pandas first came, and the other was right before the pandas left.
If you want to boost the economy, we don't need a stimulus package. No, we need more pandas. Supply and demand and pandas. Let's hit our three stories.
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