The Best One Yet
🤔 “China’s Factory Revolt” — Trade war moves to TikTok. Moleskine’s Gen Z board. Zuck's FTC lawsuit.
15 Apr 2025
Chinese factories are retaliating in the trade war… with TikTok videos exposing $5 Lulu pants.Moleskine’s journals are thriving despite the digital age… because they created a Gen Z Board.Will Instagram get split from Meta?... Zuckerberg testifies this week in FTC vs. Meta.Plus, the untold origin story of… The Super Soaker.$LULU $META $SPYWant more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Super Soaker 🔫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. It's Tuesday, T-Boy. Tuesday, April 15th. 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 don't withhold any longer. Your taxes are due today. Pause the pod. File that W-2 like you're writing off your soul. But today's pod is so good, it should be an exemption.
So Jack, three stories for today's show. What do we got on the T-boy? For our first story, there's a brand new front in the trade war that nobody is talking about. True story. Chinese factories are exposing American brands on TikTok. Do your $100 Lululemon leggings actually cost just five bucks to make? We'll tell you in our first story. There's a revolution brewing.
For our second story, how is Moleskine, a brand that makes journals, books, and diaries, thriving right now? Moleskine is winning because it's got a board of Gen Zs. That's right. It's got a Gen Z board of directors. And our third and final story, the epic antitrust lawsuit against Meta began on Monday. And here's what's at stake. Zuck could actually lose Instagram.
But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories...
What a mix of stories. Love the T-Boy Tuesday mix, Jack.
Yesterday, we asked you a trivia question. What famous toy was invented by a NASA rocket scientist? And the answer is... The Super Soaker. The billion-dollar toy that was created by accident in a man's bathroom. The Super Soaker. It's destroyed more sibling relationships than any other toy in the world. Mom! He shot me first! Mom, she shot me in the eye!
It also became the top-selling toy in America in the 1990s, right after it debuted. Basically, where there was water, there was a Super Soaker. But few know the story of the Super Soaker's legendary founder. A black man who grew up in the segregated South. Lonnie Johnson was a NASA engineer who worked on spaceships, but side-hustled with water guns.
Even after selling that brand to a big toy company, he had to sue to get paid what he was owed. We actually mentioned him during Black History Month. And we turned that fact into this entire new episode. So yetis, check out the latest episode of our weekly show, The Best Idea Yet. Because this week, we'll tell you the true origin story of the super soaker.
Tap the link in the episode description to listen to our other show, TBIY. The best idea yet. Oh, also, we're going to tell you the secret to a successful side hustle. You're going to love it. But today's show is fantastic. Today's show, Jack, you should deserve a deduction. Jack, let's hit our three stories.
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