The Best One Yet
🥤 “Diet Bros” – Diet Coke’s political rebrand. Tennis’ collusion case. BYD’s 5-minute EV.
20 Mar 2025
Diet Coke always targeted women… but now it’s the drink of Hustle Bros & the White House.The top tennis players sued the grand slam tournaments… but pro sports is a monopoly.BYD just announced the Holy Grail of Electric Cars… Zero to fully-charged in 5-minutes.Plus, the Oregon Ducks basketball team just set a record… a 26,700-mile road trip.$BYD $KO Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… MTV 📺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.
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This is Nick. This is Jack. And that is Jack-o'-lantern. 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. Oh my God, Jack. I just got more wild information. You ready for this? Oh boy. Your Audi thinks Quibi was a good idea.
Your Audi bought Dogecoin in his 401k.
I've since learned that yesterday I was the perfect version of an innie because I had no idea what an Audi was. Jack, your Audi wears corduroy shorts to the office. That is the end of our any session. Jack, three stories for today's T-boy. What do we got on the pod? For our first story, Diet Coke sales are surging right now for a totally surprise reason.
Diet Coke has jumped from wellness women to crypto bros. For our second story, one Chinese company, BYD, just achieved the holy grail of EVs. Charge an electric car in five freaking minutes. And our third and final story. The world's top tennis stars just sued the four tennis tournaments. Because tennis players and football players actually have different rights. Wild story.
But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. Fantastic mix of stories. Love the mix today, Jack. It's Thursday, so your bracket is set. March Madness begins today at 12 Eastern time. But besties, there is one number no one is talking about that we want to talk about. 26,700. As in 26,700 miles.
26,700 miles is the total distance traveled by the University of Oregon Ducks basketball teams. This season, the Oregon Ducks spent more time on airplanes than on the court. They spent more time on the tarmac than in the classroom. It's the longest road trip for a team in the 132-year history of college sports. And Jack, the reason for this epically long, record-setting road trip?
The University of Oregon switched conferences. Yeah, Oregon. They are situated on the Pacific Coast, so historically, they were a member of the Pac-12 Conference. But last year, they switched to the Big Ten, a conference way over in the Midwest. And I can't believe I'm asking this, but why did they do it, Jack? Money. Classic. But the side effect of this conference switcheroo is way more travel.
The distance traveled by the Oregon Ducks jumped 222% this season. Because instead of flying a neighboring Washington, they're flying two time zones over to Wisconsin. Instead of flying to their away games, the Ducks migrate each week. Washington, USC, UCLA, all of them also switched from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten Conference.
And Stanford and Cal, two other Pacific-based teams, they joined a conference with Atlantic in the name. So add it all up, Yetis. And these basketball teams flew over 20,000 miles in a single college season. It's the best economic stimulus for the U.S. airlines since wings. Yeah, we don't know what these players are going to get on their final exams.
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