The Best One Yet
🐺 “Dire Wolf of Wall Street” — Colossal’s 1st de-extinction. ThredUp’s tariff win. Shopify’s mandatory AI.
09 Apr 2025
Colossal brought the Dire Wolf back from extinction… by using a strategy from Hollywood.The #1 winner of the Trade War? ThredUp… The second-hand clothing stock has doubled this year.Shopify is requiring everyone at the company to use AI every day… AI is part of the dress code.Plus, introducing “Tasteful Tariffs” — Things that should be tariffed. Think Cargo pants, small talk, QR code menus…$TDUP $REAL $SHOP $NDAQWant more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of Peeps 🐣. 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 sandal to Nintendo’s Super 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. It is Wednesday, ceviche Wednesday, April 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. Ooh, people are terrified out there. The stock market continued its trade war trauma yesterday. The S&P 500 is almost in a bear market. It was down 19% from its peak as of this recording.
Warning for Anne Hathaway, the kingdom of Genovia may get hit with tariffs next. No word on what the princess is going to do, Jack. Three stories for today's show. What do we got on the pod, man? For our first story, the surprise big winner of the trade war so far is ThredUp. ThredUp, because when it comes to tariffs, the winners are the triple Fs, frugal, friendly finance.
For our second story, we've covered the startup Colossal before. They're trying to bring back the woolly mammoth, but they actually just brought back a different extinct animal, and that animal is the dire wolf. For our third and final story, Shopify's CEO just issued an ultimatum. When it comes to AI, it's use it or lose it.
And by it, he meant your job at Shopify, because he just added AI to the company dress code. But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories... Whoa, what? A mix of stories. Love that mix of stories today, Jack. Investors are not happy about the trade war tariffs. Economists hate tariffs. They make everything more expensive. But Nick and I were thinking,
There's some things we wouldn't mind tariffs for. Yeah, like things that are so annoying, maybe they should be tariffed. We call them tasteful tariffs. We do. Things that we would tariff not for economic reasons, but for social reasons. For example, cargo shorts? Tariff them. QR code restaurant menus? Tariff them. Can we tariff pre-meetings before the real meeting?
Tariff, tariff, and tariff them, Jack. How about alcohol-free mouthwash? Tariff that. Oh, Jack, what about those ketchup packets that are impossible to open and you gotta do it with your teeth? How about cardboard boxes within cardboard delivery boxes? 100% tariff. How about saying the phrase cool beans? 1,000% tariff. Can we toss a tariff on small talk?
Embargo all conversations about the weather. We don't care what the temperature is. What about clapping when the airplane lands? Oh, that's a retaliatory tariff if I've ever seen one, Jack. And finally, exposed male toenails? 2,000% tariff and a complaint to the WTO for emotional damage. Besties, we're running a list of these tasteful tariffs. A list of import fees on your ix.
A list of taxations on Tacky. So besties, for Ceviche Wednesday, drop your ideas for tasteful tariffs in the comments below. The seven-day public comment window opens now. We are accepting tariff proposals on everything cringe. Although I should point out, Jack thinks we should tariff toothbrushes with bristles that are too hard. This is a long-standing debate.
The only toothbrushes available to purchase should be soft bristled toothbrushes. It may be a Jack issue or it may be a nationwide issue. Either way, let us know your tasteful tariffs.
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