The Best One Yet
🏰 “Donald Duck Diplomacy” — DisneyLand Abu Dhabi. Elon’s Texas city. Russell Westbrook's AI funeral app.
08 May 2025
TBOY Live Show Tickets to Chicago on sale NOW: https://www.axs.com/events/949346/the-best-one-yet-podcast-ticketsDisney just announced its 7th theme park: Abu Dhabi… It’s Donald Duck Diplomacy.SpaceX incorporated its own city in Texas… But the company town really goes back to Hershey.NBA star Russell Westbrook just launched an AI app… for funerals. Plus, the hot new fashion trend is… Dinosaur Leather (#TRexHandbags)$DIS $TSLA $Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Juicy Couture Tracksuits 🍑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. It's Thursday, the new Friday, May 8th. 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. Wow. Wow. Are we overwhelmed with the support from our Midwestern Yetis out there? I knew Midwesterners were known for their hospitality, but boy, yeah, that was awesome.
Thank you for buying tickets to our Chicago live show. We still got tickets available right now. You can grab them with a link in the episode description. We're going to be at the Vig Theater in Chicago. Wonderful venue. We cannot wait to perform there July 23rd. 1,000 seats, screaming yetis and besties. We can't wait to see you. Grab your tickets now. And Jack, three stories for today's show.
What do we got? For our first story, Disney just announced its seventh theme park. The Magic Kingdom is coming to the Middle East. But the real value of Disneyland Abu Dhabi is Donald Duck diplomacy. For our second story, Elon Musk has a new title to add to his LinkedIn. Founder of a city. That's right, Starbase is the latest incorporated city in Texas, and this goes all the way back to the 80s.
And our third and final story is a wild headline.
So true.
The NBA star Russell Westbrook just launched an AI startup for funerals. Because there is no business with a bigger customer base than death. The TAM is everyone. Huge. It's huge. But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories... Fantastic mix of stories, Jack. Nobody else is doing that mix today. The Tyrannosaurus Rex. It was one of the mightiest animals of all time.
40 feet long, 12 feet tall, this thing was like a two-legged bulldozer with teeth. Did you know that each tooth is the size of a banana? and they had like 38 teeth. That's why those T-Rexes had such big dental pills, Jack. But the T-Rex is about to become a pocketbook. Get this. Bioengineers in England are using fossilized T-Rex remains to create dinosaur leather. That's right.
They're basically taking the T-Rex from a carnivore to a clutch. Now, why are paleontologists pivoting to pocketbooks, Nick? Well, Jack, have you seen how much people are willing to pay for a handbag these days? And this opens up the door to a whole dino fashion industry. Oh, it totally does. Jack, what about a Triceratops bag from Kate Spade? Or a Velociraptor bag from Christian Dior?
I gotta ask, Jack, what if the dinosaur was a herbivore? Does that mean it technically qualifies as vegan leather? One sec, that Brontosaurus Birkin bag is $50,000? ! Now, the professors behind this say that this fashion stunt is to highlight advancements in lab-grown skin technology.
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