The Best One Yet
👶 “End the $1K Baby Tax” — Tariffs crush strollers. Star Wars’ epic re-release. UNC’s D1 ath-fluencer class.
29 Apr 2025
The trade war inadvertently created a $1K Baby Tax… So we predict a “family exemption.”Star Wars re-released Ep 3, bringing in $42M this weekend… Re-releases can save theaters.UNC is teaching athletes how to become D1 Influencers… The key: “you don’t have to dance.”Plus, the untold origin story of… the Frappuccino (spoiler: Starbucks acquired it)$DIS $NFLX To make a donation to Daniel’s cause in honor of his son Jack, click here: ItHasBeenAPleasure.comWant more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… 🥤Frappuccino: The Billion-Dollar Brainfreeze Starbucks Nearly Killed.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 is Tuesday, T-Boy. Tuesday, April 29th. And today's show is the best one yet. This is a T-Boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Yeti's Bill Belichick may not know where he met his girlfriend. But Jack and I know that these are the three best business stories you are going to hear anywhere today. Great call. We're not getting into that.
We're not getting into that. We're not getting into that. But just trust us on it. Jack, three stories for today's show. What do we got on the pot? For our first story, the biggest tariff in this trade war is on strollers. Yep. Baby strollers. Goo goo ga ga. It's a family tax, which is why if the tariffs don't end, the exemptions won't. will begin.
For our second story, Star Wars Episode III, The Revenge of the Sith, just celebrated its 20-year anniversary by re-releasing in movie theaters, and it made $42 million at the box office. The Star Wars re-release may hold the solution to save movie theaters. Help us re-release. You're our only hope. And our third and final story. UNC Chapel Hill just launched a class for its varsity athletes.
How to become an influencer. But to win on social media, you don't have to dance. And we will explain it. But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. Whoa! What a mix of stories for T-Boy Tuesday. There is one coffee that disrupted the beans business model more than any other. And what is that coffee, Jack? The Frappuccino.
The chilly milkshake of a coffee that turned drinks into a dessert. The Starbucks Frappuccino. 30 years ago, the world's first Frappuccino was blended. Got to correct ourselves, Jack, because did you know the Starbucks Frappuccino wasn't exactly invented by Starbucks? That's right. The Frappuccino name and recipe was actually invented by an independent coffee shop in Boston. That's right.
Starbucks literally acquired the Frappuccino IP, all of the IP. Even fewer people know that Starbucks' famous CEO, Howard Schultz, hated the idea at first. That's true. Howard actually thought that the Frappuccino was an insult to coffee culture. And yet today, without the Frappuccino, we wouldn't have iced lattes.
Today, without the Frappuccino, Starbucks would still just be a regional coffee house. And today, without the Frappuccino, Zoolander would still have his three male model buddies.
Orange Mocha Frappuccino!
Yeah, it is. No matter how you take your coffee, this story, the true origin story of the Frappuccino is for you. So check out the latest episode of our weekly show, The Best Idea Yet. Because this week, we'll tell you the true beginnings of the Starbucks Frappuccino and how it was in Starbucks. Tap the link in the episode descriptions or search The Best Idea Yet wherever you get your podcasts.
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