The Best One Yet
🫶🧾 “Eras Tour receipts” — Taylor Swift’s concert payday. Disney’s doubling cruise line. DeBeers’ industrial diamonds.
10 Dec 2024
After 149 concerts, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour just ended… and we got the financial receipts.Disney is doubling its cruise line… because Disney Cruise is actually its most popular product.Get This: 80% of diamonds are not used for jewelry… they're used for factories.🏀 Plus, the biggest endorsement deal of all time is Nike’s Air Jordan shoe... but it was banned by the NBA. The surprise origin story of Air Jordans is the next episode of our new show The Best Idea Yet. Click here to listen: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks “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 Super Mario Brothers to Sriracha. New 45-minute episodes drop weekly.—-----------------------------------------------------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 is Tuesday T-Boy Tuesday, December 10th. 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. Am I meeting you at the tree? Where am I going to meet you in New York, man? I'll see you later today. Nick and I are getting together in New York City this week for some Christmas card photography.
Jack said he wanted to skate around Walman Rink. I said, I'll see you there at 1 p.m. before the pod. We're going to do a prom picture right in front of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. Someone's got to take our picture. Excuse me. You got a selfie stick? In the meantime, Jack, three fantastic stories for today's show. What do we got on the T-Boy?
After 149 concerts and 10 million tickets sold, Taylor Swift's Heiress Tour ended on Sunday. So Jack and I got the receipts on the final financial numbers of Swift and Onyx. For our second story, Disney just revealed that its most popular product by far is the Disney Cruise. Cruise! Disney is doubling its cruise line because of millennial moms.
And our third and final story, December is the most important month by far for the diamond industry. But yetis, did you know that 80% of diamonds never end up in jewelry? We'll tell you where the diamonds really go. It's not in that rapper's teeth, is it, Jack? Sorry, Flava Flav. It's in other places. But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. Fantastic mix of stories.
Love this mix today. Yesterday at the end of the show, we asked you our weekly trivia question. What was the biggest shoe sponsorship of all time? The answer? It was Nike and Michael Jordan. Eh. Michael Jordan and Nike, specifically the Air Jordans from Nike. And it wasn't the biggest shoe deal in history because of Michael Jordan. No, no, no, no, no, no.
It was the biggest shoe deal in history because of Michael Jordan's mother. Yetis, Nike's Air Jordan is the latest episode of our weekly deep dive show, The Best Idea Yet. The Best Idea Yet. The untold origin stories of the products you're obsessed with. In this 45-minute episode, you'll hear how Michael's mom got Nike to bend to her will because she believed in her son that much.
Oh, and you'll hear how the first Air Jordans were actually banned by the NBA. You'll learn how Michael Jordan actually hated his namesake shoe at first. And we'll tell you why you should always, always, always, always, always, always bring your mom into your next business meeting. So later today, after this T-Boy, check out our weekly deep dive show, The Best Idea Yet.
New episodes drop every Tuesday, and we drop the link in today's show notes. Because Nike's Air Jordans are the $7 billion sneaker brand that changed the history of sports and fashion. So tap the link in today's episode description to listen to The Best Idea Yet after today's show. But today's show, this show, oh yeah, the T-Boy, is the best one yet. This is a fantastic show.
Best one we've ever done. Jack, let's hit our three stars.
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