The Best One Yet
🏟️ “Football = Housing” — Stadiums’ apartment strategy. Nutella’s Americanization. Hotels’ junk fee ban.
14 May 2025
TBOY Live Show Tickets to Chicago on sale NOW: https://www.axs.com/events/949346/the-best-one-yet-podcast-ticketsWashington DC’s football stadium is a new “Arena-Hood”... because football can fix the housing crisis.Nutella is pivoting to peanut butter in America… because nothing divides economies like nuts.Hidden Junk Fees are officially illegal… so we’ll tell ya what to do when the hotel drops a “Resort Fee.”Plus, the 10 fastest-growing baby names in America… are made-for-LinkedIn.$MAR $LVY $SPYWant more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Google Maps Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks to listen.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 Wednesday, ceviche Wednesday, May 14th, and today's pod is the best one yet. This, this is a T-boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Well, yetis, it's official. Stocks are now up in 2025 thanks to the trade war cool down. The S&P 500 is now down just 4% from its all-time high.
Not too shabby and great timing too, because we've got three fantastic stories for you. Jack, what's on today's T-Boy? For our first story, Washington, D.C., Nashville, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia are all getting new multi-billion dollar stadiums with apartments. True story. We call them arena hoods. Arena hoods.
Because the solution to America's housing crisis may actually be American football. For our second story, Nutella has a wild new plan to expand in the United States. Nutella peanut butter. Because the greatest economic divide between Europe and America is nuts. Literally, it's nuts. And our third and final story. As of this week, hidden junk fees are now illegal.
So Jack and I will tell you what to do when that hotel surprises you with a $50 a night resort fee. Well, it's illegal now, so. Destination fee? Yeah. I would like to speak to a manager, please. But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. Fantastic mix of stories. Love the mix, Jack. We just got the most anticipated list of the year. This is a fun one. Ding, ding, ding.
Yetis, we just got the most popular baby names in America. Straight from the Social Security Administration. Which name are you naming your new kids these days?
Here it is.
Moms and dads across America chose the same top two names for the sixth straight year. Congratulations, Liam for boys and Olivia for girls. You are the most popular. That's right. Since 2019, Olivia and Liam have been the top baby names in America. Followed by Noah, Oliver, Theodore, and James for boys. And followed by Emma, Amelia, Charlotte, and Mia for girls.
I mean, Jack and I are looking at the numbers. At this rate, odds are, statistically speaking, there will be a President Olivia and Vice President Liam in the year 2063. Ancestry DNA says you're 30% Western European. You're 3% Olivia. The entire world. is Olivia or Liam. But Bessies, there is a different stat that Jack and I find more interesting.
Not the most common name for babies in America, but the fastest growing baby names in America. Because for boys, the fastest growing name in America is... Truce. Truce. Is that trade war inspired? Of the moment, du jour. Followed by Colson, Breyer, Halo, and Isaiah with a Z. Okay, Breyer and Halo are both ice cream brands, Jack. Just pointing that out. Delicious names. Delicious names.
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