The Best One Yet
👪 “Nepo-preneurs” — Family biz boom. Twinkies’ 4/20 munchies trade. China’s rare earth embargo.
17 Apr 2025
Twinkie is embracing 4/20 with Munchies Mobiles... because the US economy is now PG-13.China just stopped selling us Rare Earth Metals… We call it the Acupuncture Needle Strategy.Say hello to “Nepo-preneurs”… Because kids joining family businesses just surged 13%.Plus, the top way to reduce stress at work? Playing Tetris… $SJM $LMT $SPYWant more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… the Super Soaker 🔫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.
Full Episode
This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Thursday, the new Friday, April 17th, 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. You know what, Yeti? It's the last pod before Good Friday. Markets are actually closed tomorrow. Yeah, it's a purely religious holiday on Wall Street.
Church, straight, separated, except on Wall Street, apparently. But we do have a special full episode dropping tomorrow on our feed. Yeah. We wouldn't leave you empty-handed. Also, you know, Jack, we haven't done a T-Boy hotline in a while, and people got a lot of questions with the market these days.
So if you have a question for Nick or me, go to our Instagram right now, and we'll answer your questions on Friday on Instagram. Hit us up at tboypod on Insta. Ask us anything, including about our three fantastic stories for today. Jack, what's on today's T-Boy? For our first story, Twinkies. Their snack sales have been slipping, so Twinkies has a solution. They're embracing... 420.
Twinkies is unleashing a fleet of munchie mobiles to celebrate the controversial cannabis holiday. For our second story, it's the trade war update day 16. China has banned the export of rare earth metals to the United States. This is China's biggest trade war move yet, and it reminds us of acupuncture. And our third and final story is the hot new job trend of 2025. What is it, Jack?
Working for mom or dad. Family businesses are surging right now like a scene straight out of The Godfather. But, Yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories.
Three fantastic mixes of stories, my son. Beautiful mix today.
I love your Godfather impression.
Imagine what you're talking about. Keep it in the family.
Yetis, the cool new game to play at the office is actually the oldest game at the office. That's right. Tetris is seeing a resurgence, get this, as a wellness hack? Yeah, that Tetris. The ones with the bricks and the blocks all falling with gravity and you got to put them in the right place. And you got to fit the L shape on the square shape.
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