The Best One Yet
⛷️ “Ski-Pocalypse” — Park City’s ski strike. NYC’s traffic tax. The Birth of Gen Beta.
07 Jan 2025
The biggest strike in ski history hit during the busiest ski week of the year… and Vail lost $400M.A brand new generation is being born in 2025: Gen Beta… And we found its 1 defining trait.NYC launched America’s largest traffic experiment: Congestion Pricing… And every city is watching.$MTN $SPY $BTCWant more? Check out the latest episode of our weekly deep dive show, The Best One Yet. This week’s episode is on The Oregon Trail: “Tricking Kids Into Liking School Since 1971” 🐂 Subscribe at 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 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. Welcome back. It is Tuesday, T-Boy Tuesday, January 7th. 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. Hey! SPF T-boy, you are looking sharp and tan over there, Jack. How are the Bahamas looking fantastic?
Harbor Island in the Bahamas is one of the most beautiful beaches you'll ever see in your life. The pink sand. It's the pink sand, yeah. We also found a bunch of live conchs, which really freaks you out. You see a beautiful shell, you pick it up and you're like, oh, what is this?
there you gotta watch your fingers they'll eat you before you eat them man i know how is hawaii hawaii was beautiful did sunrise canoeing best surfing of my life jack i eat so much tuna i have mercury poisoning but besties we missed you for the entire vacation so we are happy to be back and jack We've got three fantastic stories for today's T-boy. What do we got, man?
For our first story, it's the biggest strike in skiing history. Park City, Utah has a ski patroller strike. So Jack and I are breaking down the $400 million ski pocket. For our second story, it's the most ambitious traffic experiment that just began in New York City. Congestion pricing, aka the traffic tax. Because what happens on 42nd Street will affect every city in America.
And our third and final story. A brand new generation is born this year. All 2025 babies aren't Gen Z or Gen Alpha. They're Gen Beta. Gen Beta. Jack and I found the one specific trait that will define this younger, younger generation. But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. What a mix of stories. Amazing mix of stories for today's T-Boy Jack. Trigger warning.
You have died of dysentery. Besties, do the words bison, frostbite, or fording a river mean anything to you? Because those words are the foundation of the most important video game in history. The Oregon Trail. Because besties, every red-blooded American student has sat down at a gateway desktop computer at some point to play the Oregon Trail. Some
giant computer in the computer lounge at middle school. But Jack and I were curious, what do you know about where the Oregon Trail actually begins? Because the Oregon Trail was invented by three idealistic 20-something middle school teachers up in Minnesota. They built the game for kids, but the Oregon Trail eventually IPO'd on the New York Stock Exchange.
There's actually a case that the Oregon Trail saved Apple, the computer company, early on. And the true story of the Oregon Trail, it even involves Mr. Wonderful. Yeah, that Mr. Wonderful, the guy from Shark Tank. But the wildest part about this primitive computer game, what is it, Ned? Well, Jack, the Oregon Trail, it was never meant to make any money. Which made it make tons of money.
And that wild Oregon Trail story is the latest episode of our weekly show, The Best Idea Yet. The Best Idea Yet, the untold origin stories of the products you're obsessed with. So besties, later today, after this T-boy, check out our weekly deep dive show, The Best Idea Yet. New episodes drop every Tuesday and they're free to listen.
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