The Best One Yet
📹 “The Next TikTok” — Whatnot’s $5B shop app. Nvidia’s uranium problem. Sonos’ CEO oopsie.
14 Jan 2025
TikTok will be banned in 5 days… but its replacement is Whatnot: It’s Instagram + eBay + MTV.Sonos is known for its fancy sounds systems… but the CEO just quit because of 1 big mistake.Nvidia chips have export restrictions… because in the AI arms race, chips are the new uranium.Plus, the #1 candy in America was invented by a frog salesman… It’s Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, and it’s the next episode of our weekly deepdive show The Best Idea Yet 🥜$SONO $NVDA $METATo hear more on Reese’s PB cups, 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 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's Tuesday, T-Boy. Tuesday, January 14th. 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. Stocks are up, Bitcoin's down, and Jack's trying to pull off some kind of flannel situation over there. I do look like Bob Vila over here. I like what you're working with.
You're going to build us a home, build us a podcast studio? What's working with it? I like it. Measure twice, cut once. Ha! Honestly, I think you look fantastic. But Yetis, we've got three fantastic stories for today's show. Jack, what's on today's T-boy? For our first story, barring a Supreme Court intervention, TikTok will be banned in five days. Five days?
But there's already a new replacement called WhatNot. WhatNot. Yetis, WhatNot is the new app you gotta know. It's Instagram meets eBay meets MTV. For our second story, Nvidia stock fell after a new rule from the White House about what countries can buy its chips. Because AI chips are the new uranium. And our third and final story is Sonos.
Sonos is known for the fancy sound system at your parents' second house. But the CEO of Sonos was just fired for making one huge mistake. But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. I mean, that was a cliffhanger, but three fantastic stories, Jack. Love the mix today. Yesterday, we asked you our weekly trivia question. And here's what it was.
What famous candy was invented by a frog salesman? Well, the answer to that question happens to be the most popular candy in America. What is it, Jack? The Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. No, the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. It is the number one most demanded candy at every Halloween. And it's also the top selling candy outside of Halloween. The Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.
It is Hershey's best selling candy, better known as the best selling flavor combination in history. But did you know that there's a psychological reason why people like the peanut butter and chocolate combo? And did you know that the peanut butter cup was actually invented by mistake? And did you know it all began 100 years ago with a down-on-his-luck frog salesman?
This guy, he had 14 mouths to feed back at home, so he made one giant chocolate-covered bet. H.B. Reese is the most stubborn, hardworking entrepreneur Nick and I have ever read about. He totally is, Jack. And Milton Hershey was his guardian angel. Yetis, the untold origin story of America's favorite candy involves a real-life Willy Wonka.
And that origin story is the latest episode of our weekly show, 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. Because you're obsessed with Reese's Peanut Butter Cookies.
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