The Best One Yet
🤠“YAHOOOO!” — Yahoo’s email revival. Trade War II Begins. Hans Zimmer’s creator hack.
03 Feb 2025
Trump’s 2nd trade war begins tonight with tariff’s for Canada, China, & Mexico… but Trump tariffs differ in 1 huge way.Yahoo just turned 30… but @yahoo.com emails are having a midlife revival.Hans Zimmer is worth $200M with movie music composing… we found his creativity hack.Plus, the next fashion trend? Yak hair… because yak is the new cashmere.$DIS $HD $YHOOWant more business storytelling from us? Check out our new deep-dive show…“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.New episode every week. 45-minutes. Listen here: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks —-----------------------------------------------------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. Welcome back. It is Monday, February 3rd, and today's pod is the best one yet. This is a T-boy. Here's the top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Someone survived the bachelor party. Yeah, I did, baby. We had a great time. Right when we can't see Jack's beating his chest like he accomplished something. Yeah, I didn't really accomplish that.
I accomplished a weekend without my children. Shout out to Alex. Thanks for looking after the boys. In the meantime, Yetis, Jack and I got three fantastic stories for today's show. Jack, what's on the T-boy? For our first story, Yahoo is back, baby. Yahoo! After 30 years, the Y2K internet company is having a resurgence.
You're going to start seeing at Yahoo.com email addresses again, and we'll tell you why. For our second story, Trump's second trade war has officially begun. New tariffs start tonight against Canada, Mexico, and China. But besties, if you think this is just an economic story, you are understanding tariffs all wrong.
And our third and final story, if you've watched a movie, odds are there was music composed by Hans Zimmer. Hans Zimmer's music makes him the greatest creator of all time because Hans Zimmer shops at the Home Depot. Three of the top 20 movies on IMDb are only up there because of Hans Zimmer's original score. Yeah, and we found out how he does it.
But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. Fantastic mix of stories, Jack. Love the mix today. Disruption is coming to the sweater industry. We ain't talking polar fleece, merino wool, or alpaca, are we, Jack? We're talking about the yak. Yes, the yak. Yak hair is the next luxury material. Yeah, that's right. Yak is crushing cotton and yak is chewing up cashmere.
According to the Wall Street Journal, yak wool is turning up in $300 shirts and $400 sweaters. Get this, Paris Fashion Week last year, they had their first ever yak cardigan. Not too shabby. But honestly, what is a yak? What the heck is a yak? We jumped into a pack of yaks to find out why for you. A yak is actually a large horned bovine native to the Himalayan mountains.
A yak kind of looks like a cow the size of a Cybertruck. They've got huge horns. They've got long hair. They kind of look like a country or emo cattle singer. Their hair is covering their eyes. And because they live 20,000 feet high in the freezing temperature mountains, their fur is optimized. Yak wool is 30% warmer than sheep wool. And because yak hair is uniquely hollow.
It's softer and lighter than cashmere is. And because there is a lack of yaks. It's a rare and indulgent luxury. Besties, in Tibet, owning a yak is a status symbol. In New York City, owning a yak sweater is a status symbol. Get your hands off me. This isn't 100% yak. By the way, it's also a financial trick shot because you can find yak right now. That's a third of the price of cashmere.
And why is that yak? No one knows about yak. Yet. Yetis, let's hit our three yakking stories.
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