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What is the opening banter and preview for today’s three pop‑biz stories?
This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Wednesday, so Michey Wednesday, August 12th. Then 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. Jack is flying out for a photo shoot tomorrow. This is a big deal. We're becoming models, Yetis. Haha yeah, it is our final week of daily shows before our annual two-week summer vacation, but we got a lot going on right now, Jack. Before we start our vacation, we've been asked to become the faces of a very cool brand. And no, it is not an AI company. We promise you that one. We can't share the name right now, but we have a photo shoot this week. We're gonna be the spokespeople for a Fashion Icon. We shaved and we showered.
I've been practicing my blue steel all week. I will tell you more soon. But in the meantime, Jack, we got three fantastic stories from the funnest place in finance. What do we got on the pod? Our first story, the pizza industry is plummeting right now because 43% of restaurant food is eaten alone. But Domino's has a plan to save it, and this one is personal. For our second story, Spotify just made two huge announcements. One of them is for musicians and it's good. And the other one is for podcasters and it's bad. And our third and final story, we're calling it the Bronx Bomber Buyout. The New York Yankees are selling part of the team to watch. Street, which leaves just one thing left in sports that is not for sale.
And we'll tell you what it is. But besties, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. Whoa, hair and makeup, love the mix, Jack. Perfect mix today. If your internet goes out today, then we know who you should blame. Harry Potter. More specifically, Harry Potter Superfans. Because get this: a $580 million internet cable in the United Kingdom was just blocked by protesters. And why was that cable blocked, Jack? Because the cable went through the fictional grave of a fictional Harry Potter character. Dobby. That's right, the Dobby. Moment of silence for Dobby. Jack, can you just grab your Nimbus 2000 and sprinkle on some context for us over there? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, aka book seven. Uh spoiler, doesn't end well for Dobby, the beloved house elf in that book.
In the movie version of this book, that little guy was laid to rest on freshwater beach in Wales. The end of the seventh movie, guaranteed tearjerker yetis. Only time actually that's not true. It's one of the times I cried in the Harry Potter series. So, when the National Electric Grid of Ireland announced on the BBC the location of their new cable went right through that beach, then the fans sent owls to the CEO. Wands began spontaneously erupting in anger across the Wizardworst.
How is Domino’s using a single‑serve “Domino” pizza to win over solo diners?
Voldemort was outraged and internet cable was going through Dobby's old grave. Harry Potter fans left so many voicemails, the cable company actually changed their plans. Expelleramius! The Oroutius! Like, it's Expeliarmus. Sorry, Jack, I never got my degree over at Hogwarts. Somebody. But in the meantime, we're talking about a fake character in a fake story and a real beach with a real moved cable. Fans actually visit that beach. There's a makeshift grave for Dobby Nick. So the construction of a internet cable would have been desecration to that grave. And now the world's newest internet cable is going around Dobby's grave. You mean fake grave jacket? If Hogwarts had a business school, they would teach this as a case study.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Harry Potter and the Deathly Detour. Harry Potter and the Cable of Secrets. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Wi-Fi substation resistance. What is that accent, Nick? You really gotta work on your Harry Potter game. Were you sleeping in Snape's class, Jack? Professor Snake, this guy's been snoozing. Alright, yaddies, let's cancel the Imperious Curson in our three stores. Griffin! NOOOOOO No Six points on Sit em Jack. That's the
starting half I know. Fifteen years before this song, two boys from the northeast met in a dorm. They had an idea that caused a cultural storm. It's the best one yet, but the best is a norm.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the opening banter and preview for today’s three pop‑biz stories?
0:01–2:32
2
How is Domino’s using a single‑serve “Domino” pizza to win over solo diners?
2:32–5:40
3
Why does the solo‑dining trend matter for the broader pizza industry?
5:40–7:03
4
What are Spotify’s new ad‑skip feature for podcasters and AI‑label rules for musicians?
7:03–9:58
5
How is Spotify balancing support for musicians with tougher policies for podcasters?
9:58–12:54
6
Why did a Harry Potter fan protest a UK internet cable that crossed Dobby’s fictional grave?
12:54–18:07
7
What does the Yankees‑Apollo Global Management deal reveal about sports ownership?
18:07–21:37
8
Why is the Yankees’ minority‑PE stake considered the only thing in sports that isn’t for sale?
21:37–22:52
Speakers
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