Podcast Episodes
Back to Search🍄 “The Irish plumber from Brooklyn” — Super Mario’s movie record. Tupperware’s expiration date. Millennials’ home-buying milestone.
Nintendo stock is up 6% since “Super Mario Bros” premiered in theaters, because marginal creativity is the most profitable kind. We just hit a major …
2 years, 9 months ago
🧢 “Merch Monday” — Aesop’s profit shampoo. Levi’s denim drama. The Pope’s fancy AI.
L’Oreal acquired Aesop, the Australian soap and shampoo company, for $2.5B because they sell the most profitable physical thing we’ve ever seen. Levi…
2 years, 9 months ago
🌯 “Burrito Brawl” — Chipotle sues Sweetgreen. Twitter’s algorithm opening. The Anytime-Anywhere Economy.
Chipotle just sued Sweetgreen for burrito bowl IP infringement, but we think Sweetgreen could turn lawsuits into lemonade. For the first time, a maj…
2 years, 9 months ago
🎹 “Beethoven on shuffle” — Apple’s classical music app. Women’s college basketball record. Jamie Dimon’s legendary letter.
Apple’s newest product is shockingly basic: A music streaming app just for classical music… but it could turn customers into fans. The real winner of…
2 years, 9 months ago
🤼 “Real Fighting + Fake Fighting” — WWE’s Pay-Per-View. Lemon8’s sneaky app. GM’s CarPlay ban.
World Wrestling Entertainment was just acquired for $9B (fake fight), but now it’s merging with Ultimate Fight Championships (real fighting) into a k…
2 years, 9 months ago
🎓 “The Million-Dollar Degree” — Ivy League’s $90K tuition. Pepsi’s underdog logo. JAM vs FAANG.
If Ivy League tuition prices keep growing at this pace, then kids born today will be paying “The Million-Dollar Degree”. Forget the “FAANG” stocks of…
2 years, 9 months ago
⚾🌭 “BoringBall” — Baseball’s biz strategy. Twitter’s April Fools. Egg-flation’s #1 winner.
Major League Baseball has 10x as many games as the NFL, but half the revenue — so it just made three rule changes to fix “The Boring Problem.” Tomorr…
2 years, 9 months ago
🦣 “Mam & Eggs” — Vow’s lab-grown mammoth. Lululemon’s bad bet. Elon’s anti-AI letter.
How do you like your Mammoth cooked? Australian startup Vow just served lab-grown Mammoth Meatballs and raised $50M for it. Lululemon’s stock jumped …
2 years, 9 months ago
👙🥕 “I wear… Aldidas” — Aldi’ grocery merch. Binance’s crypto brazenness. Subscription cancellation aggravation.
The biggest crypto exchange in the world, Binance, has been sued by Federal regulators — we wish Crypto leaders would listen to Uncle Ben. The fastes…
2 years, 9 months ago
💀 “I talk to famous dead people” — Chat(bot) with anyone. Israel’s startup threat. Carnival’s IOU cruise.
What if you could chat with Abe Lincoln, Super Mario, and Nikki Minaj? The latest $1B AI startup lets you have conversations with famous people… aliv…
2 years, 9 months ago