🩱 “Keeping Up With $5B” — Skims’ money situation. Country Music’s AI hit. Netflix’s theme park opens. +Harvard Grade InflAAAAtion

Hasbro’s Nerf brand was essential to our childhood, so it’s opening its 1st ever Nerf theme park — Because great brands are like a rubberband… they can strettttch.The writers have reached a tentative deal with Hollywood (spoiler: Sources say it’s fantastic for the writers) — Now the other strikers will pull a Meg Ryan and ask “I’ll have what she’s having.”And Spotify just launched a feature that translates podcast hosts into different languages — It can translate words, but can it translate chemistry?$HAS $SPOT $DIS $NFLXSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

26 Sep 202319min

Since the writers’ strike began, you’ve been watching reruns (Suits, Seinfeld, and Wheel of Fortune) — the Hollywood Strike has been bad for TV, but great for everything else. How did Snapchat hit 5M paying subscribers? It’s because Snapchat is like a telephone — and every other social media is like a phonebook.And Deion Sanders just caused one sunglass startup to experience a $5M sales surge — Because the best PR is personal.$NFLX $SNAPSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

25 Sep 202319min

Elon’s musk’s most secretive startup (Neuralink) is moving to human trials — It’s connecting humans to computers to save the world from robots. The most influential media mogul of his era, Rupert Murdoch, is retiring from Fox News, News Corp, and more — It’s Succession, but in real life.And Walmart is adding vet clinics to its stores — Because Walmart’s done trying to be like Amazon.$WMT $AMZN $NWSA $TSLASubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

22 Sep 202320min

No, you’re not crazy. Songs are getting shorter — Because artists aren’t writing music for fans, they’re writing for Spotify’s algorithm.The Fed thinks interest rates will stay high through the end of 2024 — Which is why renting is the clear winner right now.Dollar General is the biggest retail chain in America with more stores than Walmart and McDonald’s combined — But Dollar General also has the worst job in America.$SPOT $DGSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

21 Sep 202318min

Natural Cycles just got FDA approval for hands-free birth control — Simply by wearing an Apple Watch, this app tells you when you’re fertile.Disney is struuuuggling right now, so it’s splurging $60B on its most profitable business: theme parks — We call it “The Mickenomic Stimulus Plan.”And Elon just said he will require all users to pay a small monthly subscription to use X (aka Twitter) — That’d make it the first major social network behind a paywall.$AAPL $DIS $NFLX Subscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

20 Sep 202321min

Instacart is the rare tech company IPO’ing with a profit — Because Instacart has pivoted from Silicon Valley to Madison Avenue.Twelve years ago, San Francisco gave every Kindergartner a college savings account — It’s not an investment, it’s a manifestement. And the UAW auto workers strike has 1 big demand: A 40% raise — So we did the math on whether a 40% raise is reasonable or not.$CART $F $GM $TSLASubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

19 Sep 202321min

The unspoken trend in Millennial weddings right now? Prenups — The prenuptial agreement has gone from taboo topic to financial fun.Jets QB Aaron Rodgers is out for the season… thanks to artificial turf — So we’re looking at why NFL owners are in love with fake grass.And Salesforce has a new strategy: Boomerangs — The software company is re-hiring 3,000 people… who they already fired. $CRM $TTC $LZSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

18 Sep 202320min

Take the weekly news quiz: Go.tboypod.comSubscribe to the daily newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletter- MGM has been hacked so badly that the hotel keys cards don’t work — We think the solution to ransomware attacks is “The Liam Neeson Doctrine.”- The biggest IPO on Wall Street in 2 years is Arm computer chips — The stock surged 25% to a $60B valuation because its computer chips are the coolest in the world. (Literally).- And the largest chain of British pubs is launching Surge Pricing for Beer — So we’re looking at the economics of Happy Hour.$ARM $NVDA $AAPL $CZR $MGMSubscribe to our newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletterWant merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.comFollow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypodAnd now watch us on YoutubeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

15 Sep 202321min