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The Best One Yet

Feel brighter every day with our 20-minute pop-biz news podcast. The 3 business stories you need, wi

Episodes

Total: 1498

🐣 Peeps: A Backroom Marshmallow Mystery
2025/4/18
11 chapters Transcript

Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/Roscoe Rodda was in

đŸ‘Ș “Nepo-preneurs” — Family biz boom. Twinkies’ 4/20 munchies trade. China’s rare earth embargo.
2025/4/17
Transcript

Twinkie is embracing 4/20 with Munchies Mobiles... because the US economy is now PG-13.China just st

📕 “Hedge Fund University” — Harvard’s $2B battle. Coachella’s Pay-Now-Party-Later. Netflix’s Dr. Evil plan.
2025/4/16
1 chapters Transcript

Harvard is taking on the Trump admin for $2B
 so we looked at the Economics of Endowments.60% of Coa

đŸ€” “China’s Factory Revolt” — Trade war moves to TikTok. Moleskine’s Gen Z board. Meta’s FTC lawsuit.
2025/4/15
5 chapters Transcript

Chinese factories are retaliating in the trade war
 with TikTok videos exposing $5 Lulu pants.Molesk

đŸ€” “China’s Factory Revolt” — Trade war moves to TikTok. Moleskine’s Gen Z board. Zuck's FTC lawsuit.
2025/4/15
5 chapters Transcript

Chinese factories are retaliating in the trade war
 with TikTok videos exposing $5 Lulu pants.Molesk

👜 “Louis VuiTexas” — LVMH’s Made in America fail. Dubai Chocolate’s virality. iExports > iPhones.
2025/4/14
5 chapters Transcript

Louis Vuitton opened its 1st Texas factory 6 years ago
 but we’ll explain why it’s failing (#FooeyVu

🍑 “Colonoscopy Stock Market” — BTS trade war drama. Versace’s Prada acquisition. A Colon econ lesson.
2025/4/11
1 chapters Transcript

Yesterday we covered the trade war pause
 today the behind-the-scenes Trump drama.Versace was just s

💹 “Gone in 60 tariffs” — Trade War Pause. The Masters’ menu strategy. Harry’s mammoth IPO.
2025/4/10
5 chapters Transcript

Trump paused most tariffs, except for 1: USA vs China
 Who will win the isolation game?The Masters g

đŸș “Dire Wolf of Wall Street” — Colossal’s 1st de-extinction. ThredUp’s tariff win. Shopify’s mandatory AI.
2025/4/9
1 chapters Transcript

Colossal brought the Dire Wolf back from extinction
 by using a strategy from Hollywood.The #1 winne

🎱 “Buy the Dip?” — Or sell the dip? Artipope’s $3,800 baby carrier. Ford’s patriot discount.
2025/4/8
5 chapters Transcript

Should you buy the stock dip?... The best way to decide is with our stock Time Machine.Artipope just

🌎 “Pan-cession” — Global recession risk. Chipotle’s tariff-free avocado. Clocking out at 4:39pm.
2025/4/7
5 chapters Transcript

Stocks fell 10% Thurs/Fri, now this trade war could trigger a global recession
 a “Pan-cession.”Chip

đŸ“± iPhone: The Device Steve Jobs Didn’t Want To Build
2025/4/5
1 chapters Transcript

Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet here: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/Before 2007, mobile

⚔ “Wakanda got Tariff’d” — Trade War’s nuclear fallout. White Lotus’ drip strategy. Coach’s dwell time.
2025/4/4
1 chapters Transcript

White Lotus’ szn finale is Sunday
 and HBO’s drip strategy is beating Netflix’s drop.The best way to

💾 “$3,600 per Fam” — Tariff Day’s price tag. Tinder’s AI flirt-bot. Nintendo’s Mario Kart Metaverse.
2025/4/3
4 chapters Transcript

It was T-Day: Tariffs, Tesla, & Trump
 We got an update on all of ‘em (and why it’ll cost you $3

👙 “Final Hoot” — Hooters’ Re-hooterization. Facebook’s OG makeover. Canada’s WWII housing solution.
2025/4/2
1 chapters Transcript

The Hooters founders are buying it outta bankruptcy
 but did you know Hooters once had an Airline?Fa

⚟ “Torpedo Bat” — NY Yankees’ innovation. Q2’s Stagflation risk. Drone Delivery’s burrito vs blood.
2025/4/1
4 chapters Transcript

The New York Yankees set a home run record
 Thanks to a new data-optimized torpedo bat.The #1 term y

🙂 “South Park me” — ChatGPT’s animation studio. CoreWeave’s Snow White IPO. SoulCycle’ Fashion Stores
2025/3/31
5 chapters Transcript

ChatGPT’s servers “melted” because of its new feature
 Steal from every movie studio.SoulCycle is la

đŸŒ “Breast Milk Ice Cream” — Frida’s lactation gelato. Robinhood’s mail-order-cash. America’s “Car Bloat.”
2025/3/28
5 chapters Transcript

Frida’s breast milk-flavored ice cream is due in 9 months
 It’s not April Fool’s, it’s a “product-ti

🐾 “Find Your Muppet” — Sesame Street’s Cocomelon threat. Saratoga’s viral facial water. Signal’s user error.
2025/3/27
3 chapters Transcript

A gym-fluencer did a 3:52am sparkling ice facial
 and Saratoga Water’s stock jumped 6%.Sesame Street

đŸŽŸïž “Inside StubHub” — The Ticket IPO. Napster’s $200M comeback. 23&Me’s DNA drama.
2025/3/26
5 chapters Transcript

StubHub is the #1 secondary ticket marketplace
 but the biz totally depends on scalpers.Napster stil