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March 11, 2025

The Best One Yet - 📉 “Worst Drop Since ‘22” — The crazy recession theory. Skype’s audio logo. Touchland’s viral hand sanitizer.

Stocks had their worst day since 2022 because of T.R.I.C… “Trump’s Recession Idea Concept”

Touchland is the 1st hand sanitizer to go viral… Because it turned Purell into a fashion accesory.

Skype is shutting down in May… but we think it’s the most innovative tech biz ever #RIP

Plus, how Costco’s Kirkland brand disrupted the entire private label industry.

$MSFT $TSLA $HOOD

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March 10, 2025

The Best One Yet - 🌵 “South By, Inc.” — The Biz of SXSW. TJMaxx vs Hermès. Ryan Reynolds’ $100M Wrexham.

The #3 retailer in the world? It’s TJMaxx… because TJ is tariff-proof.

The South By Southwest tech-tainment is this week… because the conference biz is booming.

Ryan Reynolds’ investment in one crappy soccer club… just got a 4,900% return.

Plus, one Jurassic Park startup just invented a new species… The Woolly Mouse.

$TJX $HESAY $LVMUY

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March 8, 2025

The Best One Yet - 💤 “Snooze Pod” — We read Warren Buffett’s Shareholder Letter (to put you to sleep) 😴

Since we all lose an hour of sleep during Daylight Savings tonight, we whipped up a podcast to help you fall asleep: We’re reading Warren Buffett’s Annual Shareholder Letter for Berkshire Hathaway. The world’s most legendary investor, Warren outlines how he makes every financial decision. But it’s still a *shareholder letter*, so you’ll drift off somewhere between the 5th and 9th time Warren mentions “investment thesis.”

So grab your pajamas and get under the spreadsheets, it’s time to enjoy the 2nd annual… Stock Market Snooze Pod: The Sleepiest One Yet.

(And here’s the whole letter if you’d like to read along from bed too): https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2024ltr.pdf

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March 7, 2025

The Best One Yet - 🧱 “MEGOs” — Mattel’s LEGO dupe. Utah’s online bouncer. Pizza’s stuffed crust strategy.

Mattel is launching their own version of LEGO bricks… What will win, brand or price?

Utah will make you show an ID to download Instagram… It’s a Social Media Bouncer (aka “The McLovin Rule”).

The economics of stuffed crust pizza are wild… so why’d Domino’s take 30 years to make one?

Plus, we’re dropping a Snooze Pod… We read 1 shareholder letter to help you fall asleep for Daylight Savings.

$PZZA $DOM $MAT $META

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“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 to Sriracha. New 45-minute episodes drop weekly.

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March 6, 2025

The Best One Yet - 🧃 “Hold the caffeine” — Four Loko’s return. Europe’s military stocks. Warren Buffett’s fave biz.

Four Loko is the #1 malt liquor in America… thanks to the Japanese philosophy of Misogi.

European stocks are shockingly beating American stocks this year… because Europe’s building a military.

Warren Buffett just revealed his favorite CEO ever… It’s an RV guy who didn’t have a computer.

Plus, Monopoly just launched a fintech version of the game (no more cash money)

$BRK.B $LMT $SPY

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March 5, 2025

The Best One Yet - 💥 “ESPN Rizzzz” — Gen Z’s SportsCenter. Silverado’s tariff explainer. Boba Ice Cream IPO.

ESPN just launched a Gen Z SportsCenter on Disney+… “SC+” is a playbook for youth content.

The US is now in a trade war with Canada and Mexico… the Chevy Silverado explains it all.

The world’s biggest fast food chain just IPO’d… China’s Mixue is bigger than McD’s.

Plus, the untold origin story of Taco Bell’s Doritos Locos Taco.

$DIS $GM $MIXUE

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March 4, 2025

The Best One Yet - 💩 “TP’s wet disruptor” — Dude Wipes’ rise. America’s 1st Crypto Fund. The Biz of Breakups.

Dude Wipes hit $200M in sales… because they saw an opportunity in 1 stat about toilet paper.

Trump is launching America’s 1st crypto fund… but markets hated the details (lost #Bromentum)

Sponsored Breakups are the new trend in marketing… because passion points = loyalty points.

Plus, we got the details on the latest IBO… Jack’s Initial Baby Offering.

$BTC $ETH $PG

Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of Sesame Street: The Trojan Horse of TV. Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks to listen.

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March 3, 2025

The Best One Yet - 🌆 Sesame Street: The Trojan Horse of TV

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Once upon a time, American kids had a problem—OK, two. They were watching way, WAY too much TV and they were falling way, way behind in school. But then a trailblazing producer and her psychologist friend asked a bold question: What if we used the first problem to solve the second? The result: Sesame Street, home of Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Bert & Ernie, and a social-media superstar named Elmo. Since Sesame Street’s debut in 1969—the same year as the moon landing!—the show’s helped educate more than 150 million kids in 70 different languages while breaking racial barriers along the way. It’s also taught us the meaning of friendship, the value of neighbors, and the joy of a good rubber ducky. And it was only possible thanks to audacious creators, educators, and one shaggy-looking puppeteer named James Maury Henson (but you can call him Jim). Learn about Kermit The Frog’s commercial past, why the only bets worth making are contrarian ones, and why Sesame Street is the best idea yet.

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February 28, 2025

The Best One Yet - 🏠 “The Housing Pod” — Our 3 Best Stories on the Housing Market

Our 3rd Bonus Pod during our Paternity Week is on 3 of our best pop-biz stories about the housing market from the last year.

#1. Costco launched its 1st Costco apartment building… The solution to your rent may be Kirkland Condos.

#2. A surprise cause of our housing crisis? Elevators… A US elevator costs 5x a Spanish one.

#3. The fastest-growing city in America is a Boomer Boomtown… but that’s good for Millennials.

Share this ep with your house-hunting buddy (or that one friend who can’t stop talking real estate).

We’ll be back with our usual daily show next week, after Jack’s spent some time getting to know his new baby. But look out for more paternity pods from us dropping this week.

And if you crave more business storytelling from us? Check out our weekly deepdive show: “The Best Idea Yet” — The untold origin stories of the products you’re obsessed with: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks

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