Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks. “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.
Jaguar finally unveiled its epicly rebranded car… but was the publicity worth the price?
The number of male nurses in America has tripled… and they’re coming from the manliest jobs.
Influencer Ryan Serhant just launched a real estate app… he’s pivoted from reality TV to tech founder.
Plus, we got the data on Christmas tree prices… and they’re dropping 2% every single day.
Want more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Polaroid: Invented (sort of) by a 3-year-old 📸
“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.
More shoppers bought from Shopify merchants and foot traffic declined in physical stores.
(00:14) Bill Mann and Ricky Mulvey discuss:
- Shopping data from the holiday weekend and what retailers should be cautious of.
- South Korea’s tense political situation, and what it means for the country’s companies.
- Why Wall Street is rewarding a more focused AT&T.
Then, (18:20) Dave Hatter, cybersecurity consultant at IntrustIT, continues his conversation with Ricky about big tech data collection, and how you can better protect your information.
Moana 2 set a Thanksgiving movie record… Here’s Moana’s 4-part strategy to melt Frozen.
Aldi is the fastest-growing grocery store in America… because of an Ikea philosophy.
Music ringtones for phones are making a comeback… and Soulja Boy made $20M on it.
📸 Plus, the Polaroid camera was invented by a 3-year-old (sort of)... and that untold origin story of Polaroid is the next episode of our new show The Best Idea Yet. Click here to listen: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks
“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.
Under Pat Gelsinger, Intel fell behind rivals and was late to the game in AI and its foundry business. Is the outgoing CEO to blame?
(00:14) Tim Beyers and Dylan Lewis discuss:
- Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger stepping down, why “GPU” is the key focus of his time at the helm of the company.
- The multi-year planning cycle that goes into chipmaking, and why we may wind up praising Gelsinger’s investment in the foundry business several years from now.
- How Fastly will have one fewer name to compete with in the content delivery network market, but why it might spell trouble for the business long-term.
(20:30) What’s your data worth? Ricky Mulvey talks with Dave Hatter, a Cybersecurity Consultant at Intrust IT, about the “surveillance capitalism model” and where your digital data winds up.
Uncrustables is close to $1B in annual sales… Biggest fan of these PB&J snacks? NFL players.
How to explain stocks? We have a “Mullet Market”... Fundamentals in the front, crypto party in the back.
Klarna is the most intense user of Artificial Intelligence we’ve ever seen… 1 chatbot replaced 700 humans.
Plus, hot new beauty trend? Crude Oil… Bathing in black gold is the 800-year-old spa surprise.
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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.
It’s our annual Thanksgiving multi-course financial meal – we’re serving up humble pie, talking about the topics we’re skipping this year at the dinner table, and answering the questions you’ve sent our way to say thanks!
(00:33) Ron Gross and Jason Moser discuss:
- The market’s strong returns over the past two years, but how they aren’t being enjoyed by all investors or consumers.
- Why Target and Outset Medical helped serve up some humble pie this year, and why they’re thankful for Costco and Axon.
- The topics they don’t want to touch at the Thanksgiving table: the election and tariffs.
(19:03) We offer our thanks to listeners by fielding questions from our listeners about the paths to managing money, factoring your sleep number, what to make of retailer earnings, and how to spatchcock a turkey.
A reminder, you can reach us at: (703) 254-1445, radio@fool.com, or @MotleyFoolMoney on X.
(34:13) Ron and Matt break down the holiday box office slate and two stocks on their radar: Garrett Motion and Samsara.
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