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Today
🧹 “Don’t make the bed” — Airbnb’s chore ban. Zuck’s California empire. Skullcandy’s fighter brand. +Baby-Free airline
22m 7s
Yesterday
🎷 “Sax Sells” — Saxophone’s viral comeback. RAV4’s goldilocks problem. Anthropic’s SpaceX rental. +Caliquila
21m 5s
Oct 21
👀 “Deceptively Good Marketing” — A24’s Elizabeth Holmes hit. Hermès’ emerging suburbs. Supplement acid strips. +Failure Day
21m 47s
Feb 2023
Restaurant tabs … as an economic indicator?
26m 23s
Apr 2023
Chipmaking giant Samsung to cut production amid slowing demand
8m 3s
May 2024
Tesla Fires Supercharger Team & Can AI Save the Fast-Food Industry?
30m 9s
Jun 2024
‘Red Hot’ US Economy Cooling Down? & Facebook’s Plan to Win Over Gen Z
28m 39s
Jan 2024
Tesla Builds Cheapest Model Ever & Are Unions Dying?
30m 4s
Aug 2025
Is America Going Sober? & The Decline of the Working Man
30m 8s
Jul 2024
OpenAI Takes Aim at Google & Southwest Ends Open Seating
30m 16s
Aug 2024
Losing Weight for Less $$$ & You Can’t Pay People to Have Kids
28m 41s
The number of 24-Hour Restaurants is down 18% since the pandemic — Zillennials no/low-alcohol Dry Wave has ripple effects that are taking down the 24/7 diner.
Samsung and TSMC are investing $109B into Texas and Arizona to build Made in the USA computer chips — Nothing gets an economy going like an arms race.
Google and Uber just partnered on self-driving food delivery — Waymo robo-taxis delivering dumplings changes the math on self-driving car.
And the new status symbol among schoolchildren? Pencils. It’s part of the “Analog Renaissance.” But we want to know: Pencils or Pens. What’s your scribe? Vote at tboypod on instagram.
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