Mar 2025
🧠 “Severed” – AppleTV+ dirty secret. Ben & Jerry’s chocolatey lawsuit. Nvidia’s AI Super Bowl.
Ben & Jerry are trying to buy back their company… and it reminds us of The Super Bowl of AI just went down… Nvidia now plays with Disney, Taco Bell, and Barbie.AppleTV+ is the only Apple product *losing* money... because it’s missing a Growth Mindset.Plus, there are a dozen real- ... Show More
22m 57s
Jul 2021
🧊 “The secret cold brew lab” — Starbucks’ nitro party. Athleta’s Simone Biles moment. Chips’ ice cream headache
Starbucks just snagged a record quarter because your cold brews are Starbucks’ new profit puppy. Simone Biles just put her mental health before a gold medal, and her sponsor Athleta made the same move. And you’ve heard about the Great Chip Shortage from toys to trucks, but the ch ... Show More
16m 4s
Sep 2025
🚛 “Sloppy Soundtracks” — Spotify’s AI purge. NFL’s 3 huge sales. Starbucks’ McDonald moment. + Anthropologie’s $1K rock.
Starbucks is decaffeinating itself, closing 400 stores… but there’s hope for Starbs at McDonald’s.3 NFL teams just sold at record prices... They sold to Private Equity, but what about fan shares?Spotify deleted 75M AI songs, while AI slop is slowing your work day… Welcome to the ... Show More
22m 56s
Oct 2025
🏴☠️ “The Day the Internet Broke” — AWS’ outage. Canyon Ranch’s menopause resort. TiVo’s last day. +FBI’s art crime team
Canyon Ranch is opening a $500M hotel in Austin, but for just 1 customer… Women.The internet broke yesterday because of Amazon Web Services… It’s too connected to fail. TiVo, the TV pioneer, just sold its last TiVo… It’s a case study in “moats vs islands.”Plus, the Louvre theft i ... Show More
22m 22s
Episode 373: Neal and Toby chat about LVMH’s struggling sales, signaling a turbulent time for luxury brands. Then, Grindr users apparently are blocked from finding any matches within Olympic Village. Next, CrowdStrike offers a $10 apology gift card for the mass IT outage that cost its partners millions of dollars. Plus, Neal’s favorite numbers from the hotte ... Show More