The Best One Yet - 🫒 “Squeeze Me” — Graza’s $50M olive oil. Apple’s AI Intelli-phone. The Starbucks of ATMs.
Episode Date: June 11, 2024Graza is selling $50M of olive oil with 1 innovation… squeezable olive oil bottles.Apple’s 1st big AI announcement reveals the future of the iPhone… we call it “The Intelli-phone.”ATMs are e...volving to look like Starbucks… because leisure beats convenience.Plus, there’s a new phone etiquette challenge: Do you have to text before a call?$OLE $BAC $AAPLWatch us on YouTubeGet the Saturday Newsletter: tboypod.com/newsletter Submit Facts & Shoutouts Social: Follow us: on Instagram, TikTok, And connect with us on Nick’s LinkedIn & Jack’s LinkedInAbout Us: From the creators of Robinhood Snacks Daily, The Best One Yet (TBOY) is the daily pop-biz news show making today’s top stories your business. 20 minutes on the 3 business, economics, and finance stories you need, with fresh takes you can pretend you came up with — Pairs perfectly with your morning oatmeal ritual. Hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Tuesday, T-Boy, Tuesday, June 11th, and today's part. Today's part, this is the best one yet. This is the T-boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Jack, how you're looking? How are you feeling? You're back from the red eye. How did you recover me? How did you recover? How did you're back? How did you're first birthday part?
Oh, it was great. We did a really great time. Didn't you hire a music teacher or something? We did, and he kind of looked like me, which kind of threw everyone off. But what were the kids doing? Like, how did one-year-old?
play music. Well, they seem to throw things, they throw things, they spit on things, and someone
pooped on a thing. It was a cacophony style of music, huh? You could say it was a symphony, Jack.
Happy first birthday to Max, man. Thanks, man. I'll pass it along. In the meantime, Jack,
three stories for today's T-boy. What do we got, man? For our first story, Apple made a huge
AI announcement yesterday that reveals the future of the iPhone. Jack and I call it the Intelophone,
because you won't talk through the phone, you'll talk to the phone.
For our second story, Graza is selling $50 million of olive oil with one single simple innovation.
Graza put olive oil into shampoo pottles, and then they put it into beer cans.
And our third and final story.
In the era of digital payments, we have way too many ATMs.
So ATMs are evolving into something else, and what is that, Jack?
Something inspired by Starbucks.
Your next ATM visit is going to feel like that.
a lot like a pumpkin spice latte.
But Yeties, before we hit that
wonderful mix of stories.
Fantastic mix of stories.
Love this mix for a T-Boy Tuesday, man.
There's an awkward question in America right now
everyone's asking.
Phone call etiquette.
Most controversial question in America right now.
Specifically, people are talking about
the spontaneous phone call.
Yeah, the unannounced phone call.
Hey, my phone is ringing, but they didn't text me first
kind of phone call.
Jack, can you make a phone call to someone
without a warning text these?
that is the real question here.
Now, I personally love the heads-up text message
because then I can get myself ready for a phone call.
Yeah, phone call.
It's a real estate question.
You got to take a walk.
You got to grab your AirPods.
You need 15-minute break from your workstation.
Yeah.
But other people, they like the spontaneity
of a surprise phone call.
Nothing like the exciting break from a routine.
One second.
I'm just getting a ring.
But again, it's controversial.
Even etiquette experts are divided on this subject.
Does the phone call require a warning text?
Like Shakespeare said,
One second, Jack. One second. One second.
Yeah, Shakespeare.
That is the question.
Now, for some, the surprising ring, it's a delightful signal that they're loved.
But for others, it is a panic-inducing interruption heralding horrible news about to come into a phone call.
You wouldn't pop over to a buddy's apartment without giving them a heads-up, you're coming, would you?
But is a phone call as intimate as an apartment popping.
Now, full disclosure, my mom spontaneously calls me all the time, and it's always a nice phone call.
It's like I was just thinking about you.
But I know what you're thinking, Jack, when your mama calls you, you are still a
a little scared that something has come up.
A tiny little bit of me wonders what's wrong.
Why is she calling?
And get this, Yetis.
The data shows that the unannounced phone call is divided along generational lines.
If you grew up with a landline, then that phone call is fine.
But if you didn't, then the unannounced phone call is hella cringe.
So Yeties, for T-Boy Tuesday, Nick and I want to know from you.
Should a phone call be scheduled?
Should you treat a phone call like a meeting and put it in the calendar?
Or should a phone call be spontaneous?
Treat a phone call like a text or anything.
email, just send it. Either way, no matter how you pick up the phone, Emily Post can't even make up
her mind. So Jack and I, we need your help. Let us know on Spotify, YouTube, or Instagram what you think.
Just don't give us a call on the phone. Well, you can call us. Just give us a quick text,
heads up if you're going to call us. Oh, one sec, one sec, Jack. Yeah, what is it? Oh my God. Jack, we got to
go. We got to hit our three stories.
Fifteen years before this song, two boys from the Northeast met in the dorm. They had an idea
to cause a cultural storm. It's the best of one.
yet but the best is an norm.
Jack Nick, that's it.
I don't even think they need to practice.
50% that's a fat tip.
Tea boy city on your at list.
If you know, you know, because we're ready to go.
We can't wait no more, so just start the show.
Start the show.
First, a quick word from our sponsor.
Our first story.
Apple just announced Apple intelligence.
Apple's first AI features for iPhones and MacBooks.
It's time to retire the smartphone.
Yes, it is.
Because the Intelophone is coming.
Now, Yetis, there's a takeaway that Jack and I have done before that we love.
And Jack, what is that takeaway?
It's not just about being the first mover.
You can also be the second shaker.
Ah, the second shaker.
Because Apple is usually not the first one into an industry.
They're usually second, but then they dominate that industry.
Because before the iPhone came the Blackberry.
And before the iPod came the MP3 player.
And before the Apple Watch came the Fitbit.
Steve Jobs didn't invent the computer, but boy, did he make that thing look lickable, Jack.
So I told you we don't say lick on the pod.
I don't know.
I saw that first MacBook Jack.
I kind of wanted to lick it.
Those things were delicious.
So yet he's, even though Apple is like a full year late to the AI game, it doesn't mean that Apple can't win it.
And perfect timing because Apple just held their worldwide developers conference.
And there was so many updates.
We actually don't have time to discuss them on the show.
With the new iOS that comes out this fall, you can send scheduled texts.
Yeah, not freak people out that you were up at 4 a.m.
And Apple's got a new password managers.
You don't have to remember 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 anymore.
But the big news from yesterday's Worldwide Developer Conference
was their new partnership with OpenAI.
We repeat, Apple just partnered up with OpenAI
in the biggest deal, arguably, of the year.
Starting this fall, you can download the new operating system
for your Apple products and take access of Apple intelligence.
Apple, they're full.
finally putting the AI into Apple.
But they're calling it Apple intelligence awkwardly.
Oh, and by the way, since Apple wants you to buy a new iPhone, they're only making this
possible if you have an iPhone 15 or greater.
I'm not sure if I have a 14 or 15, but if I have a 14, I'm going to be really annoyed.
I think you're going to be getting a new phone, Jack.
But yet he's here's what Jack and I found fascinating about this story.
The biggest AI move from Apple specifically?
What was it, Jack?
Apple just made Siri fluent in chat GPT.
We repeat, Apple just sent Siri over to hang out in chat GPT land, studying abroad, and now she is fluent.
Starting this fall, Siri will be able to read for the first time.
Yeah, so if you're at work, your whole office doesn't have to hear you like yell verbal commands to Siri to download some chicken recipe.
You can type to Siri on your MacBook or your iPhone, and she'll understand that too.
Also, Siri is now smarter than she was before.
She's going to be way more human-like and way fewer, I don't understand responses that we get today.
Plus, Siri cannot manage multiple apps at the same time, kind of like a DJ.
So you can make a request that requires two apps to get the information for.
Hey, Siri, play the best one yet.
Wow, Siri actually played the best one yet podcast, Jack.
Or, no, she can play the best one yet that your buddy texted you and go to messages and then go to the podcast player.
And finally, Siri can now auto fill.
If you need your driver's license number to complete an online application,
Siri can find that number because you took a picture.
of your driver's lessons once. Yeti's
added all up and Apple is basically
trying to rebrand artificial
intelligence as Apple intelligence.
They are to really
try to. We see what you're doing, Timmy. We see what you're
doing. But they also announced regular
AI. Like they announced a chat GPT
angle here. Yeah, they did. They said Siri
will now use chat GPT when you
ask her a question so she doesn't Google
stuff, she chat GPT says. So if you
need to know a chicken recipe, she made
chat GPT that for you. Or if you need her
to write a resume, she'll ask chat GPT
to do it for you. But since Apple prioritizes privacy, and since Sam Altman's been a little sneaky
sneaky sneaky, sneaky, sneaky, Siri will ask for your permission to use chatch APT. Now, Jack, I got to ask,
and maybe I should just ask Siri, but I'll ask you. This sounds pretty fancy. How much is this
AI enhanced Siri going to cost? It's free. Yeah, that's weird. And you don't even have to open an account
with OpenAI to have access to supercharged Siri. And that's the strange thing about the situation,
but it is not entirely clear to us who is paying whom for what.
Yeah.
Like is OpenAI paying Apple to be the preferred AI chatbot of everyone with an iPhone?
Or is Apple paying chat GPT so that they can finally catch up in the AI race?
We don't know which direction the money's flowing here.
And we're actually puzzled by it.
We're also a little confused that this seems to be Apple and Microsoft teaming up in a way we've never seen before.
True, because Microsoft owns 50% of OpenAI.
but Microsoft and Apple are historic arch rivals.
Like, are you getting a PC or are you getting a Mac?
This is like the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox launching a football team, Jack.
It's actually like the Yankees partnering up with humanoid robot versions of the Red Sox.
Well, either way, Eddie's, either way, Siri just became fluent in artificial intelligence.
And Alexa, sorry Alexa, earmuffs.
Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies over at Apple?
From dumb phone to smartphone to Intelophone.
Yeties, Jack and I said earlier that Apple's goal with these AI features is to sell more devices.
That's why when the iPhone 16 comes out this fall, it's probably going to be branded as an Intelophone.
Yeah, Apple is going to create the first AI phone.
And Jack and I call that phone the Intel phone.
Because with the Intelophone, you won't talk through the phone.
You'll talk to the phone.
Now, Yeti's dumb phones, they required work from the user to connect with people.
Smartphones made it easier for the user to connect with people.
But the Intelophone will remove the need to connect with people at all,
because the Intel phone has all the info you need.
Just like Iron Man could conversationally chat with Jarvis.
iPhone users can conversationally chat with Siri.
So, besties, the next iPhone with Siri powered by ChatShePT,
that is not a smartphone.
that is an intel phone.
You won't talk through the phone.
You'll talk to the phone.
For our second story,
the fastest growing brand in olive oil is Graza.
Because Grazaa reinvented the bottle.
Graza changed the bottle, not the oil.
And that is first principles thinking.
Now, Eddie's full disclosure,
Jack used to work at the Olive Garden,
but I used to work on an olive farm.
Just outside Florence.
Just outside Florence.
Jack, we were a small family.
olive farm taken on big oil. Big olive oil.
Is the Olive Garden big oil in this scenario?
There's a lot of gab of ghoul in this situation.
Your family. You don't ask too many questions.
You know, they never taught me at the Olive Garden how olive oil is actually made.
But you did that, right?
I'd say it's a story for another pod, but it feels like it's a story for this pod.
How did they make olive oil? Do they just squeeze them?
Actually, we would put down nets under all the trees, then we'd put on gloves, pull from the
branches, olives would come down, then we'd wrap up the blankets, throw them on the truck,
bring them all to the factory. And then what? So you got olives in the factory. Then you grind
everything together, the pits and the olives. And basically you get this mush that then gets
pressed once for extra virgin, three times for regular olive oil. Wow. Yeah. That's how they do it?
The first press is the virgin oil. That's how you do it. Actually, ever since then, Jack, I've been
putting olive oil on everything. I put olive oil on the chocolate, on my yogurt, on my dates, on my
ice cream, on my strawberries. I take it straight.
I still can't believe olive oil on ice cream.
Jack, if you've got a tummy ache, take a shot of olive oil.
Call me in the morning.
That's what you got to do.
They didn't teach you that at the Olive Garden, did they do?
No, they did not.
But yet is here's the problem that Jack and I want to start with.
Can you name one single olive oil brand?
Probably not.
But that's actually shocking because olive oil is one of the three most consumed products in all of food.
Yeah, but olive oil, it is a commodity.
And three years ago, Andrew Benin in New York City,
he noticed that problem. Andrew Benin was working at Warby Parker and then at Casper,
and he noticed there's no branded olive oil that millennials love. So he did what everyone did in 2017,
and he applied the direct-to-consumer playbook to olive oil with Graza. Now Graza is the fastest-growing
olive oil brand since ancient Rome. Jack, his Roman Empire was literally something from the Roman Empire.
Correct. And on launch day, they sold $100,000 worth of Graza olive oil. In their
Their first year, they sold $4 million of this olive oil.
Last year, they sold $19 million.
This year, they're on pace to sell $50 million of extra virgin olive oil besties.
They've quadrupled sales, like, ever since their inception every year.
Yeah, I don't know, sit down, stand up, and spit out the pit over there.
Graza is that olive oil brand yetis that you're seeing influencers use on TikTok and on Instagram.
But here's what Jack and I found fascinating about this story.
Graza didn't actually change the oil.
What Graza changed was the vessel.
Yeah, the key identifier of Graza
is their squeezable plastic bottle,
which is super unique when it comes to olive oil.
So this is wild, but Jack and I jumped in T-Boy style,
and apparently the Graza bottle
was inspired by a shampoo bottle in the founder's shower.
He asked himself, why can't we sell olive oil
in a squeezable plastic bottle?
It's so much fun to squirt this stuff out.
He was using like Dr. Bronner's shampoo,
and he said, hey, I could reach a wider market
because everyone uses bottles.
Why don't I do a plastic bottle?
olive oil. Think about it, Yetis. Every olive oil you've ever used, it's sold in a thick glass bottle.
Yeah, it's clear, it's serious, it's heavy glass. You don't want to drop that stuff.
Grazis was the first olive oil sold in a plastic bottle. It signaled affordability,
usability, usability, and it simply stood out on the shelf, and we all know the wars are in the
stores. I guess when it comes to olive oil, it's what's on the inside that counts, but what's on
the outside that sells. Like we've said before, the packaging can be
the product because Graza buyers end up buying more olive oil than buyers of other olive oil brands.
Because when you can squeeze the liquid out, it actually comes out faster.
And Graza is able to spend minimal money on marketing.
Because nothing goes viral like squeezing that olive oil directly into your mouth and then
thrown it on TikTok.
That's a party. And here's the wildest part.
They didn't just sell olive oil in a shampoo bottle.
They're also selling olive oil in aluminum beer cans.
Apparently the Graza bottle is not just a single-use plastic bottle.
It's a refillable plastic bottle.
Here's the kicker.
You can subscribe to get refills of Graza olive oil,
which are delivered like every quarter in an aluminum can,
which you crack open and pour into the original squeezable plastic bottle.
So it's not a six-pack of Bud Light.
It's a six-pack of olive oil, baby.
You crack it open like a butt-heavy, but it's actually an oil-heavy.
So Besties, the whole brand, it is a head fake.
It's like the Addison Ray of Extra Virgin olive oil,
and they turned a commodity into a brand.
by making the package the product.
Although we should point out the main risk to this business model, shouldn't we, Jack?
Plastic bottle olive oil dupes are already popping up at lower prices.
Jack, could you sizzle on a little more context for us, please?
On Reddit, there's a whole channel about saving money
by refilling the Graza olive oil bottle with cheaper olive oil that you can buy at Costco.
That's a threat.
It's like a restaurant filling up the Heinz ketchup bottles with cheap ketchup,
which happens.
Not at the Olive Garden, no, not at the Olive Garden.
This isn't the Red Lobster.
So, Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies over at Graza?
Graza is a case study on first principles thinking.
Yet he's so many investors turned down Graza
because they had so many reasons why Graza would never work.
The olive oil market is crowded.
Olive oil is a commodity.
All olive oil tastes the same.
All facts.
So how did Graza innovate a product that is older than the ancient Greeks?
By using a philosophy that, ironically, is from ancient Greeks?
ancient Greece. First principles thinking. It's the philosophy of questioning every single assumption.
First principles thinking. You question the core elements of a situation to rethink the problem
from scratch. Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, they all used first principles thinking,
and it actually goes back all the way to Socrates. With first principles thinking, you'd ask questions
like, why does olive oil have to come in a glass bottle? Yeah, like Jack, wouldn't it be easier
and wouldn't more people use it if you could just squeeze it out?
of the bottle instead? That seems kind of fun.
It's way more fun to squeeze liquid out of a bottle
than to tap, tap, tap it out.
And besties, that is first principles thinking.
And that is why Graza is selling
$50 million of olive oil this year.
Now a quick word from our sponsor.
For our third and final story,
the finance industry has been inspired by Starbucks.
Because the newest thing getting launched
by the big banks.
What is it, Jack?
bank lounges. Oh, Jamie, what are you up to over there? Speaking of Jamie, if you're on the
Upper East Side, go to the corner of 64th Street and 3rd Avenue right now. And Jack, what are you
going to notice on the corner of 64th Street and 3rd Avenue? Trendy new cafe. Tickets got
Edison lightbulb, subway tile. Yeah, I like where you're going with it. It kind of looks like
a hotel lobby designed by Soho House. There's a concierge desk in this place. There's
Scandinavian pine decor. There is a plant-based wall filled with
Amazonian succulents, you can't even buy.
But this isn't the newest trendy hotel.
This is the newest city bank branch.
This ain't no Ritz Carlton yet is this.
It's part of a broader trend that Jack and I have noticed called the Bougy Bank Lounge.
That's what we call it.
J.P. Morgan Chase has recently renovated 2,000 bank branches while Citibank is renovating hundreds
more.
Capital One, they've even got their own chain of 55 Capital One cafes.
Yeah, they're basically like co-working spaces meets coffee houses, but they're owned by capital one.
Jack, you come for the ATM, you stay for the lottes.
According to a Bloomberg article, the architect of this whole trend works at Bank of America.
There's a literal architect working at Bank of America right now.
The new branches are inspired by Starbucks because it's all about the vibes.
Apparently, JP Morgan is getting design inspo from the ESOP perfume store over in the West Village.
And the reason for this big finance, dramatic interior design renovation is a strange paradox happening
with how we use our bank branches these days.
Jack, what did one banker tell Bloomberg exactly that we kind of loved?
People don't come into bank branches for quarters anymore.
No, but here's the fascinating thing.
That doesn't mean you're not going to bank branches anymore, and we'll explain.
It's true that you're not using the ATM or teller as much as before.
Teller transactions for getting cash are actually down 40% since the pandemic.
Blame Venmo, Zell, Apple Pay, and the ability to deposit a check on your phone.
Yeah, you're doing that digitally. You're not doing it physically, so you're not popping by the ATM on your way downtown.
On the other hand, pre-scheduled advisory appointments at bank branches are up by 50% since 2017.
Jack, apparently us millennials prefer meeting with a local Bank of America representative to talk mortgage rates and money planning.
Yeah.
So you're not hitting up the...
the bank for your loose change anymore, but you are hitting up your bank to talk about your life
change. It's like, oh, we just had a kid, we want to buy a house, but I don't want to DM with
your bank robot for 40 minutes. Representative! I'm going to set up an appointment, and I'm coming
with a branch, and I'm going to meet with somebody. I'm getting out of these sweatpants,
and I'm putting on real pants. That data is the driving force behind the loungification of bank
branches. A fewer ATMs and teller windows, more couches and cappuccino machines. After all, this is a bank.
trying to take your money. So why not pamper you first with some nice beverages and some nice decor?
I mean, Jack, if I'm coming in for an hour and I'm looking at a mortgage, I want to massage with this
thing. You'll probably pay 0.25% on your mortgage rate without massage. Mr. Kramer, we can go over
your retirement plan, but first a hot towel and a hibiscus tea. Dude, my wallet's going to be so loose
after that kind of pampering. I've got some warm peanuts. So Jack, what's the takeaway for our
buddies over in the bank industry? The bank brand.
which has evolved into a billboard.
Yeties, a hundred years ago,
the first bank retail branches opened up,
and they were large, huge limestone buildings.
Inspired by government buildings,
they were strong structures to signal strength and trust.
But after World War II, bank branches evolved.
They pivoted the building design to convenience.
Inspired by fast food,
drive-through teller windows became key for bank branches.
And now bank branch architecture is pivoting again,
This time to hospitality inspired by Starbucks.
But at the end of the day, the reason we still have so many bank branches across the country,
why is it, Jack?
Because the banks know that their branches are billboards.
They're billboards.
Besties, the main reason for a bank branch today isn't transacting.
It's about reminding.
It's a reminder to people who drive by that there's a Chase branch here just in case you need it.
Besties, although you probably won't use your local branch much,
We often pick the bank that has the local branch.
We'd like to know it's there just in case.
And that is the real purpose of bank branches today.
They're billboards.
Yeah.
The bank branch is really a billboard.
That's why there's 17 of them that I see on the way to work.
Jack, can you whip up the takeaways for us for T-Boy Tuesday?
iPhones are getting chat GPT starting this fall.
Siri is getting her IQ up to big time.
Jack, we've gone from dumb phones to smartphones, but this will be the first ever in telephone.
For our second story, it's Graza, the plastic squeezable olive oil bottle that's going viral on TikTok right now.
By using first principles thinking, Graza reinvented an ancient product and is selling $50 million of it.
And our third and final story, to reflect our changing use of bank branches, they're getting renovated into bougie lounges.
But the real reason we still have so many bank branches, it's a market.
strategy. The bank branch is a billboard. But Yeties, this pod's not over yet. Here's what else you need to
know today. First, we got a Wii update for you. The former Manhattan headquarters of WeWork has been
taken over by their co-working competitor, Industrius. Industrius basically did the same thing as
WeWork, but without the outrageous mission statement. Yeah, they did the same thing as WeWork,
but without the Mesa Money. Jack, how would you describe this exactly? This is the Turtle beating the
hair in a race.
Yeah.
And then the turtle throwing a party in the hair is hole, hold.
You know?
Massa.
And second, Elon is no fan of OpenAI.
In fact, Elon resigned from the company that he co-founded years ago.
On news that Apple is partnering with OpenAI, Elon just threatened to ban Apple devices
at all of his companies.
We repeat, if you're working at Neurlink, if you're working at Tesla or you're working
at SpaceX, you might not be able to use an iPhone anymore.
That's based on a tweet from Elon yesterday describing what he's.
he calls an unacceptable security violation among Apple devices. Tesla workers, enjoy the And
finally, Oklahoma just approved the construction of the biggest building in America, and it's going to be
in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma City Council voted yes to clear the way for a skyscraper that is almost
2,000 feet tall. 1,990 feet of apartments and hotels zero offices. If it gets built, this Oklahoma City
Tower would be taller than the Empire State Building, the Willis Tower in Chicago, or any other
building in the United States.
Combined.
No, not combined.
Not combined.
Not combined.
Not combined.
Separately.
Separately.
Now, time for the best fact yet.
This one set in by a whole bunch of Yetis to our question from yesterday.
Yesterday, we told you about a town in Japan that is the home of Toyota.
And the town loves Toyota so much, they changed the name of the city to Toyota Japan.
So Jack and I asked you, what towns are named after companies as opposed to companies named after towns?
Claudio Moriera in Arizona points out that Goodyear, Arizona is named after the Goodyear Tire
Company. And Michael Byer in Indiana points out that Speedway, Indiana is named after the Indie Motor Speedway.
Hillary Millett in New York City points out Alcoa, Tennessee named after the Alcoa Steel Company.
And there's even a town in Tasmania, Australia, named Cadbury, Australia.
Tasmanian devil loves chocolate made by Cadbury that much.
Yeties, you look fantastic today.
And remember, Jack, if you get a headache, a stomach ache, or even a footache,
just have some olive oil.
Rub a little olive oil on it, man.
A shot of olive oil.
That thing on your thigh?
Just rub a little olive oil on it.
I love that you think it's the nectar of life.
I mean, sometimes I'm like, waiter, a little extra virgin olive oil over here, please.
Olive oil, much more than a bread dipping liquid.
Thank you, Jack.
Thank you.
Okay, I got it.
You're welcome.
But Yeties, it is T-Boy Tuesday, so Jack and I do have a poll question for today.
If you're going to call somebody, does it require that you text them first to give them a heads up?
The unannounced phone call.
Do you have to send a warning text, or can you just call out of nowhere?
Let us know on the Spotify Q&A and YouTube comments or on Instagram.
In the meantime, Jack and I will text you and then call you later.
And before we go, a congratulations to our buddy.
Ben and Sarah Zorick, who just had a baby girl named Lorea.
Loraa was born on Sunday, and the very next day, Ben and Sarah celebrated their first
anniversary of their wedding.
Not too shabby.
And Isaac is enjoying a third birthday hanging out on the beaches of Miami, Florida.
Happy birthday to Paola Oloa in Orlando, Florida, who loves that Abercrombie and Fitch.
And Adriana Bray is turning 50 years old in the Woodlands, Texas, and she is just looking
fantastic. Huge congratulations next to Hadley and Nathan in Los Angeles, who are celebrating their
last day of school. Moving on up to the first grade, Round it up, and Kyle Radzick and Jeremy
Heiden and Greer South Kakalaki are enjoying their first anniversary. Celebrate that win.
They've been dating for a year, and it's looking good so far.
We got money on these guys, very bullish. And to anyone else celebrating something today,
make it a T-boy. Celebrate the wins. This is Jack. I own stock of Apple, and so does Nick.
And although Nick mentioned Amazonian succulents, that was not Amazon the company.
Although now I've just said Amazon, the company, so this is Jack.
I think about sneeze.
It never came.
It was like, Jack?
Jack, you're like, uh, uh, wait, the sneeze never came?
It never came.
Oh, that's the worst.
I know.
All right, let's just end the pod.
