🎀 “Doll Bills, Y’all” — American Girl Doll’s 40th. Nobel’s economic therapy. Dutch Bros’ walk-thru. +Self-Driving Zambonis
The Best One Yet

🎀 “Doll Bills, Y’all” — American Girl Doll’s 40th. Nobel’s economic therapy. Dutch Bros’ walk-thru. +Self-Driving Zambonis

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 13, 202623 min
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The Nobel Prize for Economics went to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford… because clear is kind in Economics too. Dutch Bros opened their first walk-thru location… What's the LCD (Lowest Cost Differentiator)? American Girl Doll just turned 40 and is worth $1B… because the founder went anti-Barbie. Plus, Waymo is coming for hockey rinks… The 1st self-driving Zamboni. $MAT $BROS $SPY Grab your Tickets to the IPO Tour: Our In-Person Offering Boston 10/14: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/tboy-the-ipo-tour-in-person-offering-8cdhup Seattle 11/4 (21+): https://www.axs.com/events/1446394/the-best...

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This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Tuesday, T-Boy Tuesday, October 13th. That's an East Pod.

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It's the best one yet. This is a T-Boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Yeah, it is Jack and I are flying into Boston tonight for our live show, but we got a problem.

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Jack is allergic to Fenway Franks. His doctor says he can't consume anything made by a Red Sox fan. Even though I'm a huge Yankees fan, I respect Fenway Park. 1914, they never demolished it.

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