🎷 “Sax Sells” — Saxophone’s viral comeback. RAV4’s goldilocks problem. Anthropic’s SpaceX rental. +Caliquila
The Best One Yet

🎷 “Sax Sells” — Saxophone’s viral comeback. RAV4’s goldilocks problem. Anthropic’s SpaceX rental. +Caliquila

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 22, 202621 min

Toyota created America’s perfect car: The RAV4… But sales are down because TOO MUCH demand. The saxophone is surging… because its sound is “inimitable”. SpaceX is AI’s landlord, Anthropic is an AI renter, Amazon is AI homeless… And Ken Griffin says it’s all a bubble. Plus, California is pivoting from grapes to agave… wine is out, tequila is in #Caliquila $TM $HSY $MSFT Grab your Tickets to the IPO Tour: Our In-Person Offering Seattle 11/4 (21+): https://www.axs.com/events/1446394/the-best-one-yet-tickets NEWSLETTER: https://tboyp...

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This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Thursday, the new Friday, October 22nd. And today's pod is the best one yet.

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This is a T-Boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. Uh-uh. And?

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Oh boy, is it your quarter birthday? It's my three-quarter birthday. It's the Q3 birthday. You almost forgot, didn't you?

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