NO BS Business News: Top 10 Mother's Day Gifts - Amazon Launches the Age of Robots - Crypto News - Trading Card Series Launch

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1:29Don't forget. Big weekend. Don't forget, y 'all. Hey, happy. They say happy wife, happy life, happy mom, happy life. Happy mom. Life's the bomb. That's what they say. There we go. So if you're listening, like you should be, if you hit that subscribe button, you get this like right up on the smartphone. You get the announcement when we release. So we appreciate it. Hit the subscribe, hit the review button. Leave us a review. It helps. We appreciate the support. But more importantly, you get it topically so that you don't miss 2025's best Mother's Day gifts. So you still have two days left. Let's be honest.

2:13We do skew male with this show. We appreciate and love and welcome more females. but we do skewed 65 % male on this show. So let's be honest here. You ain't bought your mom anything yet. I haven't bought my mom anything yet. You haven't got it done yet. If you're listening, you still, you got two days left. That's what we're going through. That's what we're going through. We're going to help you. We're on BuzzFeed's. Value add, baby. That's what we do. Best Mother's Day gifts. So we're going to get to the business news, but this is the business that matters. Because look, I could talk to you about tariffs.

2:47I could talk to you about all kinds of stuff, and that stuff matters. But no show covers the gamut from pop culture to life tips to business news, like right about now with Ryan and Chris. We're getting you the full circle, 360 degrees. Because look, let me tell you, your business ain't going nowhere if mama ain't happy. Facts. So here we go. These are in no order. It's actually a 58 of the best Mother's Day gifts. I'm like, damn, that's a lot of aha. We're going to do top 10. We're going to keep it simple. Take it to the top. Yeah. So we're going to go straight to the top. And Chris, I want your reactions here.

3:30We're getting this fresh off the presses. So Chris is going to react to agree or disagree on these gift lists for mom. Number 10, a gift subscription to Wantable for the new mom trying to learn how to dress her body after growing and birthing a human. Take my word for it, that is not an easy task. She can choose an edit, take a quick quiz, then later on Wantable stylists do the heavy lifting for them. All the edits will be delivered to their door, including seven items selected just for them. They'll have five days to try everything on and decide whether they want to keep, exchange, or return them.

4:12There are a bunch of pared down themes to choose from like mom mode or April light, AKA spring themed area options. Get it from wantable starting at$25. So it sounds cool. Not for my mom. No more babies. I think she's, I don't think she needs any more maternity clothes. Yeah. It sounds like, this sounds like mom. Like, uh, if you're like my wife just had it, if we just had a new baby, which can't is, is not possible. I will know it's time for me to leave if my wife gets pregnant. It's not feasible. I'll leave that there. But I will say I think it is for those new moms. We do have all kinds of moms.

4:56Chris, your mom and I, my mom are probably a little older. But some are new moms like just had a baby. So we got the whole gamut here. Basically, let's just to break it down. And I've done these services where they send you clothes, you try them on, you keep what you want, send it back. It's actually pretty convenient. Only problem I had is I'm a weird size man. I don't like it. I like to try it on the store. I'm a double XL slim fit guy. I don't have a big waist. I'm just big, broad dude. You're like a wrestler. Yeah. I need the wrestler fit, the athletic wrestler fit. You have to go try that shit on, unfortunately.

5:42So anyway, but it is convenient. Number nine. Heeled mule sandals with braided straps. You have to see it to believe it. We'll have this. You got to watch the video. Team's going to have this overlaid. These things are pretty cool looking. I'll tell you what, let's take my wife. It's not a bad one. Sandals. It's spring. Number eight, a pickleball tote bag. Okay. A specific attachment to store paddles plus ample space for balls and accessories so she can focus on crushing her smack-talking neighbor, Karen. I know a lot of girls that would love that. My mom would dig that. I mean, not to get on the sidebar, but pickleball is kind of all still popping.

6:30You know? We got to take pickleball court right here. We're at Social House, my co-work lounge on the Swamp Rabbit Trail in Greenville. And Pickle Park, one of our exclusive partners, actually, is right across the street, Chris. Pickleball in G Vegas right here on the Swamp Rabbit Trail. We're going to have to hit it when I'm up there. Dude, I've never played. Well, it's always a first, baby. I'm good at ping pong, though. You're going to be a big man on a little court. You'll probably be great because you can get a lot of reach. Can I hold two paddles? Cover a lot of ground, brother. Oh, yeah.

7:06I'm not slow either for my size. You know, it's in my head. Okay. Number seven, staying with this theme, Chris, a pickleball set to pay homage to her new favorite hobby. Comes with two paddles, four balls, and a bag to ensure she has the best-looking gear of all her competitors. Hey, it's from Remy. Get it from Amazon for$32.99. Hey, it's all about value here on Right About Now. In your top 10 best gifts for mom for Mother's Day. Number six, waterproof wireless earbuds. She'll happily take on as her new workout buddy and adore for how the digital display will let her know precisely how much battery is left on, is left.

7:54Oh, and did I mention they're pink? Glenda is squealing somewhere over the rainbow. Ooh. these are fun only$25.95 on Amazon good deal good sound they hold a charge for long periods and I don't have to worry about them losing power that was the quote from one of the reviews and they're pink oh I'm liking this a dazzling tennis bracelet no one would guess cost you less than 20 bucks it's 14 karat gold plated has a reliable clasp unlike those unreliable clasps, nobody likes those and will add the perfect amount of sparkle to her daily stack. That's an interesting way to call it. Her sparkle to her daily stack, I guess, of bracelets.

8:43Yeah, that's what women call when they wear multiple bracelets. I know you're in a jewelry thing. You can plug that now if you'd like. I got a stack, guys. Yeah. You double up. Chris also has some access, so hit him up all night. Oh, yeah, Lab Grown Diamonds, Envy Diamonds. Give me a shout if you need any custom jewelry. Chris Broby Hanson on Instagram. Go hit him in the DMs. He gets you that bling bling behind the scenes. He gets you taken care of real good price. Yeah, it's beautiful stuff, actually. I'm a big fan. Very tasteful. BuzzFeed writer Emma Lord loves this brand. It's the Cassidy. Was that the name of the brand?

9:21No. What's the name of the brand? Doesn't say. Anyway, she loves it. Good to know. Just go to Amazon and search for dazzling tennis bracelet, 14-karat gold-plated reliable clasp. You'll find it. It'll come up. It looks pretty nice, though. I will say that. I bought this bracelet to wear with my watch. It looks like the real deal. Sparkling. I feel like I'm wearing diamonds. Easy to put on and take off. There's your review. And only$17.95. That looks like a guy might get my mom. I'm going to love that. Yeah. All right. Oh, now we're really stepping it up, Chris. Number four. A facial steamer for moms who adore soaking up the steam from too hot and too short showers.

10:05What? I don't know what that means. This little machine will let her reap those same benefits after the kiddos finally go to sleep. Creates nano-ionic, two of my favorite words in one, nano-ionic steam that penetrates the skin to salten, hydrate, open up pores. increase your bank account take care of the kids i mean it's got so many benefits i don't even know what to do and helps relieve sinus congestion go figure that's what i thought that's what i was looking first one that's it probably definitely does facial steamer this woman looks in misery the picture you got to see this yeah that's why you got to watch youtube we're gonna have the team put these up.

10:52Only$39.95. Also at Amazon. Today's episode brought to you by Amazon Shopping. Yeah, literally. Number three, we're getting down to it. Poems of Parenting, a book of relatable poems that don't have any newer season parent laughing, crying, and feeling all the things. Poems of Parenting. You know, roses are red, violets are blue. I never knew how much of a pain. Okay, I'll stop there. Ryan is right. How about you? Yes, this book moved me deeply. It echoed so many of my own thoughts and experiences in such a tender, thoughtful way. Some poems made me laugh. Others brought me to tears, but all of them reminded me of the rich, messy, wonderful humanity of parenting.

11:46That's a fake review. Nobody writes that. That's Mariah Menzi as a review on Amazon. It's because I knew what you were going to say next because I'm like, that's what I would write if this was faking it. If ChatsyBT wrote a fake review on Amazon, that would be it. $19.99, though, for that book of poems. I'll charge you nothing. You can call me and I'll give you all you need. I'm good at poem writing. Pun writing. a portable HP photo printer's number two. Now we're getting to the good stuff, Chris. Top two. For anyone who hasn't, this is actually fun. I like this a lot for mobs because you always, you know, we've gotten to this digital world and you still want the physical photos.

12:32Like you want to stick it somewhere. You don't have to dig through your phone every time. For anyone who hasn't had the time to finish up her kiddo's baby book or make an album dedicated to the last European vacation. No need to log onto another site to order photos or gasp. Go pick them up at an actual store. This gadget will promptly print all of her pics directly from their phone. Plus, each photo has a sticky backing that'll make them easy to pop into a book or stick to the refrigerator. I've been talking about features. $79.99. Reasonable. It's a printer, for God's sakes. people. I heard the gasps.

13:14I didn't even have to hear. I heard the gasps. You know, oh,$80. Compared to everything else, it sounds expensive. She birthed you, damn it. You can buy her a damn$79 printer. I watched four boys come. Let me just tell you, they deserve a lot more than a$70 printer. I was tired of running to the store for a few pictures and waiting for half an hour. This is what I decided to try. And it was super easy. a no-brainer. I loved it, and it didn't take much effort to make a project for my kids. Another fake review on Amazon, but it's$79.99. I like it. That would be my favorite. It's cheaper than ordering them.

13:57Drum roll, please, for number one on our BuzzFeed Top 10 gifts for mom in 2025. A pop-up Mother's Day card. It's one your mother will absolutely adore. Especially if she's a sucker for a handwritten card and has a box under the bed with each and every one she ever received. This thing pops up and it's like a big bouquet. Bouquet, bouquet. You should know better than the mother figure in her life a Mother's Day gift without a card. Paper Love is a small business that makes these cards. It essentially opens. It's like bouquet of flowers. Where do I get that? That'd be Amazon. Sponsor of all of these.

14:45$11.89. Nice. And this comes to us from Amazon customer. That's their first and last name. My wife prominently displayed the pop-up bouquet at our Easter family dinner. that's interesting how does he do it on easter if it mother's day is after easter this is already fake and received rave reviews this isn't my first purchase and including my mother's day card for tomorrow won't be my last it's a winner says so says amazon last name customer huh i i'm here for the gifts not for the reviews but yeah portable hp photo printer sound pretty tight. Poems I could pass on. The face steamer. Eh, maybe.

15:34The dazzling tennis brace that sounds like the winner of the deal. $17.95 unless you're going to splurge and go for the good stuff. Yeah, bang for your buck for sure. And then, you know, wireless waterproof earbuds for$25 that sound pretty good. Not bad. They're pink. And then the pickleball set. I mean, two rackets and a bag for$32. Come on. They might break two after a while. If I hit one of them, I'd probably like explode in my hand. But maybe not. Who knows? There's your top 10 list. BuzzFeed. Top 10 Mother's Day gifts for 2025. You know, we all know it's a little light on the news when that leads off the segment.

16:20But we're trying to make this about value. and giving you what you need, not always what you want. There's some news with Amazon this week that both thought were pretty interesting. Number one, they've created robots that can feel touch, and they're going to replace you in the warehouse, even though they say they're not. Let's be honest, that's coming. May well. Do you believe that? I saw this, not to replace the humans. I'm like, then what is it for? What is it for? Oh, just the dangerous jobs. Okay. Yeah. Who's deciding that? Amazon says new warehouse robot can feel items, but it won't replace workers.

17:02Yeah. And money won't buy things. I mean, like, you know. I mean, if you can feel things, I'm pretty sure it's going to replace a lot more than just jobs at Amazon. It sounds so unthreatening, too. It's the Vulcan robot. Is it on Spock's? Spock, isn't that Spock from Star Trek's like homeland Vulcan? I think so. I'm not throwing out my old school Star Trek knowledge here. You know, I was a Trekkie did, Chris. No, I didn't. Vulcan robot. But he's not taking your time. If you're going to make him a non-job taking robot, let's call him like Petey. Yeah, I'm literally going to say Peter. Like Ralph, you know?

17:47Yeah. I mean, but Vulcan. He just said, non-threatening, friendly robot that can feel, take jobs, and pet dogs. You know, whatever it's going to do. It's going to take your job. Vulcan's designed to reduce worker injuries, is what they're saying. They're handling top-shelf stuff, leaving humans to operate in the safer power zone. It's only going to be used for the top-shelf stuff, Chris. Not the middle and the bottom. Oh, wow. I like the innovation. I just don't like the bullshit. Like, come on. Come on. You know? I was bored two days ago, but not yesterday. And then in other news with Amazon, zooks to scale up robo-taxi production for U.S.

18:36expansion. All right, Uber. So, you know, 10, 15 years ago, it was Uber throwing taxis through a loop. And now it's going to be the robot taxis throwing Uber for the Uber needs to get ahead of this. You know, I don't know what I do get in an Uber without the unfriendly, smelly driver, though. I just would know that experience. Over air freshened, sticky backseat, smelly, somewhat unfriendly driver. That's kind of the whole experience, isn't it? Luckily, I've been pretty lucky. But yeah. You get the friendly one. The smell is real, though. The air fresheners is... And it may not even be the driver.

19:21It just might be the last 10 people that have ridden. You don't ever know. Yeah. He gets blamed. He or she gets blamed for all the smells in the car. Could be the freaking drunk girls with pizza at 2 a.m. getting dropped off, you know? Zooks. Is this named after Zuckerberg? Zooks? No. Z-O-O-X. amazon's so they're all over my neighborhood really seriously dude the robot driving taxis everywhere they're they've been testing them in my neighborhood for the last two years there's have you gotten in one no they're because they're not for people yet they've got like four guys in them with laptops and they have all these sensors all over the cars they're like toyota land cruisers or something not land cruisers smarter than that but they literally just circled the block every day.

20:13So they're mapping it out. Obviously they're testing and kind of mapping it on a micro scale. So far around two dozen test vehicles have been deployed across six U.S. cities. You must be one of them. Oh, they're going all day. I'll send you a picture today, dude. I'm going to send you a video. You can put it in the episode. We'll put it in there. Public ride services are expected to launch in Las Vegas this year, followed by San Francisco, the expanse. expansion aligns with Trump's administration's push to accelerate self-driving tech by easing certain safety regulations. Oh, that's promising.

20:47Which exact safety regulations are we easing up on? The industry remains under scrutiny with U.S. regulators investigating safety issues among major players, including Zooks. Yeah. And they're not going to replace any jobs either.

21:08that's a lot bro the robots are coming they're here they're here they've come they're the alien that didn't even have to come in the atmosphere you know we created it we created them all for progress i gotta see some testing on this you know before i get in the car with that robot lot i mean i'm not a complete control freak but i'm at least partially one and i just got to see that baby not you know go haywire if you can hack into a you know mainframe tell me you can't hack into a freaking robo taxi you can then you weapon i think about this well the cars have become the new like weapons of mass destruction so what happens when robo cop taxi you know it goes 100 miles an hour into a crowd of people.

22:02That's called a missile. Literally. Yeah. Oh, okay. All right. Let me get in one. I mean, go on. I'm not, this is innovation technology. I'm not like scared of innovation technology. I'm an innovative dude, but I just am kind of a common sense guy too. I'm like, okay, I need to see the data on this. We'll see. Maybe that Vulcan robot says he's got feel. He can get in there and drive. He's so safe and unassuming and not taking any jobs to put him in the car. That's crazy. The Vulcan Zooks driver. Oh, God. I need to help these people with their naming. I think all the good names are taken. I mean, these companies have to ultra make sure there's no trademarks on anything.

22:51Not that you don't... Everyone has to, but Amazon especially. So, we'll see.

23:01interest rates are staying the same. Chris, you know, people's harder than me know that's the right thing, but I tell you what, it's just kind of like that. Can we just speed it up a bit, you know? Yeah. Can we speed this up a little bit? Let's get this interest rates down. Let's get some money back in the markets. Refis. So the house is moving. I mean, the house market is still okay, but softening. And so, time, baby. they got to see what they say how what's up with crypto it's holding steady i mean it had that kind of 15 percentage pump like two weeks ago i think it was and now it's just kind of holding steady still under 100k but uh it's like everything else man right just like interest rates it's like a pause on everything yeah the uh market my xrp is is hanging around $2.15.

23:56If you look at it, it looks like we talked about this last week, just every other stock just kind of straight line. I guess you don't want it, but I'm ready for that thing to pump. I'm ready for it. I want the new bottom to be like$10. You know? Then it starts probably threshold. It's got to get to. We'll see. I'm in it for the long haul. I think I'm going to buy some Bitcoin though I think it's time to get in everybody it's gotten to be like so mainstream like dudes I never would have thought or like pumping it yeah I think at this point it's fair to say it's a accepted investment vehicle and it feels safer than a lot of other stuff but I mean look the big guy look it feels at least equal to the stock market like Bitcoin not all crypto, but I think safe to say Bitcoin is going to be just as safe as any of your stock plays unless you're day trading and you got a whole different game you're playing.

25:03Exactly. If you were going to buy one other crypto other than Bitcoin, what would be number two? For me, it would be either Solana or Dogecoin. So Dogecoin still? Yeah, I'm still a fan of doge and i think that's i think that'll rip some too has that gained any ground it's everything's pretty uniform you know it all follows bitcoin's lead really but there's definitely just like the stock there's some up-and-coming startup type cryptos i mean people can look into it you can look on you know coinbase even will tell you what's kind of hot and what's trending and it's a good time to do your research really learn the market before it starts running again i'm reading if there's any final hot headlines before we close out here you know we do pre-record this want to make sure we get you all of the latest i mean we got you the mother's day top 10 i mean let's be honest that's probably the most important thing if we're just talking about your short term.

26:12All this other stuff. Let's see here. XRP just broke key six-month support against Bitcoin. That's good. Market's starting to wake up again. I think that's all the biggest news. I mean, we could talk about tariffs. We're not going to talk about tariffs. China and the U.S. are meeting. They're going to get it together. Smarter. Cooler heads will prevail, I believe. And, you know, let's get out of the tariff talk finally. But I will mention our trading card series will be starting up next week. So we've got some big hitters in the trading card business. You've seen us, seen me. Chris had to watch me, you know, from afar opening packs, getting jealous of all the hits I'm getting.

26:59But still got to send Chris some. We'll figure that out. Where's my assistant? I need a reminder. The all seriousness, got some this isn't like going to be an eight billion dollar industry and growing. You've got everything from Pokemon to football cards, baseball cards, hockey cards, basketball. The friends, our good friend Gary V just launched that with tops and and the Fanatics brand and everything they do. It's incredible how many people are in this business and how much opportunity there is for investment and growth. It is a big key part of business. It is truly an investment vehicle. So we're starting kicking that off next week.

27:48We've got a lineup of guests. We've got one of the largest app makers for managing your collection and scanning them in. Ludox. Brian Ludden, amazing guy, cool guy. We've hit it off. It's a great episode. Kicking it off with that. We go from all layers. We got the top from the apps. We got wholesale, retail, and ground floor, the largest dealer in South Carolina. Has one of the best stores here in Greenville. Brian's Sports Cards and More. My good friend, Matty Rich, came on, talked it down. I talked with some of the biggest hitters, the biggest brands and then all the way to the ground floor of retail.

28:29So we got it all covered of what that is happening in the industry, the trends, the key things and stuff that's too big to ignore. So I'm pumped about that and pumped about some partnerships I've got coming with the Rad Collective. My boys and I got into it. We've got a lot of things going on, live selling on whatnot, Breaking Rad. That's how you find us, breakingrad.com and all the stuff happening with trading cards. It's fun, but it's real business, and it's a lot of damn money, Chris, in this industry. It's crazy how much money is being pumped into it. And just the amount of money spent, man.

29:07These are scratch-off cards for kids, but they actually hold value. Scratch-off card is only worth either, you know, what,$500 or nothing. Trading cards, at least you still have some value in your hand. I'm going to get Chris back into it. He has to get out his 1992 FLIR relief set or whatever he's got. Who knows? Oh, when I get to my parents' house, I'm going to find that. You've got to take some pictures. You've got to send those to me. I will. There's some winners in there, brother. Oh, yeah. I love it. So, yes, that's coming. And, of course, if you're listening to this, you've probably heard us talk about the Radcast Network.