

28 Jul 2025 ¡ 23m ¡ 10 chapters

A âT-Boyâ roundup of three viral/market stories plus quick headlines: (1) âdorkâ meme stocks (Krispy Kreme, Open Door, Rocket, Kohlâs) surged after Reddit hype; (2) South Parkâs $1.5B Paramount streaming deal coincided with a brutal satire of Paramount and Trump, including an AI deepfake of naked Trump and a Satan romance, followed by Trump ordering FCC approval of Paramountâs merger; (3) Vacation sunscreenâs rapid growth (revenue doubling to ~$80M) driven by âplot twistâ whipped-cream-can packaging.
No named guests appear; the hosts are Nick and Jack, with âYetisâ/audience members referenced from a Chicago live show.
Meme-stock âdorksâ tickers spell D-O-R-K; Krispy Kreme options volume jumped ~33x. South Park deal: five years, $1.5B; merger approved; new owner Skydanceâs David Ellison. Vacation: whipped cream aerosol can; founders were ad-only; sales up; #13 brand but top-seller at major retailers.
Written by AI. May contain mistakes.
Introduction to today's three main topics, including meme stocks.
âFor our first story, we need to talk about the dork stocks.â
Discussion on how Sidney Sweeney is influencing stock prices.
âThis next bit is definitely not financial advice.â
Discussion on how Sidney Sweeney is influencing stock prices.
âSo on days we sweat, and sometimes on days we don't, we pour a liquid IV stick into our water.â
Exploration of the meme stock phenomenon and the dork stocks.
âFor our first story, meme stocks are officially back, but now they're called dorks.â
Analysis of South Park's new deal with Paramount and its satirical edge.
âAfter all, They're up on hype, not substance.â
Explore the unexpected dynamics of South Park's deal with Paramount and President Trump's reaction.
âJust 12 hours earlier, Trey and Matt shook hands with Paramount in a$1.5 billion South Park deal.â
Understand how Vacation is disrupting the sunscreen market with unique packaging and branding.
âFor our third and final story, Vacation, the 1980s-inspired sunscreen brand, is double in revenue to$80 million this year.â
Catch up on the latest business news including Uber's driver updates and Starbucks' study rooms.
âJack, could you whip up the takeaways for us to kick off the week?â
Discover the hosts' interactions with fans and their personal stock investments.
âDo I go with that chicken or that chicken?â
Learn about the concept of choice paralysis and its impact on decision-making in grocery shopping.
âSo Nature Raised Farms is built on the simple belief that food shouldn't be complicated.â

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0:28This is Nick. Groupies. We got Yeti groupies. Oh, and then what about the local besties in Chicago? We got to meet everyone. One of our listeners gifted me this football jersey because they know I love football. I guess I'm a Patrick Mahomes fan now. It was so loud. Our voices still haven't fully recovered yet. It was an emotional, wonderfully satisfying experience for Nick and me. And we hope it was for you all too. It was a life moment. We were born to do this, Jack. Yetis, thank you so much for coming out, for sharing your stories with us and hanging out past midnight after the show. Nick, what's the takeaway of our Chicago show?
0:59Talk to me. Let's do some more live shows. Yeah. Drop a comment about what city you think we should hit next. But in the meantime, Jack and I spent the weekend recovering and preparing three fantastic stories. Jack, what's on today's T-Boy? For our first story, we need to talk about the dork stocks. Dorks. Open Door, Krispy Kreme, Rocket, and Kohl's. The dorks are 2025's meme stocks. They're surgeon, but Jack and I know exactly what they'll do next. For our second story, South Park just snagged a five-year, one-and-a-half billion dollar deal from Paramount. But that same day, South Park eviscerated Paramount.
1:36And the next day, Paramount got sold. It's the strangest media moment of the year. It's so weird. And Nick and I are jumping in T-boy style. It's too weird. And our third and final story is Vacation, the most viral sunscreen brand in America with sales doubling every year. Because Vacation puts sunscreen into a whipped cream bottle full of Baywatch. But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. What a mix of stories. Great to be back with you, Jack. This next bit is definitely not financial advice. But if you do see Sidney Sweeney today, then that's a buy signal. Because Sidney Sweeney, the 27-year-old It Girl actress, has been messing with the stock market.
2:17Yeah, Sidney Sweeney has become an economic stimulus package. Because get this, last week, American Eagle announced a new denim deal with Sidney. Sydney Sweeney's signature American Eagle jeans. Classic. The result? American Eagle stock jumped 15%. That's an announcement that created 300 million bucks in market value. That's more than any of Sydney's movies. And it reminds us of last year. Yes. When Sydney did a deal with Hey Dude, which is owned by Crocs. And Crocs stock popped 5%. Oh, not convinced yet? Come on. We have way more evidence proving the Sydney Sweeney stock surge. Earlier this year, she did a collab with Dr.
2:51Squatch. And one month later? It was sold to Unilever for$1.5 billion. What about White Lotus Season 1, Jack? Sidney Sweeney made it HBO's biggest hit franchise. And now American Eagle stock is surging. Sidney Sweeney is becoming a bullish buy signal. If Sidney signs up, investors get euphoria. Peloton could probably rescue its stock by just giving Sidney a spin class to lead. Jack, maybe Jamie Dimon should name Sidney Sweeney his successor at J.P. Morgan. Jamie! Jack, I kind of feel like Fed Chair Sidney Sweeney has a nice ring to it. Yeah, it is. We don't need less interest rates. Apparently, we just need more Sidney Sweeney.
3:32Jack, let's 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 one yet, but the best is the norm. Jack Nick, that's it. I don't even think they need to practice. Fifty percent, that's a fat tip. T-Boy City on your at list. If you know, you know, cause we ready to go. We can't wait no more. So just start the show.
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7:32For our first story, meme stocks are officially back, but now they're called dorks. The dork stocks surged last week as they got hyped by retail investors on Reddit. But Nick and I ran the numbers, and we can tell you how this is going to end. Yetis, let's start this story with a joke. A donut, a mortgage, a department store, and a home buyer walk into a bar. What do they have in common, Jack? I don't know, man. Is it that they're the top performing stocks last week? Those four things you just said? Yeah, it's actually not a joke. It's what just happened on Wall Street. Because Krispy Kreme, Open Door, Rocket Mortgages, and Kohl's were the top performing stocks of last week.
8:13And their ticker symbols spell out the word dork. D-O-R-K. They're all dorks. But let's just focus on the D part. Donuts. Specifically, Krispy Kreme. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because donuts are delicious. Let's focus it because of that. And because I happen to own Krispy Kreme stock, Nick. Although I should point out, this is an accidental meme stock that I own. Jack bought a meme stock like two years ago. He didn't know it was going to become a meme stock. I guess you're going to get a long-term capital gain on that, Jack. Let's just say I feel like I have extra frosting on me right now, Nick. Because even though Jack bought the Krispy Kreme stock years ago, in the last week, it's up 30%.
8:48And in the last month, it's up 60%. It's not just the price of Krispy Kreme stock that's soaring. It's the volume too. Which is the measure of the number of shares traded on the markets. Krispy Kreme option contracts typically trade about 3 ,000 of them per day. But last week, 100 ,000 of them were traded. That is 33 times more trading than typically happens with Krispy Kreme. Why is a donut chain the most active stock on Wall Street right now, Nick? Is there something in the glaze part of me? Thinks it could be the glaze, Jack. The real answer, it's a meme stock. That's right. We saw this phenomenon in 2021.
9:23This is a textbook meme stock moment. And the way Jack and I see it, there are four ingredients that distinguish a meme stock rally from a regular stock rally. First, with all meme stocks, they start cheap. Cheap. Most shares of a meme stock begin under$10. Krispy Kreme, for example, it was a$3 stock earlier this month. Number two, meme stocks are underdogs. That's right. You buy them to fight financial firms that have shorted the stocks, thinking that the price would go down, but you think they would go up. Third, meme stocks tend to have a nostalgia element. Oh, that's right. They smell like nostalgia, Jack.
9:58Many of the stocks that end up memeing are childhood brands that you remember. And they also tend to have simple business models that everyone can understand. Who hasn't had a weekend Kohl's run with their mom followed up with a sweet treat at Krispy Kreme because you were well-behaved? And number four, this is the kicker. The three conditions above result in them being discussed on Wall Street Bets. Wall Street Bets, the Reddit forum where retail traders chat, chat, chat, chat. This current bout of meme stalking with the dorks started with one Redditor presenting a bull case for open door stock on Reddit.
10:29Just like in 2021 when one Redditor presented a bull case for GameStop stock. And meme stalking only works with a team mentality. We're all in this together. Everyone's got to buy or the stock stops popping. YOLO, FOMO, HODL, do not sell. Everybody, hold the line! Krispy Kreme sprinkles to the moon! And the result of those four key meme stock ingredients, we're having a meme stock moment 2.0 right now. And it's never been dorkier. But Nick and I, spoiler, we're going to tell you how it all ends. So Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies who are everyone watching the dork stocks? We can't know the future, but we can study history.
11:15Yetis, when GameStop, AMC Theaters, and BlackBerry became the first meme stocks back in 2021, it was unprecedented. Never before had a bunch of tiny everyman retail investors use the internet to create one massive united buying force against Wall Street. In fact, during peak meme stock mania, GameStop stocks surged 135 % in a single day. We had no idea how it would end. But four years later, we can tell you how meme stock 1.0 ended. It didn't end well. Here are the numbers. BlackBerry jumped 200%, but has since erased all of its meme stock gains. AMC theaters surged 2 ,000 % in early 2021, but has fallen 99 % since.
12:01GameStop also rose 2 ,000%, but has now dropped 70 % from its all-time high. It shouldn't be a shocker that meme stocks eventually fall. After all, They're up on hype, not substance. But with people still plowing in money, hoping to make a quick buck, it's always a good reminder. We can't predict what will happen with the dorks, but we can study history. Like a dork.
12:30For our second story, South Park, one of the most culturally relevant shows of our generation, just dissed the president and its parent company and got its biggest deal ever. This South Park Paramount drama is now the biggest media story of the year. So, Yetis, Jack and I love studying the storytelling craft, and Trey Parker and Matt Stone at South Park, they're the best at it. And their show, South Park, has no boundaries when it comes to satire. That's why they're so good at storytelling. Take us down memory lane, Jack. In 2006, they ridiculed Al Gore, implying that climate change, his most passionate issue, was complete fiction.
13:10In 2009, they highlighted Kanye West's narcissism before anyone else did. Jesus Christ and Satan have both made regular appearances in South Park in ways that your pastor would not approve. And South Park did an entire movie mocking Canadians. Including a theatrical number called Blame Canada. Jack, I haven't told you this, but even though we were in the middle of New York City, our elementary school growing up banned South Park t-shirts. You weren't allowed to wear them in class. What? It's not very progressive of your school. I was in second grade, so I didn't even understand, but still, it was a thing.
13:44I mean, they kind of pioneered potty language on television, so I kind of understand when it comes to elementary school. But yetis, what South Park did last week in its season premiere was boundary-breaking even for them. Because South Park roasted Paramount for its deal with Donald Trump, and then it flame-broiled Donald Trump for his connections to Jeffrey Epstein. But here's the most vicious part. Just 12 hours earlier, Trey and Matt shook hands with Paramount in a$1.5 billion South Park deal. It's true. At 10 a.m. on a Wednesday morning of last week, while we were prepping for our live show, Paramount issued this press release.
14:22A five-year deal that paid South Park and its creators$1.5 billion for the exclusive rights to stream Kyle, Cartman, Kenny, and Stan on Paramount+. But then at 10 p.m. that same day, South Park eviscerated Paramount on their very own network. They ripped Paramount for canceling the Colbert Report and doing that deal with Donald Trump. And get this, that first episode of the new South Park season includes an AI deepfake of fully naked Donald Trump. Also in that first episode, Trump was romantically involved with Satan, in bed under the sheets with him. It was a ruthless roast of the president. But then something even more unexpected happened.
15:04Right after President Trump got roasted in the South Park season premiere, he ordered his FCC to finally approve Paramount's merger, the one that Paramount desperately wanted the president to approve. Besties, this is big because it appeared President Trump had not approved that deal as leverage because he's in a lawsuit against Paramount's 60 Minutes news show. Now, for a president who punishes those who say bad things about him, it was a surprise that he rewarded Paramount right after the South Park episode that destroyed him. I think what you're saying, Jack, is simply put, after Paramount's South Park showed a naked Donald Trump sleeping with the devil, you wouldn't think he would approve the deal Paramount wants.
15:46You'd think he would have blocked the deal as punishment. Or killed Kenny. So Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies over at South Park? To quote the Who, meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Yetis, for Paramount, this is the opposite of a fairytale ending. For one of Hollywood's most renowned TV and movie studios. Now that the merger is approved, Paramount is now part of privately owned Skydance. Which means Paramount has a new boss. And Jack, who is Paramount's new boss? David Ellison, a.k.a. the son of Oracle's founder, Larry Ellison. A.k.a. the ultimate Nepo baby. He's buying a Hollywood studio and a media company basically with his dad's credit card.
16:28But Nick, guess who that ultimate Nepo baby is buying Paramount from? And who would that be, Jack? Sherry Redstone, herself a Nepo baby. This is insane. It's a Nepibabalooza. Sherry Redstone inherited Paramount's largest ownership stake from her father, Sumner Redstone. So besties, the way we see it, it's telling that the only one interested in buying this legacy media company is also a Napo baby. Because streaming, YouTube, and podcasts have crushed the business model of TV. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Now a quick word from our sponsor. This episode is brought to you by Bill, the intelligent finance platform that helps businesses scale with proven results.
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19:38I wear SPF pretty much every day. Because sunscreen is no longer a seasonal product just for your summer beach days. Consumers now wear SPF year-round. The result? Sunscreen is the top-performing sector of skincare. It's actually up in the last year. And we're talking about a brand called Vacation, which launched just four years ago, but did$40 million of revenue last year and is on pace to double to$80 million this year. And unlike Neutrogena and Coppertone, Vacation has venture capital and Hollywood invested. Emma Stone is in on Vacation. But here's the interesting context we noticed. Vacation is actually still small.
20:17They're the number 13 sunscreen brand out there. They only have 1.1 % market share of all of American sunscreen. But here's what's wild. At Target, Costco, and Bloomingdale's, where Vacation competes with other sunscreens on the shelf, they're one of the top sellers. Because vacation is the only sunscreen you will find that is served in a whipped cream can that looks like it's straight out of 1984. We will explain. Yetis, this is what we found fascinating about this story. The founders of Vacation Sunscreen, they only worked in advertising. They have zero beauty or sunscreen experience. So they leaned into their strength.
20:55They built a brand before they even had a product to sell under that brand. We repeat, these three friends literally came up with imagery, fonts, vibes, before even knowing what they would put them on. They thought that the 1980s aesthetic was underappreciated. Are you talking like Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, Pretty Woman kind of thing, Jack? Exactly. So they moved to Mexico and realized they could stick that 1980s brand aesthetic onto sunscreen. Here's how they whiteboarded this. What sunscreen would Gordon Gekko bring to the Hamptons? What sunblock would Jane Fonda bring on her carry-on to Key West?
21:31Jack, what lotion would they lather on for Miami Vice? You know what I mean? But then here's the kicker. Based on that branding, they redesigned the packaging to look like another popular 1980s product. Whipped cream. That's right. They created the first canned aerosol sunscreen that looks and feels basically like 1980s Insta Whip. It looks so much like whipped cream. I'm surprised their lawyers let it happen. You know somebody's going to grab it and put it up to their mouth and start pounding that thing. Someone's going to lick it. Now, here's the insight, actually. You see, the sunscreen industry, it competes on boring health issues.
22:07A race to the bottom, basically. Yeah, this one's paraben-free. That one's high SPF. This one's coral reef-safe. And, of course, they're all number one recommended by dermatologists. That's an expensive competition. But Vacation's differentiator is just taking itself less seriously. They think that entertainment sells. So it's kind of like the brands we told you about, Liquid Death or Dr. Squatch. They're not trying to be the best, they're just trying to be your buddy. Your buddy, who will always put sunblock on your back if you ask them to. Because if you put Vacation up to your ear, you can hear David Hasselhoff sweating.
22:37So Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies over at Vacation Sunscreen? We don't call this chaos packaging, we call this plot twist packaging. Yetis, the key to plot twist packaging is an ironic twist, creating a tension, Something that makes you pause, that's the appeal. Graza put olive oil in a squeezable plastic shampoo bottle. Liquid Death put water in a tall boy beer can. Glossier was the OG. They put makeup in bubble wrap like it was fine art. And now Vacation has put sunscreen in a whipped cream can. And their latest idea, it's a jug of sunscreen that you wear as a bracelet. These products disrupt your expectations.
23:16They cause you to pause and you become interested. And that makes the mundane rebellious. And in this economy, there is appeal to rebellious. Don't call it chaos packaging. This is way more thoughtful. It's plot twist packaging.
23:34Jack, could you whip up the takeaways for us to kick off the week? The latest crop of mean stocks is known as the dorks. The dorks. We can't predict the future, but history says these dorks will eventually go down. For our second story, last week, South Park ruthlessly roasted both Paramount and President Trump. And then President Trump approved Paramount's merger. But for Paramount, here's the situation. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. And our third and final story. Vacation sunscreen is the hottest SPF in the aisle, doubling sales this year to$80 million. Vacation's innovation? The plot twist packaging.
24:10Sunscreen in a whipped can. But yetis, this pod's not over yet. Here's what else you need to know today. First, Uber and Lyft both announced updates to give riders more choice for their drivers. Uber will let women book rides with only women drivers if that's what they prefer. And Lyft will now let riders mark their drivers as favorites or block drivers they've had who are bad, which my mom is definitely going to use this because she like remembers everyone's name. Nice. Speaking of rides, Tesla just launched RoboTaxi in San Francisco this weekend. I know. I'm just trying to jump in T-boy style.
24:44First city they've expanded to since Austin. And second, Starbucks has a new strategy to woo you to its stores. Free study rooms. Get this, in China, to attract student coffee drinkers, Starbucks is creating library-like rooms. Come on in, bring your textbooks. You don't even need to buy a single cup of coffee. It's the opposite strategy you see in the U.S., where some coffee shops forbid you from opening up a laptop. We are bullish on the Starbucks library, by the way. And finally, Washington, D.C. has now officially beaten Los Angeles for worse traffic in the United States. Yeah, the new administration's return-to-office mandates have added to gridlock in D.C.
25:25Which is not good news for people in Los Angeles. In fact, it's arguably bad because the traffic is still the same in Los Angeles, but you can't brag that you're number one at traffic anymore. That was the only consolation to L.A.'s bad traffic is the superlative. Worst in the country. Every time we go to LA, Jack, someone's like, I was in Santa Monica and the 405 was backed up to New Beach, Venice. Now LA just gets second worst traffic, the silver medal. Now time for the best fact yet. This one, because it's Monday, means T-Boy trivia. Jack, what do we got today? Trivia. What kid's product has been banned and then unbanned more than any other product?
26:04To sprinkle on more context, it was banned in San Francisco and then banned in Philadelphia. And then banned in Norway for 11 years. For years, parents, schools, and governments did not allow it. This product was banned. And the HOAs? Oh, they hated this thing. Jack, what do we say to give a hint as well? It's no longer banned pretty much anywhere. In fact, it's an Olympic sport now. Let us know what you think it is in the comments, and Jack and I will reveal the answer on tomorrow's pod. Yetis, you look fantastic to start the week. Jack, you are glowing over there. What a time in Chicago. man.
26:39Highlight of the summer. I can't wait to do another live show. We can't wait to do another. Thank you to everyone in Chicago for coming out and for just giving everything to that show. It was so loud. It was so cool. And we are so appreciative to be with you. As always, Nick and I will be back with you tomorrow. H-Y-H-T-B-O-Y. If you know, you know. See you there.
27:01And before we go, a happy birthday to Yeti Christina Marin Casanova's, aka CMC, over in London celebrating a birthday. Happy birthday to Lillian Yang in Los Angeles. And to Mary Walsh, the legendary Panther of New Jersey living in Greenwich, happy birthday. Happy birthday to Elchin Agabaryov in Fairfax, Virginia. And Evan Cordova from Salt Lake City just finished their first Ironman, the 70.3 finish, fantastic. And a big shout out to Eric for giving me this epic jersey, number 15. It was my number in college. How did he know that? The Knicks jersey he gave me? Eric, thank you so much. And a big shout-out to Jack Williams from Joplin, Missouri.
27:44Just came out as trans and chose the name Jack. Great name. Congrats, Jack. And Monsi and her whole Bachelorette buddy crew on the trip to Napa met you on the airplane. You guys had a blast, I'm sure. Congratulations. And finally, big shout-out to Dan and Trish, Boulder's finest, for coming in clutch with a Sharpie. Nick and I did a bunch of autographs. It was amazing. Couldn't have done it without your sharpie We love seeing you, Dan and Trish And we can't wait to see you at the next one Thank you for being our number one groupies This is Jack I own stock of Reddit, Krispy Kreme, and Lyft And Nick and I both own stock of Peloton Nature raised farms Yetis, you walk into the grocery store Excited to cross off your list That empty shopping cart is an ocean of opportunity Then you get to aisle six and it hits you Oh boy Choice paralysis Yes, we whipped up takeaways about this on the pod Too many options.
28:35It's like a game of chicken. Do I go with that chicken or that chicken? Yeah, the irony of having so many chickens to choose from, you cannot choose. This one's raised on a farm. This one's raised on a prairie. Is this range-free or cage-free? Choice paralysis of all these options. It makes us feel dumber. So Nature Raised Farms is built on the simple belief that food shouldn't be complicated. Especially chicken. Definitely shouldn't be complicated. But the freezer aisle, it makes it that way. Too many options. Too many additives. A lot of random compromises. But Nature Raised Farms chicken is free from gluten, dairy, and soy.
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What do Krispy Kreme, Kohlâs, OpenDoor, & Rocket have in common?... 2025âs meme stocks.
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