🍷 “LeBrunello James” — NBA’s wine season. China’s marriage markets. Warner Bros’ bidding way. +6-pound phone case

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Podcast Summary: "🍷 “LeBrunello James” — NBA’s wine season. China’s marriage markets. Warner Bros’ bidding way. +6-pound phone case"

The Best One Yet
Hosted by Nick Martell & Jack Crivici-Kramer
Date: October 22, 2025

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Overview

In this lively episode, Nick and Jack deliver their signature take on the top three pop-business news stories you need to know, each paired with energetic banter, sharp analysis, and memorable quips. Today, they cover:

• The NBA’s official embrace of wine and its potential to revitalize a declining industry
• The high-stakes, personality-driven bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery
• China’s “marriage markets”: real-world matchmaking driven by supply, demand, and determined parents

The episode also kicks off with a quirky solution to screen-time addiction—a 6-pound phone case—before diving into the main stories. As always, the hosts highlight fresh perspectives, memorable quotes, and fun anecdotes, all in just over 25 minutes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

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1. Low-Tech Solutions to High-Tech Problems: The 6-Pound Phone Case

• [01:55] – [03:15]
  • After joking about screen time and failed digital limits, Nick and Jack hype a hilarious real invention—a six-pound iPhone case designed to discourage compulsive phone use.
    • "A solution so obvious it’s genius, and so genius it’s obvious." — Nick [01:55]
    • "A six-pound iPhone case. Part phone case, part dumbbell. Oh, you got a phone call? You’re gonna have to pick that thing up with your legs." — Jack [02:05]
  • The hosts riff on other low-tech, real-world hacks popularized by their families, like leaving a note to deter thieves or installing fake security cameras.
    • "Elegant low-tech solution to a high-tech problem." — Nick [03:04]

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2. NBA’s Wine Obsession: “LeBrunello James” & The New Official Winery

• [06:12] – [10:49]
  • The NBA season’s tip-off comes with Kendall Jackson Winery as its first official wine partner.
    • "While the NFL is a beer league, and MLB is beer and whiskey, the NBA is all about the vino—pure play vino." — Jack [07:08]
  • The league's wine culture traces back decades, with iconic stories of coaches and players—like Popovich, Carmelo Anthony, and LeBron James—fueling a movement that has influenced both player habits and broader market trends.
    • "LeBron James started posting pics of his weekly wine indulgences, and the labels he posted jumped by triple digits." — Nick [08:21]
  • The pandemic "bubble season" catalyzed this trend, with players turning hotel rooms into wine cellars. CJ McCollum even brought 84 bottles.
  • Now, NBA stars including Dwyane Wade, Yao Ming, and Michael Jordan have their own wine labels.
  • Takeaway: The NBA’s authentic wine culture can help the aging wine industry—sales are at historic lows—by playing up wine's complexity and mystery.
    • "Wine is infinite. You can never know everything about it." — Jimmy Butler (quoted by Jack) [10:26]
    • "Wine’s complexity might be a weakness now, but it’s been a strength in the long run." — Jack [10:37]
  • Nick and Jack argue that instead of chasing drink trends, the wine industry should lean into what makes it unique—and what NBA players love about it.

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3. Warner Bros. Discovery: Hollywood’s Bidding War

• [10:54] – [15:42]
  • Warner Bros. Discovery confirms it's received multiple buyout offers—Paramount, Netflix, and Comcast spark a media frenzy.
    • "Warner Brothers is the most popular girl at school right now." — Jack [11:34]
    • "Netflix prefers to build, not buy. But buying Batman, Superman, DC Comics, and eliminating HBO Max as a competitor—sounds pretty tempting." — Jack [12:39]
  • The segment highlights CEO David Zaslav’s strategic power plays, the Ellison family’s ambitions, and Comcast’s “bidding out of spite”—making the story deeply personal and gossipy.
    • "Brian [Comcast] might bid on Warner Bros. just to drive up the price... basically out of spite." — Nick [14:20]
  • The hosts see Paramount as the likely buyer, predicting this influx of power and money will revitalize Hollywood—raising pay and opportunities for the creative workforce.
    • "When a new big money buyer enters a market, pay and employment tend to go up." — Nick [15:12]
  • Takeaway: The biggest winner isn’t a corporate giant, but the entertainment workers and the city of Los Angeles.

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4. China’s Real-World Marriage Markets: Parental Matchmaking & Pure Capitalism

• [17:54] – [21:50]
  • While dating apps are everywhere, China’s marriage rates are at historic lows—so parents return to in-person “marriage markets,” congregating in parks and sharing “resumes” for their children.
    • "The hottest dating app in China is a park." — Jack [19:22]
    • "Our son is kind. He has a good hairline. He makes his own bed every morning." — Nick, channeling a typical pitch [20:08]
  • This tradition is efficient, direct, and surprisingly capitalistic—parents act as headhunters, negotiating and arranging prospects based on stats and preferences.
  • The most ironic aspect: pure capitalism thrives in communist China’s matchmaking parks.
    • "The Chinese marriage market is the definition of an efficient market. Many buyers, many sellers, no barriers to entry, no transaction costs." — Nick [21:01], Jack [21:31]
  • Takeaway: On the ground, these marriage markets embody the economic ideal of "perfect competition"—a model rarely seen outside textbooks.

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5. Quick Hits & Bonus Content

• OpenAI Atlas Launch: OpenAI releases a ChatGPT-powered web browser. "Biggest reason we don’t use chat more is that it’s separate from our [web] browser. But starting today, they can be one in the same." — Nick [22:52]
• Beyond Meat as Meme Stock: After past hype, it tanks—only to 6x in recent days due to a Reddit-fueled short squeeze. "I didn’t buy and hold. I bought, I forgot, and then I held." — Nick [23:31]
• Peanut Allergy Rates Fall: Thanks to a 2015 policy change urging early peanut exposure, child allergy rates have dropped sharply—down 27% for kids under three, and 40% overall. [23:57]
• Fun Fact: The first big user of Amazon Web Services' cloud? A dating site for ferret owners. "Romantic rodents paved the way for today’s modern internet." — Nick [24:52]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On NBA Wine Culture:
  • "Wine is infinite. You can never know everything about it." — Jimmy Butler (quoted by Jack) [10:26]
• On Hollywood’s Sale:
  • "The biggest winner of the Warner Bros. Discovery bidding war could be the city of Los Angeles." — Jack [14:37]
• On Chinese Marriage Markets:
  • "The Chinese marriage market is the definition of an efficient market." — Nick [21:01]
  • "The biggest communist country in the world is demonstrating perfect capitalism." — Jack [21:50]
• On Low-Tech Fixes:
  • "Elegant low-tech solution to a high-tech problem." — Nick [03:04]
  • "If you got a low-tech solution to a high-tech problem, Jack and I want to hear it." — Nick [03:15]

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Timestamps by Segment

• [01:55] – 6-pound iPhone case and low-tech solutions
• [06:12] – NBA tips off with official wine partner: history and business implications
• [10:49] – Takeaway: wine should lean into its strengths
• [10:54] – Warner Bros. Discovery up for sale, interested buyers, and personality clashes
• [15:42] – Takeaway: bidding war’s real impact is on Hollywood and LA’s workers
• [17:54] – China’s marriage market: real-world ‘perfect’ matchmaking
• [21:50] – Takeaway: marriage markets as pure capitalism
• [22:39] – Quick hits: OpenAI browser, Beyond Meat, peanut allergies
• [24:28] – Best Fact Yet: ferret matchmaking and the rise of AWS

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Tone & Language

The episode maintains Nick and Jack’s trademark blend of conversational wit, real business insight, and relatable pop-culture references, making complex topics accessible and entertaining.

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For Listeners in a Hurry

• NBA’s new wine partnership isn't just a sponsorship—it's a cultural opportunity to help wine thrive as trends shift.
• Warner Bros. Discovery’s sale is as much about egos as it is about assets; the resulting "war" could boost LA’s creative workers.
• China’s parents are bringing capitalism to communism with hyper-efficient marriage markets—no apps required.
• Plus: OpenAI launches a browser, Beyond Meat rockets on memes, and peanuts are losing their reputation as an allergy threat.

Skip the ads, enjoy the news, and don’t forget to submit your low-tech solutions to high-tech problems!

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End of Summary

Transcript

[Nick]

This is Nick, this is Jack. It's Wednesday ceviche Wednesday, October 22nd. And today's pod is the best one yet. This is a T boy.

[Jack]

The top three pop business news stories you need to know today.

[Nick]

Okay, but first, breaking news. As we were recording this podcast, OpenAI just launched a web browser.

[Jack]

It's called Atlas. We're not going to cover it in today's pod, but it's definitely number one in the app store. As of this morning.

[Nick]

We just wanted to keep the yetis in the loop. But in the meantime, Jack, we have three fantastic stories for today's pod. What do you say we hit the.

[Jack]

T boy for our first story? The NBA season tipped off last night. Did you know that the NBA is the official league of drinking wine?

[Nick]

Well, Jack, everything happens for a Riesling. And we think the NBA's wine embrace can save the industry.

[Jack]

For our second story, Warner Bros. Discovery. Their stock jumped 11% yesterday on confirmation that this Hollywood legend is up for sale.

[Nick]

Netflix, NBC, Paramount. The rumors are everyone's interested and this deal could save lives. Lovely Los Angeles.

[Jack]

And our third and final story. An old Chinese tradition is getting new attention in person. Marriage markets.

[Nick]

Get this. Instead of dating apps, parents are pitching their single kids in the park. And it's working fantastic.

[Jack]

But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories.

[Nick]

Fanta, I love the mix of stories. Perfect mix for today's T boy.

[Jack]

We are all guilty of what I'm calling the eighth deadly sin. Ah, yes, Jack.

[Nick]

Yes, Jack. Yes, Jack.

[Jack]

Are you talking about too much time spent on our phones?

[Nick]

Too much screen time on our phones. I know what you mean.

[Jack]

Now we all have those 15 minute social media app timers that we ignore.

[Nick]

Or you could lock your phone inside of a box.

[Jack]

How about you give your phone to your roommate and tell them to bury it in the park. That'll do the trick.

[Nick]

Hey buddy. Timmy, don't give it back to me for at least three days.

[Jack]

We actually found the best way to limit your phone use. And here it is.

[Nick]

It's a solution so obvious it's genius. And so genius it is obvious.

[Jack]

A six pound phone case.

[Nick]

That's right. An iPhone case. So heavy you don't want to pick it up.

[Jack]

This is a real invention from Logan Ivy. A six pound iPhone case.

[Nick]

Get this. Stainless steel, four inches thick. A six pound case that fits your iPhone, baby.

[Jack]

Part phone case, part dumbbell. Oh, you got a phone call.

[Nick]

Uh huh.

[Jack]

You're gonna have to pick that thing up with your legs.

[Nick]

Oh, you get a text, get Ready for a bicep workout?

[Jack]

You wanna scroll 30 more seconds on Instagram. Make sure to change into gym shorts first cause you're gonna start sweating.

[Nick]

You're gonna break a hammy on this one.

[Jack]

Now stepping back for a second, this six pound phone case, it highlights a strategy that Nick and I love.

[Nick]

Solution to the high tech problem. And Jack, I believe your mom is the pioneer of the low tech solution to a high tech problem.

[Jack]

My mom, when she was traveling for a while, she would leave a note on the counter that said, dinner's in the oven boys. I'll be home soon. It made the robber think that people were coming home any second.

[Nick]

Jennifer was thinking three stacks ahead of these guys.

[Jack]

Here's another one. Nick put a fake security camera up on your house. It does the same job as a real security camera.

[Nick]

I like what you're putting out. Elegant low tech solution to a high tech problem.

[Jack]

And the six pound iron iPhone case is one of those two besties.

[Nick]

If you got a low tech solution to a high tech problem, then Jack and I want to hear it.

[Jack]

It's my favorite dinner table category conversation.

[Nick]

Drop it in the comments, we'll get it on the pod. But Jack, let's hit our three stories.

[Producer]

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. 50%, that's a fat tip. T boy city on your at L. If you know, you know. Cause we ready to go. We can't wait no more.

[Nick]

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[Jack]

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For our first story with the NBA season tipping off this week, we're looking at the NBA's love affair with wine.

[Jack]

Because the NBA has become the for drinking and collecting wine. And we'll tell you how.

[Nick]

All right, we had the NFL, then the NHL and now we got the NBA tipped off with two games just last night. What else we got this week?

[Jack]

Jack Houston at OKC and warriors and Lakers were last night. There's more debut games coming tonight, tomorrow and through the weekend.

[Nick]

And the big storylines this season, is it LeBron's last year?

[Jack]

Will NBC's $27 billion TV deal pay off?

[Nick]

Are the Knicks gonna win two games in a row? But besties, the bigger story that no one else is talk. What is it, Jack?

[Jack]

Wine. By the way, Knicks are like a favorite this year, Nick. Could be a good year for the.

[Nick]

Knicks Yeah, I've heard that before. But, besties, this is the first year the NBA has had an official winery, and that winery is Kendall Jackson.

[Jack]

While the NFL is a beer league, Major League Baseball is both beer and whiskey, the NBA is all about the vino.

[Nick]

Pure play vino. We're talking National Brunello association over here.

[Jack]

Sauvignon chilled slam dunks served by Labrunello James.

[Nick]

Okay.

[Jack]

By the way, Kendall Jackson. When I worked at the Olive Garden, it was top shelf on the menu. It's the ninth biggest vineyard in America, and it's the most sold Chardonnay every single year here since 1992.

[Nick]

And when Jack and I studied the business of Kendall Jackson the winery, we describe it as the. You could say Dikembe Mutombo of wine. Right, Jack?

[Jack]

It's bold, it's big, it's mainstream appeal.

[Nick]

Now, besties, what Jack and I find fascinating about this story is that it's. While other pro sports leagues have wine deals already, the NBA has had a wine obsession for 30 years.

[Jack]

And it started with Greg Popovich, the head coach of the San Antonio spurs, who won five championships. He celebrated each one with a glass of Burgundy.

[Nick]

If you wanted to get playing time with Coach Popovich, you had to bring a pinot into the locker room.

[Jack]

In 2007, Carmelo Anthony got into wine while playing for the Denver Nuggets.

[Nick]

And now Melo has his own wine brand.

[Jack]

In 2017, LeBron James started posting pics of his weekly wine indulgences on Instagram.

[Nick]

Yeah, and when he did, the labels of those cabernets actually jumped by triple digits.

[Jack]

But the year that the NBA and wine really started their situationship was 2020.

[Nick]

Ah, pour me out a sweet serving of. Why is this, Jack?

[Jack]

That's when the secret wine club of the NBA was exposed by espn.

[Nick]

Get this. During the pandemic, the NBA was playing in a bubble over at Disney World. They were cut off from the rest of society.

[Jack]

And one player for the New Orleans team brought 84 bottles of wine to his hotel room because they were so bored, they just sipped wine.

[Nick]

CJ McColum. He turned his hotel room into a makeshift wine fridge. True story.

[Jack]

He cranked the AC down to 55 degrees to keep the wine just right.

[Nick]

Well, then the Kendall Jackson winery found out about this and sent 50 cases to the NBA bubble of a bunch.

[Jack]

Of bubbling with a QR code to show tasting videos to all the players.

[Nick]

Boom. The players got hooked. The Cleveland Cavaliers, their whole team went to N but just for tastings.

[Jack]

The next year and now Dwyane Wade, Yao Ming, Michael Jordan, they all have their own wine labels.

[Nick]

J.J. redick and LeBron James. Yeah, they did a pod together drinking two bottles of vintage vino during the whole episode. Sanchez.

[Jack]

And so now Kendall Jackson is making it official, what's been unofficial for decades for gay Gatorade.

[Nick]

If you want to make it to the NBA finals, you're going to need a half chilled bottle of Chateau Pompe.

[Jack]

De Neuf Nouf of that pronunciation, Nick. Never again, Jack.

[Nick]

Spoken like the wine salesman of the month at the Olive Garden. So Jack, what's the takeaway? Buddies over in the wine industry, when.

[Jack]

Your business is 8,000 years old, lean into it.

[Nick]

Yeti's alcohol sales, they're at an all time low. And wine, it's been hit the hardest. Americans drank 18% less wine last year than in 2021, the lowest in over a decade.

[Jack]

Wine has been the most hit for a few reasons. Wine is the highest price, it's the most inconvenient to drink, and it's the least approachable to the masses.

[Nick]

But we noticed one quote from an NBA wine fanatic, the player Jimmy Butler, that shows a way to save the industry.

[Jack]

The reason Jimmy Butler likes wine so much is that he can never know everything about it. He says wine is infinite.

[Nick]

Jack Daniel's whiskey, you know what you're getting. Craft IPAs, similar story.

[Jack]

But wine has complexity and mystery. It might be a weakness right now, but it's been a strength in the long run.

[Nick]

After all, Jack, wine is the oldest form of alcohol. It is a well aged business model.

[Jack]

I still want to watch the YouTube video of the first guys who figured out you could turn grapes into wine.

[Nick]

I hope they posted it. Instead of chasing trends like ready to drink cocktail cans, low or no alcohols, or probiotic functional beverages, wine should lean into its differentiator, which is its complexity. What NBA players love about wine is its real differentiators, even if they're not trending right now. For our second story, Warner Bros. Discovery just confirmed that three companies are interested in acquiring it. This is the latest Hollywood gossip and it's worth worth $40 billion.

[Jack]

We've got a bidding war for Harry Potter and Game of Thrones, but the real winner could be the city of Los Angeles besties.

[Nick]

This story reminds us of prom because Warner Brothers has so many proposals. They're the most popular girl at school right now.

[Jack]

Man, I would have loved multiple prom date options. Never had that.

[Nick]

Warner Brothers Discovery Stock, it's up 11% on Tuesday. After confirming for the first time its received received multiple acquisition offers.

[Jack]

We knew that Paramount was interested in buying Warner Brothers Discovery. But here's the news. New reports that say Netflix and Comcast are interested too.

[Nick]

And with three parties interested in buying this media icon, CEO David Zaslav has made his next negotiating move.

[Jack]

If he's going to sell, he might as well see if there's any other offers out there. So he went public yesterday announcing the company is for sale.

[Nick]

So Jack, could Apple acquire Warner Brothers?

[Jack]

We know Apple wants to be a prestige streamer. They'd be that for sure if they had hbo.

[Nick]

Or Jack, could Comcast acquire Warner Brothers?

[Jack]

Comcast owns Universal Studios theme parks. They'd love that. Harry Potter and Game of Thrones ip.

[Nick]

Jack, I know you're a Netflix shareholder, so you're drooling at this one, but what about Netflix? Would they buy them?

[Jack]

Netflix prefers to build, not buy. But buying Batman, Superman, DC Comics and eliminating HBO Max as a competitor sounds pretty tempting for Netflix.

[Nick]

Where is he? Well, he's being bought by Netflix.

[Jack]

But Hollywood is a town that runs on gossip. So while the interested companies matter, the interested people matter just as much.

[Nick]

And besties. Jack and I think that ultimately it makes the most sense for Paramount to buy Warner Brothers.

[Jack]

But personal grudges could prevent that from happening.

[Nick]

And the reason? Because Paramount is backed by the Ellison family, which appears willing to pay anything for more power right now.

[Jack]

They already bought CBS News. Now they want to to buy CNN and another Hollywood studio.

[Nick]

Also, Jack, the Ellisons might end up buying TikTok through Oracle.

[Jack]

Right? Like we've said on previous pods, it would be an insane consolidation of power if the Ellisons get Warner Brothers discovery, TikTok and CBS.

[Nick]

But Warner Brothers CEO David Zaslav does not want to sell to Paramount first because he'd get kicked out as CEO.

[Jack]

Zas is the ultimate Hollywood mogul.

[Nick]

Oh, I'm picturing the vest in Sun Valley, Idaho, enjoying the spa treatments.

[Jack]

Jack, he does not want to be out as the CEO of a Hollywood studio.

[Nick]

The other Warner Brothers shareholder, John Malone, owner of the Atlantic Braves, Formula One and 2.2 million acres of American Land.

[Jack]

He already said that he wants Warner Brothers Discovery to split into two companies for tax purposes.

[Nick]

Oh, and Jack, then there's Brian Roberts of Comcast. What does he want in this deal?

[Jack]

Remember in 2019, Comcast and Disney were in a bidding war to acquire Fox. Well, Brian is still butthurt that Disney got Fox and not Comcast.

[Nick]

So he might bid on buying Warner Bros. Just to drive up the price. And hurt whoever ends up buying it in the end.

[Jack]

Basically, he might bid on Warner Brothers just out of spite.

[Nick]

Like we said, it's gossipy and the people matter. So, Jackal, what's the takeaway for our buddies watching the sale of Warner Bros.

[Jack]

The biggest winner of the Warner Bros. Discovery bidding war could be the city of Los Angeles.

[Nick]

Yetis. Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal ran this article. Los Angeles entertainment economy is looking like.

[Jack]

A disaster movie because since 2023, studios have cut production to pursue profits in the streaming era.

[Nick]

But Jack and I think this bidding war will end with Paramount winning and with the second richest person in the world owning it. Paramount doesn't seem to care about profits at all.

[Jack]

Larry and David Ellison. They care about power and ambition. And that could actually be good for the Hollywood working industry.

[Nick]

Because when a new big money buyer enters a market, pay and employment tend to go up.

[Jack]

And Paramount's splurge on Hollywood assets could force Netflix and Disney to pay more to compete.

[Nick]

Bad for corporate profits, but good for Hollywood's entertainment industry.

[Jack]

It might feel like the late 2000 teens again, when there were booming payouts for actors, directors, scriptwriters and crews. Everyone was getting a show.

[Nick]

McConaughey, you got another script.

[Jack]

And with the Ellison family, Trump alliance, production could come back from overseas to the United States.

[Nick]

And that, bestie, is why we think the biggest winner of the Warner Brothers bidding war could actually be the city of lovely Los Angeles. Now, a quick word from our sponsor.

[Jack]

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We're already thinking about holiday vacation. You gotta book these things early these days.

[Jack]

Are you kidding? I booked my holiday vacation like six months ago. I do it like the Germans right after my Christmas vacation. I booked next year's Christmas vacation for 2028.

[Nick]

Okay, but also full disclosure. Eddies, I'm jealous here because I'm paying for my whole trip. But Jack, you have money from your Airbnb helping pay for yours.

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So you're going to give a day away for free?

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[Nick]

For our third and final story. Despite digital everything in person, marriage markets are the rage in China.

[Jack]

Not flea market fiance markets. And it's actually perfect capitalism happening in communist China.

[Nick]

Oh, yetis, swipe fatigue, Tinder intolerance, bumble burnout. Jack and I have been covering the trend for a few years now.

[Jack]

Finding love in the US ain't easy. But in China, marriage rates are at all time lows and they're dropping each year.

[Nick]

1.4 billion people in the country put just 6 million marriages last year.

[Jack]

That's down 21% from the year before to an all time low for China.

[Nick]

In fact, the wedding rate In China is 50% lower than America's already low wedding rate.

[Jack]

With a tough economy and tough job prospects for many in China, it feels like happily never after.

[Nick]

China is going through a bouquet recession.

[Jack]

So the Wall Street Journal just reported on China's wedding winter for young people. They don't seem too worried about it, to be honest.

[Nick]

Okay, yeah, but Jack, for the parents, they're panicking right now.

[Jack]

The parents want to become grandparents. And Nick, what's the greatest force in capitalism?

[Nick]

Well, I would have said supply and demand, Jack.

[Jack]

No, it's two motivated mothers.

[Nick]

Yeah, that's the greatest force in capitalism. And here's the news the new trend.

[Jack]

For couples in China is to get married using an old tradition in person marriage markets.

[Nick]

Or as the Wall Street Journal summed it up, the hottest dating app in China is a park.

[Jack]

The Chinese refer to these as xingqing zhao, which translates to matchmaking corner.

[Nick]

Parents meeting up in public parks to try to find leads for their single kids to marry.

[Jack]

It's literally a park full of parents carrying resumes, pitching their perfect child to someone else's mother.

[Nick]

These parents are not messing around, Jack. Right?

[Jack]

They get right to the point. They share their child's age, their height, their weight, their income, maybe a photo, maybe not.

[Nick]

And these parents are not shy either when it comes to what they're looking for either, right, Jack?

[Jack]

They share that. They're looking for someone with this height, this income, no tattoos. They'll even say, not too chubby.

[Nick]

You might even see, like, mission statements on some of the resumes as you're walking by.

[Jack]

Our son is kind. He has a good hairline. He's £175, makes 20,000 a year, and makes his own bed every morning.

[Nick]

And now, full disclosure. When I was in China in 2018, I walked into one of these marriage markets in Beijing, and, Jack, the parents actually will hold umbrellas, and they'll put the resumes on the umbrellas as, like, an efficient way to go around and interact and pitch.

[Jack]

It's a walking billboard for little Billy.

[Nick]

Not so little anymore, besties. This res. Resurgence of the Chinese marriage market. It's also ironic for a few interesting reasons.

[Jack]

First, it's the opposite of the Internet. You're meeting up in real life.

[Nick]

And it's also the opposite of Tinder and bumble, because parents make the first move.

[Jack]

But most ironic of all, China is a communist country. But what this market represents is pure.

[Nick]

Capitalism, and it is fascinating. So, Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies over in the Chinese marriage market?

[Jack]

The Chinese marriage market is the definition of an efficient market.

[Nick]

Now, yetis on day one of economics. You learned to define a perfectly competitive.

[Jack]

Market, and you learned that perfectly competitive markets result in efficient outcomes, meaning supply meets demand.

[Nick]

Now, here's the problem, you know, that rarely exists in the real world. It's just a model that econ students use to understand the basics.

[Jack]

But it does exist in the Chinese marriage market, doesn't it, Nick?

[Nick]

Yes, it does, Jack. You got first, many buyers and sellers with no single buyer or seller able to sway the market.

[Jack]

Second, you've got no barriers to entry to this market. Anyone can come with a printed resume of their kid.

[Nick]

But Jack, there also are no transaction costs in this marriage market.

[Jack]

People are free to exchange information and arrange a meeting between their two children.

[Nick]

Sebastie's Add it all up and the Chinese marriage market is the definition of an efficient capital market.

[Jack]

The biggest communist country in the world is demonstrating perfect capitalism.

[Nick]

Jack, could you whip up the takeaways for us for ceviche Wednesday, the NBA.

[Jack]

Just tipped off with an official wine partner for the first time. Kendall Jackson Wineries.

[Nick]

The NBA players love wine's complexity, even if it's not trending right now.

[Jack]

For our second story, Warner Bros. Is up for sale. At least three companies are interested in buying it. And three big personalities are behind it too.

[Nick]

The biggest winner of the Hollywood bidding war could be the city of lovely Los Angeles.

[Jack]

And our third and final story. Chinese marriage markets are the rage in China. To combat low marriage rates, they're using.

[Nick]

The forces of the markets to solve the matrimony.

[Jack]

But besties, this pod's not over yet. Here's what else you need to know today.

[Nick]

First, OpenAI's newest launch, ChatGPT Atlas, their first web browser. With ChatGPT at the very center.

[Jack]

And the homepage is not google.com like every other browser. It's ChatGPT.

[Nick]

Honestly, the biggest reason we don't use chat more often is that it is separate from our web browser, Chrome.

[Jack]

But starting today, they can be one in the same.

[Nick]

And second, Beyond Meat has become a meme stock. And shockingly, I stole the stock, Jack. I kind of forgot about it.

[Jack]

Nick and I bought the stock on its IPO day in 2019 on hopes of a plant based future.

[Nick]

Yeah, but since then, the industry's fallen. We don't really eat plant based meat and it's basically become a penny st.

[Jack]

But in the last five days, the stock has 6x'd uncoordinated buying from retail investors on Reddit. This is a classic short squeeze.

[Nick]

I didn't buy and hold. I bought, I forgot and then I held.

[Jack]

And finally, peanut allergies are officially down and it's all tied to the year 2015.

[Nick]

And why is that, Jack?

[Jack]

That's when the United States changed their guidance to parents that parents should give kids peanut exposure early and often under the age of three.

[Nick]

The result, peanut allergies in kids under three have fallen by 27% and they're down overall by 40%.

[Jack]

It's a health policy win worth celebrating. But I gotta say, I still aggressively clean my kids hands and mouths before they go to school.

[Nick]

My kids aren't in school yet, but I was gonna say don't tell Molly, but I did sneak maxi like peanut butter I think at like one month old.

[Jack]

I think the guidance says starting at four months.

[Nick]

Nick, it may have been bad parenting, may have been a mistake. Now time for the best fact yet. This one sent in by Chanel Kalan from Winchester, Virginia. And this is related to Monday's epic Internet outage.

[Jack]

When Amazon Web Services first launched its cloud computing platform, most people didn't understand the cloud in the Internet sense. Cause it was the early 2000s.

[Nick]

Yeah, no one knew what it meant. So one of the first big users of Amazon Web Services was, shockingly, a dating site for ferret owners.

[Jack]

Billions in future enterprise infrastructure was tested first as a furry matchmaking startup.

[Nick]

Romantic rodents paved the way for today's modern Internet yetis. You look fantastic for ceviche Wednesday. So remember we want you to leave a comment with your low tech solutions to some high tech problems.

[Jack]

Remember when Zuckerberg put the post it note on his laptop's camera to make sure no one was snooping on him? Yeah, that was another classic example.

[Nick]

Oh and by the way Jennifer, if you're listening, Jack's mom. Mom, you're the best at this. So please, we expect you to leave a comment.

[Jack]

Dinner's in the oven. I'll be home any minute. Boys.

[Nick]

If you know, you know. And before we go, a happy 11th birthday to legendary Yeti and Nicholas Fetzner over in Boca Raton, Florida. Listening on the way to school right now. You got this Nicholas.

[Jack]

Happy birthday to Janelle Coles in Chandler, Arizona. She is killing it on the pregnancy with baby Ren, which will be included in the Kohl's annual family meeting.

[Nick]

Side note, Nicholas. Love how you spell Nicholas. And Vanessa Clark down in Orlando, Florida is listening since 2021, walking her corgi and celebrating the best birthday yet.

[Jack]

And happy birthday to Larry T. In Brooklyn, New York who's celebrating with some bowling.

[Nick]

Make it a turkey.

[Jack]

And to anyone else celebrating something today, make it a tea boy. Celebrate the this is Jack. I own stock of Bumble, Netflix, Disney and Reddit. Nick owns stock of Beyond Meat and we both own stock of Apple. If you like the best one yet, you can listen ad free right now by joining Wondery and the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.

[Nick]

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[Jack]

And before you go, tell us a little bit about yourself by filling out a short [e-mail] survey.

[Nick]

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[Jack]

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