🥤 “Yes to drinks” — Coca-Cola’s restaurant bailout. Whoop’s Aussie ban. Iran targets Nvidia. +Instagram Exes

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Best One Yet – April 6, 2026

Hosts: Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell
Episode Theme: The hosts break down three big stories mixing pop-culture, business, and tech—Coca-Cola’s restaurant rescue campaign, Iran’s economic maneuvers amid war, and the meteoric rise (and ban) of Whoop’s wearable tech. They sprinkle in insights on Instagram's new stealthy ex-snooping feature and wrap up with quirky business trivia and after-hours news.

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Main Theme & Purpose

This episode delivers the "three business stories you need," pairing fast-moving headlines with quirky banter and actionable takeaways. The pod covers:

• Coca-Cola rallying to help restaurants amid economic headwinds
• Iran weaponizing both oil and tech, and what that means for Big Tech and global markets
• Whoop, the health wearable, leveling up after an Australian Open ban
• Instagram’s controversial new paid feature for watching Stories in stealth mode

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Coca-Cola’s Restaurant Bailout: “Buy a Coke, Save a Restaurant”

[05:01–08:45]

Context & Campaign:

• Coca-Cola launches a unique advertising blitz, not just repping Coke, "but celebrating the 13 restaurant chains that pour their soda" (Jack, 05:44).
• Brands included: Arby's, Domino's, Five Guys, Jimmy John's, Popeyes, Wendy's, Whataburger, White Castle, and Wingstop.
• Message: The most reliable profit on your restaurant bill is actually the drink, not the food (Nick, 05:46).

Key Insights:

• Profit Margins: “Jack, we're talking 15 cents to make, three bucks to sell… that's a 95% profit margin.” (Nick, 08:04)
• Fountain sodas and alcoholic drinks are the only way restaurants survive the economics of rent, wages, and food inflation.
• “No beverage order, no break even.” (Jack, 07:53)
• Industry Data: Restaurants & bars make up 69% of Coca-Cola’s revenue; grocery stores only 30% (Jack, 07:13).
• Takeaway: "Would you like a drink with that? Say yes or restaurants won’t exist" (Jack, 07:37).

Memorable Quote:

"If the waiter says, would you like a drink with that? You could say, no. But if everyone says no, this restaurant’s going out of business." (Nick, 08:34)

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2. Iran Targets Nvidia: The World’s Biggest Toll Booth

[08:45–13:13]

Context:

• Ongoing Iran war: President Trump claims war “nearing completion,” but oil prices say otherwise (+13% overnight).
• The IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) openly threatens tech giants: Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Meta.
• The real game: Economic chokehold via Strait of Hormuz.

Key Insights:

• IRGC's Role: Controls both military and half of Iran's economy; likened to a “mafia,” not just an army (Jack, 11:11).

“Can you imagine if the US Marines owned Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile?” (Jack, 11:05)

• Oil Toll Booth: IRGC now charges $2 million per oil tanker for passage—payment required in crypto or yuan, sidestepping dollars (Jack, 12:33).
• The Strait is now modeled after the Suez Canal as a “permanent cash machine” for Iran.
• Pressure on Tech: “Engineers...were told not to come into the office to protect their safety.” (Jack, 10:16)
• Takeaway: "The IRGC controls the most lucrative toll booth in the world. It's called the Strait of Hormuz." (Jack, 11:44)

Memorable Quote:

“A paramilitary group with a near monopoly on the economy.” (Nick, 10:53)

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3. Whoop’s $10B Decacorn Leap—Because They Got Banned

[14:55–19:03]

Context & Growth:

• Whoop joins the "Decacorn" club after hitting a $10B valuation.
• Rivals booming too: Oura Ring at $11B, Apple Watch, Garmin at highs.
• Key users: LeBron James, Cristiano Ronaldo, Qatari investment funds.

Premium Credit Card “Perk Wars”:

• Amex Platinum and Chase Sapphire Reserve offer huge credits for Whoop/Oura.
• “Every 28 year old Bo is whooping it up these days.” (Jack, 16:37)
• Whoop has 2.5 million users – "more than Peloton." (Jack, 16:53)

It Got Banned:

• The Australian Open bans Whoop, forcing tennis pros like Carlos Alcaraz to remove it.
• Whoop pivots fast—“develops sports bras and underwear with the same sensor” so athletes can still use the tech discreetly. (Nick, 17:47)

“Data isn’t steroids, Australian Open.” (CEO of Whoop via Jack, 17:26)

Cultural Insight:

• Getting banned can be the best PR: Skateboards (1960s), Dungeons & Dragons (1990s), Red Bull (France) all got hotter after bans.
• Takeaway: “Sometimes the best thing for a business, believe it or not, is to get banned.” (Jack, 18:09)
• For Whoop, the ban “implied their data was too powerful.”

Memorable Quote:

“Every crisis is an opportunity. So here’s how Whoop responded. Not with a lawyer, but with a marketer.” (Nick, 17:40)

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4. Instagram Exes & New Stealth Feature

[01:23–02:21]

• Instagram is testing a $1/month “Instagram Plus” feature—lets you "snoop on someone’s Stories without revealing it’s you." (Jack, 01:39)
• Nick jokes it “should be called Instagram X because you just became a level five clinger.”
• Key Insight: “There is no more powerful economic force out there than jealousy, envy. It’s a profit puppy. Especially for Zuck.” (Jack, 02:17)
• Prediction: “Next thing he’s going to launch is Instagram shield. $1 a month to block your ex.” (Nick, 02:11)

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5. Quick Hits & Fun Facts

[19:43–22:34]

• MLB Opening Day on Netflix: Most-watched game by young people in 10 years; “You gotta meet the people where they are.” (Nick, 20:14)
• Easter Candy Drama: Hershey’s to revert to real chocolate in Reese’s Cups after complaints from the Reese family. (Jack, 20:32)
• Royal Wedding Scoop: Travis Kelce & Taylor Swift’s wedding details (June 13, in Watch Hill, RI).
• Best Fact Yet Trivia: Empire State Building zip code 10118—its own postal code because “20,000 humans go up those elevators every day.” (Jack, 21:49)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Restaurant Economics:
  “Basically, no beverage order, no break even.” – Jack [07:53]

• On Restaurant Survival:
  “Drinks, not food, are how a restaurant stays open.” – Nick [07:53]

• On IRGC:
  “A paramilitary group with a near monopoly on the economy.” – Nick [10:53]

• On Marketing and Crisis:
  “Every crisis is an opportunity. So here’s how Whoop responded. Not with a lawyer, but with a marketer.” – Nick [17:40]

• On Bans:
  “Sometimes the best thing for a business, believe it or not, is to get banned.” – Jack [18:09]

• On Economic Psychology:
  “There is no more powerful economic force out there than jealousy, envy. It’s a profit puppy. Especially for Zuck.” – Jack [02:17]

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• Coca-Cola & Restaurants: 05:01–08:45
• Iran & Nvidia/Oil Toll Booth: 08:45–13:13
• Whoop Banned & Growth: 14:55–19:03
• Instagram Incognito Stories: 01:23–02:21
• Quick Hits/Trivia: 19:43–22:34

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Closing Tone & Takeaways

The hosts maintain their signature upbeat, bantering tone, mixing punchy one-liners, sharp analogies, and practical takeaways. They urge listeners to look deeper at what drives business (profit “puppies” like drinks), how global economic power can shift through one “toll booth,” and how sometimes, a ban can spark massive brand momentum.

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For those skipping the episode:
You’ll leave knowing why your next soda order keeps your favorite restaurant afloat, how Iran is turning oil shipping into a high-stakes toll operation targeting U.S. tech, and that sometimes, being banned is the best thing that can happen to your business. And don’t forget: jealousy is great for Zuck’s bottom line.

Transcript

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This is Nick.

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This is Jack.

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Welcome back. It is Monday, April 6, and today's pod is the best one yet. This is a T boy, the top

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three pop business news stories you need to know today.

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Jack, can you toss a pretzel in my bagel and wash it down with some seltzer pizza, please?

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So I'm flying to JFK from Burlington for our live show, and you know, I'm taking the air train to the Long Island Railroad to Manhattan.

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Nothing Jack likes more than a little bit of public transportation. To extend that trip, Yetis, we got

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about eight tickets left to our live show. The link's in the episode description. Wednesday night, York City. See you there, Jack.

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I'll see you, Grand Central. But in the meantime, we got three fantastic stories for today's pod. What do we got on the T boy?

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For our first story, Coca Cola's newest message is to save the restaurant by buying a Coke, because the biggest profit

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puppy that you eat is actually what you drink.

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For our second story, Iran's Revolutionary Guard, AKA the irgc, threatened big tech companies

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last week, and they're building the world's biggest toll Booth, taking a 20% tax on all the world's oil.

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And our third and final story is. Whoops.

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Whoop.

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Just hit a $10 billion valuation for their health tracking wristbands.

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But whoop. Hit 10 billion bucks because they got banned from tennis.

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

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Oh, I mean, what a cliffhanger to end that with. Love the mix.

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Jack. Welcome back from the weekend. Are you still getting over him?

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Welcome back, Yetis. Can you just not stop thinking about her brutal breakups?

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They're messing with your day.

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We feel ya. Well, good news. Instagram wants to make moving on a whole lot harder this Monday.

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I don't know if that's good news,

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but get this, it's news.

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Instagram is testing a new feature to let you snoo on someone's stories without revealing it's you. For $1 a month, you can go

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into stealth mode on Instagram and view someone's stories incognito.

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It's called Instagram Plus. It's being tested in Mexico, Japan, and the Philippines right now.

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Yeah, but it should be called Instagram X because you just became a level five clinger.

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Did your ex end up taking that vacation to Tahiti they always said they wanted to do?

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Of course my ex cut his hair.

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Wow.

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I can't believe she ended up with him. Classic her.

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In order to access your purse strings,

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$1 a month for snooping on exes. Although knowing Zuck, next thing he's gonna launch is Instagram shield. $1 a month to block your ex.

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Yeah. If you know, you know. Yet he's had it all up. And there is no more powerful economic force out there than jealousy, envy.

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It's a profit, puppy. Especially for Zuck.

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He's keeping the dog.

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struggling right now by telling Americans to buy fountain soda.

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Buy it.

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Which is the secret profit puppy of your restaurant bill.

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Now, Yetis. This story actually begins in aisle 12 of your local theater. Because if you went to the movies this weekend, you saw a preview for the King of Pop.

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The King of Soda Pop.

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Good point, Jack, because Coca Cola had

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three commercials running at your local AMC in the previews.

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That's right, your Sunday matinee. That is now Coca Cola Super Bowl.

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But for the first time, Coke was celebrating a bunch of different brands, not just Coca Cola.

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Surprisingly, we haven't seen this before. Coke showcased restaurants that offer Coca Cola, not just about Coca Cola.

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13 different chains co starred in this Coca Cola ad campaign.

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Arby's, Domino's, five guys, Jimmy John's, Popeyes all were in the ads.

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Wendy's, Whataburger, White Castle, Wingstop. It was a double Mount Rushmore fast food man.

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And it showed very different customers at very different restaurants all ordered the same thing. At the end of the commercial, they

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all said a Coke. Because the first thing a restaurant must decide is, are we a Coke establishment or are we a Pepsi establishment?

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That's the first business question you gotta decide because exclusive distribution deals in soda are why you'll never be able to mix a Mountain Dew with a Fanta.

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My brother used to ask the waiter, is this a Pepsi product or are we doing Coke products?

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Important distinction, because Taco Bell is Team Pepsi, but Chipotle is Team Coke.

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The real red, blue Divide in this country. Coke versus versus Pepsi.

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Except for Dr. Pepper, which is kind of bi. They're like, swinging with both of these dudes.

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It's the purple state.

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Yeah, it is. It is, it is.

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But the second thing you must decide as a restaurant in this country is how are we going to survive? Especially in this economy.

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In this economy, because besties in February, traffic at American restaurants fell 2%.

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And with high gas prices in March, this month is going to be certainly worse.

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So 38% of Americans said they spend less money at restaurants this year than they did last year.

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So Coke is not just telling theater goers to hit up Domino's after watching

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the drama because they're Taco Tuesday at Mi Casa.

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Coke is telling you to order a Coke when you do it.

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Because, get this, Yetis, restaurants and bars are 69% of Coca Cola's revenues, two thirds.

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Grocery store Coca Cola is just 30% of what Coke sells.

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Coke depends on your Jack and Coke order when you're at the bar.

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But, Nick, restaurants depend on that order way more than Coca Cola does.

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Most importantly, Eddie's restaurants make more profit on soda than they do on sliders. So, Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies over at Coca Cola?

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Would you like a drink with that? Say yes or restaurants won't exist.

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Yet here's the situation in restaurants. Rent is high, wages are high, food costs are up. Those are like the core drivers of inflation right there.

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The only way the math works at restaurants is with drinks. And we're not just talking about alcoholic drinks.

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Basically, no beverage order, no break even.

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We told you last year that gin martinis have a shocking 90% profit margin. That $20 cocktail includes $18 of profit for the restaurant.

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But if Fountain Coke, it beats even that. Jack, we're talking 15 cents to make, three bucks to sell.

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My buddy's dad used to own a Subway restaurant.

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Yeah, what would he say, Nick, it's

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just a cup, a tiny bit of syrup and soda water. It costs like 15 cents, but they can sell it for three bucks. That's a 95% profit margin.

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The food scientists at Coca Cola are gonna be not fans in the comment section today.

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This is something they try to keep a secret, actually.

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Besties the steak. That's your loss leader, your lost llama. But the drink, Patron or Pepsi is the only way a restaurant survives.

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So the next time you're at a restaurant, if the waiter says, would you like a drink with that? You could say, no. But if everyone says no, this restaurant's going out of business, at least order a tea, guys.

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For our second story, it's the Iran War Week. 6American Big Tech companies have now become the target.

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And we're looking at the group controlling the Strait of Hormuz because they're turning it into Iran's tollbooth.

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But yetis, this latest update really begins on Wednesday when President Trump said on a primetime address that the war in Iran was nearing completion, direct quote.

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But Wall street wasn't buying it. No, they weren't. Because on March 9, four full weeks ago, Trump said that the war is very complete, pretty much.

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So the result, well, oil surged 13% the morning after President Trump's speech because there's no sign that the war is actually ending.

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To quote the other side of the war, Iran's president said in a letter to Americans last week this he said

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the Strait of Hormuz will remain decisively and dominantly under the control of the

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IRGC Navy, the irgc, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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These are the guys you gotta know, the Revolutionary Guard of Iran. They're the powerful military force running the country's war effort, the irgc.

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It's the same organization that just threatened to attack Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Google and Meta.

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And why exactly did they say that, Jack? And get into the corporate game.

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As we said last week, Iran strategy since the war has begun has been to make it as costly as possible for the west to continue.

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So when President Trump threatened to attack Iran's power plants, the Revolutionary Guard threatened to attack American tech by shooting missiles

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and drones at the Middle east headquarters of America's tech giants.

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And the Revolutionary Guard's threat, it called out 18 tech companies in particular, including six of our one trillion dollar companies.

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So engineers and PMs who are working at these companies, they were told not to come into the office in order to protect their safety.

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But besties, this is what Jack and I find fascinating. This also highlights the role of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran, because what exactly is that role, Jack?

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Well, it runs deep. Not just across the military, across the economy in a way that's totally foreign to us Americans.

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You've never seen anything like this. You see, the revolutionary guard has 785,000 members in its armed forces who are loyal to the status quo regime, but

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they're not just military, they're management. According to Yale Professor Arash Azizi, The IRGC controls 50% of Iran's GDP.

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Sit down. Stand up. Sit back down. Again. A paramilitary group with a near monopoly on the economy.

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Can you imagine if the US Marines owned Verizon AT&T and T Mobile. And we had to pay them to have our phones work.

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Can you imagine if the Coast Guard was controlling all the gas stations and entire banks like you were getting a mortgage from the Coast Guard.

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That's what the IRGC does. It's almost like the Mafia a little bit in the sense that they need to get paid. And there's a bunch of corruption and bribery happening there as well.

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The gas stations, by the way, they don't have the same kind of beef jerky.

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So the Council on Foreign Relations says that the IRGC has become the most powerful controller of all important economic sectors across Iran.

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And the irgc, this Revolutionary Guard is a big reason why Iran has not surrendered. And it's the reason oil is not passing through the steroid of Hormuz. So, Jack, what's the takeaway for all our buddies wondering about this? $4 per gallon gas.

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The IRGC controls the most lucrative toll booth in the world. It's called the Strait of Hormuz.

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Ah, the Strait of Hormuz. Let's go full Carmen sandiego on this. 100 miles long and 20% of the world's traded oil used to pass through

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it, but not anymore. Because the IRGC controls this strait with military checkpoints across 19 islands in the water. According to the Wall Street Journal.

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You see, besties, navigation through this strait requires you follow a very particular route. You must go past 19 islands the revolutionary Guard controls, which they call aircraft carriers.

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They call their islands aircraft carriers because they're military islands. Five of them have airports, and most of them have missiles, radars, submarines and attack boats ready to go.

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Okay, but here's the key, Jack. Iran's not just blocking the transport oil anymore. They're now charging for safe passage through that thing.

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According to Bloomberg and the Maritime Intelligence company, Lloyd's List, the going rate for a tanker to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, you have to pay $2 million to the IRGC.

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Two million buck res. Oh, but not dollars, right? Like you got to pay in Chinese yuan or in crypto specifically to avoid the US Dollar.

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So Iran is actually reportedly demanding in the negotiations that the Strait of Hormuz become a permanent Suez Canal style cash machine for Iran in any settlement of this war.

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Besties, add it all up. And the Revolutionary Guard of Iran controls the most lucrative toll booth in the world, the Strait of Hormuz. Now, a quick word from our sponsor,

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For our third and final story. Whoop. Just hit a $10 billion valuation with a cult following for its life, tracking wearables.

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But the best thing to happen to this wristband is that it actually got banned.

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Wristband got banned. But yet he's. Look, here's the deal. You know, if you're not getting nine hours of slee, 3,000 steps and got a resting heart rate of 12, Nick

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Alexis tells me about a readiness score every morning. That's a readiness score.

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Oh, if you know, you know. And clearly you don't know Jack.

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Besties.

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What are you doing? If you don't even know your resting semi pulse heart rate level.

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Welcome to the wearable world.

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That's right. There's no greater flex these days than measuring every body metric down to the bowel movement.

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And it's like, oh, I had such an epic time with my buddies last night, but my metrics are going to be terrible tomorrow morning.

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And it's not just Whoop right now, is it, Jack?

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The Apple watch is at all time highs, Garmin stock is at an all time high. And the Oura ring just hit an $11 billion valuation.

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And whoop the Screen Free wristband is joining the Decacorn Club. They just hit a 10 billion dollar valuation last week.

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It was founded by a Harvard squash guy who counted his steps from the library to the weight room to the Vineyard vine store.

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He actually read 500 medical papers in college.

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He says he read 500 medical papers.

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We'll have to double check his work. And that's how he said he started the company.

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And now LeBron James, Cristiano Ronaldo, the Qatari investment fund, they're all in on this company.

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But besties? Here's what Jack and I found fascinating. A big reason for Aura and Whoop suddenly being on everyone's bodies. What is it, Jack?

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Premium credit card perks?

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It's the Perk wars. Amex Platinum costs 895 bucks a year, but includes a $200 credit to buy an Aura ring.

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Chase Sapphire Reserve, a $795 annual fee, but that includes a $359 credit to buy a Whoop Band.

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The result? Every 28 year old Bo is whooping

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it up these days, tracking their heart rate on the band and then opening up the app and checking their digits.

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What's your spreadsheet score again, Jack? A story for another pod. But now Yeti's Whoop has hit 2.5 million users. Not too shabby.

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Half as many as Oura Ring, but more than peloton.

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So everything seems to be going well for Whoop. Until January.

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Whoop got banned.

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Get this. The number two tennis player on Earth, Carlos Alcaraz, was about to play in the Australian Open when he was told to remove his whoop.

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Jannik Skinner was too. You see, the Whoop band is approved by the International Tennis Federation to be worn by players. But it's illegal in the eyes of the Australian Open, which is weird because

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it's not a performance enhancer. Players are just trying to track their pulse in between sets.

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The CEO of Whoop tweeted out. Data isn't steroids. Australian Open.

[A]

McEnroe was still playing. He would have smashed a racket on that umpire's head for taking off the Whoop.

[B]

But every crisis is an opportunity. So here's how Whoop responded. Not with a lawyer, but with a marketer.

[A]

And with designers because Whoop developed underwear and sports bras within a few days that had the same sensor as in its wristbands.

[B]

And then they sent those new garments to the tennis pros so that they could wear them during the Australian Open without the ref noticing.

[A]

And now they should just make those a real thing.

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I think it is a real thing, Nick. They're 29 bucks.

[A]

You're replacing your Allbirds underwear now, Jack. It was a quick change, man. So, Jack, what's the takeaway for our buddies over at a whoop?

[B]

Sometimes the best thing for a business, believe it or not, is to get banned.

[A]

To ban, you see Yetis in our weekly show. The best idea yet. We've gone deep on the most viral products of all time. Turns out bans ain't all that bad.

[B]

In the 1960s, American mayors across the country were banning skateboards. But it backfired.

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Sales rose as skateboards became a symbol of rebellion.

[B]

In the 1990s, Dungeons Dragons was banned by religious parents on fears it was poisoning their children's minds.

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That backfired, too. Drove more awareness because kids wanted it that badly.

[B]

Of course they wanted it badly once it got banned.

[A]

And Jack, what happened to Red Bull over in France?

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It got banned in 1996, which was huge for the sales numbers here in the states.

[A]

And for Whoop. The Aussie open ban wasn't just a publicity moment. It implied that their data was too powerful.

[B]

And Whoop's thoughtful response to put their athlete customers first amplified that message.

[A]

Vasty. Sometimes the best thing to happen to a business is a ban. Jack, could you whip up the takeaways for us?

[B]

To kick off the week, Coca Cola was glazing 13 of their restaurant partners in their latest ad campaign.

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Cause without drink orders and restaurant math, just don't math.

[B]

For our second story, it looks like oil will remain high, very high, since there's no sign of the war ending

[A]

because the world's got a new toll booth. Want to get an oil tanker past the Strait of Hormuz? You got to pay the IRGC million bucks in bitcoin.

[B]

And our third and final story is Whoop. It hit a $10 billion valuation in the wake of their Australian Open banning.

[A]

If your product gets banned, honestly, probably a good thing.

[B]

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

[A]

Another day go here. If mama don't like it, your CFO like it. Just throwing that out there, Jack.

[B]

First, MLB's opening day on Netflix a couple weeks back was the Most watched baseball game by young people in 10 years.

[A]

Get this. Three million humans watched Yankees versus Giants on Netflix. But a huge percentage were people 18 to 49.

[B]

It shows that staying off of the streaming networks was a huge mistake for sports.

[A]

Oh, it was a foul.

[B]

You left young people unable to watch their game.

[A]

You gotta meet the people where they are. And second, the most popular Easter candy over the weekend wasn't Peeps. It's Reese's. And that's caused some drama for Hershey's

[B]

because someone with the last name Reese complained that Hershey's was putting fake chocolate on the outside of a Hershey's peanut butter cup.

[A]

Because Hershey's now has announced that they're gonna put real chocolate back into their Reese's chocolate and other chocolate candies.

[B]

Well done, Reese grandson. Well done. You're saving your granddad's legacy.

[A]

Hershey's was so embarrassed, they're reverting back to their classic recipes in 2027.

[B]

Although not embarrassed enough to start doing it right now. And finally, Us Weekly scooped the date and the location of America's royal wedding. We're talking Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.

[A]

All right, let's talk bachelor party. Where are we going? What's the deal? What's the date, Jack?

[B]

Travis is doing it in the Bahamas.

[A]

Classic.

[B]

And Taylor's bachelorette party is a multi city tour that stretches from Nashville to Italy.

[A]

Sounds like the private jets involved. Guest list. How many people are we talking to?

[B]

150, which is the same as my wedding.

[A]

Okay, we'll wait for that RSVP to come in. And then finally, location.

[B]

Watch Hill, Rhode Island. It's gonna be split between Taylor's beachside mansion and the Ocean House Hotel.

[A]

Oh, wait. But we have our live tour in June. What date is it in June, Jack?

[B]

June thirteen.

[A]

Okay, so we can still make it. Now time for the best fact yet. Which because it's Monday means some T boy inside of trivia. Jack, what do we got?

[B]

What is so Special about the zip code 10118? Nick, what is so important, so valuable,

[A]

so interesting about the zip code 10118 is that it's one single building.

[B]

It's the Empire State Building's zip code.

[A]

Yeah, the block. The Empire State Building. It's got its own zip code because

[B]

the Empire State Building has 1,000 separate businesses that call that building.

[A]

It's got 20,000 humans going up those elevators every day. They need their own zip code. Those people.

[B]

And Nick, assuming that each of those humans has. I don't know, two dependents each. That's 60,000 people that depend on the Empire State Building. That's bigger than Vermont's biggest city in one building.

[A]

It's not even just the Empire State building. There are 43 different buildings in New York City that have their very own zip codes.

[B]

If you know one of them, drop it in the comments. And then Nick and I are gonna bring one of you up on stage at our New York show this Wednesday. So if you've got the best fact yet, send it in using the form in the episode description.

[A]

That's right. Our New York live show is in two days, but we'll bring you on stage if you've got the best New York City business fact yet.

[B]

And as of this recording, 18 tickets left.

[A]

Snag yours if you're free.

[B]

Wednesday night, Irving Plaza, 7 o'.

[A]

Clock. And Jack and I will see you for T Boy Tuesday. Happy before we go. Well, happy birthday to legendary Eddie Sage Bollock over in Queens, the taekwondo teacher. You don't wanna mess with them.

[B]

Happy birthday to Hayes Bowen, who's turning 6 on April 6, listening with his parents and his two brothers in Truckee, California, on the way to hit the slopes.

[A]

And Penny Chan's turning 10 in Irvine, California, and rapping that T Boy jingle all the way on the way to school.

[B]

Happy belated birthday to Ben Garten in Augusta, Georgia, enjoying the pod with his

[A]

mom and a side of golf. Then Brendan Eng and Maria Pistore. Cheers. Just got engaged in lovely New York City. Congratulations, guys. We can't wait to see the ring. Cause we'll see it at the live show on Wednesday.

[B]

A big shout out to Gail McFarlane and Karan Reed and Kyle Thomas, who are leading the Columbia Business School inaugural study tour to Jamaica.

[A]

From Grace Kennedy to Sandals Resorts. From our reporting, we have determined this was the best business school trip yet.

[B]

And a big shout out to Adam Levy for pointing out the iPad wasn't launched in 2011, it was launched in 2010.

[A]

And Sarah Tyler's got a new job down at the Home Depot in Atlanta, plus a new golden retriever puppy to take her there.

[B]

And a shout out to Christina Kong, a Wharton student who built an entire tea boy pitch for our business plan.

[A]

Christina, we love seeing the pitch. We appreciate you being a legendary yeti. And we can't wait to see you at the live show on Wednesday.

[B]

And to anyone else celebrating something today,

[A]

make it a T boy. Celebrate the wins.

[B]

This is Jack. I own stock of Netflix. And Nick and I both own stock of Chipotle and Peloton, and we both own some bitcoin.

[D]

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