The Best One Yet

Whip open your wallets, because no one affects your paycheck like this man. We just sat down with Austan Goolsbee — President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He’s a Macarthur Genius, former Chair of Obama’s Economic Advisors, and the coolest economist we know: Picture Ted Lasso meets Paul Volcker… He’s the Maestro of our Money Supply, and he guided the economy through the ‘08 financial crisis and today’s Inflation Situation.

So Auston spilled the money beans for us: The 2009 phone call with the President that was the worst financial briefing since the Great Depression… What it’s like in the room when he votes to change interest rates (spoiler: The table is huuuuge)... How he’d grade outgoing Fed Chair J-Poww… and why he’s not a “Dove” or a “Hawk” — He’s a “Data Dog.”
If you want to know when you can finally afford buy a house, then Austan Goolsbee has the insights on the forces affecting that — And he makes dropping data sound as smooth as a beer commercial.

CHAPTERS:

Intro: Austan Goolsbee Joins TBOY
Obama's "Worst Briefing Since 1932" — Goolsbee On The 2009 Financial Crisis
Paul Volcker's One Rule For Every Crisis: Don't Blow Your Credibility
The 31% Housing Rule: Why Most Americans Are At Foreclosure Risk
Why Housing Has Compounded 5% A Year For 25 Years
Did Tariffs Cause Inflation? Goolsbee On The 1% Bump
Is Stagflation A Real Threat In 2026? Goolsbee Says "We're Not 1978"
Will AI Take Your Job? The Lump Of Labor Fallacy Explained
Why The Federal Reserve Has 12 Regional Banks
Inside The FOMC: How The Fed Actually Sets Interest Rates
Goolsbee On Kevin Warsh: The New Fed Chair & Why The Job Matters
The "Data Dog" Approach: What Goolsbee Watches Instead Of CPI
Fed Independence: Why Inflation Roars Back Without It
Goolsbee's Jerome Powell Grade: First Ballot Hall Of Famer
Rapid Fire: Sunk Cost Fallacy, Ditka, And Best Chicago Restaurant

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About Us: The daily pop-biz news show making today’s top stories your business. Formerly known as Robinhood Snacks, The Best One Yet is hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell.

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Reddit… it’s the most important company in social media right now, because it’s the most different. It’s the 5th most visited website in America, the internet’s front page, and the most valuable source of content to train artificial intelligence (Sam Altman pays *them*). They’ve got a partnership with OpenAI… yet the content is anti-AI. And co-founder / CEO Steve Huffman runs the most real company in tech right now… and he's a classically-trained ballroom dancer.

In this interview episode, you’ll hear…

How ballroom dancing is like running a company.
The invention of the upvote/downvote.
Reddit’s version of judicial, legislative, and executive branch.
How the CEO of reddit decides when to ban an account.
How AI models train by reading reddit.
Should Reddit rebrand to “Real”?

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About Us: The daily pop-biz news show making today’s top stories your business. Formerly known as Robinhood Snacks, The Best One Yet is hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell.

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Watch the interview on Youtube here: https://youtu.be/eyS-eokvP-U
Everyone laughed when Jesse and Emily Cole said they were going to save baseball by turning it into a circus. The traditionalists said it was a mockery. The investors said it wouldn't scale. Babe Ruth woulda blushed.
But today, while the Red Sox and Yankees yawn in the dugout, the Savannah Bananas are selling out those very same stadiums… while on stilts.
In this episode, we sit down with the husband-and-wife co-founders to uncover how they turned a struggling startup - with so much debt they had to sell their house - into a viral phenomenon with a waitlist of over 1 million people.
We dive deep into their "Fans First" business model, why they refuse to take VCmoney, and how "burning the boring" let them create a new sport and disrupt a 100-year-old industry.
They even got engaged in the middle of a (rainy) baseball game.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
The "Anti-Business" Model: Why they refuse to take investors, sell advertising, charge for hot dogs, or collect sales taxes.
Burn The Boring: How they audited every second of a baseball game to eliminate friction (goodbye, bunts and walks).
The "Do The Opposite" Strategy: How a philosophy inspired by P.T. Barnum & Walt Disney helped them win in the attention economy.
Metrics vs. Magic: Why Jesse and Emily ignore traditional ROI data to focus on "Return on Fan".
(And why you should check the weather before proposing)
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro: The "Cirque du Soleil" of Baseball
2:05 - The Meet Cute: How Jesse & Emily Met
5:20 - Why They Refused VC Money (Owning 100% Equity)
6:48 - The Walt Disney Lesson on Control
8:45 - Leaving $50 Million on the Table
12:55 - Burning the Boring: Inventing Banana Ball
19:00 - Failures: The "Human Pinata" Disaster
24:00 - The Strategy: "Whatever is Normal, Do The Opposite"
31:00 - Making Decisions on Intuition vs. Spreadsheets
42:00 - The Story That Defines "Fans First"
51:40 - Rapid Fire Questions

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About Us: The daily pop-biz news show making today’s top stories your business. Formerly known as Robinhood Snacks, The Best One Yet is hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell.
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Nick & Jack share the best comebacks yet. In business, from us personally, and from you. Because TBOY hotline is where you’re in the CEO seat, so we’ve got the operator ready, with some fantastic voicemails to share.

When Nick got cut from the lacrosse team and when Jack split up with his girlfriend he’d moved in with.
When a big media biz backed out of a deal with us on the day we were supposed to sign.
Your comebacks: You got fired, you got sick, you got injured, and your comebacks are inspirational

Thanks to @liquidiv for sponsoring the show! LiquidIV.com Use code 2026TBOY to get 20% off (first time purchasers only) LiquidIV.com
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Want more business storytelling from us? Check our weekly deepdive show, The Best Idea Yet: The untold origin story of the products you're obsessed with. Listen for free to The Best Idea Yet: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/

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About Us: The daily pop-biz news show making today’s top stories your business. Formerly known as Robinhood Snacks, The Best One Yet is hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell.

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Back in 2009, Rihanna’s bank account plummeted by 80% and she almost filed for bankruptcy. But now she’s a billionaire… and it reminds us of one famous savings strategies. In fact, we just remixed that savings strategy for the post-pandemic economy so that you can use it too.

**A sneak peek of our new series, Cha-Ching: The money secrets of the world’s most famous celebs, athletes, & stars. SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK with us in the comments, DM us @tboypod, or email us at nickandJack@tboypod.com.**

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Want more business storytelling from us? Check our weekly deepdive show, The Best Idea Yet: The untold origin story of the products you're obsessed with. Listen for free to The Best Idea Yet: https://wondery.com/links/the-best-idea-yet/

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Anything else: https://tboypod.com/

About Us: The daily pop-biz news show making today’s top stories your business. Formerly known as Robinhood Snacks, The Best One Yet is hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.