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Chapter 1: What is the theme of Trump's new cabinet?
The inauguration will be full of CEOs. Trump's White House will be full of VCs. For our second story, Netflix just told us the results of its most wild quarter ever, its first live streaming quarter. So Jack and I have made a connection between Netflix and Adele. And our third and final story, the White House issued a record number of executive orders on day one. Executive orders.
We're going to tell you why presidents love them, businesses hate them, and oil stocks are confused by them. But yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. It is a news-packed week. Jack, what a mix of stories. Love the mix today. The most important rule of science was just disproven. Not the law of gravity, not the theory of relativity. Jack, what are we talking about?
The five-second rule. Ah, the five-second rule. The greatest, completely unscientific rule of science is toast. The five-second rule states that if one drops food on the floor, it's clean for up to five seconds. Besties, one has only five seconds until bacteria grab onto your frozen, fallen Cheez-It. But according to a new article in Popular Science, the five-second rule is apparently wrong.
Oh, and the five-second rule, it is not even close. A 2014 study at Aston University in the UK says the longer the food is on the floor, the more bacteria latches onto it. But get this, another new study from Clemson University found that some bacteria transfer instantaneously. By five seconds, 99% of the germs on the floor had transferred onto the food, according to Clemson.
So what Jack and I are saying is that they tested the five-second rule with bologna. And determined that the rule is bologna. Hold on to your ham sandwiches today. Because if it falls and you follow the five second rule. Oh, that's now a salmonella sandwich, isn't it, Jack? So grab those grapes and clutch those clementines, man. Don't let go of that ego.
The five second rule's 50 years of fame is officially over. And honestly, Jack, it's kind of like the planet Pluto. I already miss it. If you know, you know. Yetis, let's hit on three stories.
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Chapter 2: How is Netflix changing with live sports?
Just like he did in his first term. The United States is once again the only major country in the world not in that climate deal. And that back and forth of us being in and out when it comes to energy leads to our takeaway. So, Jack, what's the takeaway for all our buddies curious about executive orders? Presidents love executive orders, but corporations actually hate them.
Yeah, it is another reason that big oil is down on Trump's executive orders, because executive orders are temporary. Executive orders are unilateral moves a president can take, but they only last for four years. Yeah, because most executive orders that President Obama, President Trump, and now President Biden had made, they were overturned immediately by the next administration.
For 10 years, executive orders have swung American policy from the left to the right to the left and now back to the right. And now look, it is actually harder for a president to get a policy through Congress as a bill, but a bill signed into law, that would be more permanent than an executive order. Business leaders want policy consistency, which requires bills.
They don't really want executive order whiplash. So as Trump issues more and more executive orders this week, their impact symbolically may be bigger than their impact in reality. Add it all up, presidents love executive orders, but corporations actually hate them. Jack, could you whip up the takeaways for us for Ceviche Wednesday?
The Trump White House is absolutely packed with VCs and investors. It's not Washington, D.C. It's Washington, S.V. For our second story, Netflix just had its best quarter ever as live sports brought new fan bases to the streamer. Adele chases pavements, but Netflix chases fan bases. And our third and final story, the economic theme of Trump's day one executive orders, fossil fuels are in,
Renewable energies are out. Executive orders. Presidents love them, but corporations hate them. But yetis, this pod's not over yet. Here's what else you need to know today. First, other news from Trump's first day in the White House. What do we got, Jack? 18 states have sued to block Trump's executive order that attempted to end birthright citizenship.
Also, the January 6th rioters convicted of crimes are being released from prison as Trump pardoned 1,600 of them. And finally, Trump's meme coin is down 36% from its high, but it still minted the president billions of dollars in just one single day. Like we said, a lot of news from the White House. But our second update for you is on Colossus, the startup bringing back the woolly mammoth.
They just hit a $10 billion valuation. Last year, we covered their fundraise. It's basically a Jurassic Park startup. They extract DNA from fossils and in a lab, recreate the extinct animal. But Colossus now says they are 99% of the way to bringing back their first extinct animal. I gotta say, it's that last 1% that's the hardest part though.
And finally, check your weather apps because an arctic blast has now gone as far south as Houston, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana. Houston is getting snow, which is a problem because they have no snow plows. Zero snow plows. Lafayette, Louisiana got nearly 10 inches of snow. Oh, and New Orleans, they got four inches of snow, the most ever in the city on the bayou. Sending warm, cozy vibes.
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Chapter 3: What are the implications of Trump's executive orders?
Yeah, we are. To our listeners in the deep South. And the gators out there, literally. True. Gators are swimming in snow. Swamp freeze? I don't think they're ready for that. Now time for the best fact yet. This one whipped up by me as a surprise for Jack for my birthday. Jack, you haven't seen this one yet, but I got you. You ready? I love this birthday tradition. What do you got? Okay.
So, you know, every year for my party, I like to surprise the guests with something. Okay. The surprise this year, the theme is pizza dough. I'm not going to tell you more. I'm just telling you it involves pizza dough. I think it's a build your own, bake your own pizza party, Nick. Don't go crazy on the predictions over there, Jack. I don't want to give it away for everybody. Jeez.
Well, it turns out that with pizza making, pizza was always a street food in Southern Italy going back 200 years to Santa Margarita. Now, Naples is the first place where they've documented folding the pizza slice when you consume it.
It was in New York. It goes back to Naples.
But did you know that there is one type of flour that is specifically to be used in pizza, but it's really only used in Naples? I didn't know. What's it called? It's called double zero flour. And it is a special type of flour that has the ideal balance of gluten and protein critical for a stretchy pizza crust.
Which is key, because I've tried to do what the pizzerias do, where they throw it up, you know? Didn't work, Jack, did it? Didn't work at all. I didn't have the zero, double zero flour. Yeah, it is actually the only type of flour that is protected by the United Nations UNESCO World Heritage. Wow. You can eat a World Heritage site? Unless you're gluten-free. Yes, you can.
In the meantime, Yetis, you'll look fantastic. And if I've got one request for you for my birthday, Jack... We'd love if the Yetis would rate and review the show. We'll take five stars for the birthday pod. We're pretty close to 10,000 reviews on Apple. That'd be pretty cool. So drop down and give us five stars. And if you drop this podcast, remember the five second rule doesn't apply.
Jack and I will see you tomorrow. And before we go, a happy birthday to Yeti Emmy Beal, the Princeton Tiger down in Greenwich, Connecticut. Happy birthday to Claire Botteraco's puppy, who's got a birthday in San Francisco. P-U-P-P-Y. And Melody Bryant's got a birthday over in Nashville with some live music. Happy birthday to John Loopkey, the pickleballer in Charlotte, North Carolina.
And Alvele Bray in New York City is celebrating a belated best birthday yet. And a big shout-out to Danielle, who wishes that AI would take out the grunt work of charting off her plate. It would free up three to six hours a day so that she could spend the time with patients. And Sean Cody runs an organ-moving helicopter business in Boston called MedFlight.
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