The Best One Yet
🍹 “The Drink of the Summer” — 2025’s beach booze. Warby’s Google glasses vs. OpenAI-phone. Toyota’s Rav4 Revolution.
Thu, 22 May 2025
TBOY Live Show Tickets to Chicago on sale NOW: https://www.axs.com/events/949346/the-best-one-yet-podcast-ticketsWe analyzed the DoorDash data and TikTok trends to predict… the drink of the summer.Google & Warby Parker are launching smart glasses… but so are OpenAI & the iPhone designer.The best-selling car in America is now Toyota’s Rav4… and it’s going full hybrid.Plus, tomorrow is the biggest day of the year for one industry… Car Washes spike 49%.Want to hear our interview on how to future-proof your career? Check out the Demoted Podcast with Corporate Natalie & Corporate Bro: https://direct.me/demoted $GOOG $WRBY $TMWant more business storytelling from us? Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show: The untold origin story of… Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks to listen.About Us: The daily pop-biz news show making today’s top stories your business. Formerly known as Robinhood Snacks, TBOY Lite is hosted by Jack Crivici-Kramer & Nick Martell.GET ON THE POD: Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts NEWSLETTER:https://tboypod.com/newsletter SOCIALS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod Anything else: https://tboypod.com/ Our 2nd show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinksEpisodes drop weekly.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Chapter 1: What will be the drink of the summer for 2025?
Second, OpenAI is acquiring the original designer of the iPhone for $6 billion. Third, this was the biggest week ever for smart glasses. Wow. Yes. But first, Jack, you know when you go to a party and then there's like an after party that's more fun than the first party? Yeah. Okay, that was like what happened yesterday.
Google stock jumped 4%, gained $80 billion in value after hosting the biggest party of the year. The Google I.O. Conference in Mountain View, California had a wild number of announcements from Alphabet. Okay, first, the big news. Google is finally disrupting itself. Two and a half years after ChatGPT launched, Google is finally replacing Google Search with an AI chatbot.
So, Bessie, starting like today, here's what you could see when you go to Google something. They're starting to roll it out right now. When you're Googling, there's always been a tab to do Google Images, Google News, Google Videos. But now you'll see a new tab called AI Mode, which will answer your query questions like a chatbot. If you search for something in AI Mode,
Instead of a list of links as the result, you'll just get an answer to your question. Okay, another big update going viral. Google announced real-time translation. In Google Meets, if you're speaking in English but the other person only speaks Spanish, it will live translate what you're saying with just a couple of seconds of lag.
I mean, Jack, when I'm in France tomorrow, I could literally be saying, like, I want the bread. And we'll be saying, je voudrais le pain. And I'll be like, I don't know where that came from, but let's go with it. It's all done by AI. And apparently, it mimics your tone and your voice. But besties, pause the pod. Because the biggest announcement wasn't what Google knows. It's what's on your nose.
Really nicely done. Here it is. Google is relaunching Google Glass. Yeah, this is Google's big bet on the future. And what was the surprise about the announcement, Jack? They're not doing it alone. They're doing it with Warby Parker. Warby Parker, the direct-to-consumer glasses company, is getting a $150 million investment from Google.
It was the biggest day ever for Warby Parker stock, which jumped 20% on the news. Yeah, we're talking about a glasses brand that feels like a library. It actually could become the smart device of the future. Now, the context of this story... is Meta Ray-Ban glasses. That's been a stealthy hit for Mark Zuckerberg. Yeah, good point, Jack.
Zuck said that sales of their smart glasses have tripled in the last year, and we've predicted it's going to be the Christmas gift of 2025. But Google's version of smart glasses appears more advanced than Meta's because the lens doubles as a screen. Yeah, Jack, why don't you walk us through the demonstration we saw on stage over at Google?
In Google's demo, the user asked Google's AI assistant, which is in the glasses... for directions to like the local Starbucks. Okay, and then what happened, Jack? Google Maps turn-by-turn directions was overlaid on the lens of the glasses so that the person could see the streets and see the corners, but also know exactly where they're going.
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Chapter 2: How are Google and Warby Parker collaborating on smart glasses?
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Yetis, for our third and final story, the top-selling car in America is now, shockingly, the Toyota RAV4. But even though the RAV4 is officially on top, Toyota is making the biggest change to it ever. It's a RAV4 revolution. But Jack, let's talk about our buddies over at Toyota because we've been keeping track and Toyota holds a whole bunch of superlatives.
They're the biggest and most profitable carmaker in the world. Related, they're believed to be the most reliable car company in the world. Yeah, your buddy's 2012 Tacoma still has 212,000 miles on it. And your buddy is never going to sell that Tacoma. Jack, my grandma drove a Camry in three different decades. Really? I hope that was safe of her to do, but she did it.
Plus, the car brand starts with the word toy. which got a nice cameo in Toy Story 1. And Jack, let's add one more superlative. Toyota now produces the top-selling car in America. Now, Ford has bragged for years that the F-Series pickup truck is the top-selling car in America. For 45 years, Ford's been saying that.
But we dove into the numbers T-Boy style, and the Ford F-Series includes three different models. Now, Toyota says that their RAV4, which is one model, sold 475,000 cars last year, which is more than the F-150. The Toyota RAV4. Basically the Subaru for your dink era. It's actually become a pretty big SUV. I know, I know. It's like the MVP of the REI parking lot, Jack. The RAV4.
It fits a surfboard, it fits a camping backpack, and three boxes of cliff bars that you tossed in the trunk. But besties, here's the news. Just as the RAV4 got on top, Toyota is giving it its biggest change yet. Toyota just announced the RAV4 is going hybrid only starting right now. This is wild, but the 2026 model, which arrives in dealerships like this year, has a hybrid engine only standard.
That's what you get. If you want a purely gas powered RAV4, you can't buy that. Sorry. The only option to upgrade is the plug-in hybrid. We repeat, America's top selling car is switching to hybrid only. Half electric, half gas, the biggest change to something in number one place we've ever seen. Now, from our perspective, hybrid is a no brainer.
Unlike a pure electric car, with a hybrid, you don't even need to switch your fueling situation. Like, you still just charge up at gas stations. A hybrid simply extends your range from 31 miles per gallon to 38 miles per gallon. And with the RAV4, the hybrid actually has more horsepower than the regular.
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Chapter 3: What is the RAV4 revolution and its significance?
Canada Goose's new goal is to be a year-round relevant brand, not just for the winners. After all, geese fly south in the summer. Yes, like we could be seeing some Canada Goose tank tops and bikinis in summer 2026, Jack. And finally, NFL owners voted not to ban the Tush Push. Jack, can you please enlighten us on the push of the Tush? What is the Tush Push?
The tush bush is a special play pioneered by the Philadelphia Eagles. Yes, yes, yes. It's when the quarterback takes the ball from the center, does a QB sneak. But instead of being on their own, the running back pushes the quarterback from behind, trying to nudge him across the goal line. Many thought it should be illegal, but it will now stay legal in Philly. They call it the brotherly shove.
Now time for the best fact yet. This one sent in by Big Ted Kramer from Port Washington, Long Island. This one's for my dad because when I was a kid, he took me twice to the Indy 500. We drove all the way from Vermont to Indianapolis. And they're fast, right? Like those cars for the Indy 500 go faster than the F1 racers. Indy cars are faster than F1. They have a top speed of 240 miles per hour.
No cars go faster than that. And one reason they can go so fast is because the oval they race around is so huge. You don't have to make that many turns. But yeah, Nick, the track is two and a half miles. You can fit so much inside of that. Why don't you sprinkle on some context, Jack? You can fit the Vatican City, the Rose Bowl, Yankee Stadium, the White House, and Liberty Island.
Yes, including the Statue of Liberty. All of it can fit inside the racetrack at Indianapolis, and you still have room to spare. I think what you mean to say, Jack, is combined. Yetis, you look fantastic today. Jack and I are actually whipping up a couple surprise episodes for you this weekend, aren't we, Jack?
Yeah, Nick's going to be in France, but we're going to be right here in your ears because we have a special episode tomorrow and another special episode on Monday. That's right. While you're stuck in traffic, we will keep you entertained with a couple of fantastic shows. Jack, enjoy the skiing. I don't know how you're going to do it, but I like that you're going to try.
I prefer to be swimming, and I probably will swim regardless of how cold it is. Besties, wash that car, and Jack and I will see you right here tomorrow. And before we go, a shout out to the legendary Yetis, Corporate Natalie and Corporate Bro Ross, who hosted us on The Demoted Show. And we just had a blast. What an amazing episode with those guys.
A couple of the cleverest, wittiest people in business. You gotta listen to their show, Demoted. You're gonna love it. We just did an episode with them this week. Congratulations to Nil Nil, who just had a baby, Maya Rose, in Cupertino, California. And a shout out to Yetter Tyler Rice on his first book launch in Minneapolis for Tactical Disconnection. Tyler, congrats on being an author.
And a big shout out to Joe Benz from Chicago, newly divorced, but based on the fact that he's requesting a shout out for his divorce, we're guessing this is something to celebrate. Joe, enjoy the divorce cake. You're single and ready to mingle, baby. Joe, the best days are ahead of you. And John Hill just set a personal record for a half marathon in Cleveland.
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