🏝️ “Bread, shelter, caribbean” — Carnival’s sacrosanct cruises. Google’s space data center. Carnegie Mellon Miami’s $3B. +No-Phone-Zones

October 1, 2026

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The hosts of The Best One Yet open with a personal note: some listeners have had trouble hearing the show on Apple Podcasts, and the fix is to update iOS. From there, the episode moves into a set of three major stories that, taken together, reveal how Americans are redefining what is essential, how tech is hunting for power in orbit, and how higher education is chasing physical prestige in a digital age.

Vacations Are Now a Staple, Not a Splurge

Carnival Cruise stock jumped 12% after reporting record revenue of $8.4 billion and record profits of $1.9 billion for the summer quarter — a nearly 25% profit margin. The company also revealed that half of its cabins are already sold for 2027. The hosts point to three words from the CEO’s earnings call as the real story: "Vacations are sacrosanct."

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What you'll learn

1 (00:50) **Vacations Are Sacrosanct: Carnival's Record Earnings** - Carnival Cruise stock jumps 12% on record $8.4B revenue and $1.9B profit, with half of 2027 cabins already sold.
2 (10:10) **Google Launches a Mini Data Center Into Space** - A SpaceX rocket carries Google's "Project Suncatcher" to orbit, testing a cluster of TPUs for orbital data centers.
3 (17:08) **Ken Griffin's $3B Donation to Build Carnegie Mellon Miami** - The billionaire hedge funder makes the largest higher education donation ever, with $2B earmarked for a new Miami campus.
4 (22:03) **Quick Hits: AI Policy, Uber Safaris, & Flying Tesla** - Three brief news items from the "what else you need to know" segment.
5 (23:23) **Best Facts Yet: Origin of "Bearish"** - A listener-sent fact about Fat Bear Week winner "Backpack" leads to an explanation of the stock market term.
6 Standout Quotes
7 "Vacations are sacrosanct. Thou shall not be interfered with." - Carnival CEO, as paraphrased by the hosts.

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Show Notes

Carnival Cruises is setting record after record… because vacations are now sacrosanct.

Google is launching a test data center on a SpaceX rocket… But will it work in space?

Ken Griffin donated $3B to Carnegie Mellon University… To build a campus in Miami.

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