⛹️‍♀️ “Pink Tax Break” — Nike’s Caitlin Clark shoes. Chasin’ Texas record. AI Panic-Maxxing. +Hire-a-Hawk

October 2, 2026

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Nike’s Caitlin Clark shoe, Accenture’s AI panic reversal, and the song half of America hasn’t heard

Nike is in a 76% five-year stock slump, revenues fell 4% this summer, and profits dropped 2%. But on Thursday, the day before its earnings report, Nike stock was up 3% — and the reason is Caitlin Clark. Yesterday, Nike dropped the Caitlin 1, Clark’s first signature shoe, along with an 18-piece apparel collection. The shoe features two Nike swooshes forming a double-C logo (Clark’s own brand within Nike), a “Caitlin Blue” launch color, and goosebump texture across the silhouette. Nike launched it first in China, then in the U.S. — an unusual priority order. Clark is just the 12th WNBA player ever and sixth currently with her own shoe line.

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1 The Best One Yet — October 2, 2024
2 (00:01) **Show Open & Teaser** - Hosts Nick and Jack preview three stories: Nike's Caitlin Clark shoes, consulting stocks surging despite AI panic, and a record-breaking country song
3 (01:26) **Hire-a-Hawk: Ford's Unconventional Security Guard** - Ford's Mexico factory hired a Harris Hawk named El Charro to solve a pigeon poop problem
4 (06:03) **Caitlin Clark's Signature Shoe Launches** - Nike dropped the Caitlin 1 yesterday, breaking the "shrink it and pink it" business model
5 (09:42) **How Caitlin 1 Destroys "Shrink It and Pink It"** - Nike's women's basketball shoes are breaking the traditional model of selling men's products to women
6 (10:50) **AI Panic-Maxxing: Accenture's Record Day** - Wall Street predicted AI would kill consulting, but Accenture stock surged 22% yesterday on record revenues
7 (13:33) **The Pattern: Overblown Industry Panics** - The AI-pocalypse joins a list of panics that proved exaggerated

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Show Notes

Nike launched the Caitlin 1s, and men are already superfans… “Shrink it and pink it” is over.

Ella Langley broke Mariah Carey’s Billboard Hot 100 record… but you’ve never heard the song?

Accenture just had its best stock market day ever… no AI-pocalypse in consulting. Yet.

A hawk is employee of the month at Ford Motor…

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