🥸 “Whiskey Business” — Nvidia’s Chinese spy. Hershey’s flavor change. NYC’s $150M Marathon. +Pop-Biz Halloween Contest
October 30, 2026
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5 min readWhiskey, Chocolate, and the Marathon That Won’t Let You In
The most valuable company on Earth, Nvidia, has a CEO who was photographed drinking whiskey with a Chinese spy. That’s the opening scene from a real intelligence drama playing out in plain sight, according to New York Times reporting. Meanwhile, your Halloween candy doesn’t taste like it used to—and there’s a Greek myth to explain why. And the New York City Marathon, turning 50 this weekend, has a 1% acceptance rate that makes Harvard look easy, generating $150 million in revenue by making runners earn the right to pay.
The Spy Who Drank With Jensen Huang
The Biden administration’s biggest AI policy was preventing China from getting access to America’s most advanced computer chips. Enter Mega Speed, a Singapore-based company suspected of buying Nvidia GPUs and smuggling them to China. U.S. officials began surveillance on a Mega Speed executive named Alice Huang. What they found went beyond chip smuggling: according to the Times, Alice Huang was a Chinese intelligence asset funneling information to Beijing.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:27) **Show Open & Halloween Costume Contest** - Nick and Jack introduce the Halloween eve episode and announce the finalists for the annual T-Boy pop-biz costume contest.
- 2 (06:13) **Nvidia's CEO & The Chinese Spy** - The New York Times reports Jensen Huang was photographed with a suspected Chinese intelligence asset, raising national security concerns in the AI race.
- 3 (10:31) **Hershey's & The "Theseus Paradox" of Chocolate** - Brad Reese, grandson of the Reese's founder, goes viral claiming the chocolate no longer tastes right, exposing how the industry has quietly changed recipes.
- 4 (17:20) **NYC Marathon's $150M Business Model** - The New York City Marathon generates massive revenue and demand by making runners "earn" the right to pay, borrowing a strategy from luxury brands.
- 5 (22:59) **T-Boy 10: Week 2 Power Rankings** - A top 10 list of companies that moved culture and markets this week, powered by Nasdaq data.
- 6 Standout Quotes
- 7 "The Chinese are targeting our AI labs like the Soviets targeted our Manhattan Project." (09:32)
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Show Notes
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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang has been targeted by a Chinese spy, according to NYT reports… It’s giving Cold War.
You notice chocolate tastes different from your childhood?… Hershey knows why.
The NYC Marathon turns 50 this weekend (56 actually)... It will make $150M revenue just like Birkin Bags.
Plus, who will win our pop-biz Halloween contest?... Our money’s on “Allen Iverson AI.”
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