00:00Welcome back to Bloomberg This Weekend, or BT Dubs, as I like to call it, BTW, as David Gurra likes
00:06to call it.
00:06I'm Christine Arfini. That's David Gurra.
00:09That's Lisa Mateo. She's going to join us with some of the stories you might have missed this week.
00:12All right, Lisa.
00:13I feel like we missed a lot.
00:14All right, this one is going to bring back some memories for you guys.
00:16We'll take you back to the 90s, okay?
00:18Oh, the 1990s.
00:19Yes, yes. Remember hacky sacks?
00:20No, the 1890s.
00:21The 1890s.
00:23Remember hacky sacks, right?
00:25Yes.
00:25They were the fun things.
00:26Okay, definitely.
00:27This is on Bloomberg.
00:28This is on the terminal.
00:28Well, hacky sacks are cool again and somehow cost $23.
00:32Of course they do.
00:33Of course.
00:34I find that insane.
00:35So, you know, they're little, you know, round little bags, right?
00:38You kick them around with your feet, your hands, and you try to do all these things and just balance
00:41them and not let it hit the floor.
00:42See these guys here?
00:43They're doing it.
00:44They're doing the little hacky sack.
00:45I actually saw a lot of kids doing this.
00:47My daughter was playing softball, and the boys' baseball team was there, and they were doing this.
00:51Really?
00:51So it's back because of social media.
00:53People have been posting about it, and it's getting kids to start and buy them again.
00:58Now the stores are selling out of these things.
01:00They were about $5 to $15.
01:03Now they can go up as much as $23.
01:05Inflationary environment.
01:06On eBay, you can get it for like $65.
01:08So hacky sack, also not a durable commodity.
01:11Did you do this as a very young child in the 1990s?
01:15I did.
01:15I did.
01:16No, but it stuck around for a while, especially I was in Colorado Springs.
01:19We were always like 10 years behind everybody.
01:21But like the cool counterculture boys, and I use counterculture very lightly, were always
01:27hacky sacking in like the quad, and I always thought they were very cute.
01:30Portable, yeah?
01:30Yeah.
01:31And this is not a bad trend, right?
01:32It's not a bad trend.
01:33People are interacting, they're going outside.
01:34There's no screen.
01:35Yeah, because this is like Gen Alpha, Gen Z.
01:37Like they grew up with like iPads.
01:39So this is helping them get out and, you know, get some exercise and get off of their devices.
01:43Except to learn how to do it on YouTube.
01:46It's true.
01:47Eventually they're getting outside.
01:48I support this.
01:49Interesting.
01:49I support this.
01:49I'll keep an eye out.
01:50All right.
01:51This one is for you, Christina Doggies.
01:52I love the doggies.
01:53I'm turning into a crazy dog lady.
01:54Yes, let it.
01:54Here we go.
01:55How USMNT's World Cup campaign is being helped by puppies Bud, Drew Pop, and Bloom.
02:02Okay?
02:03So this is the US men's soccer team, right?
02:04They get a visit from these three special little guests.
02:07So this is their way to kind of recoup.
02:10Like they get the massages and they refuel.
02:12But this is part of their recovery mission.
02:15They have a marketing promotion.
02:16It's Purina and Wags for Walks.
02:18But more soccer teams are doing this because they say the dogs make them feel better.
02:22It brings a team together.
02:24You know, like it's a little bit more team bonding experience.
02:27I love it.
02:28I've noticed that when you bring your dog in, we all come together.
02:30But it's like, you feel better.
02:31David, do you feel like we're bonded more when Brutus is here?
02:33Yes.
02:34No, it's, you know.
02:34No, he doesn't.
02:35It's a thing to remark on and pet.
02:38It does.
02:38You were asking me the other day because I said something about talking to somebody in
02:41the park.
02:42You said you talk to the dog owners in the park.
02:43You do.
02:44So the dog does kind of give you, much like hacky sack, something to kind of circle around
02:47and talk about.
02:48Maybe you can combine both.
02:50Maybe Brutus would eat the hacky sack, though.
02:51Brutus would fetch it and run off of it.
02:53And not bring it back.
02:54100%.
02:54Yeah.
02:55You don't have a dog, do you?
02:57I love it.
02:57I don't.
02:57No, but they say, like, study show.
02:58It can help with your heart rate.
03:00Like, it just, when you see a dog, it makes a lot of people, like, feel better.
03:03Like, when I see Brutus, I'm like, oh, come here, little one.
03:06You know, it's the cutest thing.
03:08It makes you feel better.
03:08I don't get the similar reaction from David, but I get it from Lisa.
03:11It makes me very happy.
03:13Thank you, Lisa.
03:14All right.
03:14We're going to go.
03:15Okay.
03:15Now, here's a question for you.
03:16When you're feeling a little under the weather, do you go and Google things?
03:20Do you go to ChatGPT?
03:21Absolutely.
03:21Do you go to WebMD?
03:23All the symptoms.
03:23All the places.
03:24Yeah.
03:24Okay.
03:24There's a new place that people are going to.
03:26Okay.
03:26So this is in the New York Times.
03:27It says, the doctor, the patient, and the podcaster.
03:30Oh, no.
03:30So a lot more people, they're going to their doctors, you know, with questions because they've
03:35heard it on a podcast.
03:37So doctors are dealing with this now.
03:39You know, they've always had to deal with the, hey, I Googled this, and I think I should
03:42be taking this, that doctors deal with.
03:43But now they're hearing entire episodes.
03:46Hours in length.
03:47Yes.
03:48Some doctors are okay with it.
03:50They think that, you know, people are embracing their, taking their health in stride.
03:56Like, they're taking advantage of it.
03:58Proactive.
03:59They want to know what's happening.
04:00I was losing my words there.
04:01I get it.
04:02But other doctors are saying, you know what?
04:04You have to look at some of these guys.
04:05Like, what are their credentials?
04:07Like, these podcasters, are they doctors?
04:09Are they holistic practitioners?
04:12That's another word that's out there.
04:13There's a difference.
04:14That one has come up a lot in my life.
04:16Yeah.
04:16So it's hard.
04:17It's back and forth.
04:18I mean, a lot of studies show that, you know, a lot of people, more people are getting
04:21them from these podcasters.
04:23Interesting.
04:23And they have millions and millions of followers.
04:26So more people are listening to them, and doctors are just getting a little frustrated
04:29at the same time.
04:30I see that.
04:30I think my doctor is getting a little frustrated.
04:32Just with you in general?
04:34Well, yeah, just with me.
04:35Very good.
04:36Well played.
04:37Point.
04:37One point for you on that one.
04:39No, I think it's like, it's because, well, not podcast necessarily, but like people will
04:43come in thinking they know, they've diagnosed themselves in advance of going to the appointment,
04:46and I think they're just like, okay, like, we'll get through this.
04:49I can't imagine.
04:49I can't imagine going through that many years of school to have someone come in and be
04:52like, hey, I saw this thing on my phone.
04:54I would not have that.
04:56I also just don't need to, like, foster my hypochondria by, like, listening to three hours
04:59on whatever medical issue somebody has.
05:01Agreed.
05:01Agreed.
05:01Because so many of them are, like, amorphous, and they're just symptomatic.
05:03Yes, and maybe I do have that.
05:04Right?
05:04I'm tired today.
05:05I can have all the things.
05:07I blend that on the show.
05:08Not because I got up at 3 a.m., it's because of all the things.
05:10Yeah, of course.
05:10All right, Lisa, what else should I have?
05:11All right, all right.
05:11Last one I got.
05:12This one's on Bloomberg, too.
05:13It's about, okay, U.S. set to end brake pedal requirements for driverless vehicles.
05:20Yeah, DOT's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, they're looking into it.
05:23It could clear the way for things like Waymo Tesla to release more robo-taxis.
05:27I mean, think of it like Tesla's Cyber Cab, right?
05:29That one has two electric, it's an electric car with no steering wheel or foot pedals.
05:33It's still, you know, testing out.
05:35But they just don't want the foot pedals.
05:37You know, a lot of these companies say, you know, why do we need it if it's autonomous?
05:40A foot pedal in a Waymo in case you need to, like, jump up there and do it, I guess.
05:43That's the reason.
05:44I kind of still want that.
05:45I kind of want to have the thing.
05:46I want to be able to, like, I'm going to have to crawl over the seat and smash it with
05:48my hand.
05:49You can.
05:50They're spending all this money on these vehicles.
05:51Have you ridden one of these?
05:52They can't pay for a foot pedal?
05:53I have not.
05:54Have you?
05:54Absolutely not.
05:55No.
05:55You?
05:56I've seen them, no.
05:56All over.
05:57When I went to San Francisco, they're all over.
05:58And people are just in the backseat, just relaxing.
06:00I'm still wary of them.
06:01I can't.
06:02I can't.
06:02Hey, listen, I was stuck in a cab for an hour yesterday.
06:05I had the best conversation with my driver.
06:07We solved all the world's problems.
06:09I learned all about New York.
06:10I need that in my life.
06:12That's a great New York story.
06:13Yeah.
06:13Can't do that in a Waymo.
06:14Talked about Ghana.
06:15Talked about the World Cup.
06:16My word.
06:16Had a great time.
06:17Waymo can't offer that.
06:18You should have talked about your stew from Uzbekistan.
06:22Well, remember, that's a deep cut for our loyal audience.
06:25That's a deep cut.
06:26We're going to put the recipe out on social.
06:29No Waymos for us and no dog team building for David.
06:32Thank you, Lisa.
06:32You can.
06:33Thank you, Lisa.
