Christan is the founder of a fintek company called contrast. Contrast enables predicard users, or debicard users, to get cash back when they buy goods made in america. He talks about why he chose to stay in new york city and not move to miami. Boomer: San francisco went from being the permanent destination where you basely had to come here and suffer; now it's like i can get myself 15 hundred dollar apartment in one of those three cities.
Today, we cover the WSJ reporting on Amazon thinking of exiting the private-label business entirely (2:26). Then, Jason talks to FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr about banning TikTok in the US (15:23). And of course, we wrap with another episode of OK Boomer from Producer Rachel (56:17).
Check out BuzzFeed's report on TikTok: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-tapes-us-user-data-china-bytedance-access
(0:00) Jason and Molly tee up today’s show
(2:26) WSJ spoke to anonymous sources who told them Amazon is talking about exiting the private-label business entirely
(14:09) Vanta - Get $1,000 off automating your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist
(15:23) Jason speaks with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr about potentially banning TikTok in the US
(21:56) Prometheus - Go to Prometheusalts.com or download it on the App Store and use the access code TWIST to sign up!
(24:14) Reciprocity with a potential TikTok ban
(31:55) UserTesting - Get real human insights from customers, try for free today at https://usertesting.com/twist
(33:06) Should the military ban on TikTok mean it should be banned by Google and Apple?
(44:40) Concerns over DJI drones
(56:17) Producer Rachel tees up this week’s OK Boomer segment
(1:01:10) OKB: Producer Rachel speaks with Eric Button, co-founder of Contrast
(1:20:42) Outro + Plugs