On this week's episode, we petition The Rock to join us on a future episode of the podcast. Also, we are happy to report that Amir is not signing with the Lakers and will be staying on with Five Favorites. 

[New to the show? Find out the stories we talk about in this week's episode below and connect with Amir and Chris on Twitter! Use the hashtag #FiveFavorites to share YOUR favorite stories each and every week - and YOU may be included on the show (including our new tweet of the week feature).] 

This week Five Favorites 

1. Your company’s culture is not unique, psychologist Adam Grant says [Recode - story by Eric Johnson]

2. Google Is Planning A Game Platform That Could Take On Xbox And PlayStation [Kotaku - story by Jason Schreier]

3. Twitter is replacing its head of product again. Again. [Recode - story by Kurt Wagner]

4. Instagram Stories now lets its 400M users add soundtracks [Techcrunch - story by Josh Constine]

5. Hot Topic: Amazon shakes up drugstore business with deal to buy online pharmacy PillPack [CNBC - story by Angelica LaVito & Lauren Hirsch]

DisHonorable Mention

Fortnite players are mad after being killed during the epic rocket launch [The Verge - Story by Andrew Liptak]

Honorable Mention

Disney Wins U.S. Approval for Fox Deal in Blow to Comcast [Bloomberg  - Story by David McLaughlin]

Five Favorites' Tweet(s) of The Week 

@TheRock

Twitter Mentions