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Morning Brew Daily
Morning Brew Daily, a daily talk show that covers the latest news on business, the economy, and everything else, with Neal Freyman and Toby Howell. Witty, informative and everything you need to start your day. Available on all podcasting platforms and Youtube.
Episodes
Morning Brew DailyDisney Goes to War Against the FCC & People Can “Rent Now, Pay Later”
#914: Disney is fighting back against the FCC for challenging its broadcasting licenses during the Jimmy Kimmel drama. Bond yields jump as sticky inflation and…
Morning Brew DailyMeta’s $1.4T Trial Over Child Safety Begins & Is AI Buying and Destroying Used Books?
#913: Meta heads to a landmark trial that will determine if it’s responsible for kids’ social media addiction. Secondhand books are being bought in bulk and…
Morning Brew DailyAmericans Are Suiting Up Again & Ferrari’s Mocked First EV is Selling Fast
#912: Suits are making a comeback as more Americans are returning to the office…in style! AI riches are pushing policymakers to create wealth sharing proposals…
Morning Brew DailyIs Sports Betting the New American Investment Plan? & Candy Crush Keeps Crushing It
#911: Billions of tariff refunds are coming back to large companies. Gen Z believes sports betting is the key to a better financial future. Candy Crush has…
Morning Brew DailyBob Iger, Josh Kushner Buys LA Lakers for $12.5B & The FAA is Run by Gamers
#910: The Los Angeles Lakers are sold for $12 billion to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger. July’s inflation report comes in just as expected. Roku has a 24/7 AI slop…
Morning Brew DailyBumble Allows Men to Message First & UMich Drops Letter Grades for Freshmen
#909: A total solar eclipse drives a boom in hotel bookings in far-flung places in Europe. Bumble reverses a feature that made it unique: men can now message…
Morning Brew DailyAmericans Push Back on Mass Surveillance & Dallas Is the New Wall Street?
#908: Flock cameras are a useful tool for law enforcement but there’s growing backlash of a mass surveillance state. Lake Mead plummets to historic low levels…
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US Loses 23k Jobs in Surprising(ly bad) Employment Report & John Oliver Takes on Buc-ee's
#907: The U.S. economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July – a sharp miss from economists' expectation of an 83,000-job gain. Plus, more than 5,000 investors…
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BofA Spends Big on GLP-1s & AI Invents a Virus Not Found in Nature For First Time
#906: Bank of America is spending $250M a year on GLP-1 weight loss drugs for its employees. SpaceX's first post-IPO lockup expired Thursday after releasing…
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Saudi Arabia Takes Over EA & Scientists Create The First Allergy-Proof Dog
#905: EA misses quarterly bookings estimates ahead of Saudi-backed buyout. Disney agrees to let TikTokers use its characters in videos, and gene-edited puppies…
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SpaceX’s AI Spending Rattles Investors & Influencers Blasted for Attending OpenAI’s Summer Camp
#904: SpaceX reports its first-ever earnings and logs a revenue boost but even bigger capex spending, leaving investors worried. An influencer summer camp…
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US-Japan Team Up to Save the Yen & The Hugo Spritz, the New Drink of the Summer?
#903: The US and Japan work together to save the declining yen. Rumors of an AstraZeneca-Bristol Myers merger has analysts scratching their heads. People are…
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Sam Altman Roasted for “ChatGPT Parenting” & Spider-Man Scores 2nd Best Opening Ever
#902: Sam Altman gets roasted on the internet for making a case to use ChatGPT for parenting. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” opens with a whopping $355 million…
Morning Brew Daily25-Year Old AI Hedge Fund Prodigy Wiped Out & Jersey Mike’s Goes Public
#901: The US economy grew more slowly in Q2 as the Iran war weighed on prices and supply chains. AI investor Leopold Aschenbrenner seeks new funding after…
Morning Brew DailyInvestors Question Kevin Warsh’s Credibility & People Are Talking Less?
#900: A divided Fed holds interest rates but three members wanted to hike it up. Meta shares dip after reporting an earnings miss as it keeps spending money on…
Morning Brew DailyFIFA Draws Backlash for “Selling Soul of Football” & Apple Wants You to Lease Your iPhone
#899: FIFA president Gianni Infantino plans to sell stake in the World Cup and its governing body hates it. Apple wants you to upgrade your iPhone with the…
Morning Brew DailyMajor American Cities Are Losing Kids & Ford Wants You to Customize Your Car
#898: American big cities have fewer and fewer children living in them. A Chinese chip maker makes a big splash in its market debut, shaking up the…
Morning Brew DailyPeptides Win Support from FDA Committee & Philly Gets LeBron on a Bargain
#897: A panel of doctors, experts, and pharmacists recommends the FDA to open up access to peptides in. Tech giants debate whether AI should be open vs. closed…
Morning Brew DailyTrump Charges Instant Access to Truth Posts & AMC Says Movies Are So Back
#896: Oil prices cross the $100/barrel mark for the first time since May as the conflict in the Middle East intensifies. Trump Media plans to sell ‘real-time’…
Morning Brew DailyOpenAI’s Rogue Model Hacks Another Company & The US is Losing its Lead in Farming
#895: OpenAI admits an AI agent escaped a testing environment and hacked into another company. Alphabet reports it plans to raise spending on capex to speed…
Morning Brew DailyMiami is Now Pricier Than NYC & The Massive Train That’s Making Adults Cry
#894: Miami is now more expensive than New York City. Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are battling it out over weight-loss ads. A new flip phone is coming and it’s…
Morning Brew DailyUS Reignites Trade War Against Canada & CDs Are Making a Comeback
#893: Trump slaps a 50% tariff on certain Canadian goods trade discrimination. The UK welcomes Andy Burnham as its 7th prime minister in just over 10 years…
Morning Brew DailyDid the World Cup Deliver an Economic Boom? & Christopher Nolan Becomes Hollywood’s Biggest Brand
#892: The World Cup has come and gone so here is a recap of its economic impacts. Christopher Nolan has become Hollywood’s biggest brand. The AI world shooketh…
Morning Brew Daily"The Odyssey" Creates Insane Demand for IMAX 70mm & Diarrhea Parasite Linked to Taco Bell?
#891: Christopher Nolan’s epic reimagining of an epic, “The Odyssey,” has officially landed in theaters and is expected to shatter records over the weekend…
Morning Brew DailyOpenAI’s First Device is a Speaker? & Permanent Daylight Saving Passes The House
#890: IBM shares crashed after its CEO warned of a performance shortfall, reigniting fears of a SaaSpocalypse. China is cracking down on romantic feelings for…
Morning Brew DailyJPMorgan Has Historic Q2 & New York Temporarily Bans Data Centers
#889: Welcome Ray and Kyle! Today, the guys break down a flurry of bank earnings yesterday, including a record-setting quarter from JPMorgan. Next up, what Fed…
Morning Brew DailyOil Prices Keep Climbing & ‘Moana’ Flops at the Box Office
#888: Welcome Ray and Kaila! Today, Ray and Kaila have the latest on the Iran War and the impact it’s having on oil prices. Next up, why 12 states have filed…
Morning Brew DailyApple Sues OpenAI Over ‘Stealing Trade Secrets’ & Netflix Plans Live TV Channels?
#887: Welcome Ray and Kyle! Today, the guys discuss Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI which alleges the Sam Altman’s company stole trade secrets. Then, another…
Morning Brew DailyMichaels Stages a Crafty Comeback & Americans Don’t Read Anymore
#886: SK Hynix is slated to begin public trading on the Nasdaq as a company that has seen its stock pop more than sevenfold in due to the AI memory chip…
Morning Brew DailyPeople Love Watching the World Cup in Spanish & Dating Coworkers is OK Again?
#885: Meta launches an AI image-generator that can use users’ profile pictures and not everybody is happy about it. Telemundo is drawing nearly 4.6 million…
Morning Brew DailyAmerican AI Companies Fend Off Chinese Copy Cats & Gen Z Loves Love Island
#884: American AI companies are sounding the alarm on Chinese companies copying their models through “distillation.” Stellantis officially opens its doors to…
Morning Brew DailyXbox Hits Reset Button on Business & Netflix Has a ‘Season 2’ Problem
#883: Microsoft cuts over 4,000 jobs including its Xbox unit as it looks to downsize its gaming division. SpaceX joins the Nasdaq in less than a month of it…
Morning Brew DailyTrump Accounts Are Now Live & Philosophy Majors Find Work in AI
#882: What you need to know about the Trump accounts that are now live. Scientists have made a cell from scratch for the first time. Bending Spoons raises $1…
Morning Brew DailyUltimate America 250 Trivia Game Show & Drafting July 4 Essentials
#881: In this America250 edition, Neal and Toby tested some Morning Brew colleagues, Olivia Lake, MBD’s Associate Producer; Ethan McCarthy, Social Video…
Morning Brew DailyThe Points Guy: Airlines Make More Money Selling Miles Than Flying Planes
#880: Neal and Toby chat with The Points Guy (real name: Brian Kelly) about the latest trends in travel, points, and the airline industry. We learn about how…
Morning Brew DailyStocks Have Their Best Quarter Since 2020 & ‘Supergirl’ is a Super Flop
#879: It’s the first day of the second half of 2026, which means it’s time to wrap up the first half of the markets! A new study shows heavy AI adopters are…
Morning Brew DailyComcast Dumps NBCUniversal & SCOTUS Protects Fed’s Independence…For Now
#878: The Supreme Court blocks Trump’s attempt to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook but upholds its other firings. Comcast is splitting off NBCUniversal into its own…
Morning Brew DailyChinese AI Model Closes Gap on US & African Teams Surprise at the World Cup
#877: Chinese AI models are beginning to catch up to Anthropic and OpenAI, threatening America’s top spot in the AI game. NASA races to save a telescope that…
Morning Brew DailyDid Google Predict Venezuela Earthquakes Before it Happened? & GTA VI’s Launch Plan Irks Gaming Purists
#876: Two powerful earthquakes devastated Venezuela and there are reports that Google alerted millions before it happened. Apple is taking some heat after it…
Morning Brew DailyTrump Refuses to Sign Housing Affordability Bill & Wendy’s Soars Thanks to Reddit Traders
#875: President Trump suddenly cancels the signing of a landmark housing bill that was set to lower costs. The French are suffering one of the hottest…
Morning Brew DailyTech Stocks Rocked by Global Selloff & Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth Talks New In-House Glasses
#874: The US stock market suffered a broad sell off led by tech and AI stocks. In NYC, a political race is underway where sweeping AI regulations are at stake…
Morning Brew DailyPolymarket Fakes Creators Winning Bets & Fed Legend Alan Greenspan Dies at 100
#873: A look back at the career of Alan Greenspan, former Fed chair, who passed away at age 100. Google invests $75M into A24 for a new AI partnership. A Wall…
Morning Brew DailyApple Plans to Jack Up Prices & Europeans Love American Cheap Eats
#872: Apple’s CEO Tim Cook admits the high demand of memory and storage will likely raise prices on Apple products. Midjourney, the startup known for AI…
Morning Brew DailyFormer WSJ Reporter Joanna Stern Handed Her Life to AI for 365 days
#871: Former WSJ tech columnist Joanna Stern spent a year using AI for almost everything. She had her mammogram read by an algorithm, wore a bracelet that…
Morning Brew DailyWarsh Plans to Overhaul the Fed & Carvana ‘Playground’ Disrupts Dealership Model
#870: The Fed holds rate steady in Kevin Warsh’s first meeting, but the central bank teases a rate hike is more likely than a cut. Carvana introduces a new…
Morning Brew DailySpaceX Becomes More Valuable Than Amazon & Pizza Hut Sold For $2.7B
#869: SpaceX continues its record-setting IPO as shares continue to surge in its first three trading sessions. Yum Brands is selling off Pizza Hut for $2.7…
Morning Brew DailyFox Buys Roku for $22B & The UK Bans Social Media for Kids
#868: Fox acquires Roku in a $22B deal to power its streaming aspirations. The UK is the latest major country that moves to ban social media use for kids under…
Morning Brew DailyUS-Iran Reach Tentative Peace Deal & The Knicks Are NBA Champs
#867: The war in Iran could be winding down as both countries announce a framework of a peace deal. President Trump celebrates his 80th birthday and…
Morning Brew DailySpaceX is the Biggest IPO in History & World Cup Wagers Reach $50B
#866: SpaceX’s much anticipated debut on the stock market is here and everyone is looking to cash in, especially retail investors who are moving stocks around…
Morning Brew DailyInflation Hits 3-Year High & Escorts Cash In on AI Boom
#865: Neal and Toby talk about how inflation is heating up to the highest pace in three years. Plus, a whole bunch of FIFA World Cup news and how escorts are…
Morning Brew DailyThe World Cup Has a Ticket Problem & The First Ever Reverse-Aging Drug
#864: Neal and Toby talk about how the most expensive World Cup ever for fans… isn’t bringing in any fans. Plus, the first-ever reverse-aging drug was just…
Morning Brew DailyNorth Korea’s Economy is Booming & Apple unveils IOS27
#863: Neal and Toby discuss the biggest news coming out of WWDC 2026, and why North Korea’s economy is experiencing its strongest growth in years. Plus…
Morning Brew DailyS&P 500’s Worst Day of the Year & GLP-1s Are Costing Retailers in Returns
#862: Neal and Toby talk about how the Nasdaq and S&P 500 suffered the worst day of the year. Plus, why Americans on GLP-1s are overwhelming retailers with…
Morning Brew DailySpaceX’s IPO Could Create Thousands of Millionaires & MSG Stock is Up on the Knicks
#861: Ray and Kyle discuss what may be the most hyped up IPO of all time, and how it could make Elon Musk a trillionaire. Plus, bitcoin hit a 4 month low…
Morning Brew Daily‘60 Minutes’ In Damage Control After Explosive Firing & People Love All-Inclusives
#860: Welcome Ray and Kaila! Today we discuss Scott Pelley’s firing at 60 Minutes and what the show and network’s staff is doing to manage morale. Then, Meta…
Morning Brew DailySuper El Niño Threatens World Economy & Trump Wants Early Access to AI
#859: Neal and Toby discuss El Niño’s return, and the economic fallout could be massive. Trump orders companies to give the government early access to their AI…
Morning Brew DailyRemote Work is Hurting Gen Z & Whey Protein is Facing a Shortage
#858: Neal and Toby discuss why entry-level hiring has cratered since 2019, and the culprit might not be AI. Plus, Nvidia's new AI chip for PCs, why protein…
Morning Brew DailyYouTubers Dominate the Box Office & Tech Wants Robots to Do Your Chores
#857: Neal and Toby discuss the recent box office success for YouTubers creating films, like the hit ‘Obsession’. Next up, why Peter Thiel relocated to…
Morning Brew DailyAmericans Are Spending Like No Tomorrow & Dell Surge Lifts Trump’s Portfolio
#856: Retail stocks are surging thanks to US shoppers continuing to spend, spend, spend (even if it’s squeezing their budgets). Anthropic surpasses OpenAI as…
Morning Brew DailyAI Boom Splits SF Housing in Two & America is Running Out of Honey?
#855: The AI boom is causing a housing divide in the Bay Area. Robinhood releases an AI agent that can trade for you and even buy stuff with your credit card…