logo
episode-header-image
Aug 2024
31m 13s

Medicare’s $6B Savings on Costly Drugs &...

Morning Brew
About this episode
Episode 389: Neal and Kyle discuss Biden’s historic Medicare negotiating power that is set to discount many drugs for Americans, an estimated cost savings of $6B. Then, Walmart reports their earnings and it looks like the retail king keeps their crown as sales hit a near all-time high. Next, Musk releases a new version of his image generator, Grok, which doe ... Show More
Up next
Aug 14
Is 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 been crushing it for 15 years. McDonald’s knows how many times you ordered a Double Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese – and when you ... Show More
29m 20s
Aug 13
Bob 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 channel. Private equity is stuck with over 33,000 unsold businesses. Americans are traveling more than ever and they love ... Show More
28m 18s
Aug 12
Bumble 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 first. Anthropic will now watermark its AI-generated content to comply with European regulators. The University of Michiga ... Show More
31m 45s
Recommended Episodes
Sep 2025
🚛 “Sloppy Soundtracks” — Spotify’s AI purge. NFL’s 3 huge sales. Starbucks’ McDonald moment. + Anthropologie’s $1K rock.
Starbucks is decaffeinating itself, closing 400 stores… but there’s hope for Starbs at McDonald’s.3 NFL teams just sold at record prices... They sold to Private Equity, but what about fan shares?Spotify deleted 75M AI songs, while AI slop is slowing your work day… Welcome to the ... Show More
22m 56s
Apr 2019
Walmart’s secret “store of the future” unveiled, Starbucks’ loyalty-powered record high, and 3M’s worst day since ‘87
Starbucks announced the return of the S’mores Frappuccino, but we’re focused on what its new loyalty program change means to your daily routine. Walmart has been cooking up a “store of the future” out of its Long Island-based lab, so we checked it out. And post-it note creator 3M ... Show More
15m 42s
Oct 2025
Big Pharma Breakout… And A Billionaire Boycott On Netflix 10/1/25
<p>Pharma stocks breaking out, as President Trump inks a drug pricing deal. What it means for the group, and how the broader health care sector is breathing a sigh of relief. Plus Elon Musk and some bingeing backlash. Why the billionaire is calling for customers to cancel their s ... Show More
41m 11s
Feb 2024
Big tech continues to rock
<p>Meta will reward shareholders with its first-ever dividend and an additional $50bn in share buybacks, US President Joe Biden has approved financial sanctions on Israelis in the West Bank, and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk is hitting back after a Delaware court struck down hi ... Show More
11m 27s
Nov 2025
🦈 “Doo-Doo-Doo” — Baby Shark’s IPO. 85% off Ozempic. Lyft CEO David Risher. +Restaurant Hottie AI
President Trump struck a deal with Big Pharma for $150 GLP-1 drugs… a total euro move.On the 10th anniversary of the Baby Shark video… its owner PinkFong IPO’d at a $400 million valuation.Lyft’s CEO celebrated their best quarter yet… by joining The Best One Yet in-studioLooksMapp ... Show More
26m 11s
Sep 2025
👟 “Air Force Kirkland” — Nike’s Costco sneaker. Amex’s $895 mirror card. Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation. +Kevin Durant’s crypto password.
Amex just jacked up the fee for its Platinum card to $895… so we used AI to optimize the points.Did Nike just collab with Costco on a shoe?... Could be a deepfake - or an intentional Nike leak.Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show just got canceled… but you can follow the money to a $6B ... Show More
22m 42s
Aug 2023
Only Fun Drugs Should Cost Money
The Biden administration on Tuesday shared the first ten prescription drugs that it has chosen for price negotiations through Medicare. The Biden administration will try to lower Medicare prices for the drugs by negotiating with their respective manufacturers to ease the burden o ... Show More
18m 49s
May 2024
💋 “ScarJo vs AI” — OpenAI’s Scarlett Johansson drama. Target’s value meal. Sonos’ $450 headset strategy.
The ScarJo/ChatGPT drama just got juicer — It turns out OpenAI asked actress Scarlett Johansen last year about using her voice for their chatbot, but she said no… and that’s just the start.Target is slashing the prices on 5,000 products this summer, just as McDonald’s and Wendy’s ... Show More
22m 33s
Sep 2025
💰 “$1 Trillion Paycheck” — Elon’s 13-digit incentive. J.Crew’s AI faux pas. US Open’s Cadillac. +Martell baby #2.
The real winner of the US Open? Cadillac… It used “The Great Gatsby Strategy.”J.Crew just caused the biggest fashion drama of the year… It used AI to knockoff *itself*.Elon may get the biggest pay package in history… The 1st ever $1 Trillion paycheck.Plus, Nick and Molly's second ... Show More
23m 36s