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Amtrak Launches NextGen Acela & The Wizard of Oz Takes the Sphere

Morning Brew Daily

Morning Brew

Business News, News, Business

4.43K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Episode 659: Neal and Toby discuss Amtrak’s new Acela that will zip up and down the Northeast corridor of the United States. Then, taking a look at the 20 years since Katrina and how the city of New Orleans recovered. The guys share their stock and dog of the week which includes the Wizard of Oz and India’s tariff conundrum. Finally college football is set to kick off and the headlines you should know heading into Labor Day. LinkedIn will even give you a $100 credit on your next campaign so you can try it yourself. Check out LinkedIn.com/mbd for more. Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note⁠⁠⁠  Watch Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:31.8

Head to contentful.com slash Black Friday.

0:34.7

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0:41.0

Go. slash black Friday. That's contentful.com slash black Friday. Good morning for Daily Show. I'm Neil Fryman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today Amtrak rolled out the fastest

0:47.1

trains in America, but will they have decent Wi-Fi? Then follow the yellow brick road to the Las Vegas

0:52.7

strip. The Wizard of Oz has arrived at the sphere.

0:56.1

It's Friday, August 29th. Let's ride.

1:03.0

There's been lots of recent controversy around rebrands, but one organization is hoping to freshen up its design language without setting off a firestorm.

1:12.0

And that could be tough because it's the state of Massachusetts.

1:15.4

My home state, well, technically it's a Commonwealth, is updating its state flag, seal, and motto.

1:21.0

And this week unveiled the finalists after receiving more than 1,150 submissions from the public.

1:27.5

Toby, you poured through them all.

1:28.9

Are we going to do better than Cracker Barrel?

1:30.9

Absolutely not.

1:31.8

One of the flag submissions is just a dinosaur running while holding a cup of Duncan.

1:37.0

But I really enjoyed the motto submissions.

1:39.6

Right now, the current Massachusetts state motto is Latin for,

1:42.1

By the Sword, we seek peace, but peace only under

1:45.3

liberty, which is good, but listen to this one, in cod we trust. Come on, that's perfect.

1:51.1

I also liked the gateway to New Hampshire, and God darn it, Massachusetts, number one, again,

1:57.2

question mark, question mark, question mark, which rec cents 6093 is also objectively hilarious my

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