First Half of 2025: Biggest Story, Biggest Flop, Best Meme and More

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Episode 618: Neal and Toby reflect on the first half of the year in business news. What was the biggest news story? What was the biggest flop? The meme of the year? The guys recap all of that and more and then Toby quizzes Neal on was a headline from 2024... or 2025? Head to https://www.tacobell.com/morning-brew to learn more about Taco Bell’s new Refrescas! 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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0:56.1	Good morning brew daily show. I'm Neil Fryman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today we reminisce
1:01.3	about the first half of the year in business news. And then we speculate irresponsibly
1:05.8	about what the second half of the year may bring. It's Thursday, July 3rd. Let's ride.
1:15.4	Good morning and welcome to a special episode of Morning Brew Daily. Hope we're catching you
1:20.3	just before you've switched off your brain for July 4th. Today, a look back and a look forward.
1:26.5	2025 just crossed the midway point, so we're handing out halftime game balls.
1:31.3	What's been the biggest story of the year so far?
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