Investment Firm Sends Analyst to Strait of Hormuz & Bars Are Banning Phones

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🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Episode 817: Neal and Toby discuss a report from a Citrini Research analyst who saw with their own eyes shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, contrary to what the dominant narrative. Then, OpenAI releases a blueprint of how to integrate AI into society and to reap the benefits. Also, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns of a business exodus from NYC, but recent data suggests otherwise. Meanwhile, Toby dives into the trend of phone-free bars in America’s biggest cities. Learn more at taxact.com/business-returns Vote for our show for the Webby Awards: https://wbby.co/57452N 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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0:28.9	Good morning, Brew Daily show.
0:31.3	I'm Neil Fryman.
0:32.1	And I'm Toby Howell.
0:33.0	Today, more restaurants are going phone-free.
0:35.8	Then, if you want to know what's going on in the Strait of Hormuz, you gotta go to the Strait of Hormuz.
0:40.3	It's Tuesday, April 7th. Let's ride.
0:44.3	Good morning and happy Tuesday.
0:50.3	252,760 miles from Earth, four humans sat in a tiny lunar module and ventured further
0:57.1	into space than any human has before.
0:59.9	The Artemis 2 crew set the spaceflight record yesterday as they completed their lunar flyby
1:05.0	around 7 p.m. passing the old mark held by Apollo 13, traveling more than a quarter million
1:10.0	miles away from home and
1:11.4	basking in 40 minutes of solitude as they circled the far side of the moon. It is so great to hear
1:17.4	from Earth again, astronaut Christina Koch said when the craft finished its orbit. Jeremy Hansen,
1:21.9	the Canadian member of the crew, decided to use the historic record as a chance to fire up
1:26.2	future generations. We most importantly
1:28.6	choose this moment to challenge this generation and the next to make sure this record is not long
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