Jerome Powell Fights DOJ Criminal Investigation & Are Retailers Watching You Shop?

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🗓️ 13 January 2026

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Episode 756: Neal and Toby dive into the Justice Department’s criminal investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, bringing the battle with Trump into a whole new level. Then, Apple calls up Google to power its AI products. Meanwhile, Paramount is suing Warner Bros. Discovery over its Netflix deal. Plus, Toby looks into the trend of facial recognition technology used by retailers to curtail shoplifting, but, to many shoppers, at the cost of privacy. Explore Indeed’s full findings at https://www.indeed.com/2026hiringtrends 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	The best B2B marketing gets wasted on the wrong people.
0:04.1	In what possible world do I need the seven pound bag of wasabi peas that social media is obsessed with showing me?
0:10.0	To reach the right professionals, use LinkedIn ads.
0:12.6	LinkedIn has grown to a network of over 130 million decision makers.
0:16.8	You can target your buyers by job title industry and more.
0:20.3	Spend $250 on your first campaign and and LinkedIn will even give you a $250 credit on your next one.
0:26.9	Just go to LinkedIn.com slash MBD.
0:29.4	That's LinkedIn.com slash MBD.
0:31.8	Terms and conditions apply only on LinkedIn ads.
0:35.5	Good morning for Daily show. I'm Neil Fryman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today morning Brutley Show.
0:37.9	I'm Neil Fryman.
0:38.7	And I'm Toby Howell.
0:39.6	Today, lawmakers and meme stock traders
0:42.1	rally around Jerome Powell.
0:44.1	Then Alphabet just joined
0:45.6	the $4 trillion market cap club.
0:48.7	It's Tuesday, January 13th.
0:50.9	Let's ride.
1:03.0	Good morning. It's time to start getting excited for the Winter Olympics, which begins in just a few weeks from northern Italy. And for any skating fans out there, you're going to be in for a treat.
1:06.0	On Sunday, Team USA announced one of the strongest American figure skating teams in history,
1:11.9	anchored by four-time national champ Ilya Malin, aka the Quad God, and the ice dance duo
1:18.0	of Madison Chalk and Evan Bates.
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