Job Seekers Are Paying to Get Hired & Elon Pivots From Mars to the Moon

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🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Episode 776: Neal and Toby discuss the labor market being so bad that job seekers are paying recruiters to white-glove service their candidacy for potential employers. Then, Elon Musk seemed fixed on building life on Mars, but now, he’s pivoting to the Moon. Also, the US tariffs on Cuba has led to a shortage of jet fuel, forcing Air Canada to halt all their flights to the island nation. Meanwhile, celebrities once flocked to starting their own tequila brands. But now they’re flocking to underwear. Learn more about FlavCity at shopflavcity.com 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	recently I got an ad for the best lawn fertilizer but here's the thing I live in an apartment
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0:30.1	Just go to LinkedIn.com slash MBD.
0:32.7	That's LinkedIn.com slash MBD.
0:35.3	Terms and conditions apply.
0:39.0	Good morning, Brew Daily Show. I'm Neil Fryman.
0:42.0	And I'm Toby Howell.
0:42.9	Today, the labor market is down so bad that people are paying recruiters to find jobs for them.
0:48.1	Ben, Elon Musk is ditching Mars for something a little closer to home, the moon.
0:52.8	It's Tuesday, February 10th.
0:54.9	Let's ride.
1:00.2	So I went to the gym yesterday, no big deal,
1:02.8	and was obviously listening to Bad Bunny on my AirPods
1:05.9	after a Super Bowl halftime show.
1:07.3	I was looking around wondering,
1:09.3	how many people here are also listening to Bad Bunny?
1:12.6	And the answer is probably most of them. On Monday, the singers saw a 470% jump in Spotify streams
1:19.6	in the United States and a 210% increase in global streams. As of this morning, he held the first
1:25.3	six spots on Spotify's U.S. Daily Top Songs chart.
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