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Musk Paid $23B to Focus on Tesla & Is ‘Athleisure’ Dead?

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4.42.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Episode 641: Neal and Toby discuss Elon Musk getting paid a handsome number to stay on as Tesla’s CEO and to put his focus on saving the company. Then, Sydney Sweeney’s viral ad campaign with American Eagle has caught the attention of the President and sent share soaring. Plus, an Outdoor Voices resurgence may be on the horizon, but is the world ready to embrace athleisure wear again? Meanwhile, Toby dives into the world of spicy foods that’s being featured in restaurants all over the industry.  00:00 - Wolf problem out in CA 3:30 - Elon gets his $23B bag 7:30 - Outdoor voices founder returns 10:30 - American Eagle gets Trump bump 16:00 - Toby’s Trends: Spicy foods 20:00 - Sprint Finish! 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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Good morning, Brew Daily show. I'm Neil Framman.

0:43.4

And I'm Toby Howell.

0:44.3

Today, Tesla found a new way to keep Elon Musk focused on work. A whole lot of money.

0:49.4

Then American Eagles shares soared after Trump endorsed Sidney's Sweeney's controversial ad. It's Tuesday, August 5th. Let's Ride.

1:01.1

Good morning and happy Tuesday. I want to quickly take us out west, where the government

1:06.1

has been deploying some creative methods to combat a spike in gray wolf attacks against livestock.

1:11.6

The problem they're facing is that the wolf population has surged since being reintroduced to Yellowstone in 1995,

1:18.6

leaving ranchers defenseless to protect their cattle and sheep.

1:21.6

The latest solution, according to the Wall Street Journal, is to use drones to scare off the wolves by blasting

1:27.8

the predators with haunting audio clips from the drone speakers. And by haunting audio clips,

1:33.1

the recordings include ACDC's Thundersruck, and this is true, a clip of the fight between

1:38.8

Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver in the movie A Marriage Story. Toby, nothing more terrifying than Scarjo and Driver hurling barbs at each other.

1:47.2

I'd absolutely run the other way.

1:49.2

Well, now I'm sitting here thinking about other things a drone could play that would have an

1:53.1

animal sprinting the other direction.

1:55.0

And the first thing that came to mind, unfortunately, was good.

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