NPR, PBS Funding Cut & CBS Cancels ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’

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🗓️ 18 July 2025

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Episode 629: Neal and Toby chat about the Senate’s passing of a law that will cut federal funding for NPR and PBS. Then, CBS cancels 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'. Plus, tickets for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film goes on sale…which doesn’t premiere until exactly one year from now. Meanwhile, Uber’s massive deal with Lucid Motors to expand their robotaxi service is the Stock of the Week. President Trump’s strong preference for real cane sugar in Coca-cola sodas causes shares of high fructose corn syrup producers to drop. Meet your local home loan expert at ⁠⁠https://mortgagematchup.com/?utm_source=morning_brew&utm_medium=podcast 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 00:00 - Freebie Guy 3:30 - Congress Pulls NBR and PBS Funding 7:00 - CBS Cancels Late Show 12:00 - 'Odyssey' Sells IMAX 18:00 - Stock of the Week 21:30 - Dog of the Week

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0:00.0	Good morning Brew Daily Show. I'm Neil Fryman.
0:05.0	And I'm Toby Howell.
0:06.0	Today, what will happen to NPR and PBS after Congress pulled funding for public media?
0:11.0	Then Stephen Colbert is going to get an earlier bedtime because CBS is canceling the late show.
0:17.0	It's Friday, July 18th. Let's ride.
0:26.1	Good morning and happy Friday.
0:30.1	If you've got a birthday coming up, sure, you can spend the day refreshing your Facebook while and inviting friends for a dinner.
0:32.2	Or you could sprint manically around town trying to collect all the freebies,
0:36.7	retailers give out to people on
0:38.2	their big day. The Wall Street Journal profiled one guy, Clint Svatos, who's part of a community
0:43.6	of competitive birthday freeloaders. These people couldn't care less about your gifts. They
0:48.9	care more about maximizing gifts from companies, like a free Grand Slam breakfast from Denny's,
0:54.1	handouts from
0:54.7	Sephora or Ulta, and popcorn from Regal. In all, on his birthday earlier this year,
1:00.4	Svato's broke a record with 40 freebies, including 10 free drinks, 14 free desserts, and 12
1:06.7	free food items. Toby, is this a respectable way to spend your birthday?
1:16.6	First of all, this dude had it down to a science. Here's his smartest ploy, Target shopping centers, because they have multiple opportunities for freebies in one spot. He also paces
1:20.9	himself, you know, energy is going to be a big issue. So he schedules free coffee at intervals
1:25.7	to keep his energy up.
1:28.3	He's not alone either.
1:33.6	Denny said that 28% more people redeemed their birthday freebie in 2024 compared to the previous year.
1:36.3	So clearly people are loving freebies.
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