Spirit Airlines on its Deathbed? & July Inflation Remains Sticky

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🗓️ 13 August 2025

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Episode 647: Neal and Toby recap July’s inflation report that shows CPI ticked up from June. Then, Elon Musk accuses Apple of preferential treatment of OpenAI in its App Store vs. other AI companies…mainly Grok. Also, Spirit Airlines and Kodak are knocking on death’s door as it struggles to stay in business. Meanwhile, Cracker Barrel is trying to revamp its restaurants to appeal to younger customers and not everyone is happy about it. 00:00 - The Sphere of Oz 3:30 - Sticky inflation 8:30 - Elon v. Apple & OpenAI 12:45 - Spirit’s demise 14:50 - Kodak’s dire straits 17:40 - Cracker Barrel conundrum 21:30 - 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. Submit your MBD Password Answer here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Yzrl1BJY2FAFwXBYtb0CEp8XQB2Y6mLdHkbq9Kb2Sz8/viewform?edit_requested=true Sign up for MBD trivia night here: https://mbd-trivianight-august19.splashthat.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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0:38.1	Good morning, Brew Daily Show. I'm Neil Fryman.
0:41.8	And I'm Toby Howell.
0:42.6	Today, inflation was more mild than underseasoned potatoes, teeing up a Fed rate cut next month.
0:48.3	Then Elon Musk claims that Apple and Open AI are in cahoots, suppressing his AI chatbot in the app store. It's Wednesday, August 13th. Let's ride.
1:02.0	You've heard on this podcast that Las Vegas is in a major tourism slump this summer, but it might be able to turn things around with some help from tigers and lions and bears,
1:11.7	oh my.
1:12.6	Sphere, the futuristic, sphere-shaped venue just off the strip, announced this week that it had
1:17.6	sold 127,000 tickets to its showing of the Wizard of Oz, which debuts on August 28th.
1:24.6	The sphere and a team of engineers used AI to widen the 1939 films frames
1:29.2	to fit the ginormous screen with the goal of making you feel like you were in the studio
1:33.3	when the movie was being made. James Dolan, CEO of sphere and owner of the Knicks, says he thinks
1:38.5	the Wizard of Oz will boost the share of people traveling to Las Vegas just for the sphere
1:42.6	to 10% from 7% currently.
1:45.4	As long as people don't balk at the price, which starts at over $100 for a single showing,
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