WNBA Quintuples Players’ Salaries & Energy Prices Spike as Fed Holds Rates Steady

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🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Episode 803: Neal and Toby chat about the Fed’s decision to keep rates unchanged as it monitors the risks from the Iran War. Then, the WNBA and its players’ union reach a historic deal that reflects the growth of value for women’s basketball. Plus, the company behind the ‘steroid Olympics’ is breaking into the consumer market as it will begin selling injectable peptides. Meanwhile, it’s Neal’s Numbers on Poland’s economy, radioactive mice and rats, and the most requested song at a piano bar. Learn more at linkedin.com/MBD Join our March Madness bracket! Join our March Madness bracket! Mens: https://fantasy.espn.com/games/tournament-challenge-bracket-2026/group?id=4f3dc815-5efe-4a5f-ab31-1479c99af85d&joining=true Womens: https://fantasy.espn.com/tc/sharer?challengeId=278&from=espn&context=GROUP_INVITE&edition=espn-en&groupId=bf3953cf-e486-4a98-9925-9f56ef480bfa 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	Now, are all the traitors present?
0:02.5	Let's get started, shall we?
0:04.5	From rags to riches.
0:05.8	I'm so sick of this.
0:07.0	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
0:09.1	Yorkshire to New York.
0:10.7	Or climbers, you and me.
0:12.4	A life dedicated to revenge.
0:14.4	Let's make this an occasion to remember.
0:16.5	A woman of substance on Channel 4.
0:19.2	Stream now.
0:21.8	Good morning for Brew Daily Show.
0:24.2	I'm Neil Fryman.
0:25.1	And I'm Toby Howell.
0:26.0	Today, energy prices are spiking and Jerome Powell's hands are tied.
0:30.2	Then, what's the deal with peptides?
0:33.2	It's Thursday, March 19th.
0:35.3	Let's ride.
0:40.4	Good morning on what is for many American sports fans, the most exciting day of the year.
0:46.0	The men's college basketball tournament, aka March Madness, tips off with a 16-game feast,
0:51.6	running from 1215 Eastern to whenever the 10-10 game ends.
0:55.9	Brackets will be busted on heralded stars will be born, and you've Venmoed five of your
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