
Kyle Hagge runs back some of the most notable quotes said on MBD this year
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Kyle Hagee
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Neal Freyman
I'm Neal Freyman.
Toby Howell
And I'm Toby Howell.
Kyle Hagee
And on episode, we see if Neil and Toby can remember the brilliant things they said throughout the year. It's Thursday, December 26th. Let's ride.
Toby Howell
Hey, that's my line.
Kyle Hagee
So today we have a very special episode of the podcast with a game called who Said It? And this is actually our second annual time we've done this. The rules are very complex. All right, so stick with me here. I'm going to read a quote from the podcast that was said during 2024, and you're both going to guess who said it. So crazy stuff going on. So I'll read the quote, you discuss who you think said the quote, maybe you agree, maybe you disagree, and then bonus points if you can tell me the context of the quote and if you can name a specific episode and date it was said, then like, you might win a brand new car or something. We encourage you to play at home, so feel free to pause the show, Think to yourself, who said it? Or better yet, played out loud on your commute. Get everyone guessing who said it as well. And it's the only time this year that all three of us, I believe, have been in the studio at once. The government said it's too powerful when we get together, so they let us do it once a year.
Neal Freyman
Do we have a designated survivor?
Kyle Hagee
Oh, no, I don't know. We'll have to talk to the producer.
Neal Freyman
And I just want it. Before we start, I just want to thank Ray, our producer, for going through hours and hours and hours of footage for finding these quotes, and to you, Kyle, for.
Kyle Hagee
For hosting, of course. This is one of my favorite episodes, so let's make it a good one. Are you all ready to play who said It?
Neal Freyman
Let's do it.
Kyle Hagee
All right, quote number one. It does feel like the layoffs of early 2024 do have some a tinge to it. When you listen to these CEOs doing their layoff announcements, it's more strategic, focused on reorganizing. It's not like the layoffs of 2023.
Toby Howell
Weird use of strategic there.
Neal Freyman
Yeah. But pretty insightful. So I think me, I think. I think me.
Toby Howell
I think it's Neil as well, because I would have used strategically, not strategic.
Kyle Hagee
Okay, so you would have used it properly. So Neil did say this. Now, this was on a pretty special episode. Do you remember what episode this was from?
Toby Howell
Wait, so these layoffs have a tinge.
Neal Freyman
Oh, I know what you're talking about. It's when we interviewed Mark Zuckerberg.
Kyle Hagee
Exactly. It was the year of Zuck. It was the Mark Zuckerberg interview. And I think you were talking about should people be worried about AI taking their job? So, Zuck, thank you for that really great quote. And you are correct. Neil had that insightful wisdom. Number two, if I were a betting man in this scenario, I think Warner Bros. Relinquishes the TV rights for the NBA because it's so expensive.
Toby Howell
I'm a betting man.
Neal Freyman
But say, Toby, I think.
Kyle Hagee
Yeah. The question is, who is the bigger DraftKings addict?
Neal Freyman
I know I am. First of all, Toby. Toby bets on different types of things. Not the NFL like I do. If I were a betting man.
Toby Howell
Well, okay, so stuff like that. I know I don't. But also it was correct, though. They did relinquish the rights. Even though they are fighting for them still.
Neal Freyman
They said no, they settled that. That's gone.
Toby Howell
If they're. If so, it is correct. Which means I must have said the answer is. Toby, let's go.
Kyle Hagee
You are using a correct heuristic. If it's right. Toby probably said it. The NBA TV rights, rougher grabs between major media companies. This was from May 10th, episode 320.
Neal Freyman
Okay. Yeah. So TNT. The NBA is leaving. TNT, goodbye.
Toby Howell
Although inside the NBA, they did really did come to an agreement. So those boys will still be on your TV screens, which is what we all want.
Kyle Hagee
We're still going to have Sir Charles on tv, which is great news. All right, number three, quote, you want to bring tourists to your neck of the woods, but you also want them to behave responsibly and be respectful of the businesses. What a thoughtful quote here.
Neal Freyman
Who sounds like me.
Kyle Hagee
Yeah.
Toby Howell
This is either two. Two things. Well, we did a lot of stories this year about countries kind of cracking down on tourism. One was like, Milan started these rules of, like, quiet hours after a certain time.
Neal Freyman
There was also people in Barcelona. There were pro. I have a guess that this is what you're referring to. We talked about protesters in Barcelona firing water guns at visitors at restaurants.
Toby Howell
There's One wild card, though. Remember Amsterdam? Like, put out a call, like, banning British men from specifically visiting the city. So there was a lot of.
Neal Freyman
So, yeah, that was certainly a theme of the year, was over tourism. I guess we got sidetracked here. I think I said it.
Toby Howell
Yeah, Neil said it.
Kyle Hagee
Okay, so the guess is Neil said it's about over tourism, mainly abroad. You're wrong on both accounts. Well done, guys. Toby said this, and it had nothing to do with Europe and international travel. It was, Miami launches ad campaign to deter spring spring breakers. You all were thinking too intellectually.
Toby Howell
Yeah, I mean, it is over.
Neal Freyman
You got to look closer to home.
Toby Howell
Wait, say. Say the quote again.
Kyle Hagee
It was, you want to bring tourists to your neck of the woods, but you also want them to behave responsibly and be respectful of the businesses. I think Miami spring break was getting a little out of hand.
Neal Freyman
Yeah, Miami, Miami beach, spring. They basically tried to cancel spring break.
Kyle Hagee
Yeah, but if you go to Miami beach, you're not trying to behave responsibly. That's the whole point.
Toby Howell
That is the whole point. I have been to Miami beach during spring break, and people not behave responsibly.
Kyle Hagee
We'll move on from that. Number four. This one is. This one's nice. We're breaking 85 in golf this year.
Toby Howell
I mean, that's.
Neal Freyman
That's. That has to be me, because Toby had. Probably hasn't shot over an 85 in, like, 15 years. So that's my goal. And I think I did. I shot an 84. So that's good.
Kyle Hagee
Hell, yeah. Congratulations. Do you remember when you shared this, though, Neil? You are correct.
Neal Freyman
No idea.
Toby Howell
Resolution.
Kyle Hagee
Ding, ding, ding. Was your New Year's resolution. The first episode of 2024, and you pulled it off. That's huge, huge news on the podcast.
Neal Freyman
I remember Stockbridge Country Club in.
Toby Howell
In Massachusetts, you had a great golf year.
Kyle Hagee
A long putt for 84, and you just sinked it on 18.
Neal Freyman
I don't remember. I probably flailed into the end there.
Kyle Hagee
All right, we're moving on to the next quote. This one is pretty serious. We've never seen anything like this in the history of financial markets. When a company's earnings report has become as important as the jobs report or the inflation report or a Jerome Powell press conference. Who said it and what was this quote about?
Toby Howell
I think it's Neil and Nvidia. Right. The two ends right there.
Kyle Hagee
Feeling good. The double N and squared and square. You are correct. You guys nailed that one. It was Neil Nvidia. You probably said that a Million times on this.
Neal Freyman
A million. Certainly it was the most important company of the year, the most important stock in the world. Each earnings report was a massive event. They had a watch party here in New York City at a bar over it, I would say, you know, certainly Nvidia's earnings may be. We may have hit peak Nvidia earnings, I think. But for a time there over the summer, it was. It was quite insane.
Toby Howell
It was fun. The numbers were gaudy. We were really mad that we didn't come up with the idea of hosting a watch party either. It was a little bit of a nerdy event for sure. The people who during, like before the workday is over, goes to a bar in Manhattan just to watch, you know, Nvidia's earnings drops. It was a fun time. But, yeah, unless they somehow double revenue again, which seems unlikely, it probably won't be as big of an event. But still, you know, a gangbuster of.
Kyle Hagee
A year for them. It would be really fun if you all did, like, earnings report watches with.
Toby Howell
Neil has wanted to do like college game day. Ask for like the jobs report or something like that.
Kyle Hagee
If you have it. Can I just got to be on the panel.
Toby Howell
You're on it. Thank you, Pat McAfee.
Kyle Hagee
We'll get Nick Saban in the house, too. All right, next quote. I probably account for 50% of global sales of Breyers.
Toby Howell
Me, I don't eat Breyers.
Neal Freyman
You don't need Briars. I used to eat a lot of Breyers chocolate ice cream, but I don't see it anymore. It got super expensive. So I would say that quote refers to me from age 8 to 16.
Kyle Hagee
Okay, but what is inflation has taken away your law. Yeah.
Neal Freyman
What is this in reference to, though?
Kyle Hagee
So it was Neil, it was March 20th. So it was earlier this year. And it was a about parent company Unilever trying to sell its ice cream businesses, right?
Toby Howell
Oh, yeah. And it was also, they cited too, that it was so hot that it was bad for the ice cream business. There is like an ideal temperature in the summers. If it gets too hot, people don't want to eat ice cream because it just melts there. So that was the first time I ever considered the fact that it could be too hot for ice.
Kyle Hagee
It's probably good we're getting corporate interests aligned on not having climate change ice cream business. Ice cream companies are going to invest, are going to fight this.
Neal Freyman
Wait, let's go around here. What's everyone's favorite ice cream brand?
Kyle Hagee
Ben and Jerry's.
Neal Freyman
What Flavor.
Kyle Hagee
There's a Maricone dream. Really good. If I'm not doing Ben and Jerry's salt and straw. Now that's in New York City and.
Neal Freyman
That is a Pacific Northwest staple.
Toby Howell
So that's a bougie answer for sure. Delicious as well. I grew up on Eddie's, which not a lot of people did. My uncle used to work for them. It's E, D Y apostrophe.
Kyle Hagee
Oh, yeah, I've seen that.
Neal Freyman
If anyone's done a crossword puzzle, it is is in pretty much.
Toby Howell
And it is underrated, I will say. I just never meet anyone who actually eats it. But since the familial tie, I was.
Neal Freyman
An easy family going back to America and dream someone. So Stephen Colbert. That's Stephen Colbert sober. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey. I was talking to someone from Montclair, New Jersey. They saw he went to a supermarket and bought American. American dream. He bought his own ice.
Toby Howell
That's like Michael Jordan. That's Jordan's right.
Kyle Hagee
Also, we're doxing Stephen Colbert.
Neal Freyman
It's a well known fact.
Toby Howell
Public interest.
Kyle Hagee
All right, we're going to move on to the next quote. Every media company now has a streaming platform. So how do you stand out these days? It's having live sports.
Neal Freyman
Oh, I mean, it's a pretty generic quote. Let's be.
Toby Howell
I know.
Kyle Hagee
I think I've been in on every single person.
Toby Howell
The first part, I thought it was going to be in reference to Chick Fil A launching a streaming service, but then I think it is like a Netflix thing, bidding on live sports. They made a ton of, you know, inroads into that.
Kyle Hagee
I'm going to give you the date and maybe that helps you identify what they're specifically talking about. It was an early episode, January 16th.
Neal Freyman
See, that seems I was here on January 16th.
Toby Howell
That seems a little.
Neal Freyman
That was in reference to the Mike Tyson Jake Paul launch.
Toby Howell
No, this is. No, yeah, that's way too early for that.
Neal Freyman
Well, I'm saying they announced it. You know, it just happened, but. Or the Christmas Day NFL games still seems. Either way, we have not. We're not answering the question.
Toby Howell
I'll say. I'll take it, but I don't think it's in reference to those sporting events.
Neal Freyman
Oh, wwe, Right.
Toby Howell
Maybe it was wwe.
Kyle Hagee
It was Peacock streaming the Chief Dolphins AFC Wild Card game. And Neil said it.
Toby Howell
All right.
Kyle Hagee
Neil said it. All right. I love this next quote. Okay, this is a classic case of the over engineering that has gripped our society. Why can't we just have a low Tech vending machine. What was wrong with the former system where you put in a quarter, you type F3, and you get a snack? Someone is on their philosophical society level.
Neal Freyman
Seriously.
Kyle Hagee
Quote here. Who said it?
Neal Freyman
If I remember correctly, Toby did a. Toby's trends on people acquiring vending machines as a side hustle. So that's the only thing I can go off of. So that's what I'll say.
Toby Howell
And I guess we are railing against vending machines getting to, like, freestyle Toby's trends. It was the facial recognition technology at certain colleges that people were, like, freaking out about. Like, why does our vending machine need facial recognition? And it still was me, though.
Kyle Hagee
An incredible call. It was Toby, and you nailed it. It was about the facial recognition technology on college campuses. You all. You have, like, very good memories.
Toby Howell
Who to Vending machine stories this past year, though. That's pretty good.
Kyle Hagee
It was either Nvidia or vending machine. That's all we're talking about. Okay, next quote. This is what you've always seen in music. People pushing the boundaries. This is why music is an awesome medium. A deep quote here.
Neal Freyman
Deep.
Kyle Hagee
Someone did the research on this one.
Toby Howell
Music pushes the boundaries.
Neal Freyman
It does. I mean, it's probably. It's probably me, but I guess Toby likes music, but he doesn't, like, wax poetic about.
Toby Howell
Okay, well, let's. Let's try to think of the context, though.
Kyle Hagee
Yep.
Neal Freyman
I mean, there could be so many things. I don't think we would say that, you know, the Drake, Kendrick Lamar beef was necessarily pushing the boundaries of music. So maybe process of elimination. That is not it.
Toby Howell
I'm drawing a blank here. You got to help us out.
Kyle Hagee
So it was February 2nd. Toby actually said it, which. Which this is why music is an awesome medium that. That feels Toby coated.
Toby Howell
Yeah. And it doesn't really mean much.
Kyle Hagee
It was. It was Beyonce announcing her country album during the Super Bowl.
Toby Howell
Okay. I feel better about it now.
Kyle Hagee
All right. I love this one too. Bring a megaphone, especially if you're a podcaster.
Toby Howell
Bring a megaphone, especially if you're a podcaster.
Neal Freyman
I have no idea. Bring a. Give us a phone. It's like a field day.
Kyle Hagee
All right, get the calendar out. It's April 30th and early. This was in reference to an extracurricular activity that one of you two did outside of the studio.
Neal Freyman
That's what I said. That's exactly what I said. Toby hosted Field Day.
Toby Howell
Wait, when? It was it. It was in April.
Kyle Hagee
Yep.
Toby Howell
It's my. Was it my sister's wedding? Because I was I hosted field day at my sister's wedding.
Kyle Hagee
You all nailed it.
Toby Howell
There we go.
Kyle Hagee
Actually, Toby said it. Toby lost his voice hosting games during his sister's wedding. So if you brought a megaphone, you wouldn't have to yell.
Toby Howell
I really couldn't talk, like, the day before the podcast, but, you know, that was my Jordan flu game. I played through the pain.
Neal Freyman
Have you found yourself in, like, loud music situations where you're yelling and you realize you have this next day and you're like, I think I'm just going.
Toby Howell
To shut up a little bit. Well, first of all, music is a wonderful medium.
Neal Freyman
It is.
Toby Howell
And second of all, sometimes I do. I feel the voice straining. It's like you go and socialize too hard and you got to.
Neal Freyman
You know, this is the way I make money.
Toby Howell
The money maker.
Kyle Hagee
I think from a corporate risk standpoint, we need both.
Toby Howell
Right?
Kyle Hagee
Insurer.
Toby Howell
Our vocal. Our vocal.
Kyle Hagee
Yeah. We got to talk. We got to talk to someone about that. All right, next quote. That's one of the problems with Buy now, pay later. When you make these purchases, you can't build credit through them. Really good analysis here. Who said it?
Toby Howell
I remember this story, too. It was just about a report that it was this huge blind spot in terms of, like, creating credit reports is that buy now, pay later didn't contribute or hurt your credit score. So it's just like this lurking beast of a thing.
Kyle Hagee
Right. Some are calling it phantom debt.
Toby Howell
Phantom debt. There it was.
Kyle Hagee
So who broke down phantom debt?
Toby Howell
I think it was me. I think I introduced that story. So I'm going to say let's go with Toby.
Kyle Hagee
It was Neil. Oh, my gosh.
Neal Freyman
I need to just learn to read your.
Kyle Hagee
Yeah, I think I'm giving it away. Yeah, we're looking at each other too much.
Toby Howell
I think what happens is one of us introduces the story, so they think that's who said it. But it's probably the person who replied to the story that we got the nice. So we have to invert our thinking.
Neal Freyman
Okay.
Kyle Hagee
Yes. Okay, next quote. I just say quote, you know, your deal is stupid. It's going to go to zero because it's a bad idea. It doesn't mean you're a bad person. Take it behind the barn and shoot it and try something else. I'm the only one that tells the truth.
Neal Freyman
That would be Mr. Wonderful.
Toby Howell
Evan O'Leary.
Neal Freyman
Kevin O'Leary from Shark Tank. We interviewed him on Black Friday, and he was pretty unsparing in his criticism of his fellow Sharks on the show.
Toby Howell
It was pretty fun to see him in a podcast setting because he is the exact same as how he is on the show. He, he also has his phrases. He loves saying take it behind the barn.
Kyle Hagee
I don't want to see the behind his barn.
Toby Howell
There's a lot of ideas to entrepreneurs face to face and so it was it's part of his lexicon and he busted it out in our interview.
Neal Freyman
Did you end up taking any of his advice to get into to watches?
Toby Howell
I mean I have looked, I have paralysis by analysis because Mr. Wonderful is also a big watch collector.
Kyle Hagee
No surprise there.
Toby Howell
I wore my Apple watch in and he was just going in on the fact that Apple watches have no soul. You need to get into more collecting of these art pieces and he gave me a few names but then I looked up the price tag and I got a little still nervous. So I'm still rocking the Apple watch.
Kyle Hagee
Well if Rolex Patek Grand Seiko sponsor.
Neal Freyman
The pod, he's like five levels deeper than those brands.
Toby Howell
Yeah, well he's a Patek guy.
Neal Freyman
Guy.
Kyle Hagee
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Toby Howell
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Neal Freyman
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Kyle Hagee
Okay, another really insightful quote here. Let's guess who said it. Talk on de dollarization is something that gets on my last nerves. People keep saying no one is going to use the US Dollar. The US dollar is going to explode. If the US dollar explodes, the rest of the financial system will explode, including crypto. There needs to be less fear, Mongering. Around it.
Neal Freyman
It's, it's got to be you Kyle.
Toby Howell
No, no, no, no. I, it's Kyla Scanlan. I think it's our interview with Kyla that' dollarization with her and it seemed a little more insightful than what we came up with.
Kyle Hagee
I just have to say I'm honored that Neil heard de dollarization. He goes that was Kyle.
Neal Freyman
You just, you're more opinionated than we are. So I would never say something like this gets on my last nerve.
Kyle Hagee
Yeah, that's, that's insightful.
Toby Howell
It was. Was it Kyla Scanlon?
Kyle Hagee
It was Kyla Scanlon. A really good interview you all did and apparently she did all her ization gets on her last nerves.
Toby Howell
That was probably one of our favorite interviews of the year because Kyle is an economist but she also can speak very colloquially about these things so she can say things like de Dol gets on my last nerve because she thinks about that stuff. So. And it has been a little bit more of a talking point in recent months. I mean as we're recording this some of like the BRICS nations have floated the idea of decoupling their economies from the dollar. So Kyla just needs to go in front of you know these, these nations and say it doesn't make sense to de dollarize. But yeah, that one was. If you haven't listened that interview I highly recommend going back because that was one of our best of the year.
Kyle Hagee
Agreed. Very insightful breakdown there to for next year we need to take a quote from this episode and just meta quote. It's going to be a better quote. All right, moving on to a next quote. I think Covid changed people's perspectives on trade work as businesses shut down people realized that trade work and skilled trade workers were reliable, well paying jobs that weren't going away.
Toby Howell
I think this was a Toby's trends of like plumbers and electricians being just more and more in demand because they have these hard skills and it was like part of the disillusionment with going to college because why would you go to a four year institution get all this debt when you could go into a trade and immediately start making money. It's like a two year institution. So but I'm going to do the rule we just thought about. If I introduce it it usually means it's Neil because he responded to the story.
Kyle Hagee
So you guys are two in your own heads now.
Toby Howell
Shoot.
Kyle Hagee
It was to. It was about Gen Z skipping college and going to trade schools. All right, moving on. This one's very fun. Because it starts with it is just club bangers one after another. I was listening to it midday yesterday and I was like, I really shouldn't be listening to this right now because I need to get on a dance floor right now.
Neal Freyman
I think I said that about the Charlie XC album.
Toby Howell
Wait, I don't even remember you saying that.
Kyle Hagee
Literally Neil saying about you two were talking about the song in the summer. This was in reference to Charlie XCX and it was Neil, well done, club bangers.
Neal Freyman
I would say pressure to.
Kyle Hagee
Very prescient.
Toby Howell
Yeah, you absolutely nailed the Brad summer. That is funny though that you. Because you do listen to Charlie xx. You did go through kind of the song in the summer era.
Neal Freyman
I exhausted that album pretty quickly.
Toby Howell
Really.
Neal Freyman
It's kind of like one note, pretty intense stuff and I think I like some more mellow things just to balance it out. But luckily there is insane amount of amazing music this year. Charlie xc, you had a brack girl.
Kyle Hagee
Era and now you're moving on. Yeah, that's fair. Next quote. This is really just an example of how TikTok can play into spreading some not so sound financial advice.
Toby Howell
I mean this was about tax advice spreading on TikTok where people were saying you could like write off your little small white puppy as a guard dog and just saying a lot of interesting things on TikTok.
Kyle Hagee
I'm sure that happened, but it's not correct. There was one trend that went pretty viral on TikTok and it. It.
Neal Freyman
Oh, is it the bank glitch?
Kyle Hagee
Bank glitch is very close. I think that's what it is.
Neal Freyman
Like the infinite money code.
Kyle Hagee
Out of the atm.
Neal Freyman
Yeah. Out of the chase atm.
Kyle Hagee
Yes. So is the viral chase ATM trends where people were basically committing check fraud when you broke it down?
Neal Freyman
Yeah.
Toby Howell
Yeah.
Kyle Hagee
Who said it though? Was it Toby or was it Neil?
Neal Freyman
Say that again.
Toby Howell
Say the quote again.
Kyle Hagee
This really is just an example of how TikTok and play into spreading some not so sound financial advice.
Toby Howell
Toby, not so sound. Sounds like me.
Kyle Hagee
You guys know yourself well, it was Toby. No, I would.
Neal Freyman
I would have done that in just one word. He needs three.
Toby Howell
I like not so sound. Yeah, yeah.
Kyle Hagee
Neil is all about brevity.
Toby Howell
What an evergreen quote that is though. Because TikTok does constantly spread. You could have not so sound financial advice.
Kyle Hagee
Could have said that on any episode during the year.
Toby Howell
By the way. Actually when I use when I do not so sound, it's because in my head I want to like say a much harsher word.
Kyle Hagee
Yeah.
Toby Howell
And I have to dial it Back. And so what comes out is this hedged word of not so.
Neal Freyman
Just say what you mean.
Kyle Hagee
Lean in.
Neal Freyman
Toby, we're doing a writing workshop right now.
Toby Howell
Right? I know it is, but I remember thinking like I'm about to say like a curse word on air. Let's dial it back. Not so sound comes out. So that is why, you know, sometimes those, those phrases emerge.
Kyle Hagee
So if you're listening at home and you hear Toby say not so sound, just know he's actually.
Toby Howell
You wanted to say something else.
Kyle Hagee
All right, next quote. I think people are looking at the broad candy market and seeing people are innovating in the candy sector. They're not innovating as much in the chocolate sector. And that's why you're seeing people lean towards candy instead of chocolate. Okay. Someone went to business school before this quote.
Neal Freyman
I did not go to business school, but I think I said it.
Toby Howell
I know what it's in relation to. Do you know what it's in relation to?
Neal Freyman
No, but first say you said it.
Toby Howell
Well, I think again, I introduced this story because I think it's about Walgreens were unveiled this peelable mango candy that kind of set the Internet on fire. And we started saying that a lot more innovation is happening in candy versus chocolate. A lot of you can see sales rising in candy falling in chocolate. So I think it's in relation to the Walgreens mango store.
Kyle Hagee
But who said it? Toby.
Toby Howell
I'll, I'll take credit for it.
Kyle Hagee
It was Toby. Neal incorrect. And this was candy makers shifting towards Halloween. Gummies first chocolate.
Neal Freyman
Similar. Yeah, similar concept of the sour. Gummies are just like the biggest, the biggest growth area in the confection. In the confection.
Kyle Hagee
This was an incredible breakdown. I want to see this on like a memo that's distributed to like Mars or Hershey's.
Toby Howell
All you got to do is scroll through TikTok. That's what you see. All these candy brands are just so big on there right now. Also, cocoa prices are at an all time high. So maybe it's just by you have to innovate in the. On the gummy side of things because chocolate is just so expensive.
Kyle Hagee
Constraints create innovation.
Toby Howell
Yeah.
Kyle Hagee
Next quote. Theatricality is critical. People know it's scripted, but it doesn't matter because we're all. Because we're all hardwired for narrative. And even though we script, even though we know it's scripted, we're going to feel those emotions.
Neal Freyman
Oh my God.
Toby Howell
It sounds like wwe.
Neal Freyman
Yeah, that's where my. That's where I went first, but I don't. I have no idea what this is in relation to.
Kyle Hagee
So I'll give you a hint.
Neal Freyman
Yeah.
Kyle Hagee
It's not either of you.
Toby Howell
Okay. That makes hardwired for narrative.
Neal Freyman
Yeah. It sounded way too smart for us.
Toby Howell
Who else do we.
Kyle Hagee
And let me give you another clue.
Toby Howell
Is it Kyle?
Kyle Hagee
No. Macy did a really cool video where she was actually selling these in New York.
Toby Howell
Oh, hot dogs.
Kyle Hagee
Yep. Warmer.
Neal Freyman
This is the CEO of competitive eating.
Kyle Hagee
Ding, ding, ding. George Shea.
Neal Freyman
Yeah.
Kyle Hagee
You did an awesome interview with. With hot dogs eating contest host extraordinaire, George Shea. And he loved the theatricality. Wow.
Neal Freyman
He definitely likes the theatricality.
Toby Howell
That was super fun. That was a very insightful episode because he does anyone who's seen the fourth of July hot dog eating contest, he does these world famous introductions where he literally waxes poetic about each one of these competitive eaters. And he takes it very seriously. He understands human nature very deeply. So even though it seems like this kitschy fourth of July show, he thinks about it a lot. That also was one of our favorites that you personally were very excited for that one.
Kyle Hagee
It's such a cool, like interview.
Neal Freyman
Yeah.
Kyle Hagee
And such a cool story.
Neal Freyman
So here's the question. Is Joey Chestnut going to be back at Nathan's on Coney island next year?
Kyle Hagee
You all seem like the experts. I hope so.
Toby Howell
I know if. If he doesn't go back, it will slowly lose its relevant. I feel bad for our boy George, say, because he signed he had this marketing agreement that went south with or not went south, but just like was a conflict of interest with Impossible Foods and Nathan's and so he ended up doing like a Netflix show with Kobayashi instead. So he's got to come back though.
Kyle Hagee
Well, we'll have George J. Back on it to break this down next year. Last quote. When I think of this story, I just think to myself, man, this is totally going to be a movie one day because it's soaked with drama and so many important issues of our time tied into this one, man.
Neal Freyman
Sounds like me.
Toby Howell
Who's the one?
Neal Freyman
This story. Wow.
Toby Howell
Give it to us one more time.
Kyle Hagee
Okay. When I think of this story, I just think to myself, man, this is totally going to be a movie one day because it's soaked with drama and so many important issues of our time tied into this one, man.
Toby Howell
I don't actually know what it is. You got a hint for us?
Kyle Hagee
It's a. It's an app, founder. The app allows you to send messages.
Neal Freyman
Pavel Durov, Telegram.
Kyle Hagee
Nailed it.
Toby Howell
Whoa. Yeah, that's really good.
Kyle Hagee
And he was a pretty wild year.
Toby Howell
Yeah, he was. Yeah. Because Telegram is like this sleeping giant in the social media world. It crossed a billion users. It's very popular in, I mean, certain communities like Ukraine, Russia, encrypted. But yeah, Pavel Durov has like, a ton of kids. He's very into, you know, like the longevity, biohacking.
Kyle Hagee
Yeah.
Toby Howell
And he is just a incredible figure and probably will get a movie. Are we saying Neil said it, though? I think Neil said it.
Kyle Hagee
Neil did say. Yeah. I mean, of course.
Toby Howell
That's a good.
Neal Freyman
I laid on the drama with that quote for sure.
Toby Howell
Yeah.
Neal Freyman
But it is. He is a pretty fascinating character.
Kyle Hagee
Super interesting. All right, special last question. Who said it? Let's ride.
Neal Freyman
I. I think we all said it at some point. You have 99% market share. Yes, but I said it once. We have, you know, a few weeks ago.
Kyle Hagee
Yeah, I said it and then this.
Neal Freyman
Episode said it on this episode.
Toby Howell
Look at that.
Kyle Hagee
We've. We've all had a.
Toby Howell
What a beautiful.
Neal Freyman
They're all coming together.
Kyle Hagee
Exactly. So I will announce the winners and I'll say the real winners are the audience because I want to give a shout out, literally, to you both and the entire team at Morning Brew Daily. If you think about all of these quotes, all of the stories you covered over the past, like, you know, 300 plus days, it's pretty remarkable. And I think you've just created such an awesome show. People absolutely love this. And I see you all waking up at 4am every day to make this happen. So kudos to you. Is really fun to go through all these stories again.
Toby Howell
It really is crazy. We are professional talkers. All we do is spit out quotes like this. Some of them better than others. So thank you, Kyle, for helping host us. Thank you, Ray, for picking out quotes that make us look relatively good.
Neal Freyman
And thank you for filling in, Kyle.
Kyle Hagee
Of course. Neil and Toby, thanks for playing our second annual who Said It Game. I guess I'll see you back here in about 365 days.
Toby Howell
Let's do it.
Kyle Hagee
Let's roll the credits now. Emily Milian is our executive producer. Raymond Liu is our producer. Olivia Graham is our associate producer. Eugenio Waugu is our technical director. Billy Menino is on audio, hair and makeup had no memorable quotes this year. Devin Emery is our chief content officer. And our show is a production of Morning Brew. Thanks for listening.
Toby Howell
Great show today, Kyle. Let's run it back again next year. Wait, wait, wait. Before you go, Neal has one more thing to tell you.
Neal Freyman
It's time to come clean. Hosting Morning Brew Daily isn't my only job.
Toby Howell
Wait, are you Batman?
Neal Freyman
No, when I'm not here sitting next to Toby. I'm also the executive editor of Morning Brews. Free daily newsletter. If you love the pod, you'll love the newsletter. Not only does it give you your daily dose of news, but it also has crosswords and trivia and jokes written by people way funnier than me and Toby.
Toby Howell
I hate to admit it, but it's true. I read it every day, and I think you all will love adding it to your routine as well.
Neal Freyman
Subscribe now at Morning Broadcom or head to the link in the Show Notes.
Morning Brew Daily Episode Summary Title: The Year of MBD Quotes, Who Said It? Neal or Toby? Release Date: December 26, 2024 Host: Kyle Hagee Guests: Neal Freyman and Toby Howell
Introduction In this special episode of Morning Brew Daily, hosts Neal Freyman and Toby Howell participate in the second annual edition of the game "Who Said It?" Led by host Kyle Hagee, the show delves into memorable quotes from the past year, challenging Neal and Toby to recall who among them was responsible for each insightful or witty statement. This engaging and interactive segment not only highlights the duo's memorable moments throughout 2024 but also offers listeners a nostalgic recap of significant discussions and events covered over the year.
Game Mechanics and Rules Kyle Hagee introduces the game, explaining that he will read a series of quotes from the podcast's past episodes in 2024. Neal and Toby must guess which of the two said each quote. Points are awarded for correct attributions, additional context about the quote, and the ability to pinpoint the specific episode and date it was mentioned. The competitive yet friendly atmosphere encourages listeners to play along, pause the show, and test their own memory of the podcast's highlights.
Memorable Quotes and Discussions
Strategic Layoffs Insight
Neal reflects on the nature of corporate layoffs in early 2024, distinguishing them from the previous year's approach by emphasizing strategic reorganization rather than mere downsizing. This comment was made during their interview with Mark Zuckerberg on the "Year of Zuck" episode, highlighting the evolving strategies of major corporations in response to economic shifts.
Warner Bros. and NBA TV Rights
Toby discusses the financial implications of broadcasting rights, specifically Warner Bros.' decision to relinquish NBA TV rights due to high costs. This analysis was featured in episode 320 on May 10th, offering listeners an in-depth look at the business strategies of major media companies.
Overtourism and Miami's Spring Break Campaign
Toby addressed Miami's campaign to manage the disruptive influx of spring breakers, balancing economic benefits with the need for responsible tourism. This discussion underscored the challenges cities face in maintaining their appeal while mitigating the negative impacts of mass tourism.
Neal's Golf Achievement
Celebrating a personal milestone, Neal shares his success in breaking 85 in golf, a goal he set at the beginning of the year. This achievement was highlighted in the first episode of 2024, inspiring listeners with his dedication and commitment to personal improvement.
Nvidia's Market Impact
Neal emphasizes Nvidia's significant influence on financial markets, comparing its earnings reports to major economic indicators. This statement reflects the company's pivotal role in the tech industry and its broader economic implications, a topic extensively covered during the summer when Nvidia's performance captivated investors.
Breiers Ice Cream Sales amid Inflation
Neal humorously comments on his childhood consumption of Breyers ice cream, tying it to discussions on inflation and corporate strategies. This anecdote was part of their March 20th episode, where they analyzed Unilever's attempts to sell its ice cream business amidst rising temperatures affecting sales.
Live Sports as a Differentiator for Streaming Platforms
Neal addresses the competitive landscape of streaming services, identifying live sports as a key differentiator for media companies. This insight was shared during an early January episode, highlighting the strategic moves of platforms like Peacock in acquiring exclusive sports broadcasting rights.
Over-Engineering Vending Machines
Toby critiques the overcomplication of modern vending machines, advocating for simpler, more user-friendly designs. This remark was part of a broader conversation on technology trends in everyday conveniences, reflecting listener concerns about increasing complexity in consumer products.
Theatricality in Competitive Eating
Neal discusses the importance of theatrical elements in competitive eating events, emphasizing how scripted narratives enhance viewer engagement despite the predictability. This analysis was based on their interview with George Shea, host of competitive eating contests, highlighting the blend of performance and competition that captivates audiences.
TikTok and Financial Advice Misinformation
Toby addresses the spread of misleading financial tips on TikTok, such as dubious "bank glitches" promising endless money. This critique underscores the platform's role in disseminating both helpful and harmful financial information, a recurring theme in digital media discussions throughout the year.
Conclusion and Acknowledgments The episode culminates with Kyle praising Neal and Toby for their extensive knowledge and the podcast's success over the past year. He acknowledges the behind-the-scenes team, including executive producer Emily Milian, producer Raymond Liu, associate producer Olivia Graham, technical director Eugenio Waugu, and audio specialist Billy Menino. Neal and Toby express gratitude for their roles and hint at upcoming endeavors, including Neal's work with Morning Brew's daily newsletter.
Notable Quotes Recap
Neal Freyman at [02:16]: "It does feel like the layoffs of early 2024 do have some a tinge to it. When you listen to these CEOs doing their layoff announcements, it's more strategic, focused on reorganizing. It's not like the layoffs of 2023."
Toby Howell at [05:15]: "You want to bring tourists to your neck of the woods, but you also want them to behave responsibly and be respectful of the businesses."
Neal Freyman at [06:46]: "When a company's earnings report has become as important as the jobs report or the inflation report or a Jerome Powell press conference."
Toby Howell at [11:28]: "Why can't we just have a low-tech vending machine. What was wrong with the former system where you put in a quarter, you type F3, and you get a snack?"
Final Thoughts "The Year of MBD Quotes, Who Said It? Neal or Toby?" serves as both a nostalgic look back at Morning Brew Daily's impactful moments in 2024 and an entertaining challenge for the hosts to showcase their memorable contributions. This episode not only celebrates the podcast's achievements but also reinforces the dynamic interplay between Kyle, Neal, and Toby, setting the stage for another year of insightful and engaging discussions.