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Jerome Powell Ain’t Leavin’ Yet & Movie Tickets Cost $50!?

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**Podcast:** Morning Brew Daily

## Participants

- **Neil Freiman** (Morning Brew)
- **Toby Howell** (Morning Brew)

## Transcript

[SPEAKER_03] America leads the world in medicine development. It matters. We get new medicines first, nearly three years faster. Five million Americans go to work because we make medicines here at home. And not relying on other countries keeps us safe. But China is racing to overtake us. Will we let them? Or will we choose to stay ahead? When America leads, America cures. Let's tell Washington to keep us in the lead.

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[SPEAKER_02] Good morning Morning Brew Daily. I'm Neil Freiman. And I'm Toby Howell. Today at his final Fed meeting Jerome Powell made a surprise announcement.

[SPEAKER_01] Then what we learned from the big tech earnings bonanza yesterday. It's Thursday, April 30th. Let's ride.

[SPEAKER_02] Good morning. It's almost time for beach season. Country music concert tailgates and your friend group probably has their preferred light beer for the occasion. So which one do you go for? Food and wine's vaunted taste testers released their rankings of the best tasting ultra popular light beers. And everyone at our office agreed with number one Miller Lite. Then came Bud Light Coors, Natty Light, Bush Light and in last place Michelob Ultra.

[SPEAKER_01] I think this list is pretty accurate. Natural light, though, kind of not even bringing up the rear. What the heck is going on? Also fascinating that Michelob, which just became the best selling beer in America in 2025, is last. Which brings me to my next point. The can makes a huge difference here. If you serve a Michelob in one of those wide mouth aluminum cans at a baseball game, that would vault it up to first in most people's rankings.

[SPEAKER_01] It was funny reading this review, though, because all the reviewers were like, once we put them in paper cups with no labels on them, we could not tell the difference.

[SPEAKER_02] They all tasted like beer. That's kind of the point. I mean, you kind of put in a red solo cup and you drink in the differences between them don't seem all that much. But I think they nailed number one Miller just slaps. And now a word from our sponsor, Windmill. Toby, my allergies are going crazy. Oh, are you allergic to dashing charismatic podcast hosts? No, I'm allergic to pollen.

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