On the eve of Abe’s Big Detroit Adventure we’re here to discuss a bad New York Times opinion piece, bad food products for children being marketed to adults, bad movies, and other bad things, probably. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — The Biffler refuses to release the files
11:49 — The New York Times tells the world that the Jews are eating the cats, doing other things with the dogs
46:08 — Uncrustables being advertised to so-called grown-ups
58:50 — Did CBS News’ Senior National Correspondent Mark Strassmann Get Off A Good One?
1:03:47 — Fuck Ole Miss Week
1:06:09 — Wrap-up! I Love Boosters, Mortal Kombat 2, Postseason youth baseball decisions

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The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Brains were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.

CIB returns, soggy and spent, to your podcast feeds with a look at the news of the week and a bit of rambling about the discomfort and anxiety of sharing the real world with a bunch of people who spend the vast majority of their time in a bespoke false creation that is not in conversation with reality. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Connectivity issues, the weather, and stabbings
8:20 — Iran deal imminent, and Trump’s ongoing influence in the GOP, Trump IRS settlement
46:54 — Are we collectively losing a grip on reality? Probably!
1:29:26 — Wrap-up! Obsession; LotR: The Return of the King; Too much James Webb, too much space

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The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Brains were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.

We are back after a beisbol-mandated week off to yap about Iran, a Virginia referendum to redraw the congressional maps, and plenty else. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — What we’ve been up to.
16:02 — Trump threatens to blow up all the bridges and power plants
37:16 — Virginia redistricting vote is today
57:22 — Family Annihilators Run Amok!
1:04:19 — Wrap-up!

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The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Brains were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.