Brett & Brad

Brett and Brad make some corrections from last week's show around how bounties work in the United States before elaborating on bail bond system and modern day bounty hunters. We talk the recently filed lawsuit by former WCSB members before the break. After the break, we talk credit cards and Trump's proposal to limit their interest rates to 10%. We wrap up with a run-down of the CWRU film society'...

Brett and Brad discuss the... situation? in Venezuela. In the second half of the show we play Released, Redacted, or Red Herring: a game about guessing what's been released in the Epstein Files. Finally, Brett leads us through the NFL coaches fired this season and whether they were deserved. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brett and Brad go on a tour of Cleveland Christmas Beers (joined partway through by Tom Burke), and you're coming too! In this special Christmas Eve episode we travel across Cleveland to different breweries and review their Christmas ales right at the bar. We visit: Schnitz Ale, Noble Beast, Masthead, Black Frog, Butcher & The Brewer, Southern Tier, and Great Lakes, ending at Market Garden and...

Brett and Brad read Charles Dickens' The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton, a short story that predates A Christmas Carol. We mention the upcoming deadline for the release of the Epstein Files and end with the just reported discovery of the simple sugar ribose found on the asteroid Bennu, with commentary on the markers of life found in space. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

Brett and Brad discuss the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) decision to alter the recommendation for newborns to get the Hep B vaccine (after spending some time lamenting about the weather). Brad then talks Frank Gehry and his local impact in the Cleveland before our song this week from The Doors. After the break, we talk Christmas Ales and their regional impact before Brett re...

Brett and Brad discuss the U.S. missile strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean and their relation to Pete Hegseth recently being accused of war crimes, also touching on Trump's pardon of Ecuadorian ex-president Juan Hernandez. After the break, we talk the College Football Playoff picture and wrap up with some movie talk on Wicked: For Good and The Thing with Feathers, go s...

Brett and Brad discuss the saga, and abrupt end, of Lindsey Halligan as District Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and her cases against James Comey and Letitia James. After the break, we talk a bit about Thanksgiving movies, and a bit more about the Jeffery Epstein emails, before Brett regales us of tales of MKUltra, the conspiracy theory that turned out to be true. Finally, go see "T...

Brett and Brad discuss the Epstein Files Transparency Act and how it got through the House and (almost, at the time of recording) the Senate before touching on a court ruling that affects Texas' attempt to redistrict off-cycle. Then Brett discusses the MLB's Cy Young award winners for 2025 before waxing nostalgic about the before-times when professional athletes didn't bet on games and the Guardia...

Brett and Brad discuss the impact of Nicolaus Copernicus and the heliocentric model he promoted. We then talk a recent JWST paper claiming the best evidence yet for the discovery of Population III stars that were the first stars created after the Big Bang. After the break, we review the oral arguments heard last week at the Supreme Court and take guesses on what the future ruling may hinge on. Hos...

Brett and Brad recap some favorite Halloween costumes this year before diving into a discussion on the 2025 election results that quickly turns into an impromptu discussion of property tax reform and specifically the effort to eliminate property taxes completely in Ohio. Brett recaps Steve Hackett's concert in Akron (or A-Kron?) before the break, and we come back with yet more property tax discuss...

Brett and Brad discuss some Halloween trivia fresh off Brett's win in the same contest. Then we read Edgar Allen Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum, a spooky story from 1848. Finally, we end the last few minutes with a brief recap of the X-59 test plane that had its first flight, aiming to reduce the noise of sonic booms. Happy Halloween! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brett and Brad discuss a newly revealed update to The Browns/City of Cleveland stadium deal before diving into The Browns' performance and touching on the World Series. We talk movies and the burglary at The Louvre too. After the break we discuss yet more newly revealed information, now regarding WCSB and its takeover by Ideastream Public Media. We end with some comet comments, seeing as how there...

Brett and Brad discuss propaganda, what it is, how to recognize it, and its effects through the lens of Clyde Miller, an early 20th century reporter for The Plain Dealer. Afterwards, we review the details of the new deal reached by the city of Cleveland and the Haslam Sports Group that requires everyone to play nice from now on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brett and Brad discuss Spooky Movie recommendations for October from our friend, producer & writer Tom Burke. Then, what are your opinions on real life serial killers in media? After the break, we talk the recent, abrupt takeover of WCSB. We end with an update on the 2025 Nobel Prizes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brett and Brad celebrate the start of Spooktober before finishing their conversation from 9/17/25 to help you understand the question, "Is America Becoming More Fascist?". After the break, Brad reviews One Battle After Another with a discussion on great actors, we talk the FCC leaking the iPhone 16e schematics, and finish with a discussion on The Guardians' phenomenal September. Hosted on Acast. S...

Brad is joined for this pre-recorded interview by Fred Ode, entrepreneur, philanthropist, former teacher, and founder of Education Revolution Association (ERA), a group looking to improve high school curriculum in Ohio and ensure students feel prepared for the world after K-12 education. After the break, Brad talks with Andrea Patt, Director of Curriculum at Summit ESC, and Brian Siftar, Principal...

Brett and Brad review some of what happened over their vacations before discussing new paper in Nature on "xenoparous" Ants that give birth to a completely different species, the first time that has ever been observed! We end with part 1 of a discussion on whether the US is becoming more fascist, because Ants are the most fascist animal, obviously. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

Brett and Brad discuss a new moon around Uranus discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope in this pre-recorded show. Then we read a duologue from Shakespeare's Measure for Measure for reasons that will become clear that we definitely realized before recording. After the break we talk about an article in the Annals of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases journal on Bromism, or Bromine poisoning, at...

Brett and Brad are joined by Emily Herner for a pre-recorded interview on her work as an intervention specialist for Cleveland Metro Schools, specifically at The Garrett Morgan School of Engineering and Innovation on Detroit Ave. We discuss her work to start up a new club called Project STIR where students learn and spread awareness about advocating for themselves and others, for students with and...

Brett and Brad have changed the show name over to Bandied Basics, which you hopefully shouldn't notice any problems with. We talk tips for a healthy marriage everyone can get behind before Brad shares stories of visiting the newly renovated Garfield Monument in Lake View Cemetery and a talk at the Cleveland Museum of Art with Takashi Murakami. After the break, we talk the (so far attempted) firing...

Brett and Brad discuss back to school traditions as the freshman return to Case Western's Campus. We talk through the so-called, little detailed Trump accounts and how they might work. After the break, we talk the situation in Texas and how the gerrymandering situation in the United States is worsening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brett and Brad discuss the recent passing of Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell and his visits to the moon and seamlessly segue into the new, ongoing moon missions: Artemis. We talk the new forms of life discovered onboard a ship at Cleveland with the enticing name ShipGoo001. Brett discusses the history of the Feast of the Assumption, happening this weekend in Little Italy and wherever tradition-loving...

Brett and Brad are joined live for the second half of the show by Allie Jeswald and Reece Mercer, two people involved in the effort to unionize the Lakewood Rising Star coffee shop. We discuss the events driving their effort, the response from ownership and the community, and the "Sip In" event that drew a crowd and police this past Sunday. In the first half of the show, we talk the new Superman s...

Brett and Brad discuss a proposed rule just announced by the EPA that would roll back their "endangerment finding" on greenhouse gasses, what does that all mean? We then talk the Guardians and the players suspended for ongoing gambling investigations. We end talking about interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS and other interstellar objects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brett and Brad pick up the national debt discussion from last week with more information. We discuss the death of Ozzy Osbourne and remissness on the origin of Heavy Metal. After the break we talk the new Superman film, The Guardians post all-star break, and end with a reminder on the power of MRI machines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.