Brett & Brad

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.

Brett and Brad discuss how we got to where we are now with Jeffery Epstein and his "files" and speculate on the sudden reversal in Trump's behavior. The Brett leads us through how the national debt works and some myths and truths associated with it. Finally, we talk the MLB All-Star game and some development news in Cleveland: a new water taxi starting on the Cuyahoga River and Cosm, a "shared rea...

Brett and Brad pick up from last week with another annotated reading from The Federalist Papers, this time it's the 78th essay examining the Judiciary in more detail. After, we discuss the big domestic policy bill passed last week through the reconciliation process, and how it used the reconciliation process to pass. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brett and Brad discuss Brad's trip to Istanbul before launching into an annotated reading of Federalist 51, one of the most-cited essays from The Federalist Papers and a foundational thesis of American Constitutional philosophy, read in honor of the 4th of July. Afterwards, Brett unloads some Dinosaur knowledge on us in honor of the release of Jurassic World Rebirth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

Brett and Brad are joined in the studio by Jen Brancho (Planner and Biologist) and Matthew Shanks (Project Manager) both from the US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, to talk about their ongoing study for a recommendation on how to manage the material that gets dredged from Cleveland Harbor and the Cuyahoga River. This is an in depth follow-up to S3E23, our June 4th show where we first ta...

Brett and Brad sit down for a talk with Brent Schmidt, professional DJ, lighting designer, and owner of B Productions. We talk about his career as a DJ and lighting designer, what it's like to a friend of Ketchup the Cleveland Guardians hotdog mascot, and Brent offers some advice for aspiring DJs. Sorry, there's no set at the end of the podcast, check it out soon via the archive at wruw.org! Hoste...

Brett and Brad spend some time going through the timeline of the protests/riots happening in Los Angeles and elsewhere around the country while examining the unique nature and legality of the response. After the break, we talk upcoming events in Cleveland including Cleveland History Days June 19-29th, and Parade the Circle, this Saturday, June 14th. Then Brett leads us through recent developments...

Brett and Brad give a quick update on the Cleveland Clinic Co-Pay policy and wildfires before diving into a project by the US Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes & Ohio River Division, Buffalo District planning the future of dredging Cleveland Harbor. Learn more about that at www.lrd.usace.army.mil. After the break, Brett reviews some recent news from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on a study aimed...

Brett and Brad discuss the Takashi Murakami exhibit open now at the Cleveland Museum of Art before talking about recent studies on using UV Light to treat auto-immune diseases. Brad provides a brief update on our Alien Life (?) story from S3E17. After the break, we talk the midges currently invading Cleveland and the just-announced plans to redo the Huron & Prospect downtown between Ontario an...