Brett & Brad

Brett and Brad cover a lot of ground today. We talk through a recent discovery that could be our best bet yet for finding life on the red planet, the California Wildfires and how wildfires are prevented, and some beer recommendations from this summer. Brad recounts his visit to the Agora to see The Mountain Goats, we talk about Iron Man returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and finish up by...

Brett and Brad talk through the history of U.S. President assassinations and attempts, breakdown the Crowdstrike global outage and the chaos it caused, mention the huge Ticketmaster data leak, discuss why Judge Cannon dismissed the Trump Documents' case in Florida, and end with the MLB All-Star Game! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brett and Brad talk with Donna Schuele, a CWRU alum, previous clerk to the 9th circuit, adjunct professor with University of California and California State, and for the purpose of our conversation, a Supreme Court law historian. We talk about her time at CWRU, where her career took her, and what's the deal with the Supreme Court lately? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brett and Brad talk through the remaining Supreme Court opinions of this session, cover some of the highlights of elections that have happened around the world since the last time we met, cover our July 4th recaps, and end by going through some details of the MLB All-Star roster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brett and Brad celebrate America's birthday like all Americans do, by reading the Declaration of Independence! But that doesn't take a whole show, so we also run through the Supreme Court Decisions from the end of their session, up to but not including Presidential Immunity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brett and Brad discuss the nasty plans of the French and what drove them to their extreme measures. We cover a bit more on the Pan-American Masters Games and a new study linking colors to repelling mosquitos. After the break we talk through a new paper that found Dyson Sphere candidates and a breakthrough in battery technology before wrapping up with the Stanley Cup and the Guardians! Hosted on Ac...

Brett and Brad talk through their suffering of the Heat Dome (!!!) through discussing gardening, Father's Day, and overlooked holidays. Then they cover some recent Cleveland news and the latest in sports, including the upcoming Pan America Masters Games happening in Cleveland! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brett and Brad talk about their adventures in Chicago, some astronomy news around martian frost and strange radio signals from stars. Then, it's vitiligo awareness month! We share some info about it before moving on to talk about the Apple Keynote from WWDC24 and how Apple Intelligence will work before wrapping it up with CLE sports news! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Trump was recently convicted of 34 felonies in "the Stormy Daniels case" in NY. We talk through how this case came about and what Trump was actually convicted of. Then we cover a bit of the history of US rocketry with Werner Von Braun, a mission returning samples from the far side of the moon, and an exciting new drug that could allow for regrowing teeth! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

We talk through the proposal recently accepted by the Cleveland City Council for the first pilot in the nation of Universal Basic EMPLOYMENT, not income. We also talk through coming proposals for the Arcade, new funding for the Blue Line in Shaker Heights, and the retirement of everyone's favorite umpire, Angel Hernandez. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about a new law in France meant to battle shrinkflation, Scarlett Johansson's accusations against OpenAI, and a new study in Toxicological Sciences about Microplastics found in male reproductive organs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The world was treated to a fantastic showing of Auroras over the weekend, we talk the science behind them in the second half of the show, after first covering the imminent cicada emergences, the Dublin-NYC portal, and university commencements. Stay tuned for a review of King Charles' portrait... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brett and Brad spend the first half covering the odds and ends this time, before covering the upcoming rescheduling of marijuana from schedule I to III and talking about a breakthrough in low frequency radio astronomy out of the Netherlands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We interview Bonnie Entler, President & CEO, and Kara Krawiec, Director of Student Success, from Seeds of Literacy: a Cleveland non-profit focused on GED prep and basic education. 66% of Cleveland adults have a literacy level at or below a 4th grade level, Seeds is working to change that and just had a record year, working with over 1,500 students in their 1-on-1 method of tutoring. Hosted on...

Our friend David from out of town joins us in the studio to provide his spin on things. We talk a new discovery in the field of biology, the Senate passed-now-bill providing aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, and a few other odds and ends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk updates on the Ohtani situation, the Olympic torch situation, and the Israel situation with quite a few other odds and ends mixed in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk about the death of Peter Higgs, how eclipses are predicted, the major exploit of xz utils, and Tax day! Oh joy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brett and Brad interview Russell Weisenbacher and David Michaels, the producer and creator respectively of Infamous The Musical, an original musical about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Brett is also appearing in a staged reading of the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We talk through the November 2023 election results around Cuyahoga County, some of the live shows we've been to recents, rumors on the Raiders head coach, the Michigan "cheating" scandal, and a new type of camera coming from Sony, and a few others odds and ends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We know nothing how Hollywood works, but our friend Tom Burke does! He joins us to talk about the Hollywood writers strike and more recent happenings in Hollywood. Tom is the producer of movies like Call Jane, The Endless, Synchronic, and more. His work can be found on major streaming platforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.