Cast Iron Brains - A Podcast with Bob and Abe

We’re finally popping back into your podcast feeds after nearly a month with a special(?) America at 250 episode of Cast Iron Brains. We’ve got patriotism, patriotic complaining about soccer, patriotic complaining about youth sport, and other patriotisms! Listen patriotically, as you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it by joining the...

Youth beisbol obligations have kept us from our podcasting responsibilities the last couple of weeks, but we’re finally back with our usual assortment of news, culture, and interpersonal complaints. 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!...

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 t...

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 . Enjo...

Maybe it used to be the case that everyone believed a bunch of wild and crazy and reality-denying stuff, but at least we mostly shared those reality-challenged beliefs. Now it feels like everybody has their own bespoke insane reality-denying belief system, largely defined by the rejection of any institutional authority or shared truth. It’s great, and we talk about it! Listen, if you must! Has som...

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 thr...

This week we’re yapping about an old favorite topic—how the religious fanatics convinced that they know the mind of God barely seem to have a grasp on the very basics of the religion they claim to adhere to, and how that’s probably bad for the world. Plus thoughts on Project Hail Mary and whatever else is going on in the world this week. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say...

Something the Trump administration did was good, we must reluctantly admit. It’s another week of travel stories and meandering through the headlines looking for something interesting to say. 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 c an send us an email here . Enjoy! Show R...

Lori has made her glorious return from Finland and Estonia and has a lot to say about why flying is bullshit. We also barely contain our glee while discussing a murder, chat about Iran, and play America’s Favorite Game Show, Chuck Norris Edition. 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 Su...

With Lori on a whole-ass other continent, we’re left sad and lonely and drifting through the news of the week, with much talk of American decline, our lack of faith on one another, and whether or not we are a people capable of building the sort of world we hope to live in. It’s quite a hoot! Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all...

A little less than a week ago, the United States and Israel began a war with Iran. Today, we talk about it. See that?! A masterful sales job! 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 — Abe runs, huffs, puffs 4:27 — United...

The State of the Union might as well have been a month ago, but we’re here to talk about it as the glorious, hilarious, highly watchable, weird, shameful, exploitative circus gameshow that it undeniably was. That and the latest goings on over on the CBS Evening News, Abe’s movie reviews, and plenty of YOUTH SPORT DRAMA. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL so...

Today we’re mostly ignoring the news of the week to instead express wonder and dismay at how short form video is probably breaking our brains in really bad ways. It’s a hoot! 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...

It’s an almost-all Super Bowl 60 reaction spectacular! We watched, we complained, we talked about it. 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 — Abe girds himself for SURVIVOR 50 3:11 — Trump stumbles ov...

Rather than another lengthy run through the unpleasant headlines of the week, we are here with a more ruminative discussion about whether the relationships that have been strained by The Trumppening have a chance of being mended when it finally comes to an end. We also talk about a social network for AIs, and what it means to engage with purely arbitrary content created with no intention beyond pa...

CIB has tunneled through enough ice and snow to record another spectacular episode of the only podcast, and within you will find our discussion of the killing of Alex Pretti by CBP officers and also a couple of football games, because America! 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 Subst...

College football and NATO are basically the same, and Donald Trump and Fernando Mendoza are basically the same. That’s your summary! 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 — Abe in the World, podcasting finally getting...

This week we’re here to discuss the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE officer last week, because you can never have too much of that, apparently. And on the way out, reviews of Greenland 2 and a quick game of FMK, HP6 Edition. 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...

It was a long weekend of spectacular playoff football action, and we’re here to yap about it all and ask important questions, like “hey maybe Justin Herbert is a dummy.” 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 Rundo...

Something really weird happened on late Saturday night, and we’re here to try to talk our way through it. 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 — Too old and misshapen for the slopes, and a brief run-in with a Buc-ee’s...

Cast Iron Balls is finally here nearly a week later to recap the CFP quarterfinals and look ahead to the semis. 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 — Abe among the fellow hairless 5:50 — Recapping t...

Following the lead of our sibling podcast—the much-awarded and world-renowned The Biffler —Cast Iron Brains has decided to do a year-end wrap-up show with absolute disregard for the time and patience of our audience. Instead of breaking things up into manageable episodes you might actually want to listen to, here’s an episode about the upcoming college football playoff games, the news of the year,...

This week we’re yapping about Bari Weiss spiking a 60 Minutes story at the last second, how Reddit didn’t actually help with the manhunt for an accused mass shooter, recapping the first round of the college football playoffs, and reviewing Avatar 3. 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...

The first round of the College Football Playoff is right around the corner, and we’re here to talk about a whole bunch of other vaguely sports-related stuff before getting into the games previews. 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! S...

Well, that was a quite unpleasant weekend, from a national and international news perspective. So let’s talk all about it, I guess! But only after a detailed rundown of our gingerbread house-making process first, of course, because we must focus on what matters. 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 conver...