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!

Show Rundown

Open — Abe Live Bets the Games, NBA Finals Edition

20:09 — Trump walks out on Meet the Press

37:32 — Dismantling of 60 Minutes

42:42 — Why we love youth sport

1:37:01 — Wrap-up! Backrooms; Power Ballad

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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.

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.

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 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 — Packed theaters, rainy ballfields, and the NFL draft

18:33 — Another foiled assassination attempt

1:04:45 — Give me the baby teeth and I will show you the man

1:11:34 — Did CBS News’s Senior National Correspondent Mark Strassmann Get Off a Good One?

1:20:38 — Wrap-up! Michael, Ben Sasse is Dying, and youth beisbol is child harm

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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.

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, 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 survives not-Freaknik2026, Bob and Lori survive Luke Combs
17:22 — We fight for GOD, not like those savages
52:28 — “Silicon Sampling,” it seems bad
1:11:12 — Did CBS News’ Senior National Correspondent Mark Strassmann Get Off a Good One?
1:21:31 — 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.

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 can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — ICE at the airport
17:53 — Abe, crime victim
26:56 — Is the phone call making a comeback?
31:25 — WGAS NewsBag; Air Canada CEO forced out; Tiger Woods car crash; Birthright citizenship before SCOTUS
59:40 — Our Bogus Future; We still need to smash ‘em! (Wherein ‘em is the phones)
1:31:51 — 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.

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 Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Being insensitive about airport chaos
8:42 — Lori in the World
49:10 — Handi-capable quadruple amputee succeeds at cornhole, murder
52:40 — Iran war chat!
1:18:26 — Donald Trump had to watch his mail order bride’s closet get raped
1:29:49 — Did CBS News’s Senior National Correspondent Mark Strassmann Get Off a Good One?
1:35:30 — Wrap-up! Project Hail Mary; Inside the Manosphere (redux)

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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.