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Fortunately, the Forecast is Clear (CIB #280)
Jun 9, 2026
1h 55m 28s
An Aloneness Enhancement Machine (CIB #279)
May 27, 2026
2h 07m 43s
Abe REDACTED in These Streets (CIB #278)
May 15, 2026
1h 31m 10s
An Armed-adillo Assassin Takes on President Jesus (CIB #277)
Apr 29, 2026
2h 04m 19s
Prayer in the Age of Consent (CIB #276)
Apr 21, 2026
1h 24m 54s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/9/26 | ![]() Fortunately, the Forecast is Clear (CIB #280)✨ | youth sportspolitics+3 | — | Meet the Press60 Minutes+2 | — | youth baseballTrump+4 | — | 1h 55m 28s | |
| 5/27/26 | ![]() An Aloneness Enhancement Machine (CIB #279)✨ | newspolitics+3 | — | James WebbBrain Iron+2 | Iranspace | newsTrump+5 | — | 2h 07m 43s | |
| 5/15/26 | ![]() Abe REDACTED in These Streets (CIB #278)✨ | media criticismfood marketing+3 | — | UncrustablesNew York Times+1 | Ole MissDetroit | New York TimesUncrustables+3 | — | 1h 31m 10s | |
| 4/29/26 | ![]() An Armed-adillo Assassin Takes on President Jesus (CIB #277)✨ | reality-denying beliefsinstitutional authority+4 | — | Brain Iron | — | assassinationbelief systems+4 | — | 2h 04m 19s | |
| 4/21/26 | ![]() Prayer in the Age of Consent (CIB #276)✨ | IranVirginia referendum+3 | — | — | IranVirginia | IranVirginia+4 | — | 1h 24m 54s | |
| 4/7/26 | ![]() What Happens on the Dark Side of the Moon... (CIB #275)✨ | religionfanaticism+3 | — | CBS NewsBrain Iron+1 | — | religious fanaticsProject Hail Mary+3 | — | 2h 06m 53s | |
| 3/31/26 | ![]() Bike Headlamp Thief Apologists (CIB #274)✨ | politicscrime+4 | — | Trump administrationAir Canada+4 | — | Trump administrationcrime+5 | — | 1h 54m 41s | |
| 3/25/26 | ![]() I Spent A Week in Northern Europe and All I Got Was A Lot of Complaining About Airlines (CIB #273)✨ | air travelmurder+4 | Lori | CBS News | FinlandEstonia+1 | airlinesFinland+5 | — | 1h 53m 49s | |
| 3/19/26 | ![]() Dubious Solutions (CIB #272)✨ | American declinepublic opinion+3 | — | CBS NewsHamnet+3 | — | American declinepublic opinion+3 | — | 2h 02m 27s | |
| 3/6/26 | ![]() Make America Great World Police Again (CIB #271)✨ | warpolitics+3 | — | United StatesIsrael | Iran | warIran+5 | — | 1h 39m 08s | |
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| 2/27/26 | ![]() Really Good at the Really Bad Thing (CIB #270)✨ | State of the UnionCBS Evening News+4 | — | CBS Evening News | — | State of the UnionCBS Evening News+5 | — | 2h 22m 53s | |
| 2/19/26 | ![]() White Men Can't Soap (CIB #269)✨ | short form videobrain impact+4 | — | CBS NewsWuthering Heights+3 | Iran | short form videobrain health+5 | — | 1h 47m 00s | |
| 2/11/26 | ![]() Le Hibou Superbe LX: Le Lapin Coquin vs L'Enfant Rock (CIB #268)✨ | Super Bowl reactionpolitics+3 | — | SURVIVOR 50 | Canada | Super Bowl 60Trump+3 | — | 2h 06m 52s | |
| 2/3/26 | ![]() We Are All Mike D's Cat (CIB #267) | 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 pattern matching. 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 RundownOpen — Groundhogs of various bigotries5:09 — A visit with old friends; Abe goes to MJ: The Musical; Jason Statham gets the AMC crowd all riled up21:48 — What will a post-Trumppening look like?52:52 — Moltbook, the social network for AIs, and how arbitrary content consumed purely individually breaks human brains1:22:41 — Did CBS News’ Senior National Correspondent Mark Strassmann Get Off a Good One?1:31:54 — Wrap-up! Shelter; Send HelpRelevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber.The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com. | — | ||||||
| 1/28/26 | ![]() Oops! They Did it Again (CIB #266) | 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 Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!Show RundownOpen — Lots of weather happened!22:36 — Alex Pretti killed by CBP in Minnesota1:29:35 — Cast Iron Balls: Conference championship games recap; Andruw Jones to the HoF, Belichick forced to wait a year1:46:11 — Wrap-up! Mercy; Shoresy; The Chair Company; The AvengersRelevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber.The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com. | — | ||||||
| 1/22/26 | ![]() Human as a Second Language (CIB #265) | 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 RundownOpen — Abe in the World, podcasting finally getting the recognition it deserves7:32 — Trump in Davos1:09:10 — Cast Iron Balls! NFL games recap1:20:19 — Indiana beats Miami1:54:41 — Wrap-up!Relevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber.The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com. | — | ||||||
| 1/14/26 | ![]() All of Us Witnesses Found Wanting (CIB #264) | 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 you can send us an email here. Enjoy!Show RundownOpen — …as it all falls apart.8:45 — Minnesota ICE shooting54:43 — Trump’s NYT interview1:15:10 — Ever so briefly on Iran1:20:47 — Wrap-up! Greenland 2; Harry Potter 6; Gay Hockey ShowRelevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber.The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com. | — | ||||||
| 1/13/26 | ![]() Report: Hoosiers Drink Megatron's Butthole Dry (Cast Iron Balls #69) | 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 RundownOpen — Abe Live-Bets the Games!7:39 — College Football Playoff semifinals recap33:41 — NFL Wildcard Weekend52:23 — 2025 CIB Football Pick ‘em Contest53:39 — Wrap-up!Relevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber.The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com. | — | ||||||
| 1/7/26 | ![]() That Time Donald Trump Dark-Knighted a President (CIB #263) | 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 RundownOpen — Too old and misshapen for the slopes, and a brief run-in with a Buc-ee’s10:00 — NYE TV Chucklefuckery16:55 — Venezuela’s President Maduro Dark Knight-ed to the US1:18:40 — Wrap-up! We Bury the Dead; Oblivion; Wake Up Dead ManRelevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber.The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com. | — | ||||||
| 1/6/26 | ![]() Grunter Stockman, Bulldog Hero (Cast Iron Balls #68) | 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 RundownOpen — Abe among the fellow hairless5:50 — Recapping the CFP quarterfinals41:41 — 2025 CIB Football Pick ‘em Game1:02:10 — Wrap-up!Relevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber.The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com. | — | ||||||
| 12/30/25 | ![]() So Long 2025 Too-Long Spectacular! (CIB #262) | 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, our new year’s resolutions, and Mario Kart World Tour. Enjoy? 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 RundownOpen — Inspired by The Biffler to speak interminably with neither discretion nor regard5:18 — Cast Iron Balls! It’s Time for Sports! The Pop-Tarts Bowl, UVA vs Mizzou, CIB Pick ‘em Contest, CFP preview37:32 — Our Bogus Future; The internet is overrun with AI slop, and resolutions to deal with that1:25:30 — Pop Quiz, Hotshot! 2025 News Recap Edition!1:46:55 — “Notably Dead” or “Still Quite Alive, How Dare You?”2:03:19 — America’s Favorite Game Show: Did CBS News’s Senior National Correspondent Mark Strassmann Get Off a Good One?2:11:49 — Wrap-up! Marty Supreme; Mario Kart World TourRelevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber.The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com. | — | ||||||
| 12/23/25 | ![]() Communing with Idiot Space Whales, Again (CIB #261) | 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 Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!Show RundownOpen — This episode brought to you by our sponsor, and getting ready for Christmas9:33 — WGAS NewsBag: Bari Weiss spikes a 60 Minutes story just before air27:30 — Our Bogus Future: The internet isn’t helping43:51 — Cast Iron Balls: It’s Time for Sports!1:01:23 — Did CBS News’s Senior National Correspondent Mark Strassmann Get Off a Good One?1:12:40 — Wrap-up! Avatar: Fire and AshRelevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber.The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com. | — | ||||||
| 12/18/25 | ![]() Have Some Self-Respect and Self-Possession, and Other Losing Arguments (Cast Iron Balls #67) | 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!Show RundownOpen — Abe Live-Bets the Games!5:52 — WGAS NewsBag, Sports Edition! Sherrone Moore; Michigan coaching search; QBs in the portal; Heisman to the herb; Knicks win the “NBA Cup”42:31 — Sports-Adjacent Question of the Week53:02 — The Best Game in Every Time Slot1:10:37 — CIB 2025 Football Pick ‘em Contest1:19:45 — Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week, Live from Plains, Heaven1:23:51 — Wrap-up! Athletic fees for non-athletes; Can the Japanese redeem themselves in Abe’s eyes?Relevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber.The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.The background music for Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week is "Bama Country" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | — | ||||||
| 12/16/25 | ![]() Cold Showers, Gingerbread, and Unserious People (CIB #260) | 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 conversation on our Substack or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!Show RundownOpen — A splash of cold water!6:57 — Gingerbread house construction recap!30:15 — WGAS NewsBag! Yikes!1:47:59 — Did Mark Strassmann, CBS News’ Senior National Correspondent, Get Off a Good One?1:53:25 — Wrap-up!Relevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber.The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com. | — | ||||||
| 12/10/25 | ![]() Podcast Hosts Mark 15,000th Spin on News Ride (CIB #259) | The flagship podcast of the Brain Iron Multinational Media Empire is back and doing what we do best—wondering why exactly we bother doing this at all! 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 RundownOpen — Revving back up after a brief hiatus2:28 — How the second Trump administration is just like the CFP Committee17:51 — The drug war is still a bad idea, even when it’s missiles blowing up speedboats26:19 — DOJ making lists of American “extremists”35:19 — Our Bogus Future: HBO is Netflix or maybe CBS (again?) now eventually38:52 — Did CBS News’s Senior National Correspondent Mark Strassmann Get Off a Good One?45:28 — Wrap-up! Rental Family; Zootopia 2; Diddy documentary; Fantastic 4: First Steps; Likely criminal weirdo rides a ride a lotRelevant Linkage can be found by visiting https://brainiron.substack.com/, where, if you would like to support this and the other podcasting and blogging endeavors of the Brain Iron dot com media empire, you can also become a paying subscriber.The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Brains were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com. | — | ||||||
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