A very busy news weekend has turned what was supposed to be a little league baseball recap episode into 90 minutes of discussion about Donald Trump’s brush with death. We talk about how much worse this could have been, the staggering failure of the Secret Service, and how and why we might have gotten here. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it on our Substack, leave a comment on the show’s page on our website, or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — What we’re not talking about tonight
3:50 — Someone tried to shoot Donald Trump in the head on national television
1:31:04 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game
1:43:10 — Wrap-up! Fly Me to the Moon; Game of the Year; Cast Away; Incest Dragons

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CIB returns to find out if we overreacted to Biden’s disastrous first debate performance, if the Supreme Court has gone FULL MAGA, and to discuss the garbage pop culture we’ve consumed in the last week. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it on our Substack, leave a comment on the show’s page on our website, or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — In which we pointlessly banter
6:45 — Did the MEDIA ELITES overreact to Biden’s debate performance?
36:00 — Did SCOTUS just go FULL MAGA?
48:48 — Bronny James drafted by the Lakers
52:03 — Experts Say!
57:04 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game
1:09:15 — Wrap-up! Horizon Chapter 1; Eyes Wide Whut; Worst Roommate Ever, Incest Dragons

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Two old men got together on Thursday night and one of them proved that he has no business being president, and the other was Donald Trump. Cast Iron Brains is here to discuss our mounting dread and panic and if anything can be done 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 on our Substack, leave a comment on the show’s page on our website, or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Straight into debate reaction chat
1:29:31 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game
1:40:52 — Wrap-up! Quiet Place III

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We are once again here to discuss thrilling YOUTH SPORT, along with really not very much else. Sorry! Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it on our Substack, leave a comment on the show’s page on our website, or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Abe explains what we’ve missed in the news, and a presidential debate preview
17:45 — Youth Baseball Update
1:23:52 — Did CBS News’ Senior National News Correspondent Mark Strassmann Get Off a Good One?
1:26:25 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game
1:36:17 — Wrap-up! Bikeriders, Incest Dragons

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It’s more or less summer around here, so we’re largely ignoring the news in favor of the DRAMA and INTRIGUE of youth sport. Surely the Supreme Court will make big news over the next couple of weeks that we’ll have no choice but to talk about, but for now you can enjoy us blathering on about swim meets and corrupt little leagues. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it on our Substack, leave a comment on the show’s page on our website, or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Being rude about a holiday
07:00 — Youth swimming update
17:12 — Youth baseball update
1:08:22 — Louisiana classrooms must display the Ten Commandments
1:11:17 — This Week in ‘Experts Say’
01:20:00 — Did CBS News’s Senior National News Correspondent Mark Strassmann Get Off a Good One?
1:28:12 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game
1:37:00 — Wrap-up! Bad Boys 4: Ride or Die; Inside Out 2; Incest Dragons

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Open — Abe Across America
19:53 — Our Bogus Future: Is it actually way worse than previously acknowledged?
58:30 — Bad people are better at sports!
1:05:54 — Did Mark Strassmann, CBS News’ Senior National News Correspondent, Get Off a Good One?
1:12:26 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game
1:20:52 — Wrap-up! Leaving Las Vegas; Clipped; Speed Racer; Road House (2024)

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The greatest youth baseball recap podcast on your radio dial is back with that diamond drama you crave, along with our usual dip into the WGAS NewsBag and our regular rotation of games. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it on our Substack, leave a comment on the show’s page on our website, or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — Abe defends an oasis in the middle of a waterless Atlanta hellscape
6:05 — Little League baseball gets confrontational
28:49 — A decade of work, lost at the end of an unseen rainbow
38:19 — WGAS NewsBag; Trump felony conviction, new polls, a bogus viral video gets widespread mainstream distribution
1:35:38 — Did Mark Strassmann, CBS News’s Senior National News Correspondent, Get Off a Good One?
1:40:55 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game
1:53:26 — Wrap-up! Young Woman and the Sea; Ezra; South Park on Ozempic; Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

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We’re back to our regularly-scheduled Monday night recording with talk of how much Justice Sam Alito and has in common with local little league umpires, a brief dip into the WGAS NewsBag, and plenty of other silliness along the way. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it on our Substack, leave a comment on the show’s page on our website, or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — The dubious ethical standards of the Supreme Court and Little League Baseball umpiring
27:16 — Cast Iron Balls
43:15 — WGAS NewsBag: Helicopter crash kills president of Iran; Ireland, Norway, and Spain recognize Palestinian statehood; Daily marijuana use outpaces daily alcohol use
50:25 — America’s Favorite Game Show, Honorary Strassmann Edition
1:10:03 — Our Bogus Future; the internet is disappearing; Google trying to ruin Search with AI Answers; Google trying to ruin reality with bogus news alerts…but the real problem is Joe Rogan
1:36:27 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game
1:46:42 — Wrap-up! The Strangers; Furiosa; Her

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