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
10:00 — NYE TV Chucklefuckery
16:55 — Venezuela’s President Maduro Dark Knight-ed to the US
1:18:40 — Wrap-up! We Bury the Dead; Oblivion; Wake Up Dead Man

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The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.

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 the CFP quarterfinals
41:41 — 2025 CIB Football Pick ‘em Game
1:02:10 — Wrap-up!

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The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.

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 Rundown
Open — Inspired by The Biffler to speak interminably with neither discretion nor regard
5:18 — Cast Iron Balls! It’s Time for Sports! The Pop-Tarts Bowl, UVA vs Mizzou, CIB Pick ‘em Contest, CFP preview
37:32 — Our Bogus Future; The internet is overrun with AI slop, and resolutions to deal with that
1:25:30 — 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 Tour

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The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Balls were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.