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.

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 Rundown
Open — This episode brought to you by our sponsor, and getting ready for Christmas
9:33 — WGAS NewsBag: Bari Weiss spikes a 60 Minutes story just before air
27:30 — Our Bogus Future: The internet isn’t helping
43:51 — 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 Ash

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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.

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 Rundown
Open — 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 Week
53:02 — The Best Game in Every Time Slot
1:10:37 — CIB 2025 Football Pick ‘em Contest
1:19:45 — Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week, Live from Plains, Heaven
1:23:51 — Wrap-up! Athletic fees for non-athletes; Can the Japanese redeem themselves in Abe’s eyes?

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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.

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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 Rundown
Open — 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!

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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.

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 Rundown
Open — Revving back up after a brief hiatus
2:28 — How the second Trump administration is just like the CFP Committee
17:51 — The drug war is still a bad idea, even when it’s missiles blowing up speedboats
26:19 — DOJ making lists of American “extremists”
35:19 — Our Bogus Future: HBO is Netflix or maybe CBS (again?) now eventually
38:52 — 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 lot

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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.

College football’s conference championship weekend was an absolute blast, and CIB is here to yap about it. That and chatter about the College Football Playoff field, how Alabama could have fallen out, how Notre Dame could have been kept in, 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 — Abe Live Bets the Games!
11:17 — Championship Weekend Games Recap!
1:30:11 — CIB 2025 Football Pick ‘em Contest Update!
1:32:50 — 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.