Cast Iron Brains - A Podcast with Bob and Abe

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  1. 2d ago

    Extinction-Level Instagram Posts (Cast Iron Balls #81)

    Georgia is heading into a hurricane in Tuscaloosa for one of the biggest games of the college football regular season, and we’re here to yap about it along with all the rest of the CFB weekend. Throw in some Dodgers hate, the Giants EXPLOITATION of a former great, and Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week, and you’ve got another great episode of your favorite sports podcast. 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 — There is occasionally crying in or about beisbol5:55 — Abe Live-Bets the Games!7:07 — WGAS NewsBag, Sports Edition32:54 — The Best Game in Every Time Slot58:50 — CIB 2026 Football Pick ‘em Contest1:06:34 — Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week, Live from Plains, Heaven1:11:24 — 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. 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/

  2. 4d ago

    Podcasts Extending Infinitely Upwards (Cast Iron Balls #80)

    The sports weekend has come and gone and we’re here to yap all about it. 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!7:24 — Braves playoff beisbol!13:27 — College football weekend recap!47:46 — CIB 2026 Football Pick ‘em Contest Update56:49 — 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.

  3. Oct 1

    Yet Another Podcast Not Indicative of Our Character (Cast Iron Balls #79)

    It’s a Week 5 College Football preview show! We’ve got the sports news of the week, a Sports-Adjacent Question of the Week from the Senate floor, the best games to watch in every hour of the college football weekend, and Jimmy Carter calls in from Plains, Heaven to give his Presidential Lock of the 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 RundownOpen — Abe Live-Bets the Games!8:35 — WGAS NewsBag, Sports Edition;35:00 — The Sports-Adjacent Question of the Week54:13 — The Best Game in Every Time Slot1:18:34 — 2026 CIB Football Pick ‘em Contest1:26:11 — Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week, Live from Plains, Heaven1:32:49 — 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. 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/

  4. Sep 29

    “41 Points. You Know. 14 Backwards. That’s For You, Grunter.” (Cast Iron Balls #78)

    The news of the week felt repetitive and even dumber than the baseline, so we’re only dropping into your feed with SPORTS this week. It’s a quick recap of the weekend’s football action and an expression of total mystification about touchback rules. 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! Open — Abe Live Bets the Games!7:53 — The weekend in college football47:17 — CIB 2026 Football Pick ‘em Contest Update51:51 — A very quick visit to the unknowable land of NFL country1:04:09 — 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.

  5. Sep 24

    The Podcasters “Told Me A Lot of Things” (Cast Iron Balls #77)

    Week 4 of the 2026 college football season is nearly upon us, and it’s going to be a good one! Join us as we discuss the sports news of the week, give you a game or five to keep an eye on throughout the weekend, and benefit from Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week called in from Plains, Heaven. 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!8:06 — WGAS NewsBag, Sports Edition!42:31 — The Best Game in Every Time Slot1:17:56 — CIB 2026 Football Pick ‘em Contest1:26:08 — Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week1:30:43 — 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. 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/

  6. Sep 22

    Georgia’s Offense is a Legitimate Public Concern (Cast Iron Balls #76)

    It’s a week 3 College Football wrap-up show! We’re yapping about the most unacceptable way to ever lose a football game, the most disrespectful thing you can do to an opponent on the football field during a TV-timeout, and Lance Kiffin losing in Oxford. 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!4:02 — Week 3 games recap!51:45 — CIB 2026 Football Pick ‘em Contest Update54:18 — 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.

  7. Sep 22

    We Will Eat KrustBallz™ and Take the Miracle Drugs and Live Forever (CIB #289)

    We’re discussing Trump’s ban of mainstream media outlets from the White House and having a chat about whether or why not to take the constantly-advertised GLP-1 weight loss drugs. 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 vs Christmas! Bob vs The Nabisco Test Kitchen13:14 — Trump kicks disfavored news organizations out of the White House43:22 — JB Pritzker lost 80 pounds on GLP-1s, what about you, America?1:15:43 — America’s Favorite Game Show!1:22:26 — 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 Brains were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.

  8. Sep 17

    The Hilarious Thing was Definitely Not Funny in Any Way (Cast Iron Balls #75)

    CIB is here with the sports news of the week, a Week 3 CFB preview, and our usual shenanigans. President Jimmy Carter calls in to give his take on early 2000s post-alternative teen butt rock, because of course he does. 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!4:36 — WGAS NewsBag, Sports Edition51:23 — The Best Game in Every Time Slot1:07:16 — CIB 2026 Fotball Pick ‘em Contest1:12:10 — Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week, Live from Plains, Heaven1:17:15 — 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. 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/

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