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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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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