You might think that after a sports weekend that included a World Series going the distance, the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party coming down to the final moments, and plenty of other thrilling college and pro football action, we would not be leading off our show with thirty minutes devoted to YOUTH SPORT. But you would be very wrong to think that. 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!
3:09 — The two best games of a packed sports weekend
28:49 — The weekend in college football
43:34 — Georgia/Florida was nearly a complete disaster
1:08:57 — World Series Game 7
1:11:02 — 2025 CIB Football Pick ‘em Contest Update
1:24:44 — 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.

It’s a birthday and Halloween edition of your favorite sports-but-mostly-college-football podcast, with a special guest and our regular assortment of games previews and silliness. 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!
4:37 — WGAS NewsBag, Sports Edition: Brian Kelly Fired! World Series is good!
39:14 — The Best Game in Every Time Slot
56:10 — 2025 CIB Football Pick ‘em Contest
1:05:49 — Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week
1:08:51 — 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/

It’s a Week 9 college football preview episode, but first we have to talk about the big sports news of the day—the Trump Justice Department bringing charges against NBA stars for their involvement in illegal poker games and gambling on sports. All that and our usual assortment of silliness and pitterpatter, and, of course, a visit from Jimmy in Heaven for the 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 Rundown
Open — Abe Live Bets the Games!
4:10 — WGAS NewsBag, Sports Edition: Gambling and Poker, but the Bad Kinds
45:46 — The Best Game in Every Time Slot
1:02:05 — CIB 2025 Football Pick ‘em Contest
1:09:35 — Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week
1:13:31 — 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/

Week 8 of the 2025 college football season is complete, and it was quite possibly the most fun bunch of games we’ve seen this year. We talk about a whole heap of them, including extended yapping about the Georgia/Ole Miss contest, which was both awesome and utterly mystifying. 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!
9:03 — Georgia vs Ole Miss
30:22 — An incredible weekend of other games, too
1:17:45 — CIB 2025 Football Pick ‘em Contest
1:21:41 — 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.

It’s a week eight college football preview show! What more do you need to know? We’ve got Jimmy’s Presidential Lock of the Week, The Best Game in Every Time Slot, and plenty of other enjoyable yapping about sports. 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!
5:15 — WGAS NewsBag, Sports Edition! Saudi Arabia and private equity trying to get into college football; Indiana signs Cignetti to big extension
23:25 — The Best Game in Every Time Slot
54:21 — 2025 CIB Football Pick ‘em Contest
59:15 — Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week
1:02:53 — 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/

With children’s birthdays rapidly approaching, Cast Iron Brains is here to discuss when, if ever, is the right time to put always-on communication devices on their wrists or in their pockets. Are we standing athwart the inevitable, or is there a better way to be in the world that one can achieve without incurring too much personal cost and misery? That and plenty of yapping about the news of the week, and a hope that Mark Strassmann is able to return to peak form. 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 at the steakhouse
6:40 — The kids want the devices, the devices want the kids
57:05 — WGAS NewsBag; Trump loses the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, becomes frontrunner for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
1:08:31 — JD Vance on ABC’s This Week
1:25:33 — Did CBS News’ Senior National Correspondent Mark Strassmann Get Off a Good One?
1:38:12 — Wrap-up!

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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.

Predictably enough, the Georgia/Auburn game dominates our sports weekend recap today, with much yelling and argument over the inner thoughts and intentions of a man attempting to communicate one simple thing and completely blowing 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 — Abe Live Bets the Games!
4:00 — Georgia vs Auburn reactions
41:42 — The rest of the games, and James Franklin is out!
1:08:07 — 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.

Just in time, it’s a Week 7 College Football Preview Episode! Plenty of yapping about the other sports news of the week, the Best Game in Every Time Slot, and a bonus INSTANT LIVE REACTION to Philly misery at the very end. 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! Trevor Lawrence falls over twice!
6:31 — WGAS NewsBag, Sports Edition!
32:58 — The Best Game in Every Time Slot
53:26 — CIB 2025 Football Pick ‘em Contest
59:29 — Jimmy Carter’s Presidential Lock of the Week, Live from Plains, Heaven
1:05:13 — 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/