We’re finally popping back into your podcast feeds after nearly a month with a special(?) America at 250 episode of Cast Iron Brains. We’ve got patriotism, patriotic complaining about soccer, patriotic complaining about youth sport, and other patriotisms! Listen patriotically, as 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 — What Makes America Great, 250 Years On
9:15 — Abe in America
20:50 — How to Watch Soccer
41:32 — On what’s wrong with youth beisbol
59:49 — Did anyone win the war in Iran?
1:14:01 — Trump’s crypto income, it’s quite substantial!
1:27:12 — Disclosure Day; Incest Dragons; interminable swim meets; youth trumpeter plays the national anthem, a review
Relevant Linkage
NYT: Trump Pulled In at Least $2 Billion After Returning to the White House
CBS News: Taxes on Trump’s $1.4 billion crypto income could total hundreds of millions
NPR: Former ethics lawyer says Trump’s crypto poses ‘clear conflict of interest’
NYT: Does Trump Worry About Conflicts of Interest? ‘I Found Out That Nobody Cared.’
Tangle: The everything, everywhere, all at once corruption story.
CNN: Trump gave crypto the red-carpet treatment. It’s crashing anyway
NYT: Trump Says He Has No Issue With His Family’s Foreign Business Deals
NYT: Anatomy of Two Giant Deals: The U.A.E. Got Chips. The Trump Team Got Crypto Riches.
NYT: Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches
NYT: Where Mideast Envoy Pitched Peace, His Son Pitched Investors
NYT: Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal. His Sons Stand to Profit.
American Bar Association OpEd: The Trump Administration’s Rampant Pay-to-Play Corruption Threatens Our Democracy
The opening and closing themes of Cast Iron Brains were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.
