The weather outside has been frightful, but the aimless chatter is quite delightful as we ring in 2025 with fresh CONTENT. 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 — The perks of being two generations younger than your neighbors
14:20 — Collecting ever more sleep technologies
20:35 — CIB’s 2025 resolutions, and running headlong into the velvet rope bathroom economy
41:50 — WGAS NewsBag; terrorism in New Orleans, exploding Teslas in Vegas, and the rest of the news of the week
1:29:40 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game
1:39:02 — Wrap-up! Harbin; Seven; The Karate Kid
Relevant Linkage
CBS News: Years of warnings preceded Bourbon Street attack as bollard repairs lagged
Meta: More Speech and Fewer Mistakes
CNN: Meta scrambles to delete its own AI accounts after backlash intensifies
WaPo journalist posts her back and forth with the AI chatbot
AP: Soldier who blew up Tesla at Trump hotel left note saying blast was to be a ‘wake up call’ for US
TPM: Why Are Publications Sugar-Coating Livelsberger’s Political Minifestos?
Reuters: Greenland, gas heaters and the Gulf: Takeaways from Trump's press conference
AP: Mike Johnson narrowly reelected House speaker on first ballot: How the news unfolded
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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