Cast Iron Brains regains supremacy over your podcast feed with stories about Jehovah’s Witness correspondence, missing earbuds, the news of the week, and plenty of other silliness, because sometimes you’ve just got to get real fired up about headphone jacks and 90s Top-40 radio and yell about it with your favorite people. 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 gets a new pen pal!
7:42 — Missing earbuds cause local man to lose his mind
16:23 — WGAS News
1:03:33 — Did CBS News’ Senior National News Correspondent Get Off a Good One?
1:09:43 — The Billboard Hot 100 Game
1:27:16 — Wrap-up! The Substance; Survivor season 47
Relevant Linkage
CBS News: Key Nebraska Republican rejects push to change Electoral College system to benefit Trump
CNN: ‘I’m a black NAZI!’: NC GOP nominee for governor made dozens of disturbing comments on porn forum
The Hill: Harris leads Trump by 5 points in Pennsylvania: Poll
NYT/Siena: Trump Shows Signs of Strength in Sun Belt Battlegrounds, Polls Find
The Conversation: Pennsylvania’s mail-in ballot system has a problem − but it’s not what Trump is making unfounded claims about
CNN: Georgia election board requires ballots be hand-counted despite warning from key GOP state officials
NYT: Olivia Nuzzi, New York Magazine Writer, Put on Leave Over R.F.K. Jr. Relationship
AP News: What to know about the two waves of deadly explosions that hit Lebanon and Syria
NYT: In a First Among Christians, Young Men Are More Religious Than Young Women
Axios: Why Trump's vow to lower grocery costs will backfire, economists warn
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