An Aloneness Enhancement Machine (CIB #279)

CIB returns, soggy and spent, to your podcast feeds with a look at the news of the week and a bit of rambling about the discomfort and anxiety of sharing the real world with a bunch of people who spend the vast majority of their time in a bespoke false creation that is not in conversation with reality. 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 RundownOpen — Connectivity issues, the weather, and stabbings8:20 — Iran deal imminent, and Trump’s ongoing influence in the GOP, Trump IRS settlement46:54 — Are we collectively losing a grip on reality? Probably!1:29:26 — Wrap-up! Obsession; LotR: The Return of the King; Too much James Webb, too much spaceRelevant 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 Brains were composed by Marc Gillig. For more from Marc, go to tetramermusic.com.