Wrapping Up the Dog Days by Fixing Everything (CIB #249)

CIB is here with solutions for everything that ails a hot and bored nation. This week we’re yapping about a new sports streaming bundle, Trump’s DC takeover, how not to go about ending one’s life, and what unites the conspiracists, the skeptics, and those of us mostly just going along to get along. 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 — CTRL-F’ing for “catturd” in the New York Times archive14:00 — ESPN and Fox bundling streaming service27:58 — Trump activates National Guard in DC, takes over policing39:58 — Texas congressional redistricting attempt and how to fix gerrymandering1:04:48 — Suicide by repeated fancy dinners1:25:58 — Did CBS News’ Senior National Correspondent Mark Strassmann Get Off a Good One, and how we’re all operating on faith more than we might accept1:54:52 — Wrap-up! Weapons; Monty Python and the Holy Grail; Iron Man 2Relevant 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.