Cast Iron Brains is here with ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL commentary on Tucker Carlson’s wilting candy boner, TAY TAY’s VICIOUS SMACKDOWN of total jerk and misogynist Damon Albarn, and the return of Mike Pesca’s podcast The Gist following an only semi-successful canceling, among other topics. Listen! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it on Facebook or Twitter, leave a comment on the show’s page on our website, or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!

Show Rundown
Open — On pets, children, and TRAUMA
14:22 — Tucker Carlson has lost a lot, including the hots he once had for the green M&M
33:00 — Taylor Swift on Damon Albarn’s really unfortunate and SO DAMAGING opinions
40:00— Mike Pesca and the return of The Gist
1:00:45 — A small town in Alabama is writing a lot of traffic tickets
1:09:05 — “Should we talk about Ukraine?” “WHAT?! NO!”
1:17:16 — NFL Playoff fun
1:32:38 — Wrap up with thoughts on Joss Whedon, a very shitty Christian movie, and HBO doc The Vow