Cast Iron Brains is, in fact, podcasting this week, no matter what the haters and doubters have to say. That’s not to say it’s a particularly enlightening 87 minutes of yappity-yap, but we’re here, at least! We discuss the utility of dishwashing machines, dumb and/or lying assholes on Twitter, and Our Bogus Future, among other thrilling topics. Listen, if you must! 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 — The ESPYs, Golden State Warriors revisionism, Mega Millions
10:29 — Dishwashers, and how to make them work, actually!
22:17 — Matt Walsh is being a dumb lying idiot on Twitter again
42:07 — Vaclav Smil isn’t sure we know how the world actually works
46:41 — It’s too fuckin’ hot!
52:16 — Our Bogus Future: BMW heated seats subscriptions, and Ring Doorbells are snitches
1:06:17 — Terse Missives from the Content Maw To Make You Seem Like An Interesting Person
1:11:59 — Wrap-up! The Mystery of the Pink Underpants, Thor, Where the Crawdads Sing, How to Change Your Mind, The Anarchists, Obsessed with the Babysitter
Relevant Linkage
This guy has multiple 30+ minute videos about dishwashers, including this one, which just might CHANGE YOUR LIFE:
Merriam-Webster on what it means to get “ratioed.”
WaPo Opinion, Amanda Ripley: I stopped reading the news. Is the problem me — or the product?
NYT on Vaclav Smil’s How the World Really Works: Everything You Thought You Knew, and Why You’re Wrong
TheVerge — BMW to introduce subscription payment system for heated seats
CNN — Ring Doorbells are a resource for law enforcement, without their owner’s consent
Terse Missives from the Content Maw To Make You Seem Like An Interesting Person
Indiana pizza delivery guy saves the goddamn day (News coverage here / police statement here)
Defector tracks down the various parties involved in a classic internet video
Netflix’s How to Change Your Mind, hosted by Michael Pollan and based on his book, is absolutely worth watching.
HBO’s The Anarchists is full of enjoyably hate-able characters, some of whom probably die!
I fortunately couldn’t find a trailer for Lifetime’s awful goddamn Obsessed with the Babysitter movie, but here’s a potato-quality clip uploaded by some maniac to their YouTube.
