This week CIB is here to yap about how ill-equipped we are for Our Bogus Future, why animals attack, when a recession is definitely not a recession, and all the things Congress will and won’t get done in the next couple of months, among plenty of other diversions. 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 — Scattergories at the bar, New Jersey’s curious plan for helping crackheads
9:05 — Our Bogus Future, brought to you by the lithium-ion battery
16:17 — WHEN ANIMALS ATTACK!!!, as explained everywhere but FOX, curiously enough
35:28 — Janet Yellen explains how a recession isn’t actually a recession
46:38 — What will the Democratically-controlled Congress get done before the end of the year?
1:20:38 — Study concludes that the chemical imbalance theory of depression is bogus
1:37:59 — Wrap up! Fire of Love, Nope, M. Night Shyamalan, and other stuff we’ve been watching

Relevant Linkage
NJ.com: Pilot program will use lattes and cold brew to treat N.J.’s growing cocaine problem

CBSNews: Spate of monkey attacks leaves 42 injured in Japanese city: "I heard crying... Then I saw a monkey hunching over my child"

The Independent: Is climate change to blame for a string of shark attacks across America? It’s complicated

AP News: Yellen downplays US recession risk as economic reports loom

CNN: CNN asked all 50 GOP senators if they will support the same-sex marriage bill. Here's where they stand.

ABC News: GOP congressman votes against same-sex marriage bill then attends gay son's wedding

Slate: What the Critics Get Incredibly Wrong about the Collins-Manchin Election Bill

Politico: Schumer's legal weed bill is finally here

WaPo: Stephen Buyer, former GOP congressman, accused of insider trading

Daily Beast: Dems Quietly Try to Jam Pelosi on Stock Trading Ban

The Hill: Paul Pelosi’s questionable Wall Street windfall spurs bipartisan calls for stock trading ban

The Hill: Depression is likely not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, study says

Vice: The New Study on Serotonin and Depression Isn’t About Antidepressants