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Immiserating Our Kids, One Way or Another (CIB #258)

Immiserating Our Kids, One Way or Another (CIB #258)

Update: 2025-10-15
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With children’s birthdays rapidly approaching, Cast Iron Brains is here to discuss when, if ever, is the right time to put always-on communication devices on their wrists or in their pockets. Are we standing athwart the inevitable, or is there a better way to be in the world that one can achieve without incurring too much personal cost and misery? That and plenty of yapping about the news of the week, and a hope that Mark Strassmann is able to return to peak form. 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 Rundown
Open — Abe at the steakhouse
6:40 — The kids want the devices, the devices want the kids
57:05 — WGAS NewsBag; Trump loses the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, becomes frontrunner for 2026 Nobel Peace Prize
1:08:31 — JD Vance on ABC’s This Week
1:25:33 — Did CBS News’ Senior National Correspondent Mark Strassmann Get Off a Good One?
1:38:12 — Wrap-up!

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Immiserating Our Kids, One Way or Another (CIB #258)

Immiserating Our Kids, One Way or Another (CIB #258)

Cast Iron Brains -- A Podcast with Bob and Abe