Brett & Brad

Brett & Brad

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Brett & Brad episodes

  • Interview with Donna Schuele - Supreme Court Historian
    Brett and Brad talk with Donna Schuele, a CWRU alum, previous clerk to the 9th circuit, adjunct professor with University of California and California State, and for the purpose of our conversation, a Supreme Court law historian. We talk about her time at CWRU, where her career took her, and what's the deal with the Supreme Court lately?

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    49 min
  • More Supreme Court, Global Elections, and the All-Star Roster
    Brett and Brad talk through the remaining Supreme Court opinions of this session, cover some of the highlights of elections that have happened around the world since the last time we met, cover our July 4th recaps, and end by going through some details of the MLB All-Star roster.

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    41 min
  • July 4th Special!
    Brett and Brad celebrate America's birthday like all Americans do, by reading the Declaration of Independence! But that doesn't take a whole show, so we also run through the Supreme Court Decisions from the end of their session, up to but not including Presidential Immunity.

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    53 min
  • Swimming in the Siene, Mosquito Repellent, and Dyson Spheres
    Brett and Brad discuss the nasty plans of the French and what drove them to their extreme measures. We cover a bit more on the Pan-American Masters Games and a new study linking colors to repelling mosquitos. After the break we talk through a new paper that found Dyson Sphere candidates and a breakthrough in battery technology before wrapping up with the Stanley Cup and the Guardians!

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    55 min
  • Father's Day, the USDA Hardiness Map, and Cleveland Sports
    Brett and Brad talk through their suffering of the Heat Dome (!!!) through discussing gardening, Father's Day, and overlooked holidays. Then they cover some recent Cleveland news and the latest in sports, including the upcoming Pan America Masters Games happening in Cleveland!

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    53 min
  • Frost on Mars, Vitiligo, and the Apple Keynote
    Brett and Brad talk about their adventures in Chicago, some astronomy news around martian frost and strange radio signals from stars. Then, it's vitiligo awareness month! We share some info about it before moving on to talk about the Apple Keynote from WWDC24 and how Apple Intelligence will work before wrapping it up with CLE sports news!

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    54 min
  • Trump's Conviction, Von Braun's Rockets, and Regrowing Teeth
    Trump was recently convicted of 34 felonies in "the Stormy Daniels case" in NY. We talk through how this case came about and what Trump was actually convicted of. Then we cover a bit of the history of US rocketry with Werner Von Braun, a mission returning samples from the far side of the moon, and an exciting new drug that could allow for regrowing teeth!

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    53 min
  • Universal Basic Employment, The Arcade, and Angel Hernandez
    We talk through the proposal recently accepted by the Cleveland City Council for the first pilot in the nation of Universal Basic EMPLOYMENT, not income. We also talk through coming proposals for the Arcade, new funding for the Blue Line in Shaker Heights, and the retirement of everyone's favorite umpire, Angel Hernandez.

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    55 min
  • Shinkflation, Voice rights, and Microplastics
    We talk about a new law in France meant to battle shrinkflation, Scarlett Johansson's accusations against OpenAI, and a new study in Toxicological Sciences about Microplastics found in male reproductive organs.

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    56 min
  • The May 2024 Auroras & Commencement Season
    The world was treated to a fantastic showing of Auroras over the weekend, we talk the science behind them in the second half of the show, after first covering the imminent cicada emergences, the Dublin-NYC portal, and university commencements. Stay tuned for a review of King Charles' portrait...

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    54 min

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Every Wednesday Brett and Brad discuss the latest in science, tech, politics, sports, and Cleveland. Edited from the air signal of WRUW-FM 91.1 Cleveland which broadcasts from their studios on the…