Brett & Brad

Brett & Brad

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Brett & Brad episodes

  • Interview with Craig Joseph: Artistic Directory, Seat of the Pants

    Brett and Brad sit for an interview with Craig Joseph, Artistic Director of Seat of the Pants, an ensemble theater production company local here in North East Ohio. Craig is also the director of the upcoming production of Elephant's Graveyard, going up this February at Gordon Green and featuring our own Brett (use checkout code BRETT to show your support for Brett and our show!).

    Craig leads us through his creative and artistic career and how he came to found Seat of the Pants before discussing what makes it unique as a production house. We talk the NEO acting scene before diving into Elephant's Graveyard itself and touch a bit on acting techniques like Chekhov.

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    55 min
  • Artemis II Ready for Launch, What is ICE?, 2026 Predictions
    Brett and Brad discuss the upcoming Artemis II mission to swing around the moon now that the rocket has been brought out to the launch pad. After that, Brad talks the history of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, where their legal authority comes from, and what it entails. In the 2nd half of the show we check in on our predictions for Trump's term we made on November 13th 2024, and make new predictions for the remainder of 2026.

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    55 min
  • Bounties, Bail, WCSB Lawsuit, and Credit Card Interest
    Brett and Brad make some corrections from last week's show around how bounties work in the United States before elaborating on bail bond system and modern day bounty hunters. We talk the recently filed lawsuit by former WCSB members before the break. After the break, we talk credit cards and Trump's proposal to limit their interest rates to 10%. We wrap up with a run-down of the CWRU film society's 51st Sci-fi marathon happening this weekend and the departure of Steeler's coach Mike Tomlin.

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    56 min
  • Venezuela; Released, Redacted, or Red Herring; NFL Coach Firings
    Brett and Brad discuss the... situation? in Venezuela. In the second half of the show we play Released, Redacted, or Red Herring: a game about guessing what's been released in the Epstein Files. Finally, Brett leads us through the NFL coaches fired this season and whether they were deserved.

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    57 min
  • Tour of Cleveland Christmas Beers
    Brett and Brad go on a tour of Cleveland Christmas Beers (joined partway through by Tom Burke), and you're coming too! In this special Christmas Eve episode we travel across Cleveland to different breweries and review their Christmas ales right at the bar. We visit: Schnitz Ale, Noble Beast, Masthead, Black Frog, Butcher & The Brewer, Southern Tier, and Great Lakes, ending at Market Garden and their Festivus party.

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    50 min
  • The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton, Sugars on Asteroid Bennu
    Brett and Brad read Charles Dickens' The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton, a short story that predates A Christmas Carol. We mention the upcoming deadline for the release of the Epstein Files and end with the just reported discovery of the simple sugar ribose found on the asteroid Bennu, with commentary on the markers of life found in space.

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    55 min
  • Hepatitis B Vaccine, Frank Gehry, Christmas Ales, College Football
    Brett and Brad discuss the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) decision to alter the recommendation for newborns to get the Hep B vaccine (after spending some time lamenting about the weather). Brad then talks Frank Gehry and his local impact in the Cleveland before our song this week from The Doors. After the break, we talk Christmas Ales and their regional impact before Brett reviews the College Football Playoff bracket.

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    56 min
  • Boats in the Caribbean, College Football Playoff Picture, Movies
    Brett and Brad discuss the U.S. missile strikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean and their relation to Pete Hegseth recently being accused of war crimes, also touching on Trump's pardon of Ecuadorian ex-president Juan Hernandez. After the break, we talk the College Football Playoff picture and wrap up with some movie talk on Wicked: For Good and The Thing with Feathers, go see it!

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    54 min
  • DA Lindsey Halligan, Epstein Emails, MKUltra
    Brett and Brad discuss the saga, and abrupt end, of Lindsey Halligan as District Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and her cases against James Comey and Letitia James. After the break, we talk a bit about Thanksgiving movies, and a bit more about the Jeffery Epstein emails, before Brett regales us of tales of MKUltra, the conspiracy theory that turned out to be true. Finally, go see "The Thing with Feathers" starring Benedict Cumberbatch in theaters this weekend to support friend of the show Tom Burke!

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    55 min
  • Epstein Files, Betting Crimes in the MLB, Galileo
    Brett and Brad discuss the Epstein Files Transparency Act and how it got through the House and (almost, at the time of recording) the Senate before touching on a court ruling that affects Texas' attempt to redistrict off-cycle. Then Brett discusses the MLB's Cy Young award winners for 2025 before waxing nostalgic about the before-times when professional athletes didn't bet on games and the Guardians still had their star closing pitcher and promising up-and-comer on the roster and not in jail (or soon to be jail). Finally, in a follow up to last week's show, Brad discusses Galileo and why his treatment was so different from Copernicus' when they both promoted a heliocentric view of the Universe.

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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…