{"id":15587,"date":"2025-12-15T17:51:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T01:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15587"},"modified":"2025-12-16T23:46:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T07:46:44","slug":"this-one-goes-to-11-a-weekend-of-horrible-violence-and-the-tragic-murder-of-rob-reiner-bradcast-12152025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15587","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;This One Goes to 11&#8217;: A Weekend of Horrible Violence and the Tragic Murder of Rob Reiner: &#8216;BradCast&#8217; 12\/15\/2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BradCast_RobReiner-BW_121525.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">Today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><i>BradCast<\/i><\/a> was not the show I had hoped to do today. But, after a weekend of gut-wrenching violence around the globe and back here at home, including here in Los Angeles, I&#8217;m not sure what other show we could have done. [<i>Audio link to full show follows this summary.<\/i>]\n<p>Please forgive the technical snafus at our flagship station, Pacifica Radio&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/kpfk.org\">KPFK<\/a> here in L.A. at the top of the show. (Even if they may provide the most &#8220;comedy&#8221; were were able to muster for today&#8217;s program!) <\/p>\n<p>Among the tragic incidents covered today, with callers ringing in at the end&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two U.S. service members and an American civilian translator were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c9d9vpxjp2go\">killed<\/a> in <b>Syria<\/b>, supposedly by a member of ISIS, though that remains unclear.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>At least two were <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/brown-university-active-shooter-c7c9d1c7da19a76c2a27685c7e63d6da\">killed<\/a> and nine wounded during a gun massacre at <b>Brown University<\/b> in <b>Rhode Island<\/b>. The shooter, despite being falsely identified by the FBI on Sunday (that man was later released) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/person-of-interest-from-wisconsin-detained-in-brown-university-shooting-that-killed-2-and-wounded-9\">remains at large<\/a> at this hour, three days later. For several of the students at Brown, shamefully, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/dec\/14\/two-survivors-of-brown-university-attack-escaped-other-school-shootings\">not the first school shooting<\/a> they survived.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>At least 15 were <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/australia-shooting-sydney-bondi-beach-31f711f09f677d0f88091ece25f651c1\">killed<\/a> and more than 40 wounded in an antisemitic gun massacre by two men, a father and son, during a celebration of the first night of Hanukah at <b>Sydney, Australia&#8217;s Bondi Beach<\/b> on Sunday. The identities of the two shooters (one of whom was killed, the other is in the hospital) remain unknown. But a heroic fruit-vendor named <b>Ahmed el Ahmed<\/b>, managed to tackle and disarm one of the shooters. Following a very rare mass shooting in Australia, political leaders there vowed to enact still tougher gun laws in a nation that already has many strict ones in place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>And on Sunday night, in heartbreaking news that has rocked <b>Hollywood<\/b>, the state of <b>California<\/b>, the nation and likely the world, we learned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/rob-reiner-dies-beloved-films-iconic-performances\/\">iconic<\/a> actor, director, writer, producer and political activist <b>Rob Reiner<\/b> and his wife <b>Michele Singer Reiner<\/b> were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2025-12-14\/2-found-dead-at-home-of-rob-reiner\">murdered<\/a> at their Brentwood home yesterday afternoon. The couple&#8217;s youngest son, who had a history of substance abuse, has been taken into custody by law enforcement following what is being described as a gruesome knife attack.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As you may guess, we&#8217;ve got a lot to say about all of the above. Particularly about the horrific death of the legendary Reiner; the horrific <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115724141568860081\">comments<\/a> made about his murder by our psychologically twisted President of the United States; and the <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/politics\/2025\/12\/rob-reiner-political-legacy\/\">important role<\/a> Reiner, a devoted liberal Democrat, has played over decades in both American and California politics. <\/p>\n<p>Callers ring in&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\".\/Images\/Speaker_Icon_24.png\" style=\"width: 24px; float: none; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; line-height: 18px;\"> <b><i><a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/audio\/BradCast_BradFriedman-SyriaAttack-BrownUnivShooting-BondiBeachMassacre-ReinerMurders_121525.mp3\">CLICK TO LISTEN OR DOWNLOAD SHOW!&#8230;<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><center><b>* * *<\/b><\/center><i>While we post <a href=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/BradCast\"><\/i>The BradCast<i><\/a> here every day, and you can hear it across all of our great affiliate stations and websites, to automagically get new episodes as soon as they&#8217;re available sent right to your computer or personal device, subscribe for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/id803467610\">iTunes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/the-bradcast-w-brad-friedman\/PC:1000025838\">Pandora<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/The-BradCast-with-Brad-Friedman-p477565\/\">TuneIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/256-the-bradcast-w-brad-friedm-30973643\/\">iHeart<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-BradCast-w-Brad-Friedman\/dp\/B08JJRN86R\/ref=sr_1_1\">Amazon<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/bradcast\/feed.xml\">our native RSS feed<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><strong>The BRAD BLOG<\/strong>, <em>The BradCast<\/em> and <em>Green News Report<\/em> are all 100% independent and 100% listener and reader supported!<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Donate\" style=\"display:inline-block; background:#6b5a2e; color:#ffffff; padding:6px 18px; border-radius:4px; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none; font-family:Georgia,serif; font-size:0.9em;\">Please CLICK HERE to help support our work today!<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-END--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s BradCast was not the show I had hoped to do today. But, after a weekend of gut-wrenching violence around the globe and back here at home, including here in Los Angeles, I&#8217;m not sure what other show we could have done. 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