Episodes
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
10/11/21 - Invented Problems
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Having COVID has given Allen West too much free time. Let’s get that man out of the hospital ASAP.
2. The Debt Ceiling: A problem we invented just so we could solve it.
3. Infrastructure: It never ends. It also never starts.
4. It’s fake panic time for the fake jobs numbers!
5. With schools finally open, it’s time to get back to the business of studying duck and cover techniques, the only true way to prepare kids for the American workplace.
6. It’s the return of Sinkhole Radio!
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Tuesday May 27, 2014
BTL #109 - MANIFESTO FEST - 5/27/14
Tuesday May 27, 2014
Tuesday May 27, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. War on Masculinity claims another victim as the War on Guns continues amassing a staggering record of defeat
2. Feminism is en vogue this month. Try it.
3. If Darrell Issa can’t win Benghazi, he’ll make sure nobody can
4. Ukraine is either at war with itself or with Russia, nobody can be sure, but one thing that is sure is that everybody is dying
5. Obama’s latest drawdown proposal brings up the important question of why we still have troops in Afghanistan to begin with
6. The Volunteer State will not be stopped by socialist Europe when it comes to murdering its own citizens in cruel and unusual ways
Monday Apr 21, 2014
BTL #106 - CLINTON 2064 - 4/22/14
Monday Apr 21, 2014
Monday Apr 21, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. Russia signs agreement to track down those dirty scoundrels destabilizing Ukraine, which should be easy because most of those “scoundrels” are Russian military men
2. Final Obamacare numbers show that Californians are just as late to sign up for healthcare as they are to meet you for brunch
3. CNN’s ocean tragedy experts are having a banner year
4. Keystone ambivalents rejoice as Obama announces yet another plan to non-decide on the issue
5. Clintons tee up a potential 2064 presidential campaign with an as yet unborn Clinton spawn on the way
Sunday Oct 13, 2013
BTL #82 - FEAR OF OPTIMISM (w/ GUEST: SEAN PROPHET) - 10/14/13
Sunday Oct 13, 2013
Sunday Oct 13, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Fearing the outbreak of optimism sweeping the nation, Congress decides to not make any deals on the debt ceiling or government shutdown
2. Polls show that most Americans would vote for literally anyone other than their current representatives
3. In positive shutdown news, the first Obama nominee not subject to intense opposition is likely to be approved by the supposedly non-working Senate
4. Voters at the Value Voters Summit prove through straw poll results that their values are...mostly non existent
5. A trip in the way back machine to the weirdest election in California history
6. Michele Bachmann states that the endtimes are here, and if China’s hornet situation is any indication, she might be right
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Sunday Sep 29, 2013
BTL #80 - COMPROMISE WITH ME - 9/30/13
Sunday Sep 29, 2013
Sunday Sep 29, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
Sunday May 26, 2013
Brain Trust Live #62 - ARIZONA ROUNDTABLE - 5/26/13
Sunday May 26, 2013
Sunday May 26, 2013
In Which We Discuss (Live from Arizona!):
1. Oklahoma tornadoes give Sen. Tom Coburn a chance to deny disaster relief funding to even his own constituents
2. Continuing DOJ wire-tapping news confirms we are excellent scandal pickers
3. Obama fed up with his own counterterrorism policies, outlines his plans to continue all of them
4. Boy Scouts finally half heartedly accept gay youth, still holding strong to their homophobia towards adults
5. Anthony Weiner accepts Brain Trust Live's nomination for the New York Mayor’s race
6. Plus a pair of Arizona stories with our very special panel! And as always, check our Twitter @braintrustlive and Facebook pages throughout the week for links, musings and more!Sunday May 19, 2013
Brain Trust Live #61 - SCANDALS! - 4/20/13
Sunday May 19, 2013
Sunday May 19, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Presidential approval rating numbers finally illustrate how little people care about Benghazi and the other fake White House scandals
2. Harry Reid is still not done making empty threats about filibuster reform
3. After realizing what the GOP actually stands for, a Florida Latino outreach director becomes a Democrat
4. Anthony Weiner basically announces his mayoral candidacy by sitting in his favorite stoop and trying to look wholesome
5. Ann Coulter is furious that Star Trek doesn’t offer an accurate view of *her* present day America
And as always, check our Twitter @braintrustlive and Facebook pages throughout the week for links, musings and more!
Sunday Jan 20, 2013
Brain Trust Live #45 - INAUGURATION DAY EPISODE - 1/20/13
Sunday Jan 20, 2013
Sunday Jan 20, 2013
In Which We Discuss: 1. Hold onto your hats...it’s inauguration day! So that’s happening... 2. Healthcare has the most exciting, underreported week ever! 3. White House proposes a great gun control package and is immediately one upped by New York State. (Plus a fun new weekly segment!) 4. The debt ceiling crises is not happening anymore. Go home. Come back in March. 5. The return of Mark Sanford, our first introduction to Stephen Colbert’s sister, and a Berman Sherman follow-up that we never saw coming. 6. Plus, gays, the environment, and a nefarious smoothie shop that won’t be getting any of our business. As always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on facebook!
Sunday Dec 02, 2012
Brain Trust Live #39 - 12/3/12
Sunday Dec 02, 2012
Sunday Dec 02, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. A Fiscal Cliff Deal Is Getting Made, Despite Infuriatingly Rampant Posturing
2. The Turkey Chili Summit: Probably the Last Time Obama and Romney Will Ever Speak. And To That, We Say, Good Riddance Mittens.
3. Republicans Shed Their Love of Tokenism to Appoint Almost All White Men to Committee Chairmanships
4. It’s The Duckiest Lame Duck Session Yet!
5. Good news! It’s Not a Gene That Makes You Gay, It’s a...Succubus Demon?
6. The US Votes Against Palestinian Vote in the UN With New, Equally Lame Coalition of the Willing
7. Ablow Joins O’Reilly In Talking Through Existential Crisis Over Popularity of Gangnam Style
8. Sinkholes. Coming To A Town Near You.
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Sunday Nov 18, 2012
Brain Trust Live #37 - 11/19/12
Sunday Nov 18, 2012
Sunday Nov 18, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. Romney On Why He Lost: GOP Spent Months On Camera, Yet Remained Bereft of Free Gifts to Voters
2. 2016 Speculation Begins in Earnest Among GOP Governors a Mere 7 Days After Election 2012’s Harrowing End
3. “Dozens and Dozens” of Black People and One Chinese Person Vote In Maine, Worrying Incredulous GOP Officials
4. Shit Falling Apart In Middle East, Forcing Us To Read Up On Confusing Foreign Policy And Listen To John McCain Be a Curmudgeon
5. Lowbrow Disgusting Restaurants Unite in Opposition to Obamacare
6. Otherwise Reasonable People Enjoy Twinkie Chemical Aftertaste One Last Time
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