Episodes
Sunday Jul 23, 2017
BTL #254 - BRANDING MEDIOCRITY - 7/24/17
Sunday Jul 23, 2017
Sunday Jul 23, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. The new Sean Spicer is a Nickelodeon villain who donated to Barack Obama
2. Russia actually called us thugs this week, which is cute
3. Zombie healthcare will kick a new and exciting figure of 32 million off their healthcare. Way to keep playing, guys!
4. Al Gore is the latest borderline Republican to come out in favor of single payer
5. Democrats new motto urges us not to lose faith. Our most mediocre times are still ahead of us!
6. A "spicey" goodbye to America’s most exciting and irreverent character in the nation’s first reality presidency
PLUS, don't forget to follow us next weekend on social media as we follow all the fun at Politicon! We'll be galavanting AND asking the hard-hitting questions all weekend!
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helecopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Sunday Jul 16, 2017
BTL #253 - THE HANDSHAKE - 7/17/17
Sunday Jul 16, 2017
Sunday Jul 16, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. Trump and McConnell have hurt John McCain’s brain so badly at this point that it literally clogged
2. Not even the health insurance industry is as giddy about returning us to pre-ACA days of bankruptcy and death as our government’s own Tom Price
3. Either Donald Trump is lying to us, or he’s hired clairvoyant lawyers. One of those seems more likely though...
4. You haven’t seen a handshake until you’ve seen Emmanuel Marcon and Donald Trumps’ three-way knuckle-buster
5. Donald Trump is winning at Chris Christie’s game of losing. Bigly.
6. A completely unremarkable, totally average day in Florida
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of helecopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Monday Jun 05, 2017
BTL #247 - BILATERAL TALKS - 6/6/17
Monday Jun 05, 2017
Monday Jun 05, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. Say Goodbye to breathing air! We’re divorcing the Paris Accords to pursue a more meaningful relationship with oil and gas.
2. When it comes to the Paris Accords, Michael Bloomberg is now the government, which is concerning it its own way.
3. Anthem is the most evil insurance company for yet another year. Congratulations, guys! The hard work at being absolutely awful is paying off.
4. California’s state senate passes a single payer bill and the LA Times is none too happy about it. In related news, the LA Times spent this week is wondering why they aren’t that relevant.
5. London: Terrorized. World: Twitterized. Trump: The same.
6. Trump’s search for better press covfefe continues
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of Canadian onlookers who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Sunday May 07, 2017
BTL #243 - PRESS-PALOOZA [w/ Dmitry Zotman] - 5/8/17
Sunday May 07, 2017
Sunday May 07, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. The AHCA (aka Achoo) passage in the house
2. The RELIEF of a boring moderate winning the French presidential elections (how far we've fallen)
3. Chaos in Venezuela
4. Trump’s Monday press-palooza
5. Priorities USA's 2016 postmortem
6. Some Berniecrat candidates to look out for
*Plus, BIG thanks to Dmitry Zotman, who sat in for a very sick Brent this week!
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helecopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Tuesday Jan 24, 2017
BTL #229 - PUSSY HATS AND ALTERNATIVE FACTS - 1/24/17
Tuesday Jan 24, 2017
Tuesday Jan 24, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. Pussy Hats took over America on Saturday, showing what a large, enthusiastic crowd actually looks like.
2. Meanwhile, Trump’s Inauguration crowd. Sad.
3. Chelsea Manning. Happy.
4. Trump’s Education cabinet pick will focus her energy on protecting students from grizzly bears instead of school shootings
5. Dippin Dots IS the ice cream of the future and don’t let the Trump administration’s “alternative facts” convince you otherwise
6. Trump spends first day in office taking things away from us and killing people
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of screaming sirens who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Sunday Dec 18, 2016
BTL #225 - RANT DAY - 12/19/16
Sunday Dec 18, 2016
Sunday Dec 18, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Mark your calendars: Tomorrow is the day that hell freezes over and, in a very hell-like move, makes Donald Trump the president
2. The only unity in post-Trump America is the unlikely coming together of the of FBI and CIA
3. Obama holds press conference in which he is either tough on Putin or...not. Doesn’t matter which because facts don’t exist anymore.
4. Hillary Clinton willing to blame literally anybody but herself for her loss
5. We have the debut of BTL’s newest segment: Defend the Internet
6. It’s the morally adrift leading the morally blind, New York edition
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of circling helicopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Sunday Oct 02, 2016
BTL #215 - WE'RE BACK! - 10/3/14
Sunday Oct 02, 2016
Sunday Oct 02, 2016
Monday Sep 05, 2016
BTL #214 - OUR LOCAL TACO TRUCK - 9/6/14
Monday Sep 05, 2016
Monday Sep 05, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
Sunday Aug 21, 2016
BTL #212 - LIFE'S GOLD MEDAL - 8/22/16
Sunday Aug 21, 2016
Sunday Aug 21, 2016
1. Media treatment of Ryan Lochte proves that being born a white man is life’s Olympic gold medal
Monday Jun 06, 2016
BTL #204 - DRAG QUEEN BINGO - 6/6/16
Monday Jun 06, 2016
Monday Jun 06, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Whether Bernie wins California or not, at least he got to call numbers at drag queen bingo this weekend.
2. The most progressive event in the history of the world happened in Oakland this week
3. The details of Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy address are as follows: Donald Trump is a nincompoop
4. Donald Trump angry that we’re letting qualified American-born US Citizens to levy judgments in the court system. Apparently that’s not one of the steps to making America great again.
5. Trump declares that he has a personal African-American. “Proves it” with a stock photo of an unsuspecting african american family that are definitely not Trump supporters.
6. Paul Ryan: 2016 Panic Endorser
7. We’re very excited to see the music video event generated by Obama’s rumored Beyonce army