Episodes
Monday Jun 30, 2014
BTL #114 - BECAUSE JESUS - 7/1/14
Monday Jun 30, 2014
Monday Jun 30, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. Supreme Court now in the business of telling women how to use their own bodies. Because Jesus.
2. A whole bunch of stodgy white men are not happy with Obama’s attempts to accomplish things
3. Thad Cochran finds that getting elected can lead to having voters all up in your grill
4. Hillary Pillory: Is now a good time to casually forget about Iraq?
5. The World Cup is apparently going to make America the Socialist Utopia we’ve always dreamed of
6. We find proof that anti-immigration advocates wear disgusting underwear
Sunday Jun 22, 2014
BTL #113 - BRATING LIKE YOU MEAN IT - 6/23/14
Sunday Jun 22, 2014
Sunday Jun 22, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. Rand Paul continues his terrifying sense-making tour even when challenged by evil robot-man Dick Cheney on Iraq
2. Vladimir Putin would make a great Hollywood agent! We explain why.
3. Undocumented children now getting the state fair livestock treatment in Arizona warehouse
4. Find who’s David Brating and where this primary season!
5. The Clintons and the Obamas gear up for modern political tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, all over that damn golf game
Sunday Apr 21, 2013
Brain Trust Live #58 - JESUS, THIS WEEK - 4/22/13
Sunday Apr 21, 2013
Sunday Apr 21, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. A Brain Trust Live exclusive on the Boston bombings. Just kidding! Only our unnecessary two cents... 2. In a move that surprised no one, our one shot at ineffective gun control was shot down by an even more ineffective Senate 3. News flash to Texans...don’t move next to fertilizer plants 4. Mark Sanford, searching for Super Bowl with his cell phone flashlight, finds electoral defeat instead 5. Ricin mail suspect soon to be doing the literal "Jailhouse Rock" 6. GOP to Rubio: Just kidding, we’re still racist! 7. And, as if this week wasn’t bad enough, there’s more disasters...a sinkhole! And as always, check our Twitter @braintrustlive and Facebook pages throughout the week for links, musings and more!
Sunday Mar 24, 2013
Brain Trust Live #54 - UNLIKELY ALLIANCES - 3/25/13
Sunday Mar 24, 2013
Sunday Mar 24, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Lila wins the internet, and buzzfeed commits some serious thought crime.
2. The greatest story to come out of the crazy 2012 republican primary.
3. Israeli pundits prove to be just as irritating as American ones during Obama’s brief visit to the region.
4. The senate finally passes a budget, 4 years and 13 hrs later.
5. Rich people are awful. An in-depth conversation about why.
6. Republicans still trying to figure out their post-Portman stance on gay marriage. Unknowinlgy offering reasons to support it as reasons for their opposition.
7. Plus, guns, deadly asteroids, and other dangers of living in Glendale.
Look out for our weekly blog post, coming Thursday, and as always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on Facebook!Sunday Mar 03, 2013
Brain Trust Live #51 - SINKHOLES AND SEQUESTERS - 3/4/13
Sunday Mar 03, 2013
Sunday Mar 03, 2013
Happy Birthday to us! It's a very special one year anniversary for BTL in which we discuss: 1. You heard it here first! The dangers of sinkholes are very real and this week totally proves it. 2. Everything we feared about the sequester happened, so... 3. Ahhhh...We’re Popeless! Anyone looking for a direct line to god will have to speak to speak to Warren Jeffs. 4. SCOTUS Justice declares the end of racism. Congratulations America! 5. GOP continues to answer to Todd Akin’s rape comments...by agreeing with them. 6. Plus guns, horsemeat, climate change and snakes where you’ll least expect them! Look out for our weekly blog post, coming Thursday, and as always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on Facebook!
Monday Feb 25, 2013
Brain Trust Live #50 - OSCARS EPISODE - 2/25/13
Monday Feb 25, 2013
Monday Feb 25, 2013
In Which We Discuss: 1) We both do better in our Oscar predictions than Nate Silver 2) Sequester deadline looms again and lawmakers may or may not do anything about it 3) Catholic church continues to do nothing to help itself in the area of scandal; slowly digging its own grave 4) Is Obama pushing for a federal gay marriage law so that he can get gay married for a second time? 5) Senator Cruz channels his inner Joe McCarthy 6) State legislatures take up the important issues of the day, like human/animal hybrids and the need for access to quality road kill meat 7) Plus Snakes, Killer robots, Sinkholes and the most terrifying of them all...Guy Fieri!
Monday Feb 18, 2013
Brain Trust Live #49 - POLAND SPRINGS EPISODE - 2/19/13
Monday Feb 18, 2013
Monday Feb 18, 2013
In Which We Discuss: 1. Poland Springs steals the state of the union, expanding market share on west coast 2. Hagel will get nominated and/or filibustered depending on which John McCain you talk to 3. Going to an Obama speech on will definitely get your family members shot in Chicago. We warned you. 4. Republicans now against their own immigration plan after finding out that Obama also supports it 5. Alabama UNOS organ donor lists now offering babies! 6. Plus, Elizabeth Warren wins the internet, John McCain speaks to every media outlet about every issue all week, CNN jumps the shark, and no need for the Cold War any longer because Russia has the sky Look out for our weekly blog post, coming Thursday, and as always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on Facebook!
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 Oct 07, 2012
Brain Trust Live #31 - 10/8/12
Sunday Oct 07, 2012
Sunday Oct 07, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. The First Presidential Debate For Hours and Bring You All of Our Crackpot Theories, Oftentimes Contradicting Each Other and Ourselves
2. Some Jobs Numbers, Some War on Voting News….And That’s Really About It
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Sunday Jul 08, 2012
Brain Trust Live #18 - 7/09/12
Sunday Jul 08, 2012
Sunday Jul 08, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. Romney Campaign Still Has No Coherent Position the Law They Invented.
2. Republicans Continue to Un-endorse Mitt Romney at Staggering Rate. Luckly Mitt Has Family, Friends, and Mormons to Sustain Him.
3. Surprise, We Now Have Proof that Americans Hate Bain Capital
4. Gary Johnson: A Future Ross Perot in the Works?
5. Allen West is Obsessed With Obama as Slave Owner.
6. You Can, As of Right Now, Still Get an Abortion in Mississippi and Vote In Texas, But Maybe Not For Long…
7. Apparently, American Bison To Blame For Your High Gas Prices. Irrefutable Logic From America's Cow Doctor.
8. Is It Hot Where You Are? George Will Tells Us Why
9. You Are Still Much Poorer Than The Average CEO
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