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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Brain Trust Live is (still) Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps 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 Jun 13, 2021
6/14/21 - Emu Crime
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Thankfully Tiktok will live on under the Biden administration because there are emus committing crimes out there.
2. Terry McAuliffe is still here. Why?
3. World leaders donated money to telling developing nations about technology they can’t afford.
4. Kamala Harris is a woman, so yes, she will only be given tasks she can fail at
5. Infrastructure month has officially turned into infrastructure season
6. Israel elected new impossible person to lead their impossible government
Also:
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Capitol Hill Main Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Brain Trust Live is (still) Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps 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 Nov 16, 2020
BTL #375 - The Bad Concession - 11/17/19
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Stay away from your grandmother, because COVID is surging everywhere, even in the mythical “real” America that thinks New Yorkers are expendable.
2. Who knows how vaccine science works, but apparently we’re close to having one
3. The “Million MAGA March” a.k.a. the “Desperate White Supremacist March” was not arrest or violence-free, but it was notably rubber-bullet tear-gas free. Imagine that.
4. Trump won’t concede, but he’s as bad at that as he is at everything else
5. Biden is gearing up to be the shadow president by December because currently we don’t appear to have one
6. Arizonans want higher taxes more than they even want Joe Biden
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Wednesday Jan 10, 2018
BTL 273 - LIZARD BLIZZARD - 1/10/18
Wednesday Jan 10, 2018
Wednesday Jan 10, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. Fire and Fury paints Donald Trump as exactly the kind of lazy, incompetent federal employee he most fears
2. 45 definitely isn’t a "stable genius," but he sure tried to play one on TV today
3. Fire up your iPod and blast some “Gangnam Style” because the 2012 presidential candidates are BACK and coming to a senate race near you!
4. Why do so many men brag about having destructive buttons on their desks?
5. There is something called a lizard blizzard happening in Florida, which sounds right.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and 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!
Monday Dec 12, 2016
BTL #224 - LOSING THE COLD WAR - 12/13/16
Monday Dec 12, 2016
Monday Dec 12, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Russian hackers could have warned us they were fixing the election before we waited 90 minutes to vote. Selfish.
2. Donald Trump leaves no stone unturned in search for least competent cabinet in history
3. Pop Quiz! Which of the following is a human invention and completely imaginary: a. Climate change b. The value of a dollar
4. Every minute that passes on earth is a minute in which Donald Trump’s Carrier deal gets less impressive
5. Labor endorses in the DNC dogfight that decides whether or not we have a party anymore
6. Move over guacamole! There is, apparently, one Texan food that Ted Cruz enjoys, and now you’ll never be able to again.
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 Apr 03, 2016
BTL #195 - THE BATHROOM LINE - 4/4/16
Sunday Apr 03, 2016
Sunday Apr 03, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
Monday Feb 08, 2016
BTL #187 - DISAPPOINTING WINS, VICTORIOUS LOSSES - 2/8/16
Monday Feb 08, 2016
Monday Feb 08, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
Sunday Jan 31, 2016
BTL #186 - HOW TO CAUCUS WISELY - 2/1/16
Sunday Jan 31, 2016
Sunday Jan 31, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
Monday Nov 09, 2015
BTL #176 - THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD - 11/9/15
Monday Nov 09, 2015
Monday Nov 09, 2015
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Monday Jun 08, 2015
BTL #157 - SNAKES AND SINKHOLES - 6/9/15
Monday Jun 08, 2015
Monday Jun 08, 2015
In Which We Discuss: