Episodes
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 27, 2013
Brain Trust Live #46 - FILIBUSTER SPECIAL - 1/28/13
Sunday Jan 27, 2013
Sunday Jan 27, 2013
In Which We Discuss: 1. We are FURIOUS. Find out why. 2. Republicans still putting their efforts into election-stealing after two failed attempts 3. Dianne Feinstein proves her only worth by introducing the first gun control bill that won’t pass 4. We heard the word Benghazi this week. Hopefully for the last time? 5. Republicans do clumsy about-face on immigration in their attempt to shore up hispanic votes, fail miserably to do the same for women 6. Plus this week in Arizona craziness, Sarah Palin, and drunk tweeting 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 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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Wednesday Nov 28, 2012
Brain Trust Live #38 - 11/28/12
Wednesday Nov 28, 2012
Wednesday Nov 28, 2012
A Late Post-Thanksgiving Edition In Which We Discuss:
1. We Are Still Talking About Benghazi. We Are Still Talking About The Fiscal Cliff. America Is Repeating Itself A Lot.
2. To Paraphrase Daddy Bush, “Who The Fuck Is Grover Norquist?” Soon, We Wont Have To Know.
3. Lame Duck Session Now Lamer, Duckier Than Ever
4. Chris Christie Experiences The Giuliani Effect. Perhaps Has Bright Future As Unsuccessful National Candidate Ahead Of Him.
5. Sadly, Government Drones Will Not Be Spying On Lindsay Lohan Anytime Soon.
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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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Sunday Aug 26, 2012
Brain Trust Live #25 - 8/27/12
Sunday Aug 26, 2012
Sunday Aug 26, 2012
In Which We Discuss
1. God Makes His Feelings About The Upcoming GOP Convention Known, Sends Hurricane and Extra Strippers Their Way
2. Romney Makes Non-Hilarious Birther Joke, Wants Us To Focus On the Humor Aspect, Not the Offensive Aspect
3. Romney Endorses Romneycare, Thereby Endorsing Obamacare and Obama For President
4. Joseph Smith Tells Romney Not To Release More Tax Returns
5. Todd Akin, Official Pariah Of Republican High Cafeteria
6. Unimaginably Shocking Natural Disasters Are Occurring Nationwide Without Cause or Reason
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Sunday Aug 19, 2012
Brain Trust Live #24 - 8/20/12
Sunday Aug 19, 2012
Sunday Aug 19, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. Meet Solidad O’Brien: Medicare and Truth’s New Hero
2. Meet Paul Ryan: Stimulus Lover, Deficit Grower
3. Meet Mitt Romney: Fake Momentum Have, Idea Non-Haver, Arts-Hater
4. Meet Joe Biden: The Man Rudy Giuliani Believes Either Is or Is Not “Nuts”
5. Meet Todd Akin: The Sharron Angle of Election 2012
6. Meet Geraldo Rivera: Lesbian Hater, Smelly Sailor Lover
7. All that plus Romney’s tax debacle continues, this week in the war on voting, a shocking Newsweek cover and more!
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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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