Brain Trust Live

3/20/23 - Mean Since 2003

In Which We Discuss:

1. Trump looking forward to being arrested to jumpstart his lackluster campaign.

2. Marianne Williamson has been mean since at least 2003. What else do you have, Politico?

3. Santos takes a first step towards his potential second run.

4. Surprise: We’re in the KHive Now!

5. Nebraska legislature treated to a surprise retelling of the movie Madagascar.

6. Will the LAUSD strikers have the courage to burn garbage piles like the French?

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

3/13/23 - Let People Have Good Ideas!

In Which We Discuss:

1. It’s our yearly reminder that we could have a general strike.

2. Joe Manchin wants you to wonder if he’s running for president even though none of us asked.

3. When Republicans have accidental good ideas, let’s let them!

4. Joe Biden works to unravel as many campaign promises as possible before his 2024 decision.

5. We all are learning too much about the FDIC.

6. George Santos: If you think he did it, he probably did.

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

3/6/23 - The Maxxinistas [w/ Sascha Meisel]

In Which We Discuss:

1. Somebody forgot to tell Larry Hogan about the pre-exploratory phase of launching an exploratory committee for president.

2. CPAC audiences are looking to bring a Cruz/Fiorina energy to 2024.

3. Pete Buttigieg is a Maxxinista!

4. Biden is in favor of DC Statehood except when they pass laws he doesn’t agree with.

5. JD Vance is aspiring to become the socialist the Democrats won’t let themselves be.

 

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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

 

2/20/23 - Balloon Hobbyists

In Which We Discuss:

1. Donald Trump is finally on the right side of history in his final choice for DeSantis nickname

2. The supposed moderates are entering the race, and they’re just as terrible as the fascists

3. Feinstein learns about her career’s most important announcement from the media, just like we all did

4. Updated UFO Score: Trillion $ American Military 1: $100 mylar balloon: 0. Take that balloon hobbyists!

5. If you suspect you’re in an environmental disaster, you probably are, even if the government is distracted by flying balloons.

 

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!

As always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's other podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

2/13/23 - Space Cylinders [w/ Grant Sloss]

In Which We Discuss:

1. The question of the week: Is it War of the Worlds or World War III?

2. Special Guest Grant Sloss Explains the SOTU 

3. Man who tied dog to car has opinions about who’s moral enough to serve in Congress

4. It’s not just George Santos! More fake Jews arrive in Congress.

5. Ron DeSanctimonius channels Trump Steaks Presser vibes

 

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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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

1/30/23 - Always Be Gossiping

In Which We Discuss:

1. Congressional Democrats are happy to be trolled by Josh Hawley if it means they don’t have to do anything.

2. Update: George Santos does know where any of his money came from or who was or is in charge of it.

3. Nikki Haley inceptioned Donald Trump into announcing her candidacy for president for her

4. Trump’s 2024 Campaign Platform: Wind Turbines Belong in Jail

 

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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

 

1/25/23 - Broken Brain Syndrome

In Which We Discuss:

1. What is there to say about George Santos that George Santos hasn’t said about himself?

2. Somebody tell Joe Biden we aren’t using printers anymore

3. Ron Klain is out and the White House will now be run as effectively as the US COVID response 

4. Kathy Hochul cannot Cuomo her way into leadership

5. Sinkholes: California has them

6. Donald Trump uses Diamond of Diamond and Silk’s memorial service to distance himself from Silk, which is proof positive that they both know each other and crimed together.

 

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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

1/9/23 - Negotiating With The Terrorists

In Which We Discuss:

This week there's no rundown because, listen, as we enter 2023 there's only one thing to discuss. Enter: Speaker vote-a-thon bonanza funtimes chaos week!

 

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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

12/12/22 - Happier Than Raphael Warnock

In Which We Discuss:

1. Kevin De Leon first ruins city government, then ruins Christmas for LA families

2. The only person happier than Raphael Warnock about the Georgia runoff results was Herschel Walker

3. Newsflash: Kirsten Sinema had left the Democratic party long before this week

4. The Trump org is officially as guilty as we knew in our hearts they were

5. House passes marriage equality for everybody but polygamists

 

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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

12/5/22 - Herding Cows

In Which We Discuss:

1. Texas resident Herschel Walker is the new Dr. Oz of the Georgia senate race

2. Turns out all you had to do to be the first state of the 2024 Democratic primary is be the least qualified according to the DNC’s own criteria

3. President Reagan, excuse us, President Biden is pro-union until he has to pick between the workers and their bosses

4. It apparently takes full-throated Hitler support to get onto the wrong side of the House GOP Twitter account, but Kanye finally did it.

5. “Cows can go in different directions based on their mood.” Lessons from a Manhattanite in the art of cow herding.

 

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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!