Episodes
Sunday Feb 28, 2016
BTL #190 - THE FRUIT SALAD OF LIFE - 2/29/16
Sunday Feb 28, 2016
Sunday Feb 28, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Low turnout in South Carolina led to Hillary Clinton blowout. Sounds right.
2. Guys, Trump is going to bring us “so much everything” when he’s president. Hopefully “everything” means pizza, but it might mean racism so keep an eye out.
3. If the latest GOP Debate is any guide, the “fruit salad” of Marco Rubio’s life involved his lunch money being stolen every single day
4. Anybody who’s anybody in whatever the opposite of MENSA is endorsed Donald Trump this week
5. Super Tuesday is upon us THIS WEEK and all signs point to Texas is proving once again that it can’t be trusted
6. Nobody is safe from schoolyard logic, not even Hillary Clinton
7. Adult armed militias are so 2015, so trendsetter state Iowa sets their sights on forming a toddler squad
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of honking cars 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 Feb 21, 2016
BTL #189 - GEORGE'S LITTLE BROTHER - 2/22/16
Sunday Feb 21, 2016
Sunday Feb 21, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. The Nevada Caucus: Another time caucuses made no sense
2. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio win decisive non-first-place victories in the SC primary
3. Jeb! has retired his exclamation point and can now go back to being called “George’s little brother”
4. Mitt Romney will endorse ex-Mormon brethren Marco Rubio because the whole world is one giant conspiracy
5. Trump picks a fight with the Pope over which one is the real Christian. Of course only one of them was disowned by their childhood church...
6. Obama is going to Cuba because he’s more fun than the rest of us
7. A totally reliable source offers new definitive proof Obama murdered Justice Scalia
*Plus don’t miss Carla Nordstrom’s editorial on the Democrats and their needed outreach to younger voters!
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of honking cars 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 Feb 15, 2016
BTL #188 - REAL PIZZA - 2/16/16
Monday Feb 15, 2016
Monday Feb 15, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Justice Scalia’s death leaves a vacancy for the position of RBG bestie. Heartless GOP is unwilling to help.
2. Being a Democratic Socialist is now a legitimate way to win a presidential primary
3. Donald Trump wins Saturday’s GOP debate by garnering most boos, Ted Cruz loses by speaking worst Spanish. It’s a mad, mad world.
4. Nevada caucus race could be totally up for grabs because no pollster has tried to grab it yet
5. Debbie Wasserman Schultz clearly hates her job, hatches new plan to get herself fired
6. The GOP hates Obama’s budget so much they’re not even going to bother to see what’s in it.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of honking cars 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 Feb 08, 2016
BTL #187 - DISAPPOINTING WINS, VICTORIOUS LOSSES - 2/8/16
Monday Feb 08, 2016
Monday Feb 08, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. The Iowa caucus was such a beautiful mess that everybody got to deliver a victory speech
2. Now eight debates in, Ben Carson still doesn’t recognize the sound of his name being announced
3. Hillary Clinton is a progressive now? Sounds like we need a new word to describe our politics.
4. Gloria Steinem proves that even radicals can develop into crotchety old people
5. This week was so crazy, there were even cars being eaten by sinkholes!
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:
1. The most reliable Iowa Caucus poll can now tell you reliably that they have no idea what’s going to happen
2. How’s that debate plan looking now Debbie? We suppose it was your idea all along to have both major candidates demand extra debates?
3. Hey guys have you heard about Hillary’s private email server? So too, finally, has the State Department.
4. If a GOP debate is filmed in the absence of Donald Trump, did it really happen at all?
5. Our Flint fury is growing furiouser by the moment
6. Makers of the Planned Parenthood video had worse fake ID skills than most suburban high school students
7. Ammon Bundy is a bigger wimp than his dad Cliven: the proof
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of honking cars who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
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