Episodes
Monday Jul 27, 2020
BTL #360 - 100 Days - 7/28/20
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Elections are coming in under 100 days and you’ll have to vote in those elections!
2. Next week we’ll get to stop using the #veepstakes hashtag
3. The Democrats planning the convention are so desperate for unity that they’re willing to become Republicans to get it
4. Fascism update: We have it.
5. Republicans so incensed by the idea of helping the unemployed, they’d rather stop helping their corporate overlords than give the poors $600 a week to buy
food
6. AOC is the only person in Congress who is living up to this moment in history
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, 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 Jul 19, 2020
BTL #359 - Manhattan, Texas - 7/20/20
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Nation mourns the loss of John Lewis while Marco Rubio learns he can’t tell any of his black colleagues apart
2. Texas, of all places, is trying to become the next New York City
3. We live in a Southern Cone dictatorship, so maybe don’t worry about election results anyway
4. If you’re shocked you haven’t yet had to go hungry, just wait until August!
5. Kanye West and all his demons hold their first campaign rally
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, 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 Jul 15, 2020
BTL Biden Task Force Mid-Week Special - 7/16/20
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Join us on this very special mid-week episode as we discuss the Biden campaign task forces!
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, 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 Jul 12, 2020
BTL #358 - Stock Market Sacrifice - 7/13/20
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. We shouldn’t have to say this, but you don’t sacrifice the nations children to save the stock market
2. Florida man becomes 15,000th person to get coronavirus in a single day
3. SCOTUS would rather have the President have no immunity, but also no consequence
4. Senate Democratic candidates out-raise Democratic presidential candidates
5. It would have been really nice to know before the Kentucky primary that Ann Coulter would be supporting Amy McGrath
6. Perhaps Trump aced his cognitive test this week because he employed the same strategy he used to take his SATs: hiring someone to do it for him
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, 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 Jul 05, 2020
BTL #357 - The Frontier Spirit of Las Vegas - 7/6/20
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. The next Michele Bachmann has entered our lives!
2. New Jersey wins the prize for the most creative voter suppression method you’ve never heard about
3. Everyone has coronavirus. Stay home.
4. Donald Trump wowed by the indomitable frontier spirit that brought us Las Vegas
5. Joe Biden wishes you’d tear down those statues more peacefully
6. Kanye West isn’t going to let a web of national crises disrupt his long-time plan to run for president in 2020
NEWS: Make sure to check out Lila's appearance on The Guilty Feminist!
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, 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!
*There's a slight technical difficulty that starts at minute 42. We know about it, but what could we do, you know? Thanks for your patience!*