Episodes
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
BTL #384 - A Place of Chaos - 1/26/21
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. We finally found a competent Trump official! His airplane choreography guy was top notch. Goodbye to a legend.
2. The Inauguration was just one stop on a list of errands Bernie Sanders had to run on Wednesday
3. Joe Biden’s version of "Infrastructure Week" might include actual policy
4. Introducing the 117th Senate: A place of chaos!
5. Nobody wants to hear a peep out of any of these fools until we have $2000 burning a hole in our pockets
6. The Trump era’s collateral damage: conspiracy theorists were left sad and confused
Also:
CALL YOUR REPS. ABOUT EVERYTHING. Make this number your profile picture. Tweet it every day. Add it to your phonebook:
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!
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
BTL #383 - After Wednesday - 1/18/21
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Happy MLK day! Please enjoy our yearly reminder that MLK was a socialist. Be like MLK.
2. Donald Trump did succeed at one aim - making DC into a military state. Unfortunately they’re doing it to keep his people out.
3. Biden won’t get to take the train ride he’s been waiting for 40 years for.
4. Trump earns a place in history as the most impeached president ever!
5. Our Vaccine stockpile didn’t exist, which, when you think about it, tracks perfectly.
6. Trump has been the best accidental cheerleader for his arch nemesis CNN.
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!
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
BTL #382 -Tyranny and the Muesli Caucus [w/ guest Kat Calvin] - 1/11/20
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Trump interfered so badly in the Georgia runoffs that even the muesli caucus was able to win
2. Speaking of muesli caucus, they were awarded three cabinet positions this week
3. You know the president is dangerous when even Pinterest has a Trump ban
4. The vaccine rollout is chaos. See you guys in December.
5. It’s women that are losing all of the jobs.
6. We’re joined by Spread the Vote founder and guest extraordinaire Kat Calvin!
Donate or volunteer for Kat's fantastic organizations, which help get IDs to the people who need them to work, get healthcare, get services, and more!
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!
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
The Coup-Cast
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Our first, and hopefully last, Special Mid-Week Coup-Cast! Come for the boring grandstanding, stay for the insurrection,
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!