Episodes
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
4/26/21 - Warm Fuzzy Feelings
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Derek Chauvin is a man who will be going to jail and that’s a nice thing. We could have this warm fuzzy feeling about the justice system anytime if we tried.
2. Joe Biden allows John Kerry to ride a Lime scooter on camera even though, as his boss, he probably could have put a stop to that.
3. Andrew Yang loves lesbian bars but apparently not the lesbians who congregate at them.
4. Nancy Pelosi vs. Squad: A battle with no winners
5. Please commit to hating the Caitlyn Jenner candidacy for the right reasons
6. New American Psycho: The Josh Hawley Story
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Sunday Apr 18, 2021
4/19/21 - Resident Public Health Experts
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Afghanistan! We won in 2002. We’re finally leaving in 2021. Maybe…
2. We’ll tell you about some of the mass shootings this week, but not all of them because we lost track.
3. Rule #1 of the America First caucus is don’t talk about the America First caucus.
4. Biden tried his own hand at America First politics. Went as well as it did for Marjorie Taylor Greene.
5. Your resident public health experts are here with a creative list of how best to use the J&J vaccine.
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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 Apr 11, 2021
4/12/21 - A Predictable Outcome
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. So the giant corporation wins again in Bessemer. It doesn’t have to always be this way.
2. A Predictable Outcome: The Matt Gaetz Story.
3. Mar-A-Lago’s activities coordinator inexplicably has opinions on the world’s evilest man.
4. Andrew Cuomo is now a man without an enforcer or a clue, and it’s going awesomely.
5. John Boehner is back, and just as drunk as ever.
6. Caitlin Jenner is not a progressive icon, but she is a Republican trashbag and she cannot be the governor of California.
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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!
Monday Apr 05, 2021
4/5/21 - The BTL Easter Spectacular
Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. The BTL Easter story tradition continues...with a twist!
2. Attacking the Capitol is now more regular than perhaps we’d want
3. In a surprising turn of events, infrastructure week actually yields something of an infrastructure plan
4. The Matt Gaetz revelations are somehow both the most mind boggling, and least shocking things we’ve heard in ages
5. Quick! Get more progressive legislation in front of Andrew Cuomo while he’s still scandal-ridden
6. Turns out Amazon knew about the bottle peeing all along
Other than that, Happy Easter!
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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!