Episodes
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
8/30/21 - Pandemic of the Radio Hosts
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Lila’s book is in stores now. You should buy it.
2. Hurricane Ida: Just the kind of disrespectful hurricane that chose to come in the middle of a pandemic as opposed to...literally any other time.
3. Recall update: Idiots abound. Vote no.
4. No one wants everyone to be evicted from their homes more than SCOTUS.
5. Covid is now a pandemic of the radio hosts
6. Infrastructure Season: Everybody has claimed victory and yet nobody has won anything yet.
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 Aug 22, 2021
8/22/21 - Vote NO
Sunday Aug 22, 2021
Sunday Aug 22, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Lila’s book comes out on TUESDAY AUGUST 24th. Get a copy.
2. If you’re in California, you already have your ballot and you only have to answer one question so voting NO on the recall couldn’t be easier.
3. Prop 22 is as illegal and ridiculous as it sounded.
4. Say it with us: Bush officials are not experts in Afghanistan, they are the opposite of that.
5. The COVID booster shots are coming.
6. Which is a good thing because there’s a post-vax Senate outbreak is in process.
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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 Aug 15, 2021
#8/16/21 - Scream Into The California Void
Sunday Aug 15, 2021
Sunday Aug 15, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Definitely vote no on the Newsom recall but it’s okay to scream into the void while you do it
2. Democrats actively looking to lose the Senate with new slate of candidates
3. Turns out Democrats did understand the spirit of Trump’s infrastructure week after all.
4. Andrew Cuomo becomes the latest victim of Andrew Cuomo
5. The world is completely falling apart, but at least white people are on the decline
6. Things not working out for 20 years in Afghanistan have surprisingly turned into a continuation of things not working out in Afghanistan
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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 Aug 01, 2021
8/2/21 - A Time for Disagreement with Krysten Sinema
Sunday Aug 01, 2021
Sunday Aug 01, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. The Olympics: A time for TikTok videos of athletes jumping on cardboard beds
2. Infrastructure: A time for...disagreement with Krysten Sinema
3. Joe Biden sides with Brett Kavanaugh on whether you should have a roof over your head
4. The CA recall election is so close they had to call Liz Warren in to do commercials
5. The Nina Turner / Shontel Brown election is so close they had to call everybody else to do commercials
6. Sarah Palin and God are threatening a run for senate in Alaska
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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!