Episodes
Monday Jul 10, 2017
BTL #252 - LESSON UNLEARNED - 7/11/17
Monday Jul 10, 2017
Monday Jul 10, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. Some breaking Russia news that's so breaking we don’t have a quip yet!
2. Trump decides Putin is the perfect person to help us solve our cybersecurity problems since, you know, he’s been ordering all the hacking
3. Jerry Brown attends the G20 as the president of California and the rest of non-Trump America
4. For the first time in history, hosting the Celebrity Apprentice may be the key to solving our North Korea quagmire. That’s right, it’s time to call up former contestant Dennis Rodman.
5. Healthcare is Either Dead or it’s Not: An Opera
6. Democrats are desperate to unlearn the lessons of 2016 in any way they can. Free trade anybody?
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of helecopters 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 Jul 03, 2017
BTL #251 - HEALTHCARE OR A GIRAFFE - 7/3/17
Monday Jul 03, 2017
Monday Jul 03, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. Trump either wants the house healthcare bill, or the senate bill, or single-payer, or a less mean bill, or a very mean bill, or a total repeal, or a tax bill, or a giraffe. (The Senate agrees.)
2. Barriers shattered: Democrats coming out of the closet as...supporting Medicare for all!
3. It’s an Our Revolution revolution
4. For anybody who wondered if giving Trump a SCOTUS victory would matter: Yes, Gorsuch is already a problem.
5. Donald Trump remembers women are still a thing and vows to defeat them and the leftist media that promotes them
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of helecopters 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 Jun 25, 2017
BTL #250 - SESTERCENTENNIAL - 6/26/17
Sunday Jun 25, 2017
Sunday Jun 25, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. GOP’s obsession with arming crazy people reaches its natural conclusion: arming themselves!
2. Republicans looks to skirt democratic process with their healthcare bill by passing it before going home to celebrate said democratic process
3. Like corporate America, Democrats ponder a grand strategy of firing a woman to make up for their massive failures
4. White House to Obama: Why didn’t you stop us from committing treason?
5. Newly released dashcam video proves there truly is no justice for Philando Castile
6. Trump’s new policy on Cuba? Wasting taxpayer money on unnecessary travel audits in attempt to win the friendship of Marco Rubio.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of helecopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Tuesday Jun 20, 2017
BTL #249 - LONG-WINDED DETAILS - 6/21/17
Tuesday Jun 20, 2017
Tuesday Jun 20, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. Breaking election news reported as it happens!
2. Democrats proud of the work they’ve done forking tons of money into...a “radically boring” candidate. We’ve still got it.
3. Democrats attempting to protect America from healthcare ruin with the one skill they definitively have: making extra long-winded speeches about details
4. The Senate GOP still too shy to tell us how their Obamacare repeal bill works out for regular Americans. (We're sure it’s not because it will take away all our healthcare, don’t worry.)
5. Jared Kushner has an audible voice that we have now heard
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of helecopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!