A totally genius analysis of the week’s political news from two certified brains. Ready to resist, progressive AF. Podcast posted weekly since 2012.
Episodes
Monday May 24, 2021
Monday May 24, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Having proved himself a terrible senator, we’re now seeing why Rand Paul didn’t hack it in the medical field either.
2. Joe Biden loves to compromise so much, he’s decided to do it with himself
3. The squad is finally coordinating with each other! Just maybe not in the way you’d hope
4. Turns out one way to end a war is for everybody to declare victory at once and avoid specifics.
5. Abortions: Men and Amy Coney Barrett don’t want you to have them.
6. In further proof that the space/time continuum is busted, it’s time to start talking about elections again!
Congrats to the winners of our anniversary trivia game, The Buttons!
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 Sep 27, 2020
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. RBG is the first woman to lie in state. Ever.
2. Trump makes his SCOTUS selection. Dems already prepared with excuses for why they can’t do anything about it.
3. Goodbye healthcare, it was nice not ever really knowing you.
4. It turns out #justiceforBreonnaTaylor will remain a hashtag and not a reality.
5. In another failure to read the room, Nancy Pelosi is now offering even less COVID relief.
6. The beginning of Joe Biden’s campaign day is usually a statement telling us it’s over.
In Which we Don't Discuss:
Trump's taxes. The news didn't break in time to make it into this week's episode. We'll cover it next week!
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, 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 Jun 21, 2020
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Hillary Clinton bravely comes off the sidelines to endorse a 16 term incumbent
2. Trump reveals himself to be an expert ramp physicist at his sparsely attended Tulsa rally
3. Neil Gorsuch borrows Dick Cheney’a hunting rifle for this week’s SCOTUS decisions
4. John Bolton’s Moustache finally reveals its secrets!
5. “Law and Order” president signs entirely predictable policing executive order amidst nationwide protest
6. Klobuchar withdraws from VP race, seemingly unaware that the rest of us had proactively withdrawn her weeks ago
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 Jun 14, 2020
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Black lives still don’t seem to matter enough to police departments in California and Georgia
2. But don’t worry, the Democrats have seen the protests and boy do they have a compromise for you!
3. The threat of COVID is even worse than that time you stayed in your house for three months
4. Trump’s new campaign strategy: Kill his own supporters so he doesn’t have to be president for four more years
5. Biden’s VP shortlist is shorter in number and short on excitement
6. You can take Bernie Sanders out of the presidential race, but you can’t take his supporters out of the electorate
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!
Monday Jul 01, 2019
Monday Jul 01, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Lila was in the thick of the biggest news of two weeks ago
2. #DemDebate Real Talk:
3. Partisan gerrymandering is no big deal if you have a lifetime appointment
4. SCOTUS is super confusing these days, but ultimately still as horrible as you’d expect
5. We’ve been gone a month, so here are all the times we almost went to war
6. Trump is celebrating the 4th of July by scheduling counterprogramming to PBS’s celebration because what better way to celebrate America than by getting better ratings than Carole King?
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens, 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 May 19, 2019
Sunday May 19, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. GOP impeachment domino watch: 1 down, 198 to go
2. Joe Biden will protect the nation from Trump using a strategy of incremental soul-saving and forgetting what he just said
3. If an announcement is made and nobody hears it...is DeBlasio actually running for president?
4. Missouri is the latest state to grant greater bodily autonomy to clumps of cells than to full grown living breathing women
5. Are we going to war with Iran? Anybody know why?
6. Arnold Schwarzenegger gets drop kicked for a Lamborghini. And yes, we also wonder what the connection is.
Sunday May 12, 2019
Sunday May 12, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. The earth is a huge disaster, and Joe Biden has a plan to solve it...with fracking!
2. Harris and O’Rourke are already in the market for new reasons to run after already forgetting their original ones
3. No one wants to be in the Senate anymore
4. Tio Sanders and AOC are the duo of our dreams
5. Barr is officially in our contempt, and now the Judiciary Committee’s too
6. When you consider it a victory that your new abortion law doesn’t send women to prison over miscarriages, your bar is too low
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens, 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 Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Pete Buttigeig is the nobody kid that’s outraising Cory Booker
2. Democrats are going to win the culture war against themselves if it’s the last thing they do
3. The dark side of experience: The longer the political career, the greater chance you’ve taken a slew of photos you regret.
4. Who cares if your neighbors are citizens? Only Trump.
5. British voters looking for a way to Brexit without leaving the EU. Unfortunately they can’t find one.
6. Trump can’t say words
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helicopters 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 Mar 31, 2019
Sunday Mar 31, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Inappropriate Hair-Smelling: The Joe Biden Story You Aren’t Surprised to Hear
2. Brent likes Buttigieg: A Discussion
3. A tale of 1000 Julia Brownleys
4. Trump White House tries a new Obamacare repeal strategy: declaring the ACA never existed in the first place
5. Chuck Schumer needs your help identifying the difference between bigots and lobbyists because he wants to make sure he’s only taking money from one of those
6. Not sure who in the Executive Branch hates disabled people most? We’ve got your rankings!
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helicopters 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 Jan 14, 2019
Monday Jan 14, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Anybody you’ve ever heard of (and some that you haven’t) is running for president.
2. Shutdown update, day 6000: No news. Shutdown continues. Send park janitors...or something.
3. GOP finally draws soft line in the sand with Steve King, so they do eventually semi-censure white nationalism. Just takes 16 years to get their story straight.
4. Trump is a foreign agent. Deal with it.
5. If anybody’s selling Iran-bombing excuses or plans, John Bolton is in the market.
6. You could be picketing right now.
7. We’re calling Trump’s wall Peaches from now on so now it’s friendly.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helicopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!