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
Sunday Jul 07, 2019
Sunday Jul 07, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. As the earth literally shook all around us, at least we could take comfort in the fact that the USGS was having the Best. Week. Ever.
2. Donald Trump regaled us with tales of fourth of July glory, commemorating the forgotten Battle for LaGuardia, Terminal C.
3. Somehow Pete Buttigeig is now the fundraiser to beat in the Democratic Primary
4. The Census citizenship question Just. Wont. Die. Possibly because neither will Donald Trump.
5. Justin Amash, founding member of the Freedom Caucus, is leaving GOP BECAUSE IT’S TOO RADICAL FOR HIM.
6. Marianne Williamson has more in common with Mormonism’s Joseph Smith than you’d want or need.
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 Mar 24, 2019
Sunday Mar 24, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. So...what does it mean to actually have the Mueller report?
2. Jared Kushner is talking to Saudi criminals on Whatsapp. But, you know, what about her emails?!?!
3. Beto O’Rourke proves yet again that he knows a lot of rich people. (By the way, If anyone knows of any, we are also looking for rich friends.)
4. Joe Biden requires someone other than Joe Biden to make him seem like an attractive candidate.
5. Turns out countries that decide to have gun control can just...have gun control.
6. Safety is now a luxury commodity, just like car elevators.
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 Mar 04, 2019
Monday Mar 04, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Bernie is really running for president, not just favorite activist hero
2. All the most boring Congressional committees have all the best hearings these days
3. Jerry Nadler is going after every document owned by every person in America. Consider yourself on notice.
4. Trump and Kim Jong-Un’s pen-pal romance has hit a rough patch
5. Donald Trump won the TV arms race by creating the most defining and fascinating two hours of television known to the modern era
6. Our latest national emergency is Luke Perry’s death
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!
Friday Feb 22, 2019
Friday Feb 22, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. How is your national emergency week going? Ours is pretty uneventful.
2. Bernie will fundraise you under the table, then casually shrug about it.
3. Tax reform is a success, because Netflix paid nothing and our taxes went up!
4. Amazon just doesn’t understand the value of a good slice of pizza.
5. Jussie Smollett and how fake news took the left.
6. From faking the news to making the news: The Sean Spicer story.
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 Jan 27, 2019
Sunday Jan 27, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Don’t worry, we didn’t need a border wall anyway. Trump just wanted us to think really hard about one as an exercise.
2. Roger Stone and his favorite back tattoo subject now have even more in common.
3. Michael Cohen is in the mob. Really.
4. Puerto Rico is still a place that exists to everybody that isn’t Donald Trump.
5. 2020 Updates: Don’t forget (or do) that Howard Schultz is a nobody.
6. No matter who the president is, we’re always up to the same tricks in Latin America.
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 21, 2019
Monday Jan 21, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. The first rule of marching is you show up to the march anyway.
2. Buzzfeed publishes second widely disputed bombshell that we’ll find out is completely credible in two years.
3. Trump “deal” to end shutdown is just a worse version of a deal he’s already reneged on once.
4. Everybody is running for president pt. 2
5. The only person who can use military aircraft this week is Melania Trump.
6. Steve King has had it up to here with Steve King
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 Nov 11, 2018
Sunday Nov 11, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. The election results were great, and don’t let MSNBC tell you otherwise
2. One more item’s been ticked off the ‘ole dictatorship checklist...freedom of the press is gone
3. Jeff Sessions is, unbelievably, not the most evil attorney general we’ll have this year
4. California is once again a blockbuster movie about the endtimes
5. Do not let the former senator from Missouri tell you who should be our next presidential candidate
6. And friend of the podcast Grant Sloss is here to talk election results
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 Oct 21, 2018
Sunday Oct 21, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. We went to Politicon, and we can now officially tell you who is running for president.
2. Voter suppression: It’s not just in Georgia anymore!
3. Mitch McConnell loyally follows script that Democrats wrote for him
4. Fun with midterm polls!
5. We never thought we’d say this, but Donald Trump doesn’t care enough about your genitalia.
6. Trump nicknames continue to get less clever and more off-topic, just like his administration.
Guys, it's our 300th episode!!!
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!