Episodes
Monday Mar 03, 2014
BTL #99 - THE ONE BEFORE ONE HUNDRED - 3/3/14
Monday Mar 03, 2014
Monday Mar 03, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. #AdeleNazeem wins the Oscar for best meme.
2. Russia’s attempts to recreate the Soviet Union run into the predictable problem of nobody wanting to be in it.
3. Gays are now welcome in Arizona. Unsurprisingly, most of them still don’t want to go there.
4. The word “Obamacare” finally has a good connotation so we’re going to start using it again.
5. MILITARY SPENDING CUTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING?! Is this real?
6. Rainy LA could really use a local version of Kentucky’s “Ark Encounter” theme park.
Sunday Feb 23, 2014
BRAIN TRUST LIVE #98 - THE NEWLY EMINENT DOMAIN - 2/24/14
Sunday Feb 23, 2014
Sunday Feb 23, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. An Olympics grudge match leaves the US stuck with Justin Bieber for another four years
2. Sochi, surprisingly, goes off without a hitch. Sadly the rest of the world is falling apart.
3. Colorado marijuana tax revenue will now go to plans to ensure they have no more marijuana tax revenue
4. According to Tom Delay, the bestselling author of the Bible apparently also founded the most powerful nation in the world. Busy guy.
5. Ted Nugent doing some serious projecting with his “subhuman mongrel” criticism of Obama
Monday Feb 10, 2014
BTL #96 - LETS TALK OLYMPICS - 2/10/14
Monday Feb 10, 2014
Monday Feb 10, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. Most hated Winter Olympics in recent memory wins us over with extra figure skating events.
2. Republicans vow to do nothing in 2014, still think you’re lazy for wanting health insurance.
3. Los Angeles congressional primary to pit the vaguely “spiritual” against the fully exasperating (#whitepeopleproblems)
4. Charlie Crist runs in gubernatorial election on the hope that Florida will get less horrible over time.
5. Women no longer have to worry about their libidos after hearing Mike Huckabee say “sexual drive” on national television.
6. New evidence proves that God didn’t do much historical research before penning the Bible.
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Monday Feb 03, 2014
BTL #95 - INEQUALITY GODZILLA SIGHTINGS - 2/3/14
Monday Feb 03, 2014
Monday Feb 03, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. Denver Bronco fans will need all the weed they can get their hands on after this week’s embarrassing Super Bowl whipping by the Seattle Seahawk-Pelicans.
2. Chris Christie scrawls “liar” on David Wildstein’s locker, gets suspended.
3. Tuesday’s State of the Union inspires a four-headed GOP inequality godzilla response monster.
4. GOP issues half-hearted memo promising that they’ll totally try to work on immigration this time, guys.
5. Trio of groundhog weather-predicting experts anticipates six more weeks of winter one week to late to save Atlanta from two inches of treacherous snow.
6. Not even Herman Cain has ruled out running for President in 2016.
7. Calls to deport Justin Bieber reach fever pitch amidst Rob Ford City Hall tickle fight. Canada continues to be just everything.
8. R.I.P. Pete Seeger. We'll miss you but we'll keep singing along.
("If I Had a Hammer" clip is from a 1963 recording of Pete Seeger live in Australia)
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Monday Jan 27, 2014
BTL #94 - THE HOUSE THAT UNCLE SUGAR BUILT - 1/27/14
Monday Jan 27, 2014
Monday Jan 27, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. GOP bogeyman Uncle Sugar will turn your daughter into a sex-crazed birth control addict. Thanks for the warning, Hucky.
2. This week on Hillary Pillory: Planet Hillary shoots into orbit, prepares for war with Klingons, Rand Paul.
3. Obamacare sign-ups surge, giving the GOP plenty to remain seated for at this week’s State of the Union speech.
4. Note to McDonnell and D’Souza, if you’re caught committing a blatant crime, it’s not a liberal witch hunt, it’s just American justice.
5. Ashley Wagner’s mother feels way too comfortable going to the Sochi Olympics, terrorist threat or not.
6. Unfortunately, Roman peace doves are poorly trained in the art of bird war.
7. Justin Bieber is arrested during the internet’s most excruciatingly slow drag race.
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Tuesday Nov 12, 2013
BTL #86 - ENDA DAYS - 11/11/13
Tuesday Nov 12, 2013
Tuesday Nov 12, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Election Day provides wins for progressives, the Clinton mafia, and rude blowhards
2. Senate’s ENDA bill moves forward, straight into John Boehner’s “never gonna happen” pile
3. This months’ jobs numbers are fake, but we’ll tell them to you anyway
4. The first segment in our sports series: “Big Brain Sports” with Erica Bardin. Download the extended segment here!
5. U.S.’s beloved waiting-till-later strategy fails to deliver results in nuclear talks with Iran
6. Benghazi is still not a scandal. We explain why.
9. A special election day edition of Hillary Pillory
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Sunday Oct 27, 2013
BTL #84 - PRACTICAL HALLOWEEN ADVICE - 10/28/13
Sunday Oct 27, 2013
Sunday Oct 27, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Government’s general absence of 22 year-old computer nerds proving fatal to healthcare.gov
2. If you think “worth it” means losing the House of Representatives, then you might be Ted Cruz
3. This month’s jobs numbers are terrible, but luckily they’re fake
4. In a second attempt to eat their own, the GOP takes on immigration reform
5. The entire world turns into a giant real life Spy v. Spy comic
6. This week on Hillary Pillory: Annoying rich people think they can decide the presidency with money
Sunday Oct 13, 2013
BTL #82 - FEAR OF OPTIMISM (w/ GUEST: SEAN PROPHET) - 10/14/13
Sunday Oct 13, 2013
Sunday Oct 13, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Fearing the outbreak of optimism sweeping the nation, Congress decides to not make any deals on the debt ceiling or government shutdown
2. Polls show that most Americans would vote for literally anyone other than their current representatives
3. In positive shutdown news, the first Obama nominee not subject to intense opposition is likely to be approved by the supposedly non-working Senate
4. Voters at the Value Voters Summit prove through straw poll results that their values are...mostly non existent
5. A trip in the way back machine to the weirdest election in California history
6. Michele Bachmann states that the endtimes are here, and if China’s hornet situation is any indication, she might be right
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Sunday Oct 06, 2013
BTL #81 - PANDORA'S BOX OF CRAZY - 10/7/13
Sunday Oct 06, 2013
Sunday Oct 06, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. As country heads into week two of the government shutdown, GOP’s goals become even less clear
2. Stubborn House GOP antics cause wounded pride, open doors for Democratic contenders in at least 17 house races.
3. Government shutdown opens up a pandora’s box of crazy shenanigans for furloughed capitol police to deal with.
4. Turns out, millions of people were looking for cheaper healthcare. Good thing the Obamacare exchanges started this week!
5. Wendy Davis heeds our advices, announces her candidacy with a populist bang.
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Sunday Sep 29, 2013
BTL #80 - COMPROMISE WITH ME - 9/30/13
Sunday Sep 29, 2013
Sunday Sep 29, 2013
In Which We Discuss: