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 May 29, 2016
Sunday May 29, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. We'll be making our first ever live appearance next Sunday! Come see us and some great performers at:
Sunday, June 5th
8pm @ The Clubhouse Theater (Vermont and Hollywood)
Info and links to tickets here: https://www.facebook.com/theelectricyouthshow/
2. Dispatches from the Santa Monica Bernie Sanders rally, a meeting-ground for political aficionados and bored high school students
3. Breaking News: Hillary Clinton still has her damn email problems
4. California race tightens as Chris Matthews declares network-wide plan to ignore its results
5. Sanders will debate literally anybody at any moment on any network. He’s available whenever you are.
6. Libertarian Party Convention-goers angered by their candidate’s plan to actually compete in the presidential race
Sunday May 22, 2016
Sunday May 22, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. If we’ve learned anything this election season, it’s that a public official’s level of scandal is directly proportional to how many of their pores we see in the press.
2. Hillary wins Kentucky by a nose. Loses Oregon by all the noses. [That was a Kentucky Derby pun, see what we did there?]
3. Planes are unnatural and we refute the science that says otherwise. We are not birds.
4. We finally have the Parliament we’ve always wanted! (Minus any productive action.)
5. Oklahoma GOP hoping to rid state of frustrating hordes of medical professionals and women in the most passive aggressive way possible
6. Good news! All Texans are now gay according to the state GOP’s platform
Tuesday May 17, 2016
Tuesday May 17, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Like most college parties, a Nevada State Democratic Convention ends with police turning off the lights and shouting “go home!”
2. Nebraska devotes 2016 to trying all the different electoral systems in hopes that we can find one that works
3. Donald Trump is not considering any of the VPs that his campaign is considering
4. Trump and Paul Ryan finally meet, and, in a classic US diplomacy move, use this meeting to plan another meeting
5. SCOTUS is sick of this nonsense, would rather you quit your bickering and just work it out yourselves
6. Grayson/Reid is the Ali/Frazier of petty US political showdowns
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of circling 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 May 08, 2016
Sunday May 08, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. It’s our 200th episode. Celebrate us!
2. Ted Cruz is unable to get the ball through the "basketball ring' in Indiana...or get people to vote for him
3. Donald Trump currently feuding with an estimated 56% of Republican party. Now using “to Cantor” as a verb.
4. Conventional wisdom says 2016 is Clinton in a landslide, but when has she ever let conventional wisdom determine her fate?
5. Delegate allocation on both sides of the aisle forces us to wonder: Will there ever be final results to this crazy primary?
6. Donald Trump enacts part one of his genius one-part Latino outreach strategy: Eat a tostada bowl on Cinco de Mayo
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of circling 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 May 02, 2016
Monday May 02, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. After failing at business, running for Senate, and running for President, Carly Fiorina is eager to add a failed vice presidential run to her resume!
2. Ted Cruz and John Kasich’s adorable plan to team up and stop Trump is, once again, thwarted by 60% of voters
3. Indiana Governor Mike Pence endorses Donald Trump in speech to announce that he’s voting for Ted Cruz
4. Donald Trump is both for and against all the foreign policy things
5. We finally got to see Obama do a literal mic drop at the White House Correspondents Dinner
6. According to noted endtimes philosopher, the late Prince is full of razzle-dazzle
Sunday Apr 24, 2016
Sunday Apr 24, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. It’s Proxy Armenian Battle Day in LA! Come Google Armenia with us and find out if it still exists!
2. Dispatches from the upcoming SuperTuesday (number 2 million): Pennsylvania’s arcane voting system is the arcaniest one in America
3. Take a break from Trump as we bring you Brain Trust Live’s guide to this year’s most important Senate Races
4. New York always wins, even if the competition is over who is the best at voter suppression
5. Clinton’s Veepstakes, i.e. her latest plan to lose the youth vote, begins in earnest
6. Trump’s goal: come up with as many “definitive” stances on transgender bathrooms as he did on abortion
7. It was a great week for 90 year-olds
Sunday Apr 17, 2016
Sunday Apr 17, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Brooklyn Debate blockbuster moments include Hillary Clinton coming out in favor of supporting what could be a $15/hour minimum wage if and only if we play our cards right
2. If you’re cool and in New York right now, you’re probably at a Bernie Sanders rally
3. Bernie bends the rules of time and space to be at both the Vatican and Coachella on Saturday
4. Hiring a new campaign director somehow left no one in charge of Trump’s campaign operation
5. Kasich’s New York Scorecard: Italian Food - 2, Pickles 1, Kasich - 0
6. Christians in Mississippi better hope this whole afterlife thing is legit, because they’re all about to get shot at church
Sunday Apr 10, 2016
Sunday Apr 10, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Sanders’ secret Wisconsin weapon…there are literally no young Republicans left.
2. The Daily News joins the ranks of the millions of Americans who aren’t quite sure what the difference between the Fed and the Treasury is
3. Five-swipe Hillary takes on token-man Sanders in the most important showdown of the New York primary season
4. Panama Papers are further proof that rich and powerful people are literally psychopaths. (Even in Iceland.)
5. This week in things that are cute: Ted Cruz thinks he can go to the Bronx and lecture New Yorkers on their sinful #NewYorkValues
6. We agree with Trump on one thing. “Tour de Trump” is a much better name for a shitty bike ride than “Tour de Jersey.”
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of loud sirens 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 03, 2016
Sunday Apr 03, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Trump covers five abortion stances in a matter of hours. Who even knew there were five different stances that are all 100% wrong?
2. The only thing we currently know about the outcome of the GOP race, is that none of these three goons are going to vote for each other.
3. Clinton is SO TIRED of Sanders telling the truth about her record that she refuses to debate him until he stops
4. After seeing how well it went for Indiana, other states look to get in on the anti-LGBT law passing game.
5. Bet you didn’t know there’s an entire list of 2016 GOP candidates who will make Trump or Cruz look like totally rational choices
6. The return of Sinkhole Radio: Sinkholes are eating fish now. Stop doing that!!
Sunday Mar 27, 2016
Sunday Mar 27, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. The story of Easter
2. The story of what we’re calling #LooneyTuesday
3. The story of what we’re calling #SupercalifragilisticexpialidociousSaturday
4. The story of how 5 women allegedly agreed to have sex with Ted Cruz
5. The story of Obama’s groundbreaking diplomacy and ground-ruining high-fiving in Cuba
6. The story of how we should all calm the fuck down despite recent terror attacks. Terrorism is scary, but fascism is scarier.
7. The story of how 13 nobodies are still running in the Democratic primary for president
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of loud sirens who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!