Episodes
Monday Jul 27, 2020
BTL #360 - 100 Days - 7/28/20
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Elections are coming in under 100 days and you’ll have to vote in those elections!
2. Next week we’ll get to stop using the #veepstakes hashtag
3. The Democrats planning the convention are so desperate for unity that they’re willing to become Republicans to get it
4. Fascism update: We have it.
5. Republicans so incensed by the idea of helping the unemployed, they’d rather stop helping their corporate overlords than give the poors $600 a week to buy
food
6. AOC is the only person in Congress who is living up to this moment in history
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!
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
BTL Biden Task Force Mid-Week Special - 7/16/20
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Join us on this very special mid-week episode as we discuss the Biden campaign task forces!
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 28, 2020
BTL #356 - Long-Term Plans - 6/28/20
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. If you run progressives, you sometimes can elect them, and that is the definition of being electable
2. Eating out is nice and all, but what about staying at home and drinking alone...forever?
3. Donald Trump: Where white nationalism and Russian nationalism find their Grand Wizard
4. Progressives can defeat mainline Democrats by thinking long-term
5. DC gets one step closer to statehood. Puerto Rico...still batting zero.
6. California Democrats try a crazy experiment...moving the party forward in a unified way.
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
BTL #354 - Kill The Compromise - 6/15/20
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!
Sunday May 17, 2020
BTL #351 - Super Duper Missile - 5/18/20
Sunday May 17, 2020
Sunday May 17, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. House Dems Heroes Act finally honors the heroes among us. Lobbyists and rich people.
2. The Nordstrom/Thornburg task force to study the validity of the Biden/Sanders task forces is now in session.
3. Dems will not let Coronavirus trample their record of losing winnable elections.
4. Everyone looking for a good reason to not vote for Biden got one...directly from Joe Biden.
5. We’re struggling about how to make a super duper missile joke when the president has already made it for us.
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 May 10, 2020
BTL #350 - A Tampa DJ [w/ Special Guest Grant Sloss] - 5/11/20
Sunday May 10, 2020
Sunday May 10, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. White House, having finally caught Coronavirus, devoted to becoming #1 disease vector in America
2. NY could singlehandedly save the USPS with their byzantine primary ballot strategy, if they even have it at all
3. Your favorite and least favorite Tara Reades/Reids are back in the news this week!
4. How’s that employer-sponsored healthcare going for you now?
5. We know Americans have a lot of time on their hands, but 30 minutes of “Plandemic” is definitely a bridge too far
6. Friend of the podcast Grant Sloss is back!
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 May 03, 2020
BTL #349 - The Joe Biden Experience - 5/4/20
Sunday May 03, 2020
Sunday May 03, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. If 2019 was the year of believing women, then 2020 is the year we decided to stop.
2. If we can read anything into the Biden VP selection committee, it’s that Biden likes to stick to a theme.
3. If Kansas is lapping you in primary ideas, you might be New York State.
4. States are re-opening, so looks like we may have to die to save capitalism.
5. He may be the king of ratings, but his polling is the one stat Donald Trump can’t rescue through sheer force of personality.
6. If Kim Jong-Un really is back, then he’s wasted an opportunity to peddle a brilliant rebirth story. Amateur.
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 Apr 19, 2020
BTL #347 - Endorse-Fest 2020 - 4/20/20
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Biden endorse-fest attendees wondering why the left wont come along for the ride
2. New stimulus possible. Will it actually stimulate anybody?
3. More people are newly unemployed than have voted in the Democratic primary so far
4. Stay at home orders actually work!
5. That’s why Trump hates them...
6. A Michael Cohen tell-all coming to you from...his house. Where he currently is. Just like you.
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 Apr 12, 2020
BTL #346 - The Easter Spectacular - 4/13/20
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Bernie is out, but guys, you can still vote in your primary and you can still vote your principles!
2. We’ve got thoughts on Biden’s binders full of women
3. GOP to Wisconsin voters: Drop dead
4. Rampant inequality in life leads to rampant inequality in deaths
5. America’s president is currently the governor of California. Act accordingly.
6. A slice of normalcy in trying times - our yearly easter Q&A.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and 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 05, 2020
BTL #345 - Pearl Harbor Week - 4/6/20
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Get ready for a week in which everything will be constantly compared to Pearl Harbor
2. We smashed the record for unemployment claims. Just slaughtered it.
3. Turns out when 10M people are suddenly unemployed, medicare-for-all sounds like a great plan.
4. The Democratic convention is being pushed, but no stupid deadly virus is going to stop the Wisconsin primary, whether or not they have polling place, poll workers, or voters.
5. The Republican Governors are proving they’re actually as science-challenged as the character they play on TV.
6. California is either doing a bang-up job, or it isn’t. The numbers tell many stories.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and 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!