Episodes
Monday Aug 31, 2015
BTL #168 - #SMDWB, THE EPIDEMIC - 8/31/15
Monday Aug 31, 2015
Monday Aug 31, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. “Surprising” new Iowa polls show that everything we’ve always said would happen is happening now in Iowa, where we said it would happen
2. GOP candidates are ready with plans for our next immigration war with...Canada?
3. O’Malley and Sanders are not afraid to get all up in Debbie Wasserman-Schultz’s face
4. Apparently stealing a single Mountain Dew while Black (#SMDWB?) in America is yet another offense police punish by death
5. The sanitation strike in Beirut is bad enough that it’s spawned a rare multi-religious movement (as well as great PR for their new sanitation service, Uber)
6. VMA’s are happening. Ew.
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Sunday Aug 23, 2015
BTL #167 - FRIED BUTTER AT THE SOAPBOX - 8/24/15
Sunday Aug 23, 2015
Sunday Aug 23, 2015
Sunday May 17, 2015
BTL #155 - THE GREAT REPUBLICAN TICKLE-FIGHT - 5/18/15
Sunday May 17, 2015
Sunday May 17, 2015
Sunday Mar 29, 2015
BTL #148 - AMATEUR BOXING - 3/30/15
Sunday Mar 29, 2015
Sunday Mar 29, 2015
Tuesday May 27, 2014
BTL #109 - MANIFESTO FEST - 5/27/14
Tuesday May 27, 2014
Tuesday May 27, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. War on Masculinity claims another victim as the War on Guns continues amassing a staggering record of defeat
2. Feminism is en vogue this month. Try it.
3. If Darrell Issa can’t win Benghazi, he’ll make sure nobody can
4. Ukraine is either at war with itself or with Russia, nobody can be sure, but one thing that is sure is that everybody is dying
5. Obama’s latest drawdown proposal brings up the important question of why we still have troops in Afghanistan to begin with
6. The Volunteer State will not be stopped by socialist Europe when it comes to murdering its own citizens in cruel and unusual ways
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 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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Sunday Nov 03, 2013
BTL #85 - ERROR TERROR - 11/4/13
Sunday Nov 03, 2013
Sunday Nov 03, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Healthcare.gov now just one giant error message, but this time on purpose
2. America wishes Ted Cruz’s father would follow own advice and go back to home country (and/or Mars)
3. Everything you’ve always thought about Michele Bachmann’s hair is true
4. On this week’s Hillary Pillory: Schuming commences for Hillary 2016
5. Professional snow shoveler Cory Booker makes his way to Washington. Worried swampy weather may diminish his appeal
6. As if removing your shoes isn’t already annoying, now you might get shot on your way to security
Sunday Oct 20, 2013
BTL #83 - THE SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE - 10/21/13
Sunday Oct 20, 2013
Sunday Oct 20, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Shutdown end triggers GOP self-destruct sequence
2. Republicans too busy losing popular support to notice winning anti-Obamacare argument staring them in the face
3. Introducing our newest weekly segment: the Hillary Pillory
4. New Jersey courts pave the way for Showtime’s newest series: The GTL Word
5. Eric Holder holds the line with JP Morgan, gets us some money
6. Plus, needless asskicking, teacup hospitality explained, and zany socks galore!
Sunday Aug 25, 2013
Sunday Aug 25, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Syria gets more crazy by the moment, but luckily Al Jazeera America launched just in time to gives us the facts no one else would
2. Only 50 years later, MLK’s "I Have a Dream" speech is finally front page news at the Washington Post
3. Bradley/Chelsea Manning’s surprise announcement sparks an entire week of pronoun debates
4. Serial sexual harasser Bob Filner FINALLY resigns as mayor of San Diego
5. Ted Cruz doesn’t realize he’s Canadian, despite having been born in a canadian hospital... in Canada
6. NYT gives ambivalent endorsement to Quinn...and Lila is furious!
7. America’s long crazy history of secession finds its latest example in the potential new state of North Colorado
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