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 Jan 29, 2023
Sunday Jan 29, 2023
In Which We Discuss:
1. Congressional Democrats are happy to be trolled by Josh Hawley if it means they don’t have to do anything.
2. Update: George Santos does know where any of his money came from or who was or is in charge of it.
3. Nikki Haley inceptioned Donald Trump into announcing her candidacy for president for her
4. Trump’s 2024 Campaign Platform: Wind Turbines Belong in Jail
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!
And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.
Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!
Sunday May 15, 2022
Sunday May 15, 2022
In Which We Discuss:
1. Protests should feel more like protests and less like guitar circles: A graduate thesis from Brain Trust Live.
2. Somehow Donald Trump missed the opportunity to endorse a pro-rape candidate in the PA primaries, and that seems like an oversight.
3. There’s nobody to vote FOR on the LA mayoral ballot, just people to vote against.
4. Biden had a prime stupidity week, but at least the deficit is going down.
5. Baby formula: Let’s find some.
6. Student Loans: Let’s cancel some.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!
And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind
Tuesday Jul 13, 2021
Tuesday Jul 13, 2021
This week on the podcast...we’re blindly reacting to news headlines because we didn’t do our homework. Hold onto your hats!
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Brain Trust Live is (still) Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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 27, 2021
Sunday Jun 27, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. We’re starting with Britney. For the clicks.
2. The votes are in in the New York City mayor’s race. So we’ll tell you who won in one to two months!
3. Infrastructure. We’ve got nothing left on this one.
4. SCOTUS went so far to the dark side that Clarence Thomas had to speak up.
5. Don’t worry, you can still go to prison for longer than Derek Chauvin if you put your mind to it. Or if you just happen to be Black.
6. Apparently the funeral crashing circuit got boring.
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Brain Trust Live is (still) Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Derek Chauvin is a man who will be going to jail and that’s a nice thing. We could have this warm fuzzy feeling about the justice system anytime if we tried.
2. Joe Biden allows John Kerry to ride a Lime scooter on camera even though, as his boss, he probably could have put a stop to that.
3. Andrew Yang loves lesbian bars but apparently not the lesbians who congregate at them.
4. Nancy Pelosi vs. Squad: A battle with no winners
5. Please commit to hating the Caitlyn Jenner candidacy for the right reasons
6. New American Psycho: The Josh Hawley Story
Also:
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Brain Trust Live is (still) Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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 18, 2021
Sunday Apr 18, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Afghanistan! We won in 2002. We’re finally leaving in 2021. Maybe…
2. We’ll tell you about some of the mass shootings this week, but not all of them because we lost track.
3. Rule #1 of the America First caucus is don’t talk about the America First caucus.
4. Biden tried his own hand at America First politics. Went as well as it did for Marjorie Taylor Greene.
5. Your resident public health experts are here with a creative list of how best to use the J&J vaccine.
Also:
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Capitol Hill Main Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Brain Trust Live is (still) Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. We once again found out what happens when a 21 year-old white guy with a gun has a “bad day.”
2. Ted Cruz could finally get his chance to share recipes and re-read his beloved Dr. Seuss from the Senate floor.
3. Mild competence was, as it turned out, all we needed to get vaccines into arms.
4. If smoking pot gets you kicked out of the Biden admin, Lila Nordstrom will be only person in American qualified to serve. Medicare-for-all, coming soon!
5. The CA recall is shaping up to be a...huge waste of money.
6. Mar a Lago has just as many germs as you’d expect.
Also:
CALL YOUR REPS. ABOUT EVERYTHING. Make this number your profile picture. Tweet it every day. Add it to your phonebook:
Capitol Hill Main Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Brain Trust Live is (still) Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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 Nov 22, 2020
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Joe Biden wants you to fund our transition to government by the chemical industry
2. Republican Senators have more COVID than they do sense
3. Rudy Giuliani’s tell isn’t a growing nose like Pinocchio, it’s a melting face
4. Losing Georgia twice wasn’t enough for Trump’s crack election fraud legal team. They want to go for a third.
5. Democrats hard at work blaming the only people that voted for them for their losses
6. IT’S OUR LAST 2 YEARS OF NANCY PELOSI!
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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 Sep 27, 2020
Sunday Sep 27, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. RBG is the first woman to lie in state. Ever.
2. Trump makes his SCOTUS selection. Dems already prepared with excuses for why they can’t do anything about it.
3. Goodbye healthcare, it was nice not ever really knowing you.
4. It turns out #justiceforBreonnaTaylor will remain a hashtag and not a reality.
5. In another failure to read the room, Nancy Pelosi is now offering even less COVID relief.
6. The beginning of Joe Biden’s campaign day is usually a statement telling us it’s over.
In Which we Don't Discuss:
Trump's taxes. The news didn't break in time to make it into this week's episode. We'll cover it next week!
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, barking dogs, 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 Aug 30, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Trump’s affinity for bottle blondes and the apocalypse was on full display at the RNC.
2. Kenosha police are eager to earn the approval of a 17 year old vigilante murderer
3. The season premiere of Biden Unbunkered is coming September 8th. Time and location TBD. Airing: Probably nowhere because he doesn’t know how to grab a headline. Check your local listings.
4. If you live in Massachusetts, cast your ballot now!
5. Election Security: We don’t have that anymore.
6. And is Melania Trumps’ “Operation Block Ivanka” the only successful scheme currently being carried out inside the White House?
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!