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 Apr 23, 2017
Sunday Apr 23, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. French presidential elections are three parts funny farm, two parts nonsense, one part unpredictable margin of error
2. Trump’s first 100 days were so annoying we might be willing to settle for a wall-related government shutdown
3. DNC “Unity Tour” kicks off with protests and pro-lifers
4. Joel Osteen doppleganger Jon Ossoff might have more fun being “radically boring” on the pulpit than the soap box
5. Hollywood Friends: Exciting opportunty! Jason Chaffetz is on the hunt for a better paying job. Willing to leave office and betray the people of Utah for talk show contract.
6. If Bill O’Reilly’s fiction is any indication, women everywhere better watch their backs
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helecopters 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 Apr 10, 2017
Monday Apr 10, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. Senate Gorsuch showdown leads us to wonder: To what degree has civilization always been just hanging on by a tiny thread?
2. Even experts don’t seem to know if we’re at war with Syria.
3. Trailer for White House Purge: Part 1 is finally released
4. It’s round 2 and Republicans are still not eager to replace Obamacare with their now-revised shamy plan.
5. Very little intelligence is available on the House Intelligence Committee, even in Nunes’ absence.
6. Bernie sanders is taking a national tour like a literal rock star
7. Michele Bachmann, an irrelevant person who is no longer serving in office, still can’t stop explaining it all
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of helecopters 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 20, 2017
Monday Mar 20, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. Everyone suffers under Trump’s first budget proposal, even Budget Director John Mulvaney, who is now living in a horrifying world without business cards
2. As they say in Trump’s favorite Irish proverb, freedom’s just another word for tragically dying of a preventable disease
3. Germany is no longer fascist enough for a handshake from Donald Trump
4. We might be going to war with North Korea, but Rex Tillerson isn’t losing sleep over it
5. Even Fox News discovers that the only thing more popular than Planned Parenthood is Bernie Sanders
6. Confirmed: It’s fine to pull a gun on your co worker at Fox news. Still seeking comment on whether policy allows actual shots to be fired.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of helecopters 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 Feb 20, 2017
Monday Feb 20, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. #ResistanceRecess begins…now!
2. Michael Flynn mercifully resigns after subjecting us all to a nonstop barrage of treason-alerts on Twitter
3. With the Puzder hearing looming, Oprah’s finally forced to step in and save America
4. Trump continues to be unsurpassed in the canon of genius/horrifying television press conference adventures
5. This week we #neverremember last Friday’s horrifyingly fake Swedish terrorist attack. Gays can only hope Robyn will come out with an commemorative single
6. Turns out Trump is in favor of all the types of Middle East peace solutions except the ones that haven’t failed already
7. Trump trolled Chris Christie at their White House dinner
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of helecopters 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 Feb 06, 2017
Monday Feb 06, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. America re-lives the horrors of election 2016 in football form
2. Trump’s SCOTUS pick doesn’t care about your uterus
3. The Muslim Ban is a great example of why you have a lawyer look at a contract before you sign it
4. A filibuster-genre Senate talk-a-thon is underway because not enough Senators had performed their school grizzly bear attack material
5. Trump has no idea wtf he’s doing or signing. His staff has no idea where the light switches are.
6. The White House congratulates rising star Frederick Douglass on finally getting his 15 minutes of fame
7. Let’s #NeverForget to #NeverRemember the Bowling Green Massacre
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of screaming 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 Jan 29, 2017
Sunday Jan 29, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. It’s week one of the Trump presidency and we already have a constitutional crisis on our hands
2. Steve Bannon must be on some sort of writing retreat, having a very prolific week ruining America by edict
3. Trump will bravely investigate only the kind of voter fraud that doesn’t exist but makes him lose popular votes
4. Apparently Trump’s idea of diplomacy is holding hands with the ladies
5. Something we can get behind: Trump’s White House staff is the gossipy-ist in history
6. We interview with William Floyd from the LA County Dems and talk about the local stuff you should know [Begins: 1:18:20...yup it's that kind of week]
7. Trump’s butt takes the mantle as most unfortunate meme of the week/history
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of screaming 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!
And hey, go join a protest!
Wednesday Jan 04, 2017
Wednesday Jan 04, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. A not nearly embarrassed enough new Congress was sworn in today, so add those new reps to your speed dial.
2. Congress’s plan to erase their own oversight is praised by The Donald, then thwarted by The Donald, then mocked by the American people, then...praised by the Donald. A day in Trump’s news cycle.
3. A Trump cabinet update: it only gets worse
4. Media continuing to give president-elect credit for business deals he’s not involved in
5. Schumer’s Trump resistance plan: work with your captors
6. Donald Trump rings in the New Year with mobster and convicted felon “Joey No Socks,” which is just so perfect
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of manic revelers 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 Dec 12, 2016
Monday Dec 12, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Russian hackers could have warned us they were fixing the election before we waited 90 minutes to vote. Selfish.
2. Donald Trump leaves no stone unturned in search for least competent cabinet in history
3. Pop Quiz! Which of the following is a human invention and completely imaginary: a. Climate change b. The value of a dollar
4. Every minute that passes on earth is a minute in which Donald Trump’s Carrier deal gets less impressive
5. Labor endorses in the DNC dogfight that decides whether or not we have a party anymore
6. Move over guacamole! There is, apparently, one Texan food that Ted Cruz enjoys, and now you’ll never be able to again.
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 Jul 24, 2016
Sunday Jul 24, 2016
In Which We Discuss: