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
Monday Jun 03, 2019
Monday Jun 03, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Robert Mueller holds emergency press conference to remind us that unlike Barr, he has, in fact, read his own report.
2. It remains to be seen whether magic will be enough to get Marianne Williamson, or even Kirsten Gillibrand, into the third Democratic debate.
3. The word “Mueller” is in the news so Trump’s got a genius plan to create a diversion by tanking the entire economy of both the US and Mexico.
4. Math is vindicated once again after study shows that the Trump tax cuts...SHOCK...didn’t work.
5. It’s [name any day] in America so obviously there was another mass shooting.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in 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 May 19, 2019
Sunday May 19, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. GOP impeachment domino watch: 1 down, 198 to go
2. Joe Biden will protect the nation from Trump using a strategy of incremental soul-saving and forgetting what he just said
3. If an announcement is made and nobody hears it...is DeBlasio actually running for president?
4. Missouri is the latest state to grant greater bodily autonomy to clumps of cells than to full grown living breathing women
5. Are we going to war with Iran? Anybody know why?
6. Arnold Schwarzenegger gets drop kicked for a Lamborghini. And yes, we also wonder what the connection is.
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Biden thinks “fuck it” and announces his candidacy on his way to a high-dollar fundraiser.
2. Mueller Report tells us we all knew in our hearts: Donald Trump wanted to collude and obstruct but isn’t competent enough to do it.
3. The only thing longer and more exhausting than the new Avengers movie is CNN’s new townhall format.
4. In the war between Wayne LaPierre and Oliver North, which one is the good guy with the gun?
5. If the White House Correspondents Dinner has no host or president, has it actually happened?
6. Howard Schultz wants to be America's modern existentialist poet laureate. He's failing.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and 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 Apr 07, 2019
Sunday Apr 07, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Pete Buttigeig is the nobody kid that’s outraising Cory Booker
2. Democrats are going to win the culture war against themselves if it’s the last thing they do
3. The dark side of experience: The longer the political career, the greater chance you’ve taken a slew of photos you regret.
4. Who cares if your neighbors are citizens? Only Trump.
5. British voters looking for a way to Brexit without leaving the EU. Unfortunately they can’t find one.
6. Trump can’t say words
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and 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!