Brain Trust Live

BTL #123 - LIPSTICK ON A TRACK - 9/15/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. The Palin family’s extracurriculars prove that you can put lipstick on a drunk shirtless man giving the finger to everybody, but it’s still a Track Palin

2. The US may or may not be at war with ISIS, but it’s definitely at war with itself over foreign policy semantics

3. Left-wing “money for schools, not for war” demand takes on bizarrely literal meaning

4. America learns an important lesson: refusing to acknowledge a political opponent named Zephyr Teachout is a fool’s errand

5. Hillary Clinton proves she’s running for president by pretending to believe “steak frys” are a real thing

6. CNN was right all along- you definitely will die of ebola

7. Like your 13 year-old cousin, Mark Sanford breaks up with his girlfriend on Facebook.

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BTL #112 - FLOPPING AT THE PITCH - 6/17/14

In Which We Discuss:

1.  After a four year hiatus, Americans pretend to be nice and cozy with soccer terminology once again

2.  Iraqi insurgents fail to respect that the US already solved all the middle east peace problems by declaring the mission accomplished

3.  The GOP’s un-coziness with math leads to the greatest political upset  in American history, and no, we’re not overselling that

4.  Hillary Pillory: Clinton better be glad we’d invented a term for “Romneying” before she started her book tour

5.  Terry Gross and Obama both give the gays pride month gifts to remember

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BTL #110 - MANLY CHOICES - 6/2/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. After starting an illegal war, Republicans are suddenly re-concerned about the rule of law after Obama’s renegade prisoner exchange

2. Resignation fever sweeps the Obama administration

3. GOP still in denial about the lack of jobs that will be available after the world ends due to climate change

4. This week on Hillary Pillory: Clinton makes some hard choices concerning whether or not she wrote her own book

5. Edward Snowden refuses to heed Kerry’s call to “man up,” continues to make the even manlier choice by living in the terrifying country of Russia

6. The American Family Association lives in fear of their gay sympathizing friends, hatches plans to combat them using the postal service

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BRAIN TRUST LIVE #100 - SCI-FI CLOWN TROLLEYS - 3/10/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. Brent Mulder and Lila Scully offer their take on the Malaysia Air alien conspiracy

2. Winston Clinton eyes Adolf Putin’s plans to re-Sovietize the Russian border

3. BERNIE!  It’s happening.

4. CPAC offers answers to an America struggling with a disastrous clown shortage

5. Democrats’ subpar basic math skills to cause yet another Obamacare delay

6. Kirsten Gillibrand assembles the greatest/weirdest coalition ever know

7. “Upskirting” and trolleys are both things people in Massachusetts enjoy

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BTL #95 - INEQUALITY GODZILLA SIGHTINGS - 2/3/14

In Which We Discuss:

1.  Denver Bronco fans will need all the weed they can get their hands on after this week’s embarrassing Super Bowl whipping by the Seattle Seahawk-Pelicans.

2.  Chris Christie scrawls “liar” on David Wildstein’s locker, gets suspended.

3.  Tuesday’s State of the Union inspires a four-headed GOP inequality godzilla response monster.

4.  GOP issues half-hearted memo promising that they’ll totally try to work on immigration this time, guys.

5.  Trio of groundhog weather-predicting experts anticipates six more weeks of winter one week to late to save Atlanta from two inches of treacherous snow.

6.  Not even Herman Cain has ruled out running for President in 2016.

7. Calls to deport Justin Bieber reach fever pitch amidst Rob Ford City Hall tickle fight.  Canada continues to be just everything.

8.  R.I.P. Pete Seeger.  We'll miss you but we'll keep singing along.

("If I Had a Hammer" clip is from a 1963 recording of Pete Seeger live in Australia)

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BTL #93 - THE ELEGANT DROUGHT - 1/20/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. NSA sneak attacks will now be marginally less sneaky

2. Christie administration’s thuggish behavior is no longer just limited to causing traffic

3. Jerry Brown seeking “elegant” solutions to California water shortage

4. Bipartisan budget deal overwhelmingly passes in the house.  Wait, what?

5. Wanted: Oklahoma senator to replace Tom Coburn.  Only anti-gay bigots need apply.

6. Hillary Pillory: Robert Gates gives us a reason to start a #hawkishhillary hashtag

7. West Virginia.  Don’t drink the water.  Also, don’t live there.

8. ABC considers Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal to be the finest television programming in a generation.  We discuss.

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BTL #92 - THE BAD KIND OF TONY SOPRANO - 1/13/14

In Which We Discuss:

1.  Chris Christie finally one-ups Tony Soprano, reclaims his position as the king of the bad kind of being “New Jersey”

2.  Robert Gates bitterly discusses Obama’s thoughtful approach to war as nearly treasonous

3.  Iran’s deal-to-make-deal-to-make-a-deal goes into effect...in a few weeks

5.  North Korean ambassador Dennis Rodman will not be fighting for Kenneth Bae’s  freedom, but will be fighting for rebounds in Kim Jong-Un’s birthday basketball blowout

6.  W. Virginia and Utah.  Don’t live there.

7.  Science offers long-awaited proof that cats are evil

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BTL #90 - AFFLUENCING AFFLUENZA - 12/16/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Bipartisan budget deal draws enough criticism from both parties to pass the House going away

2. When it comes to sign language interpreters in South Africa, you really get what you pay for

3. Colorado residents should no longer expect staying alive to be one of the perks of living near all that fresh mountain air

4. Do you know someone who suffers from Affluenza?  Get them help immediately before their inevitable crime spree goes unpunished!

5. Brain Trust Live tells you the future in a segment on the 2016 primaries

6. Megyn Kelly really needs you to know that Santa Claus is white.  Because children!

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BTL #87 - EXCITING CANADA - 11/18/13

In Which We Discuss:

1.  Obama tells uninformed consumers to just keep their crappy plan if it’s so damn important to them

2.  Schumer desire to to avoid a primary for Hillary reminds us that we could just primary him instead

3.  Kentucky voters conspire to slowly eliminate every Republican candidate from their upcoming Senate race

4.  Union bashing heads all the way to the Supreme Court!

5.  Toronto’s mayoral shame reminds Americans that sometimes Canadians aren’t as boring as previously thought.

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BTL #86 - ENDA DAYS - 11/11/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Election Day provides wins for progressives, the Clinton mafia, and rude blowhards

2. Senate’s ENDA bill moves forward, straight into John Boehner’s “never gonna happen” pile

3. This months’ jobs numbers are fake, but we’ll tell them to you anyway

4.  The first segment in our sports series: “Big Brain Sports” with Erica Bardin. Download the extended segment here!

5. U.S.’s beloved waiting-till-later strategy fails to deliver results in nuclear talks with Iran

6.  Benghazi is still not a scandal.  We explain why.

9. A special election day edition of Hillary Pillory

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