Episodes
Sunday Jul 15, 2018
BTL #293 - BALLOON BABY [w/ guest host Grant Sloss] - 7/16/18
Sunday Jul 15, 2018
Sunday Jul 15, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. We tuned in for “Bachelorette: The SCOTUS Edition’s” finale
2. Note to head-in-hands, NATO-meeting-era John Kelly: you are literally the problem here.
3. Trump gets a taste of his own medicine from royals and regular people alike
4. Dianne Feinstein can’t even take a hint and now it’s kind of like...sad
5. Paul Ryan apparently knows more about the destructive nature of woodchucks than his constitutional powers
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of summer breezes and thunderstorms 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 20, 2018
BTL #289 - HAPPINESS FROM AFAR - 5/21/18
Sunday May 20, 2018
Sunday May 20, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. Americans are never more charmed than when a monarchy we fought a long deadly war against experiences joy
2. Still fresh out of witty comments about school shootings. Check back with us in...a hundred years
3. Let’s just start the immigration conversation from a place of agreement that all of Donald Trump’s words are the wrong words
4. Sheldon Adelson’s personal happiness from afar is more important that thousands of innocent lives
5. Remember when we had net neutrality and we didn’t have to work so hard to save it?
6. Primary updates from the progressive trenches
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 May 13, 2018
BTL #288 - HOW TO KILL AT DYING - 5/14/18
Sunday May 13, 2018
Sunday May 13, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. Apparently in this reality, a porn star’s lawyer can outsmart the presidential legal team without breaking much of a sweat. America!
2. Still waiting with baited breath for that Big Beautiful shiny new Iran Deal.
3. Eric Schneiderman aimed to ruin Trump’s life, but ruined ours instead
4. John McCain is giving us all a lesson in how to really kill at dying
5. In a surprise turn, “china people” is not a prefered term in West Virginia. Progress?
6. Trump’s least favorite thing: presidenting. Trump’s favorite thing: toys and soda.
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 22, 2018
BTL #285 - GUARD YOUR SECRETS - 4/23/18
Sunday Apr 22, 2018
Sunday Apr 22, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. Puerto Rico seeks to answer the age old question: if a tree falls in the forest, does an entire country lose electricity?
2. Unsurprisingly, Kim Jong-Un and Mike Pompeo get along famously
3. Michael Cohen will guard your secrets until it no longer serves him
4. Not content to screw over America with just one tax bill, Paul Ryan looks to pass another before going to spend more time with his kids. Right…
5. Don’t worry Missouri Governor Eric Greitens. Just because you blackmailed and violently coerced your mistress doesn’t mean you can’t just ask for forgiveness and someday end up in Congress. Republicans!
6. California voter guide proves that anyone truly can run for office if you just have a dream...and 0-1 insane ideas.
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!
Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
BTL #281 - GOT A TWEET - 3/14/18
Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. Today in weird Trumpisms, Rex Tillerson “got a Tweet” and now the Kochs control the entire world
2. It’s better to just go ahead and double down on your random non-sequitur rant, right?
3. After a brutal two week stretch, nobody is left in the White House except the second tier idiots
4. The GOP has solved the Russia crisis by denying its existence so...more exciting elections to come?
5. Betsy Devos cannot remember if she knows what a school is, but she has heard of choice and she’s for it
6. Is Jeff Flake going to be our next president?
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!
Monday Feb 19, 2018
BTL #279 - THE TYRANNY OF FLORIDA ADULTS - 2/19/18
Monday Feb 19, 2018
Monday Feb 19, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. Puerto Rico is being held hostage by...a public utility?
2. Florida teens are sick of living under the tyranny of Florida adults, which is fair
3. Trump refuses to shake his groove thang in honor of Parkland victims
4. After a new round of Russia indictments, Trump is angry at everybody, including Oprah
5. Mitt Romney is running to be the Democratic undersecretary of the Republican Party
6. We are now invested in cross-country skiing. Deal with that.
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Sunday Feb 11, 2018
BTL #278 - THE ANTI-MEMO - 2/12/18
Sunday Feb 11, 2018
Sunday Feb 11, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. The anti-Nunes Memo has too many words and not enough illustrations for public release, says White House
2. Dems in Congress win tons of money for GOP priorities in landmark budget deal
3. Apparently only White House staff has to resign over abuse accusations. Anyone can still be president! (The American dream!)
4. GOP new plan to keep power is to just stop having elections to fill vacant seats
5. Kansas found six teenagers but only one woman to run for governor
6. You know your administration’s shit when they’re losing to North Korea at diplomacy
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Monday Feb 05, 2018
BTL #277 - SMOKELESS GUN - 2/5/18
Monday Feb 05, 2018
Monday Feb 05, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. Trump’s first SOTU address is the most watched 6th most watched SOTU ever!
2. Nunes Memo contains one major smoking gun: that Devin Nunes is a real life idiot.
3. Paul Ryan celebrates buying you a Costco membership and the Koch brothers an actual Costco
4. Trump’s infrastructure plan is to ask other people to pay for infrastructure but still cut stuff
5. In a confusing turn, now maybe Democrats don’t want moderate pro-life assholes running for Congress?
6. Sometimes you just need a dead goose falling from the heavens to teach you that hunting is really freaking stupid
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Sunday Jan 28, 2018
BTL #276 - A SIDE OF WATERGATE - 1/28/18
Sunday Jan 28, 2018
Sunday Jan 28, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. The government is now open, so it’s time to re-record the voicemail at the White House comment line!
2. Enjoy Tuesday’s SOTU address with a side Watergate
3. When will the world’s richest people open their arms to Trump? Apparently not at Davos.
4. As always, the best way to insure having a sexual predator on your payroll is to employ a “faith adviser”
5. Claire McCaskill looks to continue her run of being the luckiest Senate candidate in America
6. The Guggenheim sends the president their piece de resistance: a golden toilet called “America”
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Sunday Dec 03, 2017
BTL #270 - THE LAND OF MENTAL VACATIONS - 12/4/17
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
Sunday Dec 03, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. Puerto Rico is now both without power and...a foreign nation?
2. GOP Tax Reform: It’s as narcissistic and self-absorbed as Donald Trump himself
3. Set your watches: the #TrumpRussia countdown to zero begins NOW
4. Sexual Assault allegations...ahem, sorry, dumb idiot men who can’t keep it in their pants...continue to ruin the things we once loved
5. North Korea. Yup.
6. Take a mental vacation in the alternate reality of FoxNews.com
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