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 Jan 27, 2014
Monday Jan 27, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. GOP bogeyman Uncle Sugar will turn your daughter into a sex-crazed birth control addict. Thanks for the warning, Hucky.
2. This week on Hillary Pillory: Planet Hillary shoots into orbit, prepares for war with Klingons, Rand Paul.
3. Obamacare sign-ups surge, giving the GOP plenty to remain seated for at this week’s State of the Union speech.
4. Note to McDonnell and D’Souza, if you’re caught committing a blatant crime, it’s not a liberal witch hunt, it’s just American justice.
5. Ashley Wagner’s mother feels way too comfortable going to the Sochi Olympics, terrorist threat or not.
6. Unfortunately, Roman peace doves are poorly trained in the art of bird war.
7. Justin Bieber is arrested during the internet’s most excruciatingly slow drag race.
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Sunday Jan 19, 2014
Sunday Jan 19, 2014
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.
Monday Dec 16, 2013
Monday Dec 16, 2013
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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Sunday Dec 08, 2013
Sunday Dec 08, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Nelson Mandela dies, leaving the GOP scrambling to un-say all the mean things they’ve said about him in the past
2. GOP finally asking their stodgy misogynistic candidates to think it, not say it in their races against women
3. (The latest) Jobs Report shows potentially fake gains in employment, potentially fake loses in Black Friday enthusiasm
4. The folks who brought you the weekend band together with the folks who brought you your fries to combat underemployment and, by extension, obesity
5. Freezing weather leads to all manner of hilarious SoCal weather reports. Also, potentially, a national famine.
Tuesday Dec 03, 2013
Tuesday Dec 03, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. The Affordable Care Act website now working. Nothing more to see here.
2. Black Friday now has its own official death count tracker
3. The US reaches a deal to reach another deal in six months over Iran’s nuclear program
4. Obamacare’s not the only problem fast food CEOs will face this week
5. Turns out the government shutdown wasn’t much of a change from business as usual in Congress
6. Thanksgiving becomes a popular time to come out of the closet
7. Soon drones will no longer only be used for killing innocent civilians, they’ll deliver your toothpaste too
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Sunday Nov 17, 2013
Sunday Nov 17, 2013
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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Tuesday Nov 12, 2013
Tuesday Nov 12, 2013
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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Sunday Nov 03, 2013
Sunday Nov 03, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Healthcare.gov now just one giant error message, but this time on purpose
2. America wishes Ted Cruz’s father would follow own advice and go back to home country (and/or Mars)
3. Everything you’ve always thought about Michele Bachmann’s hair is true
4. On this week’s Hillary Pillory: Schuming commences for Hillary 2016
5. Professional snow shoveler Cory Booker makes his way to Washington. Worried swampy weather may diminish his appeal
6. As if removing your shoes isn’t already annoying, now you might get shot on your way to security
Sunday Oct 27, 2013
Sunday Oct 27, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Government’s general absence of 22 year-old computer nerds proving fatal to healthcare.gov
2. If you think “worth it” means losing the House of Representatives, then you might be Ted Cruz
3. This month’s jobs numbers are terrible, but luckily they’re fake
4. In a second attempt to eat their own, the GOP takes on immigration reform
5. The entire world turns into a giant real life Spy v. Spy comic
6. This week on Hillary Pillory: Annoying rich people think they can decide the presidency with money
Sunday Oct 20, 2013
Sunday Oct 20, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Shutdown end triggers GOP self-destruct sequence
2. Republicans too busy losing popular support to notice winning anti-Obamacare argument staring them in the face
3. Introducing our newest weekly segment: the Hillary Pillory
4. New Jersey courts pave the way for Showtime’s newest series: The GTL Word
5. Eric Holder holds the line with JP Morgan, gets us some money
6. Plus, needless asskicking, teacup hospitality explained, and zany socks galore!