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 Aug 15, 2021
Sunday Aug 15, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Definitely vote no on the Newsom recall but it’s okay to scream into the void while you do it
2. Democrats actively looking to lose the Senate with new slate of candidates
3. Turns out Democrats did understand the spirit of Trump’s infrastructure week after all.
4. Andrew Cuomo becomes the latest victim of Andrew Cuomo
5. The world is completely falling apart, but at least white people are on the decline
6. Things not working out for 20 years in Afghanistan have surprisingly turned into a continuation of things not working out in Afghanistan
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Sunday Jun 27, 2021
Sunday Jun 27, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. We’re starting with Britney. For the clicks.
2. The votes are in in the New York City mayor’s race. So we’ll tell you who won in one to two months!
3. Infrastructure. We’ve got nothing left on this one.
4. SCOTUS went so far to the dark side that Clarence Thomas had to speak up.
5. Don’t worry, you can still go to prison for longer than Derek Chauvin if you put your mind to it. Or if you just happen to be Black.
6. Apparently the funeral crashing circuit got boring.
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Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Kat Calvin (@KatCalvinLA) is in the studio to tell you why we can’t have a Dem consensus on Voter ID that involves...having Voter ID. [Go share her twitter thread about it!]
2. Democrats are bad at power: an exposé
3. The latest on infrastructure season is that it is now infrastructure year. We will never have an infrastructure deal. Get a new hobby.
4. The NYC Mayor’s race is ending in the same chaotic fashion it started: with headlines about Andrew Yang
5. Rhode Island: A non-surprising place to find an all-white country club
6. Happy Father’s day to all, including the sad men crashing weddings and funerals just for the attention while they work as unpaid hotel concierges at tacky resorts in Florida!
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Sunday Jun 13, 2021
Sunday Jun 13, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Thankfully Tiktok will live on under the Biden administration because there are emus committing crimes out there.
2. Terry McAuliffe is still here. Why?
3. World leaders donated money to telling developing nations about technology they can’t afford.
4. Kamala Harris is a woman, so yes, she will only be given tasks she can fail at
5. Infrastructure month has officially turned into infrastructure season
6. Israel elected new impossible person to lead their impossible government
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Sunday Jun 06, 2021
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Joe Manchin’s brain is being held hostage by the ghost of Robert Byrd
2. Giving people money stops them from starving: an expose
3. Dem soul searching leads to exact answers we gave them before they started soul searching
4. Surprising that Andrew Yang, after participating in the democratic presidential primary, admitted publicly to wanting to be more like Michael Bloomberg.
5. In effort to undermine the meat industry, vegans find natural ally in Vladimir Putin
6. Donald Trump will be back in August according to the pillow industry
Also:
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Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Biden administration hellbent on up to one year of big structural change, which is actually the opposite of structural change
2. Biden debuts infrastructure month, which is exactly like infrastructure week in that nothing gets accomplished, it’s just longer.
3. Someone is about to have to take four months off work to to decide a question with a simple answer: Is Donald Trump a criminal? Yes.
4. The battle of the working class origin stories is coming to a Florida Senate primary near you.
5. There’s no one who wants Donald Trump to die more than Matt Gaetz. Pass it on.
6. Tom Perez is joining Jay Carney in union-busting hell.
Also:
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Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Derek Chauvin is a man who will be going to jail and that’s a nice thing. We could have this warm fuzzy feeling about the justice system anytime if we tried.
2. Joe Biden allows John Kerry to ride a Lime scooter on camera even though, as his boss, he probably could have put a stop to that.
3. Andrew Yang loves lesbian bars but apparently not the lesbians who congregate at them.
4. Nancy Pelosi vs. Squad: A battle with no winners
5. Please commit to hating the Caitlyn Jenner candidacy for the right reasons
6. New American Psycho: The Josh Hawley Story
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Monday Apr 05, 2021
Monday Apr 05, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. The BTL Easter story tradition continues...with a twist!
2. Attacking the Capitol is now more regular than perhaps we’d want
3. In a surprising turn of events, infrastructure week actually yields something of an infrastructure plan
4. The Matt Gaetz revelations are somehow both the most mind boggling, and least shocking things we’ve heard in ages
5. Quick! Get more progressive legislation in front of Andrew Cuomo while he’s still scandal-ridden
6. Turns out Amazon knew about the bottle peeing all along
Other than that, Happy Easter!
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Sunday Mar 14, 2021
Sunday Mar 14, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. We had to pass the American Rescue Plan to find out what was in it.
2. Joe Biden discovers that a regular speech can also get you good ratings.
3. Cuomo may get a crash course in NY’s exploitive rental laws.
4. Nevada now a place for socialists instead of Harry Reid.
5. The cancel culture debate confusingly gives Ted Cruz an opening to promote reading.
Also:
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Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Happy MLK day! Please enjoy our yearly reminder that MLK was a socialist. Be like MLK.
2. Donald Trump did succeed at one aim - making DC into a military state. Unfortunately they’re doing it to keep his people out.
3. Biden won’t get to take the train ride he’s been waiting for 40 years for.
4. Trump earns a place in history as the most impeached president ever!
5. Our Vaccine stockpile didn’t exist, which, when you think about it, tracks perfectly.
6. Trump has been the best accidental cheerleader for his arch nemesis CNN.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!