Episodes
Sunday Jun 06, 2021
6/7/21 - Robert Byrd's Hostage
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
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Brain Trust Live is (still) 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!
Monday May 31, 2021
6/1/21 - The News From A Single Room
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.
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Brain Trust Live is (still) 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!
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
4/26/21 - Warm Fuzzy Feelings
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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Brain Trust Live is (still) 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!
Monday Apr 05, 2021
4/5/21 - The BTL Easter Spectacular
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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Brain Trust Live is (still) 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!
Sunday Mar 14, 2021
3/15/21 - The Accidental Leftist
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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Brain Trust Live is (still) 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!
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
BTL #383 - After Wednesday - 1/18/21
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!
Sunday Dec 27, 2020
BTL #381 - End of Year Extravaganza - 12/28/20
Sunday Dec 27, 2020
Sunday Dec 27, 2020
No structure. No rules. No doc. But plenty of updates on the COVID, the stimulus, CA's new senator, and how to be a pain in the ass for Congress from day one!
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!
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
BTL #379 - Bridge To The Next Generation - 12/14/20
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. White House adds a second bad bill to our grand American stimulus mess. Current count is bad bills: 2, good bills: 0.
2. Even SCOTUS wants there to be a government
3. Biden promised his administration would be a “bridge to the next generation.” We didn’t realize he only meant Boomers.
4. People of various levels of fun and not-fun are announcing runs for office
5. Let me just defend Iowa for a moment: It was the DNC that actually ruined the caucuses.
6. It’s too bad we waited for Facebook to ruin America before deciding to break it up
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!
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
BTL #378 - Toot-liani - 12/7/20
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Rudy getting COVID is how this had to end, guys...
2. If you loved having a boring, awkward convention, you’ll love the plans for this year’s inauguration!
3. Democratic campaign leadership promises not to do any introspection before 2022 races
4. “Toot-liani” and the world’s star-iest witness come together to make hearings fun again
5. The COVID relief package may not involve any actual relief, but by golly Mitch McConnell will make sure you can’t sue your employer for killing you if it’s the last thing he does!
6. Where do you stand in the vaccine order? (We’ll see you never!)
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!
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
BTL #377 - Return of the Blob - 11/30/20
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
Sunday Nov 29, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Can you request a reimbursement from the Biden transition fund now that they finally have the money your taxes contributed?
2. Diaper Don loses his shit
3. Biden writes The Return of the Blob: The Blob Strikes Back...with drones
4. You have to have worked at one of three specific consulting firms to work in the Biden administration
5. Our calls and deranged emails worked! DiFi is out at Judiciary, and, hopefully soon, our lives.
6. The Taiwan parliament shows some literal guts...in the form of pig guts
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!