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 Feb 03, 2013
Sunday Feb 03, 2013
In Which We Discuss: 1. Even Lila sat through the gayest Super Bowl on record 2. More Senate hearings, this time with fewer compliments 3. The economy is in the shitter, but as always, it means nothing, so just keep shopping! 4. Obama introduces all of his policy proposals in attempt to pre-empt the coming sequestration war with something productive. 5. NRA releases enemies list, includes such relevant targets as Boyz II Men, Art Garfunkel and ‘NSync Plus, in honor of Hillary Clinton’s Secretary of State farewell, check out our Tumblr post this week! As always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on facebook!
Sunday Jan 20, 2013
Sunday Jan 20, 2013
In Which We Discuss: 1. Hold onto your hats...it’s inauguration day! So that’s happening... 2. Healthcare has the most exciting, underreported week ever! 3. White House proposes a great gun control package and is immediately one upped by New York State. (Plus a fun new weekly segment!) 4. The debt ceiling crises is not happening anymore. Go home. Come back in March. 5. The return of Mark Sanford, our first introduction to Stephen Colbert’s sister, and a Berman Sherman follow-up that we never saw coming. 6. Plus, gays, the environment, and a nefarious smoothie shop that won’t be getting any of our business. As always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on facebook!
Friday Jan 11, 2013
Friday Jan 11, 2013
In Which We Discuss: 1. Jerry Nadler offers irrefutable proof that our entire economic system is a sham. 2. NRA upset with Joe Biden despite reports that he plans to do next to nothing about gun violence. 3. Character assassinations continue as cabinet picks roll out. 4. Lila’s thrilling tales of corporate greed. 5. America’s Mayor is running for senate! 6. This week in gays. As always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on facebook! Plus, even though the world didn't end, it's never a bad time to leave us a comment on iTunes!
Friday Jan 04, 2013
Friday Jan 04, 2013
In Which We Discuss: 1. New class of congresspeople sworn in and already more effective than previous class in that Liz Warren is among them 2. Last minute deal averts 50% of fiscal cliff disaster, postpones other half to a worse time 3. We tell you which seven democrats are getting it all wrong on filibuster reform 4. More gridlock ahead as Boehner is re-elected speaker in a party that doesn’t seem to like him all that much 5. Failed Sandy relief bill serves as final reminder that congress is seriously fucked 6. Time Warner Cable is awful: a list of reasons why As always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on facebook! Plus, even though the world didn't end, it's never a bad time to leave us a comment on iTunes. Onward to a (hopefully)successful New Year!
Wednesday Dec 26, 2012
Wednesday Dec 26, 2012
In Which We Discuss: 1. NRA holds press conference to divert attention from mass shootings happening at the exact same moment. Advocates arming all humans, especially those around children. 2. Most thinking people, and Republicans, think this is a “dumb-ass” idea 3. Boehner forced to abort his fiscal cliff bill, ironically named “Plan B” 4. John Kerry’s Secretary of State nomination leaves room for yet another special election in Massachusetts. 5. Chuck Hagel’s being Susan Riced by angry gays and jews Plus more sinkholes, an in-depth review of Grey’s Anatomy, and so much more on the special Boxing Day edition of Brain Trust Live! As always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on facebook! Plus, even though the world didn't end, it's never a bad time to leave us a comment on iTunes. Happy New Years!
Tuesday Dec 18, 2012
Tuesday Dec 18, 2012
In Which We Discuss: 1. Another senseless act of horrifying violence leaves us with another round of questions about whether we’ll ever pass meaningful gun control legislation in this country. Fortunately, we've got some ideas about what we should do moving forward. 2. Mike Huckabee and several Republican members of Congress remain stubbornly in defiance of logic, insist that anything but guns was responsible for this tragedy. Things that apparently were responsible: Unions, sex, abortion pills, teachers, gays. 3. Susan Rice withdraws her name from Secretary of State contention, leaving us with a Kerry-sized hole in Massachusetts. 4. Tim Scott, as expected, is the latest hateful bigot to represent SC in the Senate 5. Speaker Boehner acts like, by agreeing to tax hikes for millionaires, he’s giving us something amazingly generous.
All this and much more on our LAST PODCAST BEFORE WE CRASH INTO THE PLANET NIBIRU AND ITUNES GETS SUCKED INTO A WORLD-SIZED SINKHOLE!
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Tuesday Dec 11, 2012
Tuesday Dec 11, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
- Jobs Numbers Continue To Be Difficult to Extract Meaning From, Continue To Come Out
- Supreme Court to Decide Whether Lila and Brent Have to Marry for Health InsuranceReasons
- Senate Tea Party Do-nothing Jim DeMint is Sort of Over It
- Republican Senators Hate Disabled People, Don’t Appreciate International Support For Laws They’ve Already Passed
- Hillary Clinton, Presumed 2016 Frontrunner, Already Making Zoo-Lover Newt Gingrich Nervous
- Ann Coulter, After Accidental Sane Moment, Remembers She’s Racist
All this and much more on our second to last podcast before we crash into the planet Nibiru and iTunes gets sucked into a world-sized sinkhole!
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Sunday Dec 02, 2012
Sunday Dec 02, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. A Fiscal Cliff Deal Is Getting Made, Despite Infuriatingly Rampant Posturing
2. The Turkey Chili Summit: Probably the Last Time Obama and Romney Will Ever Speak. And To That, We Say, Good Riddance Mittens.
3. Republicans Shed Their Love of Tokenism to Appoint Almost All White Men to Committee Chairmanships
4. It’s The Duckiest Lame Duck Session Yet!
5. Good news! It’s Not a Gene That Makes You Gay, It’s a...Succubus Demon?
6. The US Votes Against Palestinian Vote in the UN With New, Equally Lame Coalition of the Willing
7. Ablow Joins O’Reilly In Talking Through Existential Crisis Over Popularity of Gangnam Style
8. Sinkholes. Coming To A Town Near You.
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Wednesday Nov 28, 2012
Wednesday Nov 28, 2012
A Late Post-Thanksgiving Edition In Which We Discuss:
1. We Are Still Talking About Benghazi. We Are Still Talking About The Fiscal Cliff. America Is Repeating Itself A Lot.
2. To Paraphrase Daddy Bush, “Who The Fuck Is Grover Norquist?” Soon, We Wont Have To Know.
3. Lame Duck Session Now Lamer, Duckier Than Ever
4. Chris Christie Experiences The Giuliani Effect. Perhaps Has Bright Future As Unsuccessful National Candidate Ahead Of Him.
5. Sadly, Government Drones Will Not Be Spying On Lindsay Lohan Anytime Soon.
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Sunday Nov 04, 2012
Sunday Nov 04, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. Hurricane Sandy: A Not-Funny Thing That Happened This Week
2. Christie and Obama Embark on Bro-mance While Romney Desperately Organizes Fake Relief Efforts From Ohio (But Don’t Worry, He’s Not Campaigning!)
3. Election Day 2012 Is…7 Days Closer Than It Was Last Week! AHHHHHHH!
4. Obama Finds New Enthusiasm in Loins as Romney Campaign “Stalls” in Jeep Ad Debacle
5. An Update on the Insane Republican Congressional Clown Posse
6. The Non-Partisan Tax Report Republicans Don’t Want You To See…And Therefore Stopped You From Seeing
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