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 Apr 17, 2016
Sunday Apr 17, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Brooklyn Debate blockbuster moments include Hillary Clinton coming out in favor of supporting what could be a $15/hour minimum wage if and only if we play our cards right
2. If you’re cool and in New York right now, you’re probably at a Bernie Sanders rally
3. Bernie bends the rules of time and space to be at both the Vatican and Coachella on Saturday
4. Hiring a new campaign director somehow left no one in charge of Trump’s campaign operation
5. Kasich’s New York Scorecard: Italian Food - 2, Pickles 1, Kasich - 0
6. Christians in Mississippi better hope this whole afterlife thing is legit, because they’re all about to get shot at church
Sunday Apr 10, 2016
Sunday Apr 10, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Sanders’ secret Wisconsin weapon…there are literally no young Republicans left.
2. The Daily News joins the ranks of the millions of Americans who aren’t quite sure what the difference between the Fed and the Treasury is
3. Five-swipe Hillary takes on token-man Sanders in the most important showdown of the New York primary season
4. Panama Papers are further proof that rich and powerful people are literally psychopaths. (Even in Iceland.)
5. This week in things that are cute: Ted Cruz thinks he can go to the Bronx and lecture New Yorkers on their sinful #NewYorkValues
6. We agree with Trump on one thing. “Tour de Trump” is a much better name for a shitty bike ride than “Tour de Jersey.”
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of loud sirens 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 03, 2016
Sunday Apr 03, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Trump covers five abortion stances in a matter of hours. Who even knew there were five different stances that are all 100% wrong?
2. The only thing we currently know about the outcome of the GOP race, is that none of these three goons are going to vote for each other.
3. Clinton is SO TIRED of Sanders telling the truth about her record that she refuses to debate him until he stops
4. After seeing how well it went for Indiana, other states look to get in on the anti-LGBT law passing game.
5. Bet you didn’t know there’s an entire list of 2016 GOP candidates who will make Trump or Cruz look like totally rational choices
6. The return of Sinkhole Radio: Sinkholes are eating fish now. Stop doing that!!
Sunday Mar 27, 2016
Sunday Mar 27, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. The story of Easter
2. The story of what we’re calling #LooneyTuesday
3. The story of what we’re calling #SupercalifragilisticexpialidociousSaturday
4. The story of how 5 women allegedly agreed to have sex with Ted Cruz
5. The story of Obama’s groundbreaking diplomacy and ground-ruining high-fiving in Cuba
6. The story of how we should all calm the fuck down despite recent terror attacks. Terrorism is scary, but fascism is scarier.
7. The story of how 13 nobodies are still running in the Democratic primary for president
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of loud sirens 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 13, 2016
Sunday Mar 13, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. MSNBC so shocked by Michigan results that they disavow their own exit polling and established mathematical facts
2. The Goldwater Gal returns as Clinton actively misremembers her thoughts on AIDS and abortion
3. On both sides of the aisle, it’s time to ask an important question: how many debates is too many debates?
4. Trump delivers one-hour victory infomercial for all of his failed consumer goods, creating the most perfect hour of reality television in US history
5. Sanders, Obama, and “Thugs on the street” all to blame for Donald Trump’s hate speech. Notably not blamed: Donald Trump’s hate speech.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of honking cars 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 Mar 07, 2016
Monday Mar 07, 2016
It's a Special Bi-Coastal Edition(!) in Which We Discuss:
1. Sunday’s Democratic Debate reminds us of all the terrible things that snuck through in the 90s while America was transfixed by the Spice Girls
2. “Super” moniker is now available to any day with between three and a million primaries. Welcome to Super Sunday! Enjoy Super Monday!
3. A sad day for the Reagan family answers the every-present query: “Is Nancy Reagan still alive?”
4. CPAC welcomes the failed aristocratic-rights activist Mitt Romney to deliver a highly dubious rebuke of the tacky rich
5. Anti-Trump shadow attack PAC is finally getting some airtime
6. Donald Trump promises worried Americans that the documented stubbiness of his fingers isn’t a euphemism
Sunday Feb 28, 2016
Sunday Feb 28, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Low turnout in South Carolina led to Hillary Clinton blowout. Sounds right.
2. Guys, Trump is going to bring us “so much everything” when he’s president. Hopefully “everything” means pizza, but it might mean racism so keep an eye out.
3. If the latest GOP Debate is any guide, the “fruit salad” of Marco Rubio’s life involved his lunch money being stolen every single day
4. Anybody who’s anybody in whatever the opposite of MENSA is endorsed Donald Trump this week
5. Super Tuesday is upon us THIS WEEK and all signs point to Texas is proving once again that it can’t be trusted
6. Nobody is safe from schoolyard logic, not even Hillary Clinton
7. Adult armed militias are so 2015, so trendsetter state Iowa sets their sights on forming a toddler squad
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of honking cars 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 Feb 21, 2016
Sunday Feb 21, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. The Nevada Caucus: Another time caucuses made no sense
2. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio win decisive non-first-place victories in the SC primary
3. Jeb! has retired his exclamation point and can now go back to being called “George’s little brother”
4. Mitt Romney will endorse ex-Mormon brethren Marco Rubio because the whole world is one giant conspiracy
5. Trump picks a fight with the Pope over which one is the real Christian. Of course only one of them was disowned by their childhood church...
6. Obama is going to Cuba because he’s more fun than the rest of us
7. A totally reliable source offers new definitive proof Obama murdered Justice Scalia
*Plus don’t miss Carla Nordstrom’s editorial on the Democrats and their needed outreach to younger voters!
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of honking cars 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 15, 2016
Monday Feb 15, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Justice Scalia’s death leaves a vacancy for the position of RBG bestie. Heartless GOP is unwilling to help.
2. Being a Democratic Socialist is now a legitimate way to win a presidential primary
3. Donald Trump wins Saturday’s GOP debate by garnering most boos, Ted Cruz loses by speaking worst Spanish. It’s a mad, mad world.
4. Nevada caucus race could be totally up for grabs because no pollster has tried to grab it yet
5. Debbie Wasserman Schultz clearly hates her job, hatches new plan to get herself fired
6. The GOP hates Obama’s budget so much they’re not even going to bother to see what’s in it.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of honking cars 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 08, 2016
Monday Feb 08, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. The Iowa caucus was such a beautiful mess that everybody got to deliver a victory speech
2. Now eight debates in, Ben Carson still doesn’t recognize the sound of his name being announced
3. Hillary Clinton is a progressive now? Sounds like we need a new word to describe our politics.
4. Gloria Steinem proves that even radicals can develop into crotchety old people
5. This week was so crazy, there were even cars being eaten by sinkholes!