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
Feb 8, 2016
Feb 8, 2016
1hr 26 min
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!
Jan 31, 2016
Jan 31, 2016
1hr 27 min
In Which We Discuss:
1. The most reliable Iowa Caucus poll can now tell you reliably that they have no idea what’s going to happen
2. How’s that debate plan looking now Debbie? We suppose it was your idea all along to have both major candidates demand extra debates?
3. Hey guys have you heard about Hillary’s private email server? So too, finally, has the State Department.
4. If a GOP debate is filmed in the absence of Donald Trump, did it really happen at all?
5. Our Flint fury is growing furiouser by the moment
6. Makers of the Planned Parenthood video had worse fake ID skills than most suburban high school students
7. Ammon Bundy is a bigger wimp than his dad Cliven: the proof
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!
Jan 24, 2016
Jan 24, 2016
1hr 31 min
In Which We Discuss:
1. “Squirmish” along with us as we read excerpts from Sarah Palin’s Trump endorsement
2. Glenn Beck is riding a snowball to hell comprised of his mixed metaphors, and that’s why he needs you to vote for Ted Cruz
3. Woodie Guthrie posthumously trolls the Trump family for red-lining (ie before they started segregated using bad taste as the means of control)
4. Michael Bloomberg now considering a run for president because what about him, huh? He’s a meglomaniac billionaire too! Trump can’t have all the glory.
5. Simon and Garfunkel have the best week ever.
6. 2015 hottest year on record. Again. Guys, it’s too hot.
7. #oscarssowhite, a protest movement so elite that only Will Smith and Spike Lee are qualified to participate
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of barking dogs who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Oct 25, 2015
Oct 25, 2015
1hr 5 min
In Which We Discuss:
2. The Democratic post-debate carnage was so bad that they lost candidates who weren’t even running.
3. Sorry Jeb!, it turns out that all the money in the world can’t buy you...campaign contributors?
4. Iowa Frontrunner Ben Carson’s biggest political weakness turns out to be his only professional qualification
5. Paul Ryan’s diagnosis after joining the speaker race: politically suicidal. Let’s have some fun!
6. House needs a pick-me-up after failed Benghazi hearings, decides to repeal Obamacare again because that’s always comforting
7. No matter where he is, what he’s doing, or which gays he’s passing judgement on, David Vitter will hire a prostitute because regular friend won’t have sex with you for money
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Oct 18, 2015
Oct 18, 2015
1hr 17 min
In Which We Discuss:
1. America got our first, and what we hope will be our last, look at Lincoln Chafee and Jim Webb at the Democratic Debate.
2. Joe Biden’s decision is STILL coming soon. He knows he has to make it BEFORE people start voting, right?
3. We finally found something we agree with Trump and Carson on - that their next debate should only be two hours long.
4. Six GOP candidates will soon learn what all of the rest of Earth already knows - that they have no prayer of being president
5. Apparently the US Government and Fox News have an equally careful vetting process
6. If there’s one thing Rand Paul hates more than polling at 2%, it’s a “dumbass” livestream
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Sep 27, 2015
Sep 27, 2015
1hr 4 min
In Which We Discuss:
1. Hey guys, what does it mean that Boehner is being remembered by Democrats as a great compromiser? Should we be concerned?
2. Walker can’t stand the figurative and literal heat at the Reagan library GOP debates
3. Florida’s entry into the GOP race is on the rise...it’s just not Bush
4. The Democratic poll numbers are fucking bananas
5. Pope’s visit finally puts the spotlight on the greatest celebrity water thief in American history. Somebody elected this person to office, btw.
6. Who would have guessed that the makers of the adorable Beetle hatchback would be up to something so nefarious? Only students of German history.
7. Brazen sea turtle riding on the rise in...you guessed it...Florida!
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Sep 8, 2015
Sep 8, 2015
1hr 17 min
In Which We Discuss:
1. The latest polls prove that America is ready to accept almost anyone other than another Bush or Clinton
2. Europe is Shocked, Shocked, SHOCKED that over 3 million Syrians don’t really want to stay in war-torn Syria
3. Hillary Clinton is outed as America’s unsung gefilte fish hero
4. Some enticing offers from the GOP front: Jeb Bush will speak Spanish wherever he damn well pleases, and Donald trump will be “good at the military”
5. Democrats finally rustle up enough Democrats to back Obama’s Democratic Iran deal
6. Thrice married and unwed mother Kim Davis becomes hero for Christians everywhere
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Aug 9, 2015
Aug 9, 2015
1hr 36 min
In Which We Discuss:
1. We recount every moment you wanted to relive at the first official Republican Debate. So...basically all of them.
2. Like women who can’t shut down pregnancies in cases of “legitimate” rape, the GOP can’t seem to shut down the compulsion to make insensitive comments about women
3. Hillary’s Dems to their own base: Hey guys, is debating really the answer when we’ve already chosen the candidate?
4. Schumer comes out against Iran deal because, why not be a tool?
5. Like the rest of mainstream history, gay history is now popular enough to be whitewashed in film
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Jul 5, 2015
Jul 5, 2015
1hr 22 min
In Which We Discuss:
1. Get ready...we’re about to coin the term Bernie-monium! It’s happening.
2. Latest Hillary Clinton email dump proves she was right to ask to borrow a book on how to email better. Next up: a book on better "Twittering."
5. Greece does what the world has been trying to do for millenia, tells Germany to fuck off
3. SCOTUS reminds America that while the majority of them aren’t stupid, at least 5 are pure evil
4. California decides that one massive measles outbreak is enough, even if it means taking on Jenny McCarthy.
5. Greece does what the world has been trying to do for millenia, tells Germany to fuck off
6. If we’ve known anything since the first podcast, it’s that losing your mattress endorsement is the beginning of the end. Buh bye Donald!
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Jun 8, 2015
Jun 8, 2015
1hr 30 min
In Which We Discuss:
1. Sadly, Hastert’s attempt to rid the nation of corrupt legislators in the Clinton years was always destined to be incomplete. Turns out he was one of them.
2. Not even a clown car can contain the current GOP field. And evidently the Democratic party can’t contain their candidates since none of them are actually members.
3. Will the Biden’s ever catch a break? For God’s sake!
4. Jobs. We have more of them than we used to.
5. Patriot Act. We have less of it than we used to.
6. Duggars go on television to further explain their terrible choices, further embarrass their daughters
7. A rare supercombo of Snakes AND Sinkholes strike this week’s news!
8. Huckabee. This guy.
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