Episodes
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
BTL #355 - The Emptysburg Address - 6/22/20
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Hillary Clinton bravely comes off the sidelines to endorse a 16 term incumbent
2. Trump reveals himself to be an expert ramp physicist at his sparsely attended Tulsa rally
3. Neil Gorsuch borrows Dick Cheney’a hunting rifle for this week’s SCOTUS decisions
4. John Bolton’s Moustache finally reveals its secrets!
5. “Law and Order” president signs entirely predictable policing executive order amidst nationwide protest
6. Klobuchar withdraws from VP race, seemingly unaware that the rest of us had proactively withdrawn her weeks ago
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, 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 Jun 14, 2020
BTL #354 - Kill The Compromise - 6/15/20
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Black lives still don’t seem to matter enough to police departments in California and Georgia
2. But don’t worry, the Democrats have seen the protests and boy do they have a compromise for you!
3. The threat of COVID is even worse than that time you stayed in your house for three months
4. Trump’s new campaign strategy: Kill his own supporters so he doesn’t have to be president for four more years
5. Biden’s VP shortlist is shorter in number and short on excitement
6. You can take Bernie Sanders out of the presidential race, but you can’t take his supporters out of the electorate
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, 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 Jun 07, 2020
BTL #353 - Black Lives Matter, Protest Works - 6/8/20
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
Sunday Jun 07, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. The whole world’s in the streets to protest police brutality
2. But Trump’s in a bunker declaring martial law
3. Police are rioting
4. Mayors are failing
5. But...might we finally see some policy change?
6. And hey, for the people in the back, Black Lives Matter!
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, 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 May 17, 2020
BTL #351 - Super Duper Missile - 5/18/20
Sunday May 17, 2020
Sunday May 17, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. House Dems Heroes Act finally honors the heroes among us. Lobbyists and rich people.
2. The Nordstrom/Thornburg task force to study the validity of the Biden/Sanders task forces is now in session.
3. Dems will not let Coronavirus trample their record of losing winnable elections.
4. Everyone looking for a good reason to not vote for Biden got one...directly from Joe Biden.
5. We’re struggling about how to make a super duper missile joke when the president has already made it for us.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, 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 May 03, 2020
BTL #349 - The Joe Biden Experience - 5/4/20
Sunday May 03, 2020
Sunday May 03, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. If 2019 was the year of believing women, then 2020 is the year we decided to stop.
2. If we can read anything into the Biden VP selection committee, it’s that Biden likes to stick to a theme.
3. If Kansas is lapping you in primary ideas, you might be New York State.
4. States are re-opening, so looks like we may have to die to save capitalism.
5. He may be the king of ratings, but his polling is the one stat Donald Trump can’t rescue through sheer force of personality.
6. If Kim Jong-Un really is back, then he’s wasted an opportunity to peddle a brilliant rebirth story. Amateur.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, 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 12, 2020
BTL #346 - The Easter Spectacular - 4/13/20
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Bernie is out, but guys, you can still vote in your primary and you can still vote your principles!
2. We’ve got thoughts on Biden’s binders full of women
3. GOP to Wisconsin voters: Drop dead
4. Rampant inequality in life leads to rampant inequality in deaths
5. America’s president is currently the governor of California. Act accordingly.
6. A slice of normalcy in trying times - our yearly easter Q&A.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of sirens, helicopters, 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 05, 2020
BTL #345 - Pearl Harbor Week - 4/6/20
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Get ready for a week in which everything will be constantly compared to Pearl Harbor
2. We smashed the record for unemployment claims. Just slaughtered it.
3. Turns out when 10M people are suddenly unemployed, medicare-for-all sounds like a great plan.
4. The Democratic convention is being pushed, but no stupid deadly virus is going to stop the Wisconsin primary, whether or not they have polling place, poll workers, or voters.
5. The Republican Governors are proving they’re actually as science-challenged as the character they play on TV.
6. California is either doing a bang-up job, or it isn’t. The numbers tell many stories.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of sirens, helicopters, 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 22, 2020
BTL #343 - The Longest Year Of The Week - 3/23/20
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Donald Trump now handing out heart attacks on Twitter
2. Mitch McConnell is currently the only Kentucky senator without Coronavirus, but given Rand Paul’s approach to quarantining, that could change.
3. Senators spent their February dumping stocks instead of pandemic prepping.
4. There were elections on March 17th, which was this week if you can believe it.
5. We can’t be in public. How do we finish the primaries?
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens, helicopters, 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 Mar 16, 2020
BTL #342 - Pandemic - 3/16/20
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. We’re in a real-life pandemic! STAY AT HOME!
2. Maybe you need help remembering that tomorrow is Tuesday and an Election Day because the last week has felt like 12 years.
3. Sunday Night’s debate was the most torturous yet, mostly because we were all stuck at home watching it.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens, helicopters, 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 08, 2020
BTL #341 - Super Tuesday (w/ Guest Carla Nordstrom) - 3/9/20
Sunday Mar 08, 2020
Sunday Mar 08, 2020
In Which We Discuss (W/ Special Guest Carla Nordstrom):
1. The empire consolidated just in time to dash the hopes of anybody dreaming of a future more promising than “not Trump.” We compare these developments to the chaos that led to 1968's infamous Democratic convention.
2. We moved up our primary but California’s Super Tuesday somehow still didn’t count.
3. With last week’s carnage, the Senate races are our new raison d’etre. Senate Project 2020 is a go!
4. Luckily, Tuesday March 10th brings new possibilities...
5. But we’ll have to make it through Coronavirus to get there.
6. One thing that’s keeping our emotional health in check: We beat MSNBC. Chris Matthews is no more.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens, helicopters, 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!