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
Jun 5, 2017
Jun 5, 2017
53 min
In Which We Discuss:
1. Say Goodbye to breathing air! We’re divorcing the Paris Accords to pursue a more meaningful relationship with oil and gas.
2. When it comes to the Paris Accords, Michael Bloomberg is now the government, which is concerning it its own way.
3. Anthem is the most evil insurance company for yet another year. Congratulations, guys! The hard work at being absolutely awful is paying off.
4. California’s state senate passes a single payer bill and the LA Times is none too happy about it. In related news, the LA Times spent this week is wondering why they aren’t that relevant.
5. London: Terrorized. World: Twitterized. Trump: The same.
6. Trump’s search for better press covfefe continues
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of Canadian onlookers who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
May 7, 2017
May 7, 2017
1hr 24 min
In Which We Discuss:
1. The AHCA (aka Achoo) passage in the house
2. The RELIEF of a boring moderate winning the French presidential elections (how far we've fallen)
3. Chaos in Venezuela
4. Trump’s Monday press-palooza
5. Priorities USA's 2016 postmortem
6. Some Berniecrat candidates to look out for
*Plus, BIG thanks to Dmitry Zotman, who sat in for a very sick Brent this week!
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helecopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Apr 23, 2017
Apr 23, 2017
59 min
In Which We Discuss:
1. French presidential elections are three parts funny farm, two parts nonsense, one part unpredictable margin of error
2. Trump’s first 100 days were so annoying we might be willing to settle for a wall-related government shutdown
3. DNC “Unity Tour” kicks off with protests and pro-lifers
4. Joel Osteen doppleganger Jon Ossoff might have more fun being “radically boring” on the pulpit than the soap box
5. Hollywood Friends: Exciting opportunty! Jason Chaffetz is on the hunt for a better paying job. Willing to leave office and betray the people of Utah for talk show contract.
6. If Bill O’Reilly’s fiction is any indication, women everywhere better watch their backs
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helecopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Apr 17, 2017
Apr 17, 2017
1hr 14 min
In Which We Discuss:
1. First, we welcome the adorable baby giraffe of pregnant-giraffe-gate fame! Cute tiny animals! Fuzzy things!
2. Then, try to forget that we’re going to die in a nuclear war with lunatic North Korea (unless, perhaps, they like chocolate cake and “great chemistry” as much as Donald Trump?)
3. The White House has a mouse and presidential aide infestation
4. Democrats are seeing a surge in local successes, leading some to ponder a bold new strategy of HAVING A MESSAGE.
5. Lila was paid $100,000,000 to march in the Tax March on Saturday, give or take…hundreds of millions of dollars because she actually just paid $22 in uber fares to be there
6. United Airlines is just as bad as you remember from before the last time you vowed never to fly them again
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of helecopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Dec 18, 2016
Dec 18, 2016
42 min
In Which We Discuss:
1. Mark your calendars: Tomorrow is the day that hell freezes over and, in a very hell-like move, makes Donald Trump the president
2. The only unity in post-Trump America is the unlikely coming together of the of FBI and CIA
3. Obama holds press conference in which he is either tough on Putin or...not. Doesn’t matter which because facts don’t exist anymore.
4. Hillary Clinton willing to blame literally anybody but herself for her loss
5. We have the debut of BTL’s newest segment: Defend the Internet
6. It’s the morally adrift leading the morally blind, New York edition
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of circling helicopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Nov 14, 2016
Nov 14, 2016
45 min
In Which We Discuss:
*For our reactions to the presidential election, please check out last week's special midweek edition of BTL, available HERE**
1. Somehow Trump is bigoted enough to invite Breitbart into the White House but okay with a man named Reince?
2. Trump promises to keep none of his campaign promises in first major interview as President Elect
3. A few medium okay things happened last week and that’s all we have to cling to
4. Democrats, not swayed by subtler hints, finally get the point by losing an easy election to a madman and rally behind less centrist DNC chair
5. California’s election is a multiple choice exam that only about 70% of us passed.
6. If Donald Trump and Howard Dean had a baby, it’d be the electorally baffling state of Maine
7. 2016 continues to fall apart further with the passing of Gwen Ifill. Is life even real? Are we real?
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of circling helicopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Nov 11, 2016
Nov 11, 2016
42 min
Some quick mid-week reactions to the shocking results of the 2016 presidential election, complete with a range of thoughtful pauses, inappropriate laughter, wistful sighs, and topical rants.
Nov 6, 2016
Nov 6, 2016
1hr 4 min
In Which We Discuss:
1. James Comey, recent letter-writing aficionado, is desperate to be penpals with Congress
2. Media shocked by tightening polls despite decades-long long history of this very change happening right before election day
3. Despite what you’ve heard, there’s lots of things to vote on this week. We’ll tell you all about them!
4. Trump’s would-be Attorney Generals had a very bad week with the law. A window into Trump’s America?
5. Trump aides take away his Twitter privileges only years too late.
6. Some legal advice on taking ballot selfies from two non-lawyers
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of circling helicopters 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 23, 2016
Oct 23, 2016
48 min
5. Facing reality means facing the fact one of our presidential candidates got booed at a CHARITY DINNER
Oct 16, 2016
Oct 16, 2016
1hr 39 min