Brain Trust Live

9/4/24 - Our Greatest Philosopher on the Nature of Time

In Which We Discuss:

1. Polling: Not sure if you’ve heard, but the presidential election is close

2. New York Times makes unforced error using in an extended tennis metaphor during coverage of Kamala Harris’s CNN interview

3. Kamala Harris, our greatest philosopher on the concept of time, shows surprising discipline in a major new interview

4. Having made it an issue in the first place, Trump is now getting on all sides of the IVF issue in record time.

5. Did AI write Lara Trump’s new single or is Lara Trump actually AI?

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's other podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

8/24/24 - A DNC AND 500th Episode Spectacular!

YOU MADE IT TO OUR 500TH EPISODE! We're so happy you're here and hope that in honor of this milestone we hope you'll subscribe and share this special episode featuring Grant Sloss!

 

This Week We Discuss:

1. Our favorite guest and secret research consultant Grant Sloss is here to celebrate this milestone!

2. Kamala Harris makes her DNC debut in “coconut brown.”

3. There was no Beyonce performance at the DNC…but we did get Lil’ Jon at the Roll Call?

4. The Tim Walz candidacy is apparently going to be 90% football references Lila doesn’t understand.

5. RFK is dropping out in the exact way the brain worms told him to.

6. JD Vance’s advance team is clearly out to get him.

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's other podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

8/7/24 - You Need Joy

In Which We Discuss:

1. We have a VP candidate! We like him! 

2. Democrats are making a slew of good decisions and nobody has any experience with this so we don’t know how to act.

3. What if we all just tried to enact the Democratic party platform? Is that a thing?

4. Trump’s interview with the National Association of Black Journalists somehow went even worse than you’d imagine.

5. If you thought New Gingrich getting bitten by a penguin was crazy, we’ve got a story for you!

6. The Olympics. Still a joy to behold.

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's other podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

7/22/24 - Unburdened by What Has Been

It's a Presidential chaos spectacular!

Listen, we’d write a rundown, but it’s not worth it. Just listen.

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

6/30/24 - June Gloom

It’s a June debate and SCOTUS season spectacular with special guest Ben Softness! (Plus the presidential pep talk you’ve been needing.)

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

3/25/24 - Queen of the Return

In Which We Discuss:

1. There’s been elections. Lots of elections. We’ll tell you about them.

2. Republicans continue to flee the scene of the crime. 

3. Everytime a new government funding bill passes, a new GOP speaker gets their wings.

4. Democrats try to make a splashy announcement, seem unaware that everybody else denounced Netanyahu twenty years ago.

5. Like the collection of old foggety people that it is, Congress sets its sights on banning fun next.

6. The return of George Santos, queen of the return.

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

2/19/24 - The Opposite of a Billionaire

In Which We Discuss:

1. Ezra Klein condenses twelve years of Brain Trust Live into one hour of reasons why Joe Biden should not run for president.

2. George Santos wishes “you fucking idiots” good luck raising funding next quarter! 

3. For once, Joe Manchin’s “Listening Tour” resulted in him listening.

4. The fate of America rests on one simple question: Did anyone see Fani Willis kissing Nathan Wade in the year 2019?

5. Donald Trump becomes the opposite of a billionaire, which is the closest he’ll ever get to that sum.

6. Trump’s new sneaker line is shipping in July 2024, so you’re definitely not getting those. 

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

2/14/24 - Delete Your Account

In Which We Discuss:

1. Note on Joe Biden’s Super Bowl tiktok: In the wise words of Hillary Clinton, delete your account.

2. Jon Stewart is back and has already thought-crimed us so things are looking up!

3. The Santos special election is almost as bizarre as him.

4. Nikki Haley lost Nevada to “none of these candidates,” which is exactly how we’d like to vote in our own primary.

5. We live in a world where the president is too senile to stand trial but happy to run for a second term.

6. Congress has tied their two most evil bipartisan priorities together and now can’t pass either.

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

2/5/24 - If a Tree Falls and Zero Voters Hear It...

In Which We Discuss:

1. Ben Softness, our resident legal expert, who is in no way representing the views of Alphabet Inc., joins us to discuss the recent Trump legal action. (Skip to 39:02 to start there)

2. Can we move on, as a people, from caring about Taylor Swift?

3. If a tree falls in the South Carolina primary, and no voters hear it, did an election actually occur?

4. Hot takes from a low stakes California senate candidate forum.

5. New potential immigration bill might be a paperwork nightmare for drug cartels.

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

1/24/24 - The New Hampshire Non-Primary

In Which We Discuss:

1. The New Hampshire Primary and Iowa Caucus were both over before they started.

2. Tim Scott is now fake engaged to his fake girlfriend because now he’ll be Veep material…or something.

3. Joe Biden is staking his entire campaign on the one issue he doesn’t personally care about at all.

4. Dean Phillips is getting bad media advice, which is weird considering his family tree.

5. Does Donald Trump have leprosy? The internet speculates!

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!