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
4 days ago
4 days ago
In Which We Discuss:
1. Bad things are happening a lot out there, but sometimes good things happen! And that’s okay too!
2. Will John Fetterman ever make it to his beach vacation or will he be stuck forever in the One Big Beautiful Bill vote-a-rama?
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of chirping birds, 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!
Sunday Nov 03, 2024
Sunday Nov 03, 2024
🚨ELECTION DAY IS TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 5th!!! Need help with your CA ballot? Looking for a breakdown of the props? Check out the BTL CA Prop Guide: https://tinyurl.com/CApropguide2024 🚨
In Which We Discuss:
1. What do you do when the one outlier poll is the most respected state pollster in the nation?
2. Newspapers are afraid of Trump. Is it possible pollsters are too?
3. Early vote continues to tell us…that a lot of people are early voting and little else.
4. Brain Trust Live Exclusive: We’re not doing “election week” this year.
5. Trump closing argument: I can be even more orange than I was in 2020.
6. Kamala’s closing argument: Your vote is secret and vibing together is fun.
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
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
Sunday Jul 21, 2024
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!
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
Tuesday Jan 23, 2024
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!
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
Wednesday Dec 13, 2023
In Which We Discuss:
1. The House now “formally” working on a fake impeachment case
2. More people are leaving Congress due to self-inflicted embarrassment
3. Why was there another GOP Debate? An important question you will not be hearing an answer to on this podcast.
4. New Iowa poll leaves us wondering, why are we even still doing new Iowa polls?
5. SCOTUS to decide specifically on whether America is a failed state
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!
Sunday Dec 03, 2023
Sunday Dec 03, 2023
In Which We Discuss:
1. Henry Kissinger is dead, and not even his dear friend Hillary Clinton offered a statement.
2. George Santos can finally move into his next stage of D-List celebrity.
3. Ron DeSantis is the latest GOP figure to proudly announce he’s carrying pornography on his person.
4. Democrats in Florida move ahead with their plan to save democracy by…eliminating elections.
5. Why are there so many ophthalmologists in congress?
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!
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
Tuesday Jul 11, 2023
In Which We Discuss:
1. An exhaustive list of all 25 of the candidates who may or may not be running in the GOP presidential primary
2. No Labels is a Republican organization, but you probably knew that in your hearts
3. Ron DeSantis is a man who loves making us right
4. Iowa Republicans accidentally admit that elections should be national holidays
5. Barbie’s geopolitics and cartoon maps are a new area of concern for Republican lawmakers
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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, now in it's second season: What Can I Do.
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
In Which We Discuss:
1. Carla Nordstrom provides a report from NY State
2. We asked for more salad-fork style dramas, and this week we got them!
3. Donald Trump announces plans to stave of WWIII by promising death and destruction
4. The Nebraska Senate’s GOP Christmas card list is getting smaller and smaller
5. Only Chicago city politics could cause a Jim Clyburn and Bernie Sanders unity endorsement.
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!
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
Sunday Feb 19, 2023
In Which We Discuss:
1. Donald Trump is finally on the right side of history in his final choice for DeSantis nickname
2. The supposed moderates are entering the race, and they’re just as terrible as the fascists
3. Feinstein learns about her career’s most important announcement from the media, just like we all did
4. Updated UFO Score: Trillion $ American Military 1: $100 mylar balloon: 0. Take that balloon hobbyists!
5. If you suspect you’re in an environmental disaster, you probably are, even if the government is distracted by flying balloons.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, 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!
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!
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
In Which We Discuss: The California and LA ballot!
Your ballots are on the way and our prop guide is OUT! Check it out here, forward it to everybody you know, and drop us a line at braintrustapproved@gmail.com to join our election guide email list.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, 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!