Episodes
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
BTL #347 - Endorse-Fest 2020 - 4/20/20
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
Sunday Apr 19, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Biden endorse-fest attendees wondering why the left wont come along for the ride
2. New stimulus possible. Will it actually stimulate anybody?
3. More people are newly unemployed than have voted in the Democratic primary so far
4. Stay at home orders actually work!
5. That’s why Trump hates them...
6. A Michael Cohen tell-all coming to you from...his house. Where he currently is. Just like you.
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 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!
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
BTL #339 - The Nevada Caucus Special - 2/24/20
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
Really just one thing - the Nevada Caucuses! We went, we saw, we covered. Get out thoughts on the experience, the outcome and the how polling looks moving forward, all fresh off the campaign trail!
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 Feb 17, 2020
BTL #338 - We Must NEVER Vote for Michael Bloomberg - 2/17/19
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Monday Feb 17, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar win New Hampshire by coming in second and third.
2. Sanders manages only first place in both New Hampshire and most national polls. Is first place his ceiling?: An Investigation.
3. Nevada hopes to relieve Iowa of the pressure of being the only incompetent caucus state in the country.
4. If you don’t like putting kids in cages, Michael Bloomberg can’t be on the table.
5. Telemundo’s accidental quiz show proves that only annoying overachievers know who’s running Mexico right now.
6. Maybe you missed the Saturday Night Massacre last week because it was on Tuesday.
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 Jan 27, 2020
BTL #336 - Authentic and Unvarnished Views - 1/27/20
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Impeachment diet of milk and candy is no match for 85 year old sleepy people in senate marathon trial
2. John Bolton’s unreleased book is already old news
3. Is Elizabeth Warren the new establishment candidate?
4. No Hillary Clinton, America does not want your authentic and unvarnished views
5. Latest polls prove that we live in a post-poll world
6. Donald Trump has the best numbers. So much so that they definitely prove he’s the second coming.
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 Jan 19, 2020
BTL #335 - The Ken Starr Comeback Tour - 1/20/20
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. We’ll share important self-care tips for the next #DemDebate
2. Next week’s TV schedule is: CSPAN, 25 hours a day, 8 days a week. Impeachment Trial-Palooza starts Tuesday morning at an ungodly hour.
3. If you’re too young to remember the 90s, Ken Starr is doing a comeback tour and playing all his greatest sex-obsessed hits!
4. Lev Parnas confirms everything we knew via common sense from the last six months
5. Joe Kennedy III is a conspiracy theory waiting to happen in the race for the MA Senate
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 Jan 12, 2020
BTL #334 - Sham Trial Season - 1/12/20
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Nancy Pelosi is sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate, so get ready for sham trial season!
2. Mar-A-Lago might have started a war with Iran. Stay tuned to Twitter for official updates and golf scores.
3. People are dropping out, but somehow the Democratic presidential field is not contracting.
4. Bernie Sanders is back in action after outraising Wine Cave Pete
5. Earthquake swarms are the tree snakes of Puerto Rico
6. Koalas are suffering, and that’s our fault.
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 Nov 17, 2019
BTL #331 - The Birthday Gift That Keeps On Giving - 11/18/19
Sunday Nov 17, 2019
Sunday Nov 17, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. If Louisiana votes on Saturday, couldn’t we all do it?
2. Impeachment hearings are the birthday gift that keep on giving. And taking.
3. Roger Stone proves that getting a Nixon tattoo on your back will eventually land you in jail
4. If you’re looking for a book deal, there’s still time announce that you’re running for president
5. Pete Buttigeig: Loved by Midwestern white people and fake black people everywhere!
6. Elizabeth Warren over-plans on healthcare and, in the process, accidentally under-plans
7. Fringe political celebrities are desperate to represent Simi Valley: An update
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 Aug 25, 2019
BTL #323 - Buying Greenland - 8/26/19
Sunday Aug 25, 2019
Sunday Aug 25, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. There’s cross traffic in the race for president - we’ll tell you who’s in and who’s out.
2. Joe Biden has seemingly thought A LOT about the assasination of Barack Obama.
3. David Koch is dead, survived by Russian authoritarian government and the MET.
4. Trump did not successfully buy Greenland last week. Let’s depose him.
5. The future of oxygen is up in smoke, literally.
6. Pray for RBG because how many cancers is too many?
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 Apr 28, 2019
BTL #314 - WHICH ONE IS THE GOOD GUY WITH THE GUN? - 4/29/18
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
Sunday Apr 28, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Biden thinks “fuck it” and announces his candidacy on his way to a high-dollar fundraiser.
2. Mueller Report tells us we all knew in our hearts: Donald Trump wanted to collude and obstruct but isn’t competent enough to do it.
3. The only thing longer and more exhausting than the new Avengers movie is CNN’s new townhall format.
4. In the war between Wayne LaPierre and Oliver North, which one is the good guy with the gun?
5. If the White House Correspondents Dinner has no host or president, has it actually happened?
6. Howard Schultz wants to be America's modern existentialist poet laureate. He's failing.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and 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!