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
Sunday Jun 26, 2016
Sunday Jun 26, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
Well...this week on the podcast, we’re starting a little differently. Yes, we’ll cover Brexit, the House sit-in, the latest polls, Veepstakes, and Rubio, but first join us on the other side of the theme music for highlights from the most important news story in this very packed week: Our two days at Politicon!
Sunday Jun 19, 2016
Sunday Jun 19, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
2. Chris Murphy and a bunch of other indistinguishable senators are newly minted American heroes after joining a 15 hour real-life, talking, standing, and non-bathroom-using filibuster!
3. Much to the presidential contenders’ chagrin, Orlando shooter turns out to be just another American-issued wack-job
4. Bernie Sanders is still running for president, and he thinks you should too
5. Sen. Marco Rubio suddenly hesitant to give up cush job he never goes to anyway
6. Brexit is not a kind of adorable British biscuit. It’s deadly.
7. Guys, what if Newt Gingrich becomes Trump’s VP? Then what?
Sunday Jun 12, 2016
Sunday Jun 12, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
2. No wonder they never give California contested primaries. We totally fucked it up.
3. Now is the time for politicians who enjoy having jobs to kiss the ring...
4. ...unless that ring is gaudy and gold-plated, in which case they’ll just wink at it
5. Conspiracy theories are legitimately coming true in Clinton email-gate 2016
6. Donald Trump ramps up for a windfall of establishment money, hypocrisy
7. It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Bilderberg, the get-away for the wannabe-illuminati. [Note: Beyonce will not be in attendance.]
Monday Jun 06, 2016
Monday Jun 06, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Whether Bernie wins California or not, at least he got to call numbers at drag queen bingo this weekend.
2. The most progressive event in the history of the world happened in Oakland this week
3. The details of Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy address are as follows: Donald Trump is a nincompoop
4. Donald Trump angry that we’re letting qualified American-born US Citizens to levy judgments in the court system. Apparently that’s not one of the steps to making America great again.
5. Trump declares that he has a personal African-American. “Proves it” with a stock photo of an unsuspecting african american family that are definitely not Trump supporters.
6. Paul Ryan: 2016 Panic Endorser
7. We’re very excited to see the music video event generated by Obama’s rumored Beyonce army
Oh, and thanks for coming to see us at the Electric Youth Show at the Clubhouse Theater yesterday! We had so much fun!
Sunday May 22, 2016
Sunday May 22, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. If we’ve learned anything this election season, it’s that a public official’s level of scandal is directly proportional to how many of their pores we see in the press.
2. Hillary wins Kentucky by a nose. Loses Oregon by all the noses. [That was a Kentucky Derby pun, see what we did there?]
3. Planes are unnatural and we refute the science that says otherwise. We are not birds.
4. We finally have the Parliament we’ve always wanted! (Minus any productive action.)
5. Oklahoma GOP hoping to rid state of frustrating hordes of medical professionals and women in the most passive aggressive way possible
6. Good news! All Texans are now gay according to the state GOP’s platform
Tuesday May 17, 2016
Tuesday May 17, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Like most college parties, a Nevada State Democratic Convention ends with police turning off the lights and shouting “go home!”
2. Nebraska devotes 2016 to trying all the different electoral systems in hopes that we can find one that works
3. Donald Trump is not considering any of the VPs that his campaign is considering
4. Trump and Paul Ryan finally meet, and, in a classic US diplomacy move, use this meeting to plan another meeting
5. SCOTUS is sick of this nonsense, would rather you quit your bickering and just work it out yourselves
6. Grayson/Reid is the Ali/Frazier of petty US political showdowns
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!
Sunday May 08, 2016
Sunday May 08, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. It’s our 200th episode. Celebrate us!
2. Ted Cruz is unable to get the ball through the "basketball ring' in Indiana...or get people to vote for him
3. Donald Trump currently feuding with an estimated 56% of Republican party. Now using “to Cantor” as a verb.
4. Conventional wisdom says 2016 is Clinton in a landslide, but when has she ever let conventional wisdom determine her fate?
5. Delegate allocation on both sides of the aisle forces us to wonder: Will there ever be final results to this crazy primary?
6. Donald Trump enacts part one of his genius one-part Latino outreach strategy: Eat a tostada bowl on Cinco de Mayo
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!
Monday May 02, 2016
Monday May 02, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. After failing at business, running for Senate, and running for President, Carly Fiorina is eager to add a failed vice presidential run to her resume!
2. Ted Cruz and John Kasich’s adorable plan to team up and stop Trump is, once again, thwarted by 60% of voters
3. Indiana Governor Mike Pence endorses Donald Trump in speech to announce that he’s voting for Ted Cruz
4. Donald Trump is both for and against all the foreign policy things
5. We finally got to see Obama do a literal mic drop at the White House Correspondents Dinner
6. According to noted endtimes philosopher, the late Prince is full of razzle-dazzle
Sunday Apr 24, 2016
Sunday Apr 24, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. It’s Proxy Armenian Battle Day in LA! Come Google Armenia with us and find out if it still exists!
2. Dispatches from the upcoming SuperTuesday (number 2 million): Pennsylvania’s arcane voting system is the arcaniest one in America
3. Take a break from Trump as we bring you Brain Trust Live’s guide to this year’s most important Senate Races
4. New York always wins, even if the competition is over who is the best at voter suppression
5. Clinton’s Veepstakes, i.e. her latest plan to lose the youth vote, begins in earnest
6. Trump’s goal: come up with as many “definitive” stances on transgender bathrooms as he did on abortion
7. It was a great week for 90 year-olds
Sunday Apr 17, 2016
Sunday Apr 17, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Brooklyn Debate blockbuster moments include Hillary Clinton coming out in favor of supporting what could be a $15/hour minimum wage if and only if we play our cards right
2. If you’re cool and in New York right now, you’re probably at a Bernie Sanders rally
3. Bernie bends the rules of time and space to be at both the Vatican and Coachella on Saturday
4. Hiring a new campaign director somehow left no one in charge of Trump’s campaign operation
5. Kasich’s New York Scorecard: Italian Food - 2, Pickles 1, Kasich - 0
6. Christians in Mississippi better hope this whole afterlife thing is legit, because they’re all about to get shot at church