Episodes
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
3/7/22 - Don’t Say BBB [w/ Dakota Hall from Alliance for Youth Action]
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
In Which We Discuss:
1. Dakota Hall, ED at Alliance for Youth Action, joins us to talk about young voters, the SOTU, and more!
2. Joe Biden misread the mood of the American people as he jovially celebrated returning to the office during the SOTU. That’s right, he wants to send you to the place where your bosses are!
3. Cisneros and Cuellar head into a runoff in the Democrat’s bellwetheriest bellwether race.
4. Mask laws are ending, so get your noses ready for spring.
5. President Zelensky spoke for all of earth when he asked Rick Scott to please, finally, for the love of God, mute himself
Find the Alliance for Youth Action Online:
Twitter: @alliance4youth
Instagram: @allianceforyouthaction
Facebook: @AllianceforYouthAction
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
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
11/15/21 - Mayo Pete
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. We watched Mayor Pete so you wouldn’t have to!
2. But don’t worry, we still took bets on how many collared shirts Steve Bannon will wear when he turns himself in on Monday.
3. Also, Britney is Free...
4. But your groceries sure aren’t, and they’re only getting more expensive.
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Brain Trust Live is (still) 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!
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
11/1/21 - When Dad Bods Take Europe
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Your kids can finally get microchipped
2. Biden’s plan to brag to Europeans about his fifth rate social safety net proposals are dashed
3. What’s left in BBB? We’ll go over the very short list
4. Terry McAuliffe is not using his prodigious fundraising skills to buy good ideas in Virginia
5. Redistricting is upon us, so expect a bunch of Congresspeople to suddenly leave office for “principled” reasons
6. In the year of our lord 2021, “dad bod” has finally made it into the dictionary
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Brain Trust Live is (still) 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!
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
4/26/21 - Warm Fuzzy Feelings
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
Sunday Apr 25, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Derek Chauvin is a man who will be going to jail and that’s a nice thing. We could have this warm fuzzy feeling about the justice system anytime if we tried.
2. Joe Biden allows John Kerry to ride a Lime scooter on camera even though, as his boss, he probably could have put a stop to that.
3. Andrew Yang loves lesbian bars but apparently not the lesbians who congregate at them.
4. Nancy Pelosi vs. Squad: A battle with no winners
5. Please commit to hating the Caitlyn Jenner candidacy for the right reasons
6. New American Psycho: The Josh Hawley Story
Also:
CALL YOUR REPS. ABOUT EVERYTHING. Make this number your profile picture. Tweet it every day. Add it to your phonebook:
Capitol Hill Main Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Brain Trust Live is (still) 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!
Sunday Jul 15, 2018
BTL #293 - BALLOON BABY [w/ guest host Grant Sloss] - 7/16/18
Sunday Jul 15, 2018
Sunday Jul 15, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. We tuned in for “Bachelorette: The SCOTUS Edition’s” finale
2. Note to head-in-hands, NATO-meeting-era John Kelly: you are literally the problem here.
3. Trump gets a taste of his own medicine from royals and regular people alike
4. Dianne Feinstein can’t even take a hint and now it’s kind of like...sad
5. Paul Ryan apparently knows more about the destructive nature of woodchucks than his constitutional powers
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of summer breezes and thunderstorms 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 20, 2018
BTL #289 - HAPPINESS FROM AFAR - 5/21/18
Sunday May 20, 2018
Sunday May 20, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. Americans are never more charmed than when a monarchy we fought a long deadly war against experiences joy
2. Still fresh out of witty comments about school shootings. Check back with us in...a hundred years
3. Let’s just start the immigration conversation from a place of agreement that all of Donald Trump’s words are the wrong words
4. Sheldon Adelson’s personal happiness from afar is more important that thousands of innocent lives
5. Remember when we had net neutrality and we didn’t have to work so hard to save it?
6. Primary updates from the progressive trenches
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!
Sunday Apr 29, 2018
BTL 286 - THE LONGEST HANDSHAKE [w/ Carla Nordstrom] - 4/30/18
Sunday Apr 29, 2018
Sunday Apr 29, 2018
In Which We Discuss (w/ Special Guest Carla Nordstrom):
1. North and South Korea met in the middle to stare into each other’s eyes and hold hands
2. The downside of approaching your female staffers about being a surrogate is that your district might lose a 16 point margin so…you know...think twice
3. Rand Paul always has 8 filibuster hours worth of convictions until he decides he doesn’t have convictions anyway
4. Ronny Jackson: Don’t be that guy
5. Teachers in six states now demanding basic dignity. What will they think of next?
6. Nothing gets correspondents fired up like a woman telling jokes. Not even the actual news.
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!
Sunday Apr 22, 2018
BTL #285 - GUARD YOUR SECRETS - 4/23/18
Sunday Apr 22, 2018
Sunday Apr 22, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. Puerto Rico seeks to answer the age old question: if a tree falls in the forest, does an entire country lose electricity?
2. Unsurprisingly, Kim Jong-Un and Mike Pompeo get along famously
3. Michael Cohen will guard your secrets until it no longer serves him
4. Not content to screw over America with just one tax bill, Paul Ryan looks to pass another before going to spend more time with his kids. Right…
5. Don’t worry Missouri Governor Eric Greitens. Just because you blackmailed and violently coerced your mistress doesn’t mean you can’t just ask for forgiveness and someday end up in Congress. Republicans!
6. California voter guide proves that anyone truly can run for office if you just have a dream...and 0-1 insane ideas.
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!
Monday Mar 26, 2018
BTL #283 - MUSTACHE UNKNOWNS - 3/27/18
Monday Mar 26, 2018
Monday Mar 26, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. Daring teenagers to do anything is your funeral, a PSA from Brain Trust Live
2. "60 Minutes" gets its ratings money shot with Stormy Daniels interview
3. Your info isn’t safe online. We knew it, and now we know it again.
4. H.R. McMaster is out, and the question on everyone’s mind is: Will we soon be seeing a new, mustache free John Bolton?
5. Trump’s new Russia investigation plan is apparently to just not worry about legal advice full stop
6. We may finally see a Biden vs. Trump matchup! No, not for a presidential election, for a no-holds-barred high school locker room brawl.
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!
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
BTL #274 - SENATE FELONS - 1/15/18
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
Sunday Jan 14, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. Is it better to be a shithole or an asshole or is it, in fact, the same? An in depth discussion.
2. Hawaii experienced WWIII alone this week thanks to men with buttons
3. Kentucky’s newest money-saving endeavor is literally just to kill poor people
4. Two convicted felons announced runs for US senate this week!
5. Even with his cool sunglasses, Joe Biden still wants you to get off his lawn
6. Some legal advice for the next Stormy Daniels. Because there will be one.
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!