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
Monday Sep 05, 2016
Monday Sep 05, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. If the worst thing that will happen under a Clinton regime is taco trucks appearing on every corner, sign us up!
2. Hillary Clinton doesn’t remember whether she has email problems or not as well as 38 other things that may or may not be important
3. Clinton kidnapped by rich donors, forced to make pleasant small talk with people just like her
4. Polls indicate that hatred for Clinton is still high enough that Donald Trump could be the president.
5. You know the fracking science is bad if even Oklahoma is taking it seriously
6. Michelle Bachmann. Still insane. Still amazing. Still suffering from crazy-eye syndrome.
Monday Aug 29, 2016
Monday Aug 29, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. John McCain battles for his political life - and his actual life - in upcoming his Arizona primary
2. Doctor’s for both presidential candidates assert they’ll live forever. Unfortunately.
3. First rule of joining the alt right movement: Don’t talk about the alt right movement
4. Trump now isn’t so sure about the only thing he’s ever been sure about - deporting Mexicans
5. Revolutions are happening at every level in the new Sanders organization Our Revolution
6. Corporations continue to conspire with lawmakers to keep life-saving drugs from life-endangered Americans
Sunday Aug 07, 2016
Sunday Aug 07, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. The election year Olympics are upon us! Who will win at swimming? Who will win at vault? Who will win at being president? Stay tuned!
2. Hillary experiences post-DNC bounce with voters and billionaires
3. Donald Trump wishes babies understood sarcasm
4. Scientists, can we find a way to make Marco Rubio pregnant so he can suffer at the hands of his own abortion beliefs?
5. Jill Stein chooses anti-Beyonce running-mate
6. Even Libertarians want to label GMOs
7. Finally we have scientific proof that Trump is, in the most literal sense, a short-fingered vulgarian
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of honking cars 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 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.]
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!
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 Mar 13, 2016
Sunday Mar 13, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. MSNBC so shocked by Michigan results that they disavow their own exit polling and established mathematical facts
2. The Goldwater Gal returns as Clinton actively misremembers her thoughts on AIDS and abortion
3. On both sides of the aisle, it’s time to ask an important question: how many debates is too many debates?
4. Trump delivers one-hour victory infomercial for all of his failed consumer goods, creating the most perfect hour of reality television in US history
5. Sanders, Obama, and “Thugs on the street” all to blame for Donald Trump’s hate speech. Notably not blamed: Donald Trump’s hate speech.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of honking cars who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!