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 21, 2020
Sunday Jun 21, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Hillary Clinton bravely comes off the sidelines to endorse a 16 term incumbent
2. Trump reveals himself to be an expert ramp physicist at his sparsely attended Tulsa rally
3. Neil Gorsuch borrows Dick Cheney’a hunting rifle for this week’s SCOTUS decisions
4. John Bolton’s Moustache finally reveals its secrets!
5. “Law and Order” president signs entirely predictable policing executive order amidst nationwide protest
6. Klobuchar withdraws from VP race, seemingly unaware that the rest of us had proactively withdrawn her weeks ago
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 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!
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 Dec 08, 2019
Sunday Dec 08, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. The impeachment hearings move to Judiciary, where more staid professionals argued that Trump’s legal shenanigans are also illegal crimes.
2. Giuliani’s genius plan for this week was to go to Kiev because that way he can commit different crimes to avoid suspicion about the stuff he’s already done.
3. Duncan Hunter and his pet rabbit Eggburt are leaving Congress.
4. Somebody has actually polled California only to discover that we all love Bernie Sanders.
5. Biden challenges Iowan man to a pushup contest because, again, he’s not sure how running for president works.
6. AOC beat Amazon just by having the gaul to suggest that letting corporations blackmail major cities is a waste of resources.
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
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 Oct 20, 2019
Sunday Oct 20, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Mean Pete Buttigeig is that guy you were always avoiding in your Intro to Political Science seminar.
2. Hillary Clinton accidentally sides with Russian by reminding us that Tulsi Gabbard is running for president.
3. Mick Mulvaney shows a Giuliani-like penchant for incriminating himself. Is Giuliani-ness contagious?
4. U.S. Brokered cease-fire in Syria benefits nobody but the dictators, those being Erdogan and Trump.
5. Brexit: the scariest thing coming this Halloween.
6. World leaders spared from a tacky vacation filled with overcooked beef and gold trim by emoluments clause.
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
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 Aug 04, 2019
Sunday Aug 04, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Domestic terrorism has had a big week
2. After 12 hours of debate, we still can’t pick the generic white moderates out of a Democratic Debate lineup
3. The people of Puerto Rico overthrew their government last week. Now if only we could overthrow ours...
4. Trump, unsurprisingly, can’t find a National Intelligence Director. Or an intelligent person to work for him in general.
5. Trump furious that Elijah Cummings can’t stop Trump’s own family from slumming up Baltimore
6. Go and demand some impeachment, people!
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 Jul 01, 2019
Monday Jul 01, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Lila was in the thick of the biggest news of two weeks ago
2. #DemDebate Real Talk:
3. Partisan gerrymandering is no big deal if you have a lifetime appointment
4. SCOTUS is super confusing these days, but ultimately still as horrible as you’d expect
5. We’ve been gone a month, so here are all the times we almost went to war
6. Trump is celebrating the 4th of July by scheduling counterprogramming to PBS’s celebration because what better way to celebrate America than by getting better ratings than Carole King?
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 May 19, 2019
Sunday May 19, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. GOP impeachment domino watch: 1 down, 198 to go
2. Joe Biden will protect the nation from Trump using a strategy of incremental soul-saving and forgetting what he just said
3. If an announcement is made and nobody hears it...is DeBlasio actually running for president?
4. Missouri is the latest state to grant greater bodily autonomy to clumps of cells than to full grown living breathing women
5. Are we going to war with Iran? Anybody know why?
6. Arnold Schwarzenegger gets drop kicked for a Lamborghini. And yes, we also wonder what the connection is.