Brain Trust Live

BTL #207 - POITICON 2016 - 6/27/16

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!

BTL #170 - CELEBRITY WATER THIEF - 9/28/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Hey guys, what does it mean that Boehner is being remembered by Democrats as a great compromiser?  Should we be concerned?

2. Walker can’t stand the figurative and literal heat at the Reagan library GOP debates

3. Florida’s entry into the GOP race is on the rise...it’s just not Bush

4. The Democratic poll numbers are fucking bananas

5. Pope’s visit finally puts the spotlight on the greatest celebrity water thief in American history.  Somebody elected this person to office, btw.

6. Who would have guessed that the makers of the adorable Beetle hatchback would be up to something so nefarious?  Only students of German history.

7.  Brazen sea turtle riding on the rise in...you guessed it...Florida!

Join the millions of barking dogs who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!

BTL #169 - LABOR DAY - 9/8/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. The latest polls prove that America is ready to accept almost anyone other than another Bush or Clinton

2.  Europe is Shocked, Shocked, SHOCKED that over 3 million Syrians don’t really want to stay in war-torn Syria

3. Hillary Clinton is outed as America’s unsung gefilte fish hero

4. Some enticing offers from the GOP front: Jeb Bush will speak Spanish wherever he damn well pleases, and Donald trump will be “good at the military”

5. Democrats finally rustle up enough Democrats to back Obama’s Democratic Iran deal

6. Thrice married and unwed mother Kim Davis becomes hero for Christians everywhere

Join the millions of barking dogs who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!

BTL #167 - FRIED BUTTER AT THE SOAPBOX - 8/24/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Brent went to the Iowa State fair for you, so you wouldn’t have to eat fried butter.

2. Americans can rest easy knowing that Donald Trump has promised to never ride a bicycle or eat Oreos ever again.  Whew, relief!

3. Scott Walker has an opinion on the 14th Amendment.  Actually, he has all of the opinions.

4. Hillary Clinton email scandal has gotten so bad, even Joe Biden thinks maybe he could be president now.

5. Greek prime minister calls news elections in effort to run against his past sel

6. Ashley Madison leak provides most comprehensive list of evangelical Christians ever compiled

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!

BTL #163 - MAVERICK TWITTER WARS - 7/20/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Heartbreak in the war hawk community as Iran nuclear deal robs them of a reason to rumble

2. As if just living in Tennessee isn’t its own brand of terror, their standard American-issue mass shootings are now getting complicated by non-redneck political ideologies

3. Donald Trump picks fights with “maverick” John McCain, but luckily for everyone he also picked a fight with Mexican drug lord El Chapo so somebody may rid us of the Trump problem soon anyway

4. Democrats first “cattle call” gives Iowa party activists a look at all 5 candidates, leaving many of them to wonder...Hey, what are most of you guys doing here?

5. Phoenix feels the Bern with the biggest campaign rally of the season.  For anybody wondering, that does mean Sherrif Arpaio's Arizona just had the biggest rally of the season for a Socialist. 

6. Oklahomans are residents of a state that didn’t exist at the time of the civil war and they are also people that just waved the confederate flag at Obama.  That kind of sums up what’s going on in Oklahoma.

Join the millions of barking dogs who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!

BTL #162 - THE DEFINITION OF UNITY IS HATING TIME WARNER - 7/12/15

In Which We Discuss:

1.  Bernie Sanders hates your cable company just as much as you, and that’s why he’s can be the President.

2. Alan Grayson has a novel idea: running as an actual Democrat in a Democratic primary.  Guess who the establishment people are supporting…

3. Donald Trump reminds us that he’s, “like, a really smart person.”  His surge in the polls proves that Republican primary voters are, like, really dumb people.

4. Jeb Bush currently has all the money but don’t worry, if you work longer hours it’ll trickle down.  That’s worked in history, right?

5.  If Germany can Shock Doctrine Greece, does this mean that California can Shock Doctrine Kansas and get rid of Sam Brownback?

6.Why can Republicans never remember the third thing?  Now even Texas border states are suffering from this scourge.

Join the millions of barking dogs who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!

BTL #161 - BERNIE-MENTUM-MONIUM-MANIA - 7/6/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Get ready...we’re about to coin the term Bernie-monium!  It’s happening.

2. Latest Hillary Clinton email dump proves she was right to ask to borrow a book on how to email better.  Next up: a book on better "Twittering."

3. SCOTUS reminds America that while the majority of them aren’t stupid, at least 5 are pure evil

4. California decides that one massive measles outbreak is enough, even if it means taking on Jenny McCarthy.

5. Greece does what the world has been trying to do for millenia, tells Germany to fuck off

6. If we’ve known anything since the first podcast, it’s that losing your mattress endorsement is the beginning of the end.  Buh bye Donald!

Join the millions of barking dogs who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!

BTL #141 - ADVICE ON LICKING SUBWAY POLES - 2/11/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Brian Williams can’t know what traumatic events did or did not involve him or somebody else in either Iraq or some other country

2. Greece isn’t afraid to tell Germany what they really think about modern-day loans and you know, World War II

3. The house can’t remember why they’re trying to repeal Obamacare for the 56th time, but they CAN remember why Texas is awesome, and that almost makes the same point, right?

4. Political heavyweights like the 90s era governor of New York and the former governor of Virginia toss their hats into the 2016 ring.  Book deals for everybody!

5. Ben Carson, the only tea-party approved pediatric neurosurgeon, makes the accidental error of showing a basic understanding of science

6. Rep./Male Model Aaron Schock needs you to know that he is not a “Downton Abbey” fan despite his office’s peacock feather decor

7. NYers get the go-ahead from scientists to clean up the subway’s pesky bubonic plague germs by licking subway poles

Join the millions of honking cars who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!