Episodes
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
BTL #378 - Toot-liani - 12/7/20
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Rudy getting COVID is how this had to end, guys...
2. If you loved having a boring, awkward convention, you’ll love the plans for this year’s inauguration!
3. Democratic campaign leadership promises not to do any introspection before 2022 races
4. “Toot-liani” and the world’s star-iest witness come together to make hearings fun again
5. The COVID relief package may not involve any actual relief, but by golly Mitch McConnell will make sure you can’t sue your employer for killing you if it’s the last thing he does!
6. Where do you stand in the vaccine order? (We’ll see you never!)
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!
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
BTL #376 - More COVID Than Sense - 11/23/20
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
Sunday Nov 22, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Joe Biden wants you to fund our transition to government by the chemical industry
2. Republican Senators have more COVID than they do sense
3. Rudy Giuliani’s tell isn’t a growing nose like Pinocchio, it’s a melting face
4. Losing Georgia twice wasn’t enough for Trump’s crack election fraud legal team. They want to go for a third.
5. Democrats hard at work blaming the only people that voted for them for their losses
6. IT’S OUR LAST 2 YEARS OF NANCY PELOSI!
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!
Monday Nov 16, 2020
BTL #375 - The Bad Concession - 11/17/19
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Stay away from your grandmother, because COVID is surging everywhere, even in the mythical “real” America that thinks New Yorkers are expendable.
2. Who knows how vaccine science works, but apparently we’re close to having one
3. The “Million MAGA March” a.k.a. the “Desperate White Supremacist March” was not arrest or violence-free, but it was notably rubber-bullet tear-gas free. Imagine that.
4. Trump won’t concede, but he’s as bad at that as he is at everything else
5. Biden is gearing up to be the shadow president by December because currently we don’t appear to have one
6. Arizonans want higher taxes more than they even want Joe Biden
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!
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
BTL #374 - Old Democrats, New Georgia [w/ guest Kat Calvin] - 11/9/20
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
Sunday Nov 08, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. We’re joined by the founder of Spread The Vote and host of Vote! The Podcast, Kat Calvin!
2. Joe Biden was declared the winner by Lila Nordstrom a full 12 hours before network news had the balls to step up and say something.
3. Alaska‘s not bothering to count at all, GA’s going to have to count forever because they’re having two Senate runoffs in January.
4. We lost all sorts of house races b/c people won’t listen to AOC.
5. Californians fucked up on the props. And after we literally did all the work for you!
6. The Biden transition talk is as infuriating as you’d expect because Pete Buttigeig is involved.
Donate to organizations doing critical GOTV work in Georgia:
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!
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
BTL #371 - The Senate Rundown [w/ guest Carla Nordstrom] - 10/12/20
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
Sunday Oct 11, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Carla Nordstrom returns to tell you everything you need to know about the state of the Senate races!
2. Is Ranked Choice Voting coming for you?
3. The VP Debate was won by fracking and flies
4. Trump is feeling healthy and ready to get out there and start superspreading COVID again
5. Lindsey Graham insists black people are safe in SC as long as they’re conservative, but offers no further comments on how to project conservatism for your safety.
And hello to our friends at Trillbilly Worker's Party, a fellow progressive podcast that got a couple of shout-outs this week!
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, 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 Aug 30, 2020
BTL #354 - Operation Block Ivanka - 8/31/20
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Trump’s affinity for bottle blondes and the apocalypse was on full display at the RNC.
2. Kenosha police are eager to earn the approval of a 17 year old vigilante murderer
3. The season premiere of Biden Unbunkered is coming September 8th. Time and location TBD. Airing: Probably nowhere because he doesn’t know how to grab a headline. Check your local listings.
4. If you live in Massachusetts, cast your ballot now!
5. Election Security: We don’t have that anymore.
6. And is Melania Trumps’ “Operation Block Ivanka” the only successful scheme currently being carried out inside the White House?
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 May 10, 2020
BTL #350 - A Tampa DJ [w/ Special Guest Grant Sloss] - 5/11/20
Sunday May 10, 2020
Sunday May 10, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. White House, having finally caught Coronavirus, devoted to becoming #1 disease vector in America
2. NY could singlehandedly save the USPS with their byzantine primary ballot strategy, if they even have it at all
3. Your favorite and least favorite Tara Reades/Reids are back in the news this week!
4. How’s that employer-sponsored healthcare going for you now?
5. We know Americans have a lot of time on their hands, but 30 minutes of “Plandemic” is definitely a bridge too far
6. Friend of the podcast Grant Sloss is back!
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 May 03, 2020
BTL #349 - The Joe Biden Experience - 5/4/20
Sunday May 03, 2020
Sunday May 03, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. If 2019 was the year of believing women, then 2020 is the year we decided to stop.
2. If we can read anything into the Biden VP selection committee, it’s that Biden likes to stick to a theme.
3. If Kansas is lapping you in primary ideas, you might be New York State.
4. States are re-opening, so looks like we may have to die to save capitalism.
5. He may be the king of ratings, but his polling is the one stat Donald Trump can’t rescue through sheer force of personality.
6. If Kim Jong-Un really is back, then he’s wasted an opportunity to peddle a brilliant rebirth story. Amateur.
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 26, 2020
BTL #348 - Get Some New Tattoos - 4/27/20
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
Sunday Apr 26, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Trump to blue states and all human beings who aren’t smart enough not to drink bleach: Drop Dead
2. Biden has some...ahem...skeletons. Should we have taken them seriously before?
3. Get rid of Larry Summers. Forever.
4. Congress further rushes to the aid of struggling large corporations. The rest of you can wait your turn.
5. Georgia, Oklahoma, and other states are opening up so a population in crisis can finally get some new tattoos.
6. Kim Jong-Un’s heart surgeon is in a bit of a situation, whether or not he actually operated.
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
BTL #345 - Pearl Harbor Week - 4/6/20
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Get ready for a week in which everything will be constantly compared to Pearl Harbor
2. We smashed the record for unemployment claims. Just slaughtered it.
3. Turns out when 10M people are suddenly unemployed, medicare-for-all sounds like a great plan.
4. The Democratic convention is being pushed, but no stupid deadly virus is going to stop the Wisconsin primary, whether or not they have polling place, poll workers, or voters.
5. The Republican Governors are proving they’re actually as science-challenged as the character they play on TV.
6. California is either doing a bang-up job, or it isn’t. The numbers tell many stories.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and 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!