Episodes
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
BTL #384 - A Place of Chaos - 1/26/21
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. We finally found a competent Trump official! His airplane choreography guy was top notch. Goodbye to a legend.
2. The Inauguration was just one stop on a list of errands Bernie Sanders had to run on Wednesday
3. Joe Biden’s version of "Infrastructure Week" might include actual policy
4. Introducing the 117th Senate: A place of chaos!
5. Nobody wants to hear a peep out of any of these fools until we have $2000 burning a hole in our pockets
6. The Trump era’s collateral damage: conspiracy theorists were left sad and confused
Also:
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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 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!
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.
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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 18, 2020
BTL #372 - Who Needs The News - 10/19/20
Sunday Oct 18, 2020
Sunday Oct 18, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Americans everywhere vote early, wish they could now just sleep for weeks and wake up on November 4th.
2. Amy Coney Barrett is awful, but is there anyone worse than Dianne Feinstein?
3. Biden hits Trump where it hurts the most: TV ratings.
4. Trump now banking all his election hopes on locking up all Democrats.
5. The NY Post posts the postiest election conspiracy theory yet.
6. In a shocking departure from Trump, Chris Christie has mostly the right takeaways after his week in the ICU.
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 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 Oct 04, 2020
BTL #370 - VIP Superspreader Event [w/ Special Guest Grant Sloss] - 10/5/20
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
Sunday Oct 04, 2020
In Which We Discuss [w/ special guest Grant Sloss]:
1. White House host nation’s first VIP-only, black-tie superspreader event.
2. Trump now attempting to die of COVID in a last-ditch attempt to get out of a massive IRS bill and crushing debt.
3. The first presidential debate (and likely the last) was, in the words of Jake Tapper, “a hot mess inside a dumpster fire, inside a train wreck.”
4. Cal Cunningham is part of the exact kind of lame sexting scandal you’d expect from a DNC-backed moderate. But don’t worry, Thom Tillis has COVID.
5. Another year, another set of Prop 13 battles hit the California ballot.
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!
Monday Sep 07, 2020
BTL #366 - The Remarkable Joe Kennedy - 9/8/20
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Joe Kennedy has finally become a remarkable Kennedy, but only because he destroyed the dynasty
2. Joe Biden’s gamble in running as a Republican pays off in money, whether it pays off in votes remains to be seen
3. Biden campaign visits Kenosha, which is exactly one more visit to Wisconsin than the entire Clinton campaign
4. You’re not really telling us we need video proof of Trump calling the troops losers. The proof is in our hearts.
5. The month’s jobs numbers are notable but still fake
6. The sinking Trumptilla perfectly embodies the Trumpian philosophy of doing whatever the hell you want, other people be damned
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 Aug 23, 2020
BTL #364 - 2004 RNC - 8/24/20
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Reflections on the 2004 RNC, as seen in last week’s network primetime
2. Expectations for the 2020 RNC, to be seen in this week’s primetime
3. Important Post Office Questions: Do we still have one? And why do they have a secret police force?
4. The Russia “Witch Hunt” found the witch, the witch was real, the witch was guilty, and the witch was Donald Trump
5. In other conspiracy theories that turned out to be true, the Massachusetts State Democrats did in fact conspire to take down Alex Morse
6. Kanye West campaign update: He doesn’t appear to have one
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!