Episodes
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
11/15/21 - Mayo Pete
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. We watched Mayor Pete so you wouldn’t have to!
2. But don’t worry, we still took bets on how many collared shirts Steve Bannon will wear when he turns himself in on Monday.
3. Also, Britney is Free...
4. But your groceries sure aren’t, and they’re only getting more expensive.
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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 Nov 07, 2021
11/8/21 - The Congressional MLM Caucus [w/ guest Laura Packard]
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Laura Packard is here to talk healthcare and Build Back Better!
2. To the surprise of zero hosts of this podcast, Terry McAuliffe was not the best candidate for Virginia governor
3. The BIF passed, the BBB needs the CBO. Is it DOA?
4. Nobody saw Australia emerging as the supervillan of this week’s climate summit
5. Last month's jobs numbers are great or terrible, depending on whether you’re Brent or Lila
6. Nothing has ever made more sense than Krysten Sinema’s ties to MLM
Learn More About Laura:
Follow Laura on Twitter: @lpackard
Follow Laura on Instagram: @laurapackardactivist
Follow Healthcare Voter on Twitter: @HealthCareVoter
Check Out Laura's Recent Op-Ed in Business Insider
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 31, 2021
11/1/21 - When Dad Bods Take Europe
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Your kids can finally get microchipped
2. Biden’s plan to brag to Europeans about his fifth rate social safety net proposals are dashed
3. What’s left in BBB? We’ll go over the very short list
4. Terry McAuliffe is not using his prodigious fundraising skills to buy good ideas in Virginia
5. Redistricting is upon us, so expect a bunch of Congresspeople to suddenly leave office for “principled” reasons
6. In the year of our lord 2021, “dad bod” has finally made it into the dictionary
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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 Oct 03, 2021
10/3/21 - Almost a Real Infrastructure Week
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. For the first time in 5 years we almost had a real infrastructure week. Almost.
2. A review of all the dumb ways moderates waste money.
3. Are we talking about the fucking debt ceiling??? Again???
4. I do not have enough closet space for a repeat of the toilet paper shortages.
5. Who fixes an oil pipeline when nobody knows who owns it?
6. We freed Britney! But who’s in charge of worrying about her now?
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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 Mar 07, 2021
BTL #390 - Problem Causers Caucus - 3/8/21
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Less than $2000 could be coming to a checking account near you very soon!
2. Joe Manchin formed the problem causers caucus, whose political ideology seems vaguely similar to the problem solvers caucus.
3. Marie Antoinette voted no on increasing the minimum wage
4. Neera Tandan. Goodbye forever. We wish you nothing but the worst.
5. For second week in a row: Do not run for a third term in NY state.
6. March 4th has come and gone and Donald Trump has no risen from the swamp.
Also:
CALL YOUR REPS. ABOUT EVERYTHING. Make this number your profile picture. Tweet it every day. Add it to your phonebook:
Capitol Hill Main Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
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 Jan 17, 2021
BTL #383 - After Wednesday - 1/18/21
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
Sunday Jan 17, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Happy MLK day! Please enjoy our yearly reminder that MLK was a socialist. Be like MLK.
2. Donald Trump did succeed at one aim - making DC into a military state. Unfortunately they’re doing it to keep his people out.
3. Biden won’t get to take the train ride he’s been waiting for 40 years for.
4. Trump earns a place in history as the most impeached president ever!
5. Our Vaccine stockpile didn’t exist, which, when you think about it, tracks perfectly.
6. Trump has been the best accidental cheerleader for his arch nemesis CNN.
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!
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
The Coup-Cast
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Our first, and hopefully last, Special Mid-Week Coup-Cast! Come for the boring grandstanding, stay for the insurrection,
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 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!
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
BTL #362 - Rabid Bats - 8/10/20
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Progressives are on such a winning streak that you only have to raise $25k to win a statewide primary these days.
2. If the widespread confusion is any guide, Joe Biden REALLY doesn’t want to choose Kamala Harris as a running mate.
3. No matter who you are and where you sit on the political spectrum, you will be pissed off by the Democratic National Convention.
4. Practicing his dictator skills, Trump has started work on an Executive Order bonanza
5. What’s happening with TikTok? Also, what is TikTok. Also, we’re too old to be discussing TikTok and that means Donald Trump is too.
6. Rabid bats...is the subject of a story about the Libertarian party so...that tracks.
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 Jul 05, 2020
BTL #357 - The Frontier Spirit of Las Vegas - 7/6/20
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. The next Michele Bachmann has entered our lives!
2. New Jersey wins the prize for the most creative voter suppression method you’ve never heard about
3. Everyone has coronavirus. Stay home.
4. Donald Trump wowed by the indomitable frontier spirit that brought us Las Vegas
5. Joe Biden wishes you’d tear down those statues more peacefully
6. Kanye West isn’t going to let a web of national crises disrupt his long-time plan to run for president in 2020
NEWS: Make sure to check out Lila's appearance on The Guilty Feminist!
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!
*There's a slight technical difficulty that starts at minute 42. We know about it, but what could we do, you know? Thanks for your patience!*