Episodes

Sunday Aug 29, 2021
8/30/21 - Pandemic of the Radio Hosts
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Lila’s book is in stores now. You should buy it.
2. Hurricane Ida: Just the kind of disrespectful hurricane that chose to come in the middle of a pandemic as opposed to...literally any other time.
3. Recall update: Idiots abound. Vote no.
4. No one wants everyone to be evicted from their homes more than SCOTUS.
5. Covid is now a pandemic of the radio hosts
6. Infrastructure Season: Everybody has claimed victory and yet nobody has won anything yet.
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:
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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 Jun 26, 2016
BTL #207 - POITICON 2016 - 6/27/16
Sunday Jun 26, 2016
Sunday Jun 26, 2016
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!

Sunday Apr 17, 2016
BTL #197 - THE VATICAN HANDSHAKE - 4/18/16
Sunday Apr 17, 2016
Sunday Apr 17, 2016

Sunday Mar 13, 2016
BTL #192 - RETURN OF THE GOLDWATER GAL - 3/14/16
Sunday Mar 13, 2016
Sunday Mar 13, 2016
In Which We Discuss:

Sunday Jul 05, 2015
BTL #161 - BERNIE-MENTUM-MONIUM-MANIA - 7/6/15
Sunday Jul 05, 2015
Sunday Jul 05, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
5. Greece does what the world has been trying to do for millenia, tells Germany to fuck off

Monday Jun 29, 2015
BTL #160 - PURE APPLESAUCE - 6/29/15
Monday Jun 29, 2015
Monday Jun 29, 2015

Monday Jun 22, 2015
BTL #159 - NORTH KOREAN DERRING-DO - 6/23/15
Monday Jun 22, 2015
Monday Jun 22, 2015
In Which We Discuss:

Monday Apr 20, 2015
BTL #151 - SINGLE IN THE SENATE - 4/21/15
Monday Apr 20, 2015
Monday Apr 20, 2015
In Which We Discuss:

Monday Jun 30, 2014
BTL #114 - BECAUSE JESUS - 7/1/14
Monday Jun 30, 2014
Monday Jun 30, 2014
In Which We Discuss:
1. Supreme Court now in the business of telling women how to use their own bodies. Because Jesus.
2. A whole bunch of stodgy white men are not happy with Obama’s attempts to accomplish things
3. Thad Cochran finds that getting elected can lead to having voters all up in your grill
4. Hillary Pillory: Is now a good time to casually forget about Iraq?
5. The World Cup is apparently going to make America the Socialist Utopia we’ve always dreamed of
6. We find proof that anti-immigration advocates wear disgusting underwear