Episodes
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
BTL #344 - We're Number One! - 3/30/19
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Joe Biden was accused of a Trump-worthy sexual assault, but you probably didn’t hear about it.
2. Are we going to end up with Andrew Cuomo as president?
3. America smashed records all week! We’re number one in coronavirus cases, and in unemployment. Beat that, China!
4. Apparently we had $2 trillion the whole time?!
5. Latest on coronavirus: Trump’s getting great ratings. That makes all the death and fear worth it, right?
6. Trump finally invokes P on Twitter. Whatever "P" is…
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in 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!
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
BTL #343 - The Longest Year Of The Week - 3/23/20
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Donald Trump now handing out heart attacks on Twitter
2. Mitch McConnell is currently the only Kentucky senator without Coronavirus, but given Rand Paul’s approach to quarantining, that could change.
3. Senators spent their February dumping stocks instead of pandemic prepping.
4. There were elections on March 17th, which was this week if you can believe it.
5. We can’t be in public. How do we finish the primaries?
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in 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!
Monday Mar 16, 2020
BTL #342 - Pandemic - 3/16/20
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. We’re in a real-life pandemic! STAY AT HOME!
2. Maybe you need help remembering that tomorrow is Tuesday and an Election Day because the last week has felt like 12 years.
3. Sunday Night’s debate was the most torturous yet, mostly because we were all stuck at home watching it.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in 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!
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
BTL #339 - The Nevada Caucus Special - 2/24/20
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
Really just one thing - the Nevada Caucuses! We went, we saw, we covered. Get out thoughts on the experience, the outcome and the how polling looks moving forward, all fresh off the campaign trail!
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in 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!
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
BTL #337 - The Last Iowa Caucus - 2/10/20
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
[*UPDATED: Audio Issue Fixed*] In Which We Discuss:
1. We traveled halfway across the country to witness the last Iowa Caucus!
2. Unfortunately, no one has witnessed any actual results from said Iowa Caucus.
3. Taxpayers donate facilities for extensive Trump campaign rally. Unfortunately for him, Nancy Pelosi’s meme game was strong.
4. Mitt Romney attempts to save his obituary from the ravages of the Trump era during Senate impeachment vote.
5. We now grant ABC all future Dem Debates. That’s enough flying graphics and Wolf Blitzer for this cycle.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in 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!
Sunday Oct 20, 2019
BTL #328 - Is Giuliani-ness contagious? - 10/20/19
Sunday Oct 20, 2019
Sunday Oct 20, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Mean Pete Buttigeig is that guy you were always avoiding in your Intro to Political Science seminar.
2. Hillary Clinton accidentally sides with Russian by reminding us that Tulsi Gabbard is running for president.
3. Mick Mulvaney shows a Giuliani-like penchant for incriminating himself. Is Giuliani-ness contagious?
4. U.S. Brokered cease-fire in Syria benefits nobody but the dictators, those being Erdogan and Trump.
5. Brexit: the scariest thing coming this Halloween.
6. World leaders spared from a tacky vacation filled with overcooked beef and gold trim by emoluments clause.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in 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!
Sunday Aug 25, 2019
BTL #323 - Buying Greenland - 8/26/19
Sunday Aug 25, 2019
Sunday Aug 25, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. There’s cross traffic in the race for president - we’ll tell you who’s in and who’s out.
2. Joe Biden has seemingly thought A LOT about the assasination of Barack Obama.
3. David Koch is dead, survived by Russian authoritarian government and the MET.
4. Trump did not successfully buy Greenland last week. Let’s depose him.
5. The future of oxygen is up in smoke, literally.
6. Pray for RBG because how many cancers is too many?
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in 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!
Monday Mar 04, 2019
BTL #309 - A PEN-PAL ROMANCE - 3/5/19
Monday Mar 04, 2019
Monday Mar 04, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Bernie is really running for president, not just favorite activist hero
2. All the most boring Congressional committees have all the best hearings these days
3. Jerry Nadler is going after every document owned by every person in America. Consider yourself on notice.
4. Trump and Kim Jong-Un’s pen-pal romance has hit a rough patch
5. Donald Trump won the TV arms race by creating the most defining and fascinating two hours of television known to the modern era
6. Our latest national emergency is Luke Perry’s death
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helicopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Friday Feb 22, 2019
BTL #308 - NATIONAL EMERGENCY WEEK - 2/22/19
Friday Feb 22, 2019
Friday Feb 22, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. How is your national emergency week going? Ours is pretty uneventful.
2. Bernie will fundraise you under the table, then casually shrug about it.
3. Tax reform is a success, because Netflix paid nothing and our taxes went up!
4. Amazon just doesn’t understand the value of a good slice of pizza.
5. Jussie Smollett and how fake news took the left.
6. From faking the news to making the news: The Sean Spicer story.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helicopters 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 02, 2018
#303 - DOUBLE DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE - 12/3/18
Sunday Dec 02, 2018
Sunday Dec 02, 2018
In Which We Discuss:
1. George HW Bush Died. We all pretended to forget what he was up to as president.
2. Michael Cohen can’t stop telling the truth when he thinks it’ll help him avoid jail time.
3. Paul Manafort is, not surprisingly, not just a double agent for Ukraine but also for Trump.
4. Trump is making vague trade deals in an effort to promote ending trade deals.
5. Those tariffs must really be working because GM announced it’s closing plants firing thousands of workers.
6. Alaska is more terrifying than usual during an earthquake.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helicopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!