A totally genius analysis of the week’s political news from two certified brains. Ready to resist, progressive AF. Podcast posted weekly since 2012.
Episodes
Monday Oct 01, 2012
Monday Oct 01, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. Reality Not a Factor In Republican Polling, But Good News, Romney Is Running Away With the Race Among Voters Without Cell Phones
2. Both Romney and Obama Declare Themselves Awful Debaters, Chris Christie Believes Otherwise
3. Yep, Still Have No Details on The Romney Tax Plan
4. Our First Ever Non Olympic Sports Story - Hint: It Involves Pensions
5. Massachusetts Senate Campaign Deals With The Big Issues, i.e. How To Properly Identify and Taunt a Native American
6. Tommy Thompson Still Very Confused About What He’s Supposed To Think About Obamacare, But Tries Not To Miss a Credit-Taking Opportunity When It Arises
7. Lindsay Lohan Enters The Political Fray In A Way Only She Could
Sunday Sep 23, 2012
Sunday Sep 23, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. Romney Campaign Makes Worst Blunder in History of World. No, Really.
2. Freefalling Romney Campaign Tries To Distract Us By Reminding Us Why We Were Angry At Him Before
3. Romney Campaign’s Worst-Blunder-In-History Causes Democratic Surge in Senate
4. Steve King Debuts Mathematical Theorem Explaining the Annoyance of Wasted Time to a Confused Congress
5. Churches and Penises Galore
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Sunday Sep 09, 2012
Sunday Sep 09, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. The Democratic Convention and the Awesomeness of Bill Clinton, Genius Number Knower
2. Defying All-Knowing Pundits and Horrible Jobs Data, Obama Gets a Bounce from Convention Appearance and Marrying Well
3. The Race So Far and the Strategy Moving Ahead. Romney’s Strategy: Appear More Like Obama, Obama’s Strategy: Appear More Like Bill Clinton.
4. We Finally Have an Inspiring American Story to Root For: Mitt Romney on the Trials and Tribulations on Being a Mormon in the Age of Black President.
5. A New Segment We Wish We Didn’t Have To Bring You: This Week In Iowa Congressman Steve King.
6. Plus, a Chicago Teachers’ Strike, a Melissa Harris-Perry Backlash, an Email Password That You Should Avoid, and More!
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Sunday Sep 02, 2012
Sunday Sep 02, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. Republicans Gather To Celebrate Selves, Manage To Show That There Is No Reason To Celebrate At All
2. Romney Camp Says They'll Have To Win With White Voters In The Face of Polls Showing Them at 0% With African-Americans.
3. A Look Ahead To the Democratic National Convention, Starting This Week
4. Some Victories From The Front Lines In the War On Voting
5. Yet More Losses In the War On Women
6. A Freakout, a Freak Show, and the End Of the Moonie Empire
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Sunday Aug 19, 2012
Sunday Aug 19, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. Meet Solidad O’Brien: Medicare and Truth’s New Hero
2. Meet Paul Ryan: Stimulus Lover, Deficit Grower
3. Meet Mitt Romney: Fake Momentum Have, Idea Non-Haver, Arts-Hater
4. Meet Joe Biden: The Man Rudy Giuliani Believes Either Is or Is Not “Nuts”
5. Meet Todd Akin: The Sharron Angle of Election 2012
6. Meet Geraldo Rivera: Lesbian Hater, Smelly Sailor Lover
7. All that plus Romney’s tax debacle continues, this week in the war on voting, a shocking Newsweek cover and more!
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Sunday Jul 22, 2012
Sunday Jul 22, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. The Tragic Shooting in Aurora, CO and How We Found Common Ground With Both Mayor Bloomberg and Rupert Murdoch In One Week
2. A Discussion Of Who Built What and Whether They Did It Alone
3. Romney’s Tax Debacle: Week 3
4. The Veepstakes Drawing Near, Consensus: We’re Already Bored
5. A Rundown of Why We’ll Never Find Out Who Is Buying Our Politicians
6. Michelle Bachmann Getting To the People’s work, worrying about fringe Muslim groups taking over the country. Don’t worry, the economy’s fine.
7. A Description of the Libor Scandal Without Any Of the Confusing Details
8. The War On Poverty Gets Added To the List of Wars We’ve Recently Lost
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Sunday Jul 08, 2012
Sunday Jul 08, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. Romney Campaign Still Has No Coherent Position the Law They Invented.
2. Republicans Continue to Un-endorse Mitt Romney at Staggering Rate. Luckly Mitt Has Family, Friends, and Mormons to Sustain Him.
3. Surprise, We Now Have Proof that Americans Hate Bain Capital
4. Gary Johnson: A Future Ross Perot in the Works?
5. Allen West is Obsessed With Obama as Slave Owner.
6. You Can, As of Right Now, Still Get an Abortion in Mississippi and Vote In Texas, But Maybe Not For Long…
7. Apparently, American Bison To Blame For Your High Gas Prices. Irrefutable Logic From America's Cow Doctor.
8. Is It Hot Where You Are? George Will Tells Us Why
9. You Are Still Much Poorer Than The Average CEO
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Sunday Jul 01, 2012
Sunday Jul 01, 2012
In Which We Discuss: 1. House, Though Held in Nation's Contempt, Can Still Hold Their Own Grudges 2. Romney Tries to Woo WaPo With Powerpoints, Fails 3. The Week in Tweets, Much Longer Than the Last Week In Tweets 4. Hidden News Item of the Week: Congress Did One Thing Successfully, Nobody Notices 5. JPMorgan's Dimon Thinks Earth Hitting Moon Unlikely Possibility 6. The Horrific Tragedy of 9/18 (Never Forget) 7. Texas Republican Trying to Outlaw Thought 8. Week in Fake Celebrity News
Monday May 28, 2012
Monday May 28, 2012
In Which We Discuss: 1. Financial Shenanigans Still Legal, Still Happening 2. Mitt Romney Has No Idea Why He's Qualified To Be President, But Don't Worry, He Is 3. Four Years Later: Rudy Giuliani Still Believes He Is Running For President 4. Is Trump the Cory Booker of the GOP? Is He Also a "Bloviating Ignoramus?" 5. Allen West's Week As a Democrat 6. Florida's Continued Attempts to Thwart Democracy 7. The Republican Children of 2008
Sunday May 13, 2012
Sunday May 13, 2012
In Which We Discuss: 1. Obama Joins the 21st Century 2. JP Morgan Joins 2008 3. Mitt Romney Enjoys One Consistant Position since 1950s - Hating Gay People 4. Republicans Don't Know What They Do Or Don't Know About Immigration 5. Santorum Does His Best To Secretly Endorse Romney 6. Bachmann No Longer Swiss Citizen After 1 Day Experiment 7. Republicans Who Love Porn Are In Luck With Convention City Choice Want to hear more from us during the week? Like us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/BrainTrustLive or find us on Twitter @braintrustlive!