Brain Trust Live

7/31/23 - What are the aliens doing for me?

In Which We Discuss:

1. If aliens are real, the real question is: What are they doing for me?

2. Doug Burgum inspires America with simple message: Cheating works!

3. The GOP Donor class abandons ship on Desantis and moves on to a newer, equally unappealing Governor.

4. Tim Scott’s campaign clearly watched too many episodes of Ozark.

5. Donald Trump? Nope, never heard of the man.

6. The gerontocracy had a bad week.

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's other podcast, now in it's second season: What Can I Do.

5/22/23 - Ocean Business

In Which We Discuss:

1. It’s Weekend at Bernie’s in the Senate. Either know or don’t know!

2. Regardless of what you’ve heard, both parties love the debt ceiling.

3. Figure Skater Sarah Hughes is looking for a second upset win, this time in NY-4.

4. Tim Scott, longtime presidential explorer, files his papers.

5. DeSantis blowback begins as voters get their first taste of his awkward laugh.

6. What happens in the water is ocean business. Leave it alone.

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

 

4/26/21 - Warm Fuzzy Feelings

In Which We Discuss:

1. Derek Chauvin is a man who will be going to jail and that’s a nice thing. We could have this warm fuzzy feeling about the justice system anytime if we tried.

2. Joe Biden allows John Kerry to ride a Lime scooter on camera even though, as his boss, he probably could have put a stop to that.  

3. Andrew Yang loves lesbian bars but apparently not the lesbians who congregate at them.

4. Nancy Pelosi vs. Squad: A battle with no winners

5. Please commit to hating the Caitlyn Jenner candidacy for the right reasons

6. New American Psycho: The Josh Hawley Story

 

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!

 

BTL #384 - A Place of Chaos - 1/26/21

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:

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!

BTL #357 - The Frontier Spirit of Las Vegas - 7/6/20

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!*

 

BTL #320 - Some Loveless Thinking About Marianne Williamson - 7/8/19

In Which We Discuss:

1. As the earth literally shook all around us, at least we could take comfort in the fact that the USGS was having the Best. Week. Ever.

2. Donald Trump regaled us with tales of fourth of July glory, commemorating the forgotten Battle for LaGuardia, Terminal C.

3. Somehow Pete Buttigeig is now the fundraiser to beat in the Democratic Primary

4. The Census citizenship question Just. Wont. Die.  Possibly because neither will Donald Trump.

5. Justin Amash, founding member of the Freedom Caucus, is leaving GOP BECAUSE IT’S TOO RADICAL FOR HIM.

6. Marianne Williamson has more in common with Mormonism’s Joseph Smith than you’d want or need.

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! 

BTL #262 - NORTH KOREA TO KEVIN BACON [w/ RITZA BLOOM] - 10/2/17

In Which We Discuss:

1. Trump will save the middle class by lowering his own taxes. For America!

2. Trump finally settles on a response strategy for the Puerto Rico crisis: Twitter warfare with a struggling local politician.

3. Old chartering habits die hard for the rich former executives helping “drain the swamp”

4. Alabama decides it’s finally time to go full-crazy. That’s right - they’ve got crazy they haven’t even shown us yet.

5. Twitter has now done more to counteract Russian electoral interference than the White House

6. A new break in the case for the age-old question: How many degrees of separation between Kevin Bacon and North Korea?

Plus, the loverly Ritza Bloom (@ritzacalixte), joins us in the studio!

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!

 

 

 

 

BTL #258 - WHAT. A. MESS. - 9/4/17

 

In Which We Discuss:

1. Having failed at ramming healthcare reform down our throats, Trump sets his eyes on an equally unpopular and cruel repeal - DACA

2. Trump now using the famous divide and piss off our allies strategy in Korea showdown

3. Hurricane Harvey. What. A. Mess.

4. Congress and the Budget. What. A. Mess.

5. Have you heard the one about the enormous floods in Asia that have killed thousands? No?

6. Kamala Harris announces candidacy for president in 2020 via single-payer endorsement

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!

 

BTL #247 - BILATERAL TALKS - 6/6/17

In Which We Discuss:

1. Say Goodbye to breathing air! We’re divorcing the Paris Accords to pursue a more meaningful relationship with oil and gas.

2. When it comes to the Paris Accords, Michael Bloomberg is now the government, which is concerning it its own way.

3. Anthem is the most evil insurance company for yet another year. Congratulations, guys! The hard work at being absolutely awful is paying off.

4. California’s state senate passes a single payer bill and the LA Times is none too happy about it. In related news, the LA Times spent this week is wondering why they aren’t that relevant.

5. London: Terrorized. World: Twitterized. Trump: The same.

6. Trump’s search for better press covfefe continues

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of Canadian onlookers who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!

 

 

BTL #230 - THE GOSSIPY SIDE OF A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS [SPECIAL GUEST: WILLIAM FLOYD, LA COUNTY DEMS] - 1/30/17

In Which We Discuss:

1. It’s week one of the Trump presidency and we already have a constitutional crisis on our hands

2. Steve Bannon must be on some sort of writing retreat, having a very prolific week ruining America by edict

3. Trump will bravely investigate only the kind of voter fraud that doesn’t exist but makes him lose popular votes

4. Apparently Trump’s idea of diplomacy is holding hands with the ladies

5. Something we can get behind: Trump’s White House staff is the gossipy-ist in history

6. We interview with William Floyd from the LA County Dems and talk about the local stuff you should know [Begins: 1:18:20...yup it's that kind of week]

7. Trump’s butt takes the mantle as most unfortunate meme of the week/history

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of screaming sirens who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!

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