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
Sunday Jan 10, 2016
Sunday Jan 10, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. This week’s Democratic polling gives new insight into the cult electability’s war on the cult of...simple arithmetic and facts
2. Trump’s first act of “figuring out what going on” will have to include figuring out who he’s depicting in his first video at
3. Former Canadian Ted Cruz , after years of being trolled by Brain Trust Live, is finally taking some heat from the people who actually believe this shit
4. Gun nuts are buying one million guns per tear Obama sheds over all the children they’re shooting
5. Another good and/or lie-filled jobs report shows the economy remains on track
6. Whatever the NYC Equivalent of #BlackTwitter is has a collective meltdown over the retirement of Dr. Zizmor
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of barking dogs 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 Nov 16, 2015
Monday Nov 16, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. Terrorists are out to ruin Lila’s birthday, which is just like terrorists to do
2. Terrible attacks in Western Europe lead many to the discovery that terrorist attacks are happening constantly and all over the world. It’s a dangerous place!
3. GOP Debate #4 ends with a sad plea by moderators promising that economic issues can totally be interesting sometimes
4. Knee-Jerk Hillary Clinton turns out to sound a lot like Rudolph Giuliani at Saturday’s super secret Democratic debate
5. College protests start up in Missouri, end with Yale students hating John Calhoun and Chris Christie hating Obama
6. SCOTUS will now determine whether they meant to give us any abortion rights at all
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Monday Nov 09, 2015
Monday Nov 09, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
2. Ben Carson goes on the defensive about his bio, promising Americans from the bottom of his heart that he definitely did stab somebody
3. Nothing’s funny about the Keystone pipeline, so hooray! We’ll never have to mention it ever again!
4. Jeb can fix it. Not his image, but “it” is all taken care of. Whew.
5. MSNBC’s Democratic forum is forgotten about by 99.9% of the 2% of people who even knew about it in the first place
6. Fox News gets the facts right, the tone confusingly wrong, while reporting on this month’s jobs numbers
7. Christians rush to the rescue of a heartbroken Baby Jesus, who in addition to taking on all of our sin now must mourn the loss of his beloved Starbucks seasonal cups
8. Sinkhole Radio returns with warnings about the many dangers, both syrup and parking-related, of going to an IHOP
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Sunday Oct 25, 2015
Sunday Oct 25, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
2. The Democratic post-debate carnage was so bad that they lost candidates who weren’t even running.
3. Sorry Jeb!, it turns out that all the money in the world can’t buy you...campaign contributors?
4. Iowa Frontrunner Ben Carson’s biggest political weakness turns out to be his only professional qualification
5. Paul Ryan’s diagnosis after joining the speaker race: politically suicidal. Let’s have some fun!
6. House needs a pick-me-up after failed Benghazi hearings, decides to repeal Obamacare again because that’s always comforting
7. No matter where he is, what he’s doing, or which gays he’s passing judgement on, David Vitter will hire a prostitute because regular friend won’t have sex with you for money
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Tuesday Sep 08, 2015
Tuesday Sep 08, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. The latest polls prove that America is ready to accept almost anyone other than another Bush or Clinton
2. Europe is Shocked, Shocked, SHOCKED that over 3 million Syrians don’t really want to stay in war-torn Syria
3. Hillary Clinton is outed as America’s unsung gefilte fish hero
4. Some enticing offers from the GOP front: Jeb Bush will speak Spanish wherever he damn well pleases, and Donald trump will be “good at the military”
5. Democrats finally rustle up enough Democrats to back Obama’s Democratic Iran deal
6. Thrice married and unwed mother Kim Davis becomes hero for Christians everywhere
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Sunday Jul 05, 2015
Sunday Jul 05, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. Get ready...we’re about to coin the term Bernie-monium! It’s happening.
2. Latest Hillary Clinton email dump proves she was right to ask to borrow a book on how to email better. Next up: a book on better "Twittering."
5. Greece does what the world has been trying to do for millenia, tells Germany to fuck off
3. SCOTUS reminds America that while the majority of them aren’t stupid, at least 5 are pure evil
4. California decides that one massive measles outbreak is enough, even if it means taking on Jenny McCarthy.
5. Greece does what the world has been trying to do for millenia, tells Germany to fuck off
6. If we’ve known anything since the first podcast, it’s that losing your mattress endorsement is the beginning of the end. Buh bye Donald!
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Monday Jun 29, 2015
Monday Jun 29, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. SCOTUS continues it’s move to the left as Scalia continues his slow descent into jiggery-pokery
2. Alabama and Bree Newsome show SC and America that taking an offensive flag down is as easy as...removing a flag
3. Bernie Sanders proves he’s a contender by facing his first slate of attacks...ever.
4. Bobby Jindal announces presidential run in homemade horror film
5. It only takes two words to explain why abstinence-only education doesn’t work: Bristol Palin
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Monday Jun 22, 2015
Monday Jun 22, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. Like the president and Jon Stewart, we’re sick and tired of thinking of something new to say about white domestic terrorists and their totally legal super-deadly arsenals.
2. Proving they’re only 250 years behind the times, South Carolina may finally take down their state confederate flag. It’s time to admit the dream is dead, guys.
3. Speaking of dreams, 2016 is going to be the year we finally get to officially not vote for Donald Trump.
4. Math and science finally prove that once you know Bernie Sanders, you have no choice but to love him.
5. The GOP’s Catholic hopefuls now must explain why their faith is guiding them to deny science even the Pope knows is true.
6. Women continue to get 77% of what they ask for in their battle to be on the $20
7. North Korea cures everything using a top secret combination minerals and derring-do.
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Monday May 25, 2015
Monday May 25, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. Mitch McConnell becomes the first man in history to accomplish the task of making John Boehner look competent
2. Southern Republican Leadership Conference polls members, chooses flavor of the month, gives Ted Cruz’s father the platform he’s been waiting for
3. GOP hopefuls know ISIS is a problem, promise that after the primary, they’ll come up with a plan
4. Turns out you only need the first 14 Duggars to generate the incest-y scandal we’ve been anticipating
5. Mike Huckabee’s knows for certain that we’d NEVER tolerate allowing SCOTUS to choose the president. He’s a walking encyclopedia...of non-facts.
6. Hillary Clinton doesn’t remember that that failed 2008 run and, according to her resume, neither should you
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Tuesday Apr 28, 2015
Tuesday Apr 28, 2015
In Which We Discuss:
1. Bernie Sanders gives Brent the best birthday present a boy could ever ask for.
2. A message to the police: please stop killing unarmed black people. Coming up with funny headlines for those stories is impossible.
3. In a very Los Angeles move, Ted Cruz would totally protest Loretta Lynch’s appointment if he didn’t have better plans.
4. A war of the signs breaks out outside the Supreme Court. Also something is going on inside there...
5. Washington commences the yearly summit between famous comedians and the people they make awkward jokes about.
6. Bruce Jenner comes out as a...Republican gun-owner. JUDGEMENT.
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