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 Jun 16, 2013
Sunday Jun 16, 2013
In Which We Discuss: 1. GOP members finds themselves hating one of their own ideas yet again after Obama follows their advice on Syria 2. In order to steal focus from their first bad idea, GOP members also cannibalize their own immigration reform bill 3. NSA spying program not effective enough to find Edward Snowden even as entire international press corps snags interviews 4. SCOTUS expected to announce their next round of bad decisions in coming weeks 5. Slapstick comedian Kim Jong-Un is ready to talk to the US in first bilateral talks between the two nations 6. GOP devises strategy to get gays out of the military via Christian bullying And as always, check our Twitter @braintrustlive and Facebook pages throughout the week for links, musings and more!
Monday Jun 10, 2013
Monday Jun 10, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Welcome NSA listeners! If we’d have known you were coming, we would have baked a cake.
2. SCOTUS has the most confusing week ever care of Antonin Scalia
3. Susan Rice is now more powerful than the Senators that tried to derail her
4. Marco Rubio proves to be a fairweather fan of his own immigration bill
5. Lautenberg’s absence spurs Chris Christie to do everything wrong her can think of in the runup to his own reelection campaign.
6. It’s our favorite time of year! The Bilderberg convention, the Vegas week of corporate conspiracy creation, kicks off this week. And as always, check our Twitter @braintrustlive and Facebook pages throughout the week for links, musings and more!Thursday May 02, 2013
Thursday May 02, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Barbara Bush finally says what’s been on America’s mind for a long time: “We’ve had enough Bush’s”
2. More arrests in the Boston Bombing plot lead republicans to remember why they hate all immigrants
3. Being a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay is the best diet plan EVER
4. Even Rockefeller Republicans know that gays are good for business. Will the NBA realize the same?
5. In an effort to shore up the two-dimensional vote, Mark Sanford vigorously debates a cardboard cut-out of Nancy Pelosi
6. Will Ted Cruz be the first Canadian President of America? Not if it requires reading the Constitution.
7. Do you have one too many children? Is your gun arsenal missing a gun small enough for a five year-old to handle? Solve both problems at once with the Cricket!
Saturday Mar 30, 2013
Saturday Mar 30, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. DOMA and Prop 8 cases provide boon to struggling line standing industry in DC
2. North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has clearly seen “Wag the Dog,” enjoys futzing around on photoshop
3. North Dakota moves forward with their draconian anti-abortion laws, making it the freest state in the union according to libertarians.
4. New Hampshire now most dangerous state for women, bans their right to shoot anyone arbitrarily
5. Don Young stakes his claim as greatest congressional quotemaker, trying to oust the ethically challenged Michele Bachmann
6. We’ll miss you Soledad O’Brien Look out for our weekly blog post, coming Thursday, and as always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on Facebook!Sunday Mar 24, 2013
Sunday Mar 24, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Lila wins the internet, and buzzfeed commits some serious thought crime.
2. The greatest story to come out of the crazy 2012 republican primary.
3. Israeli pundits prove to be just as irritating as American ones during Obama’s brief visit to the region.
4. The senate finally passes a budget, 4 years and 13 hrs later.
5. Rich people are awful. An in-depth conversation about why.
6. Republicans still trying to figure out their post-Portman stance on gay marriage. Unknowinlgy offering reasons to support it as reasons for their opposition.
7. Plus, guns, deadly asteroids, and other dangers of living in Glendale.
Look out for our weekly blog post, coming Thursday, and as always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on Facebook!Sunday Mar 10, 2013
Sunday Mar 10, 2013
In Which We Discuss: 1. We find our first common ground with Rand Paul, proving that even insane people know that drones are scary 2. Part 27 million of our continuing series, “The economy is fake.” 3. Hugo Chavez is dead, potential boon to Russian economy as their permanent embalming services are put to use yet again 4. GOP internal war’s next frontier, Governors v. Senators v. Obamacare v. People 5. Lindsey Graham’s terrifying apocalyptic vision for America 6. Iowan television now permanently able to subsist on campaign ad buys from super PACS Look out for our weekly blog post, coming Thursday, and as always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on Facebook!
Sunday Mar 03, 2013
Sunday Mar 03, 2013
Happy Birthday to us! It's a very special one year anniversary for BTL in which we discuss: 1. You heard it here first! The dangers of sinkholes are very real and this week totally proves it. 2. Everything we feared about the sequester happened, so... 3. Ahhhh...We’re Popeless! Anyone looking for a direct line to god will have to speak to speak to Warren Jeffs. 4. SCOTUS Justice declares the end of racism. Congratulations America! 5. GOP continues to answer to Todd Akin’s rape comments...by agreeing with them. 6. Plus guns, horsemeat, climate change and snakes where you’ll least expect them! Look out for our weekly blog post, coming Thursday, and as always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on Facebook!
Sunday Jan 27, 2013
Sunday Jan 27, 2013
In Which We Discuss: 1. We are FURIOUS. Find out why. 2. Republicans still putting their efforts into election-stealing after two failed attempts 3. Dianne Feinstein proves her only worth by introducing the first gun control bill that won’t pass 4. We heard the word Benghazi this week. Hopefully for the last time? 5. Republicans do clumsy about-face on immigration in their attempt to shore up hispanic votes, fail miserably to do the same for women 6. Plus this week in Arizona craziness, Sarah Palin, and drunk tweeting Look out for our weekly blog post, coming Thursday, and as always, remember to follow us on Twitter @braintrustlive and find us on facebook!
Sunday Jul 29, 2012
Sunday Jul 29, 2012
In Which We Discuss:
1. Romney Not Making the Medal Stand for Diplomacy on His First Trip Abroad
2. Obama and Romney Out Pro-Israel Each Other in a Week-Long Pointless Battle
3. Math Woes for Mitt Continue
4. Good News! Handheld Rocket Launchers Are Now Legal to Carry
5. Things Northern Cities Hate: Citizens United and Chick-Fil-A, Things Southern Cities Hate: Taste
6. Doctor Shortages, Air Shortages, Why All of Our Worst Fears Are Coming True
7. Our First Foray Into Sportscasting
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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