Brain Trust Live

BTL #101 - SHAM ELECTION BLUES - 3/18/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Lila and Brent forget to wear green due to early morning earthquake panic

2. CNN strikes ratings gold with it’s new “poop cruise,” the Malaysia Airlines supernatural conspiracy disaster

3. Sham elections define this week in ex-communist countries acting a fool

4. Obama appears on web comedy talk show, offers a master class if knowing your audience

5. Scott Brown is living super free these days

6. From lion heart to Turkey Trot Tater Tot Hotdishes, it was a big week in Congressional food not fit for human consumption

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BTL #94 - THE HOUSE THAT UNCLE SUGAR BUILT - 1/27/14

In Which We Discuss:

1.  GOP bogeyman Uncle Sugar will turn your daughter into a sex-crazed birth control addict.  Thanks for the warning, Hucky.

2. This week on Hillary Pillory: Planet Hillary shoots into orbit, prepares for war with Klingons, Rand Paul.

3.  Obamacare sign-ups surge, giving the GOP plenty to remain seated for at this week’s State of the Union speech.

4. Note to McDonnell and D’Souza, if you’re caught committing a blatant crime, it’s not a liberal witch hunt, it’s just American justice.

5.  Ashley Wagner’s mother feels way too comfortable going to the Sochi Olympics, terrorist threat or not.

6.  Unfortunately, Roman peace doves are poorly trained in the art of bird war.

7.  Justin Bieber is arrested during the internet’s most excruciatingly slow drag race.

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BTL #91 - ICE CREAM SOCIALITES - 1/07/14

In Which We Discuss:

1. The North Pole gets lost, can now be found wandering aimlessly through Wisconsin

2. Rep. Boehner pats self on back for successfully carrying out the least productive year in Congressional history

3. A brief review of just how right we were in 2013

4. The Christmas Eve spin machine goes into overdrive

5. This week on Hillary Pillory: Clinton SuperPACs are already competing to run her campaign into the ground before it starts

6.  Family-hating Virginia resident Liz Cheney pulls out of Wyoming senate primary against well-liked ice-cream socialite Mike Enzi

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BTL #90 - AFFLUENCING AFFLUENZA - 12/16/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Bipartisan budget deal draws enough criticism from both parties to pass the House going away

2. When it comes to sign language interpreters in South Africa, you really get what you pay for

3. Colorado residents should no longer expect staying alive to be one of the perks of living near all that fresh mountain air

4. Do you know someone who suffers from Affluenza?  Get them help immediately before their inevitable crime spree goes unpunished!

5. Brain Trust Live tells you the future in a segment on the 2016 primaries

6. Megyn Kelly really needs you to know that Santa Claus is white.  Because children!

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BTL #86 - ENDA DAYS - 11/11/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Election Day provides wins for progressives, the Clinton mafia, and rude blowhards

2. Senate’s ENDA bill moves forward, straight into John Boehner’s “never gonna happen” pile

3. This months’ jobs numbers are fake, but we’ll tell them to you anyway

4.  The first segment in our sports series: “Big Brain Sports” with Erica Bardin. Download the extended segment here!

5. U.S.’s beloved waiting-till-later strategy fails to deliver results in nuclear talks with Iran

6.  Benghazi is still not a scandal.  We explain why.

9. A special election day edition of Hillary Pillory

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BTL #83 - THE SELF-DESTRUCT SEQUENCE - 10/21/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Shutdown end triggers GOP self-destruct sequence

2. Republicans too busy losing popular support to notice winning anti-Obamacare argument staring them in the face

3. Introducing our newest weekly segment: the Hillary Pillory

4. New Jersey courts pave the way for Showtime’s newest series: The GTL Word

5. Eric Holder holds the line with JP Morgan, gets us some money

6. Plus, needless asskicking, teacup hospitality explained, and zany socks galore!

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BTL #82 - FEAR OF OPTIMISM (w/ GUEST: SEAN PROPHET) - 10/14/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Fearing the outbreak of optimism sweeping the nation, Congress decides to not make any deals on the debt ceiling or government shutdown

2. Polls show that most Americans would vote for literally anyone other than their current representatives

3.  In positive shutdown news, the first Obama nominee not subject to intense opposition is likely to be approved by the supposedly non-working Senate

4.  Voters at the Value Voters Summit prove through straw poll results that their values are...mostly non existent

5.  A trip in the way back machine to the weirdest election in California history

6.  Michele Bachmann states that the endtimes are here, and if China’s hornet situation is any indication, she might be right

Make sure to check out our guest Sean Prophet's own show, National Progressive Talk Radio, at www.nptr.net! This week they've got a great interview with Bill McKibben!

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BTL #81 - PANDORA'S BOX OF CRAZY - 10/7/13

In Which We Discuss:

1.  As country heads into week two of the government shutdown, GOP’s goals become even less clear

2. Stubborn House GOP antics cause wounded pride, open doors for Democratic contenders in at least 17 house races.

3.  Government shutdown opens up a pandora’s box of crazy shenanigans for furloughed capitol police to deal with.

4.  Turns out, millions of people were looking for cheaper healthcare.  Good thing the Obamacare exchanges started this week!

5. Wendy Davis heeds our advices, announces her candidacy with a populist bang.

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BTL #80 - COMPROMISE WITH ME - 9/30/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Meglomaniac Ted Cruz launches 21 hour filibuster so he can hear himself talk about green eggs and ham

2.  A list of compromises the Democrats have made since 2010 for Mr. Ted Cruz’s edification

3.  There’s probably no government right now so take your trifling complaints elsewhere

4.  BFF Israel is super mad that the US is now talking to the newbie from Iran.  Twitter war is already in the works.

5.  Clinton-hating grows evermore popular, proving we are bigger trendsetters than our wardrobes would suggest

6.  Wendy Davis and her pink sneakers planning to run all way to the Governor’s mansion

7.  The BTL review of the longest two hours of television this week

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BTL #79 - THE SELFIE AWARDS - 9/23/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. A roundup of the inconsequential un-newsy news of the week!  Did anybody say Emmys?  IPhone?

2. Republican strategy to defund Obamacare...now with more confusing twists!

3. Sadly, mass shootings surpass Miley Cyrus twerking videos as America’s hottest trend

4. President and Vice President of “selfie-town” get together to talk smack about weiners

5. GOP politicians, after several incomplete Bible reads, certain that Jesus would starve the poor and hate the gays

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