Brain Trust Live

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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BTL #78 - OUT OF DANGER (W/ GUEST: ERICA BARDIN) - 9/16/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. After a spectacular De Blasio victory, Carlos Danger's mayoral campaign ends on an entirely predictable note

2. Putin flexes his muscles, both literally and figuratively, to reach Syria chemical weapons deal

3. Tea Party not content with just ruining the Democratic party, hellbent on ruining GOP as well

4. Proposed state of Jefferson intent on becoming a lawless, insurance-less, perma-stoned hell-hole

5. Cuban Canadians apparently don’t move tickets with Iowa GOP

6. Floridians trying to decide which fate is worse: being overrun with George Zimmermans or herpes monkeys

Plus, please check out the page for our guest Erica's short film "Clave" and donate if you can! It's at http://bit.ly/ClaveFilm.

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BRAIN TRUST LIVE #77 - THE FRENCH EGO - 9/10/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. A look at the direct correlation between our indecisive Syria policy and the French ego

2. Revisionist histories of 9/11 are all the rage as the three stooges of the Tea Party hit the airwaves live from Egypt

4. We’ve got this months job numbers.  Stay tuned for next month’s report that these reports were false.

5. As the primary campaigns in New York hit their final stride, Bloomberg announces that most of the electorate are just a bunch of moochers anyway

6. This week in secessionist movements

7. Gun rights are blindly taken to their logical extreme in Iowa

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BRAIN TRUST LIVE #75 - THE DAY THE NEWS CAME (W/ GUEST: ARTHUR TEBBEL) - 8/26/13

In Which We Discuss:

1. Syria gets more crazy by the moment, but luckily Al Jazeera America launched just in time to gives us the facts no one else would

2. Only 50 years later, MLK’s "I Have a Dream" speech is finally front page news at the Washington Post

3. Bradley/Chelsea Manning’s surprise announcement sparks an entire week of pronoun debates

4. Serial sexual harasser Bob Filner FINALLY resigns as mayor of San Diego

5. Ted Cruz doesn’t realize he’s Canadian, despite having been born in a canadian hospital... in Canada

6. NYT gives ambivalent endorsement to Quinn...and Lila is furious!

7. America’s long crazy history of secession finds its latest example in the potential new state of North Colorado

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