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
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!Sunday May 26, 2013
Sunday May 26, 2013
In Which We Discuss (Live from Arizona!):
1. Oklahoma tornadoes give Sen. Tom Coburn a chance to deny disaster relief funding to even his own constituents
2. Continuing DOJ wire-tapping news confirms we are excellent scandal pickers
3. Obama fed up with his own counterterrorism policies, outlines his plans to continue all of them
4. Boy Scouts finally half heartedly accept gay youth, still holding strong to their homophobia towards adults
5. Anthony Weiner accepts Brain Trust Live's nomination for the New York Mayor’s race
6. Plus a pair of Arizona stories with our very special panel! And as always, check our Twitter @braintrustlive and Facebook pages throughout the week for links, musings and more!Sunday May 19, 2013
Sunday May 19, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Presidential approval rating numbers finally illustrate how little people care about Benghazi and the other fake White House scandals
2. Harry Reid is still not done making empty threats about filibuster reform
3. After realizing what the GOP actually stands for, a Florida Latino outreach director becomes a Democrat
4. Anthony Weiner basically announces his mayoral candidacy by sitting in his favorite stoop and trying to look wholesome
5. Ann Coulter is furious that Star Trek doesn’t offer an accurate view of *her* present day America
And as always, check our Twitter @braintrustlive and Facebook pages throughout the week for links, musings and more!
Sunday May 12, 2013
Sunday May 12, 2013
In Which We Discuss: 1. Benghazi hearings reveal that the only new info about Benghazi is that it's entirely about Hillary Clinton 2. IRS potentially being run by entry-level 20-something analysts 3. The Heritage Foundation outs itself as being exactly as racist as we all suspected 4. South Carolina provides convincing scientific proof that Anthony Weiner can be mayor of New York, sex scandals be damned! 5. The entire NRA platform is still proving troublesome for NRA and supporters 6. Global warming update: we're more likely to die than ever. Literally each second that passes is a second in which we are closer to our deaths. 7. BTL exclusive: Christ Christie unofficially declares his 2016 candidacy 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!
Sunday Apr 21, 2013
Sunday Apr 21, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. A Brain Trust Live exclusive on the Boston bombings. Just kidding! Only our unnecessary two cents... 2. In a move that surprised no one, our one shot at ineffective gun control was shot down by an even more ineffective Senate 3. News flash to Texans...don’t move next to fertilizer plants 4. Mark Sanford, searching for Super Bowl with his cell phone flashlight, finds electoral defeat instead 5. Ricin mail suspect soon to be doing the literal "Jailhouse Rock" 6. GOP to Rubio: Just kidding, we’re still racist! 7. And, as if this week wasn’t bad enough, there’s more disasters...a sinkhole! And as always, check our Twitter @braintrustlive and Facebook pages throughout the week for links, musings and more!
Monday Apr 15, 2013
Monday Apr 15, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. The witch is dead (ding dong!), which leads us to our most insensitive Rest In Peace yet!
2. The bipartisan gun control bill clears first hurdle, might trip on the second and wouldn’t win a race in effectiveness anyway
3. Watergate, the Kentucky edition
4. Republicans plan to save business by continuing to let women go penniless
5. Elizabeth Warren’s brilliance still doesn’t annoy us like such perfection usually would
6. Plus, douchebags, carpetbagging, baggy pants, and bad choices you can make on Twitter
And as always, check our Twitter @braintrustlive and Facebook pages throughout the week for links, musings and more!
Sunday Apr 07, 2013
Sunday Apr 07, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Economic recovery not looking good for anybody except asteroid lassoers
2. Hillary 2016 practice round commences in McAuliffe's Virginia Gubernatorial race
3. Fearful GOP officials warn that gay marriage might be too good to pass up even for straight people
4. Our special guest (!) discusses some unusual gun control proposals
5. Is your life free of miracles? Find out why!
6. Plus, Ted Cruz on Obamacare, Lindsey Graham on immigration, and why Rick Perry thinks Austin would make a great location for bombing or your next corporate retreat
Monday Mar 18, 2013
Monday Mar 18, 2013
In Which We Discuss: 1. Paul Ryan releases his second budget, marking his second failed attempt at living in reality 2. Rob Portman thinks being different is okay, so long as you’re a member of his family 3. Nikki Haley has bangs, Sara Palin has a big gulp, Bob McDonnell has no invite, and other stories from the CPAC trenches 4. Ted Cruz offers incomplete constitutional lesson, only to find out too late that Dianne Feinstein is not a 6th grader 5. Veronica Mars movie offers terrifying new blueprint for how corporate America next plans to steal your money 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!