June 22, 2015 @ 11:20 pm
BTL #159 - NORTH KOREAN DERRING-DO - 6/23/15
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May 3, 2015 @ 9:23 pm
BTL #153 - FOLK HERO - 5/3/15
In Which We Discuss:
August 25, 2014 @ 12:23 am
BTL # 122 - FAKE FRY - 8/25/14
In Which We Discuss:
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August 3, 2014 @ 7:51 pm
BTL #119 - CAPITALIST COOKIES - 8/4/14
In Which We Discuss:
1. Kidnapping is this year’s "weapons of mass destruction"
2. US government charters Ebola’s first flight to Atlanta
3. One day after voting to sue Obama for unilateral action, Boehner pleads with the president for unilateral action on immigration
4. Turns out some guys were doing some torture or something like that….whatever, carry on with your day
5. Fearing cookie-inspired uprising, Kim Jong-Un bans much beloved capitalist cookie.
6. Sarah Palin’s channel already providing a platform for horribly bigoted “real Americans” to call for Obama’s death. Ain’t ‘murica great?
July 14, 2014 @ 11:33 pm
BTL #116 - JESUS H. REAGAN - 7/15/14
In Which We Discuss:
1. Israel and Hamas really commit to this whole war thing
2. It’s Rick “Reagan” Perry versus Rand “Leave It Alone” Paul in a foreign policy op-ed deathmatch
3. In other Rick Perry news, he’s a child-hating racist! Surprise!
4. Sarah Palin cooks up a tasteless impeachment word salad. Eric Holder chews it up and spits it out.
5. Boehner hatches plans to sue over Obama’s late implementation of the healthcare law that he voted over 50 times to scrap entirely.
6. We now have proof of what GOP lawmakers feared...Obamacare works, and even their wingnut constituents now enjoy quality, affordable healthcare.
7. Speaking of healthcare, do NOT, we repeat, do NOT get your medical advice from Pat Robertson
June 22, 2014 @ 10:53 pm
BTL #113 - BRATING LIKE YOU MEAN IT - 6/23/14
In Which We Discuss:
1. Rand Paul continues his terrifying sense-making tour even when challenged by evil robot-man Dick Cheney on Iraq
2. Vladimir Putin would make a great Hollywood agent! We explain why.
3. Undocumented children now getting the state fair livestock treatment in Arizona warehouse
4. Find who’s David Brating and where this primary season!
5. The Clintons and the Obamas gear up for modern political tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, all over that damn golf game
6. The return of Sinkhole Radio, World Cup Edition
April 29, 2014 @ 11:27 pm
BTL #107 - FAIRYTALE-INHALATION AND THE OTHER DANGERS OF KUMBAYA - 4/30/14
In Which We Discuss:
1. Donald Sterling, Cliven Bundy, and SCOTUS face off to prove that irony isn’t dead, and neither is racism.
2. Russia just doesn’t care
3. Oregon hipsters were too blissed out on farm-to-table food last fall to finish their Obamacare exchange website.
4. This week on Hillary Pillory, Wall Street realizes that the best GOP candidate for president really is Hillary Clinton
5. Florida Georgia Line isn’t just an annoying country band, it’s also now the world’s most inviting murder destination
6. Why does Sarah Palin think Kumbaya is such a bad thing?
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March 30, 2014 @ 9:45 pm
BTL #103 - NO NEWS IS NO NEWS - 3/31/14
In Which We Discuss:
1. We’ll tell you how one random guy’s spreadsheet is saving America!
2. A classic Kerry diplomatic strategy prompts a meeting about a meeting with the Russians instead of an answer to a problem
3. Though Chris Christie has now purchased some innocence, Jeb Bush is waiting in the wings to launch pt. 3 of the Bush dynasty
4. Hobby Lobby better hope their female employees’ hobby isn’t having sex
5. Northwestern football players score a touchdown in their case with the National Labor Relations Board
6. Signs of the end times part one!
7. Kim Jong Un hopes his newest reform will solve the age-old problem of not enough North Korean men looking like Chinese smugglers
February 23, 2014 @ 11:50 pm
BRAIN TRUST LIVE #98 - THE NEWLY EMINENT DOMAIN - 2/24/14
In Which We Discuss:
1. An Olympics grudge match leaves the US stuck with Justin Bieber for another four years
2. Sochi, surprisingly, goes off without a hitch. Sadly the rest of the world is falling apart.
3. Colorado marijuana tax revenue will now go to plans to ensure they have no more marijuana tax revenue
4. According to Tom Delay, the bestselling author of the Bible apparently also founded the most powerful nation in the world. Busy guy.
5. Ted Nugent doing some serious projecting with his “subhuman mongrel” criticism of Obama
6. Birther Queen real estate dentist lawyer Orly Taitz looks to top her 3% haul of votes in 2012 in her race for Attorney General