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!Sunday Jun 02, 2013
Sunday Jun 02, 2013
In Which We Discuss:
1. Friend of the podcast Kim Eaton swings by to chat about the greatest story in history.
2. Turns out if you actually TRY to implement Obamacare, it really works!
3. In other healthcare news, colonoscopies are just too darn expensive
4. John McCain’s excessive war experience doesn’t translate to knowing what the hell is going on in Syria.
5. More 2016 contenders step into the ring.
6. Plus the end of the Rockefeller Republicans, the crazy olympics to replace Michele Bachmann get underway, plus a big Ann Romney missed opportunity.
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!
Monday Nov 29, -0001
Monday Nov 29, -0001
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!