Episodes
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
BTL #384 - A Place of Chaos - 1/26/21
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
Sunday Jan 24, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. We finally found a competent Trump official! His airplane choreography guy was top notch. Goodbye to a legend.
2. The Inauguration was just one stop on a list of errands Bernie Sanders had to run on Wednesday
3. Joe Biden’s version of "Infrastructure Week" might include actual policy
4. Introducing the 117th Senate: A place of chaos!
5. Nobody wants to hear a peep out of any of these fools until we have $2000 burning a hole in our pockets
6. The Trump era’s collateral damage: conspiracy theorists were left sad and confused
Also:
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Brain Trust Live is (still) Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
BTL #382 -Tyranny and the Muesli Caucus [w/ guest Kat Calvin] - 1/11/20
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
Sunday Jan 10, 2021
In Which We Discuss:
1. Trump interfered so badly in the Georgia runoffs that even the muesli caucus was able to win
2. Speaking of muesli caucus, they were awarded three cabinet positions this week
3. You know the president is dangerous when even Pinterest has a Trump ban
4. The vaccine rollout is chaos. See you guys in December.
5. It’s women that are losing all of the jobs.
6. We’re joined by Spread the Vote founder and guest extraordinaire Kat Calvin!
Donate or volunteer for Kat's fantastic organizations, which help get IDs to the people who need them to work, get healthcare, get services, and more!
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
BTL #364 - 2004 RNC - 8/24/20
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Reflections on the 2004 RNC, as seen in last week’s network primetime
2. Expectations for the 2020 RNC, to be seen in this week’s primetime
3. Important Post Office Questions: Do we still have one? And why do they have a secret police force?
4. The Russia “Witch Hunt” found the witch, the witch was real, the witch was guilty, and the witch was Donald Trump
5. In other conspiracy theories that turned out to be true, the Massachusetts State Democrats did in fact conspire to take down Alex Morse
6. Kanye West campaign update: He doesn’t appear to have one
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
BTL Biden Task Force Mid-Week Special - 7/16/20
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Join us on this very special mid-week episode as we discuss the Biden campaign task forces!
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
BTL #356 - Long-Term Plans - 6/28/20
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. If you run progressives, you sometimes can elect them, and that is the definition of being electable
2. Eating out is nice and all, but what about staying at home and drinking alone...forever?
3. Donald Trump: Where white nationalism and Russian nationalism find their Grand Wizard
4. Progressives can defeat mainline Democrats by thinking long-term
5. DC gets one step closer to statehood. Puerto Rico...still batting zero.
6. California Democrats try a crazy experiment...moving the party forward in a unified way.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of quarantiners, helicopters, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Monday Jan 27, 2020
BTL #336 - Authentic and Unvarnished Views - 1/27/20
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Impeachment diet of milk and candy is no match for 85 year old sleepy people in senate marathon trial
2. John Bolton’s unreleased book is already old news
3. Is Elizabeth Warren the new establishment candidate?
4. No Hillary Clinton, America does not want your authentic and unvarnished views
5. Latest polls prove that we live in a post-poll world
6. Donald Trump has the best numbers. So much so that they definitely prove he’s the second coming.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens, helicopters, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Monday Jun 03, 2019
BTL #318 - MATH IS VINDICATED - 6/3/19
Monday Jun 03, 2019
Monday Jun 03, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Robert Mueller holds emergency press conference to remind us that unlike Barr, he has, in fact, read his own report.
2. It remains to be seen whether magic will be enough to get Marianne Williamson, or even Kirsten Gillibrand, into the third Democratic debate.
3. The word “Mueller” is in the news so Trump’s got a genius plan to create a diversion by tanking the entire economy of both the US and Mexico.
4. Math is vindicated once again after study shows that the Trump tax cuts...SHOCK...didn’t work.
5. It’s [name any day] in America so obviously there was another mass shooting.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens, helicopters, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Sunday May 05, 2019
BTL #315 - SHE HAS A PLAN FOR THAT - 5/6/19
Sunday May 05, 2019
Sunday May 05, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. William Barr doesn’t like Mueller’s attitude when it comes to William Barr’s lying
2. Remember the days when we were finally announcing who WASN’T going to run for president? Those days were nice.
3. Elizabeth Warren has a plans for that, and a t-shirt for that
4. No one is running for Senate because everyone is running for president and, frankly, that math isn’t promising
5. Cory Booker is committed to halting the change he’s already been a cosponsor for
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helicopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
BTL #310 - DECADES LONG CRIME SPREE - 3/11/19
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
Sunday Mar 10, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Breaking News: Major billionaire actually decides NOT to run for president!
2. Now that ratings are what matter, Democrats aim to produce world’s greatest reality debate
3. Democrats finally make controversial statement that bigotry is wrong. Related: Puppies are cute!
4. Judge pleads with America to remember that Paul Manafort was a great man before his decades long crime spree
5. Donald Trump, star of presidency, screen, softcore porn, and now Bible author extraordinaire
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helicopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Monday Mar 04, 2019
BTL #309 - A PEN-PAL ROMANCE - 3/5/19
Monday Mar 04, 2019
Monday Mar 04, 2019
In Which We Discuss:
1. Bernie is really running for president, not just favorite activist hero
2. All the most boring Congressional committees have all the best hearings these days
3. Jerry Nadler is going after every document owned by every person in America. Consider yourself on notice.
4. Trump and Kim Jong-Un’s pen-pal romance has hit a rough patch
5. Donald Trump won the TV arms race by creating the most defining and fascinating two hours of television known to the modern era
6. Our latest national emergency is Luke Perry’s death
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of sirens and helicopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!