Brain Trust Live

9/12/24 - BTL's Harris/Trump Debate Extravaganza!

Hold onto your dogs and cats, it’s a Brain Trust Live Harris/Trump Debate Extravaganza (the first of what we *hope* will be many)!

 

Plus, don't miss Lila's appearances on NPR:

WNYC's All Things Considered: https://www.wnyc.org/story/23-years-after-911-women-and-children-survivors-are-asking-for-more-resources/

WBUR's Here and Now: https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2024/09/11/sept-11-stuyvesant-high-school

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's other podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

5/12/24 - Brain Worms Nation

In Which We Discuss:

1. Brain Worms: Somebody in the presidential race finally admits to having them!

2. A plea to have fun with the Donald Von Shitzinpants Trial.

3. Some political advice: Dog killing = bad. Hope that helped.

4. Bidenomics, we hardly knew ya! 

5. To the surprise of nobody but Nancy Pelosi, Trump-loving Democrat Henry Cuellar is also a criminal.

6. At least there’s still some good news out in the world: Kitara Rivache is out of retirement.

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

3/25/24 - Queen of the Return

In Which We Discuss:

1. There’s been elections. Lots of elections. We’ll tell you about them.

2. Republicans continue to flee the scene of the crime. 

3. Everytime a new government funding bill passes, a new GOP speaker gets their wings.

4. Democrats try to make a splashy announcement, seem unaware that everybody else denounced Netanyahu twenty years ago.

5. Like the collection of old foggety people that it is, Congress sets its sights on banning fun next.

6. The return of George Santos, queen of the return.

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

11/6/23 - Tomorrow is Election Day!

In Which We Discuss:

1. The Brain Trust Live 2023 Super Bowl (i.e. Election Day) is this Tuesday

2. Polls reveal that Biden is not just too old, he’s also bad at his job

3. This week we find out if Donald Trump actually loves Eric

4. The George Santos expulsion vote failed, and thank God for that

5. Mike Johnson is committing tax fraud. Ask us how we know.

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

 

8/29/23 - A Stratospheric Rise To The Single Digits

In Which We Discuss:

1. Joe the Plumber, the 2008 political symbol celebrated for his misunderstanding of tax laws, is dead at 49. He leaves behind a fully broken political system.

2. The Trump trial calendar is getting competitive!

3. Nikki Haley makes a stratospheric rise to fifth place and a higher single digit number in GOP post-debate polls.

4. It’s finally time to find out which 10 (and only 10 drugs) won’t send you into bankruptcy! Maybe!

5. Air travel is dangerous enough without being in Putin’s crosshairs.

 

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of falling phones, 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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

1/30/23 - Always Be Gossiping

In Which We Discuss:

1. Congressional Democrats are happy to be trolled by Josh Hawley if it means they don’t have to do anything.

2. Update: George Santos does know where any of his money came from or who was or is in charge of it.

3. Nikki Haley inceptioned Donald Trump into announcing her candidacy for president for her

4. Trump’s 2024 Campaign Platform: Wind Turbines Belong in Jail

 

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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

 

1/25/23 - Broken Brain Syndrome

In Which We Discuss:

1. What is there to say about George Santos that George Santos hasn’t said about himself?

2. Somebody tell Joe Biden we aren’t using printers anymore

3. Ron Klain is out and the White House will now be run as effectively as the US COVID response 

4. Kathy Hochul cannot Cuomo her way into leadership

5. Sinkholes: California has them

6. Donald Trump uses Diamond of Diamond and Silk’s memorial service to distance himself from Silk, which is proof positive that they both know each other and crimed together.

 

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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind.

Plus, subscribe to Lila's new podcast, What Can I Do, wherever you get your podcasts!

3/7/22 - Don’t Say BBB [w/ Dakota Hall from Alliance for Youth Action]

In Which We Discuss:

1. Dakota Hall, ED at Alliance for Youth Action, joins us to talk about young voters, the SOTU, and more!

2. Joe Biden misread the mood of the American people as he jovially celebrated returning to the office during the SOTU. That’s right, he wants to send you to the place where your bosses are!

3. Cisneros and Cuellar head into a runoff in the Democrat’s bellwetheriest bellwether race.

4. Mask laws are ending, so get your noses ready for spring.

5. President Zelensky spoke for all of earth when he asked Rick Scott to please, finally, for the love of God, mute himself

 

Find the Alliance for Youth Action Online:

Twitter: @alliance4youth

Instagram: @allianceforyouthaction

Facebook: @AllianceforYouthAction

 

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!

And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book here: Some Kids Left Behind

BTL #373 - Things Could Always Be Worse - 10/26/20

In Which We Discuss:

1. We’re on track to shatter our voting turnout records at a whopping...62%! Cool. One-third of you guys are still like, “nah.”

2. Trump’s closing argument at debate #2: Things could always be worse. 

3. White House staff loved COVID so much the first time, they decided to try it again!

4. We comment on his zombie-like stares all the time, but is Mitch McConnell actually one of the undead?

5. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins never had any principles, guys.

6. Fake Melania’s on a plane!

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, 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!

BTL #336 - Authentic and Unvarnished Views - 1/27/20

 

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!