Brain Trust Live

BTL #345 - Pearl Harbor Week - 4/6/20

In Which We Discuss:

1. Get ready for a week in which everything will be constantly compared to Pearl Harbor

2. We smashed the record for unemployment claims. Just slaughtered it.

3. Turns out when 10M people are suddenly unemployed, medicare-for-all sounds like a great plan.

4. The Democratic convention is being pushed, but no stupid deadly virus is going to stop the Wisconsin primary, whether or not they have polling place, poll workers, or voters.

5. The Republican Governors are proving they’re actually as science-challenged as the character they play on TV.

6. California is either doing a bang-up job, or it isn’t. The numbers tell many stories.

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and 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!

BTL #341 - Super Tuesday (w/ Guest Carla Nordstrom) - 3/9/20

In Which We Discuss (W/ Special Guest Carla Nordstrom):

1. The empire consolidated just in time to dash the hopes of anybody dreaming of a future more promising than “not Trump.” We compare these developments to the chaos that led to 1968's infamous Democratic convention.

2. We moved up our primary but California’s Super Tuesday somehow still didn’t count.

3. With last week’s carnage, the Senate races are our new raison d’etre. Senate Project 2020 is a go!

4. Luckily, Tuesday March 10th brings new possibilities...

5. But we’ll have to make it through Coronavirus to get there.

6. One thing that’s keeping our emotional health in check: We beat MSNBC. Chris Matthews is no more.

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!

BTL #337 - The Last Iowa Caucus - 2/10/20

[*UPDATED: Audio Issue Fixed*] In Which We Discuss:

1. We traveled halfway across the country to witness the last Iowa Caucus!

2. Unfortunately, no one has witnessed any actual results from said Iowa Caucus. 

3. Taxpayers donate facilities for extensive Trump campaign rally.  Unfortunately for him, Nancy Pelosi’s meme game was strong.

4. Mitt Romney attempts to save his obituary from the ravages of the Trump era during Senate impeachment vote.

5. We now grant ABC all future Dem Debates.  That’s enough flying graphics and Wolf Blitzer for this cycle. 

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!

 

BTL #335 - The Ken Starr Comeback Tour - 1/20/20

In Which We Discuss:

1. We’ll share important self-care tips for the next #DemDebate 

2. Next week’s TV schedule is: CSPAN, 25 hours a day, 8 days a week. Impeachment Trial-Palooza starts Tuesday morning at an ungodly hour.

3. If you’re too young to remember the 90s, Ken Starr is doing a comeback tour and playing all his greatest sex-obsessed hits!

4. Lev Parnas confirms everything we knew via common sense from the last six months

5. Joe Kennedy III is a conspiracy theory waiting to happen in the race for the MA Senate

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!

BTL #334 - Sham Trial Season - 1/12/20

In Which We Discuss:

1. Nancy Pelosi is sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate, so get ready for sham trial season!

2. Mar-A-Lago might have started a war with Iran. Stay tuned to Twitter for official updates and golf scores.

3. People are dropping out, but somehow the Democratic presidential field is not contracting.

4. Bernie Sanders is back in action after outraising Wine Cave Pete

5. Earthquake swarms are the tree snakes of Puerto Rico

6. Koalas are suffering, and that’s our fault.

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!

BTL #333 - Judiciary Committee - 12/9/19

In Which We Discuss:

1. The impeachment hearings move to Judiciary, where more staid professionals argued that Trump’s legal shenanigans are also illegal crimes.

2. Giuliani’s genius plan for this week was to go to Kiev because that way he can commit different crimes to avoid suspicion about the stuff he’s already done.

3. Duncan Hunter and his pet rabbit Eggburt are leaving Congress.

4. Somebody has actually polled California only to discover that we all love Bernie Sanders.

5. Biden challenges Iowan man to a pushup contest because, again, he’s not sure how running for president works.

6. AOC beat Amazon just by having the gaul to suggest that letting corporations blackmail major cities is a waste of resources.

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!

BTL #332 - Our Eyeballs - 11/25/19

In Which We Discuss:

1. Biggest winner of impeachment hearings so far: Pete Buttigeig at Dem Debate 5. Biggest losers: Our eyeballs.

2. Candidates do their best Liz Warren plan impersonation. Fail miserably.

3. Bloomberg, like many rich kids before, thinks he can pay you to like him

4. Carla Nordstrom lifehack: impeachment hearings are a great time to get some sewing done

5. Is Trump Sick in more than just the head?

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!

BTL #329 - Tuesday is Also Election Day - 11/4/19

In Which We Discuss:

1. The presidential election is officially one year from today, but guys...you could also vote on Tuesday. Because this coming Tuesday is election day.

2. Sanders heart attack seems to have installed a third stent into his poll numbers.

3. Liz Warren has more than just a plan, she has a zinger.

4. Trump should be pleased that the House’s impeachment inquiry will definitely be good for his favorite polling metric - TV ratings.

5. The Katie Hill saga is a good to time to remember that the average member of Congress is too old to even know what revenge porn is

6. Even people who watch senseless violence of fun hate Donald Trump

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!

BTL #317 - BODILY AUTONOMY - 5/20/19

In Which We Discuss:

1. GOP impeachment domino watch: 1 down, 198 to go

2. Joe Biden will protect the nation from Trump using a strategy of incremental soul-saving and forgetting what he just said

3. If an announcement is made and nobody hears it...is DeBlasio actually running for president?

4. Missouri is the latest state to grant greater bodily autonomy to clumps of cells than to full grown living breathing women

5. Are we going to war with Iran? Anybody know why?

6. Arnold Schwarzenegger gets drop kicked for a Lamborghini. And yes, we also wonder what the connection is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BTL #315 - SHE HAS A PLAN FOR THAT - 5/6/19

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!