Brain Trust Live

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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 Jul 15, 2018

BTL #293 - BALLOON BABY [w/ guest host Grant Sloss] - 7/16/18

Sunday Jul 15, 2018

In Which We Discuss:

1. We tuned in for “Bachelorette: The SCOTUS Edition’s” finale

2. Note to head-in-hands, NATO-meeting-era John Kelly: you are literally the problem here.

3. Trump gets a taste of his own medicine from royals and regular people alike

4. Dianne Feinstein can’t even take a hint and now it’s kind of like...sad

5. Paul Ryan apparently knows more about the destructive nature of woodchucks than his constitutional powers

Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of summer breezes and thunderstorms 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 Jul 02, 2018

BTL #292 - NEW SOCIALIST IN TOWN [w/ guest host Carla Nordstrom] - 7/3/18

Monday Jul 02, 2018

In Which We Discuss:

*w/ Special guest Carla Nordstrom and vital help from Andy Bobrow*

1. Puerto Rico is going to be an election issue in 2020. Maybe that will finally get them some assistance?

2. There’s a new socialist in town. Also a new unemployed millionaire…

3. SCOTUS rulings were relased so…break out the Xanax!

4. If you’re wondering why Facebook said it was the end of the world this week, it had to do with somebody other than Trump this time.

5. Two options for immigrant children in Trump’s America: 1. Be an orphan 2. Go to prison. Land of the free!

6. It’s okay lefties, Bernie Sanders is going to be the President of Mexico instead.

Sunday May 13, 2018

BTL #288 - HOW TO KILL AT DYING - 5/14/18

Sunday May 13, 2018

In Which We Discuss:

1. Apparently in this reality, a porn star’s lawyer can outsmart the presidential legal team without breaking much of a sweat. America!

2. Still waiting with baited breath for that Big Beautiful shiny new Iran Deal.

3. Eric Schneiderman aimed to ruin Trump’s life, but ruined ours instead

4. John McCain is giving us all a lesson in how to really kill at dying

5. In a surprise turn, “china people” is not a prefered term in West Virginia. Progress?

6. Trump’s least favorite thing: presidenting. Trump’s favorite thing: toys and soda.

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 May 06, 2018

BTL #287 - ONE LAST DISS BEFORE I LEAVE YOU - 5/7/18

Sunday May 06, 2018

In Which We Discuss:

1. Puerto Rico is the Greece of America, and not because they both have beaches

2. Yes, America, Rudy Giuliani is an actual idiot. We weren’t lying about that.

3. McCain intends to survive just long enough to get one final Trump diss in, even if that means meticulously planning his own funeral.

4. Trump’s unending love for contentious confirmation hearings has led him to beg and plead with torture-lover Gina Haspel not to withdraw as CIA nominee.

5. Melania’s finally announcing that her official platform is...to have a platform

Monday Mar 26, 2018

BTL #283 - MUSTACHE UNKNOWNS - 3/27/18

Monday Mar 26, 2018

In Which We Discuss:

1. Daring teenagers to do anything is your funeral, a PSA from Brain Trust Live

2. "60 Minutes" gets its ratings money shot with Stormy Daniels interview

3. Your info isn’t safe online. We knew it, and now we know it again.

4. H.R. McMaster is out, and the question on everyone’s mind is: Will we soon be seeing a new, mustache free John Bolton?

5. Trump’s new Russia investigation plan is apparently to just not worry about legal advice full stop

6. We may finally see a Biden vs. Trump matchup! No, not for a presidential election, for a no-holds-barred high school locker room brawl.

Sunday Feb 11, 2018

BTL #278 - THE ANTI-MEMO - 2/12/18

Sunday Feb 11, 2018

In Which We Discuss:

1. The anti-Nunes Memo has too many words and not enough illustrations for public release, says White House

2. Dems in Congress win tons of money for GOP priorities in landmark budget deal

3. Apparently only White House staff has to resign over abuse accusations. Anyone can still be president! (The American dream!)

4. GOP new plan to keep power is to just stop having elections to fill vacant seats

5. Kansas found six teenagers but only one woman to run for governor

6. You know your administration’s shit when they’re losing to North Korea at diplomacy

Sunday Jan 28, 2018

BTL #276 - A SIDE OF WATERGATE - 1/28/18

Sunday Jan 28, 2018

In Which We Discuss:

1. The government is now open, so it’s time to re-record the voicemail at the White House comment line!

2. Enjoy Tuesday’s SOTU address with a side Watergate

3. When will the world’s richest people open their arms to Trump? Apparently not at Davos.

4. As always, the best way to insure having a sexual predator on your payroll is to employ a “faith adviser”

5. Claire McCaskill looks to continue her run of being the luckiest Senate candidate in America

6. The Guggenheim sends the president their piece de resistance: a golden toilet called “America”

Sunday Dec 17, 2017

BTL #272 - CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP - 12/17/17

Sunday Dec 17, 2017

In Which We Discuss:

1. Alabamians proved they are only 50% outright monsters

2. Net Neutrality is dead, much like the free flow of information is about to be

3. The tax bill is finally solving some vital problems for the oft-ignored zillionaire set

4. In Paul Ryan’s dystopia, corporations are people and people are cattle and cattle should start having more children to feed the corporations

5. Donald Trump thinks we believe he could ever land Kirsten Gillibrand in a million years

6. Omorosa can’t stop, wont stop being fired

Sunday Dec 10, 2017

BTL #271 - RAINS OF FIRE - 12/11/17

Sunday Dec 10, 2017

In Which We Discuss:

1. The 64th and 1,052nd person have died in Puerto Rico due to the hurricane. Ask us about our math!

2. This week’s rundown of who grabbed who and who lost their job over it

3. This week’s rundown of who is still the president and future senator from Alabama

4. Sheldon Adelson’s fever dream has finally come true

5. In California, even the rain causes fires

6. The mysterious case of the man and the firebunny

Sunday Dec 03, 2017

BTL #270 - THE LAND OF MENTAL VACATIONS - 12/4/17

Sunday Dec 03, 2017

In Which We Discuss:

1. Puerto Rico is now both without power and...a foreign nation?

2. GOP Tax Reform: It’s as narcissistic and self-absorbed as Donald Trump himself

3. Set your watches: the #TrumpRussia countdown to zero begins NOW

4. Sexual Assault allegations...ahem, sorry, dumb idiot men who can’t keep it in their pants...continue to ruin the things we once loved

5. North Korea. Yup.

6. Take a mental vacation in the alternate reality of FoxNews.com