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
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. We’re in a real-life pandemic! STAY AT HOME!
2. Maybe you need help remembering that tomorrow is Tuesday and an Election Day because the last week has felt like 12 years.
3. Sunday Night’s debate was the most torturous yet, mostly because we were all stuck at home watching it.
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 Mar 08, 2020
Sunday Mar 08, 2020
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!
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. South Carolina
2. Super Tuesday
3. The Brain Trust Live Senate Project
4. Saturdays' LA Bernie Rally
5. Death by Corona Virus
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 Feb 23, 2020
Sunday Feb 23, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
Really just one thing - the Nevada Caucuses! We went, we saw, we covered. Get out thoughts on the experience, the outcome and the how polling looks moving forward, all fresh off the campaign trail!
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 Feb 17, 2020
Monday Feb 17, 2020
In Which We Discuss:
1. Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar win New Hampshire by coming in second and third.
2. Sanders manages only first place in both New Hampshire and most national polls. Is first place his ceiling?: An Investigation.
3. Nevada hopes to relieve Iowa of the pressure of being the only incompetent caucus state in the country.
4. If you don’t like putting kids in cages, Michael Bloomberg can’t be on the table.
5. Telemundo’s accidental quiz show proves that only annoying overachievers know who’s running Mexico right now.
6. Maybe you missed the Saturday Night Massacre last week because it was on Tuesday.
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 Feb 09, 2020
Sunday Feb 09, 2020
[*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!
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!
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
Sunday Jan 19, 2020
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!
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
Sunday Jan 12, 2020
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!
Sunday Dec 08, 2019
Sunday Dec 08, 2019
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!