Brain Trust Live

BTL #175 - MARAUDING DANGER BLIMP - 11/2/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Paul Ryan is adorably optimistic for a guy who just became House Speaker

2. Maybe the GOP’s distaste for facts explains why their “frontrunner” is in 4th place after the third debate. Has a supposed GOP frontrunner even been in the lead yet?

3. Rubio is on a collision course with fellow candidates and fellow facts 

4. Entire media misses the point of the Sanders campaign in their quest to sensationalize Hillary’s endorsement pick-ups

5. Clinton emails continue to prove that Hillary really really really doesn’t know how to operate a fax machine.  Why was this still a problem in 2012?

6. Military blimp with an adventurous spirit breaks free of its shackles and goes joy-flying around Pennsylvani

Join the millions of barking dogs who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!

BTL #174 - POLITICALLY SUICIDAL - 10/26/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Benghazi hearings prove that Hillary Clinton could have been a champion filibusterer. Oh, what could have been!

2. The Democratic post-debate carnage was so bad that they lost candidates who weren’t even running.

3. Sorry Jeb!, it turns out that all the money in the world can’t buy you...campaign contributors?

4. Iowa Frontrunner Ben Carson’s biggest political weakness turns out to be his only professional qualification

5. Paul Ryan’s diagnosis after joining the speaker race: politically suicidal.  Let’s have some fun!

6. House needs a pick-me-up after failed Benghazi hearings, decides to repeal Obamacare again because that’s always comforting

7. No matter where he is, what he’s doing, or which gays he’s passing judgement on, David Vitter will hire a prostitute because regular friend won’t have sex with you for money

Join the millions of honking cars 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 #173 - TRUMP'S HAT PLAN - 10/19/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. America got our first, and what we hope will be our last, look at Lincoln Chafee and Jim Webb at the Democratic Debate. 

2. Joe Biden’s decision is STILL coming soon.  He knows he has to make it BEFORE people start voting, right?

3. We finally found something we agree with Trump and Carson on - that their next debate should only be two hours long.  

4. Six GOP candidates will soon learn what all of the rest of Earth already knows - that they have no prayer of being president

5. Apparently the US Government and Fox News have an equally careful vetting process

6. If there’s one thing Rand Paul hates more than polling at 2%, it’s a “dumbass” livestream

Join the millions of barking dogs who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!

BTL #172 - HUMAN DNA FOUND AT POLITICON - 10/12/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. What is it that drives Hillary Clinton destroy everything that she loves?  What will become of her beloved TPP?

2. With McCarthy gone and the GOP in shambles, we’re all in some danger of becoming Speaker of the House.  Is there an opt-out form somewhere?

3. If any of the 158 families determining the next election results are listening, we have a campaign we’d like to talk chat about.  We accept checks.

4. Ben Carson’s gun control prescription: find a human shield or raise an army of casual handgun owners.  #assuredsuccess  

5. POLITICON.  It happened.  We were there.  We can confirm that Michele Bachmann is a real person with human DNA, FYI.  It was a weird day.

6. Guys, there’s a Democratic debate Tuesday night on CNN.  You should watch that.

Join the millions of honking cars 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 # 171 - THE YAMMERINGS - 10/5/15

In Which We Discuss: 

1. Not much actual hearing going on at the congressional Planned Parenthood yammerings

2. Kevin McCarthy’s Speaker candidacy unravels after an accidental moment of honesty

3. Oregon shooting is a remarkable reminder of how unremarkable it is to be talking about mass shootings in America

4. Bernie Sanders...the oldest guy to ever be THIS trendy

5. Hillary Clinton would love to support gays, but she can’t, mainly because she just just doesn’t wanna

6. Kim Davis: just one more American who doesn’t know Pope

Join the millions of barking dogs who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!

BTL #170 - CELEBRITY WATER THIEF - 9/28/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Hey guys, what does it mean that Boehner is being remembered by Democrats as a great compromiser?  Should we be concerned?

2. Walker can’t stand the figurative and literal heat at the Reagan library GOP debates

3. Florida’s entry into the GOP race is on the rise...it’s just not Bush

4. The Democratic poll numbers are fucking bananas

5. Pope’s visit finally puts the spotlight on the greatest celebrity water thief in American history.  Somebody elected this person to office, btw.

6. Who would have guessed that the makers of the adorable Beetle hatchback would be up to something so nefarious?  Only students of German history.

7.  Brazen sea turtle riding on the rise in...you guessed it...Florida!

Join the millions of barking dogs who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!

BTL #169 - LABOR DAY - 9/8/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. The latest polls prove that America is ready to accept almost anyone other than another Bush or Clinton

2.  Europe is Shocked, Shocked, SHOCKED that over 3 million Syrians don’t really want to stay in war-torn Syria

3. Hillary Clinton is outed as America’s unsung gefilte fish hero

4. Some enticing offers from the GOP front: Jeb Bush will speak Spanish wherever he damn well pleases, and Donald trump will be “good at the military”

5. Democrats finally rustle up enough Democrats to back Obama’s Democratic Iran deal

6. Thrice married and unwed mother Kim Davis becomes hero for Christians everywhere

Join the millions of barking dogs who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!

BTL #168 - #SMDWB, THE EPIDEMIC - 8/31/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. “Surprising” new Iowa polls show that everything we’ve always said would happen is happening now in Iowa, where we said it would happen

2. GOP candidates are ready with plans for our next immigration war with...Canada?

3. O’Malley and Sanders are not afraid to get all up in Debbie Wasserman-Schultz’s face

4. Apparently stealing a single Mountain Dew while Black (#SMDWB?) in America is yet another offense police punish by death

5. The sanitation strike in Beirut is bad enough that it’s spawned a rare multi-religious movement (as well as great PR for their new sanitation service, Uber)

6. VMA’s are happening.  Ew.

Join the millions of honking cars 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 #167 - FRIED BUTTER AT THE SOAPBOX - 8/24/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. Brent went to the Iowa State fair for you, so you wouldn’t have to eat fried butter.

2. Americans can rest easy knowing that Donald Trump has promised to never ride a bicycle or eat Oreos ever again.  Whew, relief!

3. Scott Walker has an opinion on the 14th Amendment.  Actually, he has all of the opinions.

4. Hillary Clinton email scandal has gotten so bad, even Joe Biden thinks maybe he could be president now.

5. Greek prime minister calls news elections in effort to run against his past sel

6. Ashley Madison leak provides most comprehensive list of evangelical Christians ever compiled

Join the millions of honking cars 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 #166 - REPUBLICAN DEBATE #1 (W/ GUEST KIM EATON) - 8/10/15

In Which We Discuss:

1. We recount every moment you wanted to relive at the first official Republican Debate.  So...basically all of them.

2. Like women who can’t shut down pregnancies in cases of “legitimate” rape, the GOP can’t seem to shut down the compulsion to make insensitive comments about women

3. Hillary’s Dems to their own base: Hey guys, is debating really the answer when we’ve already chosen the candidate?

4. Schumer comes out against Iran deal because, why not be a tool?

5. Like the rest of mainstream history, gay history is now popular enough to be whitewashed in film

Join the millions of honking cars who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!