In Which We Discuss: 1. We have a VP candidate! We like him! 2. Democrats are making a slew of good decisions and nobody has any experience with this so we don’t know how to act. 3. What if we all just tried to enact the Democratic party platform? Is that a thing? 4. Trump’s interview with the National Association of Black Journalists somehow went …

In Which We Discuss: 1. The French don’t want their love of ménage à trois to get lost in the olympic frenzy. 2. British pop star Charli XCX makes most important endorsement of the US campaign season. 3. Kamala Harris could set herself apart from past democratic candidates by not making an absolute donkey-brained choice for VP. 4. Nobody wants to s…

It's a Presidential chaos spectacular! Listen, we’d write a rundown, but it’s not worth it. Just listen. 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 abou…

It’s a June debate and SCOTUS season spectacular with special guest Ben Softness! (Plus the presidential pep talk you’ve been needing.) 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 pod…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Sadly Donald Trump is not yet a political prisoner! If only. 2. GOP frustrated that the Hunter Biden conviction they’ve long sought is now here. 3. First presidential debate shaping up to be more physical comedy than content. 4. Democrats mysteriously unbothered by spooky parallels to ‘68 Chicago convention. 5. Did Donald Tr…

In Which We Discuss: 1. MMT: Now you don’t have to read the book. (But you should!) 2. To celebrate his 80th, Rudy Giuliani was served birthday cake and birthday indictment papers. 3. Democracy is not, in fact, on the ballot in New York State care of the state Dems. 4. Democrats shocked at 700th poll showing Joe Biden losing battleground states. 5.…

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 als…

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 year…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Ezra Klein condenses twelve years of Brain Trust Live into one hour of reasons why Joe Biden should not run for president. 2. George Santos wishes “you fucking idiots” good luck raising funding next quarter! 3. For once, Joe Manchin’s “Listening Tour” resulted in him listening. 4. The fate of America rests on one simple ques…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Note on Joe Biden’s Super Bowl tiktok: In the wise words of Hillary Clinton, delete your account. 2. Jon Stewart is back and has already thought-crimed us so things are looking up! 3. The Santos special election is almost as bizarre as him. 4. Nikki Haley lost Nevada to “none of these candidates,” which is exactly how we’d l…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Ben Softness, our resident legal expert, who is in no way representing the views of Alphabet Inc., joins us to discuss the recent Trump legal action. (Skip to 39:02 to start there) 2. Can we move on, as a people, from caring about Taylor Swift? 3. If a tree falls in the South Carolina primary, and no voters hear it, did an e…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Don’t worry, all. Marianne Williamson will soldier on in the presidential race. 2. E. Jean Carroll continues her mission of making Donald Trump look poor. 3. Reminder: Regardless of who Fani Willis is vacationing with, Trump still did the crime. 4. Texas is finally starting that Civil War they’ve always dreamed of. 5. Joe Bi…

In Which We Discuss: 1. The New Hampshire Primary and Iowa Caucus were both over before they started. 2. Tim Scott is now fake engaged to his fake girlfriend because now he’ll be Veep material…or something. 3. Joe Biden is staking his entire campaign on the one issue he doesn’t personally care about at all. 4. Dean Phillips is getting bad media adv…

In Which We Discuss: 1. The House now “formally” working on a fake impeachment case 2. More people are leaving Congress due to self-inflicted embarrassment 3. Why was there another GOP Debate? An important question you will not be hearing an answer to on this podcast. 4. New Iowa poll leaves us wondering, why are we even still doing new Iowa polls?…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Henry Kissinger is dead, and not even his dear friend Hillary Clinton offered a statement. 2. George Santos can finally move into his next stage of D-List celebrity. 3. Ron DeSantis is the latest GOP figure to proudly announce he’s carrying pornography on his person. 4. Democrats in Florida move ahead with their plan to save…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Your favorite Radical Left Lunatic, Communist, and Marxist podcast hosts hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. 2. Desantis adds another major Iowa endorsement that could lead to him only losing the state by 25% instead of 30%. 3. Always remember: AIPAC is a conservative group. 4. Everybody’s leaving Congress because even Am…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Latest election results prove one important thing: People want Republicans to stay out of their damn business. 2. “In a fight, I’m gonna bite,” is a real quote you could only get from a real US Senator named Markwayne. 3. Santos begins preparation for his prison and reality television tour. 4. Jill Stein is back to haunt dem…

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 …

In Which We Discuss: 1. Good News: New Speaker Mike Johnson has a podcast, so look forward to new scandals breaking weekly 2. Jared Golden is the Erika Jayne of the US House 3. Somebody should tell Mike Pence that his life has hit rock bottom 4. The Lincoln Project finally manifested a real life human in Dean Phillips 5. New candidate soars into se…

In Which We Discuss: 1. Jim Jordan coaches the US House to its most embarrassing week in history 2. Recent Georgia plea deals leave us wonder, how many more times will we have to see the artwork of Trump standing next to Jesus in the courtroom before this is all over? 3. A gelato entrepreneur is running for president, because someone had to 4. Demo…