BTL Blog - Brain Trust Live

Each week we delve a little deeper into one or two topics and write about them at our blog so that we later remind people how prescient we are when it comes to the important stuff.

BTL Blog - Brain Trust Live is a general podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 20 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  12/16/25 - Entangling Innocent People

  Dec 16, 2025—S0

  <p >In Which We Discuss:</p><p >1. Once again and always and forever. It’s the guns, people.</p><p >2. Epstein files are out this Friday so get excited for that Venezuelan ground war you’ve been waiting for!</p><p >3. The House GOP finally has a healthcare plan, and it’s somehow even worse than Trump’s own plan to just send people money.</p><p >4. Karen Bass gears up for reelection by thinking, eating, and dreaming of the largest police force ever devised.</p> <p >Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in elect...

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  11/18/25 - Memes of Courage

  Nov 17, 2025—S0

  <p >In Which We Discuss:</p><p >1. It’s Epstein week so…now is not the time to fact check! Spread those memes with courage!</p><p >2. As her brain short-circuits, now’s the time to give Marjorie Taylor Green’s brain the correct inputs.</p><p >3. Did you know that if you’re elected as a Democratic Socialist you can keep identifying as one while in office?</p><p >4. The shutdown is over and…how many times have we had to write the headline “Democrats snatch defeat from the jaws of victory”?</p> <p >Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Br...

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  10/20/25 - Why We're Shut Down

  Oct 20, 2025—S0

  <p >This week, we’re live in the shutdown trenches reporting on a good 2% of the news that’s happened since you last heard from us. (And also the NYC Mayor’s race!)</p> <p >Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of chirping birds, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, 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!</p><p >And, as always, you can buy and review Lila's book h...

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  7/29/25 - A Crisis With No Cause

  Jul 29, 2025—S0

  <p >In Which We Discuss:</p><p >1. How many times are we going to get breaking news that this guy is in the Epstein files, a thing we’ve known in our hearts since thinking itself was invented?</p><p >2. At long last, Barack Obama has finally been told about the crisis in Gaza!</p><p >3. Trump health controversy leads us to discover shocking news: Mitch McConnell is still alive and still in the senate.</p><p >4. Democrats so bad at their jobs that voters now trust Republicans more on TARIFFS.</p><p >5. New York City primary results leave Andrew Cu...

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  7/1/25 - Sometimes Good Things Still Happen!

  Jul 1, 2025—S0

  <p >In Which We Discuss:</p><p >1. Bad things are happening a lot out there, but sometimes good things happen! And that’s okay too!</p><p >2. Will John Fetterman ever make it to his beach vacation or will he be stuck forever in the One Big Beautiful Bill vote-a-rama? </p> <p >Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in electoral and political news. Join the millions of chirping birds, sirens, helicopters, barking dogs, and computer beeps who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL!  Then rate us on iTunes or find us Fa...

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