One of our all-time favorite guests is back for the first time since pre-pandemic…it’s Carla Nordstrom. Carla joins us to chat about Biden’s recent rightward lurch, how many fingers is the correct amount to use for eating pudding on a private jet, and a fascinating look at local New York state politics. Don’t miss it!
3/13/23 - Let People Have Good Ideas!
Now that the Oscars are over, it’s time to learn about the impending Hollywood strikes! We’ve got all the info for you here. Plus, it’s another week of broken campaign promises from Biden, Matt Gaetz has an accidental good idea, and…Joe Manchin is running for president? Friends, we can’t let this happen. Don’t miss it!
1/10/22 - Thanks, Teachers! (w/Guest Carissa Byrne Hessick)
We took some time off for the holidays and to get Covid, but now we’re BACK for year 3 of 2020. And to help us celebrate our return, we have a very special guest, Carissa Byrne Hessick (@cbhessick), law professor at University of North Carolina. We’ll chat plea bargains, January 6th, and Elizabeth Holmes. Then, Lila and Brent take on the problem(s) with the administration’s covid response, and the insanity of making teacher’s unions the bad guys. Don’t miss this supersized episode!
10/11/21 - Invented Problems
Well friends, this week we’ve got two of everyone’s favorite topics: The debt ceiling and the jobs reports. Think you can’t make those topics funny? Well, you might be right, but we sure tried! Plus we’ll give you the latest on infrastructure. Hint: it’s still crumbling. All this, plus the return of SINKHOLE RADIO.
9/20/21 - No Takeaways
We’re back!! And we’ve got all the takeaways from the California recall, which, as it turns out, maybe didn’t have that many takeaways? Plus, we’ve got a 2022 senate primer - If you listen to this episode you’ll officially know more about the 2022 senate map than any of your friends. And of course…INFRASTRUCTURE!!!!! Don’t miss it!
4/19/21 - Resident Public Health Experts
3/29/21 - Illegal Water
This week on BTL…Brian Kemp and Georgia do what Brian Kemp and Georgia do: restrict voting. Plus, Biden had his first press conference this week and didn’t call anyone a lying dog-faced pony soldier, so all-in-all it was a real win. We’ll discuss all the big stories, plus the Amazon union vote, the potential for an actual infrastructure week, and an in-depth look at the #SuezCanal.
BTL #389 - Never Run For A Third Term In New York - 3/1/21
Wow, guys. CPAC. Just…wow. We’ll give you the whole rundown, including a deep analysis of one of the most spectacularly bad renditions of the national anthem ever caught on film. Plus, the house passed the $1.9T covid relief bill, but Biden also opened some child migrant detention facilities, dropped some bombs in Syria, and just shrugged his shoulders when we learned that the Saudi Crown Prince did indeed kill Jamal Kashoggi. So a real mixed bag of a week! We’ll cover it all, so don’t miss out!