presidential election

BTL #375 - The Bad Concession - 11/17/20

BTL #375 - The Bad Concession - 11/17/20

Well, the election is “over” so thank god we can finally get complacent and stop reading the news for the next four years!!! HA! We kid. Covid is a full mess, Biden is about to name awful cabinet secretaries, and there’s no transition between the administration to speak of. So buckle up as we get you caught up on all the news!

BTL #374 - Old Democrats, New Georgia (w/Guest Kat Calvin) 11/9/20

BTL #374 - Old Democrats, New Georgia (w/Guest Kat Calvin) 11/9/20

Well, it was a long/crazy/exciting/dramatic/emotional roller coaster of a week, so we needed to have a long/crazy/exciting/dramatic/roller coaster of a podcast to honor it. And what better way to do so than to have the one and only Kat Calvin join us?! Trust us, you won’t want to miss it!

BTL #373 - Things Could Always Be Worse - 10/26/20

BTL #373 - Things Could Always Be Worse - 10/26/20

Sorry for the terrifying thumbnail image, but we wanted to be 100% certain you Mitch McConnell’s hands. Also, it’s almost Halloween so it just felt right. Anyway, we’ll be talking about ol’ Undead Mitch (our terrible Trump-style nickname that doesn’t rhyme or have alliteration) along with the final debate, the latest early vote totals, the latest covid numbers, and the latest INSANE conspiracy theories that Trump and Fox News have cooked up. You won’t want to miss our LAST PODCAST BEFORE THE ELECTION. GO VOTE, PEOPLE!!

BTL #372 - Who Needs The News - 10/19/20

BTL #372 - Who Needs The News - 10/19/20

We here at Brain Trust Live are now officially voters in the 2020 election! Yep, we’re 2 of the 22 million people who have already cast ballots. This means we are also 2 people who just REALLY wish we could disconnect from reality until this election is over. But because we’re such caring people, we’ve read all the news anyway just so we can rant about it to you! We’ve got it all - dueling town halls, SCOTUS hearings, the latest Trump conspiracy theories, and so much more!

BTL #371 - The Senate Rundown (w/Guest Carla Nordstrom) - 10/12/20

BTL #371 - The Senate Rundown (w/Guest Carla Nordstrom) - 10/12/20

One of our favorite guests and resident Senate expert, Carla Nordstrom, joins us to discuss ALL (yes, ALL) of the senate races in 2020. We guarantee that you haven’t heard a discussion this in-depth about the entire slate of races. Plus, we’ll discuss the VP debate, more Trump super-spreader events, and the plot to kidnap a sitting governor. Don’t miss it!

BTL #370 - VIP Superspreader Event (w/Special Guest Grant Sloss) -

BTL #370 - VIP Superspreader Event (w/Special Guest Grant Sloss) -

GUYS! Remember when we thought this week’s podcast would be all about Trump’s taxes and Tuesday’s first presidential debate? Well, both of those events ended up being about 17 news cycles ago after all of this insane White House Covid drama. Thankfully, one of our favorite guests Grant Sloss joins us to break it all down. You definitely don’t want to miss it!

BTL #369 - Read the Room - 9/28/20

BTL #369 - Read the Room - 9/28/20

Well, 2020 rages on…the same week we lay RBG to rest, we get a new SCOTUS nominee who belongs to a Catholic cult. So…that’s that. Now, will democrats really have the balls to go full kabuki theater to block the nomination? We’ll cover it all, as well as the tragically inadequate charges brought against one of the officers in the Breonna Taylor murder, the upcoming presidential debate, the new pared down Covid-19 relief bill, and we’ll fill you in on the latest phrase sweeping the campaign trail…”THE LID”!

BTL #368 - Worst Case Scenario - 9/21/20

BTL #368 - Worst Case Scenario - 9/21/20

Guys - we need everyone to stop saying things like, “jeez, how can 2020 possibly get any worse?”, because the universe keeps answering. This week the answer was the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, followed shortly by an earthquake for good measure. Plus, we had dueling presidential town halls, some welcome Biden zingers, and a long awaited update on all the dead wildlife Senator Chuck Grassley has left in his wake.