Brain Trust Live

16/10/2024

Our CA Prop Guide is live! Get your answers here:

Questions about our completely arbitrary methodology? Annoyed we don’t agree with your (absolutely wrong) take? Send us your thoughts: [email protected] PROP DESCRIPTION VOTE WHY? 2 Authorizes Bonds for Public School and Community College Facilities. Legislative Statute. ...

26/08/2024

YOU MADE IT TO OUR 500TH EPISODE! We're so happy you're here and hope that in honor of this milestone we hope you'll subscribe and share this special episode featuring Grant Sloss!

YOU MADE IT TO OUR 500TH EPISODE! We're so happy you're here and hope that in honor of this milestone we hope you'll subscribe and share this special episode featuring Grant Sloss!

22/07/2024

We’re back! And we recorded this episode just hours after Biden’s decision to pull out of the race. We’ll break it ALL down for you, and tell you how right we were about nearly everything. Don’t miss out on this epic episode!

13/05/2024

After a long-ish hiatus, at least for an election year, we’re back just in time to discuss RFK Jr’s brain worms. Don’t miss a totally scientific discussion on the matter, along with speculation on who else might have them. All that plus TONS more!

Well, it’s been about 6 weeks, but we are VERY BUSY PEOPLE. And the main thing is…we’re back in time to discuss RFK Jr’s brain worms. And really, isn’t that what you’re looking for out of this podcast? Yeah, that’s what we thought. Don’t miss a totally scientific discussion on the ma...

19/02/2024

Well friends, it’s always an exciting week when we have a whole George Santos segment, so get excited! We’ll discuss his continued pettiness, plus Ezra Klein’s Biden op-ed, election results, plus an update on the Trump court cases. Don’t miss it!

http://www.braintrustlive.com/blog/2024/2/19/21924-the-opposite-of-a-billionaire

05/02/2024

Have you, like us, lost track of all 91 Trump indictments and where they stand in the legal system? Well, have we got a podcast for you! Our resident legal expert Ben Softness joins us to unpack it all.

Plus, we’ll update you on the CA Senate race, how both the Dems and the GOP played themselves on immigration, and the political chaos of Taylor Swift. Don’t miss it!

Have you, like us, lost track of all 91 Trump indictments and where they stand in the legal system? Are you looking to be the expert in your friend group on this very subject? Well, have we got a podcast for you!! Our resident legal expert Ben Softness joins us to unpack it all. Plus, we’ll update...

29/01/2024

What a week! A presidential primary, congressional shenanigans, threats of escalating war everywhere, and even the threat of a civil war here at home. Okay that all sounds pretty bleak, but we promise you this podcast is somehow still a real banger of an episode. Don’t miss it!

27/11/2023

We hope you had a very Happy Thanksgiving, and we also hope that you ate better than all of your elected officials did. In addition to being bad at running the country, it seems they are also very bad at cooking. We’ll cover all their turkey troubles, plus so much more more important news. Don’t miss it!

We hope you had a very Happy Thanksgiving, and we also hope that you ate better than all of your elected officials did. In addition to being bad at running the country, it seems they are also very bad at cooking. We’ll cover all their turkey troubles, plus so much more more important news. Don’t...

31/10/2023

Friends, if you’re looking for all of the insane info on our new speaker MAGA Mike, you have certainly come to the right place. We’ve got that, plus Mike Pence’s failed campaign and the state of the GOP race in Iowa, what the Dean Phillips entrance in the Dem primary means for Biden, and we’ll take a deep dive into what’s wrong with Donald Trump’s pants. Don’t miss it!

Friends, if you’re looking for all of the insane info on our new speaker MAGA Mike, you have certainly come to the right place. We’ve got that, plus Mike Pence’s failed campaign and the state of the GOP race in Iowa, what the Dean Phillips entrance in the Dem primary means for Biden, and we’...

17/10/2023

Yes, everything in the world is absolutely awful right now. But in the midst of it all, the House GOP is doing CAMP, and it’s okay to enjoy that, friends. They’re wearing costumes, stealing babies, making scenes in the hallways, being indicted, nominating insurrectionists…and that was just in the span of 24 hours. We’ll cover it all, so don’t miss it!

Yes, everything in the world is absolutely awful right now. But in the midst of it all, the House GOP is doing CAMP, and it’s okay to enjoy that, friends. They’re wearing costumes, stealing babies, making scenes in the hallways, being indicted, nominating insurrectionists…and that was just in ...

09/10/2023

We’re finally back! On the same coast, in the same room, and Covid free. And just in time, because if you haven’t heard…there’s been some political news over the past month. We’ll dive into as much as we can, so don’t miss it!

12/09/2023

What an episode! Turns out it was another bad week of polling for Biden, and a stupendously bad week for Democrats on the internet in their quest to understand math. But don’t worry, things are going to get dicey for the GOP this week too...government shutdown, anyone?! Plus…we’ve got an amazing interview with Jeremy Payne of Catalyst California, who gives us a full update on the exciting reforms that may be coming to LA City Council.

What an episode! Turns out it was another bad week of polling for Biden, and a stupendously bad week for Democrats on the internet in their quest to understand math. But don’t worry, things are going to get dicey for the GOP this week too...government shutdown, anyone?! Plus…we’ve got an amazi...