The Get More Smarter Podcast - A Weekly Show About Colorado Politics
The Get More Smarter Podcast is a weekly overview of Colorado politics. The podcast is hosted by seasoned Colorado politicos Jason Bane of ColoradoPols.com and Ian Silverii, former 9News talking head, former Denver Post Columnist, former Executive Director of ProgressNow Colorado, and current has-been. Each week they dive into the local and national news, and for some reason, have had Governors, US Senators, Members of Congress, and countless local elected officials as guests over the years. The guys are also frighteningly good at predicting the future. No, really. Are you ready to Get More Smarter?
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 261
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Team Normal and the Escape Goats (feat. Jessica Killin)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Colorado State Budget got a billion dollar cut, again, thanks to Gabe Evans, Jeff Hurd, and the rest of the Republicans Colora…
One Day This Will (Not) All Make Sense
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, cutting taxes is bad, actually, and the State Legislature is about to go cut another billion dollars from the state budget because…
Special Sessions and Sentient Alien Brain Worms
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it’s a Special Session Special Episode Special! Again! And this time it’s not even our fault! As the effects of the Big Bullshit B…
Gabe Evans Would Deport his own Grandpa for a Seat in Congress
THIS WEEK on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we always said that Gabe Evans would deport his own grandparents if it meant he could get elected to congress, and now we have pro…
Captain Cankles and Schrodinger's Epstein Files
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the 2026 Primary field for Colorado Democrats up and down the ticket is getting crowded! And we’ve got a big announcement for you …
Hot Red On Red Action
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we took a break to celebrate what is potentially the last Independence Day for the nation as we know it. The Big Bullshit Bill pas…
Republicans are Literally Going to Kill People (feat. Karen Middleton)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, oh no! The big bullshit bill has hit some serious roadblocks! Wait, sorry, OH YAY! The big bullshit bill had hit some serious road…
It's All George Washington's Fault (feat. Rep. Jason Crow)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the big beautiful bullshit bill is banging around in the US Senate, and the longer it does, the worse it gets for President Trump …
In Which Gabe Evans Becomes a Walking Punchline (feat. Jake Williams)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it’s no wonder there’s a clown car of candidates in Colorado’s 8th congressional district because the current incumbent is the big…
Yes, We Have No Bananas (feat. Tyler Duncan)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, another violent antisemitic attack hits the USA, this time very close to home as Republicans try to politicize the tragedy to gin …
Every Day is TACO Tuesday (feat. Mike Littwin)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, what do you call it when you throw a press conference, get boo’d by the crowd so loud you can’t hear the questions from the press …
At Last, Rich People Get a Victory (feat. Jeni Arndt and Rahmin Sarabi)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Republicans on the Federal level get ready to kick millions of Americans off the Medicaid rolls for no good reason…maybe. Either w…
What the Hell Just Happened? (feat. Seth Klamann)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the 2025 legislative session has adjourned 'Sine Die,'which is latin for “a lot of things that happened this year made us want to …
The Longest 100 Days of Our Lives
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, 100 days down, 1,359 to go: Donald Trump’s second nonconsecutive term in the White House is going extremely poorly by literally ev…
Another Embarrassing Brief (feat. Rebekah Stewart)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, that constitutional crisis we keep talking about keeps getting worse -- at what point do the people who can maybe do something abo…
Smells like Trumpstink (feat. Kevin Ingham)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, with approval ratings for Republicans and Democrats alike in the gutter in Colorado and across the country, Democrats have one all…
A More Consistent Number of Jason Banes (feat. Sen. Jessie Danielson)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the race for Colorado’s next governor is officially on! And the winner will either be Attorney General Phil Weiser or US Senator M…
Does Trump have the "energy" to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act? (Feat. Silvio Marcacci of Energy Innovation)
THIS WEEK on the Get More Smarter Podcast it’s another special interview-only episode, mostly because Jason is still in the arctic setting tariffs on islands inhabited exclu…
Who Influences the Influencers? (Feat. Megan Burns)
THIS WEEK on the Get More Smarter Podcast it's a special interview-only episode!
Where do you get your news? Who do you trust? And are you just a victim of an evil algorithm…
You Go, Canada (feat. "Canadian Jason Bane")
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast the race for the worst job in Colorado politics is back on! Who among us gets to be the next Chair of the Colorado GOP? Then, who w…