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
The Libertarians Are Doing Their Best (ft. Jon Murray of The Denver Post)
This week, the Colorado Republican Bench is down to one candidate—what office will Heidi Ganahl run for and lose in 2022? The Big Line is back; we discuss why the Dead Guvs …
Biggest Legislative Session Ever (ft. Speaker Alec Garnett)
The first regular session of the 73rd Colorado General Assembly has come to a close! We tell you what the hell happened, give you the rundown of this year’s Winners and Lose…
Stop Trying to Make "Gerrymandering" Happen. It's Not Going to Happen.
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we talk at length about the filibuster; we pour one out for Donald Trump’s Livejournal and encourage him to try Friendster next; w…
Legislating With Lunatics
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, most Republicans continue to live in an alternative universe where Donald Trump is still President, we ask why the hell they would…
The Big Lie is the Only Truth (ft. California/Canada Jason Bane)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, for Republicans, the Big Lie is the Only Truth; we find more voter fraud (can you guess who did it this time?); the Colorado Repub…
The Bill Formerly Known As The Public Option (ft. Jake Williams of Healthier Colorado)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, POLLS POLLS POLLS! We dig into the numbers so you don’t have to. Donald Trump is a sad, sad man; the GOP is the party of "No"….ide…
Ghosted by Boebert (ft. Charles Ashby)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we’re getting a new Congressional district, and so are you; Lauren Boebert is worse now; it turns out that when you put people who…
Guns, Globes, and Getting Vaccinated
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, 2021 is already on track to set the record for mass shootings in the USA. It’s Earth Day, Week, and Month here in snowy Colorado i…
Boebert Conquers the "Spirit Realm"
The Colorado legislature takes another run at a Colorado healthcare option to lower costs and increase quality, John Boehner is still crying, smoking cigarettes, and throwin…
All-Stars and A-Holes
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, that guy we talked about last week got shelled, Colorado is a bunch of ALL STARS because of our awesome non-racist voting systems,…
The Election Truther Chairing the Redistricting Committee
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, The Colorado Republican Party elects arguably their least electorally successful member to be their chair, there is a conspiracy t…
BONUS: Senator John Hickenlooper Gets More Smarter
Senator John Hickenlooper updates us on life in the US Senate, the COVID relief bill, his thoughts on the filibuster, and whether he'll take Jason to Area 51 as part of his …
Legislating With Crayons
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Republicans keep trying to make it harder to vote while admitting it is because they’re worried they’ll keep losing if everyone ca…
Using a Giant Carrot as a Stick
We’re a year into the pandemic! Democrats in Congress passed a $1.9 trillion dollar aid package that never, ever would have happened without Georgia, Arizona, and Colorado d…
Saying No to Boebert's No to Our Noes
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the CPAC conference was a lot of things, but “conservative” wasn’t one of them. Despite absolutely no evidence of election fraud, …
Impeachment 2: Trumplectric Trumpaloo
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Impeachment 2 Trumplectric Trumpaloo, we keep apologizing to the rest of the country for Lauren Boebert’s very existence, and the …
Weld County, Wyoming (ft. Speaker Alec Garnett)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it may be 2021 but it sure FEELS like 2020??? The Boebert Report turned out to be a pretty prescient segment, Michael Bennet intr…
We Tried To Warn You About Boebert
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, welcome to 2021! Things aren’t any better! The legislature is not convening this week due to the continuing coronavirus pandemic. …
Exclusive: Rep. Jason Crow on the Capitol Mob
In this exclusive interview, Congressman Jason Crow recounts his experience on January 6, 2021 when a violent mob stormed the US Capitol to try and overturn the 2020 preside…
Speaker KC Becker Gets More Smarter
2020 is finally almost over (thank G-d) and maybe the 2020 election will come to an end sometime too. The 2022 election cycle has already started, there’s yet another scam t…