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
Rep. Daneya Esgar Gets More Smarter
We discuss the "free-dumb" to get coronavirus (1:04), FEMA diverts another PPE shipment and fights Ian on Twitter (10:12), Gov. Polis visits the White House with our second-…
What the B#ck?
This week, two polls in a row spell doom for our second favorite US Senator from Colorado, Cory Gardner, everything is totally under control with the coronavirus as cases mo…
U.F.Oh, who even cares?
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast…we talk about UFOs!...also, the latest on coronavirus, Cory Gardner poppin’ bottles, a potential ballot initiative nightmare this N…
Rep. Joe Neguse Gets More Smarter
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast…the coronavirus is still a thing; election laws are merely suggestions; and Colorado Republicans are shooting first and aiming late…
Getting Coronavirus to Own the Libs
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast…first quarter fundraising numbers for federal campaigns are out, and there’s big news...Republican House Minority Leader Patrick Ne…
Gov. John Hickenlooper Gets More Smarter
Former-Governor John Hickenlooper, now a candidate for US Senate in Colorado, calls in from his campaign bunker to tell us what it's like to campaign in the age of coronavir…
COVID Conspiracies
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast…we’ll talk with House Majority Leader Alec Garnett for the latest on what the legislature is not doing...we’ll discuss how Republic…
Federal Response to COVID-19 (ft. Congressman Ed Perlmutter)
Congressman Ed Perlmutter (CD-7) informs us about the congressional response to the public health and economic impacts of COVID-19. Also, Ian Silverii's back!
Rep. Perlmutte…
Caucuses and Coronavirus
Colorado had a caucus, and nobody came; House Majority Leader Alec Garnett joins us again to talk about the Colorado legislature and how his dog's name ended up in state sta…
Super Tuesday Spectacular
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast…holy crap was that a Super Tuesday. That’s where we spend most of our time today, but we also check in on some more odd behavior by…
Surveys, Sausage Making, and Sanders (ft. Fawn Bolak)
We get some fascinating new polling insights from Fawn Bolak (1:10), House Majority Leader Alec Garnett is back to take us through the latest in legislative sausage making (…
Gardner on Guard
This week, the Presidential candidates are coming to Colorado; new polling on impeachment is bad news for Sen. Cory Gardner; and voter and demographic changes hint at more t…
You've Got Questions; These Aren't Answers
Cory Gardner’s impeachment debacle; a wacky vacancy committee underscores Republican troubles in 2020; we finally, maybe have Iowa caucus results; and House Majority Leader …
Impeach the Iowa Caucuses
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast...House Majority Leader Alec Garnett joins us again for an exclusive view of the legislature from inside the building; the Iowa cau…
#CoverUpCory
House Majority Leader Alec Garnett joins us again for an update on legislatin’ under the Gold Dome, John Bolton’s bombshell shakes up impeachment (which changes faster than …
Colorado as an Abortion Safe-Haven (ft. Madeleine Schmidt)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, there’s an impeachment trial in the Senate — or is it OF the Senate (1:08), the New York Times tries to find Cory Gardner (13:33),…
Weak, Frightened, and Impotent
Majority Leader Alec Garnett phones in from the capitol, Republicans on the national level are out for Cory Gardner's blood with a new ad, the third president to be impeache…
The Colorado Legislature Gets More Smarter
We kick off the 2020 legislative session recording from the state capitol, we may or may not be at war with Iran, Cory Gardner gets caught in the impeachment snare once agai…
2019 Gets More Smarter
We wrap up with a look at the biggest stories of 2019, make some prognostications for 2020, Jason Bane finally plays Duke or Donald, and we talk about much more in our final…
Gov. Jared Polis Gets More Smarter
Governor Jared Polis dishes about his first year as governor and throws shade at New Mexican green chile, the US House of Representatives is slated to impeach the president …