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
- 262
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Why Do Republicans Do Anything? (feat. Tim Miller)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, after yet another rash of mass shootings in Colorado and the country, State House Democrats are ready to do something big about it…
How to Go the Full Alan Salazar (feat. Alan Salazar)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, your hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii talk with legendary Colorado politico Alan Salazar and coin a new term from his vast experi…
Who Sends the Splinters to the People Who Just Retired?
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Republicans say they want to make government smaller, but what happens when they blast it into microscopic pieces? Republicans cla…
The Last Episode of 2022 (Even Though It's 2023)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it’s the last episode of 2022 -- you know, the year that brought the biggest Blue Wave Colorado has ever seen! Our soon-to-be-8th …
The End of the End? (feat. Christy Powell and Alan Franklin)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Ian Silverii is on vacation, so the other guy (Jason Bane) found two different people who were willing to talk to him about politi…
The GOP Infinity War, Sans Endgame (feat. Rep. Jason Crow)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Congressman Jason Crow returns to discuss Election Day jitters; his first time as a member of the minority party in Congress; and …
Rep-Elect Brittany Pettersen Gets More Smarter
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Congresswoman-elect Brittany Pettersen joins her husband and podcast host Ian Silverii (and Jason Bane) to talk about traveling to…
The Get More Smarter Post-Election Extravaganza
This week on The Get More Smarter Podcast, your hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii sit down with Seth Masket, Director of the Center on American Politics at the University of…
Get More Smarter Before Election Day!
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we make our final prognostications of the 2022 election cycle! We also talk with pollster-extraordinaire Andrew Baumann of Global …
State Sen. Kevin Priola Gets More Smarter
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the 2022 election is nearly here! Get that ballot off your table and into a dropbox! There have been A LOT of debates this cycle, …
The Blue Wave Cometh in Colorado (feat. Andrew Baumann)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Election Day is less than 3 weeks away! Will it be a red ripple, a blue wave, a green tsunami, or another color and a different me…
What Time is It? Voting Time! (feat. Alec Garnett)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, ballots drop THIS WEEK, so get your voting dobbers ready! We’ll take you through all the latest news, including the fact that Gana…
Get Even More Weiserer (feat. AG Phil Weiser)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Furry Fury continues, and it’s no one’s fault but the person who keeps bringing it up, GOP gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganah…
Crazier Than a Bag of Squirrels
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, a certain Republican candidate for Colorado Governor is pilled to the gills, or the ears, or the claws. The self-described “pro li…
Nobody Has Anything Good to Say (Except Us)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Joe O’D’OH! really boxes himself in on an issue it’s clear he didn’t ever think about once before becoming a politician; he has no…
Governor Jared Polis Gets More Smarter
This week on a special episode of the Get More Smarter Podcast, we're joined once again by Gov. Jared Polis, the 43rd Governor of the Great State of Colorado. We talk the 20…
Asshats in Key States
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Republican Senate candidate Joe O’Dea appoints himself the arbiter of the balance of women’s rights; finally, a man who is brave e…
Dark Brandon Suits Up for a MAGA Smackdown (feat. Charles Ashby)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, mild-mannered President Biden suits up as Dark Brandon to bring the ruckus, because enough is enough and it’s time to fight back. …
Come for the Christian Nationalism; Stay for the White Grievance (feat. Dr. Anand Sohkey)
This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Colorado Senate Democrats gain a seat without an election, thanks to Sen. Kevin Priola; our 7th favorite member of Congress from C…
Michael Bennet and Jon Ossoff Get More Smarter
This week on a special episode of The Get More Smarter Podcast, hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii are joined by not one, but TWO United States Senators! Georgia Sen. Jon Oss…