The Get More Smarter Podcast - A Weekly Show About Colorado Politics

Send us a message! Really!This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, incumbency ain’t what it used to be, especially for the Colorado GOP. We discuss how not one but *both* state GOP caucus leaders got told by their base that they’re just not crazy enough to be a republican state legislator. Meanwhile, the "Big Lie" continues to haunt the red team here in the Centennial State; we take another look into our very cloudy crystal ball and tell you who is going to win so you don’t have to even bother voting; and Colorado’s 2nd district Congressman Joe Neguse joins us to talk about parks, how Colorado can help Ukrainian refugees, and his bill to designate the Amache National Historic Site as the newest national park!

Send us a message! Really!This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we evaluate the worst campaigns we’ve ever seen in Colorado and ask if the current presumptive GOP gubernatorial runner-up’s campaign makes the list, YET ANOTHER State Representative drops a loaded firearm in the state capitol after rushing to committee, we ask why the hell this keeps happening, Colorado House Minority Leader Hugh McKean makes the ballot via petition and then had yet another physical altercation with a member of his own caucus, so things are still going great for House Republicans and later, Charles Ashby from the grand junction daily sentinel returns once again to give us an update on the Tina Peters indictment scandal and why one particular creature comfort is missing from the Mesa County Jail.

Send us a message! Really!This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we made it into triple digits! Meanwhile, gas prices are up, so are profits for Big Oil. Could these things possibly be related? We ask Oak Creek Colorado bar owner, AAA Colorado Spokesperson, and enormous Deadhead Skyler McKinley what’s driving the increase in gas prices, and it ain’t Joe Biden. The Colorado Governor’s race gets sillier as presumptive nominee Heidi Ganahl currently trails one of her primary contenders who believes among other things that we should let wolves murder people for being homeless, we review some new polling courtesy of ProgressNow Colorado and Global Strategy Group’s Rocky Mountaineer with returning guest Andrew Baumann, and we revisit the doomed recall of Governor Polis and last episode’s guest Secretary of State Jena Griswold. 

Send us a message! Really!This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, WAR, what is it good for?  Showing truly how deranged the GOP has become as they cheer Putin and attack Biden on the eve of Russia invading a sovereign nation, apparently. Colorado Republicans jump the Crimesharknado like the Fonz but with less class and more shrill opportunism, they also seem to have an issue with their own House and Senate minority leaders as they plot to try and take the legislature in 2022, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott begs the question: Are Republicans the party of Bad ideas, or are they the party of no ideas? BUT FIRST we interview Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, defender of democracy, bane of conspiracy theorists, and the best PR agent for Colorado’s amazing system of voting. 

Send us a message! Really!This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Jason is almost eerily psychic because our 64th favorite County Clerk in Colorado, Tina Peters, is actually running for secretary of state!!! The Crimesharknado narrative takes another hit as the presumptive GOP nominee for governor talks about all the alerts she gets on her Nextdoor app, The now-at-least-four-time-anti-abortion-losers are coming back for a fifth helping of “no thank you” from Colorado voters as another preposterous ballot initiative gets filed, and Douglas County Conservatives continue their recent ritual of doxxing people they perceive as their political enemies, and that’s really irresponsible and dangerous!

Send us a message! Really!This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Republicans are still trying to figure out how to talk about the deadly insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6th 2021 that was sparked by Donald Trump and literally carried out by thousands of his supporters wearing his name all over their clothes; Colorado’s Most Famous Political Criminal Kicks gets a new contender from our 64th favorite Colorado County Clerk, Tina Peters; our soon to be 8th favorite congressperson from Colorado once again demonstrates that those who thump the Constitution understand it the very least. Douglas County Republicans haven’t learned the lessons Jefferson County Republicans learned about how school boards work, and they’re gonna pay for it, and finally we review last week’s GOP US Senate debate in Fort Lupton and introduce you to our absolute most favorite candidate for any office ever, Daniel Hendricks.

Send us a message! Really!Jinx! This week we talk the 2022 Colorado legislative session with Speaker Alec Garnett. Subjects include (but are not limited to): Term limits (3:59)Working alongside insurrectionists (6:46)Voting for paragraph-long amendments in support of Tina Peters (without reading them) (11:47)Saving people money (13:35)The state budget (16:03)Getting the Avs and Nugs back on TV (20:47)Enshrining abortion rights (23:58)Republicans jinxing themselves (27:10)What's next for Speaker Alec Garnett? (31:36)-----Hosts: Jason Bane | Ian SilveriiProducer: Ethan BlackMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSubscribe wherever you get your podcasts and leave us a review if you Got More Smarter. Send all angry and non-angry rants to angryrants@getmoresmarter.com.

Send us a message! Really!This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, an all-quick-hits episode! For our last show of 2021 we’re trying something new, a wide range of topics having missed our very, very obvious opportunity to make the 2022 predictions episode our last one of the year. Also we want to give a special shoutout to that conservative tracker who drew the short straw and has to listen to this and transcribe it every week, we feel you buddy. So let’s get into it! Topics includeKill the Filibuster? (1:03)CO-08 (4:35)Attorney General Race (8:27)The Boebert Report (9:50)Doug Lamborn! (14:41)GOP Candidate for Governor Danielle Neuschwanger's Homophobia (19:30)Finding Cory (21:56)Republican Governors Taking Credit for Stuff They Didn't Do (23:22)Two-Face Heidi Ganahl (24:06)Local Government Collective Bargaining (26:06)El Paso GOP Nonsense (28:11)Joe Oltman is Dangerous (29:39)Lara Trump Misremembers January 6th (33:40)Happy Holidays to the War on Christmas (35:03)Watch The Daily Show with Trevor Noah's segment on Lauren Boebert---Hosts: Jason Bane | Ian SilveriiProducer: Ethan BlackMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSubscribe wherever you get your podcasts and leave us a review if you Got More Smarter. Send all angry and non-angry rants to angryrants@getmoresmarter.com.

Send us a message! Really!This week, we predict the future so you don’t have to! And yes, we knew you were going to say that. Lauren Boebert is a bigot and the Colorado Republican Party are a bunch of little cowards, but what else is new?Hosts: Jason Bane | Ian SilveriiProducer: Ethan BlackIntern: Taleen SampleMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSpecial thanks to Heather Hukari for editing assistance this week.Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and leave us a review if you Got More Smarter. Send all angry and non-angry rants to angryrants@getmoresmarter.com.

Send us a message! Really!This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the worst statewide campaign we’ve possibly ever seen in Colorado somehow got worse. The saga of Mesa County Clerk and Recorder, Tina Peters continues to get even weirder, bringing in our seventh favorite congressperson from Colorado who is a racist bigot, and some Colorado Republicans want you to think it’s sexist to point that out. Finally, we interview Sara Loflin, the new Executive Director of ProgressNow Colorado. We ask why she continues to make Ethan produce this podcast, thank her for her generosity, and apologize for all the things Ian screwed up that she now has to clean up.Follow Sara on Twitter: @SaraLoflin---Hosts: Jason Bane | Ian SilveriiProducer: Ethan BlackIntern: Taleen SampleMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSubscribe wherever you get your podcasts and leave us a review if you Got More Smarter. Send all angry and non-angry rants to angryrants@getmoresmarter.com.