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

Send us a message! Really!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 introduces a big big bill in the US Senate, but why? We’re still saying "WHAT THE BUCK?!" as a large portion of his congressional district wants to leave Colorado and join Wyoming, despite the lies and the spin, the economy is still suffering (but not for the reasons right wingers are telling us) and we interview Speaker of the House Alec Garnett about the status of the Colorado Legislature. LinksPresident Biden Makes a Joke (Aaron Rupar, Twitter)Meet Some Of The 4,600 Colorado Republicans Who Quit The Party After The US Capitol Riot (CPR News, 1/27/21)How Do Republicans Solve Their Qaucus Problem? (Colorado Pols, 1/27/21)Does a Party Lose for Doing Too Much or Too Little? (Seth Masket, Mischiefs of Faction, 1/26/20)Campaign Kicks Off To Give Wyoming Weld-Sized Package (1/22/21)Science Messes Up GOP Talking Points (Again) (Colorado Pols, 1/25/21)-----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, welcome to 2021! Things aren’t any better! The legislature is not convening this week due to the continuing coronavirus pandemic. We bring to you our latest edition of the Boebert Report entitled “We Tried To Warn You.”  We continue to ask ourselves a recurring question, What The Buck?! as the Colorado Republican Party Chairman continues his descent into madness and we talk accountability, consequences, and silver linings from the nearly successful overthrow of the US Government.Sign ProgressNow's petition calling for Lauren Boebert's resignation: http://bit.ly/ResignBoebertListen to our interview with Congressman Jason Crow. (that was initially supposed to be a part of this episode) : https://getmoresmarter.com/2021/01/12/exclusive-rep-jason-crow-on-the-capitol-mob/Hosts: Jason Bane | Ian SilveriiProducer: Ethan BlackMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSubscribe wherever you get your podcasts and leave us a review if you Got More Smarter. Visit us at getmoresmarter.com and send all angry and non-angry rants to angryrants@getmoresmarter.com.

Send us a message! Really!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 presidential election. We also discuss impeachment, Lauren Boebert, and his decisive leadership in a moment of crisis.

Send us a message! Really!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 to try to recall Governor Polis, again, for the third time? Finally, we interview outgoing Speaker of the House KC Becker, after her final-final legislative session, most likely. 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!We break down the results of the 2020 Blue Wave Election in Colorado and try and figure out what the hell happened in states not named Colorado. We’re joined by Sulita Sualau & Ron Ruggiero of SEIU to talk field work in a pandemic, Labor’s past, present and future in Colorado, and what a Biden Presidency plus a progressive trifecta in the Colorado Legislature means for workers in 2021 and beyond. 

Send us a message! Really!We talk with Professor Seth Masket, director of the Center on American Politics at the University of Denver, and author of the new book Learning from Loss: The Democrats, 2016-2020. We talk about what the hell just happened and how Democrats' 2016 loss influences the post-2020 narratives. (Recorded Friday, November 6th)Follow Professor Masket on Twitter: https://twitter.com/smotusBuy Learning from Loss: The Democrats, 2016-2020  on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Learning-Loss-Democrats-Seth-Masket/dp/1108482120/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1605142821&refinements=p_27%3ASeth+Masket&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Seth+Masket

Send us a message! Really!This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the 2020 BLUE WAVE is here, especially in Colorado, we find Cory at the bottom of the polls (still), Lauren Boebert continues to do everything she can to make CD3 a race that she loses, and "The Dean of the Colorado Delegation," Congresswoman Diana DeGette, joins us for an interview. We talk COVID-19 vaccine, abortion rights, Lauren Boebert, and get her thoughts on the craziest election of her tenure in office. Big show!RSVP to our Election Night Live Stream! https://www.facebook.com/events/656510595039468/Hosts: Jason Bane | Ian SilveriiProducer: Ethan BlackAdditional Editing by Coby NeumanMusic: 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!Two interviews this week! First, we talk to Laura Packard — health care activist, stage-four cancer survivor, and bane of Republicans who want to destroy the Affordable Cara Act. Next, we talk with Denver Mayor Michael Hancock joins to talk about the lengthy ballot for Denver voters, homelessness, Black Lives Matter protests, right-wing disinformation campaigns, and more.Follow Laura on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lpackardFollow Mayor Hancock on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MayorHancock

Send us a message! Really!This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, could 2020’s blue wave in Colorado make 2018 look like a tiny ripple in the pond? We find our second favorite US Senator from Colorado, Cory Gardner, deep in Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump’s pockets, we find Trump taking a page from Gardner’s playbook of fake healthcare plans, and we continue to find reasons to revisit our segment What the Buck??. We interview Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, and we say goodbye to his old boss, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a titan of the court and yet another feather in 2020’s worst year ever cap. May her memory be a blessing.LinksColorado Senate Moves From Toss Up to Lean Democrat (Cook Political Report, 9/23/20)Hello Again, Blue Wave (Colorado Pols, 9/23/20)Cory Gardner: Sure, Let’s Confirm a New SCOTUS Nominee! (Colorado Pols, 9/21/20)After years of promising his own health care plan, Trump settles for rebranding rather than repealing Obamacare (The Washington Post, 9/24/20)Boebert's Democratic upbringing questioned (The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, 9/21/20)In Which Ken Buck Gets to the Bottom of Antifa (Colorado Pols, 9/18/20)This episode was recorded on Friday, September 25th before the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.----------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, a new poll shows what lots of other polls are showing, that Trump and Gardner are losing by double digits and progressives and their policy positions are popular! Donald Trump knowingly lied about the coronavirus, has blood on his hands (including that of 2,000 Coloradans), and Cory Gardner still hasn’t said jack about it. We find Cory auditioning for his next career as a luxury car washer, we revisit some more old political slogans to see if there’s any wisdom in them, and President Leroy Garcia from the great city of Pueblo, CO joins us (46:18).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.