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?
Latest episodes
Apr 3, 2020 • 1h 5min
COVID Conspiracies
Send us a message! Really!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 Republicans are digging themselves one hell of a hole with their wacky coronavirus responses...your hosts make a feeble attempt to support a coronavirus conspiracy argument...and we’ll explain why 2010 Cory Gardner would be perplexed by himself today.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.
Mar 17, 2020 • 27min
Federal Response to COVID-19 (ft. Congressman Ed Perlmutter)
Send us a message! Really!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. Perlmutter's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepPerlmutter/Rep. Perlmutter's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RepPerlmutterCDC Website: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.htmlCO Dept. of Health and Environment: https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/2019-novel-coronavirusHosts: 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.
Mar 13, 2020 • 1h 20min
Caucuses and Coronavirus
Send us a message! Really!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 statute; the presidential primary narrows to Bernie and Biden; the coronavirus shakes up politics; we try to figure out what in the hell is wrong with Ken Buck; and we find Cory hiding out at a bougie billionaire's champagne party.Follow Get More Smarter on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.Hosts: Jason Bane | Alan FranklinProducer: 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.
Mar 5, 2020 • 1h
Super Tuesday Spectacular
Send us a message! Really!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 Colorado Republicans (44:48); we’ll look at Cory Gardner’s 2020 campaign narrative (39:53); and House Majority Leader Alec Garnett joins us again for an update on the state legislature (18:14). Follow Get More Smarter on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.Hosts: Jason Bane | Alan FranklinProducer: 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.
Feb 27, 2020 • 1h 16min
Surveys, Sausage Making, and Sanders (ft. Fawn Bolak)
Send us a message! Really!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 (14:16), President Trump makes a bananas visit to Colorado Springs (35:27), we’re feeling the Bern (whether we like it or not) (50:25), and much, much more.Follow Get More Smarter on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.Hosts: Jason Bane | Alan FranklinProducer: 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.
Feb 19, 2020 • 47min
Gardner on Guard
Send us a message! Really!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 trouble for Republicans.Follow Get More Smarter on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.Hosts: Jason Bane | Alan FranklinProducer: 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.
Feb 11, 2020 • 1h 1min
You've Got Questions; These Aren't Answers
Send us a message! Really!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 Alec Garnett gives us another legislative update from under the Gold Dome.Follow Get More Smarter on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.Hosts: Jason Bane | Alan FranklinProducer: 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.
Feb 5, 2020 • 1h 8min
Impeach the Iowa Caucuses
Send us a message! Really!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 caucuses devolve into lunacy; the last gasp of impeachment; and federal fundraising numbers open up a big window into 2020.Follow Get More Smarter on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.Hosts: Jason Bane | Alan FranklinProducer: 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.
Jan 30, 2020 • 1h 3min
#CoverUpCory
Send us a message! Really!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 we can record), and we’re one week away from the Iowa caucuses.
Jan 22, 2020 • 1h 3min
Colorado as an Abortion Safe-Haven (ft. Madeleine Schmidt)
Send us a message! Really!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), we try to explain the greater meaning of the departure of a Denver Post conservative columnist (44:49), and we interview journalist Madeline Schmidt about her national reporting on Colorado’s unique abortion laws (22:10). Read Madeleine's article on Jezebel:The Desperate Trail to Safe-Haven Abortions in Colorado (Madeleine Schmidt, Jezebel, 1/6/20)Follow Madeleine on Twitter: @ByMaddieSchmidtRead Madeleine on the Colorado Times Recorder: https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/Other ArticlesThe White House doubles down on its dumbest impeachment defense (Paul Waldman, Washington Post, 1/20/20) Where Is Cory Gardner? (Elaina Plott, New York Times, 1/19/20)Steve Staeger Greets Cory Gardner at DIA (9News, Twitter, 1/16/20)Canceled: Jon Caldara (ColoradoPols, 1/20/20)Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren Are Democrats' Best Choices for President (NYTimes Editorial Board, New York Times, 1/19/20)More pizza, fewer vegetables: Trump administration further undercuts Obama school-lunch rules (Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 1/17/20)'You're a bunch of dopes and babies': Inside Trump's stunning tirade against generals (Carol D. Loennig and Philip Rucker, Washington Post, 1/17/20)Finally, congratulations to Ian and Sen. Brittany Pettersen on the birth of their first child, Davis James Silverii.
