
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

Jan 14, 2020 • 1h 13min
Weak, Frightened, and Impotent
Send us a message! Really!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 impeached is facing a trial in the US Senate (will it be fair or just a cover-up?), Iran becomes even more problematic, and a bunch of people who claim they don't want government interfering in your life march on the state capitol to insist that government interfere in your life.

Jan 10, 2020 • 1h 14min
The Colorado Legislature Gets More Smarter
Send us a message! Really!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 again, we interview House Majority Leader Alec Garnett about legislative priorities and he becomes the latest contestant on the worlds worst game show, Duke or Donald.-----TWITTERThe Get More Smarter Podcast: https://twitter.com/MoreSmarterShowJason Bane: https://twitter.com/jason_baneIan Silverii: https://twitter.com/iansilveriiEthan Black: https://twitter.com/ethanblackFACEBOOKThe Get More Smarter Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetMoreSmarterEMAILSend us an email: angryrants@getmoresmarter.comTHEME MUSICOur theme is by the great Breakmaster Cylinder: https://www.personbproductions.com

Dec 25, 2019 • 58min
2019 Gets More Smarter
Send us a message! Really!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 episode of 2019.Hosts: Jason Bane | Ian SilveriiProducer: Ethan BlackMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSubscribe wherever you get your podcasts and leave us a review if you Got More Smarter. Have any questions or comments? Send us an email at angryrants@getmoresmarter.com.

Dec 17, 2019 • 1h 8min
Gov. Jared Polis Gets More Smarter
Send us a message! Really!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 of the United States for the third time in American History, Congressman Ken Buck gets called out for truancy, our second favorite US Senator from Colorado (Cory Gardner) decides if he wants to roll out the red carpet for Donald Trump after the president promises to be in Colorado “lots”, and more white supremacists show their faces for radio and voices for silent film as 710KNUS comes under renewed scrutiny for harboring neo-nazis.Hosts: Jason Bane | Ian SilveriiProducer: Ethan BlackMusic: Breakmaster CylinderSubscribe wherever you get your podcasts and leave us a review if you Got More Smarter. Have any questions or comments? Send us an email at angryrants@getmoresmarter.com.

Dec 10, 2019 • 48min
Buck, Buck, Neguse!
Send us a message! Really!This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast Donald Trump is an anti-Semitic piece of garbage who should absolutely be impeached, we find Cory Gardner at the bottom of the gutter in a new poll, and Colorado Congressman Scott Tipton catches a primary challenge from a heavily armed West Slope barkeep.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.

Dec 3, 2019 • 50min
If You Can't Defend Impeachment, Make Stuff Up!
Send us a message! Really!Impeachment enters a new phase with Colorado connections, state lawmakers say more gun safety legislation is coming, and Cory Gardner’s BLM move gets even worser. Alan Franklin (ProgressNow Colorado political director) subs in for Ian Silverii, who's out teaching orphan goats how to recycle.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.

Nov 26, 2019 • 1h 5min
Jim Jordan's Jibber Jabber (ft. Katie Farnan)
Send us a message! Really!This week, Chewbaca made an appearance at impeachment-a-lago while Rep. Ken Buck blew off the hearings, the US Senate primary is a slog, Trump applies maximum pressure to the wrong Korea, and Cory Gardner’s worst nightmare, Katie Farnan, plays Duke or Donald.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.

Nov 19, 2019 • 1h 4min
The Sideshow Bob Defense
Send us a message! Really!This week on Colorado's bestest political podcast, impeachment-a-lago gets serious, Doug Lamborn attempts to make himself useful and fails, Ken Buck straps on his best Sideshow Bob costume two-weeks after Halloween, Cory Gardner celebrates two years without a townhall, irrelevant Colorado House Republicans attempt to bring a ballot initiative to make a law that's already a law a law, again, and fairy godmother of the #resistance, Jessica Zender, plays Duke or Donald.Check out Colorado IndivisibleIndivisible Front Range ResistanceIndivisible DenverHelp Us Find Cory Event (Wednesday, November 20th)Jessica's TwitterHosts: 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.

Nov 12, 2019 • 49min
Post-Election Analysis
Send us a message! Really!This week, the latest effort to save the state from TABOR’s claws goes down, the 2019 election gets messy in a top swing county, washed up old politicians trying to be relevant get smacked down by the Denver Post Editorial Board, Impeachment-a-lago gets real this week, and our Producer Ethan Black goes head to head with yours truly in America’s worst game show, Duke or Donald.Hosts: Jason Bane | Ian SilveriiProducer: Ethan BlackYou can subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and SoundCloud. Leave us a review if you Got More Smarter and pass us along to your friends

Nov 5, 2019 • 58min
Trump's Impeachment, Cory Gardner's 100k Bribe, and Colorado Labor
Send us a message! Really!This week, Republicans are trapped between a rock and a hairpiece as the impeachment process gets formalized in the United States House of Representatives, guest Geof Cahoon plays Duke or Donald and teaches us about the Colorado labor movement, Donald Trump buys himself a friend in Colorado Senator Cory Gardner with a cool hundred-thousand dollars, which Gardner will apparently be putting into very-weird pro-oil company advertisements, the US House passes the CORE act thanks to our friend Joe Neguse, and by the time you listen to this episode, it'll be election day in Colorado, so we do some prognosticating and you'll find out how right or wrong we are.Duke or DonaldQ1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6Impeachment Actionmoveon.org/impeachHosts: Jason Bane | Ian SilveriiProducer: Ethan BlackYou can subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and SoundCloud. Leave us a review if you Got More Smarter and pass us along to your friends