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

Send us a message! Really!This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Colorado Republican Party Chairman and Congressional Hobbyist Ken Buck tries to throw the failed recall hot potato into someone else’s lap, Cory Gardner Gets President Trump’s Back (duh), a major Colorado newspaper demands Gardner’s resignation from office, and, as usual, the Colorado GOP is in a really, really, super bad spot heading into 2020. We also play Duke or Donald with Fawn Bolak of Keep Abortion Safe and prognosticate a border wall in Colorado.Follow Keep Abortion Safe: Instagram | Facebook | TwitterFollow Get More Smarter: Twitter | Facebook | InstagramHosts: 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.

Send us a message! Really!This week, Recall-A-Lago comes to a sad and anticlimactic end as Colorado Republicans attempt to distance themselves from the wreckage, Cory Gardner whiffs yet another chance to say out loud that it’s wrong to solicit foreign interference in an election (26:26), and a new poll finds him badly, badly underwater (12:40). The US Senate Democrats in a primary to take on Gardner in 2020 report their latest fundraising numbers and our friend Manny plays the worst game in Colorado, Duke or Donald (50:55).------Get spooky with Indivisible Front Range Resistance, ProgressNow Colorado, Rocky Mountain Values and Sierra Club Colorado for Cardboard Cory: A Spooky Night with Voters.Where: The Alliance Center (1536 Wynkoop St, Denver, CO 80202)When: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 6:30 PM - 8:30 PMLink to Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/962198880782683/-------Follow Get More Smarter: Twitter | Facebook | InstagramHosts: Jason Bane | Ian SilveriiProducer: Ethan Black You 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.

Send us a message! Really!This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the fallout from the Cory Gardner national-media-meltdown last Friday, we play another round of the incredibly difficult game Duke or Donald, and we interview Congressman Jason Crow from Colorado's sixth congressional district. Duke or Donald AnswersQ1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6Follow Get More Smarter: Twitter | Facebook | InstagramHosts: Jason Bane | Ian SilveriiProducer: Ethan BlackSpecial Thanks to Jordan Spalding and Coby Neumann for recording this week's episode.You 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.

Send us a message! Really!This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, a friend of the show tries to find Cory Gardner at a Trump fundraiser in New York City, Impeachment-a-lago gets worse and weirder, we discuss whether or not Denver should elect their sheriff, talk about the two initiatives on this November’s ballot, do a little prognosticating, and we play a new game!Duke or Donald AnswersQ1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | Q6Follow Get More Smarter: Twitter | Facebook | InstagramHosts: Jason Bane | Ian SilveriiProducer: Ethan Black You 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.

Send us a message! Really!Eli Stokols of the Los Angeles Times joins us from Washington D.C. to talk about his breaking news story about President Trump calling for the death of the Ukraine whistle-blower. He also talks about the impending impeachment inquiry of the President of the United States and what that means for our second favorite senator from Colorado, Cory Gardner. The recall grift gets even more obvious and even "griftier," and will Congressman Ken Buck get impeached himself from the chairmanship of the state Republican party?It's time to Get More Smarter.ArticlesListen: Audio of Trump discussing whistleblower at private event: ‘That’s close to a spy’ (Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times, 9/26/19)GOP is playing a weak hand in defending Trump on Ukraine (Meet the Press, NBC News, 9/30/19)Colorado's Cory Gardner to be featured at Trump/GOP fundraiser in New York (Caitlin Curley, Colorado Politics, 8/28/19)No Escape For Gardner As Impeachment Crisis Consumes D.C. (ColoradoPols, 9/29/19)Recall Cashola: From Grifting To “Gifting” (ColoradoPols, 9/27/19)Donors question Polis recall committee’s disbursements to board members (Fox 31 Denver, 9/27/19)Colorado Republicans Might Impeach Ken Buck (ColoradoPols, 9/27/19) Follow Get More Smarter: Twitter | Facebook | InstagramHosts: Jason Bane | Ian SilveriiProducer: Ethan Black You 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.

Send us a message! Really!Today on The Get More Smarter Podcast, we talk Ukraine and impeachment (1:08), Cory Gardner prepares to explain himself (8:50), the BLM will share an office building with the real decision-makers—oil and gas companies (14:39), climate change gets more popular (18:38), and is the Democratic nomination for president a two-candidate race (23:50)?Follow us on social media: Twitter | Facebook Hosts: Jason Bane | Alan FranklinProducer: Ethan Black 

Send us a message! Really!This week, Cory Gardner is very sad, a celebration of saying nothing, one more recall to spell out, a fundraiser mystery (sort of) in Aspen, a clever chess move in a Denver primary race, and thinning out the Democratic Senate primary. Alan Franklin guests hosts because Ian Silverii is out of town.Articles MentionedCory Gardner is Very Sad That You Don’t Love BLM Move (Colorado Pols | 9/10/19)A Tale of Two Headlines, Starring Cory Gardner (Colorado Pols | 9/13/19)Sen. Gardner cheers Trump administration decision to drop water protection rule (Fox 31 via The Associated Press | 9/12/19)Sen. Cory Gardner touts environmental record ahead of 2020 election (Liz Weber [@liz_a_weber] | The Durango Herald | 3/27/19)Colorado Matters: Perspective On Failed Recalls; Why Colorado Once Closed Its Border (Ryan Warner [@CPRWarner] | Colorado Public Radio | 9/12/19)BREAKING: Recall Attempts Against Sens. Lee, Pettersen Fail (Colorado Pols | 9/10/19)After failed recall attempts, Colorado’s GOP is searching for its next move (Anna Staver [@AnnaStaver] | The Denver Post | 9/14/19)Pence visit to Aspen underscores murky area of campaign finance law (Rick Carroll [@RickCarrollAT] | The Aspen Times | 9/12/19)Who ultimately paid the security tab for Pence's Aspen event? An Arizona Diamondbacks exec (Marshall Zellinger [@Marshall9News] | 9News | 9/11/19)DeGette Nabs Notable Endorsement (Colorado Pols | 9/13/19)------Follow The Get More Smarter Podcast Social Media Twitter (@MoreSmarterShow)Facebook (facebook.com/GetMoreSmarter)HostsJason Bane (@jason_bane)Alan Franklin (@alanfranklin)  ProducerEthan Black (@ethanblack)

Send us a message! Really!We find Cory Gardner having a bad time on CNN and in the opinion section of the paper of record, an outgoing Denver Post reporter profiles the GOP's empty bench, Bureau of Land Management staff freak out about the poorly planned move to Colorado, and another high profile recall bites the dust.MentionedColoradans push Gardner on gun control ahead of marquee Senate race (Clare Foran, CNN, 9/8/19)Editorial: Now we know Gardner failed to protect Colorado from cuts in addition to failing the U.S. Constitution (Editorial Board, The Denver Post, 9/8/19)Can these three Republicans save the Colorado GOP from obscurity? (Nic Garcia, The Denver Post, 9/8/19)Hold Your Wild Horses: Opposition To BLM GJ Move Escalates (Colorado Pols, 9/6/19)Dozens Of Former BLM Officials Send A Letter To Bernhardt Urging Him To Reconsider Grand Junction Move (Stina Sieg, CPR News, 9/5/19)BLM staffers rip relocation plans in closed-door meeting (Scott Streater, E&E News, 9/6/19)------Follow The Get More Smarter Podcast Social Media Twitter (@MoreSmarterShow)Facebook (facebook.com/GetMoreSmarter)HostsIan Silverii (@iansilverii)  Jason Bane (@jason_bane)ProducerEthan Black (@ethanblack)

Send us a message! Really!This week, we talk about the elimination of Mikes from the CO Senate primary, Jason Crow gets his first real opponent in the race to keep CD-6, Colorado Republicans throw a Support Our Stormtroopers rally in Aurora, a local reporter gets taken for a ride by Cory Gardner's comms staff, and fake outrage over fake hamburgers. It's time to Get More Smarter.Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. The Get More Smarter Podcast is hosted by Ian Silverii and Jason Bane. It is produced by Ethan Black.

Send us a message! Really!John Hickenlooper officially drops a bomb in our hurricane of a US Senate primary, Cardboard Cory Gardner and non-Cardboard Cory Gardner meet for the first time in real life, a bunch of stupid things happen in the Pueblo recall during the state fair, a Republican state senator gets a little ghostwriting help from an oil and gas industry flak in Texas, and whether or not women's pants will be the key issue of the 2020 elections (Hint: it won't). It's time to Get More Smarter.Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. The Get More Smarter Podcast is hosted by Ian Silverii and Jason Bane. It is produced by Ethan Black.