

The Get More Smarter Podcast - A Weekly Show About Colorado Politics
Colorado Pols and The Bighorn Company
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?
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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.That’s it for this episode! If you loved watching and/or listening to it as much as we loved recording it, you can thank us by subscribing to the pod wherever you listen, following us over on New Old Twitter AKA Bluesky, subscribing to our shiny new channel on YouTube, smashing that subscribe button on our Substack, and sharing this episode with your friends, your enemies, and your 8th favorite Member of Congress from Colorado! THANK YOU so much for listening, and we’ll see you next time!

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.That’s it for this episode! If you loved watching and/or listening to it as much as we loved recording it, you can thank us by subscribing to the pod wherever you listen, following us over on New Old Twitter AKA Bluesky, subscribing to our shiny new channel on YouTube, smashing that subscribe button on our Substack, and sharing this episode with your friends, your enemies, and your 8th favorite Member of Congress from Colorado! THANK YOU so much for listening, and we’ll see you next time!

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.That’s it for this episode! If you loved watching and/or listening to it as much as we loved recording it, you can thank us by subscribing to the pod wherever you listen, following us over on New Old Twitter AKA Bluesky, subscribing to our shiny new channel on YouTube, smashing that subscribe button on our Substack, and sharing this episode with your friends, your enemies, and your 8th favorite Member of Congress from Colorado! THANK YOU so much for listening, and we’ll see you next time!

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.That’s it for this episode! If you loved watching and/or listening to it as much as we loved recording it, you can thank us by subscribing to the pod wherever you listen, following us over on New Old Twitter AKA Bluesky, subscribing to our shiny new channel on YouTube, smashing that subscribe button on our Substack, and sharing this episode with your friends, your enemies, and your 8th favorite Member of Congress from Colorado! THANK YOU so much for listening, and we’ll see you next time!

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.That’s it for this episode! If you loved watching and/or listening to it as much as we loved recording it, you can thank us by subscribing to the pod wherever you listen, following us over on New Old Twitter AKA Bluesky, subscribing to our shiny new channel on YouTube, smashing that subscribe button on our Substack, and sharing this episode with your friends, your enemies, and your 8th favorite Member of Congress from Colorado! THANK YOU so much for listening, and we’ll see you next time!

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. That’s it for this episode! If you loved watching and/or listening to it as much as we loved recording it, you can thank us by subscribing to the pod wherever you listen, following us over on New Old Twitter AKA Bluesky, subscribing to our shiny new channel on YouTube, smashing that subscribe button on our Substack, and sharing this episode with your friends, your enemies, and your 8th favorite Member of Congress from Colorado! THANK YOU so much for listening, and we’ll see you next time!

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.That’s it for this episode! If you loved watching and/or listening to it as much as we loved recording it, you can thank us by subscribing to the pod wherever you listen, following us over on New Old Twitter AKA Bluesky, subscribing to our shiny new channel on YouTube, smashing that subscribe button on our Substack, and sharing this episode with your friends, your enemies, and your 8th favorite Member of Congress from Colorado! THANK YOU so much for listening, and we’ll see you next time!

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.That’s it for this episode! If you loved watching and/or listening to it as much as we loved recording it, you can thank us by subscribing to the pod wherever you listen, following us over on New Old Twitter AKA Bluesky, subscribing to our shiny new channel on YouTube, smashing that subscribe button on our Substack, and sharing this episode with your friends, your enemies, and your 8th favorite Member of Congress from Colorado! THANK YOU so much for listening, and we’ll see you next time!

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.comThat’s it for this episode! If you loved watching and/or listening to it as much as we loved recording it, you can thank us by subscribing to the pod wherever you listen, following us over on New Old Twitter AKA Bluesky, subscribing to our shiny new channel on YouTube, smashing that subscribe button on our Substack, and sharing this episode with your friends, your enemies, and your 8th favorite Member of Congress from Colorado! THANK YOU so much for listening, and we’ll see you next time!

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.That’s it for this episode! If you loved watching and/or listening to it as much as we loved recording it, you can thank us by subscribing to the pod wherever you listen, following us over on New Old Twitter AKA Bluesky, subscribing to our shiny new channel on YouTube, smashing that subscribe button on our Substack, and sharing this episode with your friends, your enemies, and your 8th favorite Member of Congress from Colorado! THANK YOU so much for listening, and we’ll see you next time!


