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

Send us a message! Really! In a special interview-only episode of the Get More Smarter Podcast , Attorney General Phil Weiser joins us to talk about his big victory in the Democratic Primary for Governor and what comes next. And also, LeBron James .  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...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , we try to explain what the hell just happened in Colorado's Primary Election. Your hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii were LIVE on the day after the Primary with Seth Masket -- author, political science professor at Denver University, and fan favorite guest -- over at his pod house called " The Smotus Report. " Th...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , by the time you hear this episode there will be less than one week left in the Colorado Primary Election, so whatever you do, DO NOT MAIL YOUR BALLOT! Take it to your nearest convenient drop box which you can locate at justvotecolorado.org before 7pm on Election Night, next Tuesday, June 30th...at least, if you want your vote t...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , with less than 15 days until the 2026 Colorado Primary Elections we give the electorate a vibe check and let you know who to bet the college fund for or against on Polymarket! Then the Iran war enters its 15th-ish week, or it’s already over, or it never began, or it wasn’t a war, or maybe we shouldn’t have gotten rid of Obama’s...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we continue our quest to interview every Democrat in an important primary election, and this week we’ve got fan-favorite and three-time returning champion State Senator Jessie Danielson back on the show to talk about her run to be Colorado’s next Secretary of State! Senator Danielson represents Jefferson County’s District 22, ho...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we were complaining just a few weeks ago about the lack of political ads on the airwaves and now, we’re very, very sorry, because it is nigh impossible to turn on a screen anywhere in Colorado without getting blasted by primary campaign ads…from Democrats only. Then, has Donald Trump finally gone too far? We check in with soon-t...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , have you or a loved one attempted to prove the big lie by committing identity theft, knowingly lying about the security of elections, and breaking into your own office to tamper with voting equipment? You may be entitled to a commutation of your felony sentence! Will this unconscionable betrayal of the people of Colorado potent...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , by the time you hear this the state legislature will be just hours away from adjourning sine die. But because we record on Fridays, you’re going to have to wait a week to get the download of what passed, what failed, and what might get vetoed. Then, we dig into some 2026 updates as candidates for state level office report what...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , with a little less than 70 days left until the Colorado Primary Elections, we wonder…where the hell are all of the ads? Do the candidates know that they have to spend all the money they raised to win the only elections that matter in Colorado, the ones that happen between Democrats on June 30?  Then, the Supreme Court dealt yet...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , is Donald Trump the least popular president in history, or just the least popular president in history so far? We dig in to the President’s latest pathetic polling numbers. Then, in a unique twist for our FAFO of the week, it includes, well, pretty much everyone! Except, you know, us, and if you’re listening to this show, proba...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , Democrats are UP and Pam Bondi is out as the "America Last" President fires yet another member of his cabinet -- one that friend of the pod Joe Neguse also took to task, earning him the new nickname, THE CABINETSLAYER. Then Donald Trump , the peace president who was going to eliminate the national debt and start NO NE...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , as Democrats prepare for their state assemblies you can bet a bunch of lawyers are preparing legal briefs in case their candidates don’t make the ballot through the most straightforwardly indefensible and undemocratic system of nominating candidates we can think of. Abolish the caucus and assembly process! Then, for Donald Trum...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , the Bread Sandwich was toast, and now he’s…untoasted as Donald Trump un-undorseses him for the seat he already has in Congress. Then, what would you do with $200 billion dollars? If the answer isn’t “probably start World War III,” well, then you have a better fiscal policy than the President of the United States! Speaking of ou...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , by the time you hear this episode we may be at war with Cuba, or Ecuador, or Transylvania, because there is seemingly no country that the FIFA Peace Prize President won’t bomb! Also, the Colorado GOP hasn’t won a major election in Colorado in over 12 years, but they’ve defeated their own party chairperson yet again...and just m...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , there’s a lot going on in Colorado and the world this week, so we’ve got two interviews AND a full episode for you! We weren’t at war with Iran when we recorded our last episode, but, surprise, we are now. Then, the Colorado GOP is once again trying to oust their party chair in the run-up to a midterm election in which they’re...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , does Colorado have MAGA Democrats? One concerning candidate forum might provide an answer. Then, Donald Trump delivered his first-ish State of the Union address in his second term; what did it mean for Colorado? Next, we visit our 8th favorite member of Congress from Colorado and check in with our old 8th favorite member of Con...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , in a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of cold hard cash, what does the SCOTUS tariff smackdown mean for Colorado’s 8th favorite member of congress? Then, while President Trump flails on the national stage, Colorado democrats take the gloves off and jump into the redistricting fight with both feet.  Friend of the p...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , a Colorado Republican State Representative who will not be the state’s next governor has re-earned his podcast nickname as he proves, once again, that when it comes to the massive amount of lies he will tell IN CHURCH, FROM THE PULPIT, there truly is no Bottoms. Then, the Trump administration is having a really, really bad year...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , the reports of the political insurgency in Colorado Politics appear to have been greatly exaggerated; we check in on how the 2026 primaries are shaping up on both sides of the aisle. Then, did new leadership bring a new dawn and a new day for the Colorado GOP? No, somehow the new Chair is even less competent than Dave Williams,...

Send us a message! Really! Jason had to take another emergency trip, this time to Greenland to help negotiate the surrender of Rebel Penguin Separatists to the Kingdom of Denmark, so this week you've just got Ian interviewing Hetal Doshi, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General of Colorado in 2026. We'll be back for an even bigger pod this Friday.    Hetal Doshi is a...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , four of the Republican candidates who will neither win the primary nor the general election to become Colorado’s next governor faced off in Weld County for a debate. We ask, why?  Then, Friend of the Pod Joe Neguse won’t let Republicans in Washington DC rewrite history, neither will Jack Smith or the police officers who defende...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , the legislature is back in session, the first big tranche of bills have been filed, and Colorado Democrats are as ready to do the people’s work as Colorado Republicans seem somehow caught off guard despite the fact that the legislative session starts about the same time every year. Then, do you have your tickets to the gun show...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , there’s an old saying that “No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session,” but whoever said that obviously didn’t live in the Free State of Colorado where the second regular session of the 75th General Assembly kicks off this week. Also, The big sibling of the state legislature known as Congr...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , HAPPY 2026! It’s an election year, most likely a very good one for the blue team, that is unless we find a way to get in our own way which we very well could! But first, are we at war with Venezuela? It depends who you talk to. Or what social media platform you’re on, or what your definition of “war” is, or what party you belon...

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast , the State of Colorado lost a giant after State Senator Faith Winter tragically passed in a car accident, leaving a huge orange and blue void in the State Capitol and in so many of our hearts. We remember a state lawmaker who wasn’t one of 100 lawmakers, she was one of one. Then, the Secretary of War Crimes is earning his new ti...