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

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268 episodes

5 days ago

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the money is pouring into primary elections in Colorado, but, really just for one party, can you guess which one? Best friend of the pod Christy Powell is back to break down the third quarter fundraising results in Colorado. Also, the shutdown shitshow continues into its sixth week, and most Americans aren’t stupid, so they know who’s to blame -- namely, the party who currently controls the House, the Senate, and the White ...

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the money is pouring into primary elections in Colorado, but, really just for one party, can you guess which one? Best friend of the pod Christy Powell is back to break down the third quarter fundraising results in Colorado. Also, the shutdown shitshow continues into its sixth week, and most Americans aren’t stupid, so they know who’s to blame -- namely, the party who currently controls the House, the Senate, and the White ...

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

Colorado Republicans: Also Terrible at Fundraising (feat. Christy Powell)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the money is pouring into primary elections in Colorado, but, really just for one party, can you guess which one? Best friend of the pod Christy Powell is back to break down the third quarter fundraising results in Colorado. Also, the shutdown shitshow continues into its sixth week, and most Americans aren’t stupid, so they know who’s to blame -- namely, the party who currently controls the House, the Senate, and the White ...

5 days ago

1 hour 11 minutes

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

BONUS INTERVIEW: David Seligman, Candidate for Colorado Attorney General

Send us a message! Really! Jason had to take an emergency trip to Argentina to check on his $20 billion investment in something called an "experiment in Anarcho-capitalism," so this week you've just got Ian interviewing David Seligman, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General of Colorado in 2026. We'll be back for an even bigger pod this Friday. One of the country's leading workers' rights, consumer rights, and antimonopoly lawyers, David Seligman has dedicate...

1 week ago

41 minutes

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

At Least We Haven't Been Shut Down (feat. Trisha Calvarese)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Federal Government Shutdown enters its second-ish week and Democrats seem to have the upper hand, at least so far. Then, can puppy-killer DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and her masked goons defeat an army of grannies with ukeleles and people in inflatable costumes in war-raveged Portland, Oregon? Even though 2026 is a ways away, we’ve got some more updates on the campaigns that matter most to Colorado. And we’ll tell you who...

3 weeks ago

1 hour 10 minutes

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

Colorado Republicans Turn to Marxism (feat. Brianna Titone)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the shitdown shutshow or the shutdown shitshow or whatever you want to call it is officially on as Democrats and Republicans in Washington DC fail to reach an agreement on temporary funding and Mike Johnson and Donald Trump are just lying about it everywhere. Then, the hands-down winner for “least self aware giant unprecedented military leadership gathering of the century” is announced, and you won’t believe truly how much ...

1 month ago

1 hour 29 minutes

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

Which is Worser? (feat. Eileen Laubacher)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, despite polling showing that Colorado voters have soured on Democrats, they have not sweetened up to Republicans -- we explain why in a new segment called "Which is Worser." Then, Colorado braces for a recession as prices keep rising everywhere, the job market looks like it’s really starting to suck, and the nonpartisan economic staff starts predicting stormy skies ahead. And we’re officially back on shutdown watch as the s...

1 month ago

1 hour 27 minutes

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

BONUS INTERVIEW: A Progressive Income Tax in Colorado is Coming to a Ballot Near You (Feat. Christina Soliz of New Era Colorado & Chris deGruy Kennedy of the Bell Policy Center)

Send us a message! Really! Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it's a special interview-only episode! Jason was volunteering in Siberia on a sabretooth tiger preserve so Ian reached out to old friend of the pod Chris deGruy Kennedy and new friend of the pod Christina Soliz to hear about the initiative their coalition is working to place on the 2026 ballot that would cut taxes for 98% of Coloradans while raising them on anyone making over $500,000 per year. We...

1 month ago

36 minutes

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

There is No Vaccine for Stupidity (feat. Logan Davis)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, HOLY SHIT, it’s Episode 250!!! And we have a great one for you. First up, RFK Jr. gets his ass handed to him in a Senate Finance Committee Hearing and absolutely lied in his confirmation hearings. Relatedly: Governor Polis took quick action to make sure Coloradans still have access to lifesaving vaccines, proving once again that having Democrats in charge really, really matters, because Republican Florida is basically doing...

2 months ago

1 hour 23 minutes

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

Team Normal and the Escape Goats (feat. Jessica Killin)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Colorado State Budget got a billion dollar cut, again, thanks to Gabe Evans, Jeff Hurd, and the rest of the Republicans Colorado sends to Washington. We break down the outcome of the recently concluded Special Session. Then, friend of the pod Governor Jared Polis has some...words for HHS Secretary RFK Junior, and, frankly, they’re words neither we nor any other major Democrat in Colorado would ever use. And finally, can...

2 months ago

1 hour 22 minutes

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

One Day This Will (Not) All Make Sense

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, cutting taxes is bad, actually, and the State Legislature is about to go cut another billion dollars from the state budget because of it. Then, do you enjoy friend of the pod Kyle Clark’s innovative evening news show, microgiving campaigns, and refusal to let the worst stories become the most important stories? Well you better set your DVR because if a big corporate mega merger goes through, it might be the "Last of Next." ...

2 months ago

51 minutes

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

Special Sessions and Sentient Alien Brain Worms

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it’s a Special Session Special Episode Special! Again! And this time it’s not even our fault! As the effects of the Big Bullshit Bill come into focus, Colorado has to cut ANOTHER billion dollars from the state budget on top of the billion dollars TABOR forced us to cut earlier in the year. Where will lawmakers find the money? Then, a Republican state representative leaked screenshots of a secret group chat (hey, weren...

2 months ago

58 minutes

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

Gabe Evans Would Deport his own Grandpa for a Seat in Congress

Send us a message! Really! THIS WEEK on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we always said that Gabe Evans would deport his own grandparents if it meant he could get elected to congress, and now we have proof! Then, the Epstein Files finally seem to be the scandal that Trump can’t slither out from…so far. Speaking of which, Lauren Boebert finally got a chance to vote to release those same Epstein Files which she’s been demanding since she first ran for office back in 2020, so, how did she vote? The...

3 months ago

57 minutes

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

Captain Cankles and Schrodinger's Epstein Files

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the 2026 Primary field for Colorado Democrats up and down the ticket is getting crowded! And we’ve got a big announcement for you on what that means for the podcast! Then, are you a human being, with a body, and, skin, and organs, and stuff like that which needs occasional tending to? Well, your healthcare is about to get a lot more expensive, and most likely, not any better! Next, Schrodinger’s Epstein Files are the scanda...

3 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes

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

Hot Red On Red Action

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we took a break to celebrate what is potentially the last Independence Day for the nation as we know it. The Big Bullshit Bill passed and was signed into law, despite some of the worst provisions getting kicked down the road until after the midterms, of course. Gabe Evans is the biggest liar in Colorado practicing a brand of “technically correct but actually lying” not seen since Cory Gardner was booted out of office in 202...

3 months ago

57 minutes

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

Republicans are Literally Going to Kill People (feat. Karen Middleton)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, oh no! The big bullshit bill has hit some serious roadblocks! Wait, sorry, OH YAY! The big bullshit bill had hit some serious roadblocks! And by “some serious roadblocks” we mean “the opinion of the vast majority of voters” How does it play in Paonia? Then, it turns out that cutting healthcare kills people. You mean, you can’t just rub a crystal on it and call it good? Next, the big bullshit bombing of Iran maybe slowed dow...

4 months ago

1 hour 13 minutes

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

It's All George Washington's Fault (feat. Rep. Jason Crow)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the big beautiful bullshit bill is banging around in the US Senate, and the longer it does, the worse it gets for President Trump and the Republicans who voted for it. Then, Remember Stagflation -- that thing that is worse than both a stagnating economy and inflation? Well, it’s back thanks to very very dumb Trump administration policies. Next...hey, Colorado, do you hunt, fish, ski, hike, bike, camp, canoe, kayak or enjoy ...

4 months ago

1 hour 15 minutes

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

In Which Gabe Evans Becomes a Walking Punchline (feat. Jake Williams)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it’s no wonder there’s a clown car of candidates in Colorado’s 8th congressional district because the current incumbent is the biggest clown of them all! Then, that same clown famously promised that it would be “gangsters, not grandmas!” that ICE was going to deport in President Trump’s mass deportation raids; now that the exact opposite is true, Gabe Evans has put his name on a mildly worded letter expressing some concerns...

4 months ago

1 hour 15 minutes

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

Yes, We Have No Bananas (feat. Tyler Duncan)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, another violent antisemitic attack hits the USA, this time very close to home as Republicans try to politicize the tragedy to gin up anger against immigrants and Colorado Democrats stand in solidarity with the Jewish community. Then, it’s the greatest feud ever on the dumbest timeline imaginable. Will Donald Trump deport Elon Musk? Will Elon start a new party to spite Trump? Will both of them get outed in the Epstein ...

5 months ago

1 hour 18 minutes

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

Every Day is TACO Tuesday (feat. Mike Littwin)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, what do you call it when you throw a press conference, get boo’d by the crowd so loud you can’t hear the questions from the press to try and sell a very unpopular bill outside your district? We ask our 7th favorite member of congress from Colorado. Then, our favorite Congressional Bread sandwich surrenders to President Trump and speaker Mike Johnson and sets up every rural hospital in his district for disaster for really no...

5 months ago

1 hour 35 minutes

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

At Last, Rich People Get a Victory (feat. Jeni Arndt and Rahmin Sarabi)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Republicans on the Federal level get ready to kick millions of Americans off the Medicaid rolls for no good reason…maybe. Either way, our 7th favorite member of congress from Colorado seals his political fate by boasting about his role in the cuts. Then, what is that loud whistling sound we hear, now that the Federal Aviation Administration has been gutted, there’s really no way to tell if it’s a plane falling out of ...

5 months ago

1 hour 24 minutes

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

What the Hell Just Happened? (feat. Seth Klamann)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the 2025 legislative session has adjourned 'Sine Die,'which is latin for “a lot of things that happened this year made us want to die.” We check in with the Trump Trainwreck as tariffs, trust, and traitors start to weigh heavy on the regime. Then, Colorado’s future one-term Congressman from the 8th congressional district is writing his own ticket back home...and don’t say we didn’t tell you so. But first, to unpack the legi...

6 months ago

1 hour 36 minutes