This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we have a special interview-only episode with Texas Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, who has become a viral sensation for her willingness to say to Republicans what we're all quietly thinking

No Odor in the Pod (feat. Christy Powell)

11 days ago 1h 12m

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Ian is/was coming in from Our Nation’s Capitol, Washington DC, where the GOP Micro-Majority is getting sick and tired of threats and shenanigans coming from…other members of the GOP Micro-Majority. The

Is Your Refrigerator Running...To FREEDOM?

19 days ago 1h

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME LAUNDRY, or something; Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation fight back against some of the silliest stuff we’ve ever heard of -- six or seven months befo

Attorney General Phil Weiser Gets Even More Smarter

26 days ago 1h 20m

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we’ve got a longer episode because there's lots to discuss. First, there are more than a few problems for Colorado republicans in more than a few congressional districts, and one of them was so bad he

Congressman Jason Crow Gets More Smarter (Again!)

Mar 26th, 2024 1h 3m

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Second Regular Session of the 74th Colorado General Assembly is about halfway over: Democrats are taking big swings at big bills and Republicans are making utter fools of themselves. In other words

Sen. John Hickenlooper Gets Even More Smarter

Mar 19th, 2024 45m 34s

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast...we have a special interview-only episode with the man who was the first guest on the original show way back in May 2016. You know him as Denver's Mayor, Colorado's Governor, and now a United States Se

The Scourge of Uncertified Potatoes (feat. Christy Powell)

Mar 14th, 2024 48m 1s

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast...Christy Powell is back on the podcast, and we’ve got a whole Christy-only special on the halfway point of the Colorado legislative session as a bonus episode! Our unofficial third cohost drops by agai

The Craziest B**** in the Target Parking Lot

Mar 12th, 2024 1h

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Super Tuesday came and went and left us with the same situation we had beforehand; that’s right, it’s a Biden-Trump rematch, and no, there’s nothing you can do about it. But Dark Brandon is back: Presi

The Constitution is Really Just a List of Suggestions Now

Mar 5th, 2024 1h

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the United States Supreme Court voted unanimously to let Donald Trump appear on the Colorado ballot in 2024; Democrats and Republicans alike weep and rejoice in equal measure. Kevin McCarthy may have b

Nopeachment and a Dozen Future Chickens

Feb 26th, 2024 48m 50s

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the incredibly cynical and evidence-free impeachment attempt against President Biden is failing, and now even Republicans are noticing; as it turns out, when the leader of your party is a 91-time indic

The Made-Up Migrant Scare in Lakewood (feat. Kyle Clark)

Feb 20th, 2024 1h 13m

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast: Democrats keep winning, Republicans keep losing, and we predict whether these two trends will continue! Congress finally found the votes to impeach the Secretary of Homeland Security, even though the S

Coloradans REALLY Dislike Lauren Boebert (feat. Andrew Baumann)

Feb 12th, 2024 1h 11m

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Republicans have managed to break both chambers of Congress as they refuse to not only accomplish their most basic constitutional obligations, but fail to accomplish even their real bad political objec

Every Person Listening to this Podcast is a Person

Feb 5th, 2024 1h 2m

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we learn that all persons are persons from our coverage of the ClusterBuck in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District...which continues with the results of a debate, a straw poll, and some partial campai

Two Republican Stories So Crazy We Couldn't Possibly Make Them Weirder

Jan 24th, 2024 1h 2m

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, there was so much news between the last time we recorded and today that we had to throw out a whole episode and start over! First, the ClusterBuck in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District gets more clu

The Colorado Republican Party is Dying Right Before Our Eyes (and Ears)

Jan 12th, 2024 59m 31s

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, absolutely nobody has done more for Democrats in Colorado than Republicans in Colorado; it's not remotely close, and it's about to get worse. With ZERO statewide offices, total irrelevance in the Color

How Democrats Can Get it Right in 2024 (feat. Will Marshall)

Jan 10th, 2024 45m 21s

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it’s a special interview-only episode! Will Marshall, president of the legendary center-left think tank Progressive Policy Institute, joins us to talk pragmatism versus performance, how Democrats can s

EMERGENCY POD: Lauren Boebert Goes Seat Shopping!

Dec 29th, 2023 44m 3s

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we almost made it through 2023 with another podcast episode, but then Lauren Boebert announced late on December 27th when LITERALLY NOBODY WAS TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HER that she was going to carpetbag

The Inside Story of How Colorado Barred Donald Trump from the Ballot (feat. Mario Nicolais)

Dec 22nd, 2023 1h 3m

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast...the Colorado Supreme Court held that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prevents the Secretary of State from placing Donald Trump on the Presidential ballot in Colorado, setting

CROSSOVER EPISODE: The 2023 Lauren Boebert Get More Smarter x City Cast Denver Holiday Clicktacular!

Dec 21st, 2023 23m 35s

We were so excited to be invited back to the excellent City Cast Denver podcast to talk about our 8th Favorite Member of Congress from Colorado, Lauren Boebert's 2023: from Beetlebert to facing a legit primary threat to George Santos being her

Boebert, Bidenomics, and a Bread Sandwich

Dec 18th, 2023 47m 35s

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast: Bidenomics? Bidenflation? Bidenpeachment? What portmanteau can’t we create with the President’s last name? Our 8th favorite member of congress from Colorado is living it up in the Big Apple! Has Rep. L

We're Not Dead Yet!

Dec 11th, 2023 55m 5s

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Republicans from Colorado to Washington DC to North Carolina, to South Carolina, to California, and probably everywhere else too, in between are a big, big mess. We ask the question on everybody’s mind

The 2023 Election Recap (feat. Seth Masket)

Nov 13th, 2023 1h 23m

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the 2023 Election is over and Democrats notched some big wins across the country (and one glaring loss right here in Colorado). We break down the results and talk about what’s so special about the upco

Buck, Boebert, and Body Armor (feat. Marshall Zelinger)

Nov 6th, 2023 1h 8m

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast…It’s our Buck, Boebert, and Body Armor episode! Jason Bane’s powers of psychic prognostication REIGN as "KenSNBC" makes it official he’s not running for reelection in 2024. Remember, if you want to know

Okay, Seriously, Who the Heck is Mike Johnson?

Oct 30th, 2023 50m 52s

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, there’s (finally) a new Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; while he shares all but one consonant with the new Mayor of Denver, that’s where the similarities end. MAGA Mike Johnson is a real

Lauren Boebert Bought 180 Pounds of Candy (feat. Christy Powell)

Oct 23rd, 2023 1h 21m

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast...check your mailboxes, your email inboxes, and your text messages because ballots are on their way in Colorado! Congress tosses another aspiring House Speaker off the balcony; this time it’s legislativ