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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?

Recent Episodes

We've Reached the Bribery Stage of the 2026 Election (feat. Jason Crow)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Donald Trump is trying to bribe voters with $5,000 checks if Republicans win the House and the Senate in the midterms, which we should point out, is very illegal, but also, that doesn’t feel like the kind of thing one does if one is confident in their party’s chances! Oh, and the President encouraged his supporters to commit voter fraud too, because every accusation is a confession. Then, Victor keeps finding new marks, and...

63 MIN

Whole-Assing a Podcast (feat. Shad Murib)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, We’re now 8 weeks from the most consequential election of our lives, so we’ve got some updates on the ballot as the huge list of 2026 ballot initiatives is finally certified and Colorado Republicans continue to do everything they can to get subsumed by the incoming Blue Tsunami (Bluenami?) Colorado is one of three states in the finals to host the Democratic National Convention in 2028, so we check in with Colorado Democrati...

70 MIN

The Marx Scam Crumbles and Jeff Crank Fumbles

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, he’s a little slow on the uptake, but it seems like GOP nominee for Colorado Governor Victor Marx is finally realizing he’s probably in a lot of trouble for his fake merch store scam. Then, a shoutout to AG of the pod and the 99.999% likely next Governor of Colorado, Phil Weiser, for cutting two huge deals to protect Colorado, even though he’s not even Governor yet! Gabe Evans is the Big Liar of 2026 as pro-Trump fake thin...

62 MIN

Victor Marx Wrote Some Books (feat. Christy Powell)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, with about 70 days left to the 2026 Midterms (yes, we checked) we check in on a few of the interesting elections in Colorado, even if they’re all foregone conclusions. There’s some more on the “smoking gun” email proving the Trump administration was literally trying to punish Colorado in an effort to extract Tina Peters from prison. Then, we check in with best friend of the pod Christy Powell for not one but two ...

89 MIN

Energy is a Battleship (feat. Angela Thomas)

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, with the brazen corruption and every-day scandalization of the presidency brought to us by Donald Trump, do any of us still have the capacity to be shocked by naked extortion and punishment of states that won’t bend the knee to him? We in Colorado may soon find out. Then, he’s got Three Cows, Two Faces, One Term and soon to have zero jobs, what does Colorado’s soon-to-be-former Congressman Gabe Evans have to say about all t...

69 MIN