Parhaat Colorado Politics Podcastit (2024)

1
Record-Setting Incompetence (feat. Elizabeth Jarosz) 1:22:13

1d ago1:22:13

1:22:13

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, President-Elect Donald Trump continues to fill up his cabinet with weirdos, freaks, and credibly accused rapists, both statutory and otherwise; in other words, everything old is new again. The City of Aurora is the only major city in Colorado currently run by Republicans, and man…

1
In Which We Discuss Quadfectas and Underwater Alien Bases 59:19

10d ago59:19

59:19

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, The Big Orange Guy is assembling a rogue’s gallery of cabinet members to most likely destroy the entire federal government from the inside out, making people like us breathe a sigh of relief when comparative normies like Marco Rubio get appointed as Secretary of State. Next, two …

1
Election Results Inside the Blue Rectangle (feat. Seth Masket) 1:18:46

17d ago1:18:46

1:18:46

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we regret to inform you that we were wrong. Donald Trump is heading back to the White House, potentially with a Republican Trifecta and a large-scale admission that Project 2025 was the agenda all along. We unpack the results with the one and only SMOTUS: Seth Masket, Professor o…

1
Election Day Warm Fuzzies 24:30

21d ago24:30

24:30

Send us a message! Really! On a special Election Day edition of the Get More Smarter Podcast, we've got nothing but nice, warm fuzzies for 25 minutes. We know you're probably freaking out a little bit about Colorado races and the big battle for President of the United States, so we're here to bring some calm(ala) energy and tell you why we both thi…

1
Qualified Hopium (feat. Andrew Baumann) 1:41:25

24d ago1:41:25

1:41:25

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it’s everything you need to know before election day! We make our final calls for 2024 and bring in the big prognosticator himself: Pollster of the pod Andrew Baumann, Partner at Global Strategy Group, predicts the future and lays down a marker for what he thinks is going to happ…

1
The Election That Is and Was Not (feat. Nadine Bridges, Susy Bates, and Sen. Jessie Danielson) 1:21:20

29d ago1:21:20

1:21:20

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, has the Trump Wall (no, not the one that never got built) finally started to crack, and is it too late to make a difference in this election? Then, we’re back with another edition of Game of Groans, and this time, it’s the RINOs versus the RATs! And we do one more round of super-…

1
Get in Losers: We're Going Losing! (feat. Kate Barr) 1:21:08

1M ago1:21:08

1:21:08

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Gabe-ish Evans is running one of the most confusing campaigns for Congress we’ve ever seen; will it matter in the closest contest in Colorado? Then, check your mailboxes because it’s time to vote! Ballots are either in the mail (or if you already voted, on the way back); instead …

1
The Pro-Normal Party Coalition (feat. Adam Frisch) 1:13:12

2M ago1:13:12

1:13:12

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, keep your kids away from Gabe-ish Evans because he might want to hit them...or at least have that option. Then, we continue to examine the mystery of why the Arizona GOP is doing the job of the Colorado GOP, because don’t they have enough of their own problems with Kari friggin' …

1
PSA: Here's How to Vote in the 2024 Election in Colorado 0:57

2M ago0:57

0:57

Send us a message! Really! Alright everyone, warm up those brains, sharpen up those pencils, ink up those pens, and google up those ballot initiatives, it’s time once again to VOTE IN COLORADO! That’s right, your ballots are IN THE MAIL TODAY so be on the lookout for those sweet sweet envelopes of democracy coming to you literally any minute now! C…

1
Election Denial is Not Just a Mangled Joke About a River in Egypt 44:45

2M ago44:45

44:45

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters was finally sentenced for breaking into her own county’s election equipment to try and prove the big lie; was justice served? The Vice Presidential debate was the veep of debates; we ask, “Will it matter”? Maybe one of the answers…

1
The Great Quick Hits Experiment 46:14

2M ago46:14

46:14

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it’s a quick hits only episode! We’re trying something new this week: Can we get through 15 topics in 30 minutes? Probably not! But you'll have to listen to find out.

1
Venezuelan Gangs Have Not (Yet) Taken Over This Podcast 55:39

2M ago55:39

55:39

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the federal government is running out of time (again) to pass a continuing resolution (again) to fund the government for another few months (again), and our 8th favorite member of Congress is pretty responsible for it (again!) Then, the Colorado legislature cut about a billion do…

1
No Pets Were Eaten During the Making of this Episode (feat. Sen. Michael Bennet) 1:21:27

3M ago1:21:27

1:21:27

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, with less than two months to go until the biggest election of our lives, Kamalamentum is still picking up speed...or is it? The media, and apparently a decently large slice of the American electorate, are grading Donald Trump on a rollercoaster sized curve; we ask, 'Why the hell …

1
Special Session Special Episode Special (and "Game of Groans") 1:06:51

3M ago1:06:51

1:06:51

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it’s the Special Session Special Episode Special! We break down the politics and a little bit of the policy from this very special session that was called to avoid an absolute fiscal calamity because of something like three schmucks and a checkbook. Also, one of the undisputed ch…

1
The Democratic National Convention and "The Economy Numbers" 1:05:36

3M ago1:05:36

1:05:36

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, at least one of us is coming to you live-ish from Chicago where Democrats are producing a convention full of joy, hope, optimism, and more than a few Colorado cameos to counter the GOP convention that was about…hell, who knows? We've got plenty of non-DNC stuff to discuss, includ…

1
Don't Let the Internet Eat Your Brain, Kids (feat. Charles Ashby) 1:03:49

3M ago1:03:49

1:03:49

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Ian went on a little summer break and…the entire world changed completely! We'll talk more about the vibe shift, the VP’s VP, the Trump campaign, and so much more. Friend of the Pod, Governor Jared Polis, is calling the Colorado Legislature back into a special session, again, to …

1
Weird, Weird, Weird...but Also Good! (feat. Christy Powell) 1:07:42

4M ago1:07:42

1:07:42

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Ian is out of town volunteering at a no-kill aardvark shelter, so Christy Powell is here to save Jason from talking to himself. Presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris has changed EVERYTHING and Donald Trump’s campaign is falling apart. It’s been a wild few week…

1
Holy Shit: Biden is Out. Emergency Pod! 22:54

4M ago22:54

22:54

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it’s a HOLY SHIT HE REALLY DID IT emergency podcast! We’re recording around 2:30 pm Mountain Time on Sunday, July 21st -- just about 2 hours after President Biden announced he was stepping down from the top of the Democratic Presidential ticket, endorsing Vice President Kamala Ha…

1
Shut Up, Gaetz 55:40

4M ago55:40

55:40

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, just when you thought this election couldn’t possibly get any more insaner, Donald Trump survived an actual assassination attempt; if you’re just waking up from a coma, yes, he’s about to officially be renominated as the GOP presidential candidate. We check in on the RNC conventi…

1
The Get More Smarter Podcast 200th Episode Spectacular (feat. Gov. Jared Polis) 1:32:26

5M ago1:32:26

1:32:26

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, WE DID IT Y’ALL! WE MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO EPISODE 200! The world is a mess and politics has sure gotten weird over the last two weeks but we made 200 episodes of a Colorado Politics podcast and you’re still listening! Yes you! On this episode we’ll look back at how far we’ve com…

1
The POST-Primary Political Podcast for the People 1:02:19

5M ago1:02:19

1:02:19

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Colorado Primary Election is over! The winners won and the losers lost and were here to celebrate and/or weep with you, depending on your preferred outcome. But, to be honest, we’re pretty happy with the results across the board; we’ll unpack what this all means for Colorado …

1
The Pre-Primary Political Podcast for the People 50:57

5M ago50:57

50:57

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the 2024 Colorado Primary Election is on Tuesday, June 25th, so we break down the top races. Did you know in Colorado you not only vote for PEOPLE but you vote about PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE TOO, ESPECIALLY THIS ELECTION? We also go through some of the top ballot initiatives v…

1
Water, Water Everywhere...and Not a Drop for Nonfunctional Turf (feat. Alan Salazar) 1:18:54

6M ago1:18:54

1:18:54

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Colorado GOP’s flag burning stochastic terrorism is the straw that broke the camel’s back, strangely enough, as local county party chairs are FINALLY calling for their chairman’s ouster. Just like we told you in our last episode, being a felon running for President kind of hu…

1
The Colorado GOP Issues a Fatwa: Abandon Public Schools! 1:06:19

6M ago1:06:19

1:06:19

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Colorado Republican Party continues it’s absolutely undefeated effort to ensure permanent electoral dominance by the Colorado Democratic Party, this time by saying every single Coloradan should pull their kids out of public schools; we report on how that’s going for them. Dem…

1
In Which We Predict the Future (More or Less) 59:40

6M ago59:40

59:40

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, with six months left to go until the 2024 election, we look at the state of the U.S. House, the Senate, and the Presidential race that will literally determine the course of American and probably global history. Cool! Here in Colorado we have dueling slates of Republicans; we ask…

1
The Colorado Legislature's Breakthrough Session (feat. Christy Powell) 1:15:10

7M ago1:15:10

1:15:10

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the SINE has DIED; for those of you who for some reason don’t speak Latin, the second regular session of the 74th general assembly has come to an end! Best friend of the pod Christy Powell is back to give us the rundown from under the gold dome at Colfax and Sherman. Then, some R…

1
Just...Don't Shoot Dogs, Okay? 59:57

7M ago59:57

59:57

Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Ian sings "The Final Countdown" as the Colorado House and Senate race to finish up dozens of bills before the legislature adjourns sine die on May 9th (and there are still some big f***in’ deals left to finish up). Next, the Colorado Republican Party is putting their thumbs, thei…

1
Oh, Buddy...(feat. Rep. Jasmine Crockett) 48:17

7M ago48:17

48:17

Send us a message! Really! 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. Crockett talks to us about her expectations as a Freshman Member of Congress;…

1
No Odor in the Pod (feat. Christy Powell) 1:12:50

7M ago1:12:50

1:12:50

Send us a message! Really! 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. Then, we check in on the smaller, more golden-domed capitol building in the centen…

1
Is Your Refrigerator Running...To FREEDOM? 1:00:25

8M ago1:00:25

1:00:25

Send us a message! Really! 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 before the most important election of our lives (again) We have a final update from…

1
Attorney General Phil Weiser Gets Even More Smarter 1:20:10

8M ago1:20:10

1:20:10

Send us a message! Really! 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 lost to Heidi Ganahl in 2022. It’s Budget, Guns and Mental Health down at the S…

1
Congressman Jason Crow Gets More Smarter (Again!) 1:03:09

8M ago1:03:09

1:03:09

Send us a message! Really! 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, it’s a day that ends with “y.” Not-billionaire and not president and not gonn…

1
Sen. John Hickenlooper Gets Even More Smarter 45:34

8M ago45:34

45:34

Send us a message! Really! 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 Senator: John Hickenlooper is back on the pod! You don't want to miss this interv…

1
The Scourge of Uncertified Potatoes (feat. Christy Powell) 48:01

9M ago48:01

48:01

Send us a message! Really! 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 again to give us an update on what’s going on under the gold dome and to confound u…

1
The Craziest B**** in the Target Parking Lot 1:00:36

9M ago1:00:36

1:00:36

Send us a message! Really! 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: President Biden absolutely overcame incredibly low expectations for his State of the…

1
The Constitution is Really Just a List of Suggestions Now 1:00:20

9M ago1:00:20

1:00:20

Send us a message! Really! 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 been the shortest-termed speaker in modern history, but MAGA Mike Johnson may go…

1
Nopeachment and a Dozen Future Chickens 48:50

9M ago48:50

48:50

Send us a message! Really! 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 indicted twice convicted obvious crook, trying to play both sides against a guy like…

1
The Made-Up Migrant Scare in Lakewood (feat. Kyle Clark) 1:13:20

9M ago1:13:20

1:13:20

Send us a message! Really! 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 Senate wants nothing to do with this ridiculousness. And can four GOP state lawm…

1
Coloradans REALLY Dislike Lauren Boebert (feat. Andrew Baumann) 1:11:11

10M ago1:11:11

1:11:11

Send us a message! Really! 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 objectives. Then, Gabe-ish Evans -- the half-term state representative running for t…

1
Every Person Listening to this Podcast is a Person 1:02:46

10M ago1:02:46

1:02:46

Send us a message! Really! 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 campaign finance reports that are coming in as we record. While nobody’s really break…

1
Two Republican Stories So Crazy We Couldn't Possibly Make Them Weirder 1:02:45

10M ago1:02:45

1:02:45

Send us a message! Really! 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 cluster-er as the Colorado House Minority Leader cops to a DUI and one of his cauc…

1
The Colorado Republican Party is Dying Right Before Our Eyes (and Ears) 59:31

11M ago59:31

59:31

Send us a message! Really! 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 Colorado legislature, and now zero-out-of-three incumbents running for re-election i…

1
How Democrats Can Get it Right in 2024 (feat. Will Marshall) 45:21

11M ago45:21

45:21

Send us a message! Really! 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 start winning working class voters again, and what the 2024 election is going to…

1
EMERGENCY POD: Lauren Boebert Goes Seat Shopping! 44:03

11M ago44:03

44:03

Send us a message! Really! 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 her broken campaign down to the 4th congressional district. So, in this special…

1
The Inside Story of How Colorado Barred Donald Trump from the Ballot (feat. Mario Nicolais) 1:03:53

11M ago1:03:53

1:03:53

Send us a message! Really! 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 up a constitutional showdown with national implications. Mario Nicolais, one of…

1
CROSSOVER EPISODE: The 2023 Lauren Boebert Get More Smarter x City Cast Denver Holiday Clicktacular! 23:35

11M ago23:35

23:35

Send us a message! Really! 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 grandbaby sitter to...well, all the rest.…

1
Boebert, Bidenomics, and a Bread Sandwich 47:35

11M ago47:35

47:35

Send us a message! Really! 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. Lauren Boebert given up on winning reelection or has she just not realized that …

1
We're Not Dead Yet! 55:05

12M ago55:05

55:05

Send us a message! Really! 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, how the hell does anyone still vote for them? The rats are fleeing the ship o…

1
The 2023 Election Recap (feat. Seth Masket) 1:23:06

1y ago1:23:06

1:23:06

Send us a message! Really! 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 upcoming irregular legislative session. Of course, we check in again on our 8th fav…

1
Buck, Boebert, and Body Armor (feat. Marshall Zelinger) 1:08:47

1y ago1:08:47

1:08:47

Send us a message! Really! 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 what the future holds in Colorado Politics, tune in to the Get More Smarter po…

Kuuntelemisen arvoisia podcasteja

Colorado Politics podcastit

Kuuntelemisen arvoisia podcasteja

Pikakäyttöopas