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

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This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, ballots drop THIS WEEK, so get your voting dobbers ready! We’ll take you through all the latest news, including the fact that Ganahl’s Ghouls just will not stop talking about furries (Heidi Ganahl's campaign won't stop talking about a LOT of things -- we'll get to that, too). Newly minted Democratic Senator Kevin Priola will not face a recall until he represents his new constituents after redistricting, which is honestly the only logical outcome from this stupid, doomed, expensive, quixotic adventure the GOP tried to go on in the middle of an election they apparently have no interest in. But first, we talk again with Colorado Speaker of the House Alec Garnett about the next group of House leaders and his predictions for Election Day.

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This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Furry Fury continues, and it’s no one’s fault but the person who keeps bringing it up, GOP gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl. With about 4 weeks left until election day and less than 2 weeks before ballots go out, we check in on the big races in Colorado so you don’t have to. Colorado is contributing plenty of candidates to the nationwide list of election denying Republicans running for office, but the good news is the ones from here will probably lose. There is still crime in Aurora despite the city being run by Republicans; how can that possibly be!?!?! And we get another legendary rant from the One and Only Christy Powell.

But first, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser returns to the show to update us on his re-election campaign, law enforcement issues in Colorado, and bracing yourself for another potentially devastating Supreme Court docket.  

*We can’t believe this, either, but we’re about to hit 50,000 downloads of the Get More Smarter podcast. Thanks to each and every one of you for listening, for subscribing, and for sharing the show with your friends. Ever since we started, Colorado has gone from purple to bright, bright blue. Coincidence? Well probably, but we’re gonna take the credit anyway. 

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This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, a certain Republican candidate for Colorado Governor is pilled to the gills, or the ears, or the claws. The self-described “pro life” candidate for US Senate who is described by other people as “pro choice” not only voted for an abortion ban that lost by 20 points...he actually signed the petition to get it on the ballot. The GOP candidate for Attorney General may have waved off the only group in the country willing to help him win his election; some candidates choose not to run TV ads, which is actually a really big mistake; Republicans are starting to freak out about what happens if they win the US House in 2022 (Our advice? Stop trying to win the House in 2022); and we try out a new game, where there are no winners and everyone is a loser.

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This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Joe O’D’OH! really boxes himself in on an issue it’s clear he didn’t ever think about once before becoming a politician; he has now taken every side known to man, and he’s using his own family members as human political shields. Heidi Ganahl is still trying to win the primary she already somehow won, and doesn’t seem to understand anything about the job she’s trying to get elected to; Colorado Congressional races get the national spotlight, and it’s bad news for the first dude in the phone book; we’ve got some interesting cross-party endorsements and one of the “normal” GOP candidates has to explain why all of these election deniers keep showing up to take photos with her; Lauren Boebert and Ken Buck are embarrassments to Colorado, and Doug Lamborn probably is, too; and at least Ron DeSantis is not our governor. 

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This week on a special episode of the Get More Smarter Podcast, we're joined once again by Gov. Jared Polis, the 43rd Governor of the Great State of Colorado. We talk the 2022 campaign, truth in advertising, executing an agenda during COVID, saving people money, and the best cut of meat of a cow: The brisket. 

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This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Republican Senate candidate Joe O’Dea appoints himself the arbiter of the balance of women’s rights; finally, a man who is brave enough and strong enough to tell women what rights they can and cannot have! The battles for Colorado’s competitive congressional seats are heating up, and Ian personally doesn’t have any stake in the outcome whatsoever. We’ve got another fundraising quarter in the books for statewide contests, and it appears only one side of the aisle knows there’s a campaign going on. There's also no indication that significant national Republican money is coming to Colorado because the GOP needs to help a bunch of other asshats in key states. A local MAGA millionaire says he'll light a huge bucket of money on fire because he doesn’t like Jared Polis, or something. The Kevin Priola recall clock is ticking, and you'll never believe which day is their deadline to submit signatures. Oh, and the race is on for Denver Mayor despite the current election still being 8 weeks away!

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This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, mild-mannered President Biden suits up as Dark Brandon to bring the ruckus, because enough is enough and it’s time to fight back. Self-proclaimed fiscal conservatives don’t want to pay public school teachers one more dime, but they’re fine setting $200 thousand dollars on fire to recall a State Senator because he left their broken, garbage party. Republican State Senator Dennis Hisey seems to have some issues remembering exactly where he lives, because he keeps changing his voter registration. That sound you hear isn’t the Colorado Republican Party scratching at the floorboards, it’s two of their top candidates erasing their positions on abortion from their websites. With Election Day just two months away, we tell you which of the five major statewide races concern us the most (or just not the least). And Charles Ashby, political reporter for the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, returns once more to update us on the continuing saga of (sorta) Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters and the weirdness of Lauren Boebert.

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This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Colorado Senate Democrats gain a seat without an election, thanks to Sen. Kevin Priola; our 7th favorite member of Congress from Colorado adds another Democrat to her list of people she wants to “IMEACH"; Republican candidates like Joe O'Dea and Heidi Ganahl keep running in the wrong election (psst...the Primary is over); and we interview University of Colorado professor Dr. Anand Sohkey about his upcoming book on Christian Nationalism and why it’s suddenly so pervasive in our politics. 

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This week on a special episode of The Get More Smarter Podcast, hosts Jason Bane and Ian Silverii are joined by not one, but TWO United States Senators! Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff and Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet stop by to chat about the 2022 election and the Inflation Reduction Act, including some of the lesser-known but equally-important parts of the IRA. 

Senator Bennet also discusses how he helped to make sure that drought assistance was included in the IRA for Colorado; his celebratory visit to Sen. Joe Manchin's West Virginia boat; his ongoing bet with Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar; and how he and other Democratic Senators actually talk about #HorseSushi. 

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This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Fox 31 livestreams a Colorado Republican Party press conference on the anniversary of last year’s Gas Station Disaster, and it somehow goes just about as poorly as that one. DARK BRANDON RISES and right-wing shills are losing their minds over Joe Biden looking like a badass, and having perhaps the most productive week in office of any president in history. The FBI raids Mar-a-Lago -- we’ll find out what’s in Trump’s safe, and if you guess, you get a prize! A new poll in Colorado’s most competitive congressional district show a dead heat, as long as the district stays where it is and Weld county doesn’t secede and join Wyoming between now and election day. 

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