Best David Soliz Podcasts (2025)

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Pete Hague-Seth and the Affordability Hoax 53:10

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the State of Colorado lost a giant after State Senator Faith Winter tragically passed in a car accident, leaving a huge orange and blue void in the State Capitol and in so many of our hearts. We remember a state lawmaker who wasn’t one of 100 lawmakers, she was one of one. Then, …

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Affordability! 53:55

1M ago53:55

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the Epstein Files bill passed the House and Senate nearly unanimously and was signed into law by Donald Trump. That means that we get to see everything that was in them, right? Right? Then Trump’s mid-cycle gerrymandering mandate seems to have totally backfired on the GOP with a …

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Wow, What a Story! (feat. Andrew Baumann) 1:25:13

1M ago1:25:13

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we can finally shut up about the shut down as it has met a rather anticlimactic end right in time for the holiday travel crunch, but, the only thing we care about is…WHO WON, and, hey, what the hell is going on with all those healthcare premiums anyway...and, hey, what's with tha…

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Unleash the Blue-icane! (feat. Jeff Bridges) 1:28:40

1M ago1:28:40

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it’s 2017 all over again, but bigger, better, and BLUE-YER as Democrats from all sides of the spectrum ride an anti-Trump wave to huge win margins across the country that are sending Republicans into the long, dark teatime of the soul. We unpack the results of the 2025 election a…

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Colorado Republicans: Also Terrible at Fundraising (feat. Christy Powell) 1:11:51

2M ago1:11:51

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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 we…

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BONUS INTERVIEW: David Seligman, Candidate for Colorado Attorney General 41:21

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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…

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At Least We Haven't Been Shut Down (feat. Trisha Calvarese) 1:10:47

2M ago1:10:47

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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 P…

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Colorado Republicans Turn to Marxism (feat. Brianna Titone) 1:29:35

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By Colorado Pols and The Bighorn Company

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Which is Worser? (feat. Eileen Laubacher) 1:27:57

3M ago1:27:57

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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 rea…

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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) 36:13

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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 t…

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There is No Vaccine for Stupidity (feat. Logan Davis) 1:23:52

4M ago1:23:52

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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 acce…

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Team Normal and the Escape Goats (feat. Jessica Killin) 1:22:45

4M ago1:22:45

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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...w…

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One Day This Will (Not) All Make Sense 51:12

4M ago51:12

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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 be…

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Special Sessions and Sentient Alien Brain Worms 58:27

5M ago58:27

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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…

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Gabe Evans Would Deport his own Grandpa for a Seat in Congress 57:23

5M ago57:23

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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 c…

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Captain Cankles and Schrodinger's Epstein Files 1:05:30

5M ago1:05:30

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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 tendin…

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Hot Red On Red Action 57:38

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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 …

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Republicans are Literally Going to Kill People (feat. Karen Middleton) 1:13:29

6M ago1:13:29

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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 cutt…

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It's All George Washington's Fault (feat. Rep. Jason Crow) 1:15:01

6M ago1:15:01

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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 …

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In Which Gabe Evans Becomes a Walking Punchline (feat. Jake Williams) 1:15:54

6M ago1:15:54

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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 …

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Yes, We Have No Bananas (feat. Tyler Duncan) 1:18:44

7M ago1:18:44

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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 tim…

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Every Day is TACO Tuesday (feat. Mike Littwin) 1:35:40

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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 Congressiona…

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At Last, Rich People Get a Victory (feat. Jeni Arndt and Rahmin Sarabi) 1:24:17

7M ago1:24:17

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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 whistli…

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What the Hell Just Happened? (feat. Seth Klamann) 1:36:16

8M ago1:36:16

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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 Congr…

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The Longest 100 Days of Our Lives 54:09

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, 100 days down, 1,359 to go: Donald Trump’s second nonconsecutive term in the White House is going extremely poorly by literally every metric, to the surprise of absolutely nobody on this podcast. Then, Mike Waltz has left the chat! But he has entered the nomination for the Ambass…

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Another Embarrassing Brief (feat. Rebekah Stewart) 1:26:58

8M ago1:26:58

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, that constitutional crisis we keep talking about keeps getting worse -- at what point do the people who can maybe do something about it start doing something about it, especially as Trump’s poll numbers continue to nosedive? Then, are we headed for a Trumpcession, a Trump-pressio…

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Smells like Trumpstink (feat. Kevin Ingham) 1:32:38

8M ago1:32:38

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, with approval ratings for Republicans and Democrats alike in the gutter in Colorado and across the country, Democrats have one ally in the fight to bring their numbers back up...and you’ll never guess who it is. Then, we’ve got great news! Wait, sorry, we mean, we’ve got terrible…

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A More Consistent Number of Jason Banes (feat. Sen. Jessie Danielson) 1:11:03

9M ago1:11:03

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the race for Colorado’s next governor is officially on! And the winner will either be Attorney General Phil Weiser or US Senator Michael Bennet -- you can bet on it. Then, don’t check your 401k or your kid’s college fund or any other investments for the next four years, as Donald…

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Does Trump have the "energy" to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act? (Feat. Silvio Marcacci of Energy Innovation) 48:11

9M ago48:11

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Send us a message! Really! THIS WEEK on the Get More Smarter Podcast it’s another special interview-only episode, mostly because Jason is still in the arctic setting tariffs on islands inhabited exclusively by puffins and melting ice caps. Speaking of our apocalyptic climate nightmare hell scape, this week our guest is SIlvio Marcacci, Senior Direc…

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Who Influences the Influencers? (Feat. Megan Burns) 56:12

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Send us a message! Really! THIS WEEK on the Get More Smarter Podcast it's a special interview-only episode! Where do you get your news? Who do you trust? And are you just a victim of an evil algorithm, or an informed and engaged citizen? Megan Burns is here to talk about the idea of a Newsfluencer, and we ask, does the podcast count? That’s it for …

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You Go, Canada (feat. "Canadian Jason Bane") 1:13:10

9M ago1:13:10

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast the race for the worst job in Colorado politics is back on! Who among us gets to be the next Chair of the Colorado GOP? Then, who wants to Chuck…Schumer? It could start with one of Colorado’s Senators. And finally, our least favorite member of congress from the 8th congressional d…

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There are No Tariffs on this Episode (feat. Michael Dougherty) 1:25:39

10M ago1:25:39

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, new polling shows Americans are already sick of Trump 2.0; will shutting down FiveThirtyEight so nobody can get a good polling average help or hurt the 45th and 47th president and his flagging ratings? The White House is controlled by Republicans. The senate is controlled by Repu…

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Unprecedented Political Pandering to Putin (feat. Sarah Wilson Sohkey) 1:35:13

10M ago1:35:13

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the brilliant businesspeople and billionaires that are currently running the country are driving the economy off a cliff; as Donald Trump’s approval ratings slide into net-negative territory at record speed, are we great again yet? Then our neighbors to the north get rightfully p…

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What Are We Even Doing Anymore? 51:44

10M ago51:44

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Send us a message! Really! On this episode of the Get More Smarter Podcast, "Baby of the Show" Sam Silverii made quite a bit of news as his mom had to schlep him across the country just to be able to do her job forcing House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to scramble to lock down all their votes on the worst budget resolution we’ve seen in ou…

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Putting the Fun in Fungible (featuring Sen. Jeff Bridges) 49:44

10M ago49:44

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we already make the joke about the actor Jeff Bridges in the intro to the interview but we’ve got the Chairman of Colorado’s powerful Joint Budget Committee -- State Senator Jeff Bridges -- on the show to explain the insane math problem that is the Colorado state budget. The econ…

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America Wakes Up to the Trump Threat (feat. Rep. Joe Neguse) 1:22:03

10M ago1:22:03

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Sam Silverii is three weeks old, which is five days younger than the Trump Administration, and even he knows what’s going on in DC is bonkers. We check in with our 8th favorite soon-to-be-one-term member of Congress, who has spent his time in Washington hiding when he’s not too b…

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Is Trump...Thanos? Fingers Crossed! 1:06:26

10M ago1:06:26

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Jason Bane is joined by guest host Megan Burns as we continue to keep you updated on what you need to be watching as the Trump administration floods the zone with nonsense. Gabe Evans may be earning a new nickname, while Lauren Boebert just keeps on doing Lauren Boebert things. W…

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We Apparently Can't Do Better Than This 1:07:17

11M ago1:07:17

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, President Trump hasn’t even been in office for two weeks, and he’s already breaking most of the country. Our seventh favorite member of congress is making some really dumb decisions, and so is our eighth favorite member – though that’s a lot more predictable. Sen. Michael Bennet …

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Bonus Episode: An Interview with Colorado Media Expert Corey Hutchins 50:15

11M ago50:15

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Send us a message! Really! We have a bonus episode this week on the Get More Smarter Podcast: Jason Bane sits down with Corey Hutchins, who oversees the Journalism Institute at Colorado College, advises the Colorado Media Project, and serves on the board of the state chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Each Friday, Hutchins publishe…

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So You're Living in an Oligarchic Kleptocracy (feat. Tom Pepinsky) 1:31:46

11M ago1:31:46

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, as the Trump regime enters its first week and begins to lay the groundwork for the worst shit imaginable, Colorado’s Democratic leaders ready themselves for the fight while Colorado’s Republicans write letters of support. We check in with our 7th and 8th favorite members of Congr…

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Choo Choos and Cuckoos (feat. Chris Nicholson) 1:17:21

12M ago1:17:21

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the battle for the soul of the Colorado Republican Party is beginning. Who will be the unluckiest Coloradan to get the worst job in the state? Then, the Colorado Senate Republicans have plans! And a bunch of crinkly dollar bills! And, about half the seats in the State Senate they…

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Republicans Unleash The Stupid 59:32

12M ago59:32

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the 2025 legislative session begins dies initii, which is not a thing but we’re going to make it a thing; with hundreds of millions in TABOR Budget Cuts looming, a big bill making it easier for workers to form a union setting up a showdown with the first floor, and the same ol BS…

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President Musk Took Over While You Were Enjoying the Holidays 59:34

12M ago59:34

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, it’s 2025, so why does it feel like 1861? At least one of us is coming to you live on tape from our Nation’s Capitol where a very different kind of storming of the Capitol is happening on this election certification day, and in case you’re just waking up from a coma, yes, the Ame…

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Aurora: Still Not Overrun by Venezuelans (feat. Dave Perry) 1:12:46

1y ago1:12:46

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, "Deportation hamburgers," our podcast’s year in review, and the return of the Liberty in Laundry act. Oh, and the podcast makes international news! But first, Operation Aurora: Is it just a fun 2024 campaign slogan gimmick thing OR the actual beginning of rounding up tens of mill…

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Get More Legislating (feat. Senate President James Coleman) 1:02:01

1y ago1:02:01

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the incoming President of the Colorado Senate, James Coleman (D-Denver), joins us to talk near-supermajorities, housing policy, the state budget deficit, bipartisanship, Project 2025, and so much more. We're getting you more smarter for the next Colorado legislative session, whic…

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Get More Time Travel (feat. Tim Miller) 44:20

1y ago44:20

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Send us a message! Really! This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast...we're going back in time to January 2023 and our interview with Tim Miller of The Bulwark. Before he became a national name in politics, Miller worked for Republican politicians right here in Colorado. We'll be back next week with all new episodes of the podcast once we finish d…

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

1y ago1:22:13

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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…

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

1y ago59:19

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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 …

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

1y ago1:18:46

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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…

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Election Day Warm Fuzzies 24:30

1y ago24:30

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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…