<![CDATA[The Get More Smarter Podcast Substack Email Internet Webpage]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ez1k!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F41137b6a-b3ff-467b-9700-7e599d0b5272_372x372.pngThe Get More Smarter Podcast Substack Email Internet Webpagehttps://www.getmoresmarter.comSubstackFri, 19 Jun 2026 23:24:52 GMT<![CDATA[The Race for Colorado Secretary of State: Sen. Jessie Danielson, Democrat for SOS]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/the-race-for-colorado-secretary-of-314https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/the-race-for-colorado-secretary-of-314Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:28:31 GMTThis week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we continue our quest to interview every Democrat in an important primary election, and this week we’ve got fan-favorite and three-time returning champion State Senator Jessie Danielson back on the show to talk about her run to be Colorado’s next Secretary of State!

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Senator Danielson represents Jefferson County’s District 22, home of the Get More Smarter Podcast in the Colorado State Senate. As a Democratic state legislator, Jessie has focused her work on economic security for working Coloradans, expanding voters’ access to the ballot, better protections for seniors and the at-risk, environmental preservation and equality for women.

Prior to serving in elected office, Jessie was the Colorado State Director for America Votes. Her leadership was instrumental in the passage of 2013’s groundbreaking Voter Access & Modernized Elections Act. She served as then-Gov. Hickenlooper’s appointee on both the Voter Access & Modernized Elections Commission and the Colorado Commission on Aging.

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Jessie was first elected to the Colorado Senate in 2018 and re-elected in 2022. She currently serves as Chair of the Business, Labor & Technology Committee and Vice Chair of the Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee. Jessie served in the Colorado State House from 2015 - 2019, including as Speaker Pro Tem during her second House term.

She also previously worked as Political Director for NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado, now known as Cobalt. She also worked as a housing coordinator for Connections for Independent Living, a nonprofit organization that helps individuals with disabilities lead full and independent lives.

Jessie is a former board chair of Emerge Colorado; she also served on the boards of NARAL Pro-Choice Colorado and ProgressNow Colorado and is a fourth generation Coloradan.

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]]><![CDATA[The Race for United States Senate: John Hickenlooper]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/the-race-for-united-states-senatehttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/the-race-for-united-states-senateFri, 05 Jun 2026 19:17:03 GMTThis week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we introduce a man who needs no introduction, a laid off geologist, brewpub entrepreneur, former mayor of Denver, Former Governor of Colorado and now the Junior Senator from our Great State, John Hickenlooper is back on the pod this week!

Sen. Hick was fresh off helping shut down the Senate Republicans’ latest attempt to ram through billions more in funding for Trump’s lawless ICE agency, and did so with the help of a pretty clever amendment to what we’re calling the Insurrection Slush Fund. We also discussed the cost of living emergency, the Iran war, the so-called SAVE Act (which maybe should be called the “SAVE Republicans from the Wrath of the Voters Act?), protecting public lands, and what Democrats will do if they get back the House and Senate in the midterms.

Hickenlooper is also running for releection, and the primary is in just a few weeks, so here’s how you can follow him online and get involved:

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]]><![CDATA[The Race for Colorado Secretary of State: Amanda Gonzalez, Democrat for SOS]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/the-race-for-colorado-secretary-ofhttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/the-race-for-colorado-secretary-ofThu, 28 May 2026 12:46:01 GMTThis week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we make yet another new Friend of the Pod, except this time she’s been administering our elections in Jefferson County for the last four years. Amanda Gonzalez joined us this week to tell our listeners (and viewers!) why she thinks she’d be the best Democrat to protect Colorado’s elections in 2028 and beyond.

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Amanda Gonzalez is a dedicated professional known for her instrumental work in promoting civic engagement through policy development. She serves as the Clerk and Recorder in Jefferson County where she is the first Latina in the role. Gonzalez previously served as the Executive Director of Colorado Common Cause, a nonpartisan organization committed to advancing good governance. During her tenure, she played a pivotal role in formulating and advocating for policies that expanded ballot access, curtailed the influence of money in politics, created Colorado’s independent redistricting commission, and ensured an accurate count in the 2020 Census.

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Throughout her career, Amanda has held diverse roles, including policy analyst, staff attorney, small business CEO, nonprofit executive director, and Chicano Studies adjunct professor. She is the first in her family to go to college, holding degrees from Occidental College and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

Clerk Gonzalez was elected by Jeffco voters in November of 2022 and is serving a four-year term. As the County Clerk and Recorder, she oversees one of the most public facing offices in Colorado government, directly serving almost every person in our large and diverse county. She conducts safe, secure elections, runs the county’s DMV, provides marriage licenses to couples and liquor licenses to businesses, is the keeper of the county’s public documents records, and processes passport applications.

You can follow Amanda online at one of these fine purveyors of brain-destroying algorithms:

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]]><![CDATA[The Race for CD3: Dwayne Romero, Democrat for Congress]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/the-race-for-cd3-dwayne-romero-democrathttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/the-race-for-cd3-dwayne-romero-democratMon, 18 May 2026 14:24:47 GMTNOTE: This episode was recorded back on April 3rd. Apologies to the Romero for Congress team for taking so long to post this one, but, you know, we’re volunteers.

This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, our seemingly never-ending quest to interview every Democrat in a competitive primary for an important election in Colorado in 2026 has netted us yet another Friend of the Pod - Dwayne Romero who is running against another new Friend of the Pod, Alex Kelloff for the right to take on The Bread Sandwich himself, Jeff Hurd in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional district this November!

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Dwayne is a combat veteran, small business owner, and Democratic candidate for Colorado’s Third Congressional District. Raised on food stamps by a single mom, Dwayne went on to play baseball at West Point, serve seven years in the Army Corps of Engineers — earning a Bronze Star during the first Gulf War and graduating from Army Ranger School — before putting down roots in Colorado, where he and his wife Margaret have lived for more than 35 years. He served in Governor Hickenlooper’s Cabinet as Director of Economic Development, has held numerous local elected offices including city council and school board, and today employs 120 Coloradans through his property management company on the Western Slope.

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]]><![CDATA[David Carlson of the Colorado Polling Institute runs through the bipartisan research org's latest findings ]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/david-carlson-of-the-colorado-pollinghttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/david-carlson-of-the-colorado-pollingThu, 16 Apr 2026 12:44:08 GMTThis week (well, actually, late last week) on the Get More Smarter Podcast: did you know there is a free, statewide quarterly survey, available to the public, including toplines, crosstabs, and a full analysis deck by two of Colorado’s most respected pollsters who form Colorado’s most respected bipartisan polling team?

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Well, if you didn’t, now you do. And it’s a true public service provided to the super-dork community in Colorado.

David Carlson, the Founder & CEO of the Colorado Polling Institute dropped by the pod to discuss the results of their latest statewide survey, and it’s a doozy.

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In lieu of going through it all in excruciating detail, you should just watch the video above, where David very patiently and kindly walks through most of the deck with me. We discuss some hair-raising insights about the direction of the state, voters’ top concerns heading into the primaries (hint: it’s the economy, stupid), the state budget (hint: it’s a disaster and a lot of voters know it), TABOR, snow and fire, jobs and ratings of leading Democrats. You’re not going to want to miss this one, and it’s best digested as a video so sit back, grab your popcorn, your beverage of choice, and tune in.

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]]><![CDATA[The Race for CD3: Alex Kelloff, Democrat for Congress]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/the-race-for-cd3-alex-kelloff-democrathttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/the-race-for-cd3-alex-kelloff-democratMon, 30 Mar 2026 12:56:40 GMTThis week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, our seemingly never-ending quest to interview every Democrat in a competitive primary for an important election in Colorado in 2026 has netted us one more Friend of the Pod - Alex Kelloff who is running against The Bread Sandwich himself, Jeff Hurd in Colorado’s 3rd numerical but 1st largest Congressional district!

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Alex is a fourth-generation Coloradan and businessman whose family’s roots in CD3 date back to 1893, when his family immigrated to Trinidad, CO.

Early in his career, Alex worked with the United States government as an IT and network specialist. This work included holding a Top Secret clearance while being embedded with the United States Marine Corps at the Pentagon and Quantico. For his work there, he became the first civilian contractor to be awarded a USMC Certificate of Commendation from the commanding general of the Recruiting Command.

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While working full-time, he earned a masters degree at night and on the weekends from Johns Hopkins University, where he graduated with a perfect grade point average and completed his thesis in China. Thereafter, he pivoted to business, working for telecoms firms globally. This experience led him to business school in France where he earned his MBA at INSEAD, the Business School of the World. In 2002, before his MBA, he helped to found Armada Skis, writing the business plan and helping to raise the initial capital. After his MBA, Alex spent 14 years at Jefferies, leading $20B+ of transactions in the telecoms industry. These transactions supported many early stage companies, which used the capital to build critical infrastructure. He went on to help start SDC Capital Partners, where he played a key role in starting and operating companies to develop Internet infrastructure.

On top of that, Alex has been a lifelong outdoorsman, enjoying mountain biking, skiing, snowmobiling, camping, hunting and fishing. We really enjoyed this interview and hope you do too!

You can follow Alex at the following morally hazardous social media websites

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]]><![CDATA[The Race for CD8: Evan Munsing, Democrat for Congress]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/the-race-for-cd8-evan-munsing-democrathttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/the-race-for-cd8-evan-munsing-democratFri, 20 Mar 2026 13:48:44 GMTThis week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, our seemingly never-ending quest to interview every Democrat in a competitive primary for an important election in Colorado in 2026 has netted us one more Friend of the Pod - Evan Munsing!

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Evan is a Marine Corps veteran who worked for the Department of Defense before attending Officer Candidate School and deploying to Afghanistan as an infantryman. After leaving the service, Evan went into the private sector where he's worked in business management, CEO Coaching and investing in small businesses, and veteran advocacy, particularly around providing access to mental health resources for veterans and first responders. He's running on a platform focused on government accountability and affordability, and he’s our third and final guest in our series, The Race for CD8 where we will learn who we will end up supporting with our whole entire beings to take on our 8th favorite Member of Congress from Colorado after the June primary.

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]]><![CDATA[Rep. Joe Neguse on Taking Down Kristi Noem, Taking on Trump, and Taking to the Sunday Shows]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/rep-joe-neguse-on-taking-down-kristihttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/rep-joe-neguse-on-taking-down-kristiThu, 19 Mar 2026 17:08:37 GMTThis week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we have another BONUS INTERVIEW that I took way too long to edit and post despite the fact that it’s only seventeen minutes long! Congressman Joe Neguse stopped by the show just one day after leading an interrogation of now-former DHS Secretary and Person on a Horse Kristi Noem that was so wildly damaging to her credibility and her campaign of terror in major American cities that she was fired immediately after Neguse and company cooked her in front of the whole country.

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If you found Joe as charming, intelligent, wonderful, and smart as we did, go ahead and give him a follow on all the platforms on the planet, because he happens to be everywhere:

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]]><![CDATA[The Race for CD8: Shannon Bird, Democrat for Congress]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/the-race-for-cd8-shannon-bird-democrathttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/the-race-for-cd8-shannon-bird-democratFri, 13 Mar 2026 12:55:23 GMTThis week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, our seemingly never-ending quest to interview every Democrat in a competitive primary for an important election in Colorado in 2026 has netted us one more Friend of the Pod - former Colorado State Rep. Shannon Bird. Shannon is running for the Democratic nomination to take on our 8th favorite member of congress from Colorado, and she joined us this week to talk about her journey into Colorado politics, why she decided to resign from the legislature to campaign full time, and how she plans to unite the anti-MAGA majority in 2026.

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Shannon Bird was raised by a single mother and grandmother in Reno, Nevada. Her mother worked as a clerk for an insurance company, and her grandmother was a blackjack dealer at local casinos. She moved to Colorado to study economics at CU Boulder and went on to earn graduate degrees in finance and business administration from CU Denver and a law degree from the University of Denver. After working in public finance, commercial, and corporate law, Shannon became involved in her children’s school and served as chair of a school district bond campaign. She later co-founded an organization focused on equity in local schools before being elected to the Westminster City Council and then the Colorado State House, where she served from 2019 to 2026. In the legislature, she worked on issues including jobs, small business, abortion rights, gun policy, climate, housing costs, and retirement benefits. Now, Shannon is running for Congress in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District. Shannon lives in Westminster with her husband, two children, and their two rescue cats.

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You can follow Shannon online, but she’d really prefer you met “real life Shannon”

Twitter: https://x.com/ShannonBird4CO

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]]><![CDATA[The Race for CD8: State Rep. Manny Rutinel, Democrat for Congress]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/bonus-interview-state-rep-manny-rutinelhttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/bonus-interview-state-rep-manny-rutinelWed, 04 Mar 2026 19:04:46 GMTThis week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, our seemingly never-ending quest to interview every Democrat in a competitive primary for an important election in Colorado in 2026 has netted us one more Friend of the Pod - State Rep. Manny Rutinel (a self-proclaimed long time listener and first time caller) who is running for the Democratic nomination to take on our 8th favorite member of congress from Colorado joined us this week to talk about his campaign, how he plans to win the primary and the general, and how he has gotten so popular online.

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Manny grew up as the son of a single immigrant mom who worked hard to give Manny and his brother a better life. His family lived paycheck to paycheck, relying on food stamps and Medicare to make ends meet. He worked his way through school, sleeping on friends’ couches, substitute teaching, and even selling his own plasma to help his family before earning a law degree from Yale. Rutinel also worked as an economist for the US Army Corp of Engineers, an attorney, and served as a First Responder in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

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Manny was elected to fill a vacancy in the Colorado House of Representatives in October of 2023, and has since gone on to cosponsor over 400 bills. Now Manny is running against our 8th favorite member of Congress from Colorado, and is our first guest in a 3-part series to interview every Democrat running in the 8th district. Next week, we’ve got former State Rep. Shannon Bird, and the week after that, political newcomer and military veteran Evan Munsing will join us!

You can follow Manny all over the internet, just don’t follow him to his car, that would be weird.

Twitter: https://x.com/MannyRutinel

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mannyforcolorado

Threads: https://www.threads.com/@mannyrutinel

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Website: https://www.mannyforcolorado.com/

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]]><![CDATA[DU Prof. Francisco Rodríguez joins us to talk Venezuela a month after Maduro's Capture]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/du-prof-francisco-rodriguez-joinshttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/du-prof-francisco-rodriguez-joinsTue, 24 Feb 2026 13:25:24 GMTThis week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, so, remember how, just a month ago, the United States unilaterally kidnapped the leader of a sovereign nation with neither congressional nor allied authorization? No? Well Dr. Francisco Rodriguez of the University of Denver sure does! Colorado’s top expert on Venezuelan history and politics joins us to talk about what’s happened since, and what happens next.

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He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Economic and Policy Research and a Faculty Affiliate at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies. A native of Venezuela, he is also the founder of Oil for Venezuela, a non-profit organization focused on finding solutions to Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis. He received a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University and an undergraduate degree in economics from Venezuela’s Universidad Católica Andrés Bello.

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You can follow Dr. Rodriguez on the website formerly known as Twitter, check out his work on his website, or find him basically anywhere @frrodriguezc.

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]]><![CDATA[Cornell Professor Tom Pepinsky Returns to the pod after a year of Trump]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/cornell-professor-tom-pepinsky-returnshttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/cornell-professor-tom-pepinsky-returnsMon, 16 Feb 2026 23:23:12 GMTThis week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, he is STILL the Walter F. LaFeber Professor of Government and Public Policy at Cornell University and a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution. He came on the podcast about a year ago to preview what we thought a second Trump term might look like, especially as it relates to whether we’re living in an Oligarchy, a Plutocracy, a Kleptocracy or a Kakistocracy and if maybe we should just coin a new term, Trumpocracy which is all four of those rolled into one, plus some other bad stuff, it’s Professor Tom Pepinsky back for his annual assessment of America’s slide into authoritarianism!

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You can follow Tom on Bluesky, check out his work on his website, or hop in the time machine and check out our first interview with him after Trump 2.0’s inauguration on YouTube:

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]]><![CDATA[The Race for Colorado AG: Hetal Doshi, Candidate for Colorado Attorney General]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/bonus-interview-hetal-doshi-candidatehttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/bonus-interview-hetal-doshi-candidateMon, 02 Feb 2026 22:06:29 GMTJason had to take another emergency trip, this time to Greenland to help negotiate the surrender of Rebel Penguin Separatists to the Kingdom of Denmark, so this week you’ve just got Ian interviewing Hetal Doshi, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General of Colorado in 2026. We’ll be back for an even bigger pod this Friday.

Hetal Doshi is a first-generation American and former senior officer at the U.S. Department of Justice. She has more than two decades of experience fighting and winning some of the biggest legal battles, including her work as a federal prosecutor in Colorado and as the top anti-monopoly litigator in the Biden-Harris Administration. She led landmark cases against some of the world’s most powerful corporations including Google, Apple, and Ticketmaster, while also prosecuting corrupt government officials and scammers who targeted hard working Coloradans.

Hetal has dedicated her career to seeking justice — not politics. She’s led big teams that have taken on the powerful and defended our rights in court. As a proven leader, Hetal is running for Attorney General to make sure our streets are safe, the economy is fair, and that every Coloradan’s rights are respected. She will defend Colorado from federal overreach, take on monopolies that drive up costs for necessities, crack down on scammers and fraudsters, and fiercely protect the rights, freedoms, and natural environment that are the birthright of every Coloradan.

You can learn more about her campaign at www.hetaldoshiforag.com.

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]]><![CDATA[The Race for Colorado AG: David Seligman, Candidate for Colorado Attorney General]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/bonus-interview-david-seligman-candidatehttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/bonus-interview-david-seligman-candidateMon, 10 Nov 2025 22:00:09 GMT
Attorney David Seligman joins 2026 race for Colorado attorney general | Colorado Newsline
Is this Colorado’s next Attorney General? That’s really up to you!

Note: 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.

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Our guest today is one of the country’s leading workers’ rights, consumer rights, and antimonopoly lawyers, David Seligman has dedicated his legal career to fighting for regular people against corporate abuse. After attending Harvard Law School and clerking for federal trial and appellate judges, David became the Executive Director of Towards Justice, a nationally recognized non-profit legal and labor rights organization based in Denver. David has seen throughout his legal career that there are two sets of laws in this country: one for the rich and powerful and another for the rest of us. He has brought some of the most important and cutting-edge legal cases in the country, helping working Coloradans and small businesses take on powerful corporations and the Trump Administration. He stands up in court for nurses, rideshare drivers, meatpackers, Amazon workers, veterans, teachers, federal employees, grocery workers, renters buried in junk fees, and working families drowning in medical debt.

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You can learn more about David and his campaign at www.seligmanforag.com

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]]><![CDATA[Episode 254: At Least We Haven't Been Shut Down (feat. Trisha Calvarese)]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/episode-254-at-least-we-havent-beenhttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/episode-254-at-least-we-havent-beenMon, 10 Nov 2025 21:55:23 GMTThis 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 ukuleles and people in inflatable costumes in war-ravaged Portland, Oregon? Even though 2026 is a ways away, we’ve got some more updates on the campaigns that matter most to Colorado. And we’ll tell you who didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize (spoiler: It’s not the guy who is siccing the military on his own citizens and canceled billions of dollars in foreign aid to starving children across the world).

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And in our continuing quest to interview every viable Democrat running for a major office in Colorado, Trisha Calvarese is on the pod to talk about her labor background, her ground game in the district, and why Co-04 primary voters should give her another chance to take on our 7th favorite member of Congress from Colorado.

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]]><![CDATA[Episode 253: Colorado Republicans Turn to Marxism (feat. Rep. Brianna Titone)]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/episode-253-colorado-republicanshttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/episode-253-colorado-republicansMon, 06 Oct 2025 20:53:00 GMTThis week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, the shitdown shutshow or the shutdown shitshow or whatever you want to call it is officially on as Democrats and Republicans in Washington DC fail to reach an agreement on temporary funding and Mike Johnson and Donald Trump are just lying about it everywhere. Then, the hands-down winner for “least self aware giant unprecedented military leadership gathering of the century” is announced, and you won’t believe truly how much they deserve the award. Then a pretty big group of Colorado Republicans love them some Marxism, really, as a different group of Colorado Republicans can’t figure out the basic rules for replacing retiring lawmakers!

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And...continuing in our quest to interview every Democrat in a competitive primary for a big race in Colorado in 2026, State Representative Brianna Titone joins us to talk about her campaign for state treasurer, what it’s like being the first openly transgender state legislator in Colorado history, and her side-gig as a movie producer!

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]]><![CDATA[Episode 252: Which is Worser? (feat. Eileen Laubacher)]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/episode-252-which-is-worser-feathttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/episode-252-which-is-worser-featMon, 06 Oct 2025 17:19:40 GMTThis 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 really starting to suck, and the nonpartisan economic staff starts predicting stormy skies ahead. And we’re officially back on shutdown watch as the shitshow in Washington DC sees no signs of stopping soon.

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And later...many have tried, but could our guest today be the one to finally send Lauren Boebert to her eventual home on Newsmax or Fox? Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher joins us to talk about her campaign for the fourth congressional district, the weird meeting Pete Hegseth just called, and how she plans to do what no Democrat has done before.

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]]><![CDATA[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)]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/bonus-interview-a-progressive-incomehttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/bonus-interview-a-progressive-incomeMon, 29 Sep 2025 17:49:14 GMTThis 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 the 2026 ballot that would cut taxes for 98% of Coloradans while raising them on anyone making over $500,000 per year. We get into the policy, the politics, the numbers, and the rationale for this push into tax fairness, and you’re not going to want to miss this interview!

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]]><![CDATA[Episode 250(!): There is No Vaccine for Stupidity (feat. Logan Davis)]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/episode-250-there-is-no-vaccine-forhttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/episode-250-there-is-no-vaccine-forMon, 22 Sep 2025 17:46:27 GMTThis 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 access to lifesaving vaccines, proving once again that having Democrats in charge really, really matters, because Republican Florida is basically doing the exact opposite. Then, Republicans are ramping up their campaign of lies on Medicaid, President Trump is trying to move Space Command from Colorado to Alabama, again, because he’s the most corrupt monster to ever occupy the White House, and the economy is really starting to take a nosedive.

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But first, Listener Favorite Logan Davis from the Colorado Times Recorder is BACK on the pod to talk about his latest big investigation detailing how radical right-wingers connected to Russian Oligarchs and at least one local billionaire are actually shaping a lot of the politics in our very blue state.

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]]><![CDATA[Episode 249: Team Normal and the Escape Goats (Feat. Jessica Killin)]]>https://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/episode-249-team-normal-and-the-escapehttps://www.getmoresmarter.com/p/episode-249-team-normal-and-the-escapeFri, 05 Sep 2025 20:04:27 GMTThis 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...words for HHS Secretary RFK Junior, and, frankly, they’re words neither we nor any other major Democrat in Colorado would ever use.

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And! Can a Democrat win Colorado’s 2nd most Republican congressional district? Well, if one can, it might just be our guest today: Jessica Killin joins us from Colorado Springs to talk about how she plans to win the 5th district in 2026.

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