Best Joe Bennet Podcasts (2024)

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Steve Ballmer: The ex-Microsoft CEO's push for government transparency 59:01

1d ago59:01

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Los Angeles Clippers owner and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer joins Chuck to talk about USAFacts, his civic initiative to make government data more accessible to Americans.By NBC News

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

3d ago1:00:25

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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 the absolute clown show th…

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The Trump campaign hired a voter data expert. He debunked their claims of massive election fraud. 57:25

6d ago57:25

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Ken Block, author of "Disproven," tells Chuck how he was brought on by a lawyer with former President Trump's 2020 campaign to validate claims of widespread voter fraud in the election — and instead found far fewer fraudulent votes than were needed to impact the results in any state.By NBC News

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Richard Engel: Hotspots in Israel, Ukraine and the United States 47:35

8d ago47:35

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NBC News Chief International Correspondent Richard Engel talks with Chuck about the challenges facing peace in Israel, Ukraine and across the globe.By NBC News

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

10d ago1:20:10

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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 State Capitol; we update you…

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The unintended consequences of sportswashing 1:07:10

13d ago1:07:10

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Produced in collaboration with The George Washington University, Chuck moderates a panel on the topic of sports washing, featuring Professor William Youmans, Professor Kelsey Nelson and a student and women’s soccer player named Avril Silva.By NBC News

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Why 2024 polls may not look like 2020 or 2016: Nathan Gonzales 1:05:35

15d ago1:05:35

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Chuck talks with Nathan Gonzales, the Editor & Publisher of Inside Elections, about the difficulty in using recent presidential elections as a guide for 2024.By NBC News

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'The Octopus Murders' investigates a decades-old political murder mystery 48:58

20d ago48:58

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In their new docuseries, "American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders," Christian Hansen and Zachary Treitz set out to uncover the mystery behind the 1991 death of journalist Danny Casolaro while he was investigating a shadowy conspiracy. They join Chuck to detail what they've learnedBy NBC News

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

23d ago1:03:09

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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 gonna be president former host …

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For All Mankind's showrunners: 'Fear and competition … drive us to achieve great things' 38:53

27d ago38:53

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"For All Mankind" co-creators and showrunners Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi join Chuck to talk through an alternative history where the Soviet Union beats the United States in the space race to the moon. This episode contains spoilers through Season 4 of the show. Read the For All Mankind timeline: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Timeline/ForA…

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'Double-haters' and more: The key groups that may decide 2024 1:00:28

29d ago1:00:28

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Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher and Republican strategist Brad Todd join Chuck to debate the races in the election year ahead, and discuss how much we should read into early 2024 polling.By NBC News

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Sen. John Hickenlooper Gets Even More Smarter 45:34

1M ago45:34

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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 interview...…

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Sasha Issenberg: How campaigns are preparing to fight disinformation 50:13

1M ago50:13

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Sasha Issenberg, author of, “The Lie Detectives: In Search of a Playbook for Winning Elections in the Disinformation Age,” talks to Chuck about the wave of artificially generated video, audio and photos that are upending how candidates campaign for office.By NBC News

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

1M ago48:01

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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 us once more with her legisl…

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Rep. Maxwell Frost: 'Every bomb' dropped in Gaza 'is a set of voters who walk away' from Biden 43:53

1M ago43:53

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Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) joins Chuck for a wide-ranging interview on his proposed reforms for Congress, talks about how young voters are approaching President Biden's handling of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and weighs in on the plan to ban TikTok in the U.S.By NBC News

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

1M ago1:00:36

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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 Union speech, and (formerl…

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'The energy was different': Biden's ex-speechwriter dissects the State of the Union speech 35:14

1M ago35:14

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Jeff Nussbaum, former Senior Speechwriter and Special Assistant to President Biden, joins Chuck to analyze his former boss's State of the Union address delivered Thursday night.By NBC News

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Amy Walter: What we know about the Biden and Trump voters after two general elections 42:07

1M ago42:07

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Amy Walter, editor-in-chief and publisher of the Cook Political Report joins Chuck to talk through the Super Tuesday results and look ahead to the general election.By NBC News

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

1M ago1:00:20

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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 down as the least capable …

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'The Primary Problem': How hyperpartisan minorities hijacked elections 47:53

2M ago47:53

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Nick Troiano, author of “The Primary Solution: Rescuing our Democracy from the Fringes," joins Chuck to argue that partisan primaries have created "a broken system with broken incentives and bad outcomes," and abolishing them would make government more representative of its constituents and more accountable to them.…

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How Libertarians could become the new moderates, with Katherine Mangu-Ward 45:25

2M ago45:25

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Chuck asks whether Republicans can win an election without finding a position on abortion. Plus, Katherine Mangu-Ward, editor-in-chief of Reason, talks about the Libertarian view on elections and why third-party candidates seeking ballot access like to embrace them.By NBC News

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Nopeachment and a Dozen Future Chickens 48:50

2M ago48:50

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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 Joe Biden just isn’t going…

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Billionaire of the people: How Trump tapped into 'white rural rage' 54:04

2M ago54:04

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Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman, authors of "White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy," join Chuck to discuss how former President Trump became hailed as the "god-king of heartland, rural America" and wielded their anti-elite resentment despite his background as a billionaire businessman from Queens.…

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Amb. Mike McFaul + How infighting loses elections 50:05

2M ago50:05

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The amount of intra-party infighting might be the most revealing metric when looking ahead to any election. Plus, Mike McFaul, former ambassador to Russia, joins Chuck to talk about the death of Alexei Navalny and what it means for the future of Vladimir Putin’s regime.By NBC News

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

2M ago1:13:20

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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 lawmakers running for higher of…

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Senate 2024 Draft: Toss-ups, Likelys and Longshots 49:32

2M ago49:32

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Chuck sits down with Mark Murray, Bridget Bowman and Ben Kamisar to talk about who has an edge among the 2024 Senate races. Plus, the new NBC News Politics newsletter goes live this week. Sign up here: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/nbc-news-politics-signup ChuckMarkBridgetBen Round 1 - Toss ups Ohio GOP (picked 1st)Nevada Dem RosenMontana GOPMi…

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Rep. Debbie Dingell + What is Biden’s 2nd term? 48:26

2M ago48:26

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Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) has known President Biden for years. She sits down with Chuck and shares her views on what the president needs to do to win in November, how the war in Gaza is impacting her voters, and what she thinks about special counsel Hur’s report on classified documents.By NBC News

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

2M ago1:11:11

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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 the GOP nomination to lose t…

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John Bolton: The anti-Trump front of former Trump officials 41:39

2M ago41:39

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Former National Security Adviser John Bolton joins Chuck to detail the effort of officials appointed to former President Trump's first term in office who want to prevent him from being re-elected to a second. Bolton also delivers his perspective on President Biden's foreign policy as the U.S. launches retaliatory drone strikes on Iran-backed militi…

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Jon Ralston: Nevada is ‘as purple as we’ve ever been’ despite preordained primary results 51:01

2M ago51:01

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Jon Ralston, founder, CEO, and editor of The Nevada Independent, joins Chuck to discuss the Nevada primary/caucus divide and why the results might mislead outside observers ahead of the November election.By NBC News

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

2M ago1:02:46

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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 breaking fundraising records her…

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Sen. Michael Bennet: ‘If we can’t fund Ukraine, there’s no reason for [Congress] to be here’ 41:45

3M ago41:45

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Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), a member of the original bipartisan “Gang of Eight” working group on immigration, joins Chuck to detail the path forward on border reform as Senate Republicans clash over a potential deal. Bennet also looks back to how the debate has changed over the past decade, as a pathway to citizenship is unlikely to be included …

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Why the right to vote isn’t in the Constitution (and how that could change): Rick Hasen talks democracy 43:03

3M ago43:03

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Chuck sits down with Rick Hasen, professor of law and political science at UCLA and the author of a new book coming out in February, “A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy.”By NBC News

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Jonathan Martin: 'It's not a C-SPAN election, it's a Court TV election' 34:57

3M ago34:57

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Jonathan Martin, senior political columnist for Politico, joins Chuck on the heels of New Hampshire's primary elections to examine former Gov. Nikki Haley's (R-S.C.) political prospects as the Republican nominating contests continue, and discusses whether President Biden can improve his standing as the general-election campaign takes shape.…

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

3M ago1:02:45

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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 caucus members/leading opponent…

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Nikki Haley's last stand in New Hampshire? NBC embeds weigh in from the trail 44:19

3M ago44:19

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NBC News Campaign Embeds Sarah Dean, Emma Barnett and Greg Hyatt join Chuck to preview the New Hampshire primaries, as Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) shifts his resources away from the state and former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-S.C.) — fresh off a third-place finish in Iowa — seeks to portray the contest as a two-person race.…

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Dean Phillips: Democrats are having a "delusion" if they think Joe Biden is electable 39:21

3M ago39:21

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Longshot Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) talks to Chuck about his campaign in New Hampshire and what the results in Iowa say about November 2024.By NBC News

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

3M ago59:31

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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 in their own congressional s…

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How "Trump vs. DeSantis" set the stage for Iowa 48:23

3M ago48:23

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With days to go until the Iowa Caucus, Chuck talks with Matt Dixon, senior national politics reporter for NBC News, and author of a new book, "Swamp Monsters: Trump vs. DeSantis―the Greatest Show on Earth (or at Least in Florida)," about the most consequential rivalry in the 2024 campaign.By NBC News

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

3M ago45:21

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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 look like.…

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Ian Bremmer’s 2024 threat assessment: From China to Iran, the biggest risks facing American peace and global order 45:36

3M ago45:36

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Ian Bremmer, founder and president of the Eurasia Group, discusses his organization’s 2024 “Top Risks” report, with a focus on three dominant conflicts: the U.S. versus Russia, Israel versus Hamas, and the U.S. versus … itself. Read more from the report here: https://www.eurasiagroup.net/media/eurasia-group-publishes-top-risks-predictions-for-2024-…

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Can anyone stop Trump in Iowa? 43:30

3M ago43:30

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Iowa Republican Strategist David Kochel joins Chuck with just over a week to go until the first GOP contest of 2024 to detail former President Trump's firm hold on the Hawkeye State — and his rivals' determination to pull an upset.By NBC News

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

4M ago44:03

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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 episode of the Get More Sm…

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Alternative History: Beatles, Putin and Supreme Court 46:32

4M ago46:32

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What if John Lennon survived the assassination attempt? Are we living in the worst timeline possible with Russia? What if Sandra Day O'Connor had been made Supreme Court chief justice? Chuck Todd sits down with Fordham professor (and big alt history fan!) Paul Levinson for an extravaganza of topics, on the last ToddCast of 2023.…

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

4M ago1:03:53

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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 the attorneys for the six …

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

4M ago23:35

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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.By Colorado Pols and The Bighorn Company

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Alternative History: What if Mitch McConnell voted to convict Trump? 45:55

4M ago45:55

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Former Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) joins Chuck to game out what could have happened in a world where Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell voted to convict former President Trump in his second impeachment trial relating to the insurrection.By NBC News

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Boebert, Bidenomics, and a Bread Sandwich 47:35

4M ago47:35

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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 New York City isn’t in Colo…

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Alternative History: What if college sports conferences weren’t so volatile? 34:06

4M ago34:06

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Chuck introduces his latest series of Alternative Histories and speaks with NCAA President Charlie Baker about paying college athletes.By NBC News

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2024 predictions: Biden, Senate races and the Super Bowl 1:14:50

4M ago1:14:50

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Bringing the band back together — NBC News Chief Political Analyst Chuck Todd sits down with the political unit’s Mark Murray, Bridget Bowman and Alexandra Marquez to discuss their top predictions for each quarter of 2024.By NBC News

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