Best Michael Bennet Podcasts (2024)

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Michael Bennet & Errin Haines: Trump’s Losing Bet on Birtherism 2.0 1:12:05

11d ago1:12:05

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John is joined by Michael Bennet, Colorado’s senior U.S. Senator, and Errin Haines, editor-at-large of The 19th, longtime Kamala Harris chronicler, and member of National Association of Black Journalists—whose annual meeting in Chicago this week was the site of Donald Trump’s latest spasm of racial animus and ignorance. The legislator and the journ…

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

1h ago1:03:49

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

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Doug Sosnik: How Kamala Is Reframing the Race & Redrawing the Map 1:21:23

1h ago1:21:23

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John is joined by veteran Democratic strategist and former Clinton White House political director Doug Sosnik, who helped guide his boss against the odds to a landslide reelection in 1996, to assess the state of this year’s campaign on the eve of the Democratic convention. Having concluded a month ago that Joe Biden no longer had a viable path to v…

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Ezra Klein: Trump’s Broken Brain, Pelosi’s Bluff-Calling & Harris’s Ideological Rebirth 1:12:33

2h ago1:12:33

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John is joined by Ezra Klein—pioneering blogger in his twenties, founder and editor-in-chief of Vox in his thirties, and now columnist and host of a popular, eponymous podcast at New York Times—to discuss Donald Trump’s round-the-bend behavior in reaction to Kamala Harris’s ascent, Nancy Pelosi’s preternatural intuition and how it fuels her politic…

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Cari Champion & Pablo Torre On The Snoop Dogg Summer Olympics 1:24:47

4d ago1:24:47

1:24:47

John is joined by two rising stars of sports journalism and commentary, Pablo Torre (formerly of ESPN and now host of the hit podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out) and Cari Champion (also formerly of ESPN and now host of The Cari Champion Show on Amazon Prime Video) to talk about the Summer Games: from the athletic prowess of Simone Biles, Gabby Thomas, a…

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Nicolle Wallace: To the Window, To the Walz 1:26:23

6d ago1:26:23

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John is joined by Nicolle Wallace—host of Deadline: White House on MSNBC, former aide to George W. Bush and John McCain, and author of three bestselling novels (Eighteen Acres, It’s Classified, and Madam President) about life inside the White House—to discuss Kamala Harris’s selection of Tim Walz as her running mate and its potential impact on the …

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

9d ago1:07:42

1:07:42

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

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Conway & Longwell Pt. 2: Donald’s Psyche, J.D.’s Weirdness, and Kamala’s No-Huddle Veepstakes 1:01:29

12d ago1:01:29

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John is joined by #NeverTrump stalwarts George Conway (founder of the new Anti-Psychopath PAC and ex-husband of Kellyanne) and Sarah Longwell (publisher of The Bulwark and ubiquitous focus group impresario) to discuss the state of the presidential race after the mother of all resets. The trio assess why Kamala Harris’s unexpected elevation to the t…

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Conway & Longwell Pt. 1: Harris Stays Hot & Trump Melts Down 1:03:35

13d ago1:03:35

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John is joined by #NeverTrump stalwarts George Conway (founder of the new Anti-Psychopath PAC and ex-husband of Kellyanne) and Sarah Longwell (publisher of The Bulwark and ubiquitous focus group impresario) to discuss the state of the presidential race after the mother of all resets. The trio assess why Kamala Harris’s unexpected elevation to the t…

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Maya Wiley & Tim Ryan on Kamala’s Craze & Trump’s Mania 1:24:16

21d ago1:24:16

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John is joined by two faces of the Democratic Party’s future—former New York City mayoral candidate and current head of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Maya Wiley, and former presidential candidate and 10-term Ohio congressman, Tim Ryan—with different backgrounds and ideological moorings but a shared sense of optimism about Kam…

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Beschloss & Costa: Biden's Fall, Kamala's Rise & A Whole New Race 1:08:39

21d ago1:08:39

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John goes deep on Joe Biden’s historic, campaign-upending decision to exit the presidential race with NBC News presidential historian and author of nine books on the presidency, Michael Beschloss, and Robert Costa, CBS News chief election correspondent and co-author (with Bob Woodward) of the New York Times No. 1 best-seller, “Peril." The three fri…

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

25d ago22:54

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

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Meet The New Trump, Same As The Old Trump—Except On Benzos 1:46:08

25d ago1:46:08

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John is joined by a trio of prominent if disaffected (or fully lapsed) Republican strategists: former Trump White House staffer and current co-host of The View and political analyst for CNN, Alyssa Farah Griffin; former chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle, co-founder of The Weekly Standard, and editor-at-large of The Bulwark, Bill Kristol; …

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Shut Up, Gaetz 55:40

28d ago55:40

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

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Tim Miller & Stuart Stevens: Trump Can’t Change & Vance Won’t Fly 1:11:30

28d ago1:11:30

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John is joined by two veteran G.O.P. operatives turned #NeverTrump stalwarts—Mitt Romney's 2012 chief strategist, Stuart Stevens, and The Bulwark's Tim Miller—to discuss the opening night of the Republican National Convention and the extraordinary weekend that preceded it, when an assassin’s bullet nearly claimed Donald Trump’s life. Tim and Stuart…

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James Carville’s Case For Reshuffling The Democratic Deck 1:01:37

1M ago1:01:37

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John is joined by James Carville, the most celebrated political strategist of the modern era—and one of the earliest and loudest influential Democrats to argue that voters’ doubts about Joe Biden’s capacity to serve well into his eighties could be his undoing. James explains his conviction that, despite Biden’s determination to stay in the race, he…

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

1M ago1:32:26

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

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Labour’s Landslide, Macron’s Muddle, & Europe’s Biden Bedwetting 1:08:06

1M ago1:08:06

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John is joined by Jonathan Freedland—Guardian columnist, BBC radio presenter, cohost of the podcast Unholy: Two Jews on the News, and author of the best-selling book The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World—for a tour d’horizon of political news in Europe and the U.S. as seen from across the pond. Jonny explains the e…

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Steven Brill on SCOTUS & Social Media As Truth-Destroyer 1:12:13

1M ago1:12:13

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John is joined by Steven Brill — founder of The American Lawyer, Court TV, and NewsGuard, and author of the new book The Death Of Truth — for a deep dive into the morass of fake news online. Steve discusses how and why the major social media platforms have turned into toxic, conspiracy-theory-spreading cesspools, and what might be done to fix it. H…

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Should He Stay or Should He Go (Joe Biden, That Is)? 1:06:24

1M ago1:06:24

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John is joined by the renowned political strategists David Axelrod and Mike Murphy to discuss the fallout from Joe Biden’s debate disaster, starting with the movement among Democrats to persuade Biden to bow out and let his party choose a new nominee to face Donald Trump this fall. What would an open convention look like? If Biden bails, would Kama…

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Puck Superfriends Break Down Biden’s Debate Breakdown 54:32

2M ago54:32

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John is joined by his colleagues Dylan Byers and Peter Hamby in the immediate aftermath of the first (and maybe only) 2024 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. The three Puck political-media superfriends asses Biden's botched performance and the freakout among Democratic officials, strategists, and donors in reaction to it; analy…

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

2M ago1:02:19

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

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Stevie Van Zandt’s Excellent Adventures On & Off E Street 1:13:51

2M ago1:13:51

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John is joined by the legendary guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, arranger, and all around rock-and-roll legend Steve Van Zandt, equally famous for his roles as Bruce Springsteen’s longtime sidekick and as Silvio Dante in The Sopranos. In their freewheeling conversation, Stevie reflects on how his remarkable, up-and-down, 60-year career as a…

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Biden Campaign Chief to Dem Bedwetters: Stop Worrying & Get To Work 54:55

2M ago54:55

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John is joined by Jen O’Malley Dillon—the legendary Democratic field organizer for Al Gore, Jon Edwards, and Barack Obama, manager of Joe Biden’s general-election campaign in 2020, and deputy chief of staff in Biden's White House from 2021 to 2023—in her first extended, on-the-record interview since taking over as chair of his reelection effort. Th…

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

2M ago50:57

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

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Reassessing the Kitchen Confidential Era & The Perils of Chef Stardom 1:06:09

2M ago1:06:09

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John is joined by the legendary restaurateur Danny Meyer—whose Union Square Hospitality Group has built a fine-dining empire in New York City (Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, The Modern, Manhatta, Ci Siamo, and more) and spawned the multinational fast-casual juggernaut Shake Shack—to mourn the shocking, bewildering loss of a mutual friend, the …

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Euro 2024 Scotland Special - Athletic Arms Scotland "Horsed" Edition 31:46

2M ago31:46

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A special A,A&A Euros Edition, recorded just prior to Euro 2024's opening fixture - Germany V Scotland. The game should be forgotten, but join us as we remember Scotland's previous sojourns into major football tournaments...its not a happy tale overall, but there are a few highlights.By Michael Hogg

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Apple's A.I. Embrace & Elon's Tantrum 1:14:53

2M ago1:14:53

1:14:53

John is joined by Kara Swisher—celebrated chronicler of the titans of tech, host of the podcast On With Kara Swisher and cohost of the Pivot podcast with Scott Galloway, and author of the best-selling memoir Burn Book—to discuss Apple's embrace of A.I., Elon Musk's broadsides against the company, and Silicon Valley's newfound enthusiasm for Donald …

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

2M ago1:18:54

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

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George to Media: Stop Normalizing Trump 42:39

2M ago42:39

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John is joined by ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos—co-anchor of Good Morning America, host of This Week, and author of the recently published New York Times No. 1 best-seller, The Situation Room—to discuss their industry’s ongoing failure to cover Donald Trump, the GOP, and this political moment for what they are: radically abnormal. George also re…

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Trump's Retribution Tea Leaves 1:08:54

2M ago1:08:54

1:08:54

John is joined by Maggie Haberman, the heralded Times reporter and Trump scholar, to discuss the bubbling retribution fantasies of the former president and the wider MAGA-sphere. Maggie also reflects on her seven weeks covering the hush money trial, and the two dig into the Trump campaign's strategy and the potential electoral fallout from his 34-c…

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

3M ago1:06:19

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

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Trump Sentencing Theories & Mueller Revisited 1:16:13

2M ago1:16:13

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In the debut episode of Impolitic, John sits down with Andrew Weissmann, the former Enron prosecutor and Mueller lieutenant, for a candid and wide-ranging conversation across a number of pertinent topics: gaming out Trump's sentencing, the efficacy of his appeal, Mueller report reminiscences, and Alito's bewildering political moment. To learn more …

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Introducing: Impolitic with John Heilemann 1:58

2M ago1:58

1:58

Welcome to Impolitic with John Heilemann, in which Puck’s chief political columnist, national affairs analyst for MSNBC and NBC News, best-selling author of Game Change and Double Down, and host/creator of Showtime’s The Circus roams the corridors of power and influence in America on this twice-weekly interview show, taking you behind the scenes an…

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

3M ago59:40

59:40

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

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

3M ago1:15:10

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

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Cloisters Bar - Episode 24 1:07:41

3M ago1:07:41

1:07:41

A detailed hearing of our collective Ailments this month as we are joined by Heart of Midlothian Content Manager, Robert Borthwick. (ouch, his ankle!) An analysis of this season (it's not quite finished!) and the season/Euros to come. Latest TV/Film recommendations all washed down with some great beer. (Cryo Jarl!😳) https://untappd.com/b/fyne-ales-…

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

4M ago59:57

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

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

4M ago48:17

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Send us a Text Message. This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, we have a special interview-only episode with Texas Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, who has become a viral sensation for her willingness to say to Republicans what we're all quietly thinking. Crockett talks to us about her expectations as a Freshman Member of Congress; wh…

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The Golden Rule - Episode 23 51:31

4M ago51:31

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A downbeat start after Hearts Scottish Cup Semi-Final loss to Rangers on Sunday...but we warm up nicely to bring you our take on that game, our current health picture and what we have been watching across Films and TV. Includes reviews of Civil War, Fallout on Prime Video, Shogun on Disney +, Ripley & Rebel Moon on Netflix...plus we recommend a Pod…

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

4M ago1:12:50

1:12:50

Send us a Text Message. This week on the Get More Smarter Podcast, Ian is/was coming in from Our Nation’s Capitol, Washington DC, where the GOP Micro-Majority is getting sick and tired of threats and shenanigans coming from…other members of the GOP Micro-Majority. Then, we check in on the smaller, more golden-domed capitol building in the centennia…

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

4M ago1:00:25

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Send us a Text Message. 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 th…

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The Jolly Judge - Episode 22 56:50

4M ago56:50

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Our usual mix of health, football and TV and movie updates. Enjoy! Recorded in one of the Old Town (Edinburgh) great pubs....if a bit touristy. Good sound quality.By Michael Hogg

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

4M ago1:20:10

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Send us a Text Message. 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 Stat…

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

5M ago1:03:09

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Send us a Text Message. 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 b…

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Sen. John Hickenlooper Gets Even More Smarter 45:34

5M ago45:34

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Send us a Text Message. 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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The Scourge of Uncertified Potatoes (feat. Christy Powell) 48:01

5M ago48:01

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Send us a Text Message. 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 o…

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

5M ago1:00:36

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Send us a Text Message. 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 Un…

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

6M ago1:00:20

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Send us a Text Message. 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 do…

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The Guildford Bar - Episode 21 52:36

6M ago52:36

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Usual health check ins, a detailed analysis of the ales we drink, the football we have been watching and the movies/TV we have enjoyed - all over the past month. The A,A & A crew pay tribute to the late Jimmy Kerr. This recording took place in the famous sunken table within the Guildford Bar in Edinburgh. Do visit the pub as it is one of Edinburgh'…

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