Why Gun Free Zones Attract Killers - Dave Kopel
Raised in a Colorado Jewish family, Dave Kopel made Boulder his home decades ago. He's noticed the town and the state is growing more hostile to Jews.
Jul 03, 2025•44 min•Season 3Ep. 137
Devil's Advocate
Devil's Advocate with Jon Caldara is a current events show not to be missed. Each week it features lively - and sometimes heated - debates between elected officials, journalists, activists, concerned citizens, subject-matter experts, and hard-pressing host Jon Caldara, president of the Independence Institute. Jon is not afraid to express his "free-market" views, and his guests are not afraid to take on those opinions. It all makes for an informative, lively public affairs program.
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Rolling Blackouts: A Profitable Crisis - Jake Fogleman - Nash Herman
Is it possible that Colorado's legislature did not make things worse for consumers of energy this last session? Energy expert Jake Fogleman explains there's still an energy apocalypse coming to the state. Colorado State government is crying poverty again as progressives scheme to destroy our taxpayer Bill of Rights. But is the state really in a budget shortfall? Fiscal analyst Nash Herman answers.
Jun 26, 2025•34 min•Season 3Ep. 136
Forest Mommy Goes Urban: Getting Local - Jessica Fenske
How do a few random posts on social media grow into a machine for political activism? Jessica Fenske's journey started with a few tweets as Forest Mommy.
Jun 19, 2025•35 min•Season 3Ep. 135
The "Right" Way To Go Green - Hunter Rivera
As we all know, conservatives, especially the young ones, hate the environment and want to pollute it. Not so fast, says Hunter Rivera from the American Conservation Coalition.
Jun 12, 2025•29 min•Season 3Ep. 134
Victim Olympics: Inside Modern Academia - Joelle Webb
How does a conservative college student survive on today's progressive university campus? If she's Joelle Webb, she writes a book to tell her progressive friends why she values what she does.
Jun 05, 2025•34 min•Season 3Ep. 133
Lawmakers' Secret Meetings - Marianne Goodland
Veteran Capitol reporter Marianne Goodland is tired of the state legislature dodging Colorado's open meeting laws, and they didn't make things any better this last legislative session.
May 29, 2025•48 min•Season 3Ep. 132
Asians: "The Wrong Race" - Helen Raleigh
Helen Raleigh escaped Communist China for the promise of America. She found an America obsessed with racial victim ideology for every minority except, surprisingly, for Asians. What of their history of oppression?
May 22, 2025•41 min•Season 3Ep. 131
DEI on Periodic Table? - Robert Maranto
Isn’t the purpose of research in colleges and universities to challenge the status quo, rather than be constrained by it? Robert Maranto, who holds the 21st Century Chair in Leadership at the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, argues that McCarthy-era politics are now taking precedence over honest academic inquiry.
May 15, 2025•46 min•Season 3Ep. 130
Wheels Have Left The Left's Wagon - Ted Trimpa
Ted Trimpa is one of the prime architects of the progressive left's takeover of Colorado. When he says they've gone too far, you might want to listen.
May 08, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 129
Fighting Poverty & Pollution With Gas - Anne Hyre
In places like Ghana and Kenya, most families cook on an open wood burning fire that pollutes not only their families air, but the planets. How would their lives and the planet's health change if they only had a propane stove? Anne Hyre of the Bettering Human Lives Foundation tells us.
May 01, 2025•41 min•Season 3Ep. 128
JeffCo Schools: When Trust Becomes Trauma - Lindsay Datko
By law, children must go to school, and if parents can't afford a private school or to home school, children must go to government run schools. That makes our children's safety at the school the government's top priority. Our children are in their custody after all. Lindsay Datko of JeffCo Kids First has discovered our kids are anything but safe.
Apr 24, 2025•43 min•Season 3Ep. 127
State-Trained Shooters - David Kopel
Within six years, Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed 23 anti gun bills into law. His most recent, Senate Bill 3 (SB25-003), creates the country's most restrictive permitting scheme to buy a gun. Second Amendment expert Dave Kopel explains the bleak situation.
Apr 17, 2025•53 min•Season 3Ep. 126
What Are Colorado Lawmakers Hiding?
The Colorado Legislature exempted themselves from our open meetings laws. Denver's mayor used encrypted messages that self delete. What happened to governmental transparency? Jeff Roberts of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition answers.
Apr 10, 2025•36 min•Season 3Ep. 125
The Truth Behind Elizabeth "Book Ban"
What happens when a school district has a process to decide what books should and shouldn't be in the school library? A process that includes the community? Well, they get sued, of course, by the ACLU. Superintendent of the Elizabeth School District, Dan Snowberger is in the eye of this storm.
Apr 03, 2025•33 min•Season 3Ep. 124
Pack-N-Stack Like Rats
There is a growing unease inside Colorado's progressive machine. Are the Democrats in power running faster to the left than voters want? Political strategist Deep Singh Badhesha tries to answer.
Mar 27, 2025•43 min•Season 3Ep. 123
Tracks Nightclub Owner Dislikes Denver's Tune
Is the city of Denver dying? With crime, a high minimum wage and stifling regulations, over 200 restaurants have gone out of business. Andrew Feinstein, proprietor of EXDO, which includes the famous nightclub Tracks, details the situation and what can fix it.
Mar 20, 2025•46 min•Season 3Ep. 122
Is The Left Losing Latinos? - Ryan Gonzalez
It is still possible for state legislators to have real jobs, you know, working in a factory. Representative Ryan Gonzalez, a freshman, lets us know what it looks like on the inside.
Mar 13, 2025•32 min•Season 3Ep. 121
Water Conservancy District Soaked Taxpayers - Tyler Martinez
The courts have been very, well, terrible to the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. But wait, we have a victory! Tyler Martinez from the National Taxpayers Union explains that he got all this talent because he used to be an intern at the Independence Institute.
Mar 06, 2025•36 min•Season 3Ep. 120
High Steaks: Why So Pricey? - Dr. Chuck Duray
New regulations and high demand have caused steak prices to skyrocket. Dr. Chuck Duray shares what it's like to be a rancher in Colorado.
Feb 27, 2025•39 min•Season 3Ep. 119
Unions Strike on Progressives - Jon Murray
Are Unions pushing back against Colorado Progressives? Public Affairs Editor Jon Murray of the Denver Post discusses the bills being proposed in the 2025 Colorado State Legislature.
Feb 20, 2025•38 min•Season 3Ep. 118
Wolf Cost? $24,000 Each
Are Coloradans experiencing buyers remorse when it comes to releasing killer wolves into our backcountry? County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf details the reality of dropping foreign apex predators into our ecosystem and the effort to reverse it.
Feb 13, 2025•34 min•Season 3Ep. 117
No Accountability : Colorado Judges
Transparency is a key to government accountability. Often judges have to order that public information become, well, public. How very odd then, that many judges refuse to follow transparency laws themselves. Retired Judge Dennis Maes explains.
Feb 06, 2025•41 min•Season 3Ep. 116
The Science of Math Manipulation
Ed Warner is an engineer, scientist, conservationist, and philanthropist. Back in the day, he even used a slide rule. He learned understanding how to measure something isn't just about science.
Jan 30, 2025•35 min•Season 3Ep. 115
Trump's GOP Loves Debt?
Jon Caldara asks longtime Colorado political strategist Eric Sondermann why the democratically controlled state government is passing so many anti liberty and anti business laws and regulations? He answers it in three little words.
Jan 23, 2025•55 min•Season 3Ep. 114
Governor Polis Deports Criminal Migrants?
What's it like going into the state legislature as a newbie representative walking right into GOP dysfunction in a brewing progressive civil war? Well, Jarvis Caldwell is about to find out.
Jan 16, 2025•45 min•Season 3Ep. 113
Colorado An "Illegal Immigration Magnet"
Are Colorado's laws making the state an illegal immigration magnet? With over two decades experience working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, John Fabbricatore has seen firsthand the dangers of the Venezuelan gangs in Aurora and their ties to international terrorism.
Jan 09, 2025•43 min•Season 3Ep. 112
Program The People
Cory Gaines is a political influencer and activist. Through his Colorado Accountability Project, he shines light on government abuses big and small. Could you imagine doing something similar?
Jan 02, 2025•47 min•Season 3Ep. 111
Few Speak With Newspeak
Ed Warner is an environmentalist, conservationist and philanthropist who has served on many nonprofit boards, including one that kicked him off because he said something someone found offensive.
Dec 26, 2024•42 min•Season 2Ep. 110
Kyle Clark's Venezuelan Gang Story
Kyle Clark of 9 News is arguably the most influential political commentator in Colorado. Is he a journalist? Is he an opinion maker? And with such a powerful microphone, does he see bias in the legacy media?
Dec 19, 2024•56 min•Season 2Ep. 109
Protect The Speech You Hate
Remember when liberals used to defend free speech instead of canceling people for saying something they find offensive, like the wrong pronoun? Famed lawyer, law professor, and former President of the ACLU, Nadine Strossen explains why liberals and progressives need to protect speech.
Dec 12, 2024•51 min•Season 2Ep. 108
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