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The Craig Silverman Show

Craig Silverman is an active Colorado trial lawyer at Craig Silverman Law, LLC. Craig served for sixteen years at the Denver District Attorney‘s Office where he was a Chief Deputy District Attorney. Craig has appeared hundreds of times on local and national media. Subjects have included the death penalty, serial rapists, the JonBenet Ramsey case, Columbine, the Oklahoma City Bombing trials, the Kobe Bryant case and the Aurora movie theater massacre. Craig is the host of The Craig Silverman Show which airs Saturday mornings at 9am Colorado time.

Episodes

Episode 150 - Shavuot Special - Sage Advice for Talk Show Lawyers

Rundown - Troubadour Dave Gunders - 28:42 "Your Way Too" by Dave Gunders - 45:04 Spencer Heywood - Star Denver Nugget knows Trump is racist - 51:48 Craig makes his radio case with sound - 01:13:29 What Makes Denver Mayoral Candidates laugh - 02:34:32 Shavuot is the Jewish holiday commemorating receipt of the Law at Mt. Sinai. America’s Rule of Law is hanging by a thread now. MAGA’s made it happen and must be stopped. Responsible lawyers with broadcasting microphones should join in mitigating thi...

May 27, 20233 hr 45 min

Episode 149 - Susie Wargin

Rundown - Susie Wargin - 05:50 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:31:04 "Light Of The Morning" by Dave Gunders - 01:32:53 "Whatever the Future May Bring" by Dave Gunders - 01:37:32 "Alexa's Lullaby" by Dave Gunders - 01:41:48 Multi-talented broadcaster Susie Wargin explains how a person can maintain several exciting jobs at once. A fabulous mother of two, devoted wife, real estate hall of famer, and well-known sports and music broadcaster, Susie Wargin explains her trade secrets. https://susiewargin.c...

May 20, 20232 hr 48 min

Episode 148 - Kelly Brough is Close to Being Denver Mayor

Rundown - Kelly Brough - 12:50 Chris Hansen - 41:47 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:08:29 "Nothing the Wind Can't Blow" by Dave Gunders - 01:27:52 Kelly Brough returns for the first time since Episode 132, when she was trying to secure a spot in the Denver mayoral run-off. First goal achieved, the former head of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce returns to compete for the run-off win three weeks away. She tells us about her interactions historically, and now, with her opponent, former Colorado s...

May 13, 20232 hr 38 min

Episode 147 - Mario Nicolais and analysis of the brutal murder of Alexa Bartell

Rundown - Craig reads Probable Cause Affidavit - 03:26 Mario Nicolais in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 25:36 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:55:36 "Too Many Drivers" by Dave Gunders - 02:18:06 Mario Nicolais, Colorado Sun columnist and attorney colleague of host, explains his vehement reaction against the three eighteen year olds arrested and charged with the murder of Alexa Bartell. She was killed April 19, 2023 when a huge landscaping “river rock” was thrown from a passing pick-up through her windshi...

May 06, 20232 hr 26 min

Episode 146 - Ken Toltz - Our Colorado Man in Israel

Rundown - Ken Toltz - 28:33 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:57:56 "Set the Tone" by Dave Gunders - 02:09:18 Current events are coming at us fast and furious. VP Pence testified. So did E Jean Carroll in the civil case of the century. Trump will soon be found a rapist by a New York jury. Verdict will set the tone for prosecutions to come. Learn about E Jean from entertaining portions of her podcast. Tucker Carlson was fired this week by Fox News. Dan Caplis suggested Carlson participate in a debate ...

Apr 29, 20232 hr 16 min

Episode 145 - Mike Johnston is close to becoming Denver mayor

Rundown - Sam Silverman's history with Steiny of Full Send - 05:12 Mike Johnston - 24:16 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:09:33 "Every Space" by Dave Gunders - 01:30:21 Mike Johnston was spectacular a few months ago in Episode 134 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-134-mike-johnston-wants-to-be-denver-mayor/id1522579679?i=1000597992418 Former Colorado State Senator Mike Johnston returns triumphantly following first round win in the Denver mayoral election. We plow different ground than Ep...

Apr 22, 20232 hr 38 min

Episode 144 - Coach Steve Finesilver

Rundown - Troubadour Dave Gunders - 10:54 "Eddie Don't Quit" by Dave Gunders - 25:37 Steve Finesilver - 32:13 For many decades, the surname Finesilver has been famous throughout Colorado. Judge Sherman Finesilver was an esteemed federal judge, and before that a popular judge in Denver County and District courts. In the 1940s, Sherm Finesilver was a star football center at North High, and then CU. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28409079/sherman-glen-finesilver Steve followed in his Dad’s foo...

Apr 15, 20232 hr 23 min

Episode 143 - Morgan Carroll - Colorado Political Mastermind

Rundown - Morgan Carroll in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 09:48 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:40:54 "Place In The Sun" by Dave Gunders - 02:06:45 Morgan Carroll, former president and majority leader of the Colorado state Senate, moved mountains during her six super-successful years as Colorado State Democratic Chair and oversaw Democratic domination of Colorado politics. This is her exit interview and she discusses everything. Current events discussed include the Nashville church school shooting, the...

Apr 08, 20232 hr 13 min

Episode 142 - Terrance Roberts wants to be Denver Mayor - TRUMP INDICTED!

Rundown - Terrance Roberts - 07:59 Dedication to Juniper Eddy Kay - 01:53:05 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:56:59 "Talking In Tongues" by Dave Gunders - 02:21:08 Terrance Roberts talks about everything, including Donald Trump in this provocative episode. Roberts knows the state court system through many criminal justice encounters as the defendant. Now, Roberts, the reformed revolutionary, wants to be mayor of his native Denver. Show starts with a pointed monologue intro on the meaning of the Trum...

Apr 01, 20232 hr 28 min

Episode 141 - Barry Levine - Author of All the President’s Women: Donald Trump and the Making of a Predator

Rundown - Intro with Troubadour Dave Gunders - 00:35 "Every Little Problem" with Dave Gunders - 22:58 Barry Levine - 28:47 It’s all happening in NYC where the show host this week went to see Trump’s self-promised arrest, but since it did not happen, three great Broadway shows were seen in two days. Hear positive reviews of Parade, Leopoldstadt, and Beautiful Noise. Barry Levine is an experienced New Yorker, accomplished American journalist, author, and media executive. Levine is best known for h...

Mar 25, 20232 hr 42 min

Episode 140 - Mike Rothschild Exposes QAnon

Rundown - Mike Rothschild - 05:42 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:23:40 "Impossible Happiness" by Dave Gunders - 01:47:24 Understand QAnon, perhaps for the first time in your life, in this entertaining hour plus interview with best-selling American author, Mike Rothschild. https://www.amazon.com/Storm-Upon-Us-Conspiracy-Everything/dp/1612199291 Learn the origins of QAnon and the interesting clues and timelines involved. Find out about the complicity of social media companies working in tandem with ...

Mar 18, 20232 hr 54 min

Episode 139 - Leslie Herod wants to be Denver Mayor

Rundown - Leslie Herod - 04:59 Cole Wist and Mario Nicolais in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 53:00 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:20:52 "Come Down Miss Lizzie" by Dave Gunders - 01:40:46 Colorado State Representative Leslie Herod makes a strong case for becoming Denver 46th Mayor. She would also be Denver’s first female mayor and Denver’s first queer chief executive. Rep. Herod uses that word about herself which gives rise to fascinating conversation. Find out who Rep. Herod’s friends and influencers ...

Mar 11, 20232 hr 48 min

Episode 138 - Trevor Aaronson - Alphabet Boys Podcast

Rundown - Trevor Aaronson - 04:56 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:17:22 "Deep Down" by Dave Gunders - 01:33:10 Trevor Aaronson is the journalistic star of the new dramatic episodic podcast, Alphabet Boys, which features a compelling Colorado criminal justice story and startling revelations. Aaronson’s podcast involves an awful FBI informant who stirred up trouble at 2020 Colorado racial justice protests. Listen to the threats made to Colorado’s top prosecutor and determine the seriousness. The assa...

Mar 04, 20232 hr 41 min

Episode 137 - Debbie Ortega wants to be Denver Mayor - Attorney Greg Gold in Kyiv

Rundown - Greg Gold in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 04:58 Debbie Ortega - 22:56 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:37:31 "Revelation Town" by Dave Gunders - 01:51:08 Warren Tribune article about Greg Gold - 01:55:33 Denver Councilwoman Debbie Ortega shows off her experience, wisdom and seriousness as a candidate for Denver mayor. She’s been elected citywide numerous times and has been a Denver public servant for parts of six decades. She’s seen Denver through booms and busts. Learn about Ortega’s family ...

Feb 25, 20232 hr 7 min

Episode 136 - Kwame Spearman wants to be Denver mayor

Rundown - Intro with Troubadour Dave Gunders - 00:36 "Looking Down" by Dave Gunders - 16:22 Kwame Spearman - 22:15 In our ongoing series of in depth interviews with major Denver mayoral candidates, show welcomes Kwame Spearman. He’s owner of The Tattered Cover, a Denver independent book selling institution. Find out what makes this Denver native tick. Spearman grew up in east Denver and now worries about the unaffordable housing, homelessness, crime, and Denver headed downward. Listen to Kwame S...

Feb 18, 20232 hr 42 min

Episode 135 - Chris Hansen wants to be Denver Mayor - Sam Kaufman sold many Neckties

Rundown - Chris Hansen - 03:40 Sam Kaufman - 56:57 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:52:21 "Shake Your Moneymaker" by Dave Gunders - 01:59:42 'You People' Movie Review - 02:02:43 Colorado state Senator Chris Hansen makes his strong case to be elected Denver's 46th mayor. Senator Hansen is an engineer by training and experience. Growing up in Goodland, Kansas, Hansen always looked up to the regional capital of Denver, and frequently visited. Elected to represent SD21 (central and east Denver), Hansen ...

Feb 11, 20232 hr 13 min

Episode 134 - Mike Johnston wants to be Denver Mayor

Rundown - Intro with Troubadour Dave Gunders - 00:35 "Black Balloons" by Dave Gunders - 13:00 Mike Johnston - 20:00 Former Colorado State Senator Michael Johnston is an accomplished metro Denver educator who grew up in Eagle County, Colorado. He’s got degrees from Yale and Harvard and came to fame as an early Colorado ally of Senator Barack Obama. Johnston is bilingual, represented Park Hill in the Colorado statehouse and his wife is a veteran Denver prosecutor. Listen to Senator Johnston discus...

Feb 04, 20231 hr 18 min

Episode 133 - John Fielder - Colorado’s Photographer

Rundown - John Fielder - 05:22 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:42:21 "Light Of The Morning" by Dave Gunders - 01:52:06 John Fielder is widely recognized, with good reason, as Colorado’s most accomplished and talented landscape photographer. Find out here how Fielder is an accomplished businessman, environmentalist, author, community leader, conservationist, and a Colorado man to his core. For posterity's sake, Fielder just donated 5500 of his best images to the Colorado History museum. Colorado cap...

Jan 28, 20232 hr

Episode 132 - Kelly Brough wants to be Denver Mayor

Rundown - "Kelly's Story" YouTube Clip - 05:11 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 11:17 "Just Try Me" by Dave Gunders - 23:45 Kelly Brough - 29:47 Listen to this fun and interesting interview with Denver mayoral candidate Kelly Brough. She was Chief of Staff under John Hickenlooper and the head of Denver’s Career Service Authority before that. Now, she’s running to be Denver’s 46th mayor. Brough pronounces her last name like the word “rough” and in this interview, she demonstrates she’s fun, more than ro...

Jan 21, 20232 hr 38 min

Episode 131 - Paul Pazen

Rundown - Intro with Troubadour Dave Gunders - 00:36 "Do What I Say" by Dave Gunders - 19:13 Paul Pazen - 24:38 Paul Pazen is a Denver cop, through and through. Born and raised in Denver in the shadow of District One, Pazen attended North High School and then joined the Marines where he served in the first Gulf War. He returned to join the Denver Police Department in January 1995. Pazen took on one top assignment after another. He rose through the ranks to become Denver's police chief from 2018 ...

Jan 14, 20233 hr 50 min

Episode 130 - Jim Walsh wants to be Denver Mayor

Rundown - Professor James Walsh - 05:46 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:03:16 "New Last Chance" by Dave Gunders - 01:21:19 Professor James “Jim” Walsh wants to be the mayor of Denver. And it could happen. He’s an entertaining academic in the political science department at the University of Colorado - Denver. Jim Walsh demonstrates on this fast-paced podcast why he’s highly esteemed by his students. Walsh was a scholarship athlete at Duke where he wrestled at 177 pounds. As a working class Irish-Ca...

Jan 07, 20231 hr 28 min

Episode 129 - Kirk Widlund Hour on KNUS is Missing

Rundown - Heidi Beedle - 35:27 Craig reviews Heidi Beedle on The Steffan Tubbs Show - 01:16:57 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 02:39:01 "Way of Forgetting" by Dave Gunders - 02:43:36 So many wrong things about Denver Trump Radio are illustrated on this week’s podcast. First of all, Steffan Tubbs had Kirk Widlund on as a featured guest. Widlund had produced the radio version of The Craig Silverman Show for many years. Widlund was terminated from KNUS in December, 2020 when it came out via 9News, Westwo...

Dec 31, 20223 hr 57 min

Episode 128 - Troubadour Dave Gunders - Chanukah/Christmas Special

Rundown - Intro with Troubadour Dave Gunders - 00:36 "Set the Tone" by Dave Gunders - 23:15 Highlights from 2022 with Troubadour Dave Gunders - 28:16 Troubadour Dave Gunders and host review wild week with Zelensky in USA and J6 Committee writing down the roadmap to convicting Trump. On #DenverTrumpRadio, Jenna Ellis allowed to desecrate Club Q victims, the return of Kirk Widlund, and Steffan Tubbs' smearing of Heidi Beedle. Great part of each week’s show is the segment where we hear the wisdom o...

Dec 24, 20222 hr 35 min

Episode 127 - Mitch Morrissey - Crime Fighter - DNA Expert

Rundown - Mitch Morrissey in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge (Part 1) - 05:16 Mitch Morrissey in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge (Part 2) - 01:13:12 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 03:05:42 "A Sun Still Shining" by Dave Gunders - 03:13:29 Mitch Morrissey was elected District Attorney of Denver, Colorado for three terms from 2005-2017. Before that, he was a Denver prosecutor for decades. Craig Silverman was his supervising and training Chief Deputy DA in Denver District Courtroom 13. Stan Garnett was the other assigne...

Dec 17, 20223 hr 20 min

Episode 126 - Ari Armstrong

Rundown - Intro with Troubadour Dave Gunders - 00:36 "Wings of a Rocket" by Dave Gunders - 20:27 Ari Armstrong - 25:40 Ari Armstrong is an interesting fellow. A public intellectual, this clear thinker reads many books and pens mighty columns. His website is www.ariarmstrong.com and his Colorado PickAxe substack is excellent reading, and almost always about Colorado. Jeff Hunt is Director of the Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University, and Co-Chairman of the Western Conservative Sum...

Dec 10, 20223 hr 48 min

Episode 125 - Adam Mares - DNVR - A Hundred Invisible Threads

Rundown - Adam Mares - 07:12 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 02:16:53 "Sugar Don't Call" by Dave Gunders - 02:23:08 Adam Mares is a big strong man at 6’5” and a solid 225 pounds. He was a skilled small college player who understands every aspect of basketball, and how it relates to life. As a metro Denver kid, Adam grew up a big Nuggets fan and Colorado’s NBA team remains his passion. Fans, players and the Nuggets have taken notice of Adam Mares’ talents as a basketball pundit. Mares is a prolific com...

Dec 03, 20223 hr 32 min

Episode 124 - Heidi Beedle - mass murder at Club Q - Nick Fuentes dines with Trump and Kanye Werst (sic)

Rundown - Heidi Beedle - 21:59 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:41:25 "Safe Haven" by Dave Gunders - 01:54:24 Colorado experienced another mass casualty atrocity – five innocent people slaughtered by a bigoted madman with an AR-15. Meanwhile, bigoted madmen Nick Fuentes and Kanye West are dining this holiday weekend with 45 at Mar-A-Lago. Our country is at a breaking point. Listen to November 2019 sound of Donald Trump, Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle and Charlie Kirk heckled off a UCLA stage by Groypers (N...

Nov 26, 20222 hr 1 min

Episode 123 - Scott Levin - ADL’s Regional Director - Mountain States Division

Rundown - Scott Levin in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 06:13 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:24:53 "Goin' Away Blues" by Dave Gunders - 01:34:51 Scott Levin visits Craig's Lawyers’ Lounge to discuss the amazing array of Jew hating incidents roiling Colorado and America. Host and guest share Denver Public School roots followed by decades as Colorado attorneys. We talk about America’s most important new lawyer, Special Counsel Jack Smith. In this candid discussion, ADL’s Regional Director of Mountain Sta...

Nov 19, 20222 hr 43 min

Episode 122 - Bob Marshall wins sweet anti-MAGA victory in Douglas County Colorado

Rundown - Troubadour Dave Gunders - 05:49 "I Give Thanks" by Dave Gunders - 15:43 Bob Marshall in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 21:34 CO State Rep. Rep. Elect Bob Marshall just won a sweet victory in HD43 (Highlands Ranch). There are still MAGA threats to America but they are diminished after Tuesday’s election results. Democracy was saved and Colorado led the way. It was a bad week for Putin/Trump in Ukraine and the USA. Bob Marshall was a Republican most of his life. Born and raised in Evergreen, ...

Nov 12, 20221 hr 23 min

Episode 121 - Looking Down featuring filmmaker Ari Folman, Rev. Gino Geraci and Remembering Bella

Rundown - Ari Folman - 16:23 Gino Geraci - 53:20 Troubadour Dave Gunders - 02:49:09 "Looking Down" by Dave Gunders - 03:02:46 Show begins with rundown of 11-4-22 sentencing of monstrous man who murdered Isabella Thallas and gravely wounded Darian Simon. Michael Close was sentenced to Life plus 48 years by Judge Lisa Arnold and the courtroom scene is described. Find out the chilling words spoken Friday afternoon in Denver District Courtroom 5A. Are we on the threshold of widespread political viol...

Nov 05, 20223 hr 10 min