Dan Caplis

Dan Caplis

Dan must really like to talk. He’s both an award-winning trial lawyer and a radio talk show host. Since Dan has never shied away from a microphone or a good fight he’s also been a legal analyst for most of America’s top television networks and newspapers.

Episodes

December 18, 2025 34 mins
In the second hour of today's show, Sheriff Steve Reams fills in for Dan Caplis and talks with Dick Wadhams and George Brauchler.
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In the first hour of today's show, Sheriff Steve Reams and talks with Alonso Archuleta about his experience with Ephraim Debisa.
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Going down to the wire with your Christmas shopping? Heidi Ganahl brings in her daughter and daughter's friend to give us an idea of what the hot gifts are for Christmas 2025.
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Heidi Ganahl fills in for Dan and weighs in on the 2026 governor's race, having served as the Republican nominee for the office in 2022. Brita Horn, Colorado GOP chair joins the program with an update on upcoming activities - including the state assembly - after Rep. Scott Bottoms (R-15), a current candidate for governor, called into question the fundraising efforts of the party.

Heidi also reveals a fun fact: Punk rocker Debora Iya...
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Nate Marsh, Senior Deputy District Attorney with George Brauchler in the 23rd judicial district - where G-Brauch presides as DA - joins with an update on their department's successes and his future career plans.

A caller very fond of George lavishes him with praise, prompting George to wonder if his father called the program.
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George Brauchler, 23rd district attorney fills in for Dan and provides his legal perspective on various policy positions posted by Democrat and Republican candidates in the 2026 race for governor in Colorado. 
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President Trump blames Trump Derangement Syndrome for Rob Reiner's murder in a tasteless Truth Social post, callers and texters debate Dan on whether it's disqualifying for the President to engage in such behavior - but we've all been here before, and Trump's achievements in the Oval Office far outweigh his lack of tact or good manners in the public sphere, according to Dan.
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President Trump takes a portion of a national press conference to address the Tina Peters situation, and call out Governor Jared Polis for his complete mishandling of her case and Colorado on the whole.
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Governor Jared Polis and Attorney General Phil Weiser stand firm on keeping Tina Peters behind bars, despite President Trump issuing her a pardon at the federal level. Callers react and Dan explains why the punishment doesn't fit the crime - or the criminal.
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Dan never forgets. And Ryan's audio archives always deliver. We revisit the abomination of Governor Jared Polis infuriating victims' families after five motorists were incinerated by the runaway truck of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos. His commutation of a vast majority of the driver's sentence still rings hollow, after he refused to deny Kim Kardashian influenced his decision.

Dan juxtoposes this decision and treatment against that of Tina...
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News breaks during the show that President Trump has issued imprisoned former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters a pardon, despite her being incarcerated for a state-level crime. Will Governor Polis agree to her release?
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Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) has put together a 'greatest hits' album of classic takes, and Dan revisits one of those where the Senator asks 'health experts' the simple question - 'do you support abortion up to the moment of birth for a healthy mother and a healthy infant?'

Kentucky state representative Sarah Stalker (D) expresses that she 'doesn't feel good about being white every day,' and goes on to describe her white privilege. Dan ...
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News breaks of a sanctioned oil tanker being seized by the United States off the coast of Venezuela.

Callers respond to whether stores should be prosecuted for failing to apprehend and punish shoplifters.
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George Brauchler, 23rd district attorney joins Dan with his take as a prosecutor on a Douglas County shoplifting ordinance and its enforcement. Should stores allow shoplifters to go free, or hire armed security as a deterrent?
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Dan marvels at the inadequacy of the current justice system in Colorado as it pertains to the standard of 'competency' for defendants to stand trial.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D) has entered the U.S. Senate race in Texas, and uses race for political points in an interview - suggesting 'black folk' shouldn't pay federal income taxes and should probably also receive reparations for slavery.
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Colorado state 'senadora' Julie Gonzales disavows her Democratic Socialst ties in an interview with Kyle Clark of 9 NEWS. Longtime GOP consultant Dick Wadhams joins Dan to break down her challenge from the left against sitting U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper in the 2026 Democratic primary.
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When compared with the disgrace of Governor Jared Polis commuting most of the sentence for Rogel Aguilera Mederos, whose out of control semi incinerated five people on a Colorado interstate, the sentence for Tina Peters tampering with a Dominion Voting System machine seems arbitrary and capricious at eight years.

They are often lumped together by the mainstream media, but Dan and Ryan make the case why Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) is ...
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Dan returns after a week-long court case battle on behalf of a woman in her late 70s against an insurance company, victory in hand.

A judge rules on Tina Peters with regard to her current status as a state prisoner, after President Trump asks for her to be remanded into federal custody.
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Peter Hilts, District 49 superintendent joins Matt Dunn (in for Dan) to discuss a momentous win for girls' sports in Colorado as CHSAA will no longer allow biological males to participate in female sports.
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Matt Dunn fills in for Dan and applauds FIFA for awarding President Trump with their peace prize ahead of drawings for team groups for the 2026 World Cup.

Also, his thoughts on the arrest of 30-year-old Brian Cole, Jr. as the January 6 bomb planting suspect.
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