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
3 days ago
3 days ago
Rundown -
Troubadour Dave Gunders - 21:37
"Have Mercy" by Dave Gunders - 38:16
Marshall Zelinger - 44:19
Marshall Zelinger is a star reporter, covering primarily politics, for Denver’s 9News. He’s a proud Aurora native with a huge CU-Boulder lineage. We talk about Buffs, Broncos and politics. Should the Dolphins have gone for the record vs. Broncos?
Lauren Boebert’s night on the town in Denver was largely exposed by 9News and Zellinger. Find out how that lewd story got told and shown on our screens in sharp detail. We talk about the difficult situation in the Colorado GOP and the possible media career of Ken Buck.
Show Troubadour Dave Gunders delivers again with his evocative hit song, Have Mercy, a powerful ditty about the devil and an angel being brothers. High Holiday hijinks and adventures described -- with the host proving to be a wandering Jew during the start of 5784.
Disgraceful former president Trump went west on September 29 to deliver fascist remarks to adoring California GOP MAGA cult members. We’ve got the sound and the analysis. It proves the trouble America will have if 45 gets power ever again.
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
Saturday Sep 23, 2023
Rundown -
Jane Feldman in the Inner Sanctum of Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 49:25
Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:53:58
"When I Die" by Dave Gunders - 02:08:44
Sordid Lauren Boebert incident at the Denver theater is thoroughly reviewed. So is the reaction by members of the Colorado and national media. Remember how Boebert went on Caplis Show to unveil bogus October 2022 surprise claiming her opponent had adulterous sex in a storage trailer in Aspen, a claim later discredited. We do.
We’ve got the sound of Caplis’ reacting to the Boebert incident this week where he goes after the media for letting Dems like Polis and Biden get away with worse. The double standard is real and we use sound to show where it actually exists - on conservative media. Kyle Clark is part of this soundbite story.
Listen to Boebert reading a Caplis-approved script and flubbing it badly. Abortion opposition is a prop for BoBo and many of her fellow travelers, but it works to get some people on her side. And that’s all it takes.
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1705009115049648439
On the eve of Yom Kippur and G-d knows what else, we bring you both a spiritual and prosecution oriented show. Being Jewish may seem obvious if your name is Feldman, but there’s always a little more to the story. The Feldmans were connected to the upper echelon of Manhattan politics.
Jane Feldman’s father was a prominent NYC attorney close to the famous Morgenthaus, the most prominent Jewish family in American politics for years. We do a lot of name-dropping, including Kennedys, Roosevelts and celebrities Jane Feldman knew growing up in NY. Jane went on to be a prosecutor for the NYC DA’s Office where she served 8+ years.
Jane Feldman also worked as Assistant AG in Colorado. She’s in her fifth decade of legal practice now, meaning she enters the INNER SANCTUM reserved for Craig’s Act Five Attorneys, now in their fifth decade of practice. Such lawyers are fearless and opinionated. Jane comes through.
An outspoken MAGA critic, Jane is known by Congressman Joe Neguse and others as a great sharp-tongued, fact-checker of MAGA on social media. Feldman calls out conservative disinformation and stands up against Jew haters. We talk about MAGA and bigotry – and how best to react as lawyers.
We analyze the various Trump trials and tribulations. This drama has many NYC components such as Trump and Rudy Giuliani. Go behind the scenes with this NYC connected guest with sharp analytical and prosecutorial skills. Jane Feldman is wise.
Show Troubadour Dave Gunders is great at contemplating the big issues that go with Yom Kippur. It is the day Jews confront their mortality. Gunders does that straight on with his amazing song titled, "When I Die." Is it metaphorical or literal when he says he wants to be laid down in the muddy water of the Mississippi?
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Rundown -
Larry Ryckman - 19:09
Troubadour Dave Gunders - 49:49
"New Last Chance" by Dave Gunders - 01:01:32
Rich Kaudy, Esq. in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 01:06:59
Special show welcomes Rosh Hashanah 5784 with great guests, sound and music. Omnipresent threats from our quadra-indicted former president affect the fair administration of justice. Trump is a fundamental threat to peace and democracy in the USA.
Special Counsel Jack Smith has reacted with a strong motion to Judge Chutkan. In Tanya we trust to write a narrowly tailored gag order which 45 will no doubt violate. Push is coming to shove and we evaluate what comes next.
https://abc7chicago.com/donald-trump-special-counsel-jack-smith-gag-order/13787670/
We have the latest Trump response via the awful laughing jackal Clarence Thomas clerk, Laura Ingraham on Fox News. We also play and analyze the sound of the former president further incriminating himself with Megyn Kelly. Jack Smith is now doing what the show host advised in his Colorado Sun column.
https://coloradosun.com/2023/08/17/trump-indictment-opinion-silverman/
Speaking of the Colorado Sun, our Centennial State’s finest news outlet, we get a great visit from founder and head honcho Larry Ryckman. Larry was a tremendous Associated Press reporter for decades and then was at the Denver Post when a democracy-killing hedge fund pulled the rug out.
Five years ago, the Colorado Sun was born and it has been a huge success. Now, there is a celebration on September 29, 2023 at the Tivoli and everybody is invited. Buy some Sun merch and a subscription too. Host will be there and so will Colorado’s Governor and two US Senators.
https://coloradosun.com/sunfest/
Rich Kaudy, Esq. was an AP award-winning journalist in his Montana youth. But then, he came to Colorado for law school and over 40 years of outstanding law practice. Kaudy was a renowned civil defense lawyer, and a past president of the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association. Now, his practice has evolved.
Kaudy gets welcomed into the special Act Five Attorneys’ Inner Sanctum section of Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge. Barristers in their 5th decade of practice tend to speak out. Kaudy is great as he lets loose against MAGA. He has faith in the jury system and we shall see if a jury ever sees a Trump criminal trial.
Troubadour Dave Gunders delights with his song, New Last Chance, which is so appropriate for Rosh Hashanah when the world has its birthday and pledges for better behavior are made. Great discussion ensues including Trish Silverman’s brisket. We discuss Jewish traditions!
https://music.apple.com/ng/album/chop-wood-carry-water/1607240889
The Craig Silverman Show - Every Saturday morning at 9 a.m. - Colorado time
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Rundown -
Marty Lenz and Jordan Hedberg - 04:07
Colorado’s hot fresh panel show welcomes the star of Denver’s 850 KOA Morning News, Marty Lenz and we get to hear a fascinating side of this important Colorado broadcaster. Hear a fascinating side of this important CO broadcaster. Lenz shows deep knowledge of football and wisdom of keeping religion out of politics.
https://koacolorado.iheart.com/featured/colorado-s-morning-news/about/
Gather wisdom from erudite publisher of the Wet Mountain Tribune, Jordan Hedberg, previously featured on Episode 113. Jordan battles the forces of MAGA in rural Custer County where White Christian Nationalism runs deep.
https://wetmountaintribune.com/tag/jordan-hedberg/
Lenz (a receiver) and Hedberg (a lineman) played college football, and hot takes on Broncos loss and Buffs wins provided. Is Deion Sanders gonna win it all and save us from White Christian Nationalism and MAGA? Is Shedeur Sanders now the best quarterback in Colorado, Russell Wilson included? Fun football discussion ensues with no punches pulled.
Politics and the MAGA insurrection cases get the panel's full attention. We discuss Kyle Clark’s brave interview with Able Shephard’s Jimmy Graham. Advisability of new Denver District Court case of Anderson v Griswold considered. Will the 14th Amendment actually DQ Trump?
How should MAGA news be covered in Colorado? Listen to Marty Lenz, outspoken and unplugged here, representing Colorado’s most famous radio station. Jordan knows about community papers and he fights for truth in rural Colorado. This trio engages in fascinating conversation. Give a listen.
Craig’s Colorado Corner - Monday mornings at 6 a.m. Colorado time
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
Rundown -
Mario Nicolais in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 21:51
Peter Simon - 50:55
Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:29:07
"Stranger in a Strange Land" by Dave Gunders - 01:49:17
Mario Nicolais, lead lawyer on the new Denver D/Ct declaratory judgment case aiming to DQ Trump, joins host again in Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge. Learn behind the scene details on Anderson v Griswold, aka Biggest Case Ever.
How were plaintiffs, and Denver as the venue, selected? Who will be called as witnesses? Host speculates on the last names of Cheney, Kinzinger, Luttig and Tribe. Listen for the response to this litigation unfolding in the show host’s Denver courthouse! Excitement palpable.
Host confronts the rantings of ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee who threatens violence if Nicolais’ lawsuit succeeds. Other commentators have issued their dire warnings. Such MAGA commentary is instructive, as are the rantings of Mike Lindell when forced at depo to confront his defamation of a Denverite named Eric Coomer.
Dr. Coomer's case reveals the Dominion lie which reveals the Trump insurrection. It is that simple. But it gets complicated through the bad faith of MAGA propaganda which the show host again calls out. Lindell sponsored MAGA propagandists on #DenverTrumpRadio and show calls it out. Again.
Show business legend Peter Simon, GW Class of 1967, provides a fascinating interview rich with music, humor and Colorado history. Saling Simon, Peter’s grandpa, helped found National Jewish Hospital at the turn of last century.
https://exhibits.library.du.edu/librariespresents/items/show/5666
America’s premiere respiratory hospital, National Jewish, remains a Simon family living legacy and so is Peter’s son, also named Solang Simon, who performed side by side on the piano with his Dad, Peter, for decades. Simon & Son has Denver GWHS roots.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKxrFoMijEc
On his own, Peter Simon has worn out multiple tuxedos on his intercontinental musical tours. Learn how Peter had the same agent as Victor Borge who was a role model. Peter Simon was a piano prodigy who’s made a great life in show biz. Learn all about this Denver musical genius!
Our Troubadour Dave Gunders takes a back seat to no one when it comes to musical expression. He proves it again with piano-rich song, Stranger in a Strange Land, as we contemplate a MAGA takeover in 2024. We are working against that. And having laughs too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPkEJkijPZw
Upcoming #CraigsColoradoCorner (Monday 6 a.m.) features Marty Lenz from KOA and Jordan Hedberg discussing Trump trials, including Denver’s own Anderson v Griswold. Colo SOS has been a frequent guest in Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge. Also a guest has been Norma Anderson’s daughter-in-law Pam. Host worked @710KNUS with Krista Kafer too.
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Rundown -
Tom Asbury - 13:06
Craig Presents His GWHS Hall of Fame Speech - 01:35:21
Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:52:08
"Moonrise Western Sky" by Dave Gunders - 02:03:13
Tom Asbury was one of the greatest basketball players in the history of George Washington High School, which also produced GW HOF member Chauncey Billups. But Billups can’t match Asbury yet as a coach, given Asbury’s 238 NCAA coaching wins.
Basketball fans will like this show but it is so much more. We talk about Denver and GW back in the 1960s and how our high school dominated Colorado from its birth in 1960. We talk about s race relations then and now. Learn how college sports have changed.
George Washington High School is a microcosm of the world – right there at Leetsdale and Monaco Parkway in Denver. Education is a key in society. So are race relations. So is competition. We had all that at GW. And they still do – or so we hope.
Tom Asbury was a gifted athlete and a natural born leader of people. We talk about other great coaches like John Wooden who he got to know during Asbury’s decades as Pepperdine’s head coach. Find out why Coach Asbury now lives in Tucson and how he loved GW.
We fondly remember legendary GW head basketball coach Bill Weimer who was a fantastic teacher at East and then GEORGE. We discuss Coach Bobby Knight, and objecting too much and going too far. And then the show becomes a bit political and the limits of what head coaches can say are discussed.
Sam Silverman, age 20, knew just what to say while introducing his father, the show host, at GW Hall of Fame induction assembly on 9/1/23 at GWHS. Sound of acceptance speech here. It was an event to remember forever and recorded for the end of the show, with video to follow.
Dave Gunders supplies usual great conversation, this week from the East Coast where he’s tending to Henry Gunders, our Troubadour’s dad, age 99. Gunders’ sweet song, Moonrise Western Sky, pays tribute to the orb that fascinates us like a father.
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Rundown -
Susan Stubson and Tim Stubson - 03:18
The Stubsons are entertaining and influential lawyers from Wyoming. Susan was on Episode 106 and her verbal skills and humor delighted. She writes for the New York Times. Mrs. Stubson is joined by her brilliant attorney spouse, Tim Stubson, who is terrific. Stubson chemistry is obvious.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/15/opinion/liz-cheney-wyoming-voters.html
Learn what Christian nationalism has done to Wyoming and the Stubsons' church. Oh my goodness, what happened this past Easter with their pastor going after Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg for prosecuting Trump. If only Silverman was there to interject at that church. We imagine.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/opinion/wyoming-republicans-christian-nationalism.html
Tim Stubson knows well, and discusses, both former Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney and current Congresswoman Harriet Hageman. We agree there are similarities between Harriet and Jenna Ellis in their opportunism and narcissism, all part of this crazy era.
Stubsons and host are advocates for Ukraine defeating Russia and soon. Tim Stubson explains the reasons why he’s taken a hard stand advocating for Ukraine, and how the elected GOP in Wyoming are reacting on this fundamental freedom issue.
https://twitter.com/TimStubson/status/1692519622409674770
Susan Stubson is in full agreement on Ukraine. She longs for the days of Ronald Reagan and the clarity of fighting for freedom against the Evil Empire. Having the Stubsons on their side is great news for Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/GOP4Ukraine/status/1694021328204931523
Learn the latest on Liz Cheney. Find out that abortion clinics are still up and running in Wyoming. Trump prosecutions are considered at an imaginary roundtable in Casper where Silverman might persuade Wyoming members of the bar. The conversation gets amusing.
But then the subject gets dark and disturbing. Trump RETRIBUTION is raised. And the topic gets quite serious. Would not a second term Trump truly take violent actions against Liz Cheney, the Stubsons and non-supportive podcast hosts?
Isn’t violent RETRIBUTION akin to Putin taking out Yevgeny Prigozhin precisely what Trump is pledging? Does that bother MAGA people who know people sure to be Trump targets? And how far will it go? And will it bother MAGA supporting friends and family? Apparently not!
Trump's glowering, raging mugshot is dissected for meaning beyond its raising 7.1 million dollars so far. The grift never ends but Trump’s freedom might as the trio discuss the prospects of conviction(s) and incarceration. GOP debate in Milwaukee reviewed, especially those voting for Trump even as a convicted felon.
Oh my. Silverman pretends to be Chris Christie in Wisconsin shouting out an objection when asked if he’d forgive Trump his convictions. “How many convictions?” followed by a fast “Never mind.” might’ve brought the house down in Milwaukee. Debate performances of Pence, Haley and others evaluated.
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Saturday Aug 26, 2023
Saturday Aug 26, 2023
Rundown -
Bruce Hellerstein - 16:47
Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:02:38
"World Gone Crazy" by Dave Gunders - 01:15:30
Tom Overton in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 01:21:36
Show opening highlights the latest in the prosecutions of Trump for crimes against America. Sound of Kyle Clark documenting Big Lie flowing through Colorado via 630 KHOW and 710 KNUS, and Peter Boyles, Dan Caplis, Randy Corporon, Jenna Ellis, and Joe Oltmann is reviewed.
Bruce Hellerstein is a legendary Denver CPA who helped bring major league baseball to his hometown as part of the Denver Baseball Commission. It’s a Cinderella story that flows through George Washington High School where Bruce is being inducted this week (with host!) into the 2023 Hall of Fame class. How many guests have a museum?
Tom Overton makes a triumphant return to Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge emphasizing our legal appreciation of jurors on Colorado’s Jury Appreciation Day. Overton is a Bar and Ethics leader entering his fifth decade of practice. This wise head solves problems and is a winning litigator.
https://cl.cobar.org/departments/celebrate-jury-appreciation-day-on-september-5/
Mid-show features a crazy good performance by show Troubadour Dave Gunders who gives us his rocking song, World Gone Crazy. Winning performance of his band, the Vipers, at Gold Hill Inn last Saturday night reviewed. Here’s some proof of that greatness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiLexPg0piM
End of the show features fresh outrages uttered by Caplis and Brauchler. MAGA is getting mean. Show responds. Please don’t be accusing Fulton County prosecutors of acting like Gestapos. That’s beneath Colorado lawyers. Brauchler wants to be DougCo DA but says awful things about alleged punks he yearns to punish.
The Craig Silverman Show - Every Saturday morning at 9 a.m. Colorado time
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Rundown -
Albert Alschuler and Quentin Young - 02:22
We address the many prosecutions of Donald Trump and especially the Colorado connections.
Renowned Professor Alschuler (featured in Episode 110) is an expert on criminal law and procedure. He’s also studied the strange case of Mark Meadows. Is Meadows cooperating or not? Is TFG paying his former Chief of Staff to stay loyal? We discuss.
https://www.justsecurity.org/87506/will-mark-meadows-be-a-principal-witness-against-donald-trump/
Panel discusses roles played in TFG’s Big Lie coup and coverup by Jenna Ellis, Randy Corporon, John Eastman, Joe Oltmann, Shawn Smith, Salem Colorado, Peter Boyles, Dan Caplis, George Brauchler, and all defendants in Coomer v Giuliani, et. al. Trump’s Big Lie clearly flowed through Colorado.
https://coloradosun.com/2023/08/17/trump-indictment-opinion-silverman/
Colorado Newsline’s brilliant editor Quentin Young studies and boldly writes about Colorado connections to Trump’s insurrection. He’s an entertaining and informative panelist previously featured on Episodes 64 and 83. This journalist is brave and names names.
https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/08/10/trumps-jan-6-indictment-annotated-for-colorado/
Quentin Young has taken the time to study J6 videos and now sees red MAGA-hat wearing attorney and co-conspirator, Ken Chesebro, who was shadowing awful MAGA man, Alex Jones. Evil con man Alex Jones was shouting “Stop the Steal” and “This is 1776” like a cross between Jenna Ellis and Lauren Boebert, all the while being watched and filmed by one of TFG's many devious attorneys.
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Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Saturday Aug 19, 2023
Rundown -
Sadie Gurman - 22:22
Craig provides commentary on Randy Corporon and George Brauchler - 53:44
Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:45:05
"Crazy for You" by Dave Gunders - 01:56:27
Ace Wall Street Journal Justice Department reporter Sadie Gurman is covering the prosecutions of former president Trump and is our special guest. Get to know this Denver girl and how she’s become a superstar reporter.
https://www.wsj.com/news/author/sadie-gurman
Learn about Gurman’s experience and reaction to January 6 in her longtime home of Washington DC. She’s covered the legal aftermath at the DC courthouse and beyond. We talk about Jack Smith, Tanya Chutkan and AG Merrick Garland who calls her “Sadie.”
Count on Sadie Gurman to be fair eyes and ears as Trump prosecutions wind through legal systems. Hear Sadie Gurman’s heartfelt plea for colleague Evan Gershkovich who’s held hostage in Russia by Putin.
https://www.wsj.com/news/evan-gershkovich
Troubadour Dave Gunders has song fitting these crazy times when so many cling to Trump despite his criminality. We discuss Trump counterprogramming against Fox News’ upcoming RNC debate with bigoted and pro-Putin Tucker Carlson on Twitter. Crazy. Scary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjqgmJOsHCw
Arrests and arraignments of Trump and his 18 co-conspirators in Fulton County will get crazy and a lot of attention. Host pays attention to Colorado aspects of conspiracy and plays fascinating sound by Randy Corporon and George Brauchler.
https://coloradosun.com/2023/08/17/trump-indictment-opinion-silverman/