The Craig Silverman Show

Episode 51 - Tone Setting

This 1^st episode of year 2 is a doozy.  In 3rd episode of Netflix documentary, Filthy Rich, late Jeff Epstein gets asked if he has an "egg-shaped" penis by an accuser's attorney, Spencer Kuvin. Epstein got up and left. Later, he wrote Kuvin’s client a big check. Talk about setting the tone.

 

Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge welcomes back Spencer Kuvin who also won civil justice for Bill Cosby victim, Chloe Goins alleged Bill Cosby assaulted her at L.A. Playboy Mansion in 2008. Kuvin’s client got nice settlement. Hear Kuvin’s reaction to Cosby criminal case reversal.

 

Abe Wagner is world renowned communicator and author who has made a career teaching top executives how to say it straight. Wagner shows off his motivational abilities that has delighted and educated audiences in 35 countries. If you like communication skills, you’ll benefit from this interview.

 

Troubadour Dave Gunders shows off his mad musical skills with his song titled Set the Tone. We also re-visit his holiday classic, Fourth of July. And we talk about the independence and love we have for the podcast we’re doing together for a second year.

 

John McGuire is a top Denver tax lawyer who comes into Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge to explain his journey to Colorado from Columbus, Ohio. Lively discussion ensues about tax morality and what these tax charges against Trump Organization and Allen Weisselberg mean in the real world.

 

Rundown - 

 

Spencer Kuvin in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 06:08

 

Abe Wagner - 24:08

 

Dave Gunders - 01:21:57

 

John McGuire in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 01:36:34

 

Episode 50 - Morgan Carroll!

Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge graced by wisdom of attorney and former state senator Morgan Lenore Carroll, daughter of legendary Colorado lawyers John Carroll and Rebecca Bradley. Find out what motivates this charismatic Chairwoman of the Colorado Democratic Party.

 

Episode 50 will help you understand how and why Dems keep winning in Colorado -- Morgan Carroll. She has bright strategies for everything including making Lauren Boebert a one-term only Colorado embarrassment. Listen to this historic champion for America and Colorado.

 

Troubadour Dave Gunders delivers for 50^th straight time. His song, Tarred and Feathered, contemplates proper sanctions for misbehavior. It’s a perfect song in age of Trump, Chauvin, and big lies.  Discussion extends to spicy chicken sandwiches and Charles Grodin in Midnight Run.

 

Rundown -

 

Morgan Carroll in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 05:10

 

Dave Gunders - 01:16:27

Episode 49 - Denver Streets

Holly Street runs north-south through metro Denver. I’ve always lived within walking distance of Holly, but miles south of 34^th and Holly in Park Hill. I knew about the Holly Shopping Center from growing up in Denver, and from working as a Denver prosecutor for sixteen years. 

 

Julian Rubinstein has authored The Holly: Five Bullets, One Gun, and the Struggle to Save an American Neighborhood. It’s a compelling story about former gang member Terrence Roberts and the history of Park Hill, Denver, gangs, cops and USA. There’s never been a book quite like this about Denver.

 

Bill Buckley was a legendary Denver Chief Deputy DA who prosecuted for 26 years and showed me some ropes. Buckley reminisces about mean streets of Denver, including his responding to the 12-10-75 murder of DPD Homicide Detective Don DeBruno on Broadway. We talk about Denver crimes back in the day.

 

Buckley prosecuted 56 murder cases including the United Bank Massacre (Father’s Day 1991), also on Broadway. Ex DPD Sgt. Jim King was put on trial and acquitted but Buckley still argues King’s guilty. James Lowe was found guilty of horrible 6-26-79 murder on West Quincy Avenue at Pinehurst CC in Denver, a case Buckley brings to dramatic life. 

 

Troubadour Dave Gunders sings sweet sad song about leaving one’s homeland, chased out by events. Louisiana Goodbye speaks of lost communities and struggles to reclaim homes. Some seek to reclaim history. We discuss The Alamo and whole lot more. Key to history is to get the facts straight.

 

Peter Boyles rarely gets his facts straight. In a further takedown of this bad historian, we play sound of Boyles claiming governmental treatment of Christian baker Jack Phillips is Nazi-like. But Boyles lies. His views are skewed. We’ve got the sound.

 

Rundown -

 

Julian Rubinstein - 02:25

 

Bill Buckley in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 01:00:34

 

Dave Gunders - 02:12:49

 

Craig takes on Boyles' bigotry - 02:34:22

 

Episode 48 - Boyles’ Capitulation

Democracies are messy and need constant attention. America and Israel are at crossroads. Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way out but can still cause problems remaining leader of a minority party while battling criminal prosecutions.  Bibi’s also got rabid followers. Sound familiar?

 

Former Colorado State Rep. Victor Mitchell was a Republican stalwart from a conservative district. Vic has big plans on how to improve Colorado, America, and the world. You may be surprised to learn Vic is now a proud Jew with plans to become an Israeli.

 

Vic discusses this with his friend, Colorado Democratic stalwart Ken Toltz who ran competitively against Tom Tancredo in 2000. Now, Ken lives and broadcasts from Israel.  We have a lively discussion about America, Israel, Bibi, Trump, tennis, best voting systems and being Jews.

 

Mark Harris is an accomplished civil defense lawyer who refuses to capitulate to the NRA and RMGO who want all sorts of high-powered weaponry to flood Colorado and America. A board member for Colorado Ceasefire, Harris will impress you in Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge. Mark argues a tipping point has been reached.

 

My ongoing series exposing the mendacity of Denver Trump Radio brings you sound of Peter Boyles capitulating to Randy Corporon on Trump’s Big Lie. It is sad and illuminating end to a long radio career.  Going out as a partisan hack for Trump’s GOP.

 

Listen as Boyles cites his friendships with police as motivation to stop calling out Trump lies. Then listen to the famous Denver case where black police sued Boyles leading to remarkable Colorado appellate decisions recounting Boyles’ disparagement of black Denver cops. It makes for fascinating reading at 9 P.3d 1106 (2000) and 99 P.3d 75 (2004).

 

Boyles, fearing he’d be sued, called bullshit on Big Lie, but now, after belittling by Corporon and his crowd, Boyles declared he’s done with topic. Corporon tells Boyles the Big Lie issue is not going away. Some people (Corporon) built the Big Lie which Denver Trump Radio sells. Listen to Boyles’ capitulation.

 

Rundown -

 

Ken Toltz & Victor Mitchell - 02:16

 

Mark Harris in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 56:43

 

Craig chronicles Boyles capitulation - 01:45:49

 

Dave Gunders - 02:19:10

Episode 47 - Fragile Democracy

Fragile Democracy. We have one here. With publication of warning from experts in the field, this week’s show begins with their letter. Consider the implications. All we hold dear is threatened by those seeking insurrection and Big Lie elections.https://www.newamerica.org/political-reform/statements/statement-of-concern/

 

Amongst the people threatening our democracy are Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert, two Trumpsters who just got elected to Congress to wave the Trump banner. MTG is in the eye of the storm, having been booted off committees for her incendiary Q-Anon rhetoric and Nazi comparisons regarding masks.

 

Colorado’s first interview with Rep. Greene happened on Denver Trump Radio with her interviewer being Republican Committeeman Randy Corporon. The interview must be heard to be believed. Listen for the probing questions that never happen. Softball after sycophantic softball. We have got the sound.

 

A consistent sound that Oath Keepers make is, “Not on Our Watch,” its slogan. Who are these Oath Keepers, so many of whom have been arrested for busting into the Capitol on January 6? Our guest is Professor Sam Jackson; author of Oath Keepers: Patriotism and the Edge of Violence in a Right-Wing Antigovernment Group.

 

Michael Bailey, ace estate, and end-of-life attorney visits Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge to talk basketball, Nuggets, and the Avalanche. These two friends swap stories about the pandemic hopefully ending. Troubadour Dave Gunders graces us with Alexa’s Lullabye.

 

We’ve got hopeful sound (Dallas valedictorian Paxton Smith) (Trump crony Roger Stone fighting with Trump crony Steve Bannon). America will be all right if we can expose the Trump authoritarian side. The Craig Silverman Show – Sat morns – 9 – noon – Colorado time.

 

Rundown -

 

Warning Sounds - 05:50

 

Professor Sam Jackson - 28:07

 

Craig's "Not On Our Watch" Monologue  - 01:26:55

 

Sounds of Hope - 02:18:07

 

Michael Bailey in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 02:24:18

 

Troubadour Dave Gunders - 02:47:39

Episode 46 - Truth. Please.

Truth please. We continue to seek truth about the AK-47 used to kill Bella Thallas on 6-10-20. We now know gun’s owner affiliated with Tyrant Arms, LLC. Troubadour Dave Gunders gives us Chop Wood Carry Water, his haunting song of loss this Memorial Day weekend that may comfort those experiencing loss. So many people loved Bella and miss her.  We need the truth.

 

The truth is antisemitism is growing on the right and on the left. Scott Levin is Mountain States Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League. In Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge, two Denver Jewish attorneys discuss these scary times and what ADL expects people to do when witnessing antisemitism. 

 

Evaluate antisemitism in Denver this week on The Peter Boyles Show. Classic Jewish tropes and exaggerations get foisted, as the host, callers and their heroes decry Jews voting for Dems. No talk of MTG and Trump antisemitism. We’ve got the sound and we discuss horrible host’s true history and the pickle he is in now.

 

Peter Ambler works for former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords and her gun control organization, Giffords.org. He gives us the sad news of how Trump’s GOP allows the NRA to get its way. We expose harsh truth about America’s gun cult organizations.  Listen and learn about how to make a difference.  It is time for common sense gun reform.

 

Rundown -

 

Troubadour Dave Gunders - 07:28

 

Scott Levin in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 19:32

 

Craig takes on MTG, Gaetz & Boyles - 50:00

 

Peter Ambler of Giffords - 01:23:00

Episode 45 - Bella. Truth.

Bella. Truth. The truth is many people loved Isabella Joy Thallas and for good reason. She was wonderful. Gabrielle Diecidue was great pals with Bella at Cherry Creek HS and beyond. How to honor Bella? Start with truth. We demand truth about AK-47 used to kill Bella.

 

Thanks to media picking up on Mystery of AK-47 podcast with Joshua Thallas and attorney Joshua Maximon. Thanks to Westword for covering Bella’s story and confirming Sgt. Politica’s exit from DPD. https://www.westword.com/news/bella-thallas-murder-denver-cop-dan-politica-ak-47-update-11973476 Thanks also to 9News and Fox31/KDVR.

 

Our Troubadour Dave Gunders performs heartfelt song to capture sentiments of those who loved Bella. Hear the wisdom and artistry of On and On Her Way.  May Isabella’s memory be for a blessing for her family, friends and Denver, Colorado. First truth. Then action.

 

Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge welcomes back Lauri B. Regan, staunch conservative pundit and proud Jew. She is bigwig with Endowment for Middle East Truth – EMET – the Hebrew word for TRUTH. Things get heated but remain collegial as they wrestle with great issues of our day.  Hamas v Israel, Biden v. Trump, Big Lie, and Anti-Semitism.

 

Rundown - 

 

Gabrielle Diecidue - 00:03:59

 

Dave Gunders - 00:47:08

 

Monologue - 01:01:11

 

Lauri B. Regan in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 01:09:21

Bonus - Mystery of the AK-47 - The Denver murder of Isabella Joy Thallas

Josh Thallas and his lawyer Josh Maximon speak with Craig about the mystery AK-47.

Episode 44 - Honoring Isabella

Honoring Isabella.

 

Isabella Joy Thallas was a spectacular human being. Joshua Thallas will convince you of that this podcast as he discusses his daughter and so many unanswered questions. Listen to Joshua’s understandable pride in Isabella. She is a blessed memory now.  Bella was murdered in a crime that shocked Denver and should never be forgotten.

 

It was late morning on Wednesday, June 10, 2020 when an awful man in a street-level apartment fired a hail of bullets at Bella and her boyfriend, Darian Simon. Darian survived. Isabella was murdered. The murder weapon was an AK-47, an assault weapon prohibited in Denver, Colorado. The neighborhood was locked down. A community was terrorized.

 

Through law enforcement, media reports and the killer’s preliminary hearing, Joshua Thallas has learned the murder weapon belonged to DPD Sgt. Dan Politica, a friend and confidante of the killer. Say what? Tell us more.  But law enforcement will not.

 

Joshua Maximon, attorney for Joshua Thallas, enters Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge to tell us about himself, and then about this important Colorado community matter of finding out what really happened that led to Bella’s death. These two lawyers discuss good questions posed by their respective clients, Josh Thallas and Darian Simon.  Answers are sought. The truth is out there.

 

Our Troubadour sings “You and I Start Now” as we start up a campaign for information in one of Denver’s most infamous homicides. Episode 44 of The Craig Silverman Show is dedicated to the memory of the late great Isabella Joy Thallas.  May her memory be a blessing for Colorado.

 

Rundown -

Josh Thallas - 00:01:36

Josh Thallas on the Events of June 10, 2020 - 00:17:05

Josh Thallas Asking for Answers from Dan Politica - 00:43:00

Josh Thallas Discussing the Tributes to his Late Daughter - 00:52:44

Josh Maximon in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge Part 1 - 01:05:15

Josh Maximon in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge Part 2 (The Case) - 01:33:34

Dave Gunders - 01:56:15

 

Episode 43 - True Space

True Space.

 

This show focused on truth and space.  Clayton Sandell, longtime ABC network correspondent based in Denver, tells us about his exciting world, and fascination with Star Wars. Professor Don Smith from Sturm College of Law enters Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge to talk about German attorneys who facilitated Holocaust. And the lessons for our legal system now.

 

Trump’s Big Lie is ascendent with Republicans as Liz Cheney gets tossed to the GOP curb. 45’s threat to democracy persists.  Our Troubadour Dave Gunders has a spacy rock blues song perfect for this show titled Ain’t No Way You’re Coming Home. It is doubtful Liz Cheney ever returns to her GOP home.  It appears there too much truth and space that will keep them separate.  This is not her father’s Republican party?

 

Rundown - 

Clayton Sandell - 00:01:59

Dave Gunders - 01:02:00

Professor Don Smith in Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge - 01:16:26