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

February 18, 2026 34 mins
An update from the capitol on this Ash Wednesday, as Brittany Vessely of Colorado Catholic Conference notifies the audience that the parental custody element of SB26-018 (Legal Protections for Dignity of Minors) in which parents were compelled to affirm the gender identity of their children.

SB26-018 Legal Protections for Dignity of Minors | Colorado General Assembly
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Leftist leadership of Colorado can't get out of its own way and just drove out Palantir, one of the state's largest employers, over a new AI law banning 'algorithmic discrimination' based on demographic status, which is hostile toward businesses like Palantir looking to compile accurate data for statistical analysis.
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Brittany Vessely, executive director of Colorado Catholic Conference comments on the Orwellian-named 'Legal Protections for Dignity of Minors' bill (SB26-018) which states parents who refuse to affirm the gender identity of their child may have that factor into custody judgments made by a court.
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Kelsey Reinhardt, president and CEO of Catholic Vote comments on three ballot initiatives launched by Erin Lee of Protect Kids Colorado, which are pedal-to-the-metal down the stretch in gathering over 170k signatures for each - well above the 120k threshold required for appearing on the ballot.
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Rep. Jeff Hurd (CO-3) was one of six Republicans to vote with a slew of Democrats to rebuke President Trump's tariffs against Canada. He joins Dan to detail the reasons why.
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The Democrats continue to find a new low, this time by proposing legalized prostitution in the General Assembly - which would make Colorado the first state in the union to do so statewide.
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Hope Scheppelman, GOP primary candidate for Colorado's 3rd Congressional District against incumbent Rep. Jeff Hurd, joins Dan to discuss the Congressman's vote against President Trump's emergency tariffs against Canada. Might this put the President's endorsement of Hurd in the district back in play?

Hope Scheppelman for Congress - Colorado CD3
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Anne Schlafly is carrying on her legendary conservative activist mother Phyllis's legacy with Eagle Forum, she joins Dan to discuss the revelatory op-ed from the New York Times going back on its original support for legalized marijuana.
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Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) has been exposed as a shallow partisan, who put the chain of command of our military at risk with his vague, nebulous directive for troops not to follow 'illegal orders' given by President Trump as Commander-in-Chief. When asked for specific examples, he's got nothing. At all.
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Rep. Scott Bottoms (R-15) stuns onlookers at a GOP event in Colorado Springs, alleging the existence of a child sex trafficking ring at the state capitol. Is there enough evidence to prove this? And setting that aside, Democrats continue to vote against harsher sentences for child sex traffickers in the state. Why?
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Kyle Clark is at it again, injecting his leftist political bias into purported 'news' stories. While accidentally watching 9 NEWS after the Super Bowl, Dan notices the slant in his 'reporting' on the resignation of Denver Archbishop Samuel J Aquila:

"Pope Leo has the potential to shift forty years of conservative politics in the Denver Archdiocese, which has seen three staunchly conservative leaders since the mid 1980s. Pope Leo is ...
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Dan missed out on the Monday after the Super Bowl with George Brauchler filling in, so he has his chance to weigh in on Bad Bunny's halftime performance - and the Caplis review is not favorable, despite Ana Navarro's tearful acount of what it meant to 'the Latino community.'
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George Brauchler previews an upcoming op-ed in The Denver Gazette he has penned on our selection process for judges in the state of Colorado. The number of Democrat-appointed judges is staggering and disproportionate to representation of Republicans in many Congressional districts throughout the state.

Ryan offers his thumbnail sketch analysis of the governor's race, having interviewed each of the presumed 'major' candidates in the ...
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Former Aurora city council member Danielle Jurinsky is now focusing most of her time on running her sports bar, J.J.'s Place. She joins George Brauchler (in for Dan) after a viral post about encountering a spirited divide between patrons during the Super Bowl on whether to put the Bad Bunny or Kid Rock/Turning Point USA halftime shows up on the TVs in the establishment.

JJ's Place Aurora
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Dan asks if America is getting more sober - just in time for Super Bowl Sunday.

Both Dan and Ryan offer up final score predictions for Super Bowl LX between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks.
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Erin Lee, Protect Kids Colorado founder joins Dan to comment on Children's Minnesota pausing hormones and puberty blockers for minors after pressure from the Trump administration against transgender procedures.
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Dan shares the amazing story of a 13-year-old Australian boy swimming 4 hours in the freezing ocean to rescue his family. 

Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) fans the flames of fear and vitriol against ICE agents, claiming they are leaving behind 'death cards' in cars of people they’ve detained. He contends it 'is cruel for the sake of being cruel' in sending a warning to other illegal aliens.
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Dan details why and how religion is making a comeback in the United States, particularly among younger people.

Bitcoin, once viewed as a skyrocketing investment compared to the slower, steadier market of precious metals, takes a nosedive in the markets.
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Callers and texters come out of the woodwork to respond to Dan's grand question - if you give up on Colorado, where will you move?
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After a biolab found in a Las Vegas home is linked to China, Dan wonders aloud when the next pandemic will be and what it will look like.

Detransitioner Fox Varian wins a massive medical malpractice case against her psychologist and plastic surgeon with a $2 million verdict. How does this alter the landscape of the entire movement to protect children from such barbaric procedures, will 'gender-affirming care' go the way of the lobot...
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