The Craig Silverman Show

Law Day. Most things come down to the law as Chief Bill Willoughby explained to Mildred Hayes in the Academy Award-winning movie, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. This outstanding 2017 movie about dysfunctional cops and a racist community is a springboard for outstanding discussions with smart guests.   Troubadour Dave Gunders has a song titled Your Way Too which is all about seeing thin...

Medical matters. Humans seek relief for every known malady. Some problems are serious -- others as trivial as boredom. We crave entertainment and information. Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal is a renowned MD and New York Times’ writer covering health care, climate change, China, and the world. Dr. Rosenthal worked as an emergency room physician before becoming a journalist and she is a fascinating guest....

Legal Judgments. Attorney Penfield Tate III and host discuss cause and solutions to the recent spate of mass shootings. Should the Supreme Court expand? Should Senate end filibuster?  Deadly police interactions with George Floyd, Daunte Wright, Tamir Rice, Elijah McClain, and Adam Toledo deaths are analyzed. So are Nuggets and Rockies.   Our show’s Troubadour Dave Gunders calms things down with hi...

Media Reflections. Raj Chohan, of Channel Four fame, used to pepper panelists with questions as he hosted Colorado Inside Out on Channel 12. Now, the table is turned, and this award-winning journalist turned attorney gets to answer many queries as he visits Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge.   Our Troubadour Dave Gunders gives us his profound song named Every Little Problem which tells the story of an eleph...

Happy Passover. The plague of Covid may be over. The seasons are changing. Vaccines are abundant and better days are ahead unless we chew ourselves up as a country in the interim. For now, let’s celebrate the last couple of days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.   Mike Littwin has made lots of bread and newsprint during his storied career as an American journalist. Covering sports and hard news, M...

Boulder Ten. Our show Troubadour Dave Gunders has a blues song named Revelation Town capturing the mood of Boulder Colorado stricken with brutal gun violence. The King Soopers murder of ten innocent people hits close to home. We grieve. And then what?    We keep living. And trying to make positive changes. We interview political leaders like Colorado State Rep. Steven Woodrow, who has outstanding...

Note- The previous version of Episode 36 - March Moisture, had glitches in the audio that have been cleaned for this rerelease.  Thank you all for your patience and for listening! Enjoy!   March moisture. We’ve survived Denver’s 4th worst blizzard. We’re grateful for the moisture. Water scarcity issues predominate in Colorado. George Washington Patriots dominate in Colorado high school hoops and h...

Riot conditions. Riot of Moderna vaccine now coursing through podcast host’s body after his dose number two on the one-year anniversary of the pandemic. Soon, most of us will be vaccinated. Happy days may be here soon.   But not soon enough for the pent-up, liquored-up, rioters on the Hill in Boulder last Saturday.  In the middle of the mayhem was Boulder Daily Camera reporter Mitchell Byars. We g...

Collector items. No one is a better sports memorabilia collector than Denver, Colorado’s own Marshall Fogel.  The world of collectibles has been booming during the pandemic. Marshall returns to Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge to explain how he first got involved in 1989 in Chicago.   There’s much more to Marshall Fogel than baseball cards. Listen to this legendary lawyer describe his youth in Denver, his...

Boulder DA. Michael Dougherty has that big job now, and he discusses maintaining office camaraderie in these pandemic times. This veteran prosecutor started as a line deputy in his native New York City. Mike worked with legendary Manhattan DAs Morgenthau and Vance and discusses the role of his old office in current Trump-related investigations.   There’s plenty to discuss about Boulder, Colorado....

Colorado Springs. She’s my old college town and she runs right through this episode like the coal train running next to I-25. Henry Sachs lived in Colorado Springs less than a hundred years ago and this show is dedicated to him and Civil War hero General William Palmer.   Carol McKinley is a professional journalist and a former Big 8 pentathlete for CU. This Buff track team captain is a special gu...

Impeachment Show. The Trump trial in US Senate is fascinating. Lead Manager Jamie Raskin has marshaled an excellent team of Congressmen to prosecute including Colorado’s own Diana DeGette and Joe Neguse. Craig ranks the performance of all the participating attorneys and gives his take on who will win.   Whitney Traylor, 9-News Legal Analyst, enters Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge and discusses the racism...

Black History.   Thank goodness for black people. Good luck to trailblazing Vice President Kamala Harris. Donald Trump would still be president but for African American voters and leaders who saved us from that scourge.   African Americans have played a key role in my life. Velveta Golightly-Howell was my classmate and friend at the Denver DA’s Office forty years ago.  After her incredible career,...

Legal matters. This show features three men of the law speaking about that subject. Without the law, what would we have? Disunity. Uncivilization. America is based on the rule of law which means we follow the statutes set forth by our legislators. And the framers of our Constitution.   Colorado State Rep. Dylan Roberts is my first guest this week in Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge. His House District 26 (...

Tough job. Joe Biden has one now. The Inaugural was spectacular. But now what? Famous Denver attorney David Lane enters Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge where they kick around Trump’s Big Lie and how the law should respond.   Let the Trump insurrection trial begin!  67 Senators may vote guilty.  Maybe more. BTW, David Lane is suing Lauren Baubert for her blockage of Twitter. Lane’s also suing Aurora cops i...

Dangerous talk.  Donald Trump gave a dangerous talk on the Ellipse outside our White House on January 6, 2021. It sounded like a final command signaling the start of the violent part of Trump's Insurrection. Trump learned a lot of his speaking style, tactics, and rough manners from Rush Limbaugh and other talk show hosts.   Author/historian Dr. Brian Rosenwald studied the history of talk radio for...

Shabbat Shalom! A greeting and a prayer as the United States seeks to thwart Trump’s horrific insurrection. To discuss the attack on the US Capitol, we have three smart lawyer/legislators in Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge.   Terrance Carroll was Colorado’s first African American Speaker of the House. He is also a Baptist clergyman, cop, and lawyer who grew up riding his bike down the steps of the US Capi...

David Gunders. Our Troubadour. There are lots of podcasts but not too many with their own troubadour. Every week, we find a Dave Gunders’ original song perfect for the week and its current events.   Good-natured, witty, and wise, Dave tells us the stories behind the songs and how they may apply to the difficult year that was 2020. Please listen to another album’s worth of great music (12 songs) fr...

Holiday Music! Merry Christmas. Cheery Pandemica!   We celebrate holidays with festive songs. Fun caroling lyrics are published in Craig’s column in the Colorado Sun.    Smile as Troubadour Dave Gunders gives his wonderful rendition of Craig’s slightly altered holiday classic, Jolly Old Joe Biden Sir.   Then singalong with Craig as he sings his own witty songbook. You are encouraged to sing loud o...

The Garnetts. What an accomplished Colorado family. I worked with Stan Garnett at the Denver DA’s Office and now his son Alec Garnett is Colorado’s House Speaker-Designate which means he will soon wield the gavel of immense Colorado political power. Listen and learn the secrets to raising a great son.   Alec discusses legislative priorities and why he chose to live in Denver rather than his native...

Happy Hanukkah! Thanks to US Supreme Court. Listen to the brilliant analysis of Texas v. Pennsylvania in Craig's Lawyers Lounge by accomplished Colorado lawyer Tom Downey. Tom went to Georgetown Prep where he was classmates with Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.  Tom’s insights are terrific.   The Lounge stays open to welcome 18th JD DA-Elect John Kellner. This Lieutenant Colonel in the United Sta...

Jenna Ellis? Personal attorney for Donald J. Trump? Wasn’t that Roy Cohn’s job?  And then Michael Cohen? Wasn’t Paul Manafort an attorney?  Wasn’t Manafort’s business partner Roger Stone? Didn’t Stone come up with that “Stop the Steal” bullcrap to contest the “rigged” election of Joe Biden?   The New York Times quoted Ellis’ colleagues Stephanie Stout and Craig Silverman in their Jenna Ellis story...

Happy Thanksgiving.  We are grateful for the tenacity and talents of State Senator Rhonda Fields and Denver Judge Gary Jackson who share their life journeys. It is entertaining and instructive to learn the lessons from these pioneering African Americans who are now standout leaders in Colorado.   Rhonda Fields had two beautiful kids and a great job when her world got wrecked by the June 20, 2005 m...

Rundown - Andrew Struttman - 00:03:05 Alexis King in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 00:39:48 Mike Foote in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 01:14:40 Henry Gunders - 01:36:53   Political Science. My major at Colorado College. Same with Andrew Struttman, only he went to CC’s archenemy, Denver University. I say Trump is dangerous now. Andrew says calm down. Andrew’s a Republican political pro. I am not! Listen,...

Rundown -  Alex Kershaw - 00:03:21 Dave Gunders - 00:45:24 Joe Salazar in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 00:54:26 Vic Mitchell - 01:28:16   Felix Sparks! In 1993, this Colorado hero joined the parents of murdered children and me to battle the NRA regarding gun control for juveniles. Our group was called PUNCH! People United – No Children’s’ Handguns and we won big victories in the 1993 Colorado Special...