Dan Caplis

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

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.

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.

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?

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 continuing Pope Francis's work to guide the Church in a more welcoming, less exclusionary direction with a focus on care for the poor - and immigrants.'

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.'

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 Republican primary field (Rep. Scott Bottoms, Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer, Victor Marx, Teller County Sheriff Jason Mikesell).

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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 lobotomy?

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R, CO-4) makes her first appearance on RSL after the move to mornings, updating Ryan on the end of the partial government shutdown as well as the status of the SAVE Act currently pending before the U.S. Senate.

Independent journalist Benjamin Ryan was the only reporter in the courtroom to witness a $2 million malpractice verdict granted to a victim of 'gender-affirming care' indoctrination which persuaded a young woman to have her healthy breasts removed as part of gender reassignment surgery.Benjamin Ryan (@benryan): "BREAKING: 1st Detransitioner to Take a Medical-Malpractice Lawsuit to Trial Wins $2 Million Judgement Fox Varian sued her Westchester, NY, area psychologist and plastic surgeon for the gender-transition mastectomy she got at 16. I was the only reporter to attend the entire 3-w…"Rep. Ty Winter (R-47), House assistant minority leader, joins Dan with an update from another day on the General Assembly floor with wild bill proposals from Democrats in the majority.

The Good (Jelly Roll), The Bad (Bunny), and The Ugly ('f--- ICE' by Billie Eilish) from acceptance speeches at Sunday's 2026 Grammy Awards.

Samuel J. Aquila, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Denver, joins Dan for two segments to discuss his recent public comments on the issue of immigration in the United States, along with our nation's right to enforce its own borders against the influx of illegal aliens by the Trump administration.

Dan details Don Lemon's own incriminating audio from video segments he recorded prior to and during the storming of a Minnesota church by obnoxious agitators interrupting the free expression of religion in a place of worship. Lemon was arrested by the Trump Department of Justice on Friday morning.

Denver mayor Mike Johnston goes on the record calling ICE 'the bad guys' and vowing to stand up to deportation orders from the Trump administration, as many public school teachers in Denver, Aurora, and JeffCo walk out in protest in support of Minneapolis agitators.Ryan gives a touching tribute to comedy legend Catherine O'Hara (1954-2026), who died Friday at the age of 71.