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 guest, describing her days in Boulder at KBCO, in Denver at KOA, & her gigs at FNC, ABC, & elsewhere.
Carol describes covering Balloon Boy and JonBenet stories, with the latest updates on both cases. Carol just wrote a wonderful Colorado Sun story about the Brown Bombers who dominated Colorado Springs muni league baseball in 1949-50, and how they broke Colorado racial barriers.
Colorado Springs was home to Henry Sachs, a successful Jewish businessman, who befriended black families in the 1920s. And vice versa. Mr. Sachs paid for Effie Strand to attend Colorado College and his Foundation has paid the way for many more black students to attend college. Listen to fascinating Ben Ralston, President of Sachs Foundation Colorado.
Legendary Denver Judge Gary Jackson was one such Sachs scholarship recipient and he has paid it forward by being Colorado’s premier advocate for judicial diversity. This Denver native and first black deputy DA in Denver also knew O. Otto Moore, our mentor who battled the Klan in Denver. He returns to Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge.
Colorado College and Colorado Springs make one think of coal trains moving north to Denver and south to Texas. Poor Texas is dealing with Colorado-type snow and old energy, like coal, that is failing. Coal Train Love is the perfect song about imperfect love. Listen to the fun story behind the song from our Troubadour Dave Gunders.
Rundown-
Carol Mckinley - 00:06:53
Judge Gary Jackson in Craig’s Lawyers’ Lounge - 00:56:14
Ben Ralston - 01:34:26
Craig's Commentary on State of Colorado Judiciary. With RIP Rush at end - 01:54:44
Dave Gunders - 02:13:25
Episode 136 - Kwame Spearman wants to be Denver mayor
Episode 135 - Chris Hansen wants to be Denver Mayor - Sam Kaufman sold many Neckties
Episode 134 - Mike Johnston wants to be Denver Mayor
Episode 133 - John Fielder - Colorado’s Photographer
Episode 132 - Kelly Brough wants to be Denver Mayor
Episode 131 - Paul Pazen
Episode 130 - Jim Walsh wants to be Denver Mayor
Episode 129 - Kirk Widlund Hour on KNUS is Missing
Episode 128 - Troubadour Dave Gunders - Chanukah/Christmas Special
Episode 127 - Mitch Morrissey - Crime Fighter - DNA Expert
Episode 126 - Ari Armstrong
Episode 125 - Adam Mares - DNVR - A Hundred Invisible Threads
Episode 124 - Heidi Beedle - mass murder at Club Q - Nick Fuentes dines with Trump and Kanye Werst (sic)
Episode 123 - Scott Levin - ADL’s Regional Director - Mountain States Division
Episode 122 - Bob Marshall wins sweet anti-MAGA victory in Douglas County Colorado
Episode 121 - Looking Down featuring filmmaker Ari Folman, Rev. Gino Geraci and Remembering Bella
Episode 120 - The Holly featuring Terrance Roberts and author Julian Rubinstein
Episode 119 - Silence is Sinful - featuring Joe O’Dea, Steve Durham and Rabbi Rheins’ sermon
Episode 118 - Luke Cranor Indicts John Kellner & George Brauchler Indicts Steve Wells
Episode 117 - Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser
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