podcasts

DJ Summers dives into the costlier state of Colorado | The OpEdge Podcast

May 19, 2026

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Tony Olivero

Common Sense Institute’s Director of Communications & Research Operations DJ Summers dives deep with The OpEdge Podcast host and investigative columnist Jimmy Sengenberger regarding Colorado’s drop in the institute’s Free Enterprise Competitive Index. Summers shares shrewd insights regarding Colorado’s curious, one-of-a-kind case study of economics, demographics and culture of the past 15 years, when a…
George Brauchler on Colorado’s ‘Jailbreak’ | The OpEdge Podcast

Apr 8, 2026

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Tony Olivero

We are pleased to introduce the inaugural episode of The OpEdge — The Gazette’s new opinion podcast. District Attorney and law enforcement hawk George Brauchler tells host and investigative columnist Jimmy Sengenberger what lawbreakers can expect in the 23rd Judicial District. Brauchler recaps his recent commentary for The Gazette — “Jailbreak” — detailing legislative Democrats’ efforts to empty Colorado…
Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet on GOP health care bill: ‘Nobody should bet against Mitch McConnell’

Jul 10, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, is warning against underestimating Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell’s ability to pass legislation overhauling the nation’s health care system – even if the bill appears to be on the ropes. “It is hard to bet against Mitch McConnell. He is relentless at this stuff,” Bennet told the hosts…
Mike Merrifield talks about getting gaveled down and mountain biking ‘until his legs fall off’ in Senate Dems’ podcast

May 6, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Sen. Mike Merrifield discusses his love for the outdoors and the reason he doesn’t miss “The Big Bang Theory,” a sitcom about nerds, in a new episode of “Behind the Politics,” the weekly podcast produced by Colorado’s Senate Democrats. He also recalls with pride that he had the distinction during his first term in…
Steve Fenberg talks about engaging young voters, his mountain bar and being mistaken for an aide

Mar 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Sen. Steve Fenberg discusses a range of topics in an episode of “Behind the Politics,” a weekly podcast produced by the Senate Democrats posted online this week, including his work engaging young voters over the course of a decade with New Era Colorado, the Silver Plume bar he opened last summer with a few friends and some…
Leroy Garcia talks Pueblo, treatment for opioid abuse in Senate Dems’ inaugural podcast

Mar 13, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Assistant Minority Leader Leroy Garcia discusses Pueblo, a bill to combat opioid abuse and the importance of reading early in life in the first episode of “Behind the Politics,” a weekly podcast produced by the Senate Democrats. Garcia, a Pueblo Democrat, calls Pueblo a fascinating community and recommends visiting Lake Pueblo, one of the area’s most…
Senate Dems step up to the mic with new series of podcasts

Mar 13, 2017

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DAN NJEGOMIR Colorado Politics

Ready for a little friendly media rivalry in the state Senate? No, not among us folks in the “working press” who cover the upper chamber; this time, it’s between the two parties’ press offices that dish out information to the public. Ruling Republicans have been posting weekly video messages via YouTube, tapping into their members’ talents to make their caucus’s case…

podcasts

DJ Summers dives into the costlier state of Colorado | The OpEdge Podcast

George Brauchler on Colorado’s ‘Jailbreak’ | The OpEdge Podcast

Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet on GOP health care bill: ‘Nobody should bet against Mitch McConnell’

Mike Merrifield talks about getting gaveled down and mountain biking ‘until his legs fall off’ in Senate Dems’ podcast

Steve Fenberg talks about engaging young voters, his mountain bar and being mistaken for an aide

Leroy Garcia talks Pueblo, treatment for opioid abuse in Senate Dems’ inaugural podcast

Senate Dems step up to the mic with new series of podcasts