The conservative legal activists at Alliance Defending Freedom are taking another Colorado case to the Supreme Court this week. Will conversion therapy for minors — which has been illegal in this state since 2019 — be reconsidered as a free speech issue? Then, “gonzo journalist” and longtime Woody Creek resident Hunter S. Thompson’s widow is asking the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to reopen the case of his death in 2005, which was ruled a suicide, but why she’s requesting the probe remains murky. Host Bree Davies and producer Paul Karolyi dive into these stories plus new information on Pete’s University Park Cafe, the Avs’ questionable allegiance, and a listener question about a Denverite on “Survivor.”

Paul mentioned Hunter S. Thompson’s famous Rolling Stone article “The Battle of Aspen.” After we recorded this episode, Cale Makar answered a reporter’s question about the view of him wearing an LA Rams uniform. 

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