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- Ep. 16 – Colorado Politics Exposed Part 3: How to Win Back the West
How can Colorado conservatives stage a comeback? In the last part of the Colorado Politics Exposed series, Heidi takes a look at how the Republican Party lost its way in Colorado and how we fix things going forward. She discusses the four key counties we need to focus on in order to win again and breaks down the necessary action steps into three key buckets — Money, Message (Media), and Movement. She ends the episode with a hopeful message about what’s worked to fight the progressive blueprint in other states. Follow Heidi’s weekly newsletter to learn more about her plan to Win Back the West!
Follow @heidiganahl on social media for updates or sign up for our newsletter at heidiganahl.com!
Follow Heidi: Substack | Website | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Rumble | Truth Social | Gettr
19 min - Ep. 15 – Colorado Politics Exposed Part 2: The Well-Oiled (and Well-Funded) Democrat Machine
In 2006 and 2008, Colorado experienced a political shift like never before. While the Republican Party was facing challenges nationwide, what occurred in Colorado was a unique phenomenon. A group of four wealthy progressive donors disregarded the state Democratic establishment and established a privately funded political infrastructure. For Part 2 of Colorado Politics Exposed, Heidi does a deep dive on the well-oiled (and well-funded) Democrat machine here in Colorado and how it’s become a potential model for political change nationwide. We’re looking at the consultants, the non-profits, the fake media, and so much more.
Follow @heidiganahl on social media for updates or sign up for our newsletter at heidiganahl.com!
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26 min - Ep. 14 - Colorado Politics Exposed Part 1: Polis Is STILL the Problem
Two decades ago the Republicans had about the same power as the Democrats do in Colorado right now. Thanks not just to the Democrat billionaires and bought-off media, we have to give hats off to some terrible leaders and paid shills in the Colorado conservative movement for tanking our beautiful state. Heidi begins a series called “Colorado Politics Exposed” diving deep into how Colorado flipped from red to blue, beginning with a full episode detailing who Jared Polis REALLY is. Next week we’ll dig into the Blueprint and how the Democrats do their dirty work. The following week, we’ll take a look at the Republican side. So, let’s dive into week one.
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23 min - Ep. 13 - Can Pueblo Survive Corruption, Crime, and Chaos? (Randy Thurston, Nathan Baxter)
Best known as the "Home of Heroes" due to its remarkable number of Medal of Honor recipients, Pueblo has faced its fair share of challenges over the years. Today’s episode explores the corruption, back-door dealings, old-school politicians, and union leaders that run everything – into the ground. Heidi interviews Pueblo mayoral candidate Randy Thurston and 2022 Pueblo County Clerk candidate Nathan Baxter.
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Full Episode Breakdown:
Part 1 (0:00-12:18): Heidi shares her love and concern for one of her favorite cities from the campaign trail — Pueblo, Colorado. She discusses:
- How this beautiful historic town is not experiencing the same advantages as its big sister cities up the road – Colorado Springs, Denver, Fort Collins.
- Examples of possible corruption, including issues with voting and back-door deals with the marijuana industry.
- Alarmingly high crime rates, specifically in violent crimes like manslaughter, rape, armed robbery, and aggravated assault which are more than twice the national median.
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Part 2 (12:18-45:41): Randy Thurston joins Heidi to paint a picture of the city where he was born and raised, and why he’s running for Mayor of Pueblo. He talks about:
- The rich history of Pueblo, one of Colorado’s oldest cities known for its melting pot of industries like steel and railroad, and the amazing citizens that make up the city.
- What he learned about politics as a two-term city councilman, and how we can utilize his seasoned experience to bring Pueblo back from the significant decline it’s in.
- The brokenness seen across Pueblo’s economy, political environment, and law enforcement agencies, and Randy’s citizen-first plan to save it.
Randy Thurston: Website | Thurston for Pueblo | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube
Part 3 (45:41-1:07:17): Nathan Baxter talks about his run for Pueblo County Clerk in 2022, detailing some shocking statistics and stories revealing just how bad the state of Pueblo is currently. He discusses:
- How poor leadership has resulted in tolerance for crime and economic decline.
- The three areas the city needs to focus on in order to start thriving again.
- The role of government currently and what needs to change politically in order to save Pueblo.
Nathan Baxter: Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn
1 hr 8 min - BONUS EPISODE: Free To Be Coalition Debate Series (Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. vs. Alex Epstein)
When Heidi was a Regent at the University of Colorado, one of the problems she was most concerned about was the attack on free speech. How can we ever achieve academic freedom - or freedom as is - if there is no diversity of thought or tolerance for opposing views? She founded the Free to Be Coalition as an effort to promote healthy, respectful debate on University campuses — a project she's extremely proud of, hosting big names on both sides of the aisle to demonstrate productive debate to students across the country.
One of those big names was Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — one of the ONLY liberals who would come to the debate at CU Boulder. He was kind, intelligent, and such a great example of how to debate productively. Too bad Hotez won’t debate him on his vaccine stance (fast forward to the 58-minute mark to hear it).
The entire 2.5-hour debate is available on all podcast platforms, or you can watch it via YouTube and Rumble. We highly recommend you check it out as he’s making quite the splash as he dives into the 2024 presidential nomination.
Follow @heidiganahl on social media for updates or sign up for our newsletter at heidiganahl.com!
2 hr 13 min - BONUS EPISODE: The Young Conservative Movement (James Ruehmann, Weston Imer)
Last week, I had the great privilege of conducting 20+ mini-interviews at the Western Conservative Summit. All weekend, there was tons of discussion around engaging young voters so I wanted to sit down with two young people at the helm of the movement here in Colorado, James Ruehmann and Weston Imer. Hearing their optimism about the new influx of Gen-Z voters across the country is exciting and I can’t wait to see where they both take their political passions.
James Ruehmann: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn
Weston Imer: Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | LinkedIn
Follow @heidiganahl on social media for updates or sign up for our newsletter at heidiganahl.com!
14 min - Ep. 12 - The Fight For Parental Rights: Control, Power, and Politics (Tamra Farah, Cassie Kimbrell and Ken Witt)
Parental rights in America are under attack — and if you’re a parent, you are at war even if you don’t realize it yet. Join Heidi this week as she explores the Left’s obsession with taking rights away from parents and putting a wedge in every American family unit. She is joined by Tamra Farah, a longtime warrior for parents and a leader at Parents Know Best, as well as Cassie Kimbrell and Ken Witt whose local success story out of Woodland Park, Colorado is gaining national media attention.
Follow @heidiganahl on social media for updates or sign up for our newsletter at heidiganahl.com!
Full Episode Breakdown:
Part 1 (0:00-11:39): Heidi deep dives into two recent attacks on parental rights — the Southern Poverty Law Center’s move to declare Moms for Liberty a hate group, as well as a new law in California that goes as far as saying “non-affirming behavior” is child abuse. She discusses:
- How groups like SPLC are creating a culture of extremism in America by inflating numbers, conflating dissent with hate, and targeting conservative voices.
- What actually falls under the umbrella of “parental rights” and how they’re being manipulated for control, power, and political gain.
- Why the left is hellbent on breaking up the American family unit and making parents out to be the enemy.
Follow Heidi: Substack | Website | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Rumble | Truth Social | Gettr
Part 2 (11:39-39:00): Tamra Farah joins Heidi for a brutally candid look into the current state of parental rights on the national stage while also providing insight into actionable steps parents can take to protect their children. She talks about:
- The history behind gender ideology and how 20th-century Marxist leaders intentionally used it to separate children from their families as a political strategy.
- The Left’s use of education and the public school system to further their agenda and how teachers are being kept OUT of the conversation.
- The truth and lies within the school choice discussion and how to find the best education option for your family.
- What the left is planning next and how conservatives can start playing OFFENSE.
Tamra Farah: Instagram | Twitter | Parents Know Best | FreedomWorks | Tamra's Op-Ed in Town Hall: Pride Month and Why Schools Are Sexualizing Children
Part 3 (39:00-46:55): Woodland Park School Board member Cassie Kimbrell talks about the brave steps the board has taken to protect the American Dream in schools and how it’s resulted in both massive success and national controversy. Follow Cassie on Twitter!
Part 4 (46:55-58:11): Woodland Park School District Superintendent Ken Witt joins Heidi to talk about all things FREEDOM in education — from why parents can/should have a front-row seat to their child’s education, to WPSD’s model school choice program, to everything you need to know about teacher’s unions, and finally, to what student success actually looks like (& how to achieve it). Read more about Woodland Park in the national media: How conservatives transformed a Colorado school district
59 min - Ep. 11 - Pride Month: Has The Rainbow Been Hijacked? (Valdamar Archuleta from CO Log Cabin Republicans)
Heidi offers her thoughts about the month-long celebration of Pride and the trend of “rainbow exhaustion” it causes among not only the general population but allies and LGBTQ individuals themselves. She dives into the idea that Pride is counterproductive and explores the sensitive subject of exposing kids to topics of sexuality too young. Heidi interviews Valdamar Archuleta, the President of Colorado Log Cabin Republicans, to help navigate this complicated topic and invites him to share his unique perspective as a gay Republican.
It’s not too late to join the Colorado Kids Unleashed! Summer Challenge! Download & print the tracker HERE to follow along with us and check in every Sunday on social media to tell us how it’s going.
Follow @heidiganahl on social media for updates (links below) or sign up for our newsletter at heidiganahl.com.
Full Episode Breakdown:
Part 1 (0:00-13:09): Heidi talks about the TRUTH and LIES surrounding Pride Month — from the history to the benefits, to the concern regarding our kids. She discusses:
- Why Pride Month began and how it’s evolved as the LGBTQ community successfully gained the same legal rights as everyone else.
- What “rainbow exhaustion” is and how it not only dilutes the significance and impact of Pride but further divides the LGBTQ community from society.
- How to address Pride from a lens of the Christian faith.
- The negative impact of Pride through the lens of our kids and the extreme LGBTQ narrative being pushed on them through schools, the media, and by our government.
Follow Heidi: Substack | Website | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Rumble | Truth Social | Gettr
Part 2 (13:09-38:58): Valdamar Archuleta, President of Colorado Log Cabin Republicans, goes into depth regarding his recent op-ed Pride Month Is Counterproductive. He discusses:
- His journey from being raised a Jehovah's Witness and getting kicked out for being gay, to fighting for gay rights and unexpectedly discovering his interest in conservative politics along the way.
- His comparison of Pride Month to Black History Month, and how today’s celebration fails to honor the true meaning of Pride.
- How Pride parades and celebrations are further perpetuating stereotypes of the LGBTQ community, creating more division and negative perceptions of the movement.
- The common ground that can be found using common sense amongst our neighbors, family, and friends when discussing the current state of the LGBTQ movement.
Valdamar Archuleta: Pride Month Is Counterproductive | Twitter
Log Cabin Republicans: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
39 min - Ep. 10 - School’s OUT for SUMMER: Colorado Kids Unleashed (Rob Krecak)
This week’s episode celebrates our children and, of course, SUMMER break! With three little ones that are just out of school as of last week, Heidi talks about the JOYS of spending time together as a family, but also the CHALLENGES to make sure their time is spent well, making memories, growing, and having fun. Heidi has put together a summer challenge for kids and parents to do together to make the most of Summer 2023! She interviews Rob Krecak to speak to one of the most difficult areas of the challenge, technology.
Follow @heidiganahl on social media for updates (links below) or sign up for our newsletter at heidiganahl.com.
Full Episode Breakdown:
Part 1 (0:00-19:27): Heidi walks through the Colorado Kids’ Unleashed! Summer Challenge, focusing on the four key topics outlined below:
- We’ll Wean From SCREENS — Do all you can to implement a 2-Hour Screen Limit per day.
- Let’s FUEL up and get PHYSICAL — Get their heart pumping 1 hour per day and fill them with healthy food and drinks.
- Stay Away from Substances – encourage a sober summer.
- Find Time to Jump for Joy and BE HAPPY — let’s go BIG on the power of experiences in our family’s lives.
Download & print the tracker HERE to follow along with us and check in every Sunday on social media to tell us how it’s going!
Follow Heidi: Substack | Website | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Rumble | Truth Social | Gettr
Part 2 (19:27-44:28): Rob Krecak understands the challenges, and gifts, that technology provides us as parents and humans, founding the company Humans First to help others with technology mindfulness. He joins us to discuss the TOUGHEST of the four challenges — weaning from screens:
- His story of being addicted to video games and dealing with insecurities, resorting to technology as a coping mechanism.
- How parents can be more intentional about the use of technology in their households by setting clear boundaries and guidelines, as well as defining their family values.
- The science behind the screens, including the chemical response technology gives us and how to replace that with more positive habits that lead to more connectedness and happiness.
Rob is offering our listeners a free 30-min technology mindfulness consultation! Email [email protected] with the subject line UNLEASHED.
Rob Krecak: Humans First | 4-Day Work Week
45 min - Ep. 9 - Has Colorado Gone Bat Sh*t Crazy? (Christine Bowman from Covid Bat Research Moratorium of Colorado)
National Institutes of Health, yes Andrew Fauci’s organization, recently awarded Colorado State University $6.7 million to build a 14,000 square foot bat research lab in Fort Collins in order to conduct “gain-of-function” research on bat-borne and bat-associated diseases. A group of concerned citizens here in Colorado is asking for more time, more information, and for transparency around CSU’s proposal to build this bat vivarium in our backyard, requesting a moratorium be placed on the project until more is known about how COVID-19 originated, as we’ve seen several new documents released in the past several months. Is the risk worth the reward? Heidi interviews the head of this group, the Covid Bat Research Moratorium of Colorado (CBRMC), Christine Bowman.
Follow @heidiganahl on social media for updates (links below) or sign up for our newsletter at heidiganahl.com.
Full Episode Breakdown:
Part 1 (0:00-13:22): Heidi shares her concerns regarding the safety of CSU’s past “gain-of-function” research projects and why this new bat research lab should raise red flags for Coloradans. She talks about:
- How even well-intended research can go sideways, just as it did at CSU several decades ago with Chronic Wasting Disease — killing half of Colorado’s deer herds and about a third of its elk herds.
- What “gain-of-function” research is and why there needs to be a bigger conversation about whether it’s appropriate to be doing it at ANY university, in any lab, in America.
- The legitimate concerns of citizens following the COVID-19 pandemic, and our right to question the government’s involvement in “gain-of-function” research, especially when it’s in our backyard.
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Part 2 (13:22-38:01): Christine Bowman from the Covid Bat Research Moratorium of Colorado (CBRMC) shares why she started the group and the journey they've embarked on together to get more transparency around CSU’s new bat research lab. She discusses:
- The Larimer County Planning Board’s last-minute public meeting, conveniently set during the holidays (12/21/22) to rush approval of the bat research facility without any further public commentary.
- The LIES being told about the virus’ they plan on studying as part of this proposal, as well as the biosafety of this facility and its research.
- The TRUTH about “gain-of-function” research at CSU and the extremely vague information being shared with the public indirectly.
- How other concerned citizens can join the push for transparency alongside 500+ others in the CBRMC Facebook group.
GET INVOLVED: Join the CBRMC Facebook group, contact CSU’s rep Greg Harrison ([email protected]) to ask questions regarding the new lab, contact your state and local officials to share your concerns, and/or pick up a sign to put in your front yard (518 S Bryan Ave, Fort Collins, CO 80521).
If you’re interested in doing more research on the topic, here are some relevant links, articles, and videos to do a deeper dive:
- Former CDC Director Calls for Moratorium on Gain-of-Function Research
- Inside the Colorado State University lab that is trying to develop the world’s first vaccine for COVID-19
- Why Is NIH Funding Biolabs Around the World to Study Bat Viruses – Concerned Citizens in Colorado Don’t Want a Lab in Their Back Door
- Bat studies in US may pose another outbreak risk, officials warn
- Lab-created bird flu virus accident shows lax oversight of risky 'gain of function' research
- Current CSU biosafety head testifying 8 years ago to past pathogen leaks at labs, Inc China
- New FOIA documents confirm government Covid 19 Lab origin coverup
- DeSantis signs bills banning vaccine mandates, gain of function research
- Watchdog group files complaint after 3 bats killed at Colorado State University lab
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About Unleashed with Heidi Ganahl
From the publisher's feed
From her “ruff” days building the country’s largest dog franchise to her heated run for Governor of Colorado in 2022, Heidi Ganahl has been on the frontlines of freedom for over 10 years... and she’s…
ready to talk. Talk about how politics *really* works in Colorado and America. Talk about everything from the media to the money to the power players, consultants, and so-called "experts". And lastly, talk about the strategy to fix it. The truth UNLEASHED. The lies EXPOSED. Let’s play the REAL game of politics. And win. Heidi Ganahl UNLEASHED. Every Thursday. Can you handle the truth?