STEPHEN VARELA IS RUNNING FOR THE 3RD CONGRESSIONAL SEAT He jumped into the race AFTER Lauren Boebert made her move and https://www.coloradopolitics.com/elections/2024/state-board-of-ed-member-stephen-varela-a-former-democrat-joins-gop-primary-in-colorados-3rd-cd/article_a8995316-b09a-11ee-a469-1fdf539e9bf4.html. Findhttps://www.stephenvarelaforcolorado.com/. I'll chat with him today at 2.

EVER WANTED TO LIVE IN THE GILDED AGE? If you don't know what the Gilded Age is, it was the time period between the 1870s and 1890s when masses amount of wealth were accumulated and spent by the captains of industry who jumped on the industrialization wave. They were the tech bros of their age, really. Food writer and research historian Becky Libourel Diamond has created The Gilded Age Cookbook: Recipes and Stories from America’s Golden Era, where she dishes up delicious recipes seasoned with side stories about the excesses of this fascinating era. It is a FANTASTIC book and I've enjoyed it immensely and can't wait to try some of the recipes. She joins me at 1 to talk about it. https://www.amazon.com/Gilded-Age-Cookbook-Recipes-Americas/dp/1493069454.

WHY DO LEGISLATORS KEEP TRYING TO INSERT THEMSELVES BETWEEN PARENTS AND KIDS? Lindsay Datko has fought for parental rights and notification in schools at the local level and now she's fighting at the state level. There is a move to allow schools to lie to parents about children who want to change their names at schools and it is at odds with stuff already on the books. She joins me at 12:30 with an update.

THERE ARE A SLEW OF GUN CONTROL BILLS AT THE CAPITOL RIGHT NOW And I've got Taylor Rhodes from the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners group on to talk about it. He and his organization are fightinghttps://kdvr.com/news/politics/concealed-carry-bill-clears-first-committee/ that have already been passed and they are truly the last line of defense for the 2nd Amendment in Colorado. I think the Democrats keep passing bills they know aren't constitutional to bankrupt gun owners in this state in court. I truly believe that. https://twitter.com/rmgocolorado/status/1757574418295873830?s=46 for more on what's coming. He joins me at 2:15 today.

WE'VE GOT A SKILLS GAP IN COLORADO And the Common Sense Institute did a study on it and how to fix it,https://commonsenseinstituteco.org/supply-and-demand-diagnosing-colorados-skills-and-attainment-gap/. I've got one of the authors Jason Gaulden on the show today to talk about it at 1.

DAVE FRASER JOINS US FOR WEATHER WEDNESDAY! We'll talk to him about weather so get your questions ready for him at 12:30