Episode 130 - Jim Walsh wants to be Denver Mayor

<p dir="ltr">Rundown - </p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Professor James Walsh - 05:46</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:03:16</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">"New Last Chance" by Dave Gunders - 01:21:19</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Professor James “Jim” Walsh wants to be the mayor of Denver. And it could happen. He’s an entertaining academic in the political science department at the University of Colorado - Denver. Jim Walsh demonstrates on this fast-paced podcast why he’s highly esteemed by his students.</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Walsh was a scholarship athlete at Duke where he wrestled at 177 pounds. As a working class Irish-Catholic American from western Pennsylvania, Walsh advocates for working people in his academics and with his politics. Walsh wants to make Denver the most worker friendly city in the country.</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Theater is a big part of the Walsh teaching method. Walsh founded and runs the Romero Theater Troupe. This collaborative group seeks to expose counter-narratives in the Denver community and larger world through organic theater. Storytelling is the key. Liberalism sells in Denver, CO.</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Listen to this fascinating interview and size up the viability of this candidate. The Denver Post wrote a glowing article about Professor Walsh. Dark horse mayoral candidates with catchy last names and diverse backgrounds have won before in Denver.<a href='https://www.denverpost.com/2022/12/30/james-walsh-denver-mayor-candidate-professor-running-with-student-volunteers/'> https://www.denverpost.com/2022/12/30/james-walsh-denver-mayor-candidate-professor-running-with-student-volunteers/</a></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Show Troubadour Dave Gunders discusses great issues of the day including GOP clown show as Boebert and others slowly choose a US House Speaker. Gunders gifts us with his song titled New Last Chance. The southwestern US is in our Colorado backyard, just right for fleeing as D