Episode 159 - Alan Prendergast - Author of Gangbuster

<p dir="ltr">Rundown - </p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Troubadour Dave Gunders - 05:52</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">"World Gone Crazy" by Dave Gunders - 19:22</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Alan Prendergast Part 1 - 25:13</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Fake Friday morning co-hosting with Peter Boyles - 01:46:03</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Randy Corporon interviews Steve Deace on Brauchler Show - 02:47:31</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Alan Prendergast Part 2 - 02:59:59</p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Denver DA Philip Van Cise was a great man for his times. He stood up to organized crime in Denver when host’s grandfather Harry Silverman was trying to practice law downtown. Van Cise also fought the KKK. The stories of those epic fights are told masterfully in the book, Gangbuster, by Alan Prendergast. </p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Prendergast is an award-winning Colorado writing legend, renowned for his coverage of JonBenet, Columbine, and almost every major crime drama in modern Colorado history. A Denver native, and graduate of Denver East High (like his protagonist, Phil Van Cise), Alan Prendergast makes the turn of the last century Denver come alive.  </p> <p dir="ltr"><a href='https://www.westword.com/author/alan-prendergast'>https://www.westword.com/author/alan-prendergast</a></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">A CU Buff, Phil Van Cise got his undergraduate (1907) and law degree (1909) up in Boulder, where his father was an instructor, and also a Colorado attorney. The Ludlow Massacre of 1914 shaped Captain Van Cise. Rising to rank of colonel, Denver’s future DA further served as a US Army intelligence officer in WWI. </p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Van Cise also experienced the violent Denver Tramway Streetcar strike of 1920. He knew Denver was becoming a crime rich environment and he decided to make a longshot run for Denver DA to try to stop it. Success followed success, but it was against all odds. Colonel Van Cise changed Denver forever. And for the bet