Can This be Turned around? with Heidi Ganahl

April 11, 2026·59 min·5 clips

Four left-wing billionaires hatched a scheme to turn Colorado into a radical LGBT enclave, catching Republicans flat-footed.

Colorado used to be reliably red. The host opens with a hard charge against liberalism, using Colorado's political turn as his local proof that liberalism ruins everything. He points to 2008 as the hinge. Four left-wing pro-LGBT billionaires, he says, poured hundreds of millions into elections through what became known as the blueprint. Republicans, in his telling, were caught flat-footed. By 2018, statewide offices and both legislative chambers had moved under Democratic control. Heidi Ganahl joins as the guest, and the conversation moves to Rocky Mountain Voice. The goal is to keep publishing stories the host says liberal media leaves alone. His phrase for it is blunt: publishing the crazy. Ganahl treats exposure as part of the fight, especially in school district battles and settlements that happen out of view. Then the focus shifts to business. Asked whether Colorado has become better or worse for business under Democratic rule, Ganahl does not soften it: dramatically worse. Businesses are leaving, she says. Crime, bad policy, and high taxes are the pressures she names, pushing owners to leave, close, or look elsewhere. Her Camp Bow Wow story gives the argument some personal weight. She says the old Colorado of opportunity is being shut down, and her children may need Florida, Texas, or another red state to build the way she did. The host adds the regulation case. Colorado is described as seventh among the most regulated states, with over 60,000 state regulations and a burden 75 percent above the national average. Ganahl says compliance eats up business resources. Owners, in her view, now need consultants or staff just to follow shifting rules while government waits over every mistake. The episode closes by returning to mission. Ganahl honors the discussion, the host says amen, and the show ends with a free booklet giveaway instead of sitting with the gray areas.

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A firm, faith-forward conservative read on Colorado's political and business decline.

The episode presents Colorado as a warning sign, contrasting its older conservative image with what the hosts describe as a sharp move left. A large share of the talk stays on business strain: companies leaving, jobs following them out, and entrepreneurs dealing with a thicker…

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