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Unleashed with Heidi Ganahl
by Heidi Ganahl
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?
Episodes
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Wolves in White Coats: Inside HHS’s New Report on Gender Medicine
In this episode of Unleashed, Heidi Ganahl sits down with Admiral Brian Christine, the 18th Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, for a conversation about HHS’s new report, Wolves in White Coats, and the administration’s push for greater scrutiny of...
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Mark Cook on Election Integrity, Tina Peters & Reclaiming Our Elections
In this episode of Unleashed, Heidi Ganahl sits down with election integrity expert and Colorado advocate Mark Cook for a wide-ranging conversation on election transparency, government accountability, and what citizens can do to restore trust in the electoral process. Mark shares his journey into...
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Colorado’s Breaking Point? Nick from Big Timber Lodge Sounds the Alarm
In this episode of Unleashed, Heidi sits down with Nick from Big Timber Lodge for a candid conversation about the state of Colorado politics, the fight over the Second Amendment, illegal immigration, government overreach, and what grassroots conservatives must do to win back the state. Nick…
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Whistleblower to Candidate: Rich Guggenheim Exposes Corruption and Runs to Fix It
In this powerful episode of Unleashed, Heidi sits down with Rich Guggenheim—Colorado whistleblower, policy expert, and candidate for State Senate District 25—for a candid conversation about corruption, accountability, and the fight for Colorado’s future. Rich shares the inside story of his...
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Take Back Colorado Starts Local: Brandon Wark on Taxes, Turnout & the Path to 2026
In this episode of Unleashed, Heidi sits down with Brandon Wark, founder of Free State Colorado, for a deep dive into what’s really happening at the Capitol—and what it will take to turn Colorado around. From major tax threats to razor-thin legislative margins, Brandon breaks down the most…
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Colorado’s Politically Homeless Voters: Erin Brantley on the Fight to Wake Up the State
Unleashed is back with a fresh format—and a powerful new voice. In this episode, Heidi introduces a new series featuring Colorado-based influencers who are speaking out, breaking narratives, and reaching voters in ways traditional media can’t. First up is Erin Brantley (aka Logic & Liberty), a...
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How Small Biz Can Fight Back: Joe Cherry on Healthcare, Entrepreneurship & the Freedom Movement
After a short break, Unleashed is back with a new year and new partnerships aimed at strengthening Colorado’s freedom movement.In this episode, Heidi sits down with entrepreneur and patriot Joe Cherry, founder and CEO of Exectras, to talk about the American dream, the struggles facing small...
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Pueblo Pushback: The Mayor, the Vote, and the Battle for Colorado’s Soul
In this eye-opening episode of Unleashed, Heidi Ganahl heads south to Pueblo, Colorado—a city at the crossroads of political identity and civic accountability. Heidi is joined by community leader Randy Thurston, who sheds light on growing frustrations with Pueblo’s Republican mayor—a leader…
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Love Dogs? You Should Care About These Laws
In this heartwarming (and surprisingly political) episode of Unleashed, Heidi Ganahl dives into one of the most personal topics she’s covered yet—our four-legged family members. From her deep love for animals to her work championing animal welfare policy in Colorado, Heidi shares stories from the...
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The Durango Dirty Dozen — Exposing the Truth in 9-R
In this episode of Unleashed, Heidi Ganahl pulls back the curtain on what may be one of Colorado’s most outrageous school district coverups. Heidi breaks down the shocking details behind the Durango 9-R “Dirty Dozen” — a 12-part investigative video series exposing deeply concerning actions by...
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Courage Is Contagious—Charlie Kirk, Pastor Chris Goble & the Charge for Colorado’s Moral Revival
In this episode of Unleashed, Heidi Ganahl is joined by Pastor Chris Goble to confront one of the most pressing questions facing conservatives in Colorado—and the nation: What does it look like to stand for truth when culture wars spill over into law and media? Pastor Goble brings his pastoral...
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Big Wins, Bigger Fights—How Colorado Conservatives Are Taking Ground
In this episode of Unleashed, Heidi celebrates the grassroots victories that are finally shifting momentum in Colorado—and breaks down the strategy behind it all. From major wins in school board races and party leadership elections to the rise of a new, bold generation of conservative voices, she...
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Can Faith Save Colorado? Pastor Chris Goble Breaks It Down
In this episode of Unleashed, Heidi Ganahl is joined by Pastor Chris Goble, the lead voice behind Colorado’s grassroots faith movement pushing back on HB25-1312 and other radical legislation. From the pulpit to the public square, Pastor Goble has mobilized a band of faithful pastors and believers...
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Can MAGA Win in Colorado? Rasmussen’s Top Pollster Breaks It Down
In this episode of Unleashed, Heidi sits down with Rasmussen’s head pollster Mark Mitchell to unpack brand-new polling data on Colorado’s Republican primary voters—and what it reveals is nothing short of explosive. Together, they dig into the political realignment reshaping the state, the…
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The Battle for Colorado: GOP Leadership, 2026 Elections & Fighting Back
In this episode of Unleashed, Heidi dives into the latest developments in Colorado’s conservative movement, the upcoming state GOP Chair race, and the crucial fight to turn Colorado red. With March 29 fast approaching, she breaks down the candidates, their positions on Proposition 108 and the "no...
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The New Wild West: Reviving Colorado’s Freedom Movement
Heidi Ganahl is back with a powerful episode of Unleashed, diving into the state of Colorado’s conservative movement, the momentum behind Rocky Mountain Voice, and the urgent need for grassroots action. She shares the vision behind building a freedom movement—one that goes beyond party politics…
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Ep. 27 - Who’s *Really* Pulling Biden’s Puppet Strings? (Mike Davis with Article III Foundation)
Mike Davis, a constitutional attorney from the Article III Foundation, joins Unleashed to discuss what's really going on behind the scenes of the 2024 election and how the Supreme Court and House of Representatives could be instrumental in Trump becoming president again. Davis lives in Colorado…
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Ep. 26 - Meeting Homelessness with Hope (Vanessa Rutledge and Springs Rescue Mission)
In this week's new episode of Unleashed with Heidi Ganahl, we confront Denver's worsening homelessness crisis head-on. Despite a staggering $274 million investment from 2021 to 2024, the situation has only deteriorated, sparking outrage and demanding accountability. This funding has largely been...
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Ep. 25 - A Beacon of Hope: Dr. Ben Carson's Message of Optimism for America
In this episode of Unleashed, Dr. Ben Carson shares his journey from a challenging childhood to prominence in American politics and advocacy. Reflecting on the pivotal role of his mother and his commitment to education, Dr. Carson discusses his efforts to teach children the principles of…
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Ep. 24 - A New Conservative News Media Platform for Colorado... the Rocky Mountain Voice!
A New Conservative News Media Platform for Colorado... the Rocky Mountain Voice! Introducing the Rocky Mountain Voice, a new conservative news media platform for Coloradans to be the VOICE of your VALUES. The Rocky Mountain Voice will report REAL NEWS to allow Coloradans to have the knowledge to...
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Ep. 23 - New Year, New Healthcare: Ditching the Bureaucratic Model in 2024 (Dr. Kelly Shockley and Dr. John Dygert)
In the midst of the pandemic, Colorado's legislature pushed through a little talked-about state-controlled plan that would majorly impact the delivery of healthcare services in Colorado. Why are some elected officials so eager to change things and put the government in charge? Dr. Kelly Shockley...
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Ep. 22 - Colorado Crime & Safety: How Bad Is It REALLY? (Former ICE Director John Fabbricatore)
How real are the statistics about Colorado’s increasing crime rates? John Fabbricatore joins me on Unleashed this week to discuss the implications of bad immigration policy here in Colorado that is leading to terrifying statistics like these. And yes, the stats are REAL and as bad as they let…
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Ep. 21 - The Big Lie: Prop HH, Anti-Trust & Govt. Growth (Pete Sepp with National Taxpayers Union)
This week, we're diving headfirst into a hot-button issue right here in Colorado: Proposition HH. This ballot measure, an initiative being heavily pushed by Governor Jared Polis and his dark money groups, aims to destroy the Taxpayer's Bill of Rights (TABOR) - one of the most important pieces of...
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Ep. 20 - Faith to Freedom: Speaking Truth and Voting Your Values
In this episode of Unleashed, Heidi Ganahl addresses the importance of speaking truth in a world where certain topics are deemed uncomfortable, especially in politics and culture. This episode features a recent speech she delivered at Charis Bible College, emphasizing the critical role of people…
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Ep. 19 - Election Validity: How to Actually Clean Up Our Voter Rolls (Marly Hornik, NY Citizen’s Audit)
In this episode of Unleashed, Heidi interviews Marly Hornik who went from homeschooling her kids in the woods for 15 years to now being the Director of the New York Citizen's Audit. She is leading an effort to ensure election validity (not just integrity) based on their audit of the 2022 election...
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BONUS EPISODE: Turning Faith Into Action (Lance Williams from TPUSA Faith)
On today’s bonus episode, Heidi interviews Lance Williams from Turning Point USA Faith. Lance combines his love for ministry and government by working with churches to help educate, equip, mobilize, and engage their congregations about politics and stand up for truth in the public square. Lance...
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BONUS EPISODE: Legislative Session Review (State Senator Rod Pelton and State Representative Ty Winter)
Another bonus episode coming to you this week featuring State Senator Rod Pelton and State Representative Ty Winter. They give us their insights on this year's General Assembly, including their favorite and least favorite bills that passed, what legislation we should be prepared for (Proposition…
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BONUS EPISODE: Relationship Education OVER Sex-Ed (Joneen Mackenzie from My Relationship Center)
This week, we’re bringing you another bonus episode recorded during the Western Conservative Summit! Joneen Mackenzie has joined forces with the University of Denver and Harvard’s Human Flourishing Project to create a kid-informed, evidence-based, activity-based, and heart-based curriculum around...
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Ep. 18 – Co-Parenting with Colorado: A War on Kids' Healthcare (Holly Calvert)
America’s woke indoctrination is happening everywhere: in education, healthcare, politics, and in the private sector. Today, we’ll focus on how our kids’ healthcare has been weaponized in this culture war. When Heidi’s daughter turned 14 a couple weeks ago, she received an email from her…
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Ep. 17 - Living in a Barbie World: Woke or Wonderful?
In this week’s episode of Unleashed, Heidi delves into the world of womanhood through the lens of two iconic figures - Barbie and Taylor Swift. While most would jump to the conclusion these two push a very progressive agenda, Heidi takes a different stance and discusses the real struggles women...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Ep. 8 - Elections Have Consequences: The Legislative Session From Hell (Brandi Bradley, Roger Hudson)
Elections have consequences, boy did we get a lesson in that over the last few months. Colorado’s General Assembly, which is the state Senate and state House combined, meets annually, beginning in January and continuing for 120 days. There were over 600 bills introduced at the Capitol this year,...
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Ep. 7 - Finding Joy in Politics… Yes, There Is Some! (The Ganahl Kids)
At its core, politics is simply us very flawed humans searching for a way to live together, work together, raise families together – in pursuit of joy and happiness. This week, Heidi takes a moment to appreciate and remember the joyful moments from her journey in politics and reminds listeners to...
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Ep. 6 - Stealing Our Kids’ Hearts, Minds & Bodies: Gender Madness in Colorado (Oli London)
We are on the precipice of the government taking complete control of our kid's hearts, minds, and futures. And if they succeed, it will leave scars that they may never heal from. Heidi discusses the dangerous new laws passed in Colorado that advocate to keep parents in the dark regarding their...
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Ep. 5 - Polis Says, No White Picket Fence for You (Mayor of Centennial Stephanie Piko on SB 23-213)
A new bill introduced by Governor Jared Polis is attempting to destroy the dream of a white picket fence here in Colorado. Even with new amendments, SB 23-213 jeopardizes citizen-led local government by displacing local zoning rules in favor of a statewide mandate to incorporate "affordable"...
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Ep. 4 - Back to Our FAITH, Back to Winning (Derrick Wilburn)
This is no time for the timid. The battle is real. The spiritual battle, for our kids, for our lands, and for our future. Our beautiful state has been labeled one of the “least religious states in America.” In this week’s episode, Heidi talks about the attack against Christianity in Colorado and...
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Ep. 3 - Was the Election Stolen? (Shawn Smith from Cause of America, Ned Jones from Election Integrity Network)
The infamous question that every reporter asked on the campaign trail... Was the election stolen? In this week's episode, Heidi talks about the legitimacy of our elections, bringing in experts Shawn Smith and Ned Jones on the issue of election integrity. Follow @heidiganahl on social media for...
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Ep. 2 - In the Danger Zone: Colorado Schools Aren’t Safe (John & Maria Castillo, Max Schachter)
Following the shooting of two administrators at Denver’s East High School, along with the tragic news of the Nashville murders, Heidi pivots the show this week to tell some truths, and lies, about the effort to keep our schools safe in Colorado. She talks about her experience on Gov.…
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Ep. 1 - The Elephant in the Room (Danny Moore, Erin Lee, Gregory Carlson, Jimmy Sengenberger)
Heidi tells you WHY she's launching this new chapter and talks about the elephant in the room (pun intended)... her unfiltered thoughts on the 2022 election featuring special guests Danny Moore, Erin Lee, Gregory Carlson, and Jimmy Sengenberger (LIVE recording from the launch of Unleashed...
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Introducing... Unleashed with Heidi Ganahl: Truth. Lies. Politics.
From my “ruff” days building the country’s largest dog franchise to my heated run for Governor of Colorado in 2022, I have been on the frontlines of freedom for over 10 years. It’s time to UNLEASH the truth... and I'm ready to talk. On the campaign trail, I learned most folks in Colorado have no...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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?
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