David Sirota

David Sirota vs. Stephen Colbert, Round Two

David Sirota carries no water on AM 760

David Sirota. Jay Marvin, the morning host for AM 760, Clear Channel Denver's progressive talk outlet, has been out of commission of late, after undergoing gall bladder surgery. He's on the mend and expected to be back at the microphone next Monday. In the meantime, however, his most frequent fill- ... More >>

Taking Debate

Dennis Prager and David Sirota face off.

Politics of Anger

David Sirota describes an uprising.

PoliticsWest Gangs Up With Gang of Four

The Post's Gang of Four blog is turning into a cyber-soap opera thanks to a pair of melodramas co-starring columnist David Harsanyi.

Mike Rosen, David Sirota debate Barack Obama's first 100 days in KOA/AM-760 simulcast

David Sirota. As every political pundit acknowledges, assessing a new president after his first 100 days in office is artificial and unfair -- but if Barack Obama is embracing the notion (he's holding a primetime news conference tonight), what the hell? Hence, a plan for KOA conservative Mike Rosen ... More >>

Listen to the Mike Rosen-David Sirota smackdown

Mike Rosen. A blog yesterday teased a KOA/AM-760 simulcast of conservative host Mike Rosen and progressive yakker David Sirota debating Barack Obama's first 100 days as president -- and the program itself, broadcast earlier today, turned out to be diverting. Rather than an imbalanced back-and-forth ... More >>

An update on Jay Marvin's health crisis

Jay Marvin. The serious health issues AM 760 morning-show host Jay Marvin has been battling since late February aren't getting any simpler for doctors to tackle according to Mary Marvin, Jay's wife, who updated David Sirota, his most-frequent fill-in, during an appearance on the station yesterday. ... More >>

Jay Marvin talks about his health crisis

Photo by Michael RobertsJay Marvin in his Denver home. AM 760 morning talk-show host Jay Marvin has spent the last several months fighting for his life. He's been in and out of the hospital for a variety of serious health concerns since early March, and aside from occasional updates provided by his ... More >>

No guarantee that David Sirota will be returning to AM 760

David Sirota. In today's blog about AM 760 morning-show host Jay Marvin's continuing health crisis, I note that syndicated columnist David Sirota, who's been filling in for Marvin on most days, will be gone for several weeks on a trip to China. When he returns, however, he's not certain if he'll st ... More >>

John Turk to fill in for Jay Marvin on AM 760 next week

John Turk. With AM 760 morning host Jay Marvin still battling a serious health crisis and his main fill-in, David Sirota, in China for several weeks and uncertain if he'll be taking to the station's airwaves again upon his return, some listeners have worried that Clear Channel Denver, the outlet's ... More >>

Nerdivore: David Sirota's nerd blog now open to the nerdy public

Denver-based "everything for nerds" site Nerdivore is taking the great leap into Web 2.0. From now on, you, the nerds of the world, can contribute to Nerdivore. Until now, Nerdivore had been the more-or-less sole province of political columnist, New York Times bestselling author, Denverite and, a ... More >>

The Westword.com blog shortcut, July 15 edition

Danielle Ate the Sandwich -- and then punched it, hard. Put up your dukes. Today in Backbeat Online: • Danielle Ate the Sandwich: Better than a bag of poop on fire! • Last Night: Paul Sprawl at the Laughing Goat in Boulder. • Hearsay bits: City Hall, Speakeasy Tiger, Torch the Wagon, Patrick ... More >>

Don't expect a Mike Rosen-David Sirota debate sequel

Mike Rosen.​In April, KOA conservative Mike Rosen and AM 760 liberal David Sirota participated in a debate of President Barack Obama's first hundred days in office that was simulcast on both stations. And while those with ideological axes to grind disagreed about who won, the general consensus ... More >>

Is this anti-Obama billboard racist? You be the judge

Obama meets Sambo? Click the photo to enlarge the image.​So... whaddya think? Is this billboard, on display outside Wolf Interstate Leasing & Sales, 4855 Miller Street in Wheat Ridge, a bold (and legitimate) statement of displeasure with the Obama administration that has the guts to link the s ... More >>

David Sirota to permanently replace Jay Marvin on AM 760

David Sirota is a fill-in no more.​Jay Marvin has been unable to helm the AM 760 morning show since early March due to a life-threatening health crisis we've documented in this space. The recovery process continues -- but syndicated columnist David Sirota, who's been Marvin's primary fill-in, ... More >>

Jay Marvin on his wife's possible breast cancer and the decision to pass the torch to David Sirota at AM 760

Photo by Michael RobertsJay Marvin at home in June, before his epic surgery.​Earlier today, Jay Marvin appeared on the AM 760 program he used to host with David Sirota, who's been named his permanent replacement. And those who missed hearing it may not get another chance to catch him on the ou ... More >>

AM-760 lives on despite Air America's death

David Sirota is now the face -- and the voice -- of AM-760.​Air America, the liberal radio network, has seemed gravebound plenty of times over the past few years -- and now even the folks there admit the project is dead. But AM-760, a Clear Channel Denver outlet originally seen as Colorado's ... More >>

David Sirota-Sean Paige cage match scheduled -- with honor of Colorado Springs on the line!

And in this corner...​On Monday, we told you about the rhetorical battle between AM 760 host/columnist David Sirota, who thinks Colorado Springs' conservative fiscal policies are largely responsible for the community's sizable economic woes, and Springs councilman Sean Paige, who sees Sirota's ... More >>

David Sirota makes a monkey out of himself in debate, argues councilman Sean Paige

There's no back-down in Sean Paige.​Yesterday, AM 760 host/columnist David Sirota and Colorado Springs city councilman Sean Paige took part in an on-air debate, with the honor of Colorado Springs at stake. But while the program has ended, the scrap isn't over, with Paige continuing to take swi ... More >>

David Sirota sneaks F-word onto Denver Post website after medical marijuana lab raid: Congrats!

The tweet that roared (click to enlarge).​The Denver Post prides itself on being a family newspaper -- but its embrace of social media can make it difficult to keep grown-up language at bay. Case in point: On Friday, AM 760 host David Sirota, whose syndicated column frequently appears in the ... More >>

DEA special agent Jeffrey Sweetin to talk pot with David Sirota

Jeffrey Sweetin will take your questions.​Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Jeffrey Sweetin has been making an effort to set the record straight on his agency's approach to medical marijuana, most notably in a wide-ranging interview with Westword's Joel Warner. And members of the m ... More >>

Scott McInnis: No wonder he likes Arizona immigration law, since he's endorsed using race in profiling

Scott McInnis circa 2001, when he made his pitch for using race in profiling.​AM-760 host David Sirota, posting on ColoradoPols.com, shares a timely item that helps contextualize Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott McInnis's assertion that he'd like to bring Arizona's controversial immigr ... More >>

Tim Tebow is even nice to bloggers: What an angel!

Courtesy of Predominantly Orange"You can do it!"​We've collected posts from three Denver blogs. Check 'em out. Tim Tebow rooted on Predominantly Orange blogger Kim Constantinesco in the forty-yard dash at a Nike event over the weekend. And not to pull a hamstring. The Denver Egotist presents ... More >>

David Sirota on his upcoming slugfest with Michael Brown

Put up your dukes.​AM 760 host David Sirota may seem like a mild-mannered fellow, but he's actually pretty damned combative -- verbally, anyhow. Last year, he and KOA conservative Mike Rosen staged a radio smackdown in relation to President Barack Obama's first hundred days in office -- a ses ... More >>

Shmuck of the Week?: Why don't you just ask David Sirota

​It has come to our attention that liberal talking head David Sirota has, for some unknown amount of time, been naming various people the Shmuck of the Week. It's a very childish, reactionary, black-and-white approach to journalism. More importantly, it's our childish, reactionary, black-and-w ... More >>

Michael Bennet DPS deal hits the New York Times

​If you thought Michael Bennet's Regal Cinema deal for Philip Anschutz was complicated, just try to wrap your brain around the Denver Public Schools financing deal he arranged in 2008. The New York Times did, and just published "Exotic Deals Put Denver Schools Deeper in Debt." Here's the star ... More >>

John Hickenlooper handlers disagree about letting him go on David Sirota AM 760 show?

John Hickenlooper.​While officially anointed (by GOP boss Dick Wadhams) luckiest-guy-in-the-world John Hickenlooper is running for governor, did you know he's still Denver's mayor? Well, he is -- and AM 760 host David Sirota thinks these two roles came into conflict earlier this week in regard ... More >>

Mike Rosen: Did KOA host call for hijackers to crash plane into mosque near Ground Zero?

Mike Rosen.​AM 760 host David Sirota and KOA longtimer Mike Rosen are both part of the Clear Channel empire, but there doesn't appear to be any love lost between them. Two days after a public debate in Centennial that also involved KHOW's Peter Boyles, Sirota is publicizing an exchange in whic ... More >>

Mike Rosen (of the Denver Post?) named Keith Olbermann's worst person in the world

Mike Rosen.​Last week, we told you about KOA host Mike Rosen's call for a hijacked plane to crash into a proposed Islamic Center near Ground Zero -- a remark from a debate with fellow Clear Channel yakkers Peter Boyles and David Sirota, of KHOW and AM 760, respectively. Sirota spread the audio ... More >>

Mike Rosen slams David Sirota for distorting his "satirical" mosque-destruction comment

Mike Rosen.​Last week, AM 760's David Sirota circulated a comment made by KOA's Mike Rosen during a debate, in which the latter appeared to call for hijackers to crash a plane into a proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero -- a bon mot that later prompted MSNBC's Keith Olbermann to brand Rose ... More >>

David Sirota apologizes to Mike Rosen -- but not for attacking comments about NY Islamic center

David Sirota.​KOA's Mike Rosen unloaded on AM 760's David Sirota earlier today, arguing that Sirota's claims about Rosen's comment regarding an Islamic Center near Ground Zero, which got Rosen branded the worst person in the world by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, twisted what was obviously a satiri ... More >>

Ken Buck & Michael Bennet, South Park-style: Who's the douche and who's the turd sandwich?

​KOA's Mike Rosen accused AM 760's David Sirota of being humorless after Sirota circulated a Rosen line from a debate about crashing a plane into a thus-far-unbuilt mosque near Ground Zero -- a joke, according to Rosen, but one that still led to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann branding him the worst p ... More >>

Reader: Michael Bennet-Ken Buck race makes it hard to pick between douche and turd sandwich

​Our post about David Sirota's South Park-inspired poll to determine if Michael Bennet and Ken Buck are a giant douche and a turd sandwich or vice versa brought more serious responses than humorous ones. Today's featured comment definitely fits into the former category.

Muhammad Ali Hasan says Republican Party headed to extinction: After this week? Really?

Hasan.​Working for the weekend with these three Denver blog posts. Colorado Pols shares former Westword feature subject Muhammad Ali Hasan's new column, "Why the GOP is Going Extinct." And no, that's not a misprint. Meanwhile, WhoSaidYouSaid isn't exactly celebrating Michael Bennet's Senate- ... More >>

David Sirota introduces world to son Isaac -- and special AM760 guest host Jonny 5 of the Flobots

Isaac Sirota.​Update: Yesterday, we shared with you AM760 host David Sirota's announcement about the birth of his son Isaac. As for who'll be filling in during his current leave, we know who'll be rockin' the mic today and tomorrow: Flobots frontman Jonny 5. Jonny is so progressive that he mak ... More >>

David Sirota: AM 760 host and columnist named one of 30 media heroes by The Nation

David Sirota.​It's been a big month for AM 760 host David Sirota. First, his first child, Isaac, was born. Now, he's been named one of thirty "media heroes" by The Nation, placing 21st on a roster topped by MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. And, as a bonus, he's also completed his latest book, Back to O ... More >>

David Sirota post-Jared Loughner attack: "Fight Club Friday" becomes "Festivus Friday"

David Sirota.​Jared Loughner's murderous attack in Arizona last weekend has prompted soul searching among assorted media types, who wonder if the polarized political climate somehow made such an act not just likelier but inevitable. That includes columnist and AM 760 radio host David Sirota, ... More >>

David Sirota named justice on Matt Taibbi's Supreme Court of Assholedom: Congrats!

David Sirota.​If syndicated columnist and AM 760 talk-show host David Sirota's parents ever hoped their son would one day become a member of the Supreme Court, their wish has (kinda) been granted. Today, Sirota is announcing that he has been named one of nine justices on the Supreme Court of ... More >>

David Sirota meets Charles Barkley 50,000 burgers ago and other 80s memories (PHOTOS)

Big pics below.​AM 760 host and columnist David Sirota is promoting a new book about the 1980s, Back to Our Future, with a March 16 book launch party at the Mercury Cafe, as well as an '80s photo contest on the AM 760 Facebook page. To get the ball rolling, Sirota's posted a couple vintage pho ... More >>

David Sirota on Back to Our Future, Ghostbusters and the decade of "me"

The '80s thing about this picture is that the shower is in a women's locker room.​For much of his career, David Sirota has been a hard-hitting leftist political operative, running campaigns with what former Clinton White House Chief of Staff John Podesta once called his "instinct for the jugul ... More >>

Comment of the day: "I pity the foo!"

​David Sirota may have an ironic side -- his new book Back to Our Future, an examination of how '80s pop culture influenced the politics of today, has plenty of smirking affection for the cultural detritus of the past -- but he's still at heart a pundit, and as such, the book's nostalgia is ul ... More >>

Rachel Maddow: MSNBC host teaches America how to pronounce "Colorado" (VIDEO)

Rachel Maddow.​Last night, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow tackled common names of people and places that tend to be mispronounced, at least according to locals -- and praise be that the segment attempts to set America straight on the proper way to say "Colorado." As one viewer writes, "we say it colo R ... More >>

AM 760 gets ready to pour out Colorado Craft Beer Radio

​Craft beer is in the air in Denver, and on April 16, it will hit the airwaves as well. John Turk, who produces the David Sirota show on AM 760, and buddy Gary Valliere, who works at Dry Dock Brewing in Aurora, plan to debut a new radio show that day called Colorado Craft Beer Radio. Airing e ... More >>

David Sirota's AM 760 ratings grow thanks to unlikely talk-radio demographic: women

David Sirota.​Do the ladies love David Sirota? Apparently so. The AM 760 morning-show host's ratings have doubled in most categories over the past year -- but his audience among women, not traditionally a group that prizes commercial talk radio, has increased by leaps and bounds -- more than t ... More >>

Ed Schultz tells David Sirota to "go to hell" over questions about Osama bin Laden hit

David Sirota.​AM 760 host David Sirota recently said his growing ratings were due in part to the fact that "when we do politics, it's not just 'Democrats are great and Republicans are terrible'" -- and he proved it today during a fiery on-air disagreement with Ed Schulz, a progressive favorite ... More >>

Ed Schultz can tell David Sirota to go to hell, but can't call Laura Ingraham a right-wing slut

Ed Schultz.​Is Ed Schultz coming unraveled? A week after telling fellow AM 760 air personality David Sirota to "go to hell" during a splenetic on-air spat, the syndicated yakker has been suspended from his MSNBC program for calling conservative mouthpiece Laura Ingraham a "right-wing slut" and ... More >>

Denver radio morning ratings: KHOW crushing competition, few listeners to HD, streams

Peter Boyles.​Most radio-station ratings available to the public are general, giving a sense of the outlet's overall performance -- like these, for instance. But a radio insider has provided us with numbers specifically for the 5 a.m.-9 a.m. time period -- morning drive, the most lucrative of ... More >>

Mike Rosen on his best behavior during Battle of the Talk Show Hosts, says David Sirota (VIDEO)

David Sirota.​Last October, a public debate involving KOA's Mike Rosen and AM 760's David Sirota went national after Rosen called for hijackers to crash a plane into the so-called Ground Zero mosque; he insisted that he was being satirical. But Sirota says Rosen didn't let loose with any simil ... More >>

David Sirota bars Education News Colorado reporter from Emily Sirota on election night

Emily Sirota.​Update about the Jimenez-Draper Carson race below. By now, you've heard that Anne Rowe and Allegra "Happy" Haynes won seats on the Denver Public Schools board, and that incumbent Arturo Jimenez narrowly claimed victory over reformer Jennifer Draper Carson. As for Rowe opponent Em ... More >>