Denver, Colorado
Retinal surgeon, physician, and political commentator. Contributing writer for American Thinker and Rasmussen Reports. Author of over 700 opinion pieces on politics, healthcare policy, and cultural issues.
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Dr. Brian C. Joondeph is a retinal surgeon and political commentator based in the Denver area. He earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his medical degree from Northwestern University, completing his ophthalmology residency at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary and retinal fellowships at prestigious institutions including Bascom Palmer Eye Institute.
Dr. Joondeph practiced in Michigan for ten years and served in an academic ophthalmology position in Auckland, New Zealand before establishing his practice in Denver in 2003. He continues to work as a locum consultant in New Zealand several weeks annually. He also earned a Master's Degree in Healthcare Leadership from the University of Denver.
Beyond his medical practice, Dr. Joondeph has become a prominent conservative political commentator. He has published over 700 opinion pieces on political and social issues, with his writing appearing regularly in American Thinker, Rasmussen Reports, The Villager, and his Substack. His commentary covers healthcare policy, election analysis, media bias, and constitutional governance.
On the Kim Monson Show, Dr. Joondeph provides analysis on polling data, election integrity, administrative state overreach, and public health policy. His medical background informs his commentary on healthcare issues including COVID-19 policy, vaccine concerns, and the autism epidemic.
Dr. Joondeph is an avid traveler who has visited unusual destinations including Turkmenistan. He resides in Denver and enjoys golf and skiing.
June 15, 2026
Colorado Politics & Policy
Dr. Brian Joondeph on Colorado's empty classrooms, Nate Jorgensen on the business exodus, and Karen Gordey on Lakewood's blocked petition. June 15, 2026.
“I think colleges and universities are very derelict in their duty, encouraging kids to major in something that's going to be absolutely useless to them.”
May 18, 2026
Civic Engagement & Grassroots
Roger Mangan on permissive use, Rich Guggenheim on his Senate run, Joondeph on political violence, and Susan Harris on the Tina Peters clemency. May 18, 2026.
“You keep stoking the flames of hate like that and there's predictable consequences. And that's what we're seeing.”
April 27, 2026
Ballot Measures & TABOR
Mollie Hemingway on Justice Alito, Brian Joondeph on demography and Colorado's governor race, Joe Oltmann on the GOP. April 27, 2026.
“A woman that's 40 weeks pregnant can be walking down the street, and on one side of the street is a hospital, and the other side is Planned Parenthood.”
“Your job as a governor is to help fix Colorado.”
March 9, 2026
Climate Policy & "Green" Mandates
Kim Monson examines property tax fraud with Mitch Vexler and DEI whistleblowing with Rich Guggenheim. March 9, 2026.
“The climate movement is the home for communists after the Soviet Union fell. They did something, kind of a new quasi-religion, but a home for communists that want big government. They want control. They want wealth confiscation and redistribution. And that's what climate is.”
“Iran started the war in 1979. So this has been festering for a long time. There have been terror attacks, and Iran's been a state sponsor of terror and calling for death to America.”
February 9, 2026
Colorado Politics & Policy
Brian Joondeph on politicized nursing, Michelle Chandler catches a dressing room voyeur, and James Wiley challenges election security. February 9, 2026.
“They've gone through school. They've taken oaths according to their profession, the Nightingale Oath or the American Nursing Association ethics. They're licensed, and they wish horrific damage on people over politics. And there's no place for that.”
January 5, 2026
Civic Engagement & Grassroots
Rich Guggenheim on Title IX at the Supreme Court, Brian Joondeph on midterm polling, and Sean Pond's U.S. Senate bid. January 5, 2026.
“Only 18 percent of voters approved of Democrats in Congress, 73 percent disapprove. And that's all voters. But look at Democrats. Only 42 percent of Democrat voters approve.”
“Christmas is now America's most important holiday. Fifty-five percent of American adults say it's America's top celebration, and about 30 percent say somewhere in between. So I think it's a resurgence of returning from happy holidays to Merry Christmas.”
December 8, 2025
Colorado Politics & Policy
“That's like one in nine have been in the past year, through the House and Senate, have been turned into law.”
November 3, 2025
Civic Engagement & Grassroots
Brad Beck guest hosts exploring UN reform, Centennial local elections, and American cultural beauty. November 3, 2025.
“Instead, they're fomenting conflict, and they've become very political.”
“So they're only outraged if the situation is favorable to them.”
September 15, 2025
Ballot Measures & TABOR
Kim Monson examines order versus chaos after Charlie Kirk's assassination with Dr. Brian Joondeph, Michele Steeb on homelessness, and local candidates. September 15, 2025.
“And I think by doing that, they've unleashed a force that they have no idea what's coming.”
August 18, 2025
Ballot Measures & TABOR
Kim Monson fights for Et Voila French Bakery, examines the Sydney Sweeney effect, and previews Colorado's special session on August 18, 2025.
“They can hypothesize all they want, but they're not being fed information, not allowed to frame the narrative.”
July 14, 2025
Colorado Politics & Policy
Election integrity, government accountability, and America's founding ideals with Brian Joondeph, Patty McKernan, and Susan Kochevar on July 14, 2025.
“Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, individual rights, freedom from tyranny, all those things that the founders wanted, we are seeing slip away.”
“She's from a upper middle class suburb, and she's pretending that she's down for the struggle.”
June 9, 2025
Civic Engagement & Grassroots
Brian Joondeph, Scott Powell, and Chris Harris discuss LA riots, color revolutions, data surveillance concerns, and constitutional principles on June 9, 2025.
“In my article, I raised the issue of forgery, that this is forging somebody's signature on official government documents, and that's a federal crime.”
May 12, 2025
Civic Engagement & Grassroots
Dr. Brian Joondeph exposes the autism epidemic. Mike Rawluk tracks surveillance bills. Steve Goreham explains why renewable energy is failing. May 12, 2025.
“How can you know what it's not, but you have no idea what's causing it?”
“Hispanic Americans that are here legally, that are working, that have jobs, they don't like paying taxes for illegal immigration either.”
April 14, 2025
Ballot Measures & TABOR
Greg Lopez announces his 2026 governor bid as legislators target TABOR and Joondeph urges resolve on Trump reforms, April 14, 2025.
“We elected Trump as a disruptor to break up a failing system that's headed toward the cliff, to break it up in a big way and do things differently and support him.”
March 17, 2025
Colorado Politics & Policy
Greenpeace co-founder challenges climate alarmism, explaining CO2's essential role in sustaining life. Plus: Colorado GOP chair race and the Biden auto-pen scandal. March 17, 2025.
“You conclude they hate America because everything American, everything good, bringing down prices, controlling inflation, controlling the border, anything like that, they're against. And they're doubling down.”
“Fraud nullifies everything.”
February 10, 2025
Colorado Politics & Policy
Rebecca Lavrenz continues appeal despite pardon to establish First Amendment precedent. Dr. Joondeph on Trump's rapid progress. February 10, 2025.
“And my article is kind of tongue in cheek, but at the pace he's going, he'll have accomplished everything in a few months.”
“I think he's been planning this for the past four years, which begs the question of the 2020 election, and did he happily let it play out the way it did so the country could have a taste of Joe Biden and the left running things.”
“Again, I'm not defending it because it's gone off the rails, But Congress needs to codify these executive orders into law.”
“But this has been funding so much of the left's nefarious activities, BLM and ANTIFA and all this stuff is we're paying for it.”
January 20, 2025
Colorado Politics & Policy
Kim Monson marks Trump's inauguration with analysis of Biden's preemptive pardons and a deep dive into the LA fires' urban planning lessons.
“It's really a new day for America.”
“This is banana republic stuff that he's been through.”
“It's a chance for peace around the world to get out of these conflicts that are dragging us ever closer to World War III.”
December 16, 2024
On December 16, 2024, Kim Monson explores the importance of honoring Vietnam veterans with author Doyle Glass, and discusses border policy shifts with columnist Dr. Brian Joondeph.
“Trump did learn his lesson and he's not going to play that game again.”
“Democrats have really lurched to the left on that, and they're now totally opposed to any type of national border.”
November 18, 2024
Colorado Politics & Policy
Joondeph analyzes Trump's mandate and lawfare reckoning; Lauren Fix exposes California's motorhome ban. November 18, 2024.
“Get the emails, get all the communications, not only on the lawfare, but on COVID, on January 6th, all these things.”
October 7, 2024
Civic Engagement & Grassroots
Brad Beck guest hosts to explore fact-checker bias with Brian Joondeph and DEI industry grift with Justin Folk on October 7, 2024.
“And surprise, surprise, almost all of them lean left and some very far left.”
“Americans seem to always go to the back of the line.”
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