COMMENTARY: A CONSERVATIVE CASE FOR CPB
Commentator Merrie Spaeth talks about why she disagrees with fellow conservatives who want to cut federal appropriations for public broadcasting. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
EVOLVE FISH INTERVIEW
Philip Lightstone talks to the Colorado Springs folks who run the Evolve Fish website. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
TELLURIDE BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL
Eric Whitney visits the legendary Telluride Bluegrass Festival and talks to some of the local Colorado talent. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
EXPANDED CONTENT–> The Wilders’ website is at WildersCountry.com. The Badly Bent’s online home is at TheBadlyBent.com.
RELIGION AT USAFA
An investigation was released this week concerning religious intolerance at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Eric Whitney reports on the reactions of Colorado’s Senators to the news. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
COMMENTARY: MY DRUG OF CHOICE
Ian Shoales says, simply: “Give me coffee, or give me death.” [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
POT ON PUBLIC LANDS
Adam Burke brings us the details on marijuana bring grown in California’s public parks. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
TREATMENT AND RECOVERY
Jon Wilson examines the state of drug treatment services in Colorado, and how things might change in the near future. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
RURAL METH
Stephen Raher talks to drug warriors and would-be legalizers about the drug that’s getting all the headlines: crystal meth. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
DADS’ PLAYGROUP
With Father’s Day coming up, Jeannine Miller reports on the growing number of stay-at-home dads, and what some of them do during the day. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
BACKCOUNTRY ARCHAEOLOGY
Shanna Lewis talks to an archaeologist about historical sites in the Wet Mountain Valley. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
REMEMBERING LUDLOW
Last weekend, workers gathered in Ludlow to rededicate the monument to the nineteen people who were killed there in 1914. Stephen Raher was there, talking to union leaders, workers, and politicians. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
NEWSCAST
Maeve Conran reports on protests over Xcel Energy’s plans to build a new power plant in Pueblo. And farmers’ markets are starting up across Colorado, Stephen Raher reports from the Farm and Art Market in Colorado Springs. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
EXPANDED CONTENT–> More information on the Colorado Farm and Art Market can be found at their website, farmandartmarket.org.
NAVAJO DIVERS
Joan Zwisler of Four Corners Public Radio reports on Navajo police officers learning to scuba dive in the desert. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
WAR & REMEMBRANCE IN SOUTHERN COLORADO
Eric Whitney reports on Memorial Day activities in Pueblo and a town in the San Luis Valley that is mourning the loss of a local resident who recently died in Iraq. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]
IMMIGRANT COLLEGE STUDENTS
Helen Thorpe reports on two Colorado women who had dreams of receiving a college degree. When they started looking at schools, they realized how difficult it would be for them to continue their education as undocumented immigrants. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]