Ali Budner

Ali Budner was a senior producer for Colorado Matters from 2020-2021 and previously was KRCC's Southern Colorado reporter for the Mountain West News Bureau, a journalism collaborative of six stations across Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Montana.

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Colorado’s Felix Sparks Liberated Dachau, Now There’s A Netflix Series About Him

He led the U.S. Army’s liberation of the Dachau concentration camp during World War II. And now, a new Netflix series tells the story of Colorado’s Felix Sparks. “The Liberator” is based on a book by the same name written by former journalist and WWII historian, Alex Kershaw. Kershaw joins the show to talk about the life of Felix Sparks and his significance in Colorado history.