Arlo Pérez Esquivel

Host/Reporter

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Arlo Pérez Esquivel joined Colorado Public Radio in 2024.

Professional background:
Arlo has a background in filmmaking and public media. He is best known for co-hosting NOVA’s Antarctic Extremes, a series that explores the daily life of Antarctic scientists and the community that supports them. Most recently, Arlo produced PBS Digital Studios’ America Outdoors: Understory with Baratunde Thurston, an ambitious series that tells the stories of communities across the country and their relationship to the outdoors.

Education: Arlo has a Bachelor's degree from Boston College where he double majored in Political Science and Filmmaking.

Awards: In 2021 he won a AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award for his documentary about the underreporting of COVID-19 cases in his Mexican hometown.

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Colorado Today

Dec. 8, 2025: Big drug busts in Colorado, debate over trans athletes, and a moose-sized environmental question

olorado law enforcement is seizing unusually large amounts of illegal drugs, and investigators say the state’s own infrastructure helps explain why traffickers route shipments here. Then, we have an update on the ongoing debate over how Colorado high schools should handle transgender athletes, a discussion playing out without statewide data. And for Colorado Wonders, we dig into how much impact Colorado’s hungriest residents, the moose, have on their environment.
By Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Bazi Kanani
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Colorado Today

Dec. 1, 2025: Green energy jobs in demand, mass shooting suspect’s death ends the fight for justice, World AIDS Day

First, we remember State Sen. Faith Winter, who has died in a car wreck. Then, for the first time, the state has a list of what specific jobs will be needed to meet climate goals. Plus, in the case of a mass shooting a decade ago, there’s closure now, but probably not the kind that victims and survivors were looking for. And, on this World AIDS Day, a Coloradan goes to a place they say is easy to overlook.
By Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Bazi Kanani
Colorado Today

Nov. 24, 2025: Undocumented Coloradans lose coverage, Dems under ethics review, Colorado’s car market cools

Thousands of undocumented Coloradans are set to lose their health coverage next year as the state winds down OmniSalud. Then, a group of Democratic lawmakers is facing an ethics investigation over a weekend retreat and concerns about special-interest influence. Plus, what the cooling car-buying market says about consumer confidence and Colorado’s broader economy.
By Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Bazi Kanani