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.

Colorado Today

October 27, 2025: TSA workers’ dilemma, local ballot measures, ghostly places, weekend vandalism

A new stage in the federal government shutdown means you may want to be prepared for changes at the airport. Then, there’s a week to go in the election. Do you know where you stand on the most contentious issues? Plus, in this week’s Colorado Wonders, where you could encounter a ghost in Denver. And, a heads up about an act of vandalism over the weekend at an LGBTQ center.
By Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Bazi Kanani