Colorado Public Radio Staff

State senator John Andrews and Jane Urschel with the Colorado Association of School Boards discuss several bills dealing with patriotism that have been considered by lawmakers this term.

Karrie Jacobs with the national architectural magazine dwell on the Prospect neighborhood in Longmont, recently named “America’s coolest neighborhood” by the magazine.

Constantine Curris, president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, on the high turnover of college and university presidents in Colorado over the past year.

Farmer Bruce Rosenbach talks about being selected the Colorado Division of Wildlife Landowner of the Year.

Eric Hirsh, executive director of Denver’s Alliance for Quality Teaching, discusses the success of alternative education programs being offered around Colorado.

Writer-director Peter Glazer, music director Jeff Waxman, and Harold Thau, friend and former manager of John Denver, talk about a new musical at the Denver Center Theatre Company: Almost Heaven: […]

Laura Carlson speaks with author Char Miller about his new biography, Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism.

Deborah Fassnacht, executive vice-president of the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, discusses the financial struggles shared by aquariums around the country.

Denver Public Schools Superintendent Jerry Wartgow talks about a program offering cash bonuses to teachers who are willing to work in Denver.

C.U. landscape architecture student Edward Kinney on”learning landscapes,” a partnership between the Denver Public School District and university students designed to transform school playgrounds in the city.

Gary McCallister, a biology professor at Mesa State College, talks about a new tool being used by the Mosquito Control District in western Colorado.

Jim Griffin, executive director of the Colorado League of Charter Schools, talks about a state law requiring schools that repeatedly rank unsatisfactorily on CSAP to become charter schools, and about […]

Mark Mitchell, an archeologist with the U.S.

Littleton’s Michael Carroll, who writes and illustrates children’s books dealing with scientific subjects, talks about how belief in the Bible and trust in science can go hand in hand.

Pete Mang of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation talks about the increased number of methamphetamine labs across the state.

Retired C.U. professor Jack Twombly on the distinguished career of his late colleague David Hawkins.Hawkins compiled a detailed record of the development and testing of the first atomic bomb.