Colorado Public Radio Staff

Medicare’s Laura Palmer talks about a new project assessing the quality of nursing home care in six pilot states including Colorado.

Peggy Lamm with the Bighorn Center for Public Policy and political consultant Dick Waddhams discuss a ballot initiative that could change the election process by replacing caucuses.

Colorado State University research agronomist Calvin Pearson about a grant his research team received to develop a sunflower plant that could produce quality rubber.

Rocky Mountain News reporter Michelle Ames gives an overview of the past Colorado legislative session.

Judge Carol Haller of Greeley discusses the increasing number of children being brought into Colorado courtrooms by their parents.

Denver Post reporter Mike Soraghan speaks with Laura Carlson about a lawsuit aimed at stopping the shipping of plutonium from Rocky Flats to a plant to South Carolina.

Retired bailiff and author Mickey Miller on her first book, a collection of childhood memories about life in Walden, Colorado, called The View from the Folding Chairs.

Brad Lundahl, chairman of the Colorado Drought Task Force, tells about a newly implemented drought plan.

Ron Walker, president of the Colorado Elk Breeders Association, talks about the impact of chronic wasting disease on the elk ranching industry.

Colorado State University professor Charles Shackelford on directing a new center funded by the U. S.

Diane France with France Casting in Fort Collins on making replicas of bones to aid scientists, teachers and criminal investigators.

Steven Taylor, professor at Naropa University in Boulder, and Randy Roark, former assistant to poet Allen Ginsberg, talk about Naropa’s Audio Preservation and Access Project.

Laura Carlson concludes her conversation on the “Best and Brightest” intership program with San Juan county administrator Bill Norman.

Dr. Randy Kleunder of the of the University of Colorado Dental School on a new clinic that will serve patients in Colorado’s Health Insurance Program for children of the working […]

Bruce Uhrmacher, associate professor of education at the University of Denver and one of the organizers of the Aesthetic Education Institute, on redefining the perception of art.

Denver author Robert Cooperman talks with Kelley Griffin about his new book, The Widow’s Burden.