- Author Jenny Shank’s childhood in Denver was all about differences. The different neighborhoods she was bused to for school, the classmates and friends who grew up much differently than she did. That experience is at the heart of her award-winning short story collection, “Mixed Company.”
- Lack of access to clean drinking water isn't just a sanitation issue -- it's a health issue. Eleanor Allen is the CEO of a Colorado non-profit organization, Water for People, which is working toward the UN goal of ensuring global access to water by 2030.
- The representative says he sees a need for new representation at a time when the geographic boundaries of District 7 are changing.
- Longtime Democratic Congressman Ed Perlmutter represents Denver’s northern suburbs and he announced this week he won’t seek re-election, something different from what he told us the last time he was on Colorado Matters in November. Host Ryan Warner asks him both about his departure and policy.
- “You don't tell people to wear a jacket when they go out in winter and force them to [wear it]. If they get frostbite, it's their own darn fault.”
- Months after they fled their country, thousands of Afghan refugees remain in temporary housing on U.S. military bases across the country. Local district attorney John Kellner, a Marine Corps reservist, recently returned from Fort Pickett, Virginia, where he helped refugees waiting to move to more permanent homes around the country.
- Of course, there’s joy in giving this holiday season, but when you look under the tree do you feel a little guilty, too? All that shiny ribbon, the bright lights, the wrapping paper, even the tree itself? And what about fashion?
- Russia launched a missile and blew up one of its old satellites last week, triggering an alert for the International Space Station and concern that space could become a new battleground.
- The former secretaries share a geographic touchstone in Colorado and a common mentor.
- Nhi Aronheim, of Englewood, came to the United States as a young girl from Vietnam after the war. How she arrived here is a story of a harrowing escape and perseverance, but also one of hope and optimism despite the odds. Her new book is, “Soles of A Survivor: A Memoir.”
- The 7th Congressional District is currently composed mostly of Denver’s northwest suburbs, but after redistricting, it will include some rural mountain counties.
- The governor spoke with Colorado Matters about taxes, Colorado's COVID crisis and more.
- They hold different political views but former secretaries of state Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza Rice share a connection to the University of Denver, and to a common mentor there. Professor Josef Korbel was Albright’s father and the teacher who set Rice on her career path. The two former secretaries met, virtually, a few weeks ago for a conversation sponsored by DU. They talked about their connection to the university and about American policy in the age of disinformation and COVID-19. Their appearance coincided with the inauguration of the university’s new chancellor, Jeremy Haefner.
- Fatuma Emmad, co-founder of FrontLine Farming, answers listener questions about winter gardening.
- There’s a little snow on the mountains and the occasional frost warning along the Front Range. But that’s no reason for gardeners to abandon all hope. So, what’s to be done to keep plants growing and to prepare for next season? We’ve collected your questions, and ours, for educator and landscaper Fatuma Emmad, co-founder of Frontline Farming.
- Gov. Polis said that Colorado's poor air quality over the summer was caused by wildfires, rather than car, oil and gas emissions.
