![Reed Killam pedals a trishaw around Hudson Gardens with two passengers in front, Colorado Matters host Chandra Thomas Whitfield and Bonnie Douglas, who is celebrating her 85th birthday. There are microphones in front of Chandra and Bonnie to record their interview.](https://www.cpr.org/cdn-cgi/image/width=3840,quality=75,format=auto/https://wp-cpr.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Cycling-Without-Age-2-e1721782166800.jpg)
Wind in your hair and a taste of freedom: Cycling nonprofit gets older Coloradans back on wheels
Cycling Without Age Littleton allows those who can’t pedal themselves a chance to get outside and enjoy a bike ride.
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By Nell London
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A new pool of recruits for understaffed preschools and home care: older Coloradans
A growing number of older Coloradans have signed up to work in chronically understaffed areas.
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By Nell London
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Who will make your medical decisions if you can’t? And Colorado’s ‘unusual’ approach makes planning important. One CU doctor has advice
Dr. Lum spoke with Colorado Matters about what Coloradans need to decide in advance, and how to bring it up with family members.
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By Nell London
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Interview: A sheriff’s deputy’s advice to older people (and everyone) on avoiding scams
Scammers follow the money.
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By Nell London
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Colorado’s population is getting older. It will impact everyone
From a retiring generation to caretaker shortages, these are the statewide changes to expect.
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By Nell London
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From prison to professors, breaking the cycle of recidivism and crime
Prisoners are becoming professors at Adams State University in Alamosa. The school has long taught incarcerated students through correspondence courses. Now it’s added classes in prisons, and hired an inmate as an adjunct, one of the first in the nation.
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By Nell London
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A gift that always fits? A book! Here are some recommendations with Colorado connections
This gift-giving season, Colorado Matters asked Emily Sinclair, owner of Paonia Books on Grand Avenue in Paonia, for recommendations of good reads with Colorado connections.
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By Nell London
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Thinking of swapping your lawn for a water-saving garden? This nonprofit has a ‘plant-by-numbers’ service to help
More than 10,000 Colorado households transitioned all or part of a grass lawn this year.
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By Nell London
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She marched with Dr. King, and her work for civil rights marches on to this day
Glenda Robinson, a minister at Second Baptist Church of Boulder, was selected by the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission to receive this year’s lifetime achievement award.
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By Nell London
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Images from Webb telescope highlight dancing galaxies and other cosmic marvels
Dancing galaxies and a dying double star are just some of the cosmic marvels spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope — whose optical system was built in Colorado by Ball Aerospace. NASA revealed its first images this week, providing a glimpse at the never-before-seen-universe. University of Denver astronomy professor Jennifer Hoffman helps us understand the unprecedented images.
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By Nell London
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Black climbing team makes history on world’s highest mountain
For the first time, an all-Black team of climbers summited Mt. Everest this spring. Eddie Taylor from Lafayette is one of the climbers and Phillip Henderson of Cortez led the effort, called “Full Circle Everest.”
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By Nell London
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She’s on a mission to help survivors of mass shootings
Sandy Phillips sees the pain caused by mass shootings through a very personal lens. Her own daughter Jessi was murdered, along with 11 others, at an Aurora movie theater in 2012. Phillips and her husband have been on the road ever since, crisscrossing the country.
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By Nell London
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A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon ‘blood red’
A lunar eclipse will turn the full moon blood red, but it’s also the first in a series of interesting celestial phenomena that will happen in the next few months. Astronomer Doug Duncan of CU Boulder talks about the lunar eclipse, a parade of planets and three super moons people will enjoy watching later this summer.
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By Nell London
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From drought-friendly, native plants to growing healthy tomatoes, your gardening questions, answered.
It’s go-time for gardeners. Mother’s Day signaled the start of the spring season for much of Colorado. And our listeners have saved up a winter’s-worth of questions for expert Fatuma Emmad. She’s founder of Frontline Farming, a community group that focuses on farming and education.
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By Nell London
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Inside the laboratory in Louisville that’s making ‘mind-boggling’ internet speeds possible
Shutdowns due to COVID-19 changed work and schools overnight, with Zoom meeting and Google classrooms becoming the norms. The technology that’s helped transform how we operate was created at CableLabs, a research facility in Louisville — it’s CEO, Phil McKinney, was recently named CEO of the Year by the Colorado Technology Association.
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By Nell London
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Preserving Latino history and culture in Colorado
There’s a growing effort to honor Hispanic history through preservation. The national group, “Latinos in Heritage Conservation” holds its biannual conference in Denver this week. Desiree Aranda is the group’s cofounder. Annie Levinsky is with Historic Denver.
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By Nell London