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Wish We Were Here

Wish We Were Here, Episode 12: Avalanche on America’s Mountain

Most people think of Pikes Peak as a tourist destination – the Fourteener with a highway and a donut shop on top.
By Jake Brownell and Noel Black
Arts

The Big Something Radio Programme, Episode 12

On this episode of The Big Something: local comic book artist Langdon Foss discusses his recent 4-short comic The Surface; retired Navy seal and author of the book Navy Seal […]
By Noel Black and Jake Brownell
Arts

A Behind The Scenes Look at Wish We Were Here

If you’ve ever been curious about how the KRCC Radio Show and Podcast Wish We Were Here is produced, where we get our ideas, and what our plans for the […]
By Noel Black and Jake Brownell
Wish We Were Here

Wish We Were Here, Episode 11: Dragonman – Behind the Guns

With a national debate raging about the 2nd Amendment, we went to meet a man who epitomizes the right to bear arms: Dragonman.
By Noel Black and Jake Brownell
Arts

The Big Something Radio Programme, Episode 11

On this episode of The Big Something: In-depth Conversation on Culture and Ideas in the Pikes Peak region, we speak with outgoing Museum Director at the Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, […]
By Noel Black and Jake Brownell
Wish We Were Here

Wish We Were Here, Episode 10: After the Evangelical Vatican

For many years in the 1990s and 2000s, Colorado Springs was so synonymous with conservative evangelical Christianity that it earned the nickname “The Evangelical Vatican.” But in late-2006, Pastor Ted […]
By Noel Black and Jake Brownell
Arts

The Big Something Radio Programme, Episode 10

On this episode of The Big Something, author Brett McCracken discusses his book Hipster Chrisitianity, When Church and Cool Collide ; Daniel James Brown shares the incredible story of how […]
By Noel Black and Jake Brownell
Arts

An Interview with The Boys in the Boat author Daniel James Brown

The Boys in the Boat celebrates the 1936 U.S.
By Noel Black
Arts

The Colorful History of Colorado Springs’ Ivywild Neighborhood

When you hear the name Ivywild these days, you likely think of the old school turned brewery and market just south of I-25 in Colorado Springs.
By Jake Brownell and Noel Black
Arts

The Big Something Radio Programme, Episode 9

On this episode of The Big Something: filmmaker Nathan Ward discusses The Rider and the Wolf, his new documentary about the disappearance of Colorado Mountain Bike pioneer, Mike Rust; Representatives […]
By Noel Black and Jake Brownell
Arts

The Rider & The Wolf: An Interview with Filmmaker Nathan Ward

In 2009, Hall-of-Fame mountain biker Mike Rust disappeared from his land in the San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado .
By Noel Black
Wish We Were Here

Wish We Were Here, Episode 9: Three Degrees of Lorne Greene

On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we bring you three stories from three current or former Colorado springs residents, completely unknown to one another.
By Noel Black and Jake Brownell
Arts

Adventures in Sound with Composer Tom Ross

Colorado Springs musician Tom Ross has dedicated much of his life to studying the music of different cultures around the globe and integrating those global influences into his own work as a […]
By Jake Brownell and Noel Black
Arts

The Big Something Radio Programme: Episode 8

On this episode of The Big Something Radio Programme, sociologist and author Kathy Giuffre discusses her first novel, The Drunken Spelunker’s Guide to Plato; food writer and reporter Bryce Crawford […]
By Jake Brownell and Noel Black
Arts

A Drunken Spelunker’s Interview with Kathy Giuffre

Kathy Giuffre, Professor of Sociology at Colorado College, is the author of the newly published novel The Drunken Spelunker’s Guide to Plato, a coming of age love story that follows […]
By Noel Black
Arts

The Big Something Radio Programme: Episode 7

On Episode 7 of The Big Something Radio Programme we hear from the soon-to-be newest member of the Colorado state Supreme Court, Richard Gabriel; we bring you an interview with […]
By Noel Black and Jake Brownell

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