March 31, 2025: Deals get made at Sundance; Arctic adventurer goes ‘Into the Thaw’
What to expect from the Sundance Film Festival, courtesy of the town that lost it. From Park City, insight into the minuses and pluses from an art film owner. Then, an Oscar-winning filmmaker in Boulder who helped lure the event. Later, former Rep. Yadira Caraveo, MD, gets candid about mental health. Plus, a frozen world that’s no longer frozen. Arctic adventurer and author Jonathan Waterman, of Carbondale, on the rapid changes facing wildlife, plants, and people.
Boulder landed Sundance. Now what?
Boulder has a lot to figure out. Sure, landing the Sundance Film Festival means stars and spotlights. But it also means crowds and congestion. We get perspective from the community that lost Sundance, Park City. Katy Wang leads the art house cinema in town. Then, Oscar-winning filmmaker Daniel Junge, of Boulder, helped woo Sundance. Earlier in his career, he volunteered at the festival.
Into the Thaw: A Colorado adventurer captures climate change in the Arctic
For four decades, the Arctic has riveted Carbondale outdoorsman Jonathan Waterman. We discuss melting permafrost, zombie fires, vulnerable communities and hungry polar bears. His new book — part travelogue, part photo spread — is “Into the Thaw: Witnessing Wonder amid the Arctic Climate Crisis.”
March 27, 2025: Bennet on ‘wanton destruction’ of federal government; Colorado’s homegrown burger
Colorado’s senior U.S. Senator, Democrat Michael Bennet, is angry at his own party as the Trump administration undertakes what Bennet calls the “wanton destruction” of the federal government. Then, why hot springs operators are concerned about Colorado’s energy future. Plus, the CEO of Good Times talks about tariffs, trends and competition with big burger. And, a Colorado Springs family marks Ramadan.
Good Times CEO talks about competing against big burger
Good Times CEO Ryan M. Zink sat down with CPR News to discuss the burger business as Colorado’s homegrown hamburger brand and competing against the big burger.
Adam Cayton-Holland returns to his comedy roots… at a Colfax dive bar
At an open mic night 20 years ago, Adam Cayton-Holland got his start in stand-up. Two decades later, and after some of the highest of career highs, he returns to Lion’s Lair Lounge on Colfax Ave. in Denver. Cayton-Holland, who also has a movie in the works, discusses, “20 Years in Comedy and All I Got Was This Lousy Special.”
Bennet on Trump opposition: ‘We have no business giving up’
Colorado’s U.S. senator talks Democratic strategy, ongoing federal cuts.
March 26, 2025: ‘Cruelty’ of HIV/AIDS cuts; Adam Cayton-Holland returns to his comedic birthplace
A pediatrician explains how federal funding cuts could undo decades of progress in HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, at home and abroad. Then, in a special out Friday, Denver comedian Adam Cayton-Holland marks 20 years of stand-up where his career began, at Lion’s Lair Lounge. Plus, “Colorado Wonders” why seatbelt use lags here. And a Ukrainian family faces further uncertainty as they try to make a life in Boulder.
A Colorado HIV expert fears funding cuts will undo years of progress
Dr. Lisa Abougi has worked on HIV/AIDS programs in Kenya as well as at Children’s Hospital Colorado.
March 24, 2025: Colorado-Canada trade connection; Natural medicine’s Indigenous roots in ‘The Trip’
Colorado gets important things from Canada, like gas and lumber, and, when it comes to U.S. tariffs, Canada’s Consul General in Denver is perplexed. Then, “The Trip,” CPR’s series about Colorado’s journey to legalize psychedelics. This time, the long view: the Indigenous view of plant-based medicine. Then, Colorado Wonders why the Front Range is sometimes colder than higher elevations. Plus, long-time CPR Classical host Jean Inaba signs off.
She plays music and plays music. CPR Classical host and musician Jean Inaba retires
In a farewell, we ask longtime classical host and violinist Jean Inaba to pick a favorite piece of classical music, a favorite child as it were.
Colorado’s new psychedelics law draws attention to natural medicine’s Indigenous roots
The Natural Medicine Act made legal in Colorado something that Indigenous cultures have considered traditional for centuries. Santiago Guerra, a professor of Southwest Studies at Colorado College who has researched Indigenous medicines and America’s drug war, says the roll out of the new law is a chance to build connections with Indigenous expertise.
Coloradans don’t use their seat belts as much as other Americans. How do we snap out of it?
In Colorado, seat belts are used just 88 percent of the time. Nationwide, that figure is 92 percent.
March 21, 2025: Ambassador Salazar on tariffs, cartels, and the Gulf; A spring of fire & ice
Former US Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar is back home in Colorado. We discuss US-Mexico relations including trade, border security, cartels, and understanding history at a time of political posturing and division. Then, spring has sprung, so what’s in store for Colorado’s weather? And CSU is ready for some March Madness!
A blizzard and fire warnings in the same week. What gives?
On I-25 between Colorado Springs and Denver this week, electronic highway signs alerted to red flag warnings — even as fresh snow blanketed the ground. Once again, Ryan Warner digs into Colorado’s perplexing weather & climate with Denver7 Chief Meteorologist Lisa Hidalgo.
March 19, 2025: Fighting violent crime in Pueblo; From plants to pests, spring gardening questions answered!
The big city with the highest violent crime rate in Colorado is Pueblo. But they’ve managed to get their murder rate down by cracking down on other offenses. Then, the lure of spring gardening is upon us! Ryan goes to a greenhouse in Colorado Springs to answer listener questions, from plants to pests. Plus, new poetry from Robin Walter, a CSU professor. And “The Middle” comes to Colorado to talk about energy.
