A Teacher’s Letters To Her Students, High Suicide Rates In The Mountains, Writing Through Grief
After a student’s suicide attempt, a Colorado Springs teacher wrote all 130 of her students notes about what made them unique. Suicide rates are unusually high in Colorado’s mountain towns. A Denver writer uses personal tragedy to inspire her fiction.
Previewing Colorado Ballot Issues, Collecting Ballot Signatures, Ali In Denver, School As Smart Village, Sweet And Lucky
November voters could decide some familiar issues. Stories from a ballot signature collector. Muhammad Ali’s Denver Fight. Interactive theater is “Sweet and Lucky.”
Mixed Bag On Colorado’s Medicaid Expansion, Summer Reading Recommendations, Classical Music Festival Preview
New research on the costs and benefits of Colorado’s Medicaid expansion shows more low-income residents are getting health insurance, but it’s come with more than a few surprises. Then, the buyer for the Tattered Cover Book Stores says a kind, young writer from Colorado has written the most terrifying book in recent memory, set in a swanky hotel where, “one by one, the staff is getting murdered.” We get that and other summer reading recommendations — and a few musical ones as well, with a preview of classical concerts and festivals in Colorado this summer.
Madeleine Albright Remembers Denver
This interview first aired in 2008. Ryan Warner speaks with Madeleine Albright about her father and her time in Denver.
Colorado Resorts Not Liable For Avalanches, Denver’s Experiment With Cash For Poor, Novel Explores Schizophrenia, Denver’s Own Omelet
Resort skiers need to step up avalanche awareness after a court ruling. A Boulder novelist looks at schizophrenia through a child’s eyes. Denver’s signature omelet may have started as a sandwich. A Denver experiment that aided the poor could have international impact . Revisiting a conversation with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Order Up: Cracking Open The History Of The Denver Omelet
The omelet may have started as a sandwich, according to Matt Masich of Colorado Life Magazine.
Hemp May Yield Record Crop, Wyoming Author’s Ghost Story, Cotopaxi’s Jewish Colony, Nabokov In The West
Four years after hemp became legal in Colorado, farmers may produce the state’s first industrial crop. A Wyoming writer’s latest Walt Longmire mystery is a ghost story. A man wants help proving his relative didn’t swindle residents of a Jewish immigrant colony near Pueblo. And, Russian novelist Vladmir Nabokov’s love of the West helped inspire “Lolita.”
A Colorado Medal Of Honor Winner, Churches Welcome Soldiers Home, A Denver Writer’s Korean War Tale, Idaho Springs Statue
A former Fort Carson soldier who tackled a suicide bomber in Afghanistan says he doesn’t deserve his Medal of Honor because he just did what any soldier would. A military chaplain offers advice for ministering to veterans and their families. Then, Denver author Adam Makos tells the story of a Korean War plane crash that brought military men of different races together. And, a sculpture in Idaho Springs depicts an adventurer who never lived.
On The Road With Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, And Art Offers Relief From Parkinson’s
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper talked about major Colorado policy issues and offered up personal stories from his new book when Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner traveled with him to Arapahoe County and Colorado Springs May 20, 2016. Also, artist Wayne Gilbert uses art to ease the symptoms of Parkinson’s.
Historical Treasures: Colorado Matters Favorite Interviews About The Centennial State’s Past
Some of our favorite recent Colorado Matters interviews about state history include “Colorado Vanguards,” profiles of people who shaped the state. Then, an effort to revive Colorado’s original state song. And, the state historian on some little-known aspects of Colorado’s past.
A Complicated Petition Season For Senate Candidates, A Colorado Company Buys Stool Samples To Fight Disease
Four Republican senate candidates are petitioning onto the June primary election ballots but the process has been complicated by allegations of fraud. And, Colorado company The BioCollective is giving people financial incentives to collect their stools for research into sickle cell anemia.
Politico: Metro Denver Transit ‘Miracle’ And Missed Opportunity; Is Passenger Rail Across Colorado A Pie In The Sky Vision?
Metro Denver’s rail service was designed to reduce road congestion but the biggest benefit has been revitalization of the neighborhoods near its stations, according to a new article by Colin Woodard in Politico. Then, is passenger rail crisscrossing Colorado pie in the sky? And, Colorado’s new public lands day.
Colorado Springs Cyberhub, Folklorico Director’s Award Reflects Youth Work
An expert details the latest hacking tactics after Colorado’s legislature approves $8 million for a cyber security center in Colorado Springs. And, the director of the Folklorico program at Aspen Santa Fe Ballet receives the governor’s award for creative leadership.
Elder Abuse, Female Pilots’ Challenges, Students Combat Extremism, A Poet’s “Bad Fame”
As Colorado’s elderly population grows, officials seek to reduce cases of physical and financial abuse. Then, working conditions pose extra challenges for female pilots. Students have a plan to combat extremism on social media. And, a poet crafts “Bad Fame.”
Restoring An AIDS Memorial; Italian Beer In Colorado; Poet’s ‘Gentlessness’
Pioneers in Colorado’s AIDS effort rededicate a memorial. Italian craft beer creates a splash in Colorado. The poetry in “(gentlessness)’’ grapples with life’s complexities.
Didn’t Know Denver Had An AIDS Memorial? You’re Not Alone
The AIDS Grove in Denver’s Commons Park has seen better days. Volunteers are cleaning it up ahead of a rededication May 15, 2016.
