- An ownership group led by Rob Walton is poised to buy the Denver Broncos for a reported $4.65 billion. We get perspective from Eben Novy-Williams, a sports business reporter for Sportico, who's closely following the sale, and from former Denver Bronco, Super Bowl champion, author, and broadcaster Ryan Harris.
- An ownership group led by Rob Walton is buying the Broncos, pending final approvals. We get perspective on the deal. Then, CPR's investigation into the Adams County Sheriff's Office. Also, answering a Colorado Wonders question about earthquakes.
- Reflections from a cyclist who refused to dope. Scott Mercier, of Basalt, has a new book: "Win True: How You Win Matters On & Off The Bike." Then, Aidyn Reid from Colorado Springs competes in the national "Poetry Out Loud" competition. Plus, students say they're more than just test scores. And, as United expands its flight training center in Denver, pilots' mental health is also top of mind.
- Poetry has the power to move people, especially when it's said aloud. That belief fuels Aidyn Reid, a high school senior from Colorado Springs. She placed second in the national "Poetry Out Loud" competition, on Sunday.
- Republicans are divided ahead of the June 28 primary. Will unaffiliated voters tip the balance? Then, during the pandemic Julia Walker provided food for the needy. Now she helps parents find baby formula. Plus, In the San Luis Valley, Esteban Salazar forages for verdolaga – the Spanish word for purslane. And, Denver poet Nicky Beer’s new work.
- Verdolaga, Spanish for purslane, is a tart, vitamin-packed treat that he works into his diet.
- Emergency physician, Dr. Emmy Betz, wants parents to talk with their kids about guns and mental health to prevent suicide deaths. Then, a GAO report raises concerns over the decision to move Space Command from Colorado Springs. Plus, the prize money for the Colorado Women's Open will finally match that of the Men's Open. And, “Runner’s High” explores how athletes use recreational cannabis.
- School shootings are terrifying. Yet suicide, by gun, is a far greater threat to young people. Emergency physician, Dr. Emmy Betz, of CU Anschutz, wants more families to talk about it. Betz is also a champion of safe storage of firearms -- given how often parents' weapons are involved in children's deaths.
- Journalist Dave Cullen has examined school shootings and their aftermath in his books "Columbine" and "Parkland." Now, he's reporting on the misunderstood history of gun laws. Then, even when people experiencing homelessness get housing, it doesn't end tensions in the neighborhood. And, a school desegregation case in Colorado-- nearly lost to history.
- Journalist Dave Cullen, author of "Columbine" and "Parkland," has been researching the history of guns and gun laws in the US. He finds World War II and the Kennedy assassination were pivotal moments. Cullen also debunks our understanding of guns in the so-called Wild West. He chats with Ryan Warner about a forthcoming article for a national magazine.
- If it commanded an audience in Colorado, Dusty Saunders probably wrote about it. The longtime columnist and journalist died Sunday at age 90. He was with the now-defunct Rocky Mountain News for decades. He then freelanced at The Denver Post. Saunders was a founding member of the Television Critics Association. And in 2012, he spoke with Ryan Warner about his autobiography "Heeere's Dusty: Life in the TV & Newspaper World."
- With the unofficial start of summer, we spend today's show outside. First, a trek that (almost) leads to Hanging Lake, where trail and bridge repairs are progressing. Plus, we meet the TikTok star known as @fatblackandgettinit at a park in Jefferson County. Then, how not to love the land to death. Also, byways over highways and 1-star national park reviews.
- On this Memorial Day, we re-share stories of service and sacrifice, from the Honor Bell that tolls in remembrance of the servicemen and women who died defending the U.S. to a thought-provoking battle that reflects the often untold trauma of war.
- Pete and Ty Chandler, of Boulder, talk about a life-changing visit to one the 26 US veterans' cemeteries abroad. Then, historian Benjamin Brands on how these cemeteries came to be. Later, a new film about fighter pilots' dangerous, top-secret mission in Vietnam. And, Telluride singer-songwriter Emily Scott Robinson remembers her cousin, a late Army Ranger.
- More than 200,000 veterans of World War I and World War II are buried in U.S. cemeteries abroad. By Boulder historian Pete Chandler's count, Coloradans account for around 2,000 of them. Chandler shares his experience visiting the largest of these cemeteries with his son Ty. Then, military historian Benjamin Brands of the American Battle Monuments Commission explains how the 26 foreign cemeteries came to be.
- Children's Hospital psychologist Jenna Glover has advice on talking to kids about mass shootings. Then, Denver7 Chief Meteorologist Mike Nelson predicts a hot, dry summer. And, a Denver jury's $14 million award to George Floyd protesters could change the playbook for demonstrators nationwide. Plus, as wildfires worsen, there’s a firefighter shortage.
