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September 30, 2025: International festival forced to go local, largest weed recall, Rockies manager, leaf peeping crowds

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Artist Jonathan Saiz checks out a pair of sneakers, and the story attached to them, inside the Empathy Museum’s “A Mile In My Shoes” exhibit brought to the 16th Street Mall by the Biennial of the Americas. Aug. 8, 2019. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

A major cultural festival that usually brings artists from all over Latin America to Denver is having to pivot because of stronger immigration policies. Then, perhaps the biggest recall ever in Colorado’s cannabis industry could be a sign of wider worries about safety. Plus, what the Rockies’ manager has to say about their historically bad season. And, leaf peeping crowds shut down a town’s entrances.

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This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Haylee May and Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Haylee, Arlo, Rachel Estabrook, Pedro Lumbraño and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Rachel Estabrook. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.