Here is another teaser episode of City Cast Denver. I don't know why anyone who lives in Denver wouldn't want to have this in their feed. Subscribe here if you haven't already. This particular episode puts a huge smile on my face. I loved listening to Gustavo Arellano's talk on Colorado-style Mexican food from the El Pueblo History Museum. I loved watching Patty Calhoun in the comments of the zoom event. I loved listening to Bree interview them. Everything about this episode is good feelings. Wh...
Apr 09, 2021•16 min
Hey, Paul here. I've got a very cool new project to tell you about. If you like Changing Denver, I guarantee you'll like City Cast Denver . It's a new daily Denver news podcast -- 15 minutes every weekday morning, stuffed full of all the local news you need to know, but also perspectives and voices that you'd never otherwise get to hear, plus a few fun surprises along the way. I've been working on City Cast Denver for a few months now with some incredible people, and it's finally ready for you. ...
Mar 18, 2021•2 min
Changing Denver's favorite local historian returns. This is Phil Goodstein in conversation about the 1918 flu, how it affected Denver and how it could provide a roadmap for our future. Phil and I didn't talk about this, but I know he normally makes money giving walking tours around the city. I doubt those are very popular right now, so I'd like to remind you that Phil has many books about Denver's history available for purchase on the internet, including the websites of your favorite local books...
Apr 13, 2020•22 min
Longtime listeners of Changing Denver will be interested to hear about Range & Slope, a new podcast featuring sounds and stories from prairie to peak. Range & Slope is a product of the R & S Collective, of which Changing Denver host Paul Karolyi is a proud member. Subscribe wherever you listen to Changing Denver and learn more at rangeandslope.com .
Aug 29, 2019•25 min
Our Rocky Flats series concludes with a look into the future. What does this summer's litigation mean for the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge? And what about the Rocky Flats of our collective imagination, has anything changed? Unclear Danger: The Colorado Story of Rocky Flats is presented in partnership with the Colorado Independent and the Denver Public Library. - Support the show! Our limited-time crowdfunding campaign is ending at the end of this month. If you loved the Rocky Flats serie...
Aug 13, 2018•46 min•Season 4Ep. 12
The reactions to the most recent episode of Unclear Danger: The Colorado Story of Rocky Flats have been overwhelming. In the form of two interviews about health impact studies of communities surrounding Rocky Flats, this is our response. Unclear Danger is being produced in partnership with the Colorado Independent and the Denver Public Library. - Support the show! You can now support Changing Denver with a monthly pledge on our Patreon ! A monthly pledge of $3 or more will get you access to tran...
Jul 30, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 11
We take to the streets to hear from everyday Denverites on the big question besetting us all: How do you feel about the way Denver is changing? Host Paul Karolyi recently served as the Podcaster in Residence at the Denver Public Library. This episode documents the final program of his residency. - Support Changing Denver! Set up a monthly pledge on Patreon at www.patreon.com/changingdenver and rate/review us on Apple Podcasts. - You can learn more about Mile High Hustle: The Denver Startup Week ...
Jul 23, 2018•26 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Our Rocky Flats fiction series concludes with a story from local author Rebecca Aronauer , as read by her partner Bryon Quick. Also included in this episode is an interview with Taylor Dunne and Eric Stewart, the producers of an upcoming documentary and multimedia project called Off Country . Their project places Rocky Flats in the context of the nuclear weapons industrial complex's impact on local communities nationwide. - Support Changing Denver with a monthly pledge at www.patreon.com/changin...
Jul 16, 2018•31 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Unclear Danger 4: Is it safe? In this fourth chapter of our Rocky Flats series, we set out to answer the central question in the recent controversy over the site: Will the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge be safe for visitors when it opens to the public? Unclear Danger: The Colorado Story of Rocky Flats is presented in partnership with the Colorado Independent and the Denver Public Library. - Support the show! Our conclusion in this episode is sure to draw some criticism, so we need your sup...
Jul 02, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Changing Denver's first guest producer Rae Solomon provides an update on recent developments in the campaign to change the name of the neighborhood at the site of the former airport. After this brief diversion back into Denver's history with the Ku Klux Klan, our Rocky Flats series will resume next week. - Our theme song is “ Minnow ” by Felix Fast4ward. The other music heard in this episode is by the Blue Dot Sessions , Monplaisir , and Blah Blah Blah . - Follow us on Twitter @changingdenver fo...
Jun 25, 2018•29 min
Our Rocky Flats fiction series continues! This time, we've got short stories by local authors Sonia Christensen and Giles Hash. You can find more stories from Sonia here and here . Giles is co-host of Beyond the Trope , our sister show on the Denver Podcast Network. - Support Changing Denver with a monthly pledge at www.patreon.com/changingdenver.com . Follow us on Twitter at @ChangingDenver . Thanks for listening!...
Jun 18, 2018•16 min
In this third chapter of our Rocky Flats series, we dive deep into the last few years of conflict between the government agencies responsible for the lands of the former nuclear weapons plant and the activists who want to keep it closed forever. Unclear Danger: The Colorado Story of Rocky Flats is presented in partnership with the Colorado Independent and the Denver Public Library . – Support the show! Unclear Danger is the product of countless reporting trips, numerous interviews, and many, man...
Jun 04, 2018•52 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Surprise! - You can read more of Lumans’ work on his website . - Support Changing Denver with a monthly pledge at www.patreon.com/changingdenver.com . Follow us on Twitter at @ChangingDenver . Thanks for listening!
May 14, 2018•16 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Our story of Rocky Flats continues. In this second chapter, we share the people’s history of the site, from humble beginnings in the early 1970s to a resurgence of activism today. Unclear Danger: The Colorado Story of Rocky Flats is presented in partnership with the Colorado Independent and the Denver Public Library . — Support the show! If you’re loving this Rocky Flats series, we recently launched a new way to support the show. It’s a limited run crowdfunding campaign, and you can find it at w...
Apr 30, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Welcome to the first supplemental, side episode in our Rocky Flats series. Herein you’ll find a recording of the panel we put on at the Denver Public Library on April 7, as well as an unprecedented plea. - You can now support Changing Denver with a monthly pledge on our Patreon ! A monthly pledge of $3 or more will get you access to transcripts of each episode of Unclear Danger and three Changing Denver stickers. A pledge of $10 or more will get you a shout out in the end credits of each Rocky F...
Apr 16, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Welcome to the fourth season of Changing Denver. It’s going to be a season-long series all on one topic. We’re calling it Unclear Danger: The Colorado Story of Rocky Flats. We’re proud to present this whole season in partnership with the Colorado Independent and the Denver Public Library . -- Next Week: We are hosting a panel, titled “ Remembering Rocky Flats ,” at the Denver Public Library on April 7. Three Rocky Flats historians—Len Ackland, Dorothy Ciarlo, and Murph Widdowfield—will be sharin...
Apr 02, 2018•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 2
Unclear Danger: The Colorado Story of Rocky Flats will begin on April 2. One week after the first episode is published, we'll be hosting a panel, titled " Remembering Rocky Flats ," at the Denver Public Library. Find us on the 7th floor of the central branch at 2pm on April 7. Follow @changingdenver for more details. -- Music for this trailer and for all of season four provided by Aethernaut , Denver's premier chiptunes artist....
Mar 12, 2018•1 min•Season 4Ep. 1
On this episode of Changing Denver – the finale of season three! – we share the story of Lauri Lynnxe Murphy, a local artist and writer. You can follow Lauri on Twitter at @Lynnxe and learn more on her website . - Recommended reading: Meow Wolf in Denver: Santa Fe's deliriously popular art collective lands with permanent installation Artspace lands site for affordable artist housing in RiNo - Our theme song is " Minnow " by Felix Fast4ward. Also heard in this episode is a selection of songs of M...
Jan 08, 2018•41 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Our third agent of change is a group of people, the newcomers and the transplants. It comprises two interviews, one with Helen Thorpe, author of a new book about refugee and immigrant teenagers at South High School, and the other with Zena Ballas, creator of a new digital archive of transplant profiles. - You can learn more about Helen's book, The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom, here . And you can find Zena's project here . - Music for this episode provi...
Dec 04, 2017•46 min
In this installment of Changing Denver Bit By Bit, we revisit our episode about Five Points, “The Five Points and the Six.” In that piece, we shared the story of a local business, Rosenberg’s Bagels and Delicatessen, that got caught proudly advertising the fact that it was changing the culture of one of Denver’s most important, traditionally Black neighborhoods. Well, as you may have seen on social media last week, all that happened again. This time the business was Ink! Coffee and the incident ...
Nov 26, 2017•48 min
Earlier this week, we brought you the story of Tay Anderson, 19-year-old candidate for the Denver Public School Board. In this installment of Changing Denver Bit By Bit, we bring you the audio of a candidates' forum that aired on Channel 8 back in October. This was Tay's first televised debate, and it offers the chance to delve deeper into the politics of local education. - Our theme song is " Minnow " by Felix Fast4ward. - You can find us on Twitter @ChangingDenver and sign up for our newslette...
Nov 02, 2017•39 min
Our second “Agent of Change” is Tay Anderson, the 19-year-old running for the Denver Public School Board. What does his Trump Era campaign mean for us and for our schools? -- Further reading: You can read all about Tay’s platform on his website: www.tayanderson.org And here’s a recent piece Melanie Asmar wrote about the District 4 race: Inside the three-candidate battle for northeast Denver’s school board seat - Our theme song is " Minnow " by Felix Fast4ward. Also heard in this episode: “ When ...
Oct 30, 2017•56 min•Season 3Ep. 3
In this installment of Changing Denver Bit By Bit, Paul offers a personal report on his experience at a fancy cannabis pairing dinner put on by Mason Jar Events Group . In some ways, Mason Jar is following in the footsteps of Jane West, the subject of last week’s episode . It’s a woman-led company on the vanguard of public consumption, and they are constantly trying out new ways to normalize and maximize the experience of getting high. - Former Cannabist editor Ricardo Baca, who you heard on las...
Oct 09, 2017•25 min•Season 3Ep. 2
On this episode of Changing Denver, we tell the story of Jane West, “ganja-preneur” and advocate, and explore the role of women in the cannabis industry. This episode marks the start of season 3, a mini-season highlighting people we’re calling “agents of change,” instead of neighborhoods or other made spaces. - Further reading: We highly recommend reading John Schroyer’s extensive report on Women Grow. You can find it here . Also from Marijuana Business Daily , here are the results of their surv...
Oct 02, 2017•43 min•Season 3Ep. 1
We have a major announcement: Changing Denver is now a proud member of the Denver Podcast Network. Rounding out the founding partner shows: Beyond the Trope , a podcast for nerds Left Hand Right Brain , an exploration of creativity Discover Weakly, music talk. You could do worse. Reel Nerds , a new movie every week Denver Pizza Podcast , the only show hungry enough to review every pie in Mile High Jon of all Trades , a weekly show featuring interviews with successful people from all across the e...
Aug 28, 2017•1 hr 2 min
It's been a while since we released the last episode of season two. Here's an update on what we've been working on and a taste of what's to come. - Changing Denver is a proud member of the Denver Podcast Network. In the shadow of the mountains, we speak . - You can follow the show on Twitter and find us online at www.changingdenver.com . Thanks for listening!
Aug 18, 2017•4 min•Season 3Ep. 1
On this episode of Changing Denver -- the finale of season 2! -- we venture into the animal kingdom (as far into it as we can get without leaving the city, that is). This is a story about societal norms surrounding animal exhibitions, and it only begins at the Denver Zoo. Thanks for another successful season, everyone. Your continued support means the world to us. We'll be back in a few months with new episodes, and we may have a few surprises in store before then. - Make sure to watch one of th...
May 08, 2017•49 min
A few weeks ago, Paul started hosting a new weekly podcast for the local news outlet Denverite. We think you'll like it, so we wanted to give you a taste. Subscribe to Denverite Now on iTunes! And check out all the stories discussed in this episode at www.denverite.com
Apr 21, 2017•33 min
On this installment of Changing Denver Bit By Bit, we bring you the story of Denver mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton and his relationship with the Ku Klux Klan. - Our theme song is " Minnow " by Felix Fast4ward. The other song heard in this episode is "Dekalb Station" by Shady Elders. You can hear it on their new LP, Inside Voices . - You can find us on Twitter @ChangingDenver and sign up for our newsletter at www.changingdenver.com/about . Thanks for listening!...
Apr 10, 2017•24 min
On Changing Denver this month, we bring you the story of Stapleton, the would-be New Urbanist paradise, and its upsetting connection to the Ku Klux Klan. - Recommended Reading If you want to learn more about the business side of Stapleton, Paul has covered related subjects a couple times for Crain's Denver: From the Block: Thriving neighborhood rises from grounded Stapleton Stanley Marketplace readies for takeoff in Aurora For another take on Stapleton and New Urbanism, here's a worthy article f...
Apr 03, 2017•44 min
