Today, Sun water reporter Shannon Mullane and Fresh Water News editor Jerd Smith talk about the controversy surrounding Gross Reservoir, a key water storage bank for metro Denver. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/05/02/gross-dam-expansion-case-heads-for-crucial-federal-hearing-in-denver-tuesday/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Last week, The Colorado Sun hosted an event at the University of Denver recapping the state's 2025 legislative session. On today's podcast, we're featuring an excerpt of that event. Colorado Sun political reporter Jesse Paul and Megan Verlee, public affairs editor at Colorado Public Radio, interviewed Colorado Senate President James Coleman and House Speaker Julie McCluskie live at DU. The Sun and CPR News are partners through the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. Learn more: https://coloradosun.c...
Today, Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang explores the differences between Colorado’s state-mandated retirement savings plan and the 401(k) alternative launched by the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce, and what each option offers to small businesses and their employees. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/05/17/colorado-springs-retirement-plan-chamber-employer/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Today, Conor Hall, director of Colorado’s Outdoor Recreation Industry Office and a Colorado native, talks about leading and growing the state’s $65 billion outdoor economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today, the Sun’s Kevin Simpson chats with G. Brown, director of the Colorado Music Experience, about a local legend whose recent death left a huge void in the music scene. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On today's edition we're sharing another episode of Purplish, the politics and policy produced by Colorado Public Radio and the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. On it, Colorado Sun political reporter Jesse Paul breaks down Colorado's 2025 legislative session with Bente Birkeland of Colorado Public Radio and Lucas Brady Woods of KUNC. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/05/09/colorado-legislature-2025-themes/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Today: Michael Booth and John Ingold preview some of the wide variety of topics on tap for Friday's in-person SunFest at the University of Denver, from the science of happiness to a live recycling quiz show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today, Colorado Sun rural reporter Tracy Ross looks at how the national AmeriCorps program helps thousands in Colorado and what the DOGE funding cuts will mean to Coloradans who rely on AmeriCorps' young people. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/05/11/colorado-americorps-mile-high-youth-corps-doge-cuts/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins takes a look at how the new tariffs could be a boon for Colorado’s secondhand market for outdoor gear. And, start planning now for those ski swaps. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This Friday SunLit editor Kevin Simpson talks with a science fiction author and Colorado Book Award finalist about his novel in which artificial intelligence calls all the shots. Get "The Future Lies" here: https://johnbe.com/shop See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today, Colorado Sun education reporter Erica Breunlin outlines the school finance bill the state legislator passed Wednesday on the last day of the session and what it would mean for Colorado’s 178 school districts. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/05/07/colorado-education-school-funding-legislation-2025/ https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/30/watch-the-colorado-sun-discusses-education-funding/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
The Colorado legislature is challenging Gov. Jared Polis this year unlike it ever has before. Colorado Sun political reporter Jesse Paul joined Bente Birkeland of Colorado Public Radio on the latest edition of Purplish to explore the dynamics. Purplish is the podcast from CPR and the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/28/colorado-legislature-jared-polis-veto-override-fails/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Today, Colorado Sun tech reporter Tamara Chuang breaks down why a bill addressing how Colorado businesses implement artificial intelligence was pulled from a state legislative committee and what that means for the new AI law set to go into effect Feb 1st. Learn more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/05/05/colorado-artificial-intelligence-law-killed/ https://coloradosun.com/colorado-sunfest Promo Code: COSunPodcast10 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins discusses what he found while reporting on the number of skier deaths at Colorado resorts this season, and the balance of personal responsibility and why ski resorts don’t have to report deaths. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/05/02/colorado-ski-deaths-2024-25/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Today SunLit editor Kevin Simpson talks with the author of a book that won the 2024 Colorado Authors League award in the Fantasy and Paranormal genre. https://coloradosun.com/colorado-sunfest Promo code: COSunPodcast10 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today, Fresh Water News editor Jerd Smith joins us to talk about the latest in the battle over the dam and reservoir expansion in Boulder County ahead of a federal court hearing next week in Denver. https://coloradosun.com/colorado-sunfest Promo code: COSunPodcast10 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today, Sun reporter Parker Yamasaki has the lowdown on a Colorado project to kill an invasive plant using beetles that is facing serious cutbacks after money promised by the federal government was rescinded by the Trump administration. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/29/trump-cuts-threaten-beetle-yampa-river-invasive-species/ https://coloradosun.com/colorado-sunfest Promo code: COSunPodcast10 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Today, Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang breaks down the recent changes in the rental market and why renters in Denver and Colorado are seeing some relief in monthly charges. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/26/apartment-rents-denver-falling/ https://coloradosun.com/colorado-sunfest Promo code: COSunPodcast10 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Sun reporter Olivia Prentzel has made it to the top of more than 30 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot peaks and today she previews a May 21st event on “How to Safely Summit a 14ers” she is hosting in Colorado Springs. https://coloradosun.com/events/#summitsafely2025 https://coloradosun.com/colorado-sunfest Promo code: COSunPodcast10 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Today, Sun events specialist Kristina Pritchett has updates on a slew of Sun events coming up online, including next week's virtual education formula funding discussion, and in-person — our May 15 end-of-the-session legislative wrap, our 3rd annual Colorado SunFest on May 16, how to safely summit one of Colorado's 14ers event May 21 and an upcoming new homebuyers seminar in June. Daily Sun-Up Podcast listeners can save 10% of their Colorado SunFest tickets by using promo code: COSunPodcast10 htt...
Dave Gottenborg and his wife Jeannie are first-generation ranchers in Park County who recently made history by allowing elk to migrate through their Eagle Rock ranch in exchange for lease assistance. Today, Dave joins rural reporter Tracy Ross to talk cattle, conservation, and two authors they both admire: Aldo Leopold, author of A Sand County Almanac , and Kentucky poet Wendell Berry, whose work Tracy has cherished since high school. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/03/colorado-elk-mi...
On today's Sunup podcast, John Ingold and Michael Booth talk about potential billion-dollar cuts to Colorado's important Medicaid program, and an update on pine beetle and other forest infestations that have left their mark on mountain counties. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today, Sun rural Colorado reporter Tracy Ross talks about federal funding cuts to agriculture projects in Colorado focused on fighting climate change and how tariffs are affecting farmers and ranchers across the state. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/19/trump-farmers-ranchers-funding-cuts-tariffs/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Tariffs enacted by President Trump are disrupting the global markets, and today Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about how Colorado outdoor manufacturing companies are trying to find their way in the changing tides. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today, Sun writer and editor Kevin Simpson hosts a monthly chat with G. Brown, director of the Colorado Music Experience. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today we're talking to Chalkbeat Colorado reporters Melanie Asmar and Jason Gonzales about how federal policy and department changes under President Trump are trickling down to impact Colorado schools. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today, reporters John Ingold and Michael Booth talk about Colorado's continued struggles to control ozone levels, as well as new cases of measles in the state. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today, Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang checks in on the Colorado housing market for buyers and sellers as we get ready for the spring real estate season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
There is a 13-year-old skier who is turning heads in southwestern Colorado, and Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins talks about what separates him from other teen phenoms and the risks he's taking. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This Friday SunLit editor Kevin Simpson talks with Stephanie Kane, the author of a memoir, "True Crime Redux", built around a cold case murder that was revived by her previously published, fictionalized account. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
