Public Affairs Shows

On this month's episode of The Ripple Effect, host Caden Smith sits down with Glenwood Springs High School students Lou Gall and Nanami Hess to talk about their mental health stories and advocacy.

Brook LeVan explains, “We are resonating bodies and when we allowourselves to accept the different resonating bodies around us and movethem through us harmony, balance, and purity of heart - we recharge the dynamic around us.

This week, we hear about the Carbondale Arts opening tonight of “Visceral Alchemy: Fine Art & Tattoo,” Ori and Terini from the band Southern Avenue call in on their way to Colorado and we get an update on The Project Shop's preparations for Aspen's big parade in July.

In this first episode of "Forest Radio" (a special new Farm Talk mini-series), Adrian Fielder meets Aviram Rozin, author of Humanity 2.0: Ten Principles for a Compassionate Society and founder of Sadhana Forest, a bold, multi-continent project to regenerate forest and community in ways that provide abundance of food, health and well-being for everyone. Across eight locations in India, Kenya, Namibia and Haiti, Sadhana Forest communities have turned the tide on aridification and erosion by installing permaculture design interventions called “Earthworks” (especially swales) to catch precipitation and allow precious water to soak into the Earth where it can feed the web of life from the ground up. The dramatic results of their efforts, as seen in the images above (showing the first Sadhana Forest site in Auroville, India over the last twenty-three years) demonstrate the relevance of these strategies to the urgent work of rehabilitating land in other arid and semi-arid climates such as those on Colorado’s Western Slope – especially in our increasingly common post-fire landscapes. Just as urgent as regenerative land stewardship is the need to re-center community life in the human heart, and Sadhana Forest does both simultaneously. Indeed, Aviram and his co-regenerators tend both to the land and to their communities with compassion and commitment to restoring the balance of life: all meals they serve are vegan, and they peacefully co-exist with animals as relatives throughout Sadhana Forest. They invite you to come visit them at any of their locations, where they receive thousands of volunteer visitors per year. To whet your appetite, Humanity 2.0 is available here as a free download, or you can request a free print copy at the Sadhana Forest website.

This month's extra special show features AZYEP's 2026 graduates, Ash Bohmfalk, Zenobia Todd and Andy McMichael in conversation with Adele Craft and Beth Wysong. They share their favorite experiences from the program and how it has shaped their development. There wasn't a dry eye in the studio when we recorded this one. Thank you to AZYEP's dedicated grads!

This week on Express Yourself, get paired up with a handmade cup and a local brewer at "Pairings", the Carbondale Clay Center's annual show open now; plus storytellers from 2 different productions of Women's Voices will be joining us; and we'll wrap up with a conversation with Chester White who will fill us in on Carbondales new Main Street Alliance. Listen to Express Yourself on KDNK.org every Friday at 4pm.

This week on Everything Under The Sun, The Sopris Sun team speaks with former Carbondale Public Works Director Peter Ware, who had a hand in building the stairs at Staircase Park back in the '80s. Staircase Park is currently closed due to damage to the stairs. Tune in to Everything Under the Sun on KDNK.org every Thursday at 4pm.

On this week’s Regional Roundup, we hear how Utah residents are pushing back against a proposed data center, and we'll hear a report on a new management plan for the Maroon Bells area in Western Colorado. We'll also hear about the nuances of party affiliation ahead of Wyoming’s primary elections, and the environmental benefits of mushroom cultivation. Then, a story on how drought is placing pressure on local farmers and producers, a story on efforts to teach environmental stewardship to young children, and we round out the show with a visit to a recent performance of Cinderella in Western Colorado, which helped young dancers build confidence. Tune into the Regional Roundup on KDNK.org every Thursday at 4:30 pm.

On today's Valley Voices, we highlight a recent episode of Purplish from the Colorado Capital News Alliance on domestic violence. A bill advancing through Colorado's statehouse would require law enforcement officers to ask a set of 11 questions — 11 very specific questions, meant to measure someone’s risk of dying at the hands of their abuser. Backers say the change is especially urgent now, because even though homicides in Colorado have gone down in recent years, domestic violence killings have gone up.

On this episode of Immigrant Stories, Mariana Velasquez-Schmahl spent her career helping young people realize their dreams. Join us as she remembers her childhood and her dreams to make a difference. Tune into Immigrant Stories on KDNK.org the third Tuesday of each month at 4:30 pm.