Public Affairs Shows

This week's Regional Roundup takes a look at how one Colorado family struggled with the loss of SNAP benefits during the recent government shutdown, the impact of immigrant detention on a Wyoming family, a Utah rancher shares her experiences of six decades of running cattle in her new memoir, and how the loss of federal funding is impacting public and community radio stations across the country. Tune into the Regional Roundup on KDNK.org every Thursday at 4:30 pm.

On this month's Municipal Matters we're exploring housing and affordability in the City of Rifle and checking in with Leadville after the election.

This month's episode of the AZYEP Podcast is "Pet Heroes" with Ethan and Elle. Students from a recent podcasting class share stories of truly remarkable pets. They interview Beth Wysong, owner of Rainy the therapy dog, Jerry Doughty, owner of Tina the ski patrol pup, and Hanna Moreland of Colorado Animal Rescue.

Recovery Resources operates the only homeless shelter in the Roaring Fork Valley; River Bridge in Glenwood supports interventions with abused children; Mountain Valley Developmental Services gives meaning and community to the region’s developmentally disabled. Valley Voices learns more about all three, with host Marilyn Gleason.

This week on Express Yourself we get thankful with SoL Theatre and performers from the musical Annie Jr. opening at TRTC on December 10th, we catch up with mural team, local artist Chris Erickson and Philadelphia artist Miriam Singer who have been collaborating on a new installation for Jazz Aspen and singer/musician Aggie Flores joins us for some live music. Listen to Express Yourself on KDNK.org every Friday at 4pm.

The Sopris Sun speaks with Cecily DeAngelo of Roaring Fork Safe Passages and RFSP board member Tom Cardamone regarding his column in this week's paper, "Wildlife crossings make economic and ethical sense", and with Cecily DeAngelo Listen to Everything Under the Sun on KDNK.org every Thursday at 4pm.

This week's Regional Roundup is a special in honor of Native American Heritage Month. We'll hear about the unique sister-city relationship between Longmont, Colorado, and the Northern Arapaho of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Then, we turn to efforts in Boulder to more fully acknowledge the city’s role in the Sand Creek Massacre and what meaningful remembrance looks like today.We also take you inside a powwow in western Colorado, and, to close the show, poet Crisosto Apache joins us to talk about their new collection, Is(ness), a reflection on identity, place, and the power of language. Tune into the Regional Roundup on KDNK.org every Thursday at 4:30 pm.

On this month's episode of Soul Connection, hosts Sarah Fedishen and Zenobia Todd welcome a third co-host: AZYEP's Adele Craft. They recap Zenobia's senior capstone project, "Renewing Connection: A Mental Wellness Summit" and share mental health tips for the upcoming holiday season.

On this episode of Radio Physics, physicist Flip Tanedo is interviewed by interns Shen Harman & Alice Lebedev-Migdal.Flip Tanedo builds models of dark matter. He grew up in Los Angeles and fell in love with physics after reading The Physics of Star Trek. This carried into degrees in mathematics and physics at Stanford, Cambridge, Durham, and a Ph.D at Cornell. After a postdoc at UC Irvine, he is currently faculty at UC Riverside where he is often covered in a layer of chalk dust. Most recent items: He is spending his time at Aspen Center for Physics thinking about ways in which dark matter can explain the mysteriously gigantic black holes that have been puzzling astronomers for the past 10 years and is also writing a textbook on linear algebra for physicists. Listen to Radio Physics on KDNK.org every third Wednesday at 4:30pm.

This is part 2 of a conversation between Vanessa Harmony and Callie Maron. Callie is a licensed professional counselor specializing in mindfulness and nature-based therapy in Boulder, CO. Callie talks about her journey from taking a scientific track to pursue her love for nature, to realizing the critical interconnectedness humans share with Nature and leveraging Nature as a tool for human healing. Part 2 of 2. Tune into Living Permaculture on KDNK.org, the third Monday of each month from 4 to 4:30pm.

In November’s episode, Kenna and Mugsy discuss past and upcoming events this fall and winter as well as ways to support those in need this holiday season. Chemical World airs every second Monday at 4pm at KDNK.org

On this episode of Immigrant Stories, join us as Dr. James Walsh, professor of American History at the University of Colorado, compares and contrasts the treatment of the Irish immigrants of the 1840s to the treatment of latino immigrants today. Tune into Immigrant Stories on KDNK.org, on the third Tuesday of each month from 4:30-5:00 pm.