Public Affairs Shows

This week Cody and Megan check in with Tracy at the 1st annual Bonedale Flea Market, chat about KDNK's upcoming membership drive and annual Potato Day Record Sale, and we hear from Austin-based band, Chaparelle, ahead of their show at TACAW.

This week on Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio, we explore how attitudes toward climate change differ across the Rocky Mountain West. We head to Wyoming for the state’s only sailing regatta and take a closer look at the impacts of uranium mining in southwest Colorado. We’ll also hear about efforts to make the great outdoors—including our National Parks—more inclusive, before wrapping up with a look at the National Sports Center for the Disabled in Winter Park, Colorado.

The Sopris Sun speaks with Kade Gianinetti and Carly Bollinger, the organizers behind Carbondale’s 116th Annual Potato Days about traditions of old and some changes to expect at this year’s celebration.

News Director Marilyn Gleason speaks with Sheryl Barton, the Executive Director of Smiling Goat Ranch, about the powers of equine therapy for those with PTSD and how connecting with nature can bring us back to ourselves.

Listen to the first episode of The Ripple Effect, a new monthly podcast highlighting impactful people who are creating waves in their communities, industries, and lives, hosted by AZYEP intern, Caden Smith. On this episode, Caden talks with chef instructor Matt Maier and three students from ProStart's youth culinary team to discuss their recent national competition and what it is like to be a small town team on a national stage.

On this month's episode of Current Ritual, tune in for an interview with Lindsay Robinson, gleaning & food-systems coordinator for our local chapter of UpRoot Colorado. UpRoot brings together volunteers to harvest excess fruit from backyards and orchards. Tune in to learn how to be involved with the re-distribution of produce in the valley!

In this Living World conversation, Barbara Dills explains how a community garden seeded a larger food sovereignty vision for the Sicangu Lakota people of Rosebud, South Dakota.

This week on Express Yourself we'll chat with mixed media artist Benjamin Eric whose solo show "Empyreal Odyssey" is now open at Carbondale Arts; plus all the latest on the 29th Annual Redstone Art Show this Labor Day weekend with Redstone Art Foundation President Dione Holt; and Aspen Public Art programmer Lara Whitley tells us about all the new artworks on display at for the Aspen City Hall Biennial show ahead of the reception later in September.

Host Nick Isenberg seeks to empower blind and low vision people to explore the world and help the sighted to see the world in a new way. This month’s show of The Tactile Traveler focuses on echo location, and how blind and visually impaired people can visualize their surroundings and enjoy them.

News Director Marilyn Gleason speaks with Carbondale's new town manager Ryan Hyland on the spike in living costs after the pandemic, housing struggles, the future of Mountain Fair, and more.

This month's episode of the AZYEP Podcast is a two-part show. In the first segment, the Barely Experts summer camp explores new activities around Carbondale. Then, AZYEP Program Director, Adele Craft, sits down with longtime AZYEP DJ, Andy McMichael, to discuss his Eagle Scout project.

This week’s Regional Roundup from Rocky Mountain Community Radio includes a story on how the National Park Service is marking its 109th anniversary, and parks advocates are using the milestone to call for more support at a time of budget cuts and staffing shortages. In Boulder, residents are working to establish a new sister city relationship with a community in Ukraine. We’ll also hear about efforts to reduce wildlife–vehicle collisions across the West, and wrap up with a conversation about the latest Bureau of Reclamation report on the Colorado River.