
Colorado Matters
Hosted by Ryan Warner and Chandra Thomas Whitfield, CPR News' daily interview show focuses on the state's people, issues and ideas.
Latest episodes

May 3, 2024 • 52min
May 3, 2024: Student journalist on campus protests; A new plan to fund public transit
As antiwar protests continue on college campuses, we get perspective from a student journalist. Then, Colorado's bishop for the United Methodist Church talks about the decision to allow gay clergy. Also, the state appears ready to expand public transit funding, but there are strings attached for RTD. Plus, rethinking offices as housing, healing through music, and jazzing up graduation.

May 2, 2024 • 48min
May 2, 2024: One woman’s journey with Alzheimer’s; Diversifying health care with ‘Black Men in White Coats’
Former University of Denver chancellor Rebecca Chopp says she was lucky her doctor diagnosed her Alzheimer’s early.

May 1, 2024 • 52min
May 1, 2024: Feds rethink pot; The promise of a 71-mile trail through Metro Denver
We consider the possible impacts as the Drug Enforcement Administration considers reclassifying cannabis to a Schedule III substance. Then, Colorado sounds the alarm over congenital syphilis.

Apr 30, 2024 • 52min
April 30, 2024: State lawmakers consider gun policies; Virtual trip into space inspires students
As state lawmakers head into their final week of the legislative session, gun policy is once again a hot topic. We’ll find out where nearly a dozen proposals stand.

Apr 30, 2024 • 31min
STEM students ponder a future as infinite as the cosmos
Salma Khalif and Nzube Kolawole visited an exhibition at Stanley Marketplace in Aurora.

Apr 29, 2024 • 51min
April 29, 2024: State att’y general on police accountability and whether there was justice for Elijah McClain
Now what? AG Phil Weiser on what’s ahead now that the final sentence has been handed down in the killing of Elijah McClain in Aurora police custody.

Apr 26, 2024 • 49min
April 26, 2024: Women talk about leadership, politics, and the challenges and opportunities ahead
Colorado ranks second in the nation for the number of women elected to the state legislature. But what does it mean for our state?

Apr 24, 2024 • 49min
April 24, 2024: Colorado’s evolving law to protect newborns whose mothers use drugs; Ants and climate change
It’s tricky to protect newborns whose mothers use drugs; how Colorado’s law has evolved to serve infants and families.

Apr 24, 2024 • 12min
Colorado hospitals don’t have to report newborns who test positive for drugs as child abuse. Is the law doing what it intended?
Colorado hospitals don’t have to report newborns who test positive for drugs as child abuse cases.

Apr 24, 2024 • 11min
Finding self-discovery and song on the Green River
In the new short film “Canyon Chorus,” openly-gay adventurer Mikah Meyer takes his choral mentor and some friends on a rafting trip.