
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

Apr 15, 2024 • 50min
April 15, 2024: Young people face growing risk of colorectal cancer; GOP candidates in the 5th district
Young people face an increased risk for colorectal cancer; cases are expected to grow 90% by 2030. Now there’s an effort to improve early detection.

Apr 15, 2024 • 12min
Mysteriously, colorectal cancer hits more young people. Congress takes on the issue
Young people are developing colon and rectal cancer more often. Cases in 20- and 30-somethings are expected to grow a whopping 90% before the decade’s end.

Apr 12, 2024 • 51min
April 12, 2024: On the moguls with 14-year-old Olympic hopeful; What type of thinker are you?
We’re going skiing today with one of the best mogul skiers in the world. 14-year-old Ava Keenan, of Vail, hopes to be the first Black gold medalist in the sport.

Apr 11, 2024 • 52min
April 11, 2024: State lawmakers debate child tax credit; Exploring family, connection, and cultural identity
It’s a big tax surplus that could help nearly 300,000 families in Colorado get out of poverty, and give the state one of the lowest child poverty rates in the nation.

Apr 10, 2024 • 52min
April 10, 2024: Griswold impeachment attempt fails; Author inspires incarcerated readers and writers
An attempt to impeach Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold failed at the state Capitol. We get perspective from public affairs reporter Bente Birkeland.

Apr 9, 2024 • 50min
April 9, 2024: Assessing Xcel’s wind response; A harrowing rescue in Haiti
Rather than risk sparking a wildfire in high winds, Xcel Energy opted to cut power to tens of thousands of people. But the decision caused other problems.

Apr 9, 2024 • 2min
Fort Lewis football player among Osage dancers at Academy Awards
Joseph Goodfox Jr., a sophomore long snapper for the Fort Lewis Skyhawks football team, was among the Osage performers at March’s Academy Awards ceremony.

Apr 8, 2024 • 50min
April 8, 2024: A Columbine survivor on being ‘safer together’; Women of Colorado’s mines
Krista Hanley survived the Columbine shooting. 25 years later, she helps people feel safer together even as she navigates her own recovery.

Apr 8, 2024 • 22min
25 years after the attack, a Columbine survivor dedicates herself to making others feel safer
Krista Hanley, co-founder of Safer Together, survived the attack on Columbine High School 25 years ago this month.

Apr 8, 2024 • 15min
In ‘Women of the Colorado Mines,’ a legacy of entrepreneurialism and grit
The term ‘motherlode’ is synonymous with the Gold Rush, yet women weren’t welcome to wield pickaxes or pan for flakes.