

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

Apr 23, 2024 • 28min
Colorado students share why they chose to attend HBCUs and the impact that’s had on their lives
Four Coloradans share why they chose to leave the state to attend an HBCU (Historically Black College and Universities) and how it’s affected their lives.

Apr 23, 2024 • 48min
April 23, 2024: NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe on the impact of HBCUs and their relevance today
NPR host Ayesha Rascoe's book features prominent graduates of historically Black colleges and universities.

Apr 23, 2024 • 47min
April 22, 2024: For Earth Day, ‘The Nature Fix’ is a prescription for what ails us
Take two trees and call me in the morning. On this Earth Day, how nature affects our health, from brain studies in national parks to forest bathing in Japan.

Apr 19, 2024 • 50min
April 19, 2024: Climate change price tag; Clarence Shivers, artist and Tuskegee Airman
Slowing climate change is considerably cheaper than purely reacting to it. Denver7 Chief Meteorologist Mike Nelson is back for our regular discussion.


