

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 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.

Apr 5, 2024 • 48min
April 5, 2024: Non-combat brain injuries in the military; New album from Jeremiah Fraites of the Lumineers
Brain injuries in the military are possible outside of combat. Training with grenades, for instance, carries risks.

Apr 5, 2024 • 18min
A mass killer’s brain injury poses big questions for the military
Army reservist Robert Card II went on a shooting rampage in Maine last fall. An autopsy showed he had extensive brain damage, likely from repeated exposure to grenade explosions. He'd never been in combat.

Apr 5, 2024 • 20min
A piano album recorded around the world from Lumineer Jeremiah Fraites
Composer and multi-instrumentalist Jeremiah Fraites, of Denver band The Lumineers, has released “Piano Piano 2.” The mostly instrumental album also features a cover of Radiohead’s “No Surprises,” with Colorado’s own […]

Apr 4, 2024 • 52min
April 4, 2024: ‘Aging Matters’ puts the focus on Colorado’s fastest-growing population
Colorado is getting older. The fastest growing population in the state is people 65 plus. But people age in different ways.


