Purplish
Colorado Public Radio
Purplish is a podcast about politics and policy and how they shape Coloradans’ lives, hosted by Colorado Public Radio’s public affairs reporter Bente Birkeland and reporters from the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. They break down the latest developments at the statehouse, in Congress and in local communities, to find the bigger picture behind the political headlines.Purplish is produced by CPR News with support from the Colorado Capitol News Alliance, a collaboration between KUNC News, Colorado Public Radio, Rocky Mountain PBS, and The Colorado Sun, and shared with Rocky Mountain Community Radio and other news organizations across the state. Funding for the Alliance is provided in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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Mar 21, 2020 • 21min
Politics, Policy, and the Pandemic
The legislative session is on hiatus, but politics, governing, and Purplish all definitely go on. In fact, policy-making is going on at warp speed, as Gov.
Mar 14, 2020 • 18min
Legislation In The Time Of Coronavirus
Lawmakers aren't getting ready for 100 years of solitude. Just two weeks or so.
Mar 6, 2020 • 17min
Super Tuesday Might Not Mean What You Think In Colorado…
When is an election like a bad night of speed dating? When you’ve gone through five candidates and still aren’t so sure about the one you’re finally matched with.
Feb 29, 2020 • 23min
Sausage In The Making
Democrats in the state legislature say they’re ready to step into two big areas where they don’t think Coloradans are being well served: with the cost of their health insurance, […]
Feb 22, 2020 • 21min
Out Of The Statehouse, Into The National Spotlight
With presidential candidates -- and the president himself -- flocking to Colorado, we take a look at the state of the race here, and its implication for Cory Gardner's hotly contested Senate seat.
Feb 15, 2020 • 20min
Family Matters
It's one of the most passionate fault-lines in state politics: how to balance the authority of parents with the need to protect children and advance society's interests. And people at the Capitol have a LOT to say about it.
Feb 8, 2020 • 23min
Big Ideas Incoming
We're a month into session, and Capitol newbie Andrew Kenney is starting to realize it's not all pithy quotes and snappy debates. Lawmakers are getting to wrestle with some of the session's most contested proposals.
Feb 1, 2020 • 14min
The Matter Of Life And Death
Should Colorado keep the death penalty? As lawmakers once again debate abolition, it's a question that divides parties, and friends, at the state capitol.
Jan 25, 2020 • 14min
The Political Is Personal
This week we're talking about some of the ways things can get personal -- very personal -- at the state capitol.
Jan 18, 2020 • 14min
Things Democrats Disagree About
Colorado’s capitol is current firmly in the hands of the Democrats, so that means smooth sailing for all their policies right? Yeah, not so much.
