The Daily Sun-Up

Today, Sun director of development Alyssa Pinkerton and membership manager Danika Worthington discuss ways listeners like you can get involved in supporting Colorado with free, trustworthy news by supporting nonprofit journalism. Gift membership: https://coloradosun.com/gift-membership Black Friday: https://giving.coloradosun.com/page/black-friday-2025 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author Mark Easter chats with The Colorado Sun's Kevin Simpson about his book "The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s Guide to Climate Chaos".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Derek Everett, a history professor and author specializing in Colorado's past, dives into the intriguing periods when the state celebrated two Thanksgivings. He highlights how Thanksgiving evolved into a late-November tradition and discusses FDR's controversial 1939 decision to move it earlier to help the economy. Everett shares Colorado's unique response, where Governor Ralph Carr allowed both dates amid business pressures. This quirky chapter not only impacted local traditions but also reflected broader societal anxieties leading up to World War II.

Tamara Chuang, a business and technology reporter for The Colorado Sun, explores the surprising trends in Thanksgiving meal costs for 2025. She reveals the unexpected drop in prices despite anticipated increases, discussing how retailers are discounting turkeys to attract shoppers. Tamara dives into the impact of avian flu on turkey supply, and how promotions reshape consumer demand. Plus, she explains the fluctuations in vegetable prices due to tariffs and measures how canned goods have become more affordable, all while sharing her own Thanksgiving plans!

The Thanksgiving holiday week is the unofficial start of the Colorado ski season. Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has a preview of the new stuff this winter across the state, big Colorado events before the Olympics and his always optimistic hope for the snow to pick up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

G. Brown, veteran music journalist and executive director of Colorado Music Experience, joins The Sun’s Kevin Simpson to dish out a Thanksgiving musical feast. From Colorado classics to unexpected holiday favorites, they share the songs, stories, and sounds that set the tone for the season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Sun reporter Olivia Prentzel looks at how a Denver-area investigator who relied on Flock cameras to build a theft case was disciplined after falsely accusing a woman of stealing a $25 package. She had her own evidence. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/12/columbine-valley-office-flock-camera-extra-training/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Colorado may have just had a statewide election, but the Colorado Sun's politics team is already turning its attention toward the midterm elections next year. Sun political reporter Jesse Paul was recently on Purplish, the podcast produced by CPR News and the Colorado Capitol News Alliance, to talk about what's on the horizon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang digs deeper into rent decreases across the metro Denver area and how and why it has become a renter’s market right now. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/17/rent-prices-denver-falling-apartment-data/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins sifts through results from the Colorado communities looking to tax tourists more and how those ballot measures fared across the state, with some surprises. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/10/tourism-taxes-election/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.