The Daily Sun-Up

Today, Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang looks at the first week of the federal government shutdown and how it’s affected federal workers in Colorado.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/03/durango-purgatory-mountain-biking-2030/ Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins discusses the decision to bring the world mountain bike championships back to Durango for the first time in 40 years and what we can expect leading up to the 2030 races. https://coloradosun.com/colorados-best email: sunevents@coloradosun.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, author Caleb Stephens talks with the Colorado Sun's Kevin Simpson about his thriller, "If You Lie".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Sun reporter Jennifer Brown discusses the ending of a decades-old program at a Colorado prison complex that trained wild horses to become adoptable and provided work experience for people returning to life after incarceration. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/wild-horses-canon-city-prison-program-closure/ https://friendsofchambermusic.com Promotions Tab; Promo Code: ChamberSunSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Actor Matthew Modine joins the podcast to discuss his decades-long career in film, television, and theater, as well as the creative lessons he carries from his childhood running drive-in theaters with his father. He also previews his upcoming participation in the Original Thinkers Festival, where he will share reflections on art, activism, and sustaining creativity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Denver is home to one of just a handful of U.S. patent offices around the country, and today Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang talks about changes coming to the federal agency, starting at the top of the Denver regional office. Learn more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/25/patent-office-denver-regional-director-molly-kocialski/ https://friendsofchambermusic.com Promotions Tab; Promo Code: ChamberSunSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins breaks down upcoming ballot questions asking for increased lodging taxes in some Colorado high country counties to offset the increase in services for their tourism-based communities. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/15/counties-raising-lodging-taxes/ https://friendsofchambermusic.com Promotions Tab; Promo Code: ChamberSunSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Sue Hinkin talks with the Sun's Kevin Simpson about her new novel "The Snake Handler's Wife".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, The Sun's Tracy Ross and David Holbrooke discuss art-making in the mountains, cultural entrepreneurship and the four-day festival Holbrooke created, Original Thinkers,, which will feature films, performances, panels and “adventures of the soul,” from October 2 through October 5.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today: John Ingold and Michael Booth discuss expiring federal electric vehicle credits as well as an innovative research program at UCHealth. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/09/23/uchealth-biobank-drug-gene-interactions/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.