Colorado Matters

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[Colorado Matters @ColoradoMatters]

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[Brian Howey @SteelandBallast]

Big thanks to @cprwarner for having me on @ColoradoMatters to discuss my investigation.

For years, Aurora has hired police applicants who scored poorly on exams that measure recruits' honesty, integrity, and how they would use lethal force.

Listen here:
https://t.co/fv8APfMmIM

[Andrea Dukakis @adukakis]

Two gun bills are headed to Gov. Polis' desk... @BenteBirkeland reports on today's @ColoradoMatters podcast. Also, why there's so much disagreement about how to treat kids diagnosed as obese or overweight--despite new guidelines. https://t.co/pe6bM1fN21

[Ryan Warner @cprwarner]

A Casa Bonita clue? "Lucha Libre Mercado."

Graphic designer Garrett Fritzler (@graphicsforward) once worked at the restaurant and says, on Friday, he saw this on the ground in the shopping plaza.

Architecture firm SAR+ says "we cannot comment on the photo one way or another..."

[Andrea Dukakis @adukakis]

A lawmaker explains why a bill to help domestic violence survivors is especially personal. And, a new book follows one man's determination to bring down corruption and the Klan in Denver in the 1920s. That's on todays @ColoradoMatters podcast: https://t.co/XSO94oMNL4

[Colorado Matters @ColoradoMatters]

In today's podcast, Dan shares his thorough reporting on the longstanding issue of sexual assault at the US Air Force Academy.

[Dan Boyce @BoyceDan]

This morning on @ColoradoMatters, I spoke with @cprwarner about some of those additional threads, including the gender balance at the academy and more on the prominence of honor as a theme on campus: https://t.co/0kOcQTSojf

[Ryan Warner @cprwarner]

The collection contains “some of the most brilliant music by Black female composers, and much of the music in these boxes, crazy enough, has never been heard by public ears.”

Conductor @withkeddy shares the music that brought him to study in Colorado.

https://t.co/5b3C1RNJxN

[Colorado Matters @ColoradoMatters]

"I see myself on the podium as being a conduit -- from the energy of the orchestra to the audience. I see the sound shoot right through me..."

Conductor @withkeddy shares his musical journey, including the unique collection that brought him to Colorado.

https://t.co/ejEnsykfGH

[Jenny Brundin @CPRBrundin]

I spoke with @ColoradoMatters about educating young people who may pose a threat -- and how teachers describe what goes on inside schools in terms of weapons. Here's today's podcast: https://t.co/g8lLWCghPC #edcolo @DPSNewsNow #coleg

[Andrea Dukakis @adukakis]

Caregivers say holding down a job while caring for someone with Alzheimer's really translates into two jobs plus interrupted zoom meetings, disrupted sleep and moments of joy. That's on today's @ColoradoMatters podcast. https://t.co/ucEJkiOZ6h

[Ryan Warner @cprwarner]

Sky-high utility bills and record corporate profits have many Coloradans, including lawmakers, asking if it's time to rethink Xcel's business model.

We feature the latest episode of Purplish on today’s @ColoradoMatters:
https://t.co/Y8nnWAsqHA

[Ryan Warner @cprwarner]

"The little dipping dots that come from heaven. That little soft hail."

@MikeNelson247 calls graupel one of his favorite weather phenomena in our regular chat about #Colorado weather & climate. It's a part of today's @ColoradoMatters podcast:

https://t.co/mixaZGcmX3

[Chandra T. Whitfield @ChandraWrites]

Colorado requires patients be notified if a mammogram shows they have dense breast tissue, which could help with early detection. On @ColoradoMatters @CPRNews we discuss what to do once notified and the FDA's new mammogram guidelines.
https://t.co/UJZMdLhW30

[Colorado Matters @ColoradoMatters]

In today’s podcast, a scoop.

[Ryan Warner @cprwarner]

It's Black Restaurant Week.

Here's a link to Denver-area businesses taking part: https://t.co/WhbD7IcSkH

And here's my visit with Yeshi Gebremeskel, who fled Ethiopia as a young woman. Now, she serves up scoops and a sense of community at Walia Creamery:
https://t.co/fjCgcUM0Ki

[Ryan Warner @cprwarner]

She marched with Dr. King and rec’d a lifetime achievement award named for him. I’m grateful to Minister Glenda Strong Robinson for sharing her story, including the day she learned there was a photo of her in the Nat’l Museum of African American History.

https://t.co/CW60KpkOgC

[Colorado Matters @ColoradoMatters]

She marched with Dr. King, and her civil rights work marches on.

Today’s podcast shares the story of Minister Glenda Strong Robinson, of Longmont, and of Second Baptist Church Boulder.

https://t.co/Knkd1DuwAw

[Colorado Matters @ColoradoMatters]

"People should never hear 'you're too young to develop colorectal cancer.'"

In our podcast, we meet a young couple with a dual diagnosis of colon cancer. Their alternating chemo schedules help them care for their son. Plus, the mysteries of early-onset.

https://t.co/BTzOSaCfOF

[Ryan Warner @cprwarner]

Me (after the 2016 presidential election): Do you think you’ll see a female president in your lifetime, Pat Schroeder?

Schroeder: I had always hoped, but I really worry I won't now.

Schroeder, Colorado’s first congresswoman and a former presidential candidate, has died at 82.

[Colorado Matters @ColoradoMatters]

👂🛣️

[Ryan Warner @cprwarner]

The weekend's here. How 'bout a journey with me and author @teowlimgoh?

In the @ColoradoMatters podcast, we trace the journeys of Chinese immigrants to the US. We hear about Goh's journey to find her voice. Plus, a journey to Walden Ponds in Boulder.

https://t.co/lGk5XodDbV

[Chandra T. Whitfield @ChandraWrites]

So excited to speak to two podcast classes this morning at Martin Luther King Jr Early College school in Far Northeast Denver about the work we do @CPRNews @ColoradoMatters Great questions asked!