If you've ever been to downtown Denver, you might have run across Wynkoop Street or even had a beer at the Wynkoop brewery. In this episode of the Delve Denver Podcast, Jeff Johnsen explores the person behind the name.

Edward "Ned" Wynkoop is an interesting figure in Denver's history and his story and life makes him a Denver peacemaker.

In Delve Denver Podcast's second season we will be exploring the idea of peacemaking in Denver through the lens of some historical figures who, despite their own flaws and shortcomings embodied the role of peacemaker in the city. In this episode, Jeff introduces his thoughts on peacemaking and what makes a peacemaker as context for the profiles that will be coming. 

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In this episode, Jeff and Delve Denver Podcast Producer, Brian Rossbert, talk about the conversations they've recorded, the hopes of the podcast, and what Season 2 has in store.

There is an historical marker in a funky little corner of the city that marks an old military base from Denver’s earliest days. The marker is difficult to find, almost as though we both wish to remember what happened here…and wish we could forget it. In this episode of the podcast, host Jeff Johnsen takes us to Camp Weld.

Dave Runyon is the director of City Unite, and co-author of a really practical, funny, and sometimes uncomfortable book called “The Art of Neighboring.”

In this episode we hear from Shanta Johnson about her life and her work as a liaison for homeless families in Denver Public Schools.  Shanta's unique perspective gives us some insight into the consequences of Denver's rapid growth and the prosperity it is enjoying today.

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The other day Jeff sat down to interview our friend Dave Runyon, whose work with City Unite is vital and important. We'll be posting a really wonderful conversation with him in a couple of weeks, but before Jeff and Dave could get to that, they had to get they're excitement about the Denver Bronco's win on Sunday out of their system. I was recording the whole time, so here's a fun follow up to one of the first conversations we recorded (The Trujillo Brothers at Sports Authority Field).

Please enjoy this fun conversation and GO BRONCOS!!!!!

This is part three of my conversation with Karen and Greg Mortimer, who moved to Denver's East Side in 2004, when most of the neighbors were Black and Latino.  They've seen dramatic changes on their block over these 12 years. In this episode, they reflect on gentrification and race, which are not easy topics for people to discuss - especially when they are being recorded! You'll understand the Mortimer's perspective better if you have already listened to their story in the two previous parts of our conversation.

This is part 2 of my conversation with Karen and Greg Mortimer, my neighbors on Denver’s East Side. The Mortimers moved to the Whittier neighborhood in 2004. They have had some remarkable experiences of loving and being loved by their neighbors, including people who are undocumented immigrants and others who are affiliated with gangs.

This is part 1 of my conversation with Karen and Greg Mortimer, my neighbors on Denver’s East Side. As we sat down to talk about their changing neighborhood, we started by sharing memories of a church we had all attended, just a couple blocks from their house. Jubilee Church was one of those remarkable experiences that we might continue learning from for many years. In a moment in which America has a renewed awareness of how race and social class shape our life experience, what difference does it make who we go to church with? In the next two episodes, the Mortimers will continue to reflect on issues like race, immigration, gentrification, and what they’ve learned about loving their neighbors.