Guns, guns, guns are all the rage at the Colorado legislature  with Democrats pushing a series of gun restrictions that may actually become law. Jared and Josh are joined by Colorado Statesman reporter Peter Marcus to help us (and you!) understand exactly what these gun bills would do and all the behind-the-scene political wrangling between […]

114: Guns, Jerks and Spiel at Colorado Legislature
Denver Diatribe

Lisa Gedgaudas, Program Administrator for Create Denver, joins us today for a special (and very short) podcast from the McNichols Building in Civic Center Park. Lisa takes us through the birth, death, and rebirth of this iconic Denver landmark. We share a little of our patented Denver love and hate, and then we’re out—that’s right, […]

113: McNichols Tunnel of Love Edition
Denver Diatribe

Dinosaurs. Hell mustangs. Mad scientists. Folky cello players. This week, Joel, Vanessa and Jared turn the Denver Diatribe into one of those awesome Saturday-afternoon Syfy movies where ’80s C-list actors battle it out against bad-CGI monsters. It’s all thanks to Greg and Meredith Tally of the Best Western Denver Southwest. You know, the folks turning […]

112: Jurassic Guesthouse Edition with Greg and Meredith Tally of Best Western Denver Southwest Dino Resort
Denver Diatribe

This week, Josh, Ron and Vanessa are joined by OpenAir host Corey Jones. As always, we begin by recapping some newsy bits whose headlines jump out at us, and this week that means CarlyCrunkBear. This Overland High math teachers sexy, pot-referencing tweets led to a 9 News investigation. Also, parks and rec in Denver has […]

111: CrunkBear and the Goosinator with OpenAir’s Corey Jones
Denver Diatribe

We go underground this week with 5280 assistant editor Chris Outcalt to learn a thing or two about fracking. You know, hydraulic fracturing. It’s what that new movie with Matt Damon is all about (we think). What’s that? You don’t really know that much about fracking? Vanessa, Joel, Ron, and Josh find out they don’t […]

110: Fracking Matt Damon, Boulder, Walmart, and Creationism
Denver Diatribe

Robert Rutherford of The Narrators joins us this week for a look at the state of podcasting in Denver—including the resurrection of the popular Narrators Podcast. In this pre-recorded gem, Josh, Ron and Robert state their case for or against Nate Silver’s prediction that the Broncos will not go to the Super Bowl; discuss King […]

109: Stately Narrative Edition with Robert Rutherford
Denver Diatribe

  This week, Jared and Josh are joined by Chris Anderson of Fort Collins band Fierce Bad Rabbit to talk Colorado music’s regional bubbles, the struggle to make a career in music, and using Kickstarter to raise money to fund an album. Jared takes off after the newsy bits, but not before commenting on Missy […]

108: Chris Anderson of Fierce Bad Rabbit Talks Music
Denver Diatribe

In this week’s episode, Ron, Vanessa, and Jared review the wide-open field of nominees for Asshole of the Year and reveal our pick—and listener’s choice—for this 2nd annual reaming of Colorado’s worst. MUSICAL BREAK: “The Devil Smells Like Country” by Fierce Bad Rabbit from their forthcoming album, The Maestro & The Elephant. CD Release Party […]

107: 2012 Asshole of the Year Edition
Denver Diatribe

For our last podcast of the year, Ron, Josh & Vanessa invited travel writer and Maya 2012 expert Joshua Berman for a closer look at 13 B’ak’tun, a.k.a., December 21, a.k.a. Winter Solstice 2012, a.k.a., the mythical Mayan doomsday, a.k.a., OMIGOSH WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE. First we looked at a few newsy bits that suggest the […]

106: Mayan Apocalypse Edition with Joshua Berman
Denver Diatribe

What say you, 2012? Along with reviewing the big, important Colorado headlines, Jared and Ron look back fondly at the many ridiculous, overblown, laughable, stupido news stories of the year. 2012 has taught us many vital things. The Front Range needs to start actually caring about mountain wildfires. The homeless camping ban wasn’t as bad as predicted. […]

105: The Biggest, Stupidest Stories of 2012
Denver Diatribe