Denver Diatribe Podcast

Ron, Jared and Josh look at the unexpectedly awesome underbelly of Colorado Springs with guest Kristy Milligan, executive director of Citizens Project. We discuss progressive Catholics United pushing back against anti-homosexuality policies affecting pro-immigration groups, the jail-formerly-known-as Sullivan Correction Facility greeting its newest meth-for-sex inmate Pat Sullivan, Colorado’s immigrant tuition bill and its narrow pass […]

Episode 73: Our mysterious neighbor to the south
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Josh and Ron are joined by Mary Bogus and Monica McCafferty of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains to find out if Colorado will lose access to birth control — Please, God, no! — and if the “War on Women” has Centennial battles. Also, we discuss Gustavo Arellano‘s claims that the “Mexican hamburger” most typifies […]

72: Den-Mex, Birth Control, Denver Cruisers
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Jared, Josh and Vanessa talk about pot shop haters in Larimer County and offer up some Peyton Manning wordplay that local headline writers can use—free of charge! Example: “Who Da Manning, Now?” Hilarious! Then, we tackle a soon-to-be submitted bill before Denver City Council that would ban outdoor camping. The proposed law has already been […]

71: Fun with Manning puns, homelessness
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In this week’s episode, in honor of March Madness, we talk about food and tournament brackets, and how we’ve now resorted to making tournament brackets about food. It all gets a bit messy and meta, but thankfully we have on hand just the sort of reasonable guy to help us sort it out: Mark Manger, longtime […]

70: Irresponsible Bracketeering
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This week on the Diatribe, we discuss the fallibility of Colorado’s direct file law, the selection of Frontier’s new mascot (will it stink?), and Mayor Hancock’s “welcome to Denver” messages for the DIA train. 5280 senior editor Natasha Gardner joins Vanessa, Joel, and Jared in the studio (with Julian and Ron both behind the glass) […]

69: Fail
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In this episode, we take a look at Denver through the eyes of an eleven year old, then and now. NOW: We discuss the 11-year-old Arvada boy who was arrested for drawing violent stick figures in class, the 11-year-old girl from Westminster who was handcuffed for being rude to her vice principal, and Eli Boardman, […]

Episode 68: This One Goes to 11
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In this episode, recorded on February 29, 2012 in front of a live audience at Henderson's Lounge in the Denver FilmCenter, we explore the many ways Denver is depicted in music, literature, and film. Special guests include Cory Casciato and Robert Rutherford from The Onion A.V. Club, DJ Alisha from OpenAir 1340, cartoonist Kenny Bē, Westword music writer Tom Murphy, fantasy-horror author Mario Acevedo, Karla Rodriguez from the Denver Film Society. Music is brought to you by DJ Leeland with special performances by C1 of The Foodchain. BONUS: Visit DenverDiatribe.com for a slideshow of Kenny Be's artwork and the movie montage from our film panel.

Episode 67: Killing the Cow Town LIVE
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On this week’s episode, we ask Joel how to get out of jury duty, express bewilderment over Denver Public Schools’ new school-choice program, and plug the shit out of our upcoming live event, Killing the Cow Town. Josh and Vanessa will likely never be summoned for jury duty, but if they are, Joel’s recent Slate […]

Episode 66: Jury Duty, School Choice, and the Fickle Wench
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On this week’s episode, we talk briefly about NIMBYism good and bad as it relates to the latest Highlands development hullabaloo as well as Christo’s now-greenlit “Over the River” project on the Arkansas. More importantly, special guest Jake Brodsky of Novo Coffee, the celebrated local roaster, gives us all a lesson in high-end beans. He even offers up […]

Episode 65: Indentured Slurpitude with Novo Coffee
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On this week’s episode, we talk about Colorado Representative Laura Bradford’s legislative immunity (and briefs), the questionable motivations behind photo radar traffic enforcement, and Colorado wine’s coming of age. Special guest Jacob Harkins, editor and founder of Local Winos Media, gives us a taste of four fantastic Colorado wines: Canyon Wind Cellars 47 Ten White […]

Episode 64: Red Lights and White Wines
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