On today's Morning Magazine, we'll hear about regional food insecurity. Then, we’re walking with KGNU’s Shelly Schlender through Long Canyon in this month’s edition of the "Nature Almanac." After that, it's "Sports Talk" with Jimmie. And then, dot org, our Friday spotlight on local nonprofits.

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Rise Against Suicide helps youth at risk of suicide by removing the financial and social barriers to treatment, enabling them to find hope and healing

Rise Against Suicide is a nonprofit based in Lafayette, Colorado whos mission is to help young people at risk of suicide by removing the financial and social barriers to treatment, helping them to find hope and healing. https://www.riseagainstsuicide.org/

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Interview by Steve Miller

On today's Morning Magazine, we’ll hear about OmniSalud, a program connecting undocumented Coloradans with health insurance. This time on the "Cannabis Report," Leland Rucker brings us an update on the status of cannabis lounges on the Front Range as well as a look at Mastercard's move to step away from marijuana sales. Then, "Radio Nibbles" host John Lehndorff will be in the studio to catch us up on local food news.

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On today's Morning Magazine, we’ll speak with an environmental attorney about her new poetry book, and how those two career paths intertwine. Then we’ll go to Grand Teton and Yellowstone to hear about building preservation led by high school students across the country. Chris Mohr's "Make Them Hear You" is on summer recess. He’ll be back in September. But herbalist Brigitte Mars will have regular Wednesday feature, "Naturally."

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On today's Morning Magazine, we’ll examine how academic pressure and high stakes testing affects students’ wellbeing. Extreme heat in Arizona is causing iconic saguaro cacti to lose arms, tilt to one side, or collapse entirely. That story and more on "This Week in Water." After that, we’ll go to our listener comment line to hear what’s on the minds of listeners. 

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On today's Morning Magazine, we're taking a close look at Colorado's gun violence epidemic, from multiple angles. First, we’ll hear from the family of a victim of the Parkland school shooting. They were in Boulder this past Friday to meet with families of those killed at the 2021 mass shooting at King Soopers. Then we’ll look at easy access to guns and what that has to do with Colorado’s high suicide rates. And finally, we’ll hear about some ideas about reducing the risk of harm from guns; from new laws to biometric trigger sensors.

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On today's Morning Magazine, the City of Boulder will co-host a immigration law clinic tomorrow with a law professor from CU Boulder. We’ll have the details. Jimmie Searfoss will sprint in to give us his weekly update on local sports news. And on Dopt Org, we’ll hear about a local organization that aims to provide transformative outdoors experiences to women and girls. 

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Women’s Wilderness is a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 1998 in Boulder, Colorado. They were one of the first and still one of the only gender-informed organizations providing direct outdoor experiences in the world. Women's Wilderness takes a gender-expansive and intersectional approach to leading people in the outdoors because significant gender barriers still exist in the U.S. to accessing both outdoor recreation and sports broadly. https://womenswilderness.org/

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Interview by Stacie Jhonson

On today's Morning Magazine, we’ll hear how local restaurants are teaming up with a local nonprofit to send supplies to Ukraine’s frontlines. Then, "Radio Nibbles" host John Lehndorff will be in the studio with food critic Clay Fong. 

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On today's Morning Magazine, we’ll stop by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art’s newest summer exhibition, agriCULTURE, which showcases the stories of Farmers and Artists. Then we’ll hear how the summer high season affects the sewage systems in tourist towns like Moab. Chris Mohr’s "Make Them Hear You" is on summer recess. He’ll be back in September. But herbalist Brigitte Mars will have regular Wednesday feature, "Naturally." 

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