The Colorado Today team is taking a hard earned break for President’s Day. We’ll be back with all the latest in Colorado news tomorrow. But in the meantime, we want to give you a chance to discover Purplish, the politics podcast from CPR News and the Colorado Capitol News Alliance.

Colorado, like the rest of the country, is experiencing more, and worse, climate disasters, wreaking havoc on people’s homes — and their homeowner’s insurance rates.

In the wake of devastating hail storms and massive wildfires, Coloradans face rising premiums, less choice and availability, and in some cases, getting dropped by insurers altogether. The state is now one of the top ten most expensive in the country for homeowners insurance.

CPR’s Bente Birkeland and Andrea Kramar from Rocky Mountain PBS explain how insurance reached the breaking point, and explore what our state is trying to do to turn the tide.

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Purplish’s producer is Stephanie Wolf. Sound designed and engineered by Shane Rumsey. Theme music is by Brad Turner. CPR’s executive producer of podcasts is Megan Verlee.

Purplish is produced by listener-supported CPR News and the Capitol News Alliance, a collaboration between KUNC News, Colorado Public Radio, Rocky Mountain PBS, and The Colorado Sun, and shared with Rocky Mountain Community Radio and other news organizations across the state. Funding for the Alliance is provided in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.