"People seeing the beauty of this valley will want to stay, and their staying will be the undoing of the beauty."

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Soundprint: Tri-M performance of "America The Beautiful," in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Recorded by Rae Solomon.

"America the Beautiful" was actually inspired by Colorado Springs. It started out as a poem titled, "Pike's Peak." For many, it's a patriotic favorite. But to others, it can be a reminder that the America we know has been many different things to many different people...and not all of them inspiring.

This episode's story features an historical mystery brought to you by producer Paul Karolyi.

This is "Left Hand, Left Out."

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The Range & Slope Collective is Paul Karolyi, Matthew Simonson, and Rae Solomon.

Special thanks to Jeremy Zornow and J.D. Lopez.

The music you heard in this episode was by Blue Dot Sessions and Fred Mosqueda and his brothers.

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Range & Slope is an audio journey through Colorado. We represent Colorado brilliantly in sound, telling stories that shine a light on Colorado life.

To learn more about this story and the Range & Slope Collective, visit rangeandslope.com

Yara is a young tax attorney in Northern Colorado, a mother of two little boys under the age of 4. As if her career and family didn't keep her busy enough, now she's decided to throw her hat into the ring for a seat in the state legislature in a district she's unlikely to win. She says she's doing it for her kids. But maybe she's also doing for herself.

Soundprint: The National Western Stock Show Parade. Recorded by Megan Arellano.

With every episode we make, we hear a lot of amazing things. And we don't always have a way to include them in our episodes. So, we thought we'd share some of that old tape that's been sitting in the archives, gathering dust. Instead of one big story, we have three shorter stories. And we'll also talk a little bit about our process. It's also a little taste of the type of extra material you'll get if you become a patron.

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The Range & Slope Collective is Paul Karolyi, Matthew Simonson, and Rae Solomon.

Special thanks to Cash Gart (aka John Sauer), Yvonne Derrer, and Alan Prendergast, as well as History Colorado, Marilyn Martorano, and KGNU.

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Range & Slope is an audio journey through Colorado. We represent Colorado brilliantly in sound, telling stories that shine a light on Colorado life.

To learn more about this story and the Range & Slope Collective visit our website.

Soundprint: The Sit 'n' Bull Saloon on Christmas Day. Recorded by Rae Solomon.

For us here at Range & Slope HQ, it's been a year of exploration and discovery. Since we launched the show in July, each of the three of us has produced two stories. Rae gave us a look inside Denver's tiny home village and local journalism crisis. I found my way to the edge of a nuclear-reactor sized hole and talked A LOT about regional pizza styles.

Back in September, Matthew told us a story about a man and a sporting goods sale. And now he's back with something completely different. This time on the show, he brings us a story that took him on a journey to the far reaches of the state. This is "Collecting in Good Faith."

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The Range & Slope Collective is Paul Karolyi, Matthew Simonson, and Rae Solomon.

Special thanks to Jesse Elliot and The Music District, John Hunt, Amie Burgess, Ross Barrable, Joanne Marks-Kavaur, Barbra Neal, Hank Troy, History Colorado, The University of Denver Special Collections and Archives, Marilyn Martorano, Bob Sheets, Dave Ashton, and KGNU. And a very special thanks to Bruce Odland.

The music you heard in this episode was by Inaiah Lujan, Bruce Odland, Ann Simonson, and Matthew Simonson.

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Range and Slope is an audio journey through Colorado. We represent Colorado brilliantly in sound, telling stories that shine a light on Colorado life.

To learn more about this story and the Range and Slope Collective visit rangeandslope.com

Paul and Megan take on a mystery--a Colorado pizza mystery. 

This month's story, "The Honey Trap: A Denver Pizza Podcast Investigation," was produced by Paul Karolyi of the Range & Slope Collective and Megan Arellano, his co-host on the Denver Pizza Podcast. 

Matthew Simonson recorded this month's soundprint, "Pow-Wow Gourd Dance in Tawaoc, CO."

A spiked editorial. A forsaken tip. An idea laughed out of the newsroom. Three tales of Colorado journalists and the stories that should have been.

From producer Rae Solomon, this month's feature story, "Ghost Stories."

This episode's soundprint: the Sandhill Cranes of Monte Vista, by recordist Paul Karolyi.

Soundprint: DMV, Tremont Branch. Recorded by Rae Solomon.

For many thrifty Coloradans, Labor Day used to be more than just an excuse to take off work. It was the shopping event of the year.

Starting in 1954, and for many Labor Day weekends thereafter, the Gart Brothers would throw open their doors and welcome customers with discounted prices on outdoor apparel and winter sporting goods.

Range and Slope's Matthew Simonson brings us a story of fathers, family, and bargains spelled backwards. This is Cash Gart: The Songs of Sniagrab.

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The Range & Slope Collective is Paul Karolyi, Josh Mattison, Matthew Simonson, and Rae Solomon.

Special thanks to John Sauer, Ken Gart, Robert Andersson, Brad Turner, Dave Ashton and KGNU.

The music you heard in this episode was by Blue Dot Sessions and Cash Gart.

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Range and Slope is an audio journey through Colorado. We represent Colorado brilliantly in sound, telling stories that shine a light on Colorado life.

To learn more about this story and the Range and Slope Collective visit rangeandslope.com

**PLEASE NOTE**

A correction was made to this episode on 11/15/19. Originally it was stated that John was one of six siblings. The episode has been corrected to state that he was one of seven siblings. R\\S apologizes for the error.

More poetry for the edge of the big hole: 

"I met a traveller from an antique land,

Who said—"Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,

Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,

The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;

And on the pedestal, these words appear:

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!

Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away."

Story by Paul Karolyi

Soundprint recorded by Rae Solomon

Music by Blue Dot Sessions

Additional support from the rest of the Range & Slope Collective

"Holy Shit We're Fucked Blues" by Jesse Wooten. Hear more of his music here. 

See some pictures of Fort St. Vrain at rangeandslope.com

Hear more about nuclear Colorado at the Ross-Broadway Branch of the Denver Public Library on Saturday, September 14 at 5 pm. We're hosting a panel discussion about the plant and nuclear power in Colorado. RSVP here.

Our first episode of Range and Slope.

Sound: Recordist Matthew Simonson of the Range and Slope Collective takes us to a diner in Dinosaur, Colorado.

Story: Producer Rae Solomon of the Range and Slope Collective shares an impression of life at the Beloved Community Village tiny home colony, through the eyes of one of the village residents. Beloved Community Village is an experiment in transitional housing for people experiencing homelessness in Denver, Colorado. 

Still curious about life in the Beloved Community Village? Join us for a panel discussion with residents of the Beloved Community on Saturday, August 17th, 2019, from 2:00-3:30 pm at the Downtown Denver Library - 10 W. 14th Ave in Denver - in the music and movies area.

To learn more about this story and the Range and Slope Collective visit rangeandslope.com

Bruce Odland recalls the day he spotted a mysterious object, setting off a chain of sonic events that continues to inspire people like us.

This is Range and Slope, an audio journey through Colorado. Range and Slope is a new show from four Colorado audio producers. On the last day of every month, sounds and stories from prairie to peak.

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