In this episode of ThinkRadio, Alan talks with Dr. David Rothman, director of the Western State Colorado University graduate program in creative writing. He's also poet laureate of Western Colorado and resident poet at Colorado Public Radio. The topic — the essential value of story and language to human life.

Rothman is also a jazz pianist and shares a sample of his music.

In the not too long from now, most people will head north into a new future.

Some will head north into the past.

In this episode of ThinkRadio, Alan is joined by Bill, Kelli and Chloe Parker — owners of Parker Pastures in Gunnison, Colorado — to talk about regenerative grazing and holistic management. It's new way of thinking about sustainable agricultural production.

In this episode of ThinkRadio Alan talks politics, community and the nature and philosophy of local governance with Gunnison County Commissioner Jonathan Houck.

In this episode of ThinkRadio Alan talks politics, community and the nature and philosophy of local governance with Gunnison County Commissioner Jonathan Houck.

This episode of ThinkRadio features authors Mark Todd and Kym O'Connell Todd — discussing their latest book, "Wild West Ghosts: an amateur ghost hunting guide for haunted hotels in southwest Colorado."

In this episode of ThinkRadio Alan is joined by legendary Colorado poet and five-term SanMiguel County Commissioner Art Goodtimes. It's a wide ranging conversation that covers the politics of the Sixties, poetry and the state of democracy today.

In this episode of ThinkRadio, Alan talks with Jennifer Kermode — director of the Gunnison Valley Regional Housing Authority — about the causes and consequences of the global affordable housing crisis.

In this episode of ThinkRadio Alan talk with Andy Lightbody, author of The Terrorism Survival Guide: 201 Travel Tips for How Not to Become a Victim.

In this episode of ThinkRadio, Alan Wartes talks with Dr. John Hausdoerffer, dean of the Western State Colorado University School of Environment and Sustainability. He's also the co-editor with Gavin Van Horn of the new book, Wildness: Relations of People and Place.