KDNK’s Morgan Neely recently spoke with homegrown photographer Pete McBride. His photos and films have won awards, but the COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed somewhat of a personal transformation in how McBride views the world. His new book, Seeing Silence: the Beauty of the World’s Most Quiet Places, chronicles McBride’s interest in how the natural world communicates through the gaps in noise, and how difficult that’s becoming on an increasingly noisy planet.

Laura Bartels, Director of The Mindful Life Program, and John Bruna, Co-Founder of The Way of Compassion Foundation in Carbondale discuss program additions and events for 2022.

KDNK's Morgan Neely talks with Carbondale athlete Joseph DeMoor, who is now part of the USA Track and Field Mountain Running Team. You can find more of the interview by clicking here.

Annie Perry, originally from the Roaring Fork Valley, is an attorney in Seattle. She is working on bringing an Afghani family into the US. She talks to KDNK’s Amy Hadden Marsh about the complications and dangers facing the family.

Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk, former head councilwoman of the Ute Mountain Ute Nation, former co-chair of the Inter-Tribal Coalition on Bears Ears, and now cross-culture program manager for the Montezuma Land Conservancy, talks with Amy Hadden Marsh about the recent restoration of the boundaries of Bears Ears National Monument.

The Bureau of Land Management's controversial Sandwash Basin mustang roundup has come to an end except for horses outside the boundaries of the herd management area. Delia Malone of the Sierra Club and Eric Molvar of Western Watersheds Project talk about why the groups are against it.

This month marks the 76th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945). Amy Hadden Marsh and Dr. Naoko Wake talk about Wake's new book, American Survivors: Trans-Pacific Memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and how events from seven decades ago still affect American and Asian lives.

Aaron Taylor, director of Carbondale's Way of Compassion Foundation, talks about the 4th Annual Compassion Film Festival, opening Friday August 13.

Guests Elise Thatcher, CDOT's Region 3 Communications Manager, Eagle County Master Deputy Heath Mosness, and Sgt. Levy Burris of the Garfield County Sheriff's office talk about I70 mudslide closure safety protocol and who's handling Cottonwood Pass.

The late Northern Ute elder Clifford Duncan, friend to many in the Roaring Fork watershed, lived in Roosevelt, UT. KDNK's Amy Hadden Marsh traveled there in January, 2010 and brought back this conversation.