City Cast Denver: Den-Mex May Be Dying
Changing Denver
Here is another teaser episode of City Cast Denver. I don't know why anyone who lives in Denver wouldn't want to have this in their feed.
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Presenting... City Cast Denver
Changing Denver
Hey, Paul here. I've got a very cool new project to tell you about. If you like Changing Denver, I guarantee you'll like City Cast Denver.
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Phil on the Flu (1918 and 2020)
Changing Denver
Changing Denver's favorite local historian returns. This is Phil Goodstein in conversation about the 1918 flu, how it affected Denver and how it could provide a roadmap for our future.
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Introducing... Range & Slope
Changing Denver
Longtime listeners of Changing Denver will be interested to hear about Range & Slope, a new podcast featuring sounds and stories from prairie to peak.
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Unclear Danger 5: Where the Wind Will Blow
Changing Denver
Our Rocky Flats series concludes with a look into the future. What does this summer's litigation mean for the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge? And what about the Rocky Flats of our collective imagination, has anything changed?
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Unclear Danger 4B: A Rebuttal of Sorts
Changing Denver
The reactions to the most recent episode of Unclear Danger: The Colorado Story of Rocky Flats have been overwhelming. In the form of two interviews about health impact studies of communities surrounding Rocky Flats, this is our response.
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BONUS: Pizza for a Story
Changing Denver
We take to the streets to hear from everyday Denverites on the big question besetting us all: How do you feel about the way Denver is changing?
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Rocky Flash 4 and Off Country
Changing Denver
Our Rocky Flats fiction series concludes with a story from local author Rebecca Aronauer, as read by her partner Bryon Quick.
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Unclear Danger 4: Is it safe?
Changing Denver
In this fourth chapter of our Rocky Flats series, we set out to answer the central question in the recent controversy over the site: Will the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge be safe for visitors when it opens to the public?
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Return to St*pleton
Changing Denver
Changing Denver's first guest producer Rae Solomon provides an update on recent developments in the campaign to change the name of the neighborhood at the site of the former airport.
info_outlineWelcome to the fourth season of Changing Denver. It’s going to be a season-long series all on one topic. We’re calling it Unclear Danger: The Colorado Story of Rocky Flats.
We’re proud to present this whole season in partnership with the Colorado Independent and the Denver Public Library.
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Next Week:
We are hosting a panel, titled “Remembering Rocky Flats,” at the Denver Public Library on April 7. Three Rocky Flats historians—Len Ackland, Dorothy Ciarlo, and Murph Widdowfield—will be sharing their stories and unique perspectives on the Rocky Flats story. Find us on the 7th floor of the library’s central branch at 2 pm.
Recording this kind of thing can be hit-or-miss, so come out on the 7th to make sure you hear what these three have to say.
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Recommended Reading:
Len Ackland’s Making a Real Killing should be available at your local bookshop. Len will also be appearing at our April 7 event if you have questions for him.
The Ambushed Grand Jury is available online as a free PDF.
So is the full text of the Lamm-Wirth Task Force’s final report.
For more on the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s plans for Rocky Flats, check out their website here.
This episode includes extensive clips from several oral histories on file at the Boulder Public Library’s Maria Rogers Oral History Program. You can find each of the oral histories we excerpted here: Ken Freiberg, Dick Lamm, Tim Wirth, William Cohen, and Jacque Brever.
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Our theme song is “Minnow” be Felix Fast4ward.
Denver’s premier chiptunes artists Aethernaut and Michael Zucker provided the score for this episode and all of Unclear Danger. Also heard in this episode are a few songs by a group called Soft and Furious. Those are in the public domain.
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You can learn more about Changing Denver at our website www.changingdenver.com. Follow us on Twitter @changingdenver for photos and more behind-the-scenes details from our investigation into Rocky Flats.
Changing Denver is a proud member of the Denver Podcast Network.
Thanks for listening!