Episodes
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Lew Gaiter, Larimer County Board of Commissioners, 10/17/2017
Lew Gaiter, Larimer County Board of Commissioners, 10/17/2017 by The Colorado Independent
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Episode 11: Mythbusting the transgender military "burden"
In a series of three tweets Wednesday, President Donald Trump ordered a ban on transgender military service, citing “tremendous medical costs and disruption” as a rationale for his decision. In the aftermath, host Kelsey Ray sat down with Emma Shinn, a defense attorney, retired U.S. Marine…
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Episode 10: In times of chaos, find Mike Littwin
A major vote on healthcare is expected in the Senate early next week, and Senate Republicans still aren’t sure what they’ll be voting on. The proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is almost certainly short of the votes it needs to pass, and plans to repeal and not replace…
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Episode 9: More than 3,000 Coloradans have unregistered to vote
Two weeks ago, reporter Corey Hutchins broke the news that President Donald Trump's voter fraud task force had demanded that Colorado Secretary of State Wayne Williams turn over the personal information of registered voters. Since then, thousands of Coloradans — 3,394, to be exact — have…
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Episode 8: Why this lawyer would rather go to jail than "die without Medicaid"
Longtime disability rights advocate Carrie Ann Lucas is a dedicated activist, but she usually avoids risking arrest — she is, after all, an attorney. That changed last week, when Lucas and nine other ADAPT disability rights protesters found themselves carted off to jail after a multi-day sit-in…
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Episode 7: There's something fishy going on with that Taser
On July 9, 2010, 56-year-old Marvin Booker was arrested on an outstanding warrant for drug possession. As he waited in the booking area into the wee hours of the morning, he took his shoes off. When his name was finally called, he walked sock-footed to the booking desk. But when he turned back to...
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Episode 6: Will Colorado run out of water?
Colorado's population is expected to grow from about 5.5 million in 2016 to as many as 10 million people by 2050. Unless we start to act more aggressively on conservation, experts predict that our arid state will run out of water by then. Reporter Marianne Goodland is on the podcast this week...
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Episode 5: We need to talk about eviction
Tina Griego, our managing editor, recently realized that for all the stories she'd written over the years about affordable housing, gentrification and changing neighborhoods in Denver, she hadn't given a thought to perhaps the most destructive effect of they city's housing crisis: eviction.…
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Episode 4: "Impeachment four months in? That's basically a coup."
Veteran political columnist Mike Littwin comes on the Indy Weekly Podcast to talk about the James Comey hearing, the unlikelihood of impeachment and why nothing — not even Watergate — quite compares to this.
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Episode 3: Colorado's $9 billion transportation to-do list
During the 2017 legislative session, finding a way to pay down some of Colorado's $9 billion list of fixes to roads and bridges was a top priority for state lawmakers. One bill, which would have asked voters to approve a sales tax to generate about $3.5 billion, died in the Senate. But the…
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Episode 2: George Brauchler is having trouble sleeping
Reporter Corey Hutchins recently received a text at almost 3 o'clock in the morning from an unexpected sender: Arapahoe County DA and Republican candidate for governor George Braucher. Keeping him up at night? Colorado's Hospital Provider Fee. Corey sat down with Mr. Brauchler to talk TABOR,...
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Episode 1: In the wake of disaster
Reporters Corey Hutchins and Kelsey Ray bring you up to speed on this week's top stories, including the stuff that didn't make it to print. This week: A fatal explosion, a lack of regulation and a state agency's fight against teens pushing for health and safety in oil and gas development.
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