Wheat Ridge Theatre Company is back in their brand new space. They are premiering their production of the classic romance Cyrano de Bergerac February 3 – 19. KGNU’s Veronica Straight-Lingo had a chance to speak with Director Melissa Taylor about […]
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After Image with Michael J. Casey Previews Spring 2023 International Film Series
In this movie review segment, KGNU’s Veronica Straight-Lingo speaks with Boulder Weekly Film Correspondent Michael J. Casey about films. In this segment, Casey previews the films to catch during the Spring 2023 semester at the International Film Series on the University of […]
“HeLa” from Community College of Aurora Explores Complicated Legacy of Henrietta Lacks
The Community College of Aurora is bringing back their production of “HeLa” by Lauren Gunderson and Geetha Reddy from January 26 – 28. “HeLa” explores the complicated history of Henrietta Lacks, and her immortal cells which were harvested without her […]
Booktalk: Movie star Paul Newman’s memoir–PAUL NEWMAN, The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man
My guest is artist and singer Melissa Newman, one of the 5 daughters of actor Paul Newman who died in 2008. She spoke with me about her dad’s posthumous memoir, “PAUL NEWMAN, The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man.” It […]
Booktalk: Futurist Ari Wallach’s “LONGPATH. Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs”
LONGPATH by futurist Ari Wallach is about a mindset that looks at the future where new ways aren’t quite here yet and the old ways don’t work anymore. Drawing on history, theology, neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, and social technologies, Wallach teaches […]
Journalist Ted Conover’s “CHEAP LAND COLORADO: Off-Gridders at America’s Edge”
“I feel lucky to do what I do. I write about real people, often by living their lives for a while—visiting their lives, you might say. Trying them on for size. Though there are easier ways to make a living, […]
Longtime Runner-Author Writes A Book For Runners About Running (And An Incredible, Running Donkey)
Chris McDougall’s “Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero” introduces us to a small farm in rural Pennsylvania and the McDougall family and their menagerie (donkeys, rams, chickens, fainting goats) who live there. The author’s new […]
Booktalk: Jason Kander’s “Invisible Storm. A Soldier’s Memoir of Politics and PTSD”
With INVISIBLE STORM, Jason Kander has written the book he himself needed in his darkest moments of PTSD. After Afghanistan, his day job was politics as a rising star in the Democratic party, first in his native Missouri and then […]