New data shows an overwhelming majority of Colorado residents view the rising cost of living as a serious problem. Many are feeling the pinch in their own lives. A new poll from the Colorado Health Foundation shows that around 1 […]
Morning Magazine Podcast – Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Today the Census Beauru will release data on poverty. We’ll take a look at food insecurity and ways to prevent it. Then, on this Week in Water, we’ll hear about how wildfire burn scars create thunderstorms. We close with the […]
Morning Magazine Podcast – Tuesday, August 24, 2021
We’ll hear about an app, originally piloted in Denver, that connects gardeners with local food banks to help simultaneously cut produce waste and hunger. Then on H2O Radio’s This Week in Water, we hear how COVID-19 hospitalizations and a rise […]
Morning Magazine Podcast Thursday April 22, 2021
We’ll hear about a home delivery service helping feed needy families. Then, KGNU News Director Shannon Young visits Red Letter Books, the used book store on Pearl St that is shutting down this week after over 30 years. https://sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/kgnu-show-archives/audioarchives/MorningMagazine/2021/MorningMagazine_2021-04-22.mp3 The […]
Morning Magazine Podcast Monday April 12, 2021
We hear part of a CWA panel on gun control in advance of a “Road Trip for Background Checks” event happening in Boulder today. Then, the Boulder-Nablus Sister City Project discusses what their working on this Spring followed by a […]
Morning Magazine Podcast Friday April 9, 2021
The head of Boulder’s Chamber of Commerce discusses what 2021 might bring for local businesses followed by an interview with John Nichols, a national affairs writer and Conference on World Affairs panelist, looking at polarization in the United States. We […]
Morning Magazine Podcast Thursday April 8, 2021
Local United Airlines workers respond to news the company plans to subcontract its catering despite receiving a multibillion-dollar federal bailout. Then, a report on food assistance for college students in Colorado followed by input from a longtime Longmont Latinx community […]
Gleaning: Tackling Food Waste and Food Insecurity
Dave Laskarzewski and Ciara Low co-founded UpRoot Colorado two years ago as a way to help both farmers and those facing hunger. KGNU’s Sarah Dalgleish reports that through their organization, volunteers harvest excess crops from local farms—a process known as […]