The Daily Sun-Up

Author Chris Vanjonack on his speculative short story collection "Out of Body"

Author Chris Vanjonack sits down with the Sun's Kevin Simpson to discuss creating his speculative short story collection "Out of Body". See omnystudio.com/listener for p

The Colorado Sun celebrates its 8th birthday

Today Sun reporter Jennifer Brown interviews Publisher Larry Ryckman about the Sun's upcoming 8th birthday and our future plans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

Colorado and the cost of racism

Today Colorado Sun Public Policy Editor, Justin George, and reporter Colleen Slevin are talking about a story that reframes how we think about the state and its history b

Small-town northern Colorado businesses get a boost

Today, Colorado Sun rural reporter Tracy Ross talks about how the growth in northern Colorado spurred a push to create a chamber of commerce in the once sleepy town of Ti

Ski industry giants facing antitrust lawsuits filed in Denver

Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has covered the evolution of lift ticket pricing for decades and today he breaks down three antitrust lawsuits filed in Denver against

G. Brown & Kevin Simpson on Harry Tuft, Dolly Parton and Colorado music history

G. Brown, director of the Colorado Music Experience, sits down with the Sun's Kevin Simpson to discuss Harry Tuft, Dolly Parton and Colorado music history. See omnystudi

Matt Barnes on what three years of wolf reintroduction have taught Colorado

The Colorado Sun's rural reporter Tracy Ross talks with rangeland conservationist and wolf advocate Matt Barnes about the new film documentary In the Company of Wolves, s

Staying Safe Around Bears & Investigating Tuberculosis in ICE Detention

Today reporters John Ingold and Mike Booth have tips for keeping you safe around bears, as well as an update on a tuberculosis investigation at the immigration detention

Waymo rides close to starting in Denver

Today, Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang gives us her first-person account of riding in a new driverless Waymo vehicle, which will be available to the general

New Colorado River water cuts hit Lower Basin state

Today, Colorado Sun water reporter Shannon Mullane breaks down a new federal plan on how to share Colorado River water over the next two years as the states continue to r

Sec. Ken Salazar on his new book "Borderlands: My Fight for an Inclusive America"

Former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joins us to discuss his new book, Borderlands: My Fight for an Inclusive America. Salazar reflects on his life, career a

Breaking down this year's Colorado student testing scores

Today, Colorado Sun education reporter Erica Breunlin has the results from the annual Colorado Measures of Academic Success assessment and breaks down this year’s data an

Ballot-box democracy is being bought

Justin George, public policy editor for The Colorado Sun, sits down with Colorado Sun political reporter Colleen Slevin to discuss why Colorado’s citizen-initiative proce

Minimum wage increases headed to Colorado for 2027

Today, Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang breaks down the upcoming increases to minimum wage next year in Colorado and select cities, including Denver and Bould

Bears very active this summer in Colorado mountain towns

Today, Sun freelance reporter Betsy Welch discusses the uptick in bear activity this summer in Colorado’s high country, and how town and wildlife officials are addressing

Ian Patterson Discusses His New Novel, Fruits of Our Labor

Author Ian Patterson discusses his new speculative novel, Fruits of Our Labor, which imagines a future where women can reproduce without men. See omnystudio.com/listener

Colorado’s November ballot measures lining up

Today, Sun politics and policy editor Justin George has a primer for the November 3 midterm election and talks about some of the statewide measures that have made it on t

The controversial arguments to retire an giant Colorado River dam

Today, we're re-airing an interview from May, when reporter Shannon Mullane interviewed an author about his award-winning book on Lake Powell. See omnystudio.com/listene

Fundamental Needs program helping southwestern Colorado

Today, Colorado Sun rural reporter Tracy Ross looks into a program in Cortez that is helping area teens learn skills and getting residents on the Navajo Nation and around

Taxable sales are down in Colorado ski towns. Here's why.

Every year, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins tracks winter and summer taxable sales in 18 large and small mountain towns near ski areas. Today, Jason looks at the rece