Denver-based community educator Tim Hernández makes his debut as a Metro host in this interview with author Kelly Lytle Hernández. Her latest book is Bad Mexicans; Race, Empire and Revolution in the Borderlands. Listen: (Download Audio)
Ryan Busse, author of “GUNFIGHT,” is a proud gun owner, sportsman, environmentalist, and conservationist and a former firearms executive who’s written an insider’s view of the radicalization of the US gun industry. Busse explains how and when the US gun culture changed, that culture’s alliance with political factions in the […]
Colorado-based Mark Lee Gardner’s ninth book, THE EARTH IS ALL THAT LASTS is a dual biography of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull, the two most legendary and consequential American Indian leaders. They and their Sioux and Cheyenne warriors crushed Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer’s Seventh Cavalry at the Battle of […]
David Gergen has been a White House adviser to four presidents (Nixon, Ford, Reagan & Clinton) of different parties, CNN senior political analyst, and founder of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. In his newest book, “Hearts Touched with Fire. How Great Leaders Are Made,” he […]
On Saturday, the city of Longmont will host its first-ever in-person Juneteenth celebration with special guests, music, workshops, and performances from local artists. KGNU's Rossana Longo-Better spoke with Longmont council member and KGNU board member Shiquita Yarbrough about how the event hopes to empower youth and bring communities together. Listen: […]
Bill McKibben is an educator, environmental activist, and author of more than a dozen books. His newest is a memoir, “The Flag, The Cross and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What The Hell Happened.” He founded the global grassroots climate campaign […]
Arts in the Open is an outdoor artistic and theatrical company who produce theater hikes along the Chautauqua trail during the summer and the fall. This year, they’ve returned for their 10th season to their full production schedule and first up is a fully original production called "The Frog Princess". […]