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Authors and writers are some of our favorite guests on In The NoCo. They’re creative, they bring tons of ideas to the conversation and they know how to tell a good story. In 2024 we hosted nonfiction writers, historians and at least one sci-fi writer.

Homeowners should prepare their trees for winter to give them a better chance of surviving the cold weather. Here are some tips to make sure your trees are ready.

States tasked with deciding the Colorado River's future have submitted competing proposals for how to manage the river's water. Environmental groups and tribes are also trying to help shape that conversation.

We are closing out April with a celebration of National Poetry Month starring »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ· listeners! We asked you to share your flair for the written word this month and try your hand at an eight-word poem.

Moviegoers in Northern Colorado helped fuel the Barbie movie phenomenon, and Colorado State University’s Karrin Anderson has been watching this craze unfold. The feminist scholar unpacks the billion-dollar blockbuster on In the NoCo.

Raven Payment, who is Ojibwe and Kanienkehaka, works closely on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people, who face disproportionately high rates of violence. She sat down with In the NoCo to talk about strides and setbacks since the passage of a state law meant to acknowledge and address the problem.

When author Rachel Louise Snyder attended the Semester at Sea program, it set in motion a life of curiosity and exploration. She has spent her career shining a light on social justice issues, violence against women and domestic abuse, and human rights across the globe. She speaks this week at Colorado State University, where the program is headquartered and celebrating 60 years.

In Colorado's mountain communities, helping students stay housed is a huge challenge. In the NoCo looks at how one college is working to chip away at the problem for its diverse, rural students.

The housing crisis is tightening its grip on mountain communities. That’s the subject of the new season of »Ê¹ÚÍøַ’s The Colorado Dream. Host and creator Stephanie Daniel joins In the NoCo for a series of conversations about the new season. We begin in Summit County.

Mariachi music is deeply rooted in Mexico's history, and it's grown in popularity over the decades in the U.S. These days, it's showing up more often in Colorado schools' music programs, alongside the usual jazz, orchestra, or symphonic band options. That provides the opportunity for more culturally relevant programming to serve increasingly diverse student populations. In today's episode, we talk with music instructor and mariachi player Ben San Martin Kellogg.