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April 11, 2025 Edition

By Kyle Dyer on April 11, 2025

News never stops, right? After our Inside panel had left for the day, the political rumors that had been swirling around for a while came to be true. On a beautiful Friday morning in Colorado, Senator Michael Bennet announced in Denver’s City Park that he is running to succeed Jared Polis as Governor of Colorado. Bennet, who is in his 3rd senate term, has spoken often about the “broken-ness” of Washington. “Business as usual is simply not enough, and that’s why I’m running for governor of Colorado,” Bennet said. He will be running against CO Attorney General Phil Weiser in the Democratic primary in 2026, which will no doubt bring many candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties. The 44th Governor of Colorado will be sworn into office in January 2027.

Here’s what else we’re talking about on this week’s Colorado Inside OutContinue reading

February 28, 2025 Edition

By Kyle Dyer on February 28, 2025

This week’s show falls on the 30th Anniversary of Denver International Airport opening, so I decided to start off our conversation around the impact of DIA, or DEN as it’s now referred to, plus, Westword Editor Patty Calhoun brought some show & tell, a key chain of the mustang sculpture outside the airport known as Blucifer (and the key chain doll’s eyes even light up bright red like the real thing). Despite Blucifer’s image problems, magnified by David Kopel of the Independence Institute saying “Blucifer is the portal through which demons enter the city,” Denver’s airport is the state’s largest economic engine. Here’s a look at what was discussed on Colorado Inside Out, which started with all things DIA and the conversation ‘took off’ from there. Continue reading

December 20, 2024 Edition

By Kyle Dyer on December 20, 2024

When trying to come up with topics to discuss each week on Colorado Inside Out, I look to all sorts of news sources, talk with our panelists and, as is the case this week, listen to my 19-year-old daughter, Eliza. She is a sports genius who texted me the breaking news about Denver in exclusive talks about getting a professional women’s soccer league expansion. Continue reading

December 13, 2024 Edition

By Kyle Dyer on December 13, 2024

In a week when we’re learning economic activity is slower in Colorado than recent years, generosity remains very high. An impressive $54.6 million was donated in the course of 24 hours on December 10th – Colorado Gives Day. More than 4,000 non-profits benefited from the annual day of giving, including PBS12! Thank you for supporting our work! Continue reading