City Cast Denver

Join Host Bree Davies and the City Cast Denver crew every weekday morning as we celebrate, explore, and challenge an ever-changing Denver. It’s the daily news podcast for all Denverites — whether you’ve been here for six months or six generations. We’ll break down the news you need (and want) to know with journalists and culture makers; activists and artists; neighbors and ne’er-do-wells — and John Elway, if he ever returns our calls. Learn more and subscribe to our morning newsletter at citycast.fm/denver.

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28 Years of Roasting Chiles with the Morales Fa...
Smell Chiles Roasting? It’s Gotta Be Fall in Denver.
14 min
1002
Is Denver Repeating the Past By Sweeping this I...
Indigenous Community Members to the Mayor: Stop Sweeping Our People Away
17 min
1003
EXTRA: Get 'More Smarter' on Redistricting
87 min
1004
A Newspaper’s Worst Nightmare, Mountain Town Fa...
It’s Friday, which means the City Cast Denver team chats about some of the craziest news items from the week.
33 min
1005
Are Colorado’s Sex Offender Laws Really Keeping...
There are 20,000 people on Colorado’s sex offender registry, including many whose offenses date back to when they were under 18 and many others whose offenses were as minor as peeing in public.
16 min
1006
BONUS: Is Casa Bonita More Fun than Meow Wolf? ...
10 min
1007
Why Casa Bonita is Textbook Fun (and Why Matt a...
It’s official: Trey Parker and Matt Stone have purchased Casa Bonita. So, now what?
17 min
1008
Is Tay Anderson Owed An Apology?
And if so, from whom?
17 min
1009
Are Denver's New Hotel Shelters Any Better Than...
It was a pandemic emergency housing project, but it could become permanent
15 min
1010
Where is The "Real Creativity" in Denver? Plus,...
It’s the City Cast Denver Friday chat with Producer Paul Karolyi, Newsletter Writer Peyton Garcia, and Host Bree Davies.
33 min
1011
Titwrench: 13 Years of Musical Revolution
Thirteen years ago, a group of friends and strangers got together and decided to start a music festival in Denver.
14 min
1012
A Serious Breakfast Burrito Throwdown
You’ve called, you’ve written us, and now we bring you the hotly anticipated Breakfast Burrito Throwdown.
23 min
1013
Why Our Sidewalks are Broken, Crumbling, and Mi...
Denver’s sidewalks are in a sorry state, and that’s if you’re lucky enough to live in a neighborhood that has them.
10 min
1014
Legal Weed Delivery Exists in Denver... Sort Of
Is THC delivery DOA?
16 min
1015
Digging Into the Tay Anderson Investigation, Sa...
Producer Paul Karolyi and Host Bree Davies discuss the ongoing Tay Anderson school board saga.
27 min
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Did We Really Need to Close Civic Center Park?
Who is the “People’s Park” really for?
14 min
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Breakfast at the New Zaidy's with David Sirota
Zaidy’s is back!
15 min
1018
A Better Way To Feed Denver’s Hungry
Turning the food bank model upside down
18 min
1019
Breaking Down the Tay Anderson Investigation
Back in March, Black Lives Matter 5280 issued a statement on behalf of a woman who said that Denver Public Schools Board Member Tay Anderson had sexually assaulted her.
16 min
1020
Concert Vaccination Protocols, Palm Scanning an...
What’s it even like to go to a concert right now?
28 min
1021
From Denver Catholic School to the E! Network: ...
Let’s laugh like there’s no pandemic
17 min
1022
A Dead Accountant, 33 Zombie Businesses, and $2...
How much fraud could a fraudster fraud if a fraudster could fraud fraud? Fraud!
17 min
1023
What Happens When a County Breaks Up With Its H...
It was one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the Denver metro area — the 1965 South Platte River floods — that initially led Douglas County to join the Tri-County Health Department in 1966.
14 min
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How One Brewery Is Promoting Vaccines to Denver...
For breweries in Colorado, September is typically a month of fests.
12 min
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#ListenLocal: Escaping Denver
Berry is back!
26 min