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.
*Named Westword's Best Podcast of 2021, 2023
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Author Jenny Shank Seeks Human Connection in 'M...
Jenny Shank grew up in southeast Denver, but when it was time for school, she was bused all over the city — from an elementary school with a Chicano-rooted curriculum on the West Side to a predominantly Black middle school near Five Points.
15 min
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Why You Can’t Watch the Nuggets, Avs or Rapids ...
This Local Sports Blackout is Making Me Kroenke — *cough cough* excuse me — Cranky!
12 min
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15 Years of Food Justice on Colfax
But really it's about community.
17 min
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Chipotle vs. Illegal Pete’s: A Denver-Style-Mis...
Way back in the early ’90s, the Denver-style-Mission-style burrito rolled into town thanks to Chipotle.
33 min
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BONUS: What Sara Terry Learned at Mobile Home U...
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Searching for 'A Decent Home' at an Aurora Mobi...
20 min
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How Denver Voted (And How We Feel About It)
Yes, voter turnout was low.
24 min
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A Denver Royal Gives Up Her Crown
Denver's Marilyn Van Derbur will be the first Miss America to sell her crown.
18 min
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Colorado Snagged $34 Million For Transit and RT...
The Real Legacy of FasTracks: Hurt Feelings and Spite
15 min
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Halloween Spooktacular! With Denver’s Clerk & R...
It’s Halloween weekend and the City Cast Denver crew created a special episode to celebrate the spooky season.
12 min
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You Gotta Fight For Your Right to Build a Skate...
Skateboarding and Civic Engagement 101
14 min
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Denver City Council vs. Bubble Gum Vape Juice
There’s been a battle brewing over kids and vaping for the past few years — and now Denver is mired in the haze.
14 min
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Why Denver Should NOT Pay For A New National We...
The National Western Stock Show has been a big deal in Denver for decades, drawing farmers, ranchers, equestrians and rodeo enthusiasts to the city.
17 min
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Why Denver Should Pay For a New National Wester...
Come back tomorrow for the other side!
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BONUS: The DAM’s “Marie Antoinette Moment”?
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#ListenLocal: How Art is Born
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Election-Palooza 2021
It’s an off-year election, but that doesn’t mean it’s not an important one.
42 min
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What’s So Scary About A Bunch of Adults Living ...
There’s a measure on Denver ballots this year that was many, many years in the making.
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What is Dark Money? And How is it Impacting Our...
17 min
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The Revolutionary Music of Los Mocochetes
The music you hear every day on City Cast Denver wasn’t made for a podcast — it’s the work of Denver Chicano band Los Mocochetes.
17 min
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Why A Big Brother Tech Giant Moved to Denver
Peter Thiel set Palantir on a Collision Course with Colorado
17 min
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Colorado’s ‘Rich Mosaic of Dining’, Plus Denver...
Welcome back to Fridays at City Cast Denver where the crew chats about the news of the week and shares their perspectives.
31 min
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Identity, Resistance and Resilience at the Museo
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28 Years of Roasting Chiles with the Morales Fa...
Smell Chiles Roasting? It’s Gotta Be Fall in Denver.
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Is Denver Repeating the Past By Sweeping this I...
Indigenous Community Members to the Mayor: Stop Sweeping Our People Away
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