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 newsletter at denver.citycast.fm..
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BONUS: Left Hand Left Out
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Valentes Corleons: Nightclub Kingpin? Mobster? ...
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Tay Anderson Opens Up About His Controversial Year
Controversy, Lawsuits, Walkouts, and Redemption: Tay Anderson’s Year
18 min
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Stranahan’s Snowflake: A Whiskey Worth Waiting For
15 min
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Will This Family-Owned Pizza Joint Survive Anot...
The Pandemic Is Still Making Life Hell For Family-Owned Restaurants
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Did Denver’s Last Lesbian Bar Weaponize Its Sta...
There's only one lesbian bar left in Denver, and now it's getting sued.
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Finding a Recovery Community through Coffee
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Step Inside Camp Christmas, Lonnie Hanzon’s Gli...
We may have yet to see snow on the ground, but artist Lonnie Hanzon has successfully captured the feeling of Christmas in his annual immersive installation, Camp Christmas.
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Tattered Cover’s Books of The Year
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Den-Mex (Uncensored)
21 min
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A Popular News Anchor Became Disabled. Then 9Ne...
After suffering a stroke in 2019, Kristen Aguirre was let go from her dream job at 9News.
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Casa Bonita’s Food Needs Help. Chef Dana Rodrig...
Say hello to Casa Bonita 2.0
16 min
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Could The Words "Gourmet" and “Casa Bonita" Rea...
These days, it seems like the Casa Bonita news faucet never turns off.
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BookBar Buys The Bookies
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Is It Really That Hard to Build Affordable Hous...
One developer says "no"
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Denver on Shrooms: It's Been a Trip!
Way back in the spring of 2019, Denver became the first American city in the country to decriminalize psilocybin, or magic mushrooms, with 50.56% of voters in favor.
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Thunderbird Man's Legacy Now Includes a Library
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Traffic Deaths, Vision Zero’s Zero Score, & Den...
Denver had to face a hard truth this week: so far in 2021, 73 people have been killed on the city’s roadways.
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An Ode to The Denver Diner Before It Gets Chase...
Last week, it was announced that the boarded-up Denver Diner would not re-open, but instead become a Chase Bank.
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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!
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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.
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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...
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