Denver Diatribe Podcast
The Denver Diatribe is a podcast about culture, politics and stuff as it pertains to the Mile High City and the rest of Colorado.
We love and hate on all types of local topics: political dust-ups, medical marijuana, foody wars, the tech industry, police brutality, the art scene, media scandals, bad public policy, good eats, etc. The Denver Diatribe was named the city’s Best Podcast in the 2010 Westword Web Awards. Visit our website, DenverDiatribe.com, for past episodes and additional info. You can also subscribe via iTunes, Stitcher, or the podcatcher of your choice. Our rotating cast of co-host are Ron Doyle, Josh Johnson, Jared Jacang Maher, Vanessa Martinez and Joel Warner. We’re always looking for interesting topics, events, guests or good stuff to rant about. Ready to rant? Drop us a line at info@denverdiatribe.com.
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109: Stately Narrative Edition with Robert Ruth...
Robert Rutherford of The Narrators joins us this week for a look at the state of podcasting in Denver—including the resurrection of the popular Narrators Podcast. In this pre-recorded gem, Josh, Ron and Robert state their case for or against Nate Silve...
55 min
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108: Chris Anderson of Fierce Bad Rabbit Talks ...
This week, Jared and Josh are joined by Chris Anderson of Fort Collins band Fierce Bad Rabbit to talk Colorado music’s regional bubbles, the struggle to make a career in music, and using Kickstarter to raise money to fund an album.
82 min
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107: 2012 Asshole of the Year Edition
In this week’s episode, Ron, Vanessa, and Jared review the wide-open field of nominees for Asshole of the Year and reveal our pick—and listener’s choice—for this 2nd annual reaming of Colorado’s worst. MUSICAL BREAK: “The Devil Smells Like Country” by ...
65 min
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106: Mayan Apocalypse Edition with Joshua Berman
For our last podcast of the year, Ron, Josh & Vanessa invited travel writer and Maya 2012 expert Joshua Berman for a closer look at 13 B’ak’tun, a.k.a., December 21, a.k.a. Winter Solstice 2012, a.k.a., the mythical Mayan doomsday, a.k.a.,
54 min
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105: The Biggest, Stupidest Stories of 2012
What say you, 2012? Along with reviewing the big, important Colorado headlines, Jared and Ron look back fondly at the many ridiculous, overblown, laughable, stupido news stories of the year. 2012 has taught us many vital things.
52 min
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104: I Heart the Holidays Edition with Samuel a...
Update: We’ve got a winner, folks. And to all who subscribed: Welcome to the Diatribe! Keep listening for the next contest announcement. GIVEAWAY ALERT! Subscribe to the Denver Diatribe via e-mail by December 12 to be entered to win a bunch of good stu...
69 min
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103: Cold War and Conquered Buffs Edition with ...
Episode 103: Cold War and Conquered Buffs Edition
71 min
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102: Van Gogh Snowboard Edition with Timothy St...
This week, Joel and Ron get all highbrow with Timothy Standring, curator of painting and sculpture at the Denver Art Museum and driving force behind the new blockbuster exhibit, “Becoming Van Gogh.” They learn all about Standring’s seven-year,
59 min
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101: Adrenaline Rush Edition with Luc Hatlestad
This week, Ron and Vanessa are joined by Luc Hatlestad, journalist and articles editor at 5280 magazine. We inject ourselves into Colorado’s bloodstream, seeking to understand our perilous obsession with epinephrine,
66 min
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100: The Love + Hate Fest 2012 Centennial Edition
Episode 100: The Love + Hate Fest 2012 Centennial Edition
56 min
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99: 30-Second Voter Porn Edition
Want to jump straight to the voter guide? Skip ahead to 19:45 This week, we present our special “30-second Denver voter guide,” in which we each attempt to explain each of the big initiatives on this year’s ballot in under half a minute.
54 min
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98: New Skin Edition with Esmé Patterson and Ke...
Denver-based musical polymath Esmé Patterson and stand-up comedian Kevin O’Brien joins us this week to peel back new skin for old ceremonies: We talk about Colorado’s Dish Network and their reboot plans for Blockbuster Video and Starbuck’s new,
63 min
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97: Can Wild Horses Drag Walmart Away? Edition
This week, Jared, Ron and Josh put on the pundit hats and talk Colorado news. First, big announcement from Denver Diatribe, we’ve set the date for our next live event: Tuesday, October 23, 6-9pm. Unlike our other live events,
56 min
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96: Down on Downtown, No. 18, and Altweeklies E...
This week, Vanessa, Ron, Joel, and Josh descend down the rabbit hole of Denver news fresh off a Diatribe photo shoot with Mark Manger. First, we review the most recent development in a Greeley school district’s ban of apparel bearing the No.
66 min
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95: The Hops and Milquetoast Edition
This week, Westword managing editor Jonathan Shikes, better known as the Colorado Beer Man, joins us to talk about all things cold and frothy. Over a round of 9 a.m. beers, we check in on everybody’s favorite political nuisance Seth Brigham,
50 min
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94: Personhood for Plastic Bags Edition
This week Jared takes Joel, Josh and Ron on a tour through some of Denver’s recent—and bizarre—political developments. A discussion about petition signatures for Colorado’s proposed personhood amendment digresses into a discussion about Scott Gessler a...
35 min
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93: For Pete’s Sake Edition
On this week’s podcast, Pete Turner of Illegal Pete’s joins us to talk bands, Boulder and bullet trains. And yes, burritos too, because alliteration is fun. We force Pete to dig up repressed memories of Blinky the Clown,
58 min
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Episode 92: Back to School, Summer Scream, and ...
We’re back in action, recording from our new studio location on the 14th floor of the Daniels & Fisher Clocktower. If you notice a little echo in this episode, it’s because we’re surrounded by 360 degrees of glass, marble,
52 min
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Episode 91: On geeky hiatus with Machine Readable
We the Diatribers are hard at work finalizing a whole new slate of ranty goodness for you starting next week. In the meantime, we’re featuring another friendly, local podcast: Machine Readable. Creators Nick Taylor and Mark Mullis convinced their emplo...
54 min
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Episode 90: On hiatus with These Things Matter
This week, while the Diatribe co-hosts take a production break to focus on finalizing plans for our new studio, we share an episode of local pop culture podcast These Things Matter.
75 min
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Episode 89: Laugh Track Live Edition
In this week’s episode, we step away from Denver news to bathe in the sweet rain of comedy that was the Laugh Track Comedy Festival. Three filmmakers and four standup comedians joined Ron and Vanessa to debate a few 21st-century avenues for comedy succ...
54 min
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Episode 88: Comedy Relief with Mara Wiles and C...
This week, Vanessa, Josh, and Ron welcome local funny folk Chris Charpentier and Mara Wiles, who graciously agree to some heavy conversation about the tragedy in Aurora before we get their insider takes on comedy in Denver and the upcoming Laugh Track ...
69 min
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Episode 87: Denver’s dark side edition with Ale...
This week, Jared, Josh, Vanessa and Joel take a long, hard look at violence in Denver: random community violence, gang violence, even violence stemming from the cops themselves. Joining them are Terrance Roberts,
78 min
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86: The Nut Job, Nut Tap, Legal Beagle Edition ...
This week, Ron, Josh and Vanessa are joined in the pod by comedian/actor TJ Miller, filmmaking bros Adam and Evan Nix, and local comedy insider, radio executive (and sometimes Tom Wolfe impersonator) Andy Juett.
55 min
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85: Brewpub, AV Club, Spiral Hotdog Edition
Episode 85: Brewpub, AV Club, Spiral Hotdog Edition
51 min