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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Episode 58: Perverted Holiday Special
Jared, Ron, and Josh talk about how Rep. Jared Polis used porn to delay the passing of the Stop Online Piracy Act; a Louisville attorney offered to fellate a pizza guy for cash; and Westword lets Denverites know how they do “it.” Yes,
29 min
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Episode 57: The biggest, stupidest stories of 2011
Jared, Ron, Joel and Vanessa run down the top hilarious, scummiest, bullshittiest news events of the past year in Colorado. We try to make sense of the Boulder porta potty peeper, Scott Gessler, Abu Mybutt, gay marriage haters in the House,
30 min
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Denver Diatribe 56: The Power Trippin,’ Chicken...
This week Vanessa, Joel, Jared, and Josh talk “power:” who’s got it, who’s lost it, and who’s taking his to Canada. Every couple of years, 5280 Magazine takes a stab at identifying the most powerful people in Denver.
38 min
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Denver Diatribe 55: The Groupon Sucks, Free Sam...
This week we explore our inner cheapskates with MileHighontheCheap.com‘s Laura Daily. We discuss Groupon’s mediocre performance in the stock market and whether it’s a sign of the daily deal site’s impending doom—or its evolution into a magical creature...
30 min
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Denver Diatribe 54: Fort Collins Rocks Harder? ...
As the AV Club pointed out, it’s become almost cliche to talk about the fertility of Fort Collins music scene. “Cliche” you say? Sounds like a Diatribe topic. Denver Diatribe’s Joel Warner, Ron S. Doyle and Josh Johnson are joined by Dani Grant,
27 min
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Denver Diatribe 53: StoryCorps’d
A gaggle of Diatribe cohosts (Vanessa, Ron, Josh, and Joel returned) talk about, um, talking to people in Denver with Virginia Lora of StoryCorps, the nationwide storytelling project you may recognize from NPR (or its 2009 stop in CSprings).
29 min
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Denver Diatribe 52: The mile high movie mania e...
Joining Ron and Vanessa in our fancy new WKRP studio this week are Matt Campbell and Jenny Bloom. Matt is a programming director for the Starz Denver Film Festival, which is currently underway in our fair Queen City.
23 min
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Denver Diatribe 51: “We can’t keep up with Occu...
In this podcast, we look at the Occupy Denver movement as it was on October 21, which, thanks to Occupy Oakland and other recent developments, feels a little like ancient history. The Occupy Wall Street movement,
31 min
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Denver Diatribe 50: The Love&Hate Fest live edi...
Lots of lovin’ and hatin’ went down at our first Love + Hate Fest, recorded live at Forest Room 5 in Denver on October 12. Comedian Andrew Orvedahl waxes hateful on something he calls “The Denver Shuffle.” Eryc Eyl,
45 min
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Denver Diatribe 49: The Killer Cantaloupe, Farm...
This week, Josh and Jared are joined by Westword Food Critic Laura Shunk. We discuss how not to libel a fruit or vegetable in Colorado, particularly cantaloupe, as well as mouth off about the ad produced by proponents of Initiative 300 that seems to ti...
28 min
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Denver Diatribe Episode 48: The Fall Five (or f...
In our haste to catch up after Labor Day weekend—and challenged by the planning logistics of our upcoming Episode #50 event—Jared and Vanessa turned to friends and Facebook to help make a seasonally themed playlist for this week’s podcast.
22 min
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Episode 47: Citizen “journalism,” college party...
This week Jared, Vanessa and Josh talk about Denver Post’s revitalization of the citizen journalism site Your Hub, CU and CSU party throwers are calling the cops on themselves, and with school back in session we suggest some Colorado-focused class topics.
41 min
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Episode 46: The new names, no recordings and pa...
This week Jared and guest co-host Ron Doyle talk about Sports Authority’s move to get the naming rights to Invesco Field (at Mile High), Mayor Michael Hancock’s rocky start with negative news stories, Denver Sports that we may actually give a shit about.
24 min
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Episode 45: The Web comedy, Colorado dreamin’, ...
This week co-hosts Vanessa, Jared, and Josh invite comic and Colorado native Amber Tozer to chat about the migration of funny folk from the stage onto digital platforms like Twitter and YouTube. (Coincidentally,
28 min
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Episode 44: Breakaway artists, Draping the Arka...
This week: The Kirkland Museum visits an art controversy in Denver’s past, Christo gets permission to dress the Arkansas River in drapery, and Denver Post lists things to do in Colorado before you die. (Yes, guest on the Diatribe made that list. Ok,
28 min
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Episode 43: Sick Days, Library Porn and Ikea Ed...
This week: mandating paid sick-leave for workers in Denver, why are libraries in Jefferson County creating a porn area for computer users, and, experiencing the new Ikea. Co-hosts Josh Johnson and Jared Jacang Maher are joined by special guest Jef Otte...
33 min
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Episode 42: Baseball, Books and Our Theme Song ...
This week: Joel and Josh are joined by local author Jenny Shank, whose new novel explores amateur baseball in Denver. Pluss, Jenny talks about the lack of serious support in the local literary scene. And we field your new theme song suggestions,
34 min
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Episode 41: Schemers, Smokers and Skaters Edition
This week: Guest James Carlson talks about his new 5280 magazine story “The Biggest Green Scam in America” about Denver’s eco ponzi schemer Wayde McKelvy. Co-hosts Jared Jacang Maher, Josh Johnson and Vanessa Martinez also discuss the stupid squabbles...
30 min
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Episode 40: The Urbanite’s Belated Nostalgia fo...
This week Josh Johnson and Vanessa Martinez pull a talk duet in the 3rd world country known as Josh’s Capitol Hill apartment. We discuss the possibility of the famed National Western Stock Show getting lassoed into Aurora,
30 min
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Episode 39: The Masculinity, Veganism, Porta Po...
This week we talk with Westword’s Amber Taufen about her cover story on cops using meditation to mellow out and where meateaters should go for vegetarian food in Denver. Co-hosts John Dicker, Vanessa Martinez,
25 min
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Episode 38: Superhero Comic Payout Edition
This week’s Denver Diatribe is all about things that go bump in the night: Denver Comic Artists: We are joined by local graphic novel and Westword comic strip artist Noah Van Sciver, who discusses the area’s comic book scene and hist latest project,
34 min
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Episode 37: Mayor’s Race, Hand Cock, Wet in Den...
It’s Monday morning in Denver and Jared, Josh and Vanessa look in the rear view mirror at the Denver mayoral election. We then attempt to unwind some of the facts behind the ever-developing allegations involving Mayor-elect Michael Hancock (or, er,
28 min
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Episode 36: Strippers, Satan and Sept. 11th are...
Comedy! Jared gets a run-down of local stand-up scene from Denver Post entertainment reporter John Wenzel, who literally wrote the book on underground comedy. We listen to clips of Denver comedians Heather Snow, Troy Baxley, Bobby Crane, Troy Walker,
32 min
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Episode 35: The Politics of Harry Potter, Elway...
In anticipation of the release of the latest Harry Potter flick, Jared and Josh talk with local Libertarian blogger Ari Armstrong about his book “Values of Harry Potter,” which examines the Socialist tendencies of Lord Voldemort and subsequent elf oppr...
29 min
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Episode 34: The Mayoral Race for the Rapture Ed...
We sit down with Peter Marcus of the Denver Daily News to talk about Hancock v. Romer in the race for mayor. Also, the likelihood of the Dept. of Justice actually investigating Denver for law enforcement infractions. And then,
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