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). StoryCorps’ pimped-out Airstream studio was anchored in Denver for nearly a month recently to record everyday […]
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LEAVE A COMMENTJoining 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. Its greatness is what inspired Jenny and friend Katie Shapiro to start the Reel Social Club, whose […]
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LEAVE A COMMENTIn 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, which migrated to Denver back in September, has continued to spread across the globe. But what the heck are […]
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LEAVE A COMMENTLots 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, a music critic for the Denver Post’s Reverb, shares five minutes of love for local music. […]
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LEAVE A COMMENTIn 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. Yo La Tengo managed to sneak into our otherwise-local final cut. Hard to argue with that […]
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LEAVE A COMMENTThis 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. https://media.blubrry.com/denverdiatribe/denverdiatribe.com/DenverDiatribe_08_22_11.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
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LEAVE A COMMENTThis 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. https://media.blubrry.com/denverdiatribe/denverdiatribe.com/DenverDiatribe_8_15_11.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS
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LEAVE A COMMENTThis 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, Diatribe co-host Joel Warner wrote about this topic for Wired last week from Montreal’s Just for Laughs festival.) Amber left the Centennial […]
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LEAVE A COMMENTThis 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, not really…) Co-hosts Josh Johnson, Jared Jacang Maher and Vanessa Martinez are joined by special […]
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LEAVE A COMMENTThis 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, Westword’s assistant arts and culture editor. Jef also writes the weekly column “I’m Trying […]
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