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, experimental store design in Arvada. We dig deeper into the current and inevitable demise of two local dive bars—Lancer […]
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, a former Denver gang member who founded the Prodigal Son Initiative youth organization, and Alex Landau, a police brutality victim now working with […]
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. We examine the legal distinction between a “nut tap,” “nut cup” and “nut lift” as spotlighted in the recent trial of Occupy nut job Corey […]
Jared, Vanessa, Ron and Joel talk about KHOW’s pick to fill the station’s conservative v. liberal afternoon talk-radio slot with David Sirota and Michael “Heck’va Job Brownie” Brown, before we share ideas for the wacky inventions we plan to take down to the new U.S. Patent office when it opens in Denver next year. We […]
Ron, Vanessa and Joel talk Colorado Rockies ridiculousness, summer movies and pop culture with fellow Denver podcaster and writer John Reidy, host of the South Stands Denver Fancast and Pop Autopsy. We discuss the recent CU-Denver study that show no correlation between teen marijuana use and legal dispensaries, the last-second cancellation of Pulse Music Festival, […]
Jared, Josh and Vanessa talk about pot shop haters in Larimer County and offer up some Peyton Manning wordplay that local headline writers can use—free of charge! Example: “Who Da Manning, Now?” Hilarious! Then, we tackle a soon-to-be submitted bill before Denver City Council that would ban outdoor camping. The proposed law has already been […]
On this week’s episode, we talk briefly about NIMBYism good and bad as it relates to the latest Highlands development hullabaloo as well as Christo’s now-greenlit “Over the River” project on the Arkansas. More importantly, special guest Jake Brodsky of Novo Coffee, the celebrated local roaster, gives us all a lesson in high-end beans. He even offers up […]
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, which migrated to Denver back in September, has continued to spread across the globe. But what the heck are […]
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, not really…) Co-hosts Josh Johnson, Jared Jacang Maher and Vanessa Martinez are joined by special […]
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 between campaigns for pot legalization in 2012 and why James hopes to solve his life crisis […]