Ariel Lavery
Producer, In The NoCoAriel Lavery grew up in Louisville, Colorado and has returned to the Front Range after spending over 25 years moving around the country. Ariel graduated Magna Cum Laude with her BFA from the University of Colorado Boulder (2007) and received her MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2013).
She served as the Assistant Professor of Sculpture at Watkins College of Art Design and Film in Nashville until 2018. She left her teaching job to begin her family and quickly found her way into the podcast world. With a grant from PRX, she co-created the podcast Middle of Everywhere for WKMS, Murray State University鈥檚 NPR member station.
Ariel won Public Media Journalism awards in every season she produced for Middle of Everywhere. Her most recent series project is "The Burn Scar", published with The Modern West podcast. In it, she chronicles two years of her family鈥檚 financial and emotional struggle following the loss of her childhood home in the Marshall Fire.
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If you think eating gluten free means giving up baked goods like biscuits and cinnamon rolls, a Longmont business wants you to think differently. GoodLove Foods recently made an appearance on the TV show Shark Tank 鈥� and came away with a deal. You can learn what got them started, and why their business is thriving amidst a saturated gluten-free market. -
Patients in Colorado who suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression will soon have a new treatment option. They can take part in therapy sessions led by licensed providers... using psychedelic mushrooms. We hear how it works from a doctor who鈥檚 offered this type of therapy for years, today on In The NoCo. -
Thousands of students in Colorado live in areas with underperforming schools known as 鈥渆ducation deserts.鈥� One state lawmaker wants to make it easier for charter schools to open in these areas 鈥� but the idea wouldn鈥檛 be without controversy. We鈥檒l hear about it on today鈥檚 In The NoCo. -
Spring planting season is upon us! But many homeowners are concerned about what plants they should use to help reduce the risk of spreading wildfire. We get expert advice from CSU extension about fire-wise landscaping, on today鈥檚 In the NoCo. -
Thousands of languages around the world are in danger of being lost, as the people who speak them grow older and pass away. But two CU Boulder researchers are trying to keep one such language alive. We hear about how they鈥檙e doing that work. -
Western forests are taking longer to grow back after wildfires. That鈥檚 partly because climate change has made it harder for new trees to survive where the old trees would have thrived. Today on In The NoCo, we hear from a CSU researcher with a new strategy for how to regrow forests more quickly. -
A moose boom in Northern Colorado has Rocky Mountain National Park鈥檚 biologists concerned. Moose love to graze on Willows while tramping through wetlands, which the park has been trying to restore. But Colorado Parks and Wildlife says they are maintaining the desired moose population with hunting. -
Some state lawmakers are considering an unusual idea to help tackle a shortage of affordable homes. It鈥檚 a bill that would help faith-based groups to use their property to build housing developments. Today on In The NoCo, KUNC鈥檚 Stephanie Daniel discusses the idea, and what happened when one Fort Collins church tried it. -
March is Colorado鈥檚 snowiest month. And if you live in Colorado, you know that amazing powder brings with it truly astonishing sunburns for skiers and snowboarders. Today on ITN: A Colorado State University snow expert on the science behind why a day on the slopes takes such a harsh toll on your skin. -
Colorado leaders passed an unusual law in 2024: It placed polling places inside every jail, in every Colorado county, on Election Day. The results were striking: Turnout inside the state鈥檚 jails increased by a factor of 10. Today we look at the reasons why, and hear why other states may soon follow Colorado鈥檚 lead.
