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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The annual Monte Vista Crane festival kicks off this Friday in the San Luis Valley. The festival celebrates the migration of the sandhill cranes. You can hear why these mighty birds travel through Southern Colorado each year. -
A new business is getting attention from renewable energy advocates and Gov. Jared Polis for its unusual plan to deliver electricity here in Colorado. The company would use giant batteries on trains to haul renewable energy from solar and wind farms 鈥� to the cities and towns that need it. We hear more from the entrepreneurs behind the company Sun Train, on today鈥檚 In The NoCo. -
Most Democratic lawmakers oppose federal immigration raids conducted recently in Colorado. And Democrats hold the majority in both houses of the Colorado legislature. So how might those lawmakers push back against immigration sweeps? We鈥檒l explore that question today on In The NoCo. -
A new comedy tour launching this weekend in Boulder features a lineup of all transgender comedians. The tour was developed as a humorous response to anti-trans bathroom bills rolling out of legislatures around the country. -
On his first day in office last month, President Trump gave a green light to stepped-up immigration enforcement. As part of that effort, he expanded a particular policy that could put more immigrants living in Colorado at higher risk of deportation. We hear more about the policy -- known as expedited removal -- on today鈥檚 In the NoCo. -
The Colorado Supreme Court recently heard arguments for an unusual case: the City of Boulder, and Boulder County, say they鈥檝e paid millions reacting to wildfires and floods. They say those hazards are becoming more severe due to climate change 鈥� so they sued several oil companies for contributing to that climate change. Hear more about what鈥檚 next in that case on today鈥檚 episode of In the NoCo. -
Crews working near Boulder spent the past few months extinguishing an unusual fire: It was an underground blaze left over from the area鈥檚 coal mining days more than a century ago. Today on In The NoCo, we find out how they put out the fire 鈥� and just how hazardous these underground fires can be. -
Back in the late 1970s, President Jimmy Carter鈥檚 administration backed the design and construction of some unusual homes along the Front Range. They were solar powered and energy efficient 鈥� very cutting-edge for the time. Today, one of those homes is still used as a model for green construction. We鈥檒l get a peek inside that home today on In The NoCo. -
Hearing about students鈥� problems can have a harsh impact on teachers. That鈥檚 a key takeaway from new study by the University of Northern Colorado. It found that a majority of teachers deal with what鈥檚 called secondary traumatic stress. Today on In The NoCo: what the research tells us, and how this issue may lead to teachers quitting the profession. -
Are you hunting for a new job? There's one other thing besides your resume that you might want to give some attention to: your social media accounts. A CU researcher says your posts on Facebook, X, and BlueSky can influence whether hiring managers return your call. He shares what he's learned on today鈥檚 In the NoCo.
