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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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. -
A new laboratory run by Colorado State University is devoted to the study of chocolate: how it鈥檚 made, how to create new varieties, and why people can鈥檛 get enough of those Valentine鈥檚 Day chocolates. -
During World War II, tens of thousands of Japanese Americans were forced to leave their homes and live in camps. For a Colorado author, the story of his own family鈥檚 incarceration inspired him to look at the legacy of those camps. He discussed his new book about it, on today鈥檚 In The NoCo. -
You may think of funk music as pure fun. But it has a much deeper history and cultural meaning. That鈥檚 the subject of a new book from a CU professor that digs into the history of funk, and why it spoke to the upheaval of the late 1960s. The overlooked history of funk 鈥� today on In The NoCo. -
How long-term marijuana use could cause a reduction in memory, according to a CU Anschutz researcherA new study from the CU Anschutz Medical Center raises new questions about whether weed is harmful to the brain. The study found that that frequent, long-term users of marijuana may see a reduction in memory. -
A CU researcher made an interesting discovery recently. He found that injecting mice with a strain of helpful bacteria prevented weight gain 鈥� even in mice that were fed the equivalent of an all-fast food diet. He joined In The NoCo to talk about why this could be a promising solution for obesity in humans. -
The newest art piece at Denver International Airport includes nearly 200 pieces of upcycled luggage. The sculpture is on display in Concourse B. -
Colorado artist Detour is known for his colorful murals all around Denver. But his latest canvas is Concourse B at Denver International Airport. He talks about his new project 鈥� and the 183 pieces of luggage he used in it 鈥� on today鈥檚 In The NoCo. -
Being stopped by the police can be pretty stressful. And for people with conditions like autism spectrum disorder or Tourette鈥檚 syndrome, the encounter can be especially tense. A new program from the Boulder Police offers a simple tool to make people with disabilities feel safer. We learn more on today's In The NoCo. -
Workers at the Rocky Flats plant northwest of Denver helped build nuclear weapons during the Cold War. The plant is gone and the land is now a wildlife refuge. A new documentary looks at the controversial history of Rocky Flats, and the memories of its employees. We talk with the director, on today鈥檚 In The NoCo.
