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States tasked with deciding the Colorado River's future have submitted competing proposals for how to manage the river's water. Environmental groups and tribes are also trying to help shape that conversation.

We are closing out April with a celebration of National Poetry Month starring KUNC listeners! We asked you to share your flair for the written word this month and try your hand at an eight-word poem.

Moviegoers in Northern Colorado helped fuel the Barbie movie phenomenon, and Colorado State University’s Karrin Anderson has been watching this craze unfold. The feminist scholar unpacks the billion-dollar blockbuster on In the NoCo.

Raven Payment, who is Ojibwe and Kanienkehaka, works closely on the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people, who face disproportionately high rates of violence. She sat down with In the NoCo to talk about strides and setbacks since the passage of a state law meant to acknowledge and address the problem.

When author Rachel Louise Snyder attended the Semester at Sea program, it set in motion a life of curiosity and exploration. She has spent her career shining a light on social justice issues, violence against women and domestic abuse, and human rights across the globe. She speaks this week at Colorado State University, where the program is headquartered and celebrating 60 years.

In Colorado's mountain communities, helping students stay housed is a huge challenge. In the NoCo looks at how one college is working to chip away at the problem for its diverse, rural students.

The housing crisis is tightening its grip on mountain communities. That’s the subject of the new season of KUNC’s The Colorado Dream. Host and creator Stephanie Daniel joins In the NoCo for a series of conversations about the new season. We begin in Summit County.

Mariachi music is deeply rooted in Mexico's history, and it's grown in popularity over the decades in the U.S. These days, it's showing up more often in Colorado schools' music programs, alongside the usual jazz, orchestra, or symphonic band options. That provides the opportunity for more culturally relevant programming to serve increasingly diverse student populations. In today's episode, we talk with music instructor and mariachi player Ben San Martin Kellogg.

Within the last several years, there’s been a surge in efforts across the country to challenge and remove books from library shelves. Many of the bans target books about race, racism, or LGBTQ+ characters or themes. But in some places, those challenges have expanded to include titles that discuss grief and loss, violence, and adolescent health and well-being. Poudre Libraries’ Executive Director Diane Lapierre joined In The NoCo to discuss the right to read ahead of this year’s Banned Books Week, October 1 to 7, 2023.

Thousands attended the MAPS Psychedelic Science Conference in Denver back in June. The massive turnout and the growing promise of psychedelic therapy grabbed plenty of national headlines. But most of that media coverage missed an Indigenous-led protest during the closing remarks. Boulder counselor Kuthoomi Castro, one of the protesters, explains why they spoke out.