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Colorado Matters

Summary: Focusing on the state's people, issues and ideas, hear Colorado Matters on Colorado Public Radio's in-depth news station at www.cpr.org.

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 Sen. Bennet explains what the Farm Bill means to Coloradans | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 11:26

The new farm bill will affect growers, ranchers and consumers in Colorado.

 Colorado songwriter gives voice to Jolene, other famous song subjects | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3:11

Paper Bird's Esme Patterson releases her second solo album this spring, responding to songs by The Beatles, Elvis Costello and others from...

 Is climate change causing extreme weather? Experts disagree | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 19:37

Two prominent members of the scientific community disagree on whether recent floods, fires and drought were caused by climate change and...

 Loud and Clear: Listeners share the love | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 5:48

Ahead of Valentine's Day, listeners share their love for conversations they heard and the ideas they've spurred.

 Backlash against Common Core standards comes to the Colorado Capitol | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 8:11

A bill to delay implementation of the Common Core standards in Colorado schools is pulling together supporters on the far right and the far...

 Composer David Amram on his tribute to Woody Guthrie's 'already perfect' music | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:01

A musical Renaissance man enlists the Colorado Symphony to celebrate "This Land is Your Land."

 Colorado company poised to capitalize on demand for more secure credit cards | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 11:10

A Littleton company is one of the largest U.S. makers of credit cards that have a computer chip in them. Experts say such cards would help...

 Colorado's ash trees under threat by deadly bugs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 10:52

Think the mountain pine beetle epidemic was bad? It may pale in comparison to devastation by the Emerald Ash Borer.

 Beta Test: Obesity may be responsible for higher infertility rates | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 11:44

Researchers in Colorado believe the historically low fertility rate is connected the a rise in overweight women and men.

 Neon signs along Colfax among sites on Colorado's 'endangered' list | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 9:24

The 2014 list of the state's most endangered sites includes a homesteading ranch in Frasier that doubled as a stagecoach stop, and the...

 Denver woman survived Holocaust by hiding in forest for years | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 15:59

In a new book, Paula Burger writes about escaping the Jewish ghetto and living in the forest with more than 1,000 other people.

 Slideshow: 'Hunger Through My Lens' tackles poverty in a different way | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 6:38

A unique photography exhibit on display at the State Capitol this week is trying to raise awareness around hunger.

 What to expect from Coloradans competing in Sochi Olympics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:21

At least 19 Coloradans are competing in the Winter Games, many of them in skiing disciplines.

 Smartphone app shows promise helping veterans with depression | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 8:13

Smartphone app allows veterans to create "virtual hope boxes" to keep reminders of positive events, videos of loved-ones and inspiring...

 Why Bonanza may be latest Colorado town deemed abandoned by the state | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 13:15

Bonanza may follow the 43 other Colorado towns that went extinct in the past 10 years.

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