CU On The Air Podcast

CU On The Air Podcast


A look back at what we learned in 2018

January 18, 2019

For our 2018 in review, we revisited some of our listeners’ – and our own – favorite and most hard-hitting moment from the past year.
– Unearthing the effects of climate change on human health, with Dr. Jay Lemery, CU Anschutz
The rise of health related climate issues — what are we seeing in Colorado, wildfire, extreme precipitation events, drought always at the risk of depleted snowpack; patterns playing out all over American west. Awareness – how health issues linked to climate are making the problem real to families.
– Denver’s rooftops are going green: What does it mean? Professor Leila Tolderlund, CU Denver
Professor Tolderlund updates us on the green roofs, plants that work in Colorado widely fluctuation climate. Denver’s unique climate extremes – freeze-thaw and hail – and how the right plants can create a buffer.
– Ten years in, CU president talks of what’s been done, what’s to come, President Bruce D. Benson
President Benson discusses students, the importance of the best faculty, working with every kind of constituency, fundraising, legislature and efficiencies. State funding cuts to higher education and its impact on the students. As an update, Benson announced his retirement a couple months after this podcast.
– Rockin’ litigation in the entertainment industry, Professor Stan Soocher, CU Denver
Professor Soocher discusses the extensive web of entertainment law. Artists in early years had little information, and were not that sophisticated, bringing unequally bargaining power. Things have changed. We also discuss the #MeToo movement and it’s role in the lives of musicians.
– CU President George Norlin: Champion of civil rights and an unwavering rebel with a cause, Professor Paul Chinowsky, CU Boulder
Professor Chinowsky chats about George Norlin’s storied life and how he chose to fight the KKK amid threats – which were realized – by the Colorado governor and legislature to suspend funding for the university. His quiet demeanor and warning about the upcoming dangers of Nazi Germany.
– Exploring and learning from coexistence in Medieval Spain, Professor Roger Martinez, CU Colorado Springs
Professor Martinez brings medieval Spain to the world by working with students across the world to decipher secrets of the manuscripts hidden away in cathedrals, some of which are more than 1,000 years old. He discusses how co-existence is different than what we expect it to be and why engagement of all cultures is imperative to a successf...