Denver Diatribe Podcast
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Episode 101: Adrenaline Rush Edition with Luc Hatlestad
This week, Ron and Vanessa are joined by Luc Hatlestad, journalist and articles editor at 5280 magazine. We inject ourselves into Colorado’s bloodstream, seeking to understand our perilous obsession with epinephrine, the adorable neurotransmitter behind
Episode 100: The Love + Hate Fest 2012 Centennial Edition
Josh, Ron, and Vanessa curate clips from the Diatribe's Love + Hate Fest 2012 at Illegal Pete's LoDo, including outtakes from Adam Cayton-Holland, The Epilogues' Chris Heckman, Timmi Lasley, Sid Pink, audience guests, and many others!
Episode 99: 30-Second Voter Porn Edition
Want to jump straight to the voter guide? Skip ahead to 19:45 This week, we present our special "30-second Denver voter guide," in which we each attempt to explain each of the big initiatives on this year's ballot in under half a minute. Go ahead and tea
Episode 98: New Skin Edition with Esmé Patterson and Kevin O’Brien
Denver-based musical polymath Esmé Patterson and stand-up comedian Kevin O'Brien joins us this week to peel back new skin for old ceremonies:We talk about Colorado's Dish Network and their reboot plans for Blockbuster Video and Starbuck's new, experime
Episode 97: Can Wild Horses Drag Walmart Away? Edition
This week, Jared, Ron and Josh put on the pundit hats and talk Colorado news.First, big announcement from Denver Diatribe, we've set the date for our next live event: Tuesday, October 23, 6-9pm. Unlike our other live events, this will not be a sit-down, u
Episode 96: Down on Downtown, No. 18, and Altweeklies Edition
This week, Vanessa, Ron, Joel, and Josh descend down the rabbit hole of Denver news fresh off a Diatribe photo shoot with Mark Manger.First, we review the most recent development in a Greeley school district's ban of apparel bearing the No. 18 (they're lo
Episode 95: The Hops and Milquetoast Edition
This week, Westword managing editor Jonathan Shikes, better known as the Colorado Beer Man, joins us to talk about all things cold and frothy. Over a round of 9 a.m. beers, we check in on everybody's favorite political nuisance Seth Brigham, recently bu
Episode 94: Personhood for Plastic Bags Edition
This week Jared takes Joel, Josh and Ron on a tour through some of Denver's recent—and bizarre—political developments. A discussion about petition signatures for Colorado's proposed personhood amendment digresses into a discussion about Scott Gessler
Episode 93: For Pete’s Sake Edition
On this week's podcast, Pete Turner of Illegal Pete's joins us to talk bands, Boulder and bullet trains. And yes, burritos too, because alliteration is fun.We force Pete to dig up repressed memories of Blinky the Clown, the local television icon who passe
Episode 92: Back to School, Summer Scream, and Billionaire Dreams Edition
We're back in action, recording from our new studio location on the 14th floor of the Daniels & Fisher Clocktower. If you notice a little echo in this episode, it's because we're surrounded by 360 degrees of glass, marble, high-rise rooftop pools and sexy