Valley Voices

Valley Voices | Auden Schendler on climate change and his new book

Auden Schendler had a long career with the Aspen Skiing Company as the Environmental Affairs Director and recently published a book called Terrible Beauty. Schendler's long experience provided him…

Purplish: Honeybees and native pollinators under threat from insecticides

For a lot of farmers in Colorado, and across the country, insecticides known as neonicotinoids, or neonics, have been a game changer. But what’s been a breakthrough for some has been a nightmare for…

Valley Voices | America's Honey Queens know their bees-ness

The American Beekeeping Federation is a national organization that supports the interests of all beekeepers and the beekeeping industry in the United States. It also runs the American Honey Queen…

Valley Voices| Hello from the Winter Olympics

KDNK's own Marilyn Gleason is abroad in Europe, enjoying the glamor and thrills of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Come along with Marilyn as she meets friends and families of athletes, captures…

Valley Voices | Ski for SISU

News Director Marilyn Gleason speaks with Rachel Perkins of the Mt Sopris Nordic Council and John Armstrong, longtime board member. Ski for SISU is coming up this very weekend, and it's the Council's…

Valley Voices | Delia Malone with Colorado Wild

Delia Malone is an ecologist who works with Roaring Fork Audubon and Colorado Wild. She and Marilyn discuss Colorado Parks and Wildlife's plan for better coexistence with beavers, high rates of…

Valley Voices | We Bring You An Hour Of Darkness

For author Michael Bourne, a stint writing for a daily newspaper in Aspen served as a sort of boot camp. His new book, “We Bring You an Hour of Darkness,” harkens back to his days at the Aspen Daily…

Valley Voices |Redistricting in Colorado and volunteer ambulance drivers in Ukraine

Host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners the first half of a brand new episode of Purplish from CPR on the attempts to redraw Colorado's Congressional Districts in the middle of the decade. Later in the…

Valley Voices | Colorado Gives to local nonprofits

Recovery Resources operates the only homeless shelter in the Roaring Fork Valley; River Bridge in Glenwood supports interventions with abused children; Mountain Valley Developmental Services gives…

NPR reporter Kirk Siegler on the stories behind the stories

Kirk Siegler is NPR's go-to guy when stories of the West rise to national attention. He got his start in public radio in Colorado, as a reporter for two years in the Roaring Fork Valley at Aspen…

The Wild Horse Inmate Program is shutting down, leaving 100 of Colorado's wild horses in limbo

The Bureau of Land Management has cancelled its contract with the Department of Corrections, effectively shutting down the Wild Horse Inmate Program by the end of November. Amy Hadden Marsh speaks…

Valley Voices: Delia Malone of the Roaring Fork Audubon on Western Slope wildlife

Audubon chair Delia Malone discusses coexisting with wolves and bird migration.

Valley Voices: Carter Neimeyer on wolf reintroduction in the Rockies

Carter Niemeyer is a wolf expert with more than 40 years of experience. He was part of the federal team that reintroduced wolves to Yellowstone National Park and Central Idaho in the '90s and was on…

Valley Voices: Sheryl Barton and Smiling Goat Ranch

News Director Marilyn Gleason speaks with Sheryl Barton, the Executive Director of Smiling Goat Ranch, about the powers of equine therapy for those with PTSD and how connecting with nature can bring…

Valley Voices | Steve Kuschner, Roaring Fork Valley coordinator for 350.org

Valley Voices | Bret Adee, Beekeeper

Bret Adee, one of America’s biggest commercial beekeepers, talks about pesticides and bee health with Marilyn Gleason, just back from the American Beekeeping Federation conference.

Valley Voices | Joe Van Wyk

Host Marilyn Gleason is joined by Joe Van Wyk ahead of his presentation and photo walk tomorrow in Carbondale. Joe's book is the The Mindful Photography Field Guide. In it he explores the connection…

Valley Voices | Paula Stepp and Kate Collins of the Middle Colorado Watershed Council

Paula Stepp and new executive director Kate Collins of the Middle Colorado Watershed Council talk to Marilyn Gleason about the region's pressing water issues.

Valley Voices | Don Hall

KDNK News Director Marilyn Gleason speaks with author Don Hall on regenerative practices ahead of his Carbondale appearances.

Suzanne Roy on Valley Voices

This week features an interview, recorded in December, 2021, with Suzanne Roy, director of the American Wild Horse Campaign, about the state of wild horse management on the 50th anniversary of the…