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Episodes
326 episodes
Music of the Mountains/Mountain Folk Tales: James Carnes of Finding Neverland
Brothers Luke and Heath Weaver founded the Christian metalcore band Finding Neverland in 2012, with Luke on guitar and Heath on vocals. Luke was previously involved with the band Gentlemen Speak Up, which he played in during his time at ...
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Season 5
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Episode 55
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22:16
Famous Madams of the Colorado Gold Rush Days with Maryann Rosen
In celebration of the upcoming Madam Lou Bunch Day 2025, Maryann Rosen highlights Lou Bunch and other famous female figures of the Colorado gold rush!
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Season 5
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Episode 54
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25:50
Some Words for the Week: June 5, 2025
In today's short segment, the host reads the poem written by Alexander Shalom Joseph for the June 5, 2025, edition of "Some Words for the Week."
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Season 5
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Episode 53
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5:07
More Top Stories from The Week of June 5, 2025
In this segment of our Top Story segment, Brittney Wagner gives us more updates from the issue of The Mountain-Ear from June 5, 2025.
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Season 5
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Episode 52
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6:44
Top Stories from The Week of June 5, 2025
In the first edition of a new segment, Brittney Wagner brings you the top stories covered by The Mountain-Ear during the week of June 5, 2025.
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Season 5
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Episode 51
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6:47
The History of the Central City Opera and Opera House with Maryann Rosen
In this special segment of The Mountain-Ear Podcast, hear from our regular correspondent Maryann Rosen about the incredible history of the Central City Opera and the Central City Opera House!
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Season 5
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Episode 50
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19:04
Music of the Mountains: Matthew Earle and Joshua Ray
Many of Matthew Earle Schexnyder’s musical influences come from his home state, Louisiana. He is particularly inspired by country-folk, singer-songwriter stylings, with Merle Haggard, Jason Isbell, Alan Jackson, Neil Young, and Willie Nelson am...
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Season 5
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Episode 49
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35:52
Music of the Mountains: Eddie Hochman and Bennett Shapiro of Joytrip
Eddie Hochman, Bennett Shapiro, Michael Schodin, and Mitchell Wisniewski all met during their time at the University of Iowa. They started informally jamming and playing shows together throughout college, but by graduation, they started going t...
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Season 5
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Episode 48
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21:54
Celebrating Jewish Heritage Month and Asian-American Heritage Month with Maryann Rosen
The month of May celebrates both Jewish and Asian-American heritage, so regular correspondent Maryann Rosen brings us local history and information about both!
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Season 5
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Episode 47
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26:51
Music of the Mountains: The CBDs (Evan Cantor, Burt Rashbaum, and Roland LaForge)
Evan Cantor, Burt Rashbaum, and Roland LaForge have always been musicians. They’ve all worked to become professional musicians, but ultimately, they couldn’t find a way to make a living through music. They never stopped playing, though.T...
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Season 5
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Episode 46
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46:54
Album Discussion: Living the Dream by Eric Richard Stone
Eric Richard Stone has been writing songs for five decades and performing for four. It wasn’t until 2014, however, when he moved to a home near Nederland and started pursuing music full-time.Stone found himself inspired by the mountain c...
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Season 5
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Episode 45
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14:52
Music of the Mountains: Christopher Clauss and Ryan Benthall of Phoebe Nix
[Todd] Smallie [of The Other Brothers] has frequently collaborated with Colorado pianist Ryan Benthall, who has played with various Colorado groups. One of Benthall’s groups is Phoebe Nix, formed in 2014 in New Jersey by songwriter and multi-in...
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Season 5
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Episode 44
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45:07
Music of the Mountains: Bill McKay of The Other Brothers
In 2017, Colorado guitarist and singer/songwriter James Dumm came up with an idea for a supergroup. He had played songs from The Allman Brothers Band with his Denver jam tribute, Mountain Jam, and he wanted to create another tribute band featur...
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Season 5
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Episode 43
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31:11
Local Poetry Spotlight: Leaf Running-rabbit
Leaf Running-rabbit has lived in a completely off-grid property in Ward for 34 years, moving in when he discovered a squatter’s shack, a cabin built as a temporary camp for miners. He ultimately lived with his family in the cabin for 17 years b...
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Season 5
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Episode 42
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34:00
Local Poetry Spotlight: Christine Weeber
Click here to read the column written from this interview!Christine Weeber has felt a connection to the mountains like no other place ...
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Season 5
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Episode 41
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30:28
Local Poetry Spotlight: Burt Rashbaum
Burt Rashbaum has been writing since he was around 10 years old, first writing short stories in fourth grade. He cites his middle school English teacher, who exposed him to e.e. cummings, as the person who first sparked his interest in poetry.<...
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Season 5
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Episode 40
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27:50
AUDIO LIBRARY - Articles from Volume 48, Issue 26, April 17, 2025
This episode includes readings from Celia Wilson of articles published in the April 17, 2025, edition of The Mountain-Ear. The online editions of the articles are linked below.
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Season 5
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Episode 39
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16:30
Celebrating Mother's Day with Maryann Rosen
It's time to transition into May, and to start that transition, correspondent Maryann Rosen brings us a special segment on Mother's Day!
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Season 5
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Episode 38
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20:02
Music of the Mountains: Cristina Vane/Mountain-Ear Poetry Contest 2025 Entries
Cristina Vane has sung for as long as she can remember. Her parents even heard her sing in her crib over their baby monitor. She started playing piano in first grade, sang in choir, and started writing songs in high school to combine her love o...
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Season 5
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Episode 37
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30:11
Music of the Mountains: Where to be and what to see -- Rob Pate and Erin Gael Friedman of d'Lovelies
At its largest, d’Lovelies performs as a seven-piece group: Rob Pate on guitar and vocals, Erin Gael Friedman on vocals, Duane Webster on bass and vocals, Ryan McCurry on keys, Mike McCloskey on saxophone, Nate Bitter on trombone, and Colin Mah...
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Season 5
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Episode 36
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27:12
Music of the Mountains: Where to be and what to see -- Canyon Collective Part 2 with Gregg Freeman and Ryan Benthall
[As a group, Canyon Collective] doesn’t write structured songs for their performances, instead improvising their material together on stage. They’ll talk amongst themselves about what style of piece they’ll focus on in their next performance, t...
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Season 5
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Episode 35
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35:10
Music of the Mountains: Where to be and what to see -- Canyon Collective Part 1 with Zach Hedstrom and Christopher Clauss
Zach Hedstrom moved to Fourmile Canyon around five years ago. Around that time, he and other musicians in the area started hosting gatherings to jam and enjoy each other’s company. Eventually, this gathering of people started playing local venu...
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Season 5
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Episode 34
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43:57
Spotlight on Rollinsville, Colorado with Maryann Rosen
Regular correspondent Maryann Rosen comes back with another spotlight episode on a town in the Peak to Peak area in Colorado, this time focusing on Rollinsville!
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Season 5
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Episode 33
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22:25
AUDIO LIBRARY - Multi-Article SPECIAL for Volume 48, Issue 25, April 10, 2025
In this very special episode of Audio Library, Celia Wilson reads six articles from the April 10, 2025, edition of The Mountain-Ear! You can find all of the digital articles read and links referenced in this episode below!
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Season 5
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Episode 32
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32:07