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Episodes
400 episodes
Music of the Mountains: Chris Daniels and Freddi Gowdy
Musicians don’t build their legacies overnight. They learn, they tour, they perform, and they sometimes stumble into their defining moments. Rhythm and blues musician Chris Daniels and soul musician Freddi Gowdy have built their legacies over d...
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Season 5
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Episode 129
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39:50
Did 19th century miners get a Christmas holiday?
Did miners in the Peak to Peak get Christmas day off in the 1800's? In this week's episode, our guest host Maryann Rosen digs into the history of Christmas, and what the holiday meant for early settlers in Nederland. Winters were long and the h...
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Season 5
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Episode 128
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18:57
Music of the Mountains: Richard Shine of Beyond Comprehension
There’s a special joy that comes when people play music together. Richard Shine, who has primarily performed acoustic solo sets over the last few years, is now experiencing that joy with fellow gui...
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Season 5
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Episode 127
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20:14
Caribou Current: Our New Arts and Culture Monthly
We are excited to announce an endeavor that has been months in the making: Caribou Current, our new, free arts and culture monthly coming in February 2026.A cast of former Boulder Weekly staffers, who lost their jobs wh...
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Season 5
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Episode 126
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31:12
Community Spotlight: The Art and Inspirations of Brent Warren
On Friday, December 12, 2025, the Nederland Community Library hosted a reception for its current art exhibit, A Plague of Parody, with its artist, Brent Warren.Community members mingled a...
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Season 5
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Episode 125
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16:24
Music of the Mountains: Chapel Mountain Rounders
Gospel music has the power to bring people together, no matter where they’re from or what they believe. The emerging lineup Chapel Mountain Rounders embrace the style for that exact reason.Longmont resident Elijah Donovan, Nederland resi...
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Season 5
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Episode 124
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34:00
A Winter Drive on the Peak to Peak with Maryann Rosen
On today's show, we’re bringing you a segment from our guest host Maryann Rosen, who paints a beautiful picture of a winter drive down the Peak to Peak highway. Bundle up, watch out for moose, and try not to let the breathtaking sce...
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Season 5
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Episode 123
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16:04
Music of the Mountains: The Tortesians
William Nicholson has passed down the idea of Tortesia for years. The legend began at a previous job, where he frequently talked to “a guy named Cole,” who constantly showed up hungover.When Nicholson asked Cole where he had been the nig...
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Season 5
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Episode 122
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26:31
Peak to Peak News: Skill Share Starter Kit
Ever wanted to learn how to sharpen your knives like a professional chef? Or dip your toes into music theory? Try asking your neighbor.In this week's episode, editor and reporter Shay Castle sits down with Fourmile Canyon local Anna Stif...
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Season 5
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Episode 121
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20:28
Music of the Mountains: Danny Shafer and Wendy Woo
Danny Shafer opens up through music. The Americana singer-songwriter pours his heart into every song he writes and performs, hoping to make honest connectionswith his listeners.“I don’t have to hide anything when I’m on stage,” he sa...
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Season 5
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Episode 120
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32:04
Peak to Peak News: Nederland High School Harvest Feast
It's not often that students, parents and teachers get to share a meal with each other. But once a year, on the Friday before Thanksgiving, the whole Nederland Middle-Senior High School community get's together for the Harvest Feast, a traditio...
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Season 5
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Episode 119
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10:46
The Real Thanksgiving Story with Maryann Rosen
We've all been told the story of the first Thanksgiving - but what actually happened?As with much of colonial American history, the real story is much darker. In Maryann Rosen's annual retelling of the story, she dives into the facts, gi...
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Season 5
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Episode 118
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18:38
An Homage to Ned with Maryann Rosen
Ned's got history - a lot of it. From the glacier carved valleys walked by indigenous peoples, to it's early mining settlements, to the vibrant music scene that evolved at Caribou Ranch, the town has been through countless ebbs and flows of tim...
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Season 5
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Episode 117
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14:10
Music of the Mountains: Arn and Karen Current of Slopeside
Two things tie together Arn Current’s musical life: family and community. The longtime local musician worked his first job at the Caribou Ranch under founder James William Guercio, and he graduated from Nederland High in 1989.Now, Cu...
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Season 5
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Episode 116
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29:49
Peak to Peak News: What does your town sound like?
On today’s show, we’re launching a new joint segment with Boulder Valley Frequency we’re calling “Sounds of the Town”. The Mountain-Ear wants to know: What does home sound like to you? We are accepting submissi...
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Season 5
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Episode 115
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12:39
Music of the Mountains: Patrick Dethlefs/Joel Van Horne (Covenhoven)
Patrick Dethlefs has always let his instincts guide him. While he found early inspiration as a young musician everywhere from Jimmy Page to The Allman Brothers, the Colorado native put most of his energy into original material.“I don’t t...
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Season 5
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Episode 114
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34:59
Peak to Peak News: Ned General brings Gold Hill vibes to Nederland
Earlier this summer, Salto Coffee owners Karina and Marcus Luscher struck a deal to sell their shop to the ownership group at Gold Hill Inn, bringing a slice of the iconic Peak to Peak hangout to Old Town Nederland. That's where the story of Ne...
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Season 5
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Episode 113
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8:35
Music of the Mountains: Sqwerv/Breadbox Double Feature
Guy Frydenlund formed a band through connections, meeting the band’s original drummer at an open jam and the bass and guitar players through CU Denver’s music program.Eight years on, guitarist Frydenlund, current drummer Zach Bulgarelli,...
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Season 5
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Episode 112
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31:11
Boulder Valley Frequency: Chris Kelley on the Eldora purchase
This week, we're featuring an episode of Boulder Valley Frequency, a show from longtime Boulder journalist Shay Castle covering news across the county.In this episode of BVHz, Shay sits down with our very own senior reporter for The ...
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Season 5
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Episode 111
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17:51
Some Words for the Week: October 2025
In this episode, the host reads Some Words for the Week, poems written throughout the month of October 2025 by Alexander Shalom Joseph.
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Season 5
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Episode 110
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13:51
Music of the Mountains: Mark May
Denver-based folk-grass musician Mark May first picked up a guitar at nine years old. Since then, he’s developed his performance and songwriting, graduating from Fort Lewis College in 2016 with a music business degree.Playing music has h...
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Season 5
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Episode 109
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18:49
Artist Spotlight: Kimmerjae Macarus, Sculptor of Shey the Lion
Shey is a years-long labor of love.She’s a 4-3/4 ton lion sculpture crafted by hand from Lyons Pink sandstone. What better place for her to settle than Bohn Park in Lyons?Sculptor Kimmerjae Macarus found the original 8-ton sandsto...
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Season 5
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Episode 108
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27:09
Lakeview Fire: Mountain Man picks up its pieces
In a brand-new segment format for The Mountain-Ear Podcast, new team member Tyler Hickman brings us a conversation between Mountain Man's John Thompson and The Mountain-Ear's Chris Kelly about the aftermath of the Lakeview Fire.
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Season 5
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Episode 107
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6:35
Music of the Mountains: Jim Heekin and Nod Norkus of Sun Jr.
When he first bought a house in Colorado, Jim Heekin built a studio in his new basement. Having played in various bands while living in Brooklyn, he wanted to build musical momentum in his new home.From there, he made connections with ot...
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Season 5
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Episode 106
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32:21
Mountain Folk Tales: Leslie Finn
A second-generation Boulderite and a resident of Gold Hill for over 40 years, Leslie Finn has a strong connection to Colorado. Her husband, Christopher, owns the Gold Hill Inn with his family, who bought the property in 1962.Christopher ...
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Season 5
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Episode 105
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27:07