{"podcast":{"title":"Colorado Today","slug":"colorado-today-7218682","podcast_index_feed_id":7218682,"rss_url":"https://pod.cpr.org/ct/","website_url":"https://www.cpr.org/podcast/colorado-today/","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/10290/images/1fb9557c-d4c9-4dae-9946-4166c1752ede/ColoradoToday-Cover-Final-1400x1400.jpg","author":"Colorado Public Radio (podcasts@cpr.org)","episode_count":325,"summary":"The Colorado news you need in 15 minutes a day, from Colorado Public Radio’s newsrooms. Get connected with your community and understand how the biggest stories in Colorado impact your life. Available each weekday morning at 6:00 a.m. with hosts Bazi Kanani and Arlo Pérez Esquivel. Follow this show, and consider donating to support future episodes at cpr.org .","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T00:19:36.753603+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682"},"episode":{"title":"College tuition rising, Innocence Project frees man after three decades, the science of ‘rain bombs’","slug":"college-tuition-rising-innocence-project-frees-man-after-three-decades-the-science-of-rain-bombs","published_at":"2026-04-22T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682/college-tuition-rising-innocence-project-frees-man-after-three-decades-the-science-of-rain-bombs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_10290_154fadc4-3a5d-4330-9c66-d7b9e3744b67&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpod.cpr.org%2Fct%2F","audio_url":"https://dovetail.prxu.org/10290/154fadc4-3a5d-4330-9c66-d7b9e3744b67/260422_CT_FINAL_REV0.mp3","summary":"With their finances stretched, Colorado’s colleges and universities are going with tuition hikes on the higher end of what’s allowed. Then, a Denver man convicted decades ago in the death of a baby walked free Tuesday, after the Innocence Project took his case. And, for Earth Day, we take a look at a frequent and explosive natural phenomenon with the power to knock planes out of the sky. Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org . Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members . More on the stories in today’s show: You can participate in Colorado’s citizen-science otter tracking project here . CPR’s Jenny Brundin on tuition increases at for the CU and CSU systems Denverite’s Kiara DeMare on the release of Stephen Martinez from prison . Learn more about prof. Sue van den Heever's research here . The PBS show Nova releases its episode on rain bombs at 8 p.m. April 22 on Rocky Mountain PBS, NOVA’s YouTube Channel, or the PBS App. Find it here. This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Arlo Pérez Esquivel, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.","meta_description":"With their finances stretched, Colorado’s colleges and universities are going with tuition hikes on the higher end of what’s allowed. Then, a Denver man c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":874,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/colorado-today-7218682/episodes/college-tuition-rising-innocence-project-frees-man-after-three-decades-the-science-of-rain-bombs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682/college-tuition-rising-innocence-project-frees-man-after-three-decades-the-science-of-rain-bombs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}