{"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":383,"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":"2026-09-08T00:17:17.581337+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682"},"episode":{"title":"Colorado to import drugs from Canada; school cell phone bans; predicting hurricanes from CSU","slug":"colorado-to-import-drugs-from-canada-school-cell-phone-bans-predicting-hurricanes-from-csu","published_at":"2026-06-16T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682/colorado-to-import-drugs-from-canada-school-cell-phone-bans-predicting-hurricanes-from-csu","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_10290_c90567ee-7697-4e5c-9189-b96886203324&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpod.cpr.org%2Fct%2F","audio_url":"https://dovetail.prxu.org/10290/c90567ee-7697-4e5c-9189-b96886203324/260616_CT_FINAL_REV0.mp3","summary":"The federal government has given Colorado permission to import certain pharmaceutical drugs directly from Canada; what that could mean for prices. Then, as school districts around the state start implementing cell phone policies, we look at what’s changed for districts that have completely banned devices. Then, why some of the top hurricane forecasters in the country do their work a mile above sea level. Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org . Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members . Read more on the stories in today’s show: Denverite’s Kyle Harris on Denver’s auditor soliciting ideas for future audits CPR’s John Daley on the new pharmaceutical partnership between Canada and Colorado CPR’s Jenny Brundin on school cell phone policies CPR’s Haylee May on the hurricane forecasters in Colorado This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Madilyn Rose, Hazel Feldstein, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.","meta_description":"The federal government has given Colorado permission to import certain pharmaceutical drugs directly from Canada; what that could mean for prices. Then, a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":882,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/colorado-today-7218682/episodes/colorado-to-import-drugs-from-canada-school-cell-phone-bans-predicting-hurricanes-from-csu/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/colorado-to-import-drugs-from-canada-school-cell-phone-bans-predicting-hurricanes-from-csu.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}