{"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":"Denver’s ambitious hosting hopes, CO again seeks FEMA aid, preventing elder fraud, an expensive historic discovery","slug":"denver-s-ambitious-hosting-hopes-co-again-seeks-fema-aid-preventing-elder-fraud-an-expensive-historic-discovery","published_at":"2026-08-25T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682/denver-s-ambitious-hosting-hopes-co-again-seeks-fema-aid-preventing-elder-fraud-an-expensive-historic-discovery","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_10290_001d7ba3-839a-41b0-8c96-256a445a7b6c&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpod.cpr.org%2Fct%2F","audio_url":"https://dovetail.prxu.org/10290/001d7ba3-839a-41b0-8c96-256a445a7b6c/260825_CT_FINAL_REV0.mp3","summary":"From political football to actual football, Denver’s jockeying to host some big-name events in the coming years. Then, Gov. Polis requested federal disaster declarations for two of this year’s wildfires. But after denying similar requests last year, will the President agree? Plus, a new law puts banks on the front lines of fighting fraud against seniors. And how a historic sewer exposed weaknesses in Denver’s financial oversight. Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org . Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members . Read more on the stories in today’s show: Vote for your favorite Fat Marmots here Denverite’s Kyle Harris on Denver’s chances of hosting the DNC Denverite’s Paolo Zialcita on the push to bring the NFL draft to Denver CPR’s Caitlyn Kim on Colorado’s request for a federal disaster declaration CPR’s Elaine Tassy on the new elder fraud prevention law Denverite’s Sandy Battulga on the historic sewer found underneath 16th street This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Madilyn Rose and Mateo Schimpf. It’s edited and produced by Rae Solomon, Madilyn Rose, Mateo Schimpf and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.","meta_description":"From political football to actual football, Denver’s jockeying to host some big-name events in the coming years. Then, Gov. Polis requested federal disast…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1064,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/colorado-today-7218682/episodes/denver-s-ambitious-hosting-hopes-co-again-seeks-fema-aid-preventing-elder-fraud-an-expensive-historic-discovery/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/denver-s-ambitious-hosting-hopes-co-again-seeks-fema-aid-preventing-elder-fraud-an-expensive-historic-discovery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}