{"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":"How are Colorado’s kids doing? Paint that can cool its surroundings, a music lift from May Be Fern","slug":"how-are-colorado-s-kids-doing-paint-that-can-cool-its-surroundings-a-music-lift-from-may-be-fern","published_at":"2026-06-11T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682/how-are-colorado-s-kids-doing-paint-that-can-cool-its-surroundings-a-music-lift-from-may-be-fern","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_10290_e9745b7c-8103-473e-abf8-fa7954eaa458&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpod.cpr.org%2Fct%2F","audio_url":"https://dovetail.prxu.org/10290/e9745b7c-8103-473e-abf8-fa7954eaa458/260611_CT_FINAL_REV0.mp3","summary":"Two new reports try to quantify how the youngest Coloradans are fairing, when it comes to everything from their mental and physical health, to their family’s economic situations. Then, Boulder is trying out a high tech type of paint that may be able to cool buildings, without warming the surrounding area. And we revisit the Colorado group, May Be Fern, and their song about moving beyond trauma. Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org . Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members . Read more on the stories in today’s show: More about Englewood’s Second Saturday bert free shuttle CPR’s Jenny Brundin on the 2026 Kids Count report The 2026 Kids Count Databook CPR’s John Daley on the 2026 Healthy Kids Colorado survey The Healthy Kids Colorado survey Colorado’s May Be Fern This episode of Colorado Today is hosted and produced by Madilyn Rose and Mateo Schimpf, with audio production by Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.","meta_description":"Two new reports try to quantify how the youngest Coloradans are fairing, when it comes to everything from their mental and physical health, to their famil…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":881,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/colorado-today-7218682/episodes/how-are-colorado-s-kids-doing-paint-that-can-cool-its-surroundings-a-music-lift-from-may-be-fern/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/how-are-colorado-s-kids-doing-paint-that-can-cool-its-surroundings-a-music-lift-from-may-be-fern.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}