{"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":"In-state tuition for undocumented immigrants challenged, Denver’s State of the City, widespread fishing closures","slug":"in-state-tuition-for-undocumented-immigrants-challenged-denver-s-state-of-the-city-widespread-fishing-closures","published_at":"2026-07-24T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682/in-state-tuition-for-undocumented-immigrants-challenged-denver-s-state-of-the-city-widespread-fishing-closures","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_10290_da926aef-240d-41cc-b24e-e230114c6397&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpod.cpr.org%2Fct%2F","audio_url":"https://dovetail.prxu.org/10290/da926aef-240d-41cc-b24e-e230114c6397/260724_CT_FINAL_REV0.mp3","summary":"The U.S. Department of Justice is suing the state of Colorado over a law that offers in-state tuition rates to undocumented college students, arguing the policy is unfair to citizens from other states. Then, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston called for an expansion of affordable housing and universal childcare in his recent State of the City address, but with a single year left in his current term, those goals may take longer to implement. Plus, drought is making for stressful river conditions for many of Colorado’s fish, and that’s leaving anglers high and dry. 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 Sandy Battulga on navigating this weekend’s two music festivals Denverite’s Paolo Zialcita on Mike Johnston’s State of the City CPR’s Dan Boyce on the ongoing fishing closures across the state This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Madilyn Rose, Rae Solomon, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.","meta_description":"The U.S. Department of Justice is suing the state of Colorado over a law that offers in-state tuition rates to undocumented college students, arguing the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":883,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/colorado-today-7218682/episodes/in-state-tuition-for-undocumented-immigrants-challenged-denver-s-state-of-the-city-widespread-fishing-closures/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/in-state-tuition-for-undocumented-immigrants-challenged-denver-s-state-of-the-city-widespread-fishing-closures.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}