{"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":"Massive hailstorms on the Plains; FEMA funding delays; Aurora teen stars in a Netflix film","slug":"massive-hailstorms-on-the-plains-fema-funding-delays-aurora-teen-stars-in-a-netflix-film","published_at":"2026-06-25T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682/massive-hailstorms-on-the-plains-fema-funding-delays-aurora-teen-stars-in-a-netflix-film","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_10290_db845dbf-63de-4a03-ba56-0e4baa619049&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpod.cpr.org%2Fct%2F","audio_url":"https://dovetail.prxu.org/10290/db845dbf-63de-4a03-ba56-0e4baa619049/260625_CT_FINAL_REV1.mp3","summary":"Colorado’s summer weather is ramping up, and with that, so is the damage from Colorado’s most expensive type of natural disaster: hail. Then, hear about how federal changes are making it harder for communities and utilities to prepare before natural disasters do strike. And, a movie starring an Aurora teen with Down Syndrome is now in global release. Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org . Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members . Read more on the stories in today’s show: CPR’s Stina Sieg and Molly Cruse on fire conditions in Garfield and Mesa counties CPR’s Tony Gorman on this week’s damaging hailstorms CPR’s Ishan Thakore on the changing relationship between FEMA and Colorado emergency management. (Coming soon) Colorado Matters’ Chandra Thomas Whitfield talks with Jeremiah Daniel and his parents about his role in ‘Color Book’ This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Madilyn Rose, Arlo Pérez Esquivel and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.","meta_description":"Colorado’s summer weather is ramping up, and with that, so is the damage from Colorado’s most expensive type of natural disaster: hail. Then, hear about h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":849,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/colorado-today-7218682/episodes/massive-hailstorms-on-the-plains-fema-funding-delays-aurora-teen-stars-in-a-netflix-film/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/massive-hailstorms-on-the-plains-fema-funding-delays-aurora-teen-stars-in-a-netflix-film.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}