{"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":"New rules when cities 'buy and dry'; clinic serves female genital cutting survivors; quirky store thrives in Del Norte","slug":"new-rules-when-cities-buy-and-dry-clinic-serves-female-genital-cutting-survivors-quirky-store-thrives-in-del-norte","published_at":"2026-06-17T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682/new-rules-when-cities-buy-and-dry-clinic-serves-female-genital-cutting-survivors-quirky-store-thrives-in-del-norte","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_10290_d1d8a39c-740d-4482-b882-b757db9a8212&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpod.cpr.org%2Fct%2F","audio_url":"https://dovetail.prxu.org/10290/d1d8a39c-740d-4482-b882-b757db9a8212/260617_CT_FINAL_REV2.mp3","summary":"When Colorado’s growing cities look to farms along the Arkansas River to meet their thirst, they'll now have to leave that in better shape for the future. Then, we learn about a clinic that’s trying to help women from East Africa and parts of Asia with a taboo health topic: female genital mutilation and cutting. Plus, in the tiny San Luis Valley town of Del Norte, a quirky store offers everything from vinyl records, to tinned fish, to touring musical acts. Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org . Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members . Read more on the stories in today’s show: Colorado Matters goes inside the Yuan Wonton kitchen , with chef Penelope Wong KRCC’s Shanna Lewis on “Buy and Dry” in the Arkansas River Basin . CPR’s Elaine Tassy on the clinic supporting female genital cutting survivors. CPR's Dan Boyce with the story behind Trade & Post in Del Norte . This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Madilyn Rose, Hazel Feldstein, Stephanie Wolf, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.","meta_description":"When Colorado’s growing cities look to farms along the Arkansas River to meet their thirst, they'll now have to leave that in better shape for the future.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":981,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/colorado-today-7218682/episodes/new-rules-when-cities-buy-and-dry-clinic-serves-female-genital-cutting-survivors-quirky-store-thrives-in-del-norte/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/new-rules-when-cities-buy-and-dry-clinic-serves-female-genital-cutting-survivors-quirky-store-thrives-in-del-norte.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}