{"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":"Purplish takeover: What’s happening with Buc-ee’s?","slug":"purplish-takeover-what-s-happening-with-buc-ee-s","published_at":"2026-09-07T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682/purplish-takeover-what-s-happening-with-buc-ee-s","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_10290_c5038b67-dac3-41ce-8c80-c594d56e5c45&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpod.cpr.org%2Fct%2F","audio_url":"https://dovetail.prxu.org/10290/c5038b67-dac3-41ce-8c80-c594d56e5c45/260907_CT_PurplishTakeover.mp3","summary":"On this Labor Day, we’re handing the Colorado Today feed over to our colleagues at Purplish. Host Bente Birkeland and KRCC Editor Andrea Chalfin explain why, after being rejected by the small town of Palmer Lake, Buc-ee’s is closer than ever to becoming a reality in northern El Paso County. Listen to the full episode of Purplish: What the ‘Buc’? Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org . Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members . This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Stephanie Wolf, Madilyn Rose, and Shane Rumsey. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.","meta_description":"On this Labor Day, we’re handing the Colorado Today feed over to our colleagues at Purplish. Host Bente Birkeland and KRCC Editor Andrea Chalfin explain w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":424,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/colorado-today-7218682/episodes/purplish-takeover-what-s-happening-with-buc-ee-s/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/purplish-takeover-what-s-happening-with-buc-ee-s.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}