{"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":"School phone bans take effect, late night drag racing dangers, trying to pick a Colorado ‘smell’","slug":"school-phone-bans-take-effect-late-night-drag-racing-dangers-trying-to-pick-a-colorado-smell","published_at":"2026-08-31T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682/school-phone-bans-take-effect-late-night-drag-racing-dangers-trying-to-pick-a-colorado-smell","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_10290_71abb3fd-83ed-4389-8acc-0a24b9ee5a69&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpod.cpr.org%2Fct%2F","audio_url":"https://dovetail.prxu.org/10290/71abb3fd-83ed-4389-8acc-0a24b9ee5a69/260831_CT_FINAL_REV1_Mp3.mp3","summary":"This school year started with a lot fewer mobile distractions in some Colorado’s classrooms. As districts roll out their new restrictions, we hear what some students think of them. Then, after a teen was hit and injured at an unauthorized late-night car meet up, her parents are asking why law enforcement can’t do more to crack down on these events. Plus, Colorado has a state flower, a state tree and two state songs — why not a state aroma? Email us at coloradotoday@cpr.org . Colorado Today is supported by CPR’s members . Read more on the stories in today’s show: Reporter Zachary Shell covers the DPS cell phone ban for Denverite CPR’s Ava Kian on the dangers posed by street racing on the Front Range CPR’s Sandy Battulga investigates: what is Colorado’s ‘state smell’? This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Mateo Schimpf. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Rae Solomon, Madilyn Rose and Arlo Perez Esquivel. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.","meta_description":"This school year started with a lot fewer mobile distractions in some Colorado’s classrooms. As districts roll out their new restrictions, we hear what so…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":948,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/colorado-today-7218682/episodes/school-phone-bans-take-effect-late-night-drag-racing-dangers-trying-to-pick-a-colorado-smell/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/school-phone-bans-take-effect-late-night-drag-racing-dangers-trying-to-pick-a-colorado-smell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}