{"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":"Tragic crash in Mesa County, death rate trends, prison production of 12 Angry Men","slug":"tragic-crash-in-mesa-county-death-rate-trends-prison-production-of-12-angry-men","published_at":"2026-08-13T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682/tragic-crash-in-mesa-county-death-rate-trends-prison-production-of-12-angry-men","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_10290_264c8b74-3feb-4b40-b84a-2ace8bef5e64&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpod.cpr.org%2Fct%2F","audio_url":"https://dovetail.prxu.org/10290/264c8b74-3feb-4b40-b84a-2ace8bef5e64/260813_CT_FINAL_REV0.mp3","summary":"We’re learning a bit more about the five teens killed when their car went off a cliff this past weekend. Youth traffic fatalities are part of why Colorado’s death rate remains above pre-pandemic levels, but it’s not the only reason. We learn more about the latest numbers. Plus, a famous courtroom drama, staged inside the walls of a Colorado prison. 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 on the teenagers killed in the crash in Mesa County The Denver Post’s Meg Wingerter on Colorado’s death rate data CPR’s Ava Kian on the prison performance of 12 Angry Men This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Madilyn Rose, Rae Solomon, Megan Verlee, Jack Armstrong and Zain Haque-Piccione. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.","meta_description":"We’re learning a bit more about the five teens killed when their car went off a cliff this past weekend. Youth traffic fatalities are part of why Colorado…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1024,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/colorado-today-7218682/episodes/tragic-crash-in-mesa-county-death-rate-trends-prison-production-of-12-angry-men/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/tragic-crash-in-mesa-county-death-rate-trends-prison-production-of-12-angry-men.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}