{"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":325,"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":"2026-06-16T00:19:36.753603+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682"},"episode":{"title":"Trump administration denies disaster aid, Colorado’s ‘Tamale Act’, and the Denver Center’s next season of plays","slug":"trump-administration-denies-disaster-aid-colorado-s-tamale-act-and-the-denver-center-s-next-season-of-plays","published_at":"2026-04-15T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682/trump-administration-denies-disaster-aid-colorado-s-tamale-act-and-the-denver-center-s-next-season-of-plays","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_10290_56e2ec8c-21f2-4530-85f3-31d60023b799&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpod.cpr.org%2Fct%2F","audio_url":"https://dovetail.prxu.org/10290/56e2ec8c-21f2-4530-85f3-31d60023b799/260415_CT_FINAL_REV0.mp3","summary":"Colorado’s effort to get federal help for disaster recovery after last year’s flooding and wildfires is officially over — FEMA will not reverse the president’s decision to deny the funds. Then, state lawmakers want to bring Colorado’s tamale sellers and burrito hawkers out of the shadows and under its cottage food regulations. Plus, we run through what to expect from the Denver Center Theater Company’s upcoming season. 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 Caitlyn Kim on Colorado losing its push for disaster aid . Rae Soloman on the Tamale Act . CPR’s Alejandro A. Alonso Galva and Ryan Warner on DCTC’s 2026-2027 season . Find more stories in CPR's Raise the Curtain series This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Arlo Pérez Esquivel. It’s edited and produced by Madilyn Rose, Mateo Schimpf, Megan Verlee and Tyler Bender. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.","meta_description":"Colorado’s effort to get federal help for disaster recovery after last year’s flooding and wildfires is officially over — FEMA will not reverse the presid…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":856,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/colorado-today-7218682/episodes/trump-administration-denies-disaster-aid-colorado-s-tamale-act-and-the-denver-center-s-next-season-of-plays/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/trump-administration-denies-disaster-aid-colorado-s-tamale-act-and-the-denver-center-s-next-season-of-plays.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}