{"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":"Water crisis forces hard choices in the high country, salmonella concerns, a historically fraudulent election","slug":"water-crisis-forces-hard-choices-in-the-high-country-salmonella-concerns-a-historically-fraudulent-election","published_at":"2026-08-07T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682/water-crisis-forces-hard-choices-in-the-high-country-salmonella-concerns-a-historically-fraudulent-election","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/colorado-today-7218682","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_10290_00c470d7-1696-4093-baed-6883ae508d3f&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpod.cpr.org%2Fct%2F","audio_url":"https://dovetail.prxu.org/10290/00c470d7-1696-4093-baed-6883ae508d3f/260807_CT_FINAL_REV0.mp3","summary":"The historic drought is putting pressure on the water supplies for cities and towns across the West. In Kremmling, those problems have been compounded by broken infrastructure and back-of-the-line water rights. Then, Colorado may have dodged the cyclosporiasis bullet, but salmonella-tainted jalapenos did trouble some restaurant-eaters last month. And we look back to a wild story of voter fraud, and the time Colorado went through three governors in one day. 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 Molly Cruse on the state’s new ebike rebates . CPR’s Ishan Thakore on small towns facing water crises around the West . CPR’s John Daley on last month’s salmonella outbreak . CPR’s Bente Birkeland on the day when Colorado had three governors . This episode of Colorado Today is hosted by Mateo Schimpf. It’s edited and produced by Mateo Schimpf, Madilyn Rose, Rae Solomon, and Zain Haque-Piccione. The executive producer is Megan Verlee. Theme music by Pedro Lumbraño.","meta_description":"The historic drought is putting pressure on the water supplies for cities and towns across the West. In Kremmling, those problems have been compounded by…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":902,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/colorado-today-7218682/episodes/water-crisis-forces-hard-choices-in-the-high-country-salmonella-concerns-a-historically-fraudulent-election/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/water-crisis-forces-hard-choices-in-the-high-country-salmonella-concerns-a-historically-fraudulent-election.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}