Author: Shelley Schlender

The Loneliness Epidemic – Social media fuels extra risk.  Especially vulnerable are people undergoing transitions . . . such as college students, who today share what can lead loneliness and how to heal from it.  CU-Boulder senior Lorraine Healey also talks with Colorado State University “Friendship Researcher” Natalie Pennington about why times of transition can trigger loneliness but also be important times for growth.

Hosts: Mac Hebebrand, Benita Lee and Lorraine Healey
Show Producers: Lorraine Healey and Shelley Schlender
Executive Producer: Susan Moran

Additional Music by Lynn Patrick

 

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Buy Now Pay Later – is this lending service simply enticing, or is it addictive?  For the GenZ 20 somethings that are its biggest users, is Buy Now Pay Later a danger or a deal?  CU Boulder student and Howonearth volunteer Juliana Krigsman  speaks with students about this, plus Adam Brown – director of New Schools Center for Global Mental Health,  Renee Shannon Hickey – Mindful Creation Counseling in Colorado, and Harvard Business Economics Researcher Justin Katz. 

Hosts: Joel Parker
Show Producers:  Juliana Krigsman and Shelley Schlender
Executive Producer: Susan Moran

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Water your trees!  This warm, dry winter means urban trees need extra water to stay healthy.  City of Boulder foresters Patrick LaPhilliph and Andrew Holt, and City of Longmont forester Brett Stadsvold share how and why the cities waters trees once a month during dry winter months, how citizens can properly water winter trees, and resources in both cities for helping trees stay healthy.   And no . . . last week’s dusting of snow was NOT enough — trees still need water!

Show Producer/Engineer Shelley Schlender
Executive Producer: Beth Bennett

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We speak with experts about how artificial intelligence combined with Police Body Camera footage improved professionalism in the Aurora Colorado Police Department.  Guests include Anthony Tassone, CEO of Truleo and Ian Adams, Criminologist at the University of South Carolina and co-author of a new study about this tech in the journal Criminology

We also discuss with these experts the difference between professionalism in law enforcement, and the fatal shooting by ICE agents of Renee Good in Minneapolis.

Hosts: Jack Armstrong, Lorraine Healy
Show Producer/Engineer Shelley Schlender
Executive Producer: Beth Bennett

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Critical Earth Minerals  Hiding in Plain Site – Colorado School of Mines professor Elizabeth Holley shares  how the US could break its dependency on critical earth mineral imports, and lead the world in environmentally safe ways to do it.

Show Producer/Host/Engineer: Shelley Schlender
Executive Producer: Beth Bennett

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Great Steam . . . from a Heat Pump (starts 1:00)  Time Magazine named CSU Engineer Todd Bandhauer one of 2025’s top climate innovators.   His heat pump makes steam better than fossil fuel steam boilers.  Interview thanks to Rocky Mountain Community Radio and Aspen Public Radio.

CU-Boulder at COP30 Climate Conference  (Starts 7:05) CU Boulder’s Max Boykoff attended the world climate conference –the first in 30 years without an official US delegation .  He describes China filling the vacuum left by the US , and also oil and gas lobbyists attending “Blue Zone” talks where indigenous groups – who often are suffering the worst effects of climate change, being banned.  For the CU-Boulder report Go here.

Show Producer/Host/Engineer: Shelley Schlender
Executive Producer: Beth Bennett

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US Critical Earth Metals “Hiding in Plain Sight”  (starts 1:00)  Colorado School of Mines has just published a new study that indicates the US has enough critical earth metals to stop importing them from other countries . . . if we develop the capacity.

Bill McKibben – Here Comes the Sun:  A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization.  (starts 3:15) Celebrated environmental journalist and activist Bill McKibben will be part of a nationwide “Sun Day” day of action September 21st, celebrating the power of clean energy..  McKibben will be in Boulder  Tuesday, September 23rd for a book talk at 6:30 pm at Unity of Boulder Church.

Executive Producer: Susan Moran
Show Producer:Shelley Schlender
Additional Contribution:  Benita Lee

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A Common Sugar Substitute Increases Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke.  (starts 11:00)  CU-Boulder Integrative Physiologist Chris DeSouza explains his recent study that shows why the commonly used artificial sweetener, Erythritol, may be increasing the risk of heart attack and stroke.

50 Years of Open Space!  (Starts 1:00)  Boulder County Parks and Open Space staff members share how local citizen activists helped protect natural lands in and around Boulder.  This is an excerpt from the podcast series, Voices of Open Space.

Hosts:  Shelley Schlender and Beth Bennett

Show Producer: Shelley Schlender
Executive Producer: Susan Moran

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Teens are in Crisis – Some people warn that Cell Phones are to blame.  But Colorado Native and Pulitzer prize winner Matt Richtel says our tech can be a useful tool, IF we better understand the purpose of adolescence,   That’s the focus of Richtel’s brand new book – How We Grow Up: Understanding Adolescence

Hosts: Susan Moran, Joel Parker
Show Producer/Engineer: Shelley Schlender
Executive Producer: Susan Moran

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