Podcast

Ep. 97: Penny Lake – Interior Designer

Penny Lake is a Senior Interior Designer with Lantz-Boggio Architects. More importantly, she’s a dear friend of mine and one, oddly enough, I’ve never sat down to talk shop with. It’s amazing when you get together with your friends that unless you work together in the same industry or for the same company, you probably…

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Ep. 96: Greg Brophy – Former State Legislator

Greg Brophy is a former Colorado State Senator, former State Representative, former candidate for Governor, former Chief of Staff for U.S. Rep Ken Buck, current champion of Raise the Bar Colorado, and an all-around nice guy. He took some time to sit down with me and talk about a great number of issues on this…

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Ep. 95: Kyle Clark – 9News Anchor, Journalist, Craft Beer Enthusiast

Kyle Clark has worked as a general assignment reporter, investigative reporter, political reporter, and anchor for 9News in Denver since 2007. But if there’s one thing you really know him for, it’s that he criticized you for sending in photos of your patio furniture when it snows. As he says to me in this week’s…

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Ep. 94: Kyle Simmons – Finance Industry, Sparring Partner, Fellow Grad School Nerd

Kyle Simmons is one of my best friends. I refer to him as my favorite “sparring partner” because we spend a lot of time doing what appears to be arguing with each other, when in reality, we’re just having a discussion. I realize that sounds like walking in on your parents yelling at each other…

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Ep. 93: Bree Davies – Freelance Journalist, Denver Westword Columnist

Bree Davies cares about Denver. In fact, she cares about a lot of things, and you’d know that if you follow any of her social media accounts. Her Facebook is here. Her Instagram is here. And her Twitter (her favorite platform) is here. One of the most compelling aspects of Bree’s personality is her willingness…

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Ep. 92: Neil Truglio – Director, Writer, Creator, Founder of Modest Arts

Neil Truglio was the main reason I was at the Denver Film Festival at all. He served as the press contact for the entire festival, and, in an effort to expand the reach of the Fest and tell the stories of the participating filmmakers in a new way, reached out to Denver podcasts to participate….

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Ep. 91: Kayvan Khalatbari – Founder of Sexpot Comedy, Entrepreneur

Kayvan Khalatbari is a Denver entrepreneur who’s founded (among others) Sexpot Comedy, Sexy Pizza, Denver Relief, Denver Relief Consulting, and Birdy Magazine. He also ran for Denver City Council in 2015. Needless to say, this gave us plenty to talk about on this week’s show. I was introduced to Kayvan Khalatbari by Jake Browne (from…

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Ep. 90: Shepard Nevel – President & CEO of LiveWell Colorado

Shepard Nevel is the President & CEO of LiveWell Colorado, a nonprofit that works to reduce obesity and improve health by increasing access to nutritious food and opportunities for physical activity throughout the state. On this week’s show, we discuss the work of LiveWell, and how when it comes to obesity, there’s a lot more…

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Ep. 89: Nathan Lund – Denver Comedy Champion and Fellow Wrestling Geek

Nathan Lund is a founding member of The Fine Gentleman’s Club, a commentator and comedian for Lucha Libre & Laughs, the reigning and defending Denver Comedy Champion, and, important for my purposes, a professional wrestling fan. Why? Because it’s WrestleMania week, baby! We are just a few scant days out from Sunday, April 2, and…

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Ep. 88: Jes Ward – Executive Director of cityWILD

Jes Ward is Executive Director of cityWILD, whose mission is to engage youth in experiential learning opportunities that boldly address issues of inequity in education, economic opportunity, and access to the outdoors. cityWILD motivates participants to reach their potential at school, at home and in their communities – and they succeed! On this week’s show, Jes…

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