CASEY JONES
Hal Cannon of the Western Folklife Center looks into the history and musicology behind the rail-themed classic American Song “Casey Jones.” [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

AMTRAK IN COLORADO
Stephen Raher reports on seeing Colorado via the California Zephyr, one of two Amtrak routes through the state. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

OVERVIEW & SKI TRAIN JOURNEY
For our special railroad edition of Western Skies, Stephen Raher talks to Colorado journalist and train enthusiast Ed Quillen about the history of railroads in the Centennial State. Then Eric Whitney reports on his experience with the Denver Ski Train. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

WHAT’S IN A SONG: LA LLORONA
In the second of this five-part series from the Western Folklife Center, New Mexico musician Cipriano Vigil talks about the folk song La Llorona, a tragic tale of childhood death that’s also interpreted as a warning against the treachery of marrying outside of one’s class. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

INSIDE/OUT YOUTH: THOUGHTS ON VALENTINE’S DAY
Members of Inside/Out Youth Group talk with Stephen Raher about observing Valentine’s Day as gay adolescents in Colorado Springs. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

OLD TOGETHER
In this Valentine’s Day gift to his wife, producer Barrett Golding talks to three couples about life, love, and growing old together. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

CAPITOL COVERAGE
Stephen Raher and Dan Costello report on the latest news from the legislature, including what to do about the government employee retirement system, whether to give injured workers the right to pick their doctors, and legislation to extend the statute of limitations for civil suits alleging sexual abuse. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

NEWSCAST
Stephen Raher reports on the announcement that the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association is moving its headquarters to New Mexico. Nancy Greenleese reports on the Olympics that never were: the 1976 winter Olympic games that Colorado declined to host. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

WHAT’S IN A SONG: THE LAST LETTER
The first in a five part series from the Western Folklife Center. Bill C. Malone grew up the son of a sharecropper in east Texas. He remembers vividly the family’s first radio where he heard sad country songs like this one by Rex Griffin. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]

SAINTS AND INDIANS
Independent producer Kate Davidson talks to people who were involved with the decades-long Indian Child Placement Program, that placed Navajo children with Mormon foster families. [LISTEN] [TRANSCRIPT]