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The Mountain-Ear Podcast
The Mountain-Ear Staff
378 episodes
4 days ago
Send us a text In a brand-new segment format for The Mountain-Ear Podcast, new team member Tyler Hickman brings us a conversation between Mountain Man's John Thompson and The Mountain-Ear's Chris Kelly about the aftermath of the Lakeview Fire. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below! If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast ...
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Send us a text In a brand-new segment format for The Mountain-Ear Podcast, new team member Tyler Hickman brings us a conversation between Mountain Man's John Thompson and The Mountain-Ear's Chris Kelly about the aftermath of the Lakeview Fire. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below! If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast ...
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The Mountain-Ear Podcast
Lakeview Fire: Mountain Man picks up its pieces
Send us a text In a brand-new segment format for The Mountain-Ear Podcast, new team member Tyler Hickman brings us a conversation between Mountain Man's John Thompson and The Mountain-Ear's Chris Kelly about the aftermath of the Lakeview Fire. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below! If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast ...
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4 days ago
6 minutes

The Mountain-Ear Podcast
Music of the Mountains: Jim Heekin and Nod Norkus of Sun Jr.
Send us a text When he first bought a house in Colorado, Jim Heekin built a studio in his new basement. Having played in various bands while living in Brooklyn, he wanted to build musical momentum in his new home. From there, he made connections with other musicians in the area. Slowly, a lineup of people developed, and by 2013, the group had cemented itself as the lineup of a new project, Sun Jr. Heekin provides guitar and sings vocals with banjo player Matt Kubis. Nod Norkus provides drums,...
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4 days ago
32 minutes

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Mountain Folk Tales: Leslie Finn
Send us a text A second-generation Boulderite and a resident of Gold Hill for over 40 years, Leslie Finn has a strong connection to Colorado. Her husband, Christopher, owns the Gold Hill Inn with his family, who bought the property in 1962. Christopher serves as the chief of the Gold Hill Fire Department, for which Leslie has volunteered for the Gold Hill Fire Department for over 36 years, and she works as a cleaner for the inn’s Bluebird Lodge, which she considers her “little house.” Leslie ...
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1 week ago
27 minutes

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Community Events Spotlight: Advocates for Recovery Colorado Ambassador Training (with Sean Hedden and Alisa Witt)
Send us a text The nonprofit Advocates for Recovery Colorado has been serving as a Recovery Community Organization since 2001, focusing on recovery solutions rather than addiction challenges. For the last year, they’ve been developing their latest program for Colorado. In January 2025, Sean Hedden was hired as the regional manager of the new Foothills program, which focuses on Gilpin, Clear Creek, and Jefferson Counties. The organization currently hosts programs in Denver, Boulder, Durango, S...
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1 week ago
24 minutes

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Music of the Mountains: Tyler Ballantyne of Good for Nothin' Thunder Mountain Boys
Send us a text Tyler Ballantyne has always loved music, but he didn’t start playing seriously until his college years. Around that time, he became obsessed with Dave Matthews, particularly his right hand—the way he played rhythm guitar. Ballentyne bought a guitar, and he says that at the time, he learned about half of one of Matthews’ songs and otherwise strummed it to play songs like “Take Me Home, Country Roads” and “Ring of Fire.” Once he arrived in Colorado, he fell in love with bluegrass...
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2 weeks ago
17 minutes

The Mountain-Ear Podcast
AUDIO LIBRARY: The Mines Part Four (Our future's history) read by author Christopher Kelley
Send us a text In this Audio Library segment of The Mountain-Ear Podcast, journalist Christopher Kelley reads the fourth and final part of his account of the mining history of Nederland, Colorado! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below! If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our ...
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2 weeks ago
21 minutes

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AUDIO LIBRARY: The Mines Part Three (ARCG meets Nederland) read by author Christopher Kelley
Send us a text In this Audio Library segment of The Mountain-Ear Podcast, journalist Christopher Kelley reads the third part of his account of the mining history of Nederland, Colorado! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below! If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for...
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3 weeks ago
18 minutes

The Mountain-Ear Podcast
Music of the Mountains: Dave Huebner of The Two Tracks/Laurie (Dameron) and Lorrie (Baum)
Send us a text The Two Tracks has developed its sound as a band for nearly ten years now. The band recorded their self-titled debut in 2016 and is set to release their fifth album in 2026. Julie Huebner, singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist, formed the band with drummer Fernando “Fred” Serna in 2013. The band cycled through many players before recording their first album, with Julie’s husband Dave joining the group during recording. The husband-and-wife duo now serve as the lead singers a...
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3 weeks ago
25 minutes

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Some Words for the Week: September 2025
Send us a text In this episode, the host reads Some Words for the Week, poems written throughout the month of September 2025 by Alexander Shalom Joseph. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below! If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for all of the latest news from peak...
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4 weeks ago
10 minutes

The Mountain-Ear Podcast
Enjoying the Spooky Festivities of the Peak to Peak with Maryann Rosen (plus Harvest Festival!)
Send us a text In this special segment, regular correspondent Maryann Rosen takes us through the Peak to Peak region to find activities for the month of October to take full advantage of the spooky season! Also included is a mini-segment with Daisza Caldwell, market manager of the Nederland Farmers Market, talking about the upcoming Harvest Festival! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below! If you w...
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4 weeks ago
26 minutes

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Music of the Mountains: Alex Mackenzie-Low of A-Mac and The Height
Send us a text Alex Mackenzie-Low first put a band together in 2013, near the end of his time studying music business and recording arts at CU Denver. He put the band together in order to create an album of original songs, and the group grew from there. The group was originally named A-Mac DZ, a nickname Alex received in high school. Ultimately, the band rebranded to A-Mac and The Height, a name more representative of the collaboration of the group and the “elevating, empowering, positive mus...
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1 month ago
16 minutes

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Music of the Mountains: Jeremy Garrett and His Band
Send us a text For many, music is a way of coping with difficult feelings. The joy and comfort that music brings is generational, and Jeremy Garrett knows that intimately. That’s mainly thanks to his father, Glen, the first president of the Idaho Bluegrass Association. Around the age of 12, Glen’s parents bought him a guitar after their dog passed away. He found solace in this guitar, embracing bluegrass music and establishing a reputation on his block for his guitar playing. Later, Glen rece...
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1 month ago
25 minutes

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Towns from Peak to Peak with Maryann Rosen
Send us a text Join regular correspondent Maryann Rosen as she continues her journey through the Peak-to-Peak area! In this segment, she discusses the history and stories of Idaho Springs, Allenspark, Raymond, Lily Lake, and Estes Park! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below! If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast host at...
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1 month ago
28 minutes

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AUDIOBOOK: Moonsongs, read by the author, Jane Wodening
Send us a text This segment of The Mountain-Ear Podcast contains a complete audiobook recording of the book Moonsongs, written by Jane Wodening as a way to let her "keep in touch with a big world while living in that narrow canyon" in Fraser, Colorado (quote from a Conversations.org interview). The book is read by Wodening herself in a recording that has never been heard before. Special thanks to Janette Taylor and Desirae Brakhage for making this episode possible. To learn more about Jane an...
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1 month ago
1 hour 7 minutes

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Community Events Spotlight: Brent Warren on His Film Marvin's Fly'n Boat
Send us a text Brent Warren could be considered a modern-day Renaissance man. He’s a singer-songwriter, an author, an illustrator, a magician, a comedian, and a filmmaker. One of his projects spawned from a dual love – the shared love between two locals of a historical aircraft. That dual love culminated in Warren’s major undertaking as a filmmaker, the hour-long documentary Marvin’s Fly’n Boat. Warren and Nederland local Marvin Lewis, owner of the restaurant Marvins Gardens, both loved the h...
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1 month ago
28 minutes

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Music of the Mountains: Theo Snead of Something Slight
Send us a text Alex Randall and Theo Snead have been close friends since college. They’ve always played music together, but they initially didn’t perform as a band. That all changed when Randall decided to sell his Fender Deluxe amp after he settled in Boulder. The first person to pick it up was Casey Romeo, and the two started to jam together. Snead moved from living alone in Austin, Texas, to living with Randall in Boulder, and the two of them started jamming with Romeo. At one point, Romeo...
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1 month ago
21 minutes

The Mountain-Ear Podcast
AUDIO LIBRARY: The Mines Part Two (1970-2023) read by author Christopher Kelley
Send us a text In this Audio Library segment of The Mountain-Ear Podcast, journalist Christopher Kelley reads the second part of his account of the mining history of Nederland, Colorado! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below! If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to ou...
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1 month ago
18 minutes

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Music of the Mountains: Graham Good and the Painters
Send us a text During his time at Colorado State University, now having experience on the bass and on acoustic guitar, Graham Good wrote songs in his dorm room. Meeting a few friends at a local funk jam, they invited him over to jam with them on his bass. Good told his friends he had some acoustic songs and suggested playing them with the group. Once they played the songs together, Good felt an instant connection to the group, realizing how much he wanted to be a singer, songwriter, and band ...
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1 month ago
21 minutes

The Mountain-Ear Podcast
AUDIO LIBRARY: The Mines Part One (1870-1970) read by author Christopher Kelley
Send us a text In this Audio Library segment of The Mountain-Ear Podcast, journalist Christopher Kelley reads the first part of his account of the mining history of Nederland, Colorado! Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below! If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for...
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1 month ago
15 minutes

The Mountain-Ear Podcast
Some Words for the Week: August 2025
Send us a text In this segment of The Mountain-Ear Podcast, host Jamie Lammers brings you Some Words for the Week, written by Alexander Shalom Joseph during the month of August 2025. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below! If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast host at media@themountainear.com! Head to our website for al...
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2 months ago
9 minutes

The Mountain-Ear Podcast
Send us a text In a brand-new segment format for The Mountain-Ear Podcast, new team member Tyler Hickman brings us a conversation between Mountain Man's John Thompson and The Mountain-Ear's Chris Kelly about the aftermath of the Lakeview Fire. Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below! If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact our editor at info@themountainear.com and/or our podcast ...