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The Mountain-Ear Podcast is a locally created AUDIO NEWS AND PODCAST bringing information that covers the communities of the Peak to Peak region. EVERYTHING about mountain living in Colorado.The Mountain-Ear Podcast is YOUR community news source.Be sure and go online and SUBSCRIBE to our online edition of The Mountain-Ear. Use the coupon code PODCAST for a 10% discount.https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe/

  1. 3D AGO

    Music of the Mountains: Patchwork Jack

    Send a text Coming from Colorado Springs to perform in Jamestown, the country band Patchwork Jack will be headed to the Jamestown Mercantile, located at 108 Main Street in Jamestown, on Saturday, March 13, 2026, starting at 7 p.m.! The music of Patchwork Jack reflects the band’s name: Despite origins in folk, their sound also includes the influences of Texas country, Latin ballads, and Romani swing. The band’s name primarily comes from the main songwriter and guitarist, Shane “Bob” Lory, who released a solo folk song called “Patchwork Jack” before the band’s formation. “That idea got bouldered into the full band once we got more people involved,” states Lory, “Patchwork sort of representing a fusion of genres and influences from all over the place. And Jack… we used to call each other Jack in high school. Everyone was Jack, so the Patchwork is all-inclusive. Anyone can hop on.” Support the show 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: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, podcast host, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe online and use the coupon code PODCAST for a 10% discount for all new subscribers. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout. Thank you for listening!

    22 min

  2. 4D AGO

    How hippies rode an asteroid into Boulder

    Send a text Before the days when Boulder, Nederland and Ward were considered a safe haven for beat poets, rockstars and acid heads, there wasn’t a whole lot of love for weird. Then the 1960s happened, and a near-earth asteroid drove a swath of paranoid hippies to Boulder and its mountain towns. Today, Maryann Rosen takes us on a long strange trip through the migration of hippies to the area, and how the art, drugs and attitudes they brought with them changed this place for good. Also Demolition process begins at Caribou Shopping CenterBoulder v. Big Oil lawsuit heading to Supreme CourtNederland library celebrates 25 yearsLinks The Hippie Temptation, CBS News report, 1967 Jack Kerouac on the Steve Allen Show, 1959 Oral history with Robert F. Raikes, Boulder Public Library, 2011 "Sail On" by Zephyr, track one on Zephyr, 1969 Leftover Salmon in Boulder, 2012 Support the show 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: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, podcast host, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe online and use the coupon code PODCAST for a 10% discount for all new subscribers. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout. Thank you for listening!

    23 min

  3. FEB 20

    Music of the Mountains: Alma Russ

    Send a text In this week's Music of the Mountains, we're featuring country singer-songwriter Alma Russ, traveling from her home state of North Carolina to perform at the Gold Hill General Store on Friday, March 6th, at 7:30 p.m.!  Narratives are the most compelling part of music to Alma Russ. The Florida-born musician spent summers with her family on her greatgrandmother’s property in Sylva, North Carolina, and Appalachian folk music inspired her most. “When I was, like, 12, I got into singing Scotch-Irish murder ballads,” Russ recalls about her musical upbringing. “In high school, I got more into country music, the great songwriters like John Prine and Townes Van Zandt and people like that, and I decided I wanted to write songs.”  Stay tuned to learn more! Support the show 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: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, podcast host, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe online and use the coupon code PODCAST for a 10% discount for all new subscribers. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout. Thank you for listening!

    16 min

  4. FEB 19

    Peak to Peak News: Gilpin's forgotten Black History

    Send a text In the 20th century, segregation in Colorado prevented many Black artists and families from staying at hotels, eating in restaurants and finding respite. A little known plot of land in Gilpin County called Lincoln Hills was the only place many African Americans could go for this. At the time, Lincoln Hills was the only leisure destination west of the Mississippi owned by and made for Black Americans. Artists like Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston spent time communing and creating here to get away from segregation and find peace in the Colorado Mountains. For Black History month, Mountain-Ear reporter Mindy Leary is writing a series of profiles covering the time these artists spent at the Gilpin County refuge. Today, she joins us on the podcast to tell us about Gilpin's forgotten Black History. Also Asbestos testing to finally begin at the Caribou Village Shopping Center fire wreckageNed BOT pursues $1 million in funding for local improvementsVery Nice Brewing Gilpin hosts annual crawfish boilRead the first story in Mindy's Lincoln Hills series about Langston Hughes here. Her Feb. 19 piece will feature jazz artist Duke Ellington, followed by a feature on actress and activist Lena Horne on Feb. 26. Support the show 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: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, podcast host, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe online and use the coupon code PODCAST for a 10% discount for all new subscribers. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout. Thank you for listening!

    21 min

  5. FEB 13

    Music of the Mountains: Kimmerjae Macarus and Morgan McHugh

    Send a text In this week's double feature of Music of the Mountains, we're bringing in Kimmerjae Macarus and Morgan McHugh to talk about their upcoming show at Ned General! The Colorado journey of folk-rock guitarist Morgan McHugh came from expanding his performing reach. Branching from projects he’d been a part of, the Bellingham-born musician brought his original songs and acoustic guitar stylings to perform solo. McHugh began performing in small bars and house concerts, touring throughout Washington, California, and Colorado. The first show he played in Colorado was as part of a house concert series hosted by artist Kimmerjae Macarus, beginning their close musical connection. The two enthusiastically share their mutual admiration. Support the show 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: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, podcast host, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe online and use the coupon code PODCAST for a 10% discount for all new subscribers. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout. Thank you for listening!

    30 min

  6. FEB 11

    The true history of Valentine's Day

    Send a text In our Valentine's Day special, we're bring you an episode stuffed with love. We read Valentine's submitted by you, our readers and listeners, to the Mountain-Ear, followed by a dive into the holiday's somewhat twisted origins. Valentine's Day wasn't always chocolate, roses and romance. The cute cards and candy hearts we know today can trace their origins back to a pagan holiday, Chaucer, and of course, early Christianity, our history correspondent Maryann Rosen says. In today's episode, she reveals the true story of Valentine's Day.  From everyone at The Mountain-Ear, happy Valentine's Day! Show your love for local journalism by sharing today's episode with your special someone. Support the show 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: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, podcast host, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe online and use the coupon code PODCAST for a 10% discount for all new subscribers. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout. Thank you for listening!

    21 min

  7. FEB 6

    Music of the Mountains: Christopher Morse

    Send a text In this week's episode of Music of the Mountains, we feature Christopher Morse, acoustic singer-songwriting with the stylings of John Mayer and Jason Mraz! Have you ever heard of a boarding school for musicians? Even this column’s author had no idea a school like that existed. For those who actually attended, though, it became some of their first experiences touring. Christopher Morse attended his middle school years at the American Boychoir School in Princeton, New Jersey. Though he shifted from his classical upbringing to acoustic indie pop-folk tendencies by high school, the Boychoir is where he first honed his musical skills. “The easiest way to describe it is, it was Hogwarts for singing,” explains Morse. “It was a boarding school where we sang three to four hours a day, having rehearsals, and then we would go on tour, have school on the bus while we were on tour, sing every night, and drive to a new city the next night.” Support the show 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: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, podcast host, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe online and use the coupon code PODCAST for a 10% discount for all new subscribers. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout. Thank you for listening!

    15 min

  8. FEB 5

    Caribou Current: Stephen Graham Jones on writing horror

    Send a text It's finally here. The first issue of Caribou Current, our new, free arts and culture monthly hits news racks across Boulder and Gilpin County today, Feb. 5.  In honor of our first issue, we're bringing you an episode packed with Caribou Current content: An exclusive interview with the prolific Boulder-based horror author Stephen Graham Jones, an editorial preview of this month's issue, and handpicked events and concerts you won't want to miss. Freelance reporter Toni Tresca sat down with Stephen Graham Jones to talk horror writing, industry labels and how becoming a household name has changed his career. You'll be able to read all of these stories in our print product, or at cariboucurrent.com for free.  Links Paranormal activity 2 in theater audience reactions  The Only Good Indians: Book Talk with Yvette Benavides on Texas Public Radio Follow on @Cariboucurrent on Instagram and Facebook Stay tuned for more Caribou Current exclusives at the start of each month. Support the show 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: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, podcast host, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe online and use the coupon code PODCAST for a 10% discount for all new subscribers. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout. Thank you for listening!

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The Mountain-Ear Podcast is a locally created AUDIO NEWS AND PODCAST bringing information that covers the communities of the Peak to Peak region. EVERYTHING about mountain living in Colorado.The Mountain-Ear Podcast is YOUR community news source.Be sure and go online and SUBSCRIBE to our online edition of The Mountain-Ear. Use the coupon code PODCAST for a 10% discount.https://www.themtnear.com/subscribe/

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  • Creator
    The Mountain-Ear Staff
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    419
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 The Mountain-Ear Podcast
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