Valley Voices

Marilyn Gleason
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Valley Voices is one of KDNK's longest running public affairs shows featuring conversations about local, regional, national - and sometimes international - issues and events with host Marilyn Gleason.

  1. May 20

    Valley Voices | Domestic Violence Bill Reaches Legislature

    On today's Valley Voices, we highlight a recent episode of Purplish from the Colorado Capital News Alliance on domestic violence. A bill advancing through Colorado's statehouse would require law enforcement officers to ask a set of 11 questions — 11 very specific questions, meant to measure someone’s risk of dying at the hands of their abuser. Backers say the change is especially urgent now, because even though homicides in Colorado have gone down in recent years, domestic violence killings have gone up.

    28 min

  2. May 6

    Valley Voices | Stephanie Soldner on music therapy for veterans

    The Soldner Center for the Arts and Innovation was founded to honor Paul and Ginny Soldner, Stephanie's own parents. The center is comprised of five unique buildings, handcrafted by Paul and Ginny over forty years, and showcases a variety of works and practices. Later this month, the Soldner Center will host its very first music therapy for veterans event.

    1h 15m

  3. Apr 23

    Valley Voices | Breeze Richardson on NPR's historic free speech win

    Last year, President Trump signed an executive order that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting stop allocating federal money to NPR, PBS, and their local member stations like KDNK. In response, NPR and several Colorado stations including Aspen Public Radio took the order to court, and last month, brought home a landmark victory.

    28 min

  4. Apr 8

    Purplish: Colorado’s budget woes and the ballooning costs of Medicaid

    The six lawmakers tasked with writing Colorado’s budget have an excruciating job this year — they must find about $1.5 billion in savings to keep the budget in balance, and understand that many of their cuts will have direct, human consequences. That’s because the state's Medicaid program, which provides health coverage to low-income Coloradans, accounts for a significant part of Colorado’s budget, and costs have ballooned in recent years.

    33 min

  5. Mar 20

    Valley Voices | Auden Schendler on climate change and his new book

    Auden Schendler had a long career with the Aspen Skiing Company as the Environmental Affairs Director and recently published a book called Terrible Beauty. Schendler's long experience provided him razor sharp insight on climate change, corporate blame culture, and what it is to be a human being in today's world. He joins KDNK's Marilyn Gleason for a discussion on the failure of corporate America to confront the climate crisis.

    30 min

  6. Mar 11

    Purplish: Honeybees and native pollinators under threat from insecticides

    For a lot of farmers in Colorado, and across the country, insecticides known as neonicotinoids, or neonics, have been a game changer. But what’s been a breakthrough for some has been a nightmare for others. Neonics are being blamed for die-offs in domestic bees and native pollinators, and there’s growing concern over their potential impacts on human health as well. This year, some Democratic lawmakers proposed a bold step to reduce the chemicals’ use in Colorado; they wanted farmers to get something like a prescription to be allowed to use neonic-treated seeds.CPR’s Bente Birkeland and Rae Solomon discuss what those lawmakers tried to do, and why they faced such fierce opposition from the get go.

    27 min

  7. Mar 5

    Valley Voices | America's Honey Queens know their bees-ness

    The American Beekeeping Federation is a national organization that supports the interests of all beekeepers and the beekeeping industry in the United States. It also runs the American Honey Queen program, a national competition with the goal to promote beekeeping, increase national honey consumption, and educate the public about the value of honey bees.Colorado does not have a Honey Queen program, but in January last year KDNK's Marilyn Gleason visited with the 2024 American Honey Queen and the three young women hoping to take her place.

    29 min

  8. Feb 18

    Valley Voices| Hello from the Winter Olympics

    KDNK's own Marilyn Gleason is abroad in Europe, enjoying the glamor and thrills of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Come along with Marilyn as she meets friends and families of athletes, captures nail-biting races, and hops all over Europe.

    28 min
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Valley Voices is one of KDNK's longest running public affairs shows featuring conversations about local, regional, national - and sometimes international - issues and events with host Marilyn Gleason.

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  • Creator
    Marilyn Gleason
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Valley Voices