Best Colorado Clean Cities Podcast Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 51: Cleaning up the city 36:49

2d ago36:49

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Pueblo Mayor Heather Graham joins Dave Moore on the podcast. She was sworn into office on February 1, 2024, after beating the incumbent. They discuss her efforts in her first 100 days in office. A big priority of hers was the unhoused population, cleaning up trash and helping local businesses thrive. The proud Pueblo native owns several restaurants…

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Episode 50: Skunks, Racoons & Mosquitos Oh My! 22:51

1M ago22:51

22:51

The Pueblo Department of Public Health & Environment does more than just handle pandemics. Trysten Garcia from the PDPHE sits down with Dave Moore to talk about all things health. What do Skunks, Racoons & Mosquitos all have in common? They are animals you should steer clear of this summer. When it comes to mosquito control Trysten says remember th…

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Episode 49: Celebrating art of all types 27:34

3M ago27:34

27:34

Dave Moore welcomes Elissa Ball with the Pueblo Art Consortium and Andy Sanchez the CEO of the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center. On May 10, 2024, the Creative Consortium of Pueblo (CCP) is sponsoring the first Faux-First Friday Art, Food & Drink Crawl. Perfect timing as the Colorado Creative Industries (CCI) annual two-day Summit runs fr…

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Episode 48: Shining star inspires other students 14:21

4M ago14:21

14:21

Dave Moore speaks with Riya Singh on the podcast. She is a senior at Pueblo West High School with a bright future. She is involved with the debate team, Future Business Leaders of America, and Youth in Government. Youth and Government is where students take part in a mock government and congress and discuss potential bills and pass laws. She is als…

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Episode 47: Checking out upgrades to local libraries 24:34

5M ago24:34

24:34

Sherrie Baca executive director of Pueblo County Libraries joins Dave on the Podcast. They discuss the seven libraries Master Vision Plan to renovate and refresh public libraries across Pueblo Counties. That plan includes the Barkman library that's current closed, where $4.5 million in investments and 2,700 square feet will be added. Since 2003 the…

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Season 4: Year in Review 8:34

7M ago8:34

8:34

Pueblo's Podcast has completed season four, let's take a look back. Pueblo is a community with a lot to offer, whether that's bringing in businesses to our town through PEDCO, or creativity with Ovation & Musical Community Productions. Our community also prioritizes our health, like the Pueblo Health department, and GOAL High School putting mental …

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Episode 46: Going backstage of a Holiday Favorite 18:00

8M ago18:00

18:00

Dave Moore welcomes Jeff Orman and Raeann Herrick to the podcast. Pueblo’s Musical Community Productions is putting on “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” at Memorial Hall ahead of the holidays. Set in late 1941, most of the action takes place in the main characters' home, with the choir providing music and drama as it is broadcast over the family radio. …

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Episode 45: Giving our furry friends a helping paw 19:53

9M ago19:53

19:53

Dave Moore is joined by Vickie Torres with PAWS for Life on the podcast. PAWS for Life is Pueblo's only No-Kill shelter. Their mission is to help lost or unwanted animals; to return lost ones to their owners whenever possible or after having them spayed or neutered, place them in good homes; and to educate the public about intelligent and humane tr…

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Episode 44: Young golfer on par to go pro 16:14

10M ago16:14

16:14

Dave Moore is joined by young golfer Brady Shaw. He's a 12-year-old stand out competitor. He competed in the 2023 Drive, Chip, and Putt Championship on April 2, at Augusta National Golf Club. He has won 70 golf tournaments and his first win was at six years old. Brady shares some golfing tips and who his favorite golfer is. Brady is the son of Jeff…

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Drilling Deeper Won't Fix This 55:33

11M ago55:33

55:33

People in the lower Colorado River basin are now witnessing drastic cuts to their allotments. In many cases, developers find alternate sources of water by drilling into underground aquifers. But in places like Pinal County, Arizona, that groundwater is already becoming scarce. We hear from Stephen Q. Miller, who sits on both the Pinal County Board …

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Episode 43: Your favorite fair has a few new looks 29:56

11M ago29:56

29:56

The Colorado State Fair is back for the 151st year. It's a tradition in Southern Colorado and this year it runs August 25 – September 4, 2023. The fair has all your favorites but also a lot of improvements. The fair has added grass, trees and colored concrete. There is also a white canopy near the Prairie Entrance that is designed to be a movie can…

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The Colorado River's Alfalfa Problem 48:18

12M ago48:18

48:18

The meat and dairy industries are some of the biggest water users in the American West, thanks to one of cows' favorite foods – alfalfa. As aridification continues across the American southwest, water is becoming far more scarce on the Colorado River. A critical source of water for roughly 40 million Americans, we look at why so much of the Colorad…

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Episode 42: Make mental well-being a priority 33:05

1y ago33:05

33:05

Dave Moore welcomes Ramon Arriaga to the podcast. They discuss how although, mental health month is in May we should be practicing self-care habits all year long, including looking after our mental well-being. Ramon works at Goal High School which prioritizes the students' well-being before they begin learning. Ramon is also an advocate for mental …

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Episode 41: Keeping us healthy 31:20

1y ago31:20

31:20

Sarah Joseph is back on the podcast with Dave Moore after keeping us all informed during the COVID-19 pandemic. So what does the health department do exactly when there is not a global pandemic? Sarah walks us through the programs that benefit our community. They vary widely from combatting food deserts, focusing on behavior and mental health, rais…

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Episode 40: Nothing is impossible for local actors 31:32

1+ y ago31:32

31:32

Dave Moore welcomes Darin Stuart to the podcast. He is an actor, the founder of Ovation, an acting school and a board member of the Impossible Players. The Impossible Players are a community theater company based out of Pueblo. They have thought provoking and emotional impacting plays. To contact Darin at Ovation call 719-821-1746. Their next produ…

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World Water Day 2023 with Autumn Peltier 18:17

1+ y ago18:17

18:17

When Autumn Peltier was eight, she learned the tap water on a neighbouring reserve wasn’t safe to drink, or even to use for hand-washing. That injustice triggered her decade-long advocacy campaign for safe drinking water. She made headlines as a 12 year-old, admonishing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at an Assembly of First Nations event for the cho…

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Episode 39: Boosting the Economy 35:47

1+ y ago35:47

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Dave Moore welcomes back Jeff Shaw with the Pueblo Economic Development Corp. Pueblo’s industrial heritage, skilled workforce and diverse businesses have led a new generation of world-class manufacturers to call Pueblo home. PEDCO's goal is to make Pueblo a location fostering long-term success. Key Industries: PEDCO is currently concentrating on 6 …

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Will Sarni: Can We Tech Our Way Out of Wicked Water Problems? 30:01

1+ y ago30:01

30:01

Can we really “tech” our way out of freshwater shortages, scarcity, and pollution? In our Season 4 finale, we’re asking the big question of the season – will new water technology be enough to solve wicked water problems? Will Sarni joins Jay for a look back at the bright ideas and inventions we’ve heard about this year, sharing his view on technolo…

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What Lurks Beneath: How Robots Can Save City Plumbing with Vanessa Speight 26:37

1+ y ago26:37

26:37

In this episode, we’re going underground, undersea and into your water and sewer pipelines with science fiction’s favorite problem-solvers…robots! Jay sits down with Vanessa Speight, a professor of Integrated Water Systems at the University of Sheffield, to learn how new, spider-like robots have the potential to locate and fix leaks in aging water …

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Episode 38 - Funding futures 23:57

1+ y ago23:57

23:57

Dave Moore welcomes Janelle Quick into the Podcast studios. She's with the Pueblo Hispanic Education Foundation (PHEF). PHEF helps students turn their educational dreams into goals and those goals into reality by providing scholarships for higher education to students in need from all backgrounds from Pueblo and Southern CO to assist them in achiev…

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An AI Fix for Aging Water Systems with Seyi Fabode 27:52

1+ y ago27:52

27:52

On this episode of What About Water? an entrepreneur in Austin, Texas turns his dishwasher sensor into a tech startup that’s feeding water utilities snapshots of their water quality in real time. Jay sits down with Seyi Fabode, the CEO and co-founder of Varuna, to discuss how his company’s cloud-based software is helping cities keep track of their …

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Chemical Cocktails: What’s in our Groundwater? with John Cherry 30:42

1+ y ago30:42

30:42

If it’s not stuck in glaciers or polar ice, 99 per cent of the world’s freshwater is groundwater. Water underground supplies nearly half of the world’s drinking water. But what happens when dangerous chemicals and waste – polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), oil, gasoline and road salts – percolate down into that supply? On this episode of What About…

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Dirty Laundry: Water and the World of Fast Fashion 34:31

1+ y ago34:31

34:31

Call the fashion police! In this special holiday edition of What About Water? we dive into the apparel industry’s dirty secret: its water use. Behind oil and gas, fashion is the single most polluting industry on the planet. It accounts for 8 per cent of all carbon emissions and 20 per cent of global wastewater. We start by catching up with shoppers…

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Into Thin Air: A Smarter Way to Water Crops, with A.J. Purdy 26:12

1+ y ago26:12

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How can we measure water when it disappears into thin air? On this episode of What About Water? we’re looking at evapotranspiration, or “ET” for short. It’s the combination of water evaporating from the soil, combined with the measure of water transpiring through crops’ leaves. Accounting for this water loss helps farmers know exactly how much wate…

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Submerged 40:43

1+ y ago40:43

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In the quest to find clean, renewable sources of energy, we turn to a familiar method: hydroelectricity. Today, the ancient method of harnessing the power of flowing water is hitting enormous new heights. Hydroelectric dams are some of the biggest human-made structures in the world. As humans dam more and more rivers, the scale and sheer size of th…

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Episode 37: Pueblo West Chamber Turns 21 39:30

1+ y ago39:30

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Amy Gasperetti joins Dave Moore on Pueblo's Podcast to talk about all things Pueblo West Chamber of Commerce. They have an event on November 19, that will resemble a night in Vegas to raise money. Amy said the goal of the Chamber is to include all businesses not just those in Pueblo West but all over Pueblo County. She encourages all local business…

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Field Smarts: Protecting Farmers’ Wallets and Our Water, with Bruno Basso 30:00

1+ y ago30:00

30:00

It’s estimated that by 2050, we’ll have over 9 billion people on earth. To feed everyone, we will need to produce 60 per cent more food - and we'll need to grow it using less water. On this episode of What About Water? we’re looking at new technology that can make that shift possible. Jay sits down with colleague and friend Bruno Basso, an agro-eco…

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Under the Sea: Hidden Freshwater Reserves with Brandon Dugan 29:13

1+ y ago29:13

29:13

By 2025, experts predict over half the world’s population will live in water-stressed areas. With a number of our freshwater resources on land receding, is it time to look to the ocean - or, rather, underneath it for fresh water? Jay sits down with Brandon Dugan, the Associate Department Head and Baker Hughes Chair in the Department of Geophysics a…

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Episode 36: Spreading Kindness 12:10

1+ y ago12:10

12:10

Dave Moore chats with 15-year-old East High School student Devin Klock about his mission to make the world a kinder place. Devin started a website called A Kindness A Day encouraging everyone to do one act of kindness each day. Sometimes the act of kindness can be doing something good for someone else or yourself, it can also be NOT doing something…

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Running Dry: Nik Kowsar on Iranian Censorship and Water Scarcity 29:54

1+ y ago29:54

29:54

For Nik Kowsar, civil unrest in Iran is not new. As a geologist and journalist, he's been sounding the alarm about water shortages and censorship in his home country for decades. After being arrested and jailed for one of his cartoons and receiving death threats from pro-regime Islamists, Kowsar fled Iran in 2003. Today, he is an award-winning Iran…

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Water Affects Your Pension: Cate Lamb at World Water Week 28:13

2y ago28:13

28:13

Can water risk disclosure move the needle on corporate water stewardship? And what does that risk mean for our own retirement funds? In this very special episode of What About Water? - recorded on location at World Water Week - Jay sits down with Cate Lamb in Stockholm, Sweden to discuss valuing water. We hear how companies with high water-related …

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Don't Mess With the Data: Virginia Burkett on Louisiana's Vanishing Coastline 29:46

2y ago29:46

29:46

In the first episode of our fourth season, Jay sits down with renowned scientist and IPCC author, Virginia Burkett, to talk about technology, its pitfalls and its promises for a water-secure future. Burkett is the Chief Scientist for Climate and Land Use Change at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), where she’s worked for over three decades. She is …

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Episode 35: Spicing up a tasty tradition 14:09

2y ago14:09

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The Pueblo Chile & Frijoles festival is heating up for its 28th year in 2022. Dave Moore chats with Duane Nava with the Pueblo Chamber of Commerce about the Chile and Frijoles Festival. It's an event where many locals come to get their spicy staple to support Pueblo farmers; additionally, guests from other states come to get their yearly supply of …

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Season 4 Trailer 1:18

2y ago1:18

1:18

Our planet is in crisis. When it comes to water, there are many promising solutions. But in a world full of new technologies, what innovations should we pay attention to? And will they be enough? On Season 4 of What About Water? we're diving into New Technologies, Water Realities. Host Jay Famiglietti will sit down with the experts, innovators and …

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Can Peace and Prosperity Flow from Water? 17:18

2y ago17:18

17:18

What happens when tensions over water reach their boiling point? In our final bonus episode of the summer season, we explore the causes of water conflicts and what we can do to stop them. We start with the Middle East, a water-scarce region where conflict brews over shared water resources. We then turn to Latin America, where migrants are spurred b…

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Episode 34: Celebrating 150 years of agriculture, food and fun 32:27

2y ago32:27

32:27

Dave Moore chats with Scott Stoller General Manager of the Colorado State Fair about the 150th year of the fair. Some favorites are back and there's some new additions to the fair. The sandcastle, slopper eating contest and Governor’s plate are back! There are also several discount days to help you save a little money and still make memories at the…

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Engineering a New Water World 16:25

2y ago16:25

16:25

In our third bonus episode of the summer season, we look back at the innovative ways people are sourcing their freshwater, from building home water systems on the Navajo Nation to engineering a state of the art wastewater treatment facility in Orange County. We hear what improvements need to be made to America's aging water infrastructure. And we l…

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Episode 33: Medal of Honor tribute 32:44

2y ago32:44

32:44

Jim & Paulette Stuart speak to Dave Moore about the Medal of Honor. Pueblo is known as the Home of the Heroes but do you know the reason behind it? Pueblo is known as the hometown of four Congressional Medal of Honor recipients – William J. Crawford – Army – WWII; Carl L. Sitter -Marines – Korea; Raymond G. “Jerry” Murphy- Marines- Korea; and Drew …

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Going to Extremes: Heat, Water Scarcity and Food 17:31

2y ago17:31

17:31

From farmer’s fields to the high arctic, from your morning cup of coffee to a glass of wine – everything we eat and drink depends on water. In the second episode of our summer mini season, we draw from our past interviews about water scarcity and its effect on our food supply. We take a look at last year’s drought and withered crops on the Canadian…

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Episode 32: Fire Preparedness with A Pueblo Fire Captain 22:08

2y ago22:08

22:08

This month Dave Moore talks with Pueblo Fire Captain Woody Percival about important fire preparedness tips no matter if you live in the county, the mountains or a populated part of town. Even though southern Colorado had a late May snow and is seeing some rain, Captain Percival explains that we still need to be aware of potential fires. He says a d…

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At Its Essence: What Indigenous Teachings Tell us About Water 14:09

2y ago14:09

14:09

In our first mini-episode of the summer season, we turn to three guests from our past seasons to explore Indigenous ways of knowing, and to look more closely at the sacred nature of water -- how various people understand it, conserve it and co-exist with it. Janet Pitsiulaaq Brewster shares how climate change is affecting Indigenous reconciliation …

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Summer Season Trailer (Bonus Episodes) 1:22

2y ago1:22

1:22

This summer on What About Water? we bring you some of our most compelling interviews from the past three seasons. We're releasing four mini episodes spanning four different themes that continue to resonate in the world of water. This special summer edition of What About Water? launches May 18, with one episode dropping each month.…

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Episode 31: New leadership for Pueblo's Chamber 29:20

2y ago29:20

29:20

Dave Moore chats with Duane Nava the new President of the Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce. Duane filled the spot in November 2021 left by the passing of Rod Slyhoff an icon in the community that spent decades at the Chamber. Duane knows he has “big shoes to fill,” but he says he is ready for the challenge ahead. He says keeping Pueblo business o…

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Episode 30: A gateway to our future while embracing our past 29:47

2+ y ago29:47

29:47

Dave Moore is back for our 30th episode. We're welcoming Steve Nawrocki & Bill Zwick to the podcast. These two men have been instrumental in designing, funding and planning the Gateway to the Southwest project. You may have noticed one of the sculptures at Pueblo's north entrance at the Dillon Drive bridge. The two sculptures intend to welcome peop…

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The Girl Who Wanted To Swim: Tackling Sewage At The Source 26:05

2+ y ago26:05

26:05

On our final episode of Season 3, we hear how a 6th grade science fair project led to receiving the Order of Nova Scotia for youth environmentalist and clean water advocate, Stella Bowles. At just 11 years old, Stella learned about the 600 straight pipes flushing unprocessed sewage from homes directly into the LaHave river behind her home. What sta…

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Water Pipes to Water Rights: Protecting Water with Newsha Ajami and Carolina Vilches 29:33

2+ y ago29:33

29:33

This week on What About Water?, we look at water infrastructure – from broken water pipes across America to the redistribution of water rights in Chilé – and what role governments play in fixing the systems that distribute our water. Newsha Ajami, Chief Development Officer for Research at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, joins us as our first re…

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Good To The Last Drop? Coffee & Climate with Aaron Davis 29:52

2+ y ago29:52

29:52

Coffee is one of the most widely-consumed beverages in the world. But with climate change threatening the world's two main coffee species, will that change? Coffee scientist and researcher Dr. Aaron Davis says even with rising temperatures, and more drought -- that doesn’t have to be the case. This week on What About Water? we hear why reintroducin…

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Episode 29: Looking ahead with Pueblo’s Leaders - Regina Maestri 20:35

2+ y ago20:35

20:35

Editor's Note: Dave Moore had oral surgery and is doing fine but he doesn't sound like himself so his daughter Carly Moore is filling in as host on this episode. As we kick of season three of Pueblo's Podcast we're asking our city leaders, what their goals are for 2022. Each Monday this week we will chat with a city council member. Due to Colorado'…

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Episode 28: Looking ahead with Pueblo’s Leaders - Heather Graham 18:41

2+ y ago18:41

18:41

Editor's Note: Dave Moore had oral surgery and is doing fine but he doesn't sound like himself so his daughter Carly Moore is filling in as host on this episode. As we kick of season three of Pueblo's Podcast we're asking our city leaders, what their goals are for 2022. Each Monday this week we will chat with a city council member. Due to Colorado'…

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Tasha Beeds: Walking With Water 29:56

2+ y ago29:56

29:56

On this episode of What About Water? we’re learning from traditional knowledge. Jay sits down with Tasha Beeds, a grassroots Indigenous academic and Water Walker. She takes us through the origins of Water Walking - an Indigenous ceremony recognizing and connecting with water. Beeds enters into ceremony for the water - discussing what it means to ra…

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