Podcasts - Alamosa Citizen

VOTO SLV: una introducción

Este es un proyecto de Alamosa Citizen y sus socios sin fines de lucro sobre las Elecciones de Estados Unidos de 2024. Nuestro objetivo es guiarle a través del proceso electoral, y centrarse en el poder que un solo votante tiene en la democracia de Estados Unidos. VOTO SLV se emitirá cada mes con nueva información hasta las Elecciones Generales del 5 de noviembre.

episodio 1: Las primarias

Una explicación de las primarias presidenciales de Colorado y de las primarias de junio. Además de otra información útil sobre la votación.

with host Chris Lopez

episode 170: ALMA

Alamosa Live Music Association’s Bill Tite and Angela Myers talk about this summer’s Sunday’s at Six concert series. The concerts range from bluegrass to Chicano funk and include this year’s winner of the music association’s Battle of the Bands.

episode 169: Monte Vista Coop

Eric Hinton president and CEO of the Monte Vista Coop joins The Valley Pod to talk about the importance of the Coop to the Valley’s agricultural scene. With many different facets, Valley residents find multiple needs for the Coop from propane, to gardening goods, to great snacks. There are many different subsections to the Coop, Hinton gives us a deeper look.

Faith Hinkley Veterans Memorial Park Poker Run & Car Show

This episode features the upcoming Faith Hinkley Veterans Memorial Park benefit in Monte Vista. We visit with organizers Larry Garner and Rob Vance about the upcoming event and Monte Vista’s very special veterans memorial park named after Army Sgt. Faith Hinkley. She died in 2010 from wounds suffered when insurgents attacked her unit in Iraq.

episode 168: Sean Noonan

Sean Noonan BLM Recreation Planner joins The Valley Pod to discuss reconnecting to nature on public lands. Noonan says how lucky The San Luis Valley is to have these lands as their backyard. Noonan talks recreation, BLM history, environment, water, and more.

episode 167: Visit Alamosa’s Kale Mortensen & Beth Sumner

Visit Alamosa puts the fun in Alamosa and the San Luis Valley. Visit Alamosa’s Kale Mortensen and Beth Sumner are excited to share about everything they have going on. They discuss the upcoming mural project they’re doing April 6 with 12 community led paint-by-numbers murals. Mortensen and Sumner talk visitor numbers for the spring into the summer and how the new RV parking might influence things.

episode 166: Imagine Alamosa

Sophie Frankenberg and Donna Wehe launched some listening sessions around The Valley about Alamosa County’s Comprehensive Master Plan. They got to hear why people love to live in The Valley and what makes it unique. ImagineAlamosa.com allows people to share their visionary thoughts and give feedback. Wehe and Frankenberg talk about the stages of the Alamosa County Comprehensive Master Plan and how the county can move forward.

episode 165: Matt Nehring and Scott Clayton

Matt Nehring and Scott Clayton with the Adams State Mechanical Engineering program in conjunction with CSU, join The Valley Pod to talk about the program that the university was missing. Nehring says it’s one of the premiere growth areas in the engineering field. Clayton and Nehring talk mechanical engineering and the opportunities that the degree track can open. The beauty of the program is that is entirely in The Valley.

episode 164: Rio Grande State of the Basin Symposium

Adams State’s Nick Saenz and Maya ter Kuile-Miller give a preview of this year’s Rio Grande State of the Basin Symposium, which includes the film “Acequias: The Legacy Lives On.”

episode 163: Jania Arnoldi

With an architectural firm now on board, Valley-Wide Health is ready to move forward with its renovation of the historic Alamosa County Courthouse. CEO Jania Arnoldi talks about the project and Valley-Wide Health’s focus on mental health services.

episode 162: Bob Mattive

Bob Mattive, president of the National Potato Council, steps into the podcast studio for a recording of The Valley Pod. Mr. Potato gives us some insight into all things potatoes including: types, legislation, controversy, and farming.

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with host Marty Jones

episode 33: Bike recreation, industry, and culture

This episode features the SLV Rattlers Mountain Biking Team. Learn more about the starts of the team and how it functions. Team coach Gregg Goodland and team captain Summit Mashburn give an in depth look at the Rattlers. Hear from locals about their experiences riding around the San Luis Valley. We want to hear from you too! Take the survey on AlamosaCitizen.com.

episode 32: The Bike Commuter

Part II of the series Bicycling in the San Luis Valley explores the thoughts of commuters and how safe they feel riding their bicycles in The Valley. Hear from locals on what they think as well as a conversation between host Marty Jones and long-time Valley rider Jim Grant.

episode 31: I ride my bike because it saves my sanity

This episode features San Luis Valley Great Outdoors’ Annie Altwarg and Brian Puccerrella. In this series, we are looking to learn more about the cycling culture in the Valley. That requires talking to people who ride their bikes or advocate for bike riders. We want to hear from you too! Take the survey on AlamosaCitizen.com.

episode 30: Get ready for biking

All about our upcoming in-depth look at the SLV’s cyclists bicycle infrastructure, which will be a three-part audio narrative. Alamosa Citizen will also be releasing a survey about local bicycling.

episode 29: Eric & Lisa Burt

Owners and proprietors of Kristi Mountain Sports, Eric and Lisa Burt, talked about the slow start to the ski season and their love and passion for bikes and cycling. Eric and Lisa have a long history of riding and providing bikes in the San Luis Valley. They share insight into the industry, what’s changing, what’s going back to normal, and how they find time to get out on the trails on a set of wheels.

episode 28: SLV GO! Esteban Salazar & Marcos Lobato

Esteban Salazar from SLVGO! brought their newest embajadore Marcos Lobato. Lobato is the newest embajadore in charge of getting community members outside, making sure they get their dose of nature. Salazar also laid out the groundwork for SLVGO’s newest community bike rides and walks. Social isolation from the pandemic-era is still rampant across the U.S. and Salazar says getting outside and getting physical is a surefire way to promote healthier social lives.

episode 27: Snow Series Recap

This is a special edition recap episode that highlights snow and snowpack across the San Luis Valley and in Colorado. Features George Whitten, Dan Bender, Brian Puccerella, and Russ Schumacher.

episode 26: Russ Schumacher

CSU Professor and Colorado State Climatologist Russ Schumacher is the final guest in The Outdoor Citizen snow series. He talks about how he became interested in studying climate at an early age in Minnesota. He gives a specialist point of view to agriculture and recreation in The Valley and how water and snow impact life here. Jones and Schumacher also talk rising temperatures and drought.

episode 25: Brian Puccerella

The Outdoor Citizen takes another look at snow in the San Luis Valley with Brian Puccerella. He returns to the show to talk about snow and avalanches. Puccerella is an avalanche education instructor for The American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education. His knowledge is tapped into and he shares on the changes he is seeing in the back-country.

episode 24: Dan Bender

Dan Bender, VP of marketing for Monarch Mountain, and host Marty Jones talked downhill skiing, the state of the ski industry, as well as the kind of snow that Monarch is getting.

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episode 23: Sarah Krantz, Saguache Arts Walk & Hollyhock Fest

Take a stroll through the Arts Walk and Hollyhock Fest in Saguache, coming later this month.

episode 22: Yael Defaye

After an almost 8-month hiatus, Creative Citizen Maddy Ahlborn is back. She interviews Yael Defaye, a photographer who creates a sense of the unknown to contrast with events from our daily lives. Listen to Maddy and Yael’s conversation from Friday evening April 14th, 2023. Learn more about Yael, his story, and his work: IG: @yaeldefaye Website: https://www.yaelphotography.com/