By Kyle Dyer on April 4, 2025
Here we go again… talking about the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR). But wait, this is the first time to my knowledge that a Spider-Man reference has been brought into a TABOR discussion! THANK YOU, Jesse Paul! Here’s a look at the Spidey reference and all the other facets of this week’s Colorado Inside Out Conversation: Continue reading
By Kyle Dyer on March 28, 2025
March Madness… yes, that’s a good way to follow the happenings of this past month. We have had the complexities of coming up with a state budget, the distressing frequency of outdoor deaths in Denver and this week’s all-of-a-sudden urgency to remove the Presidential portrait of Donald Trump from the Colorado Capitol building. This week’s talking points for Colorado Inside Out kept changing and evolving leading up to the cameras turning on… here’s a glimpse of some of what we hashed out. Continue reading
By Kyle Dyer on March 21, 2025
There was a lot of coming togetherness this week in Colorado. There were sizeable protests outside the state capitol starting with the March 17th rally in support of immigrant rights. On Thursday, March 20th, thousands of teachers from across Colorado protested over potential cuts to education funding in the state budget. Also on Thursday, tens of thousands of sports fans descended upon Denver for the NCAA Basketball Tournament. At the Colorado Inside Out table, we have a weekly coming together of different ideas and viewpoints, Continue reading
By Kyle Dyer on March 14, 2025
The Insider email thread started around 8 o’clock on the morning of this week’s taping of Colorado Inside Out. I logged into my computer to see if our panelists were awake, alert and suggesting new stories and topics to add into our show. I love that enthusiasm which grew even stronger by the time the cameras turned on. And yes, we got a lot squeezed into our 28-minute show… here’s a recap: Continue reading
By Kyle Dyer on March 7, 2025
This week, we saw the ‘Sanctuary City Showdown’ with Denver Mayor Mike Johnston in the hot seat, defending the city’s immigration policies during a 6-hour Congressional hearing. And this week, we welcomed a new Insider to the show, Kristi Burton Brown, who says that hearing proved that Denver is indeed a sanctuary city. To that notion, Eric Sondermann suggested, Denver is a “welcoming city.” We had a deeper conversation beyond the semantics of the words at hand, and as Patty Calhoun said regarding this week’s Colorado Inside Out … this is a ‘fun one!’ Continue reading
By Kyle Dyer on February 28, 2025
This week’s show falls on the 30th Anniversary of Denver International Airport opening, so I decided to start off our conversation around the impact of DIA, or DEN as it’s now referred to, plus, Westword Editor Patty Calhoun brought some show & tell, a key chain of the mustang sculpture outside the airport known as Blucifer (and the key chain doll’s eyes even light up bright red like the real thing). Despite Blucifer’s image problems, magnified by David Kopel of the Independence Institute saying “Blucifer is the portal through which demons enter the city,” Denver’s airport is the state’s largest economic engine. Here’s a look at what was discussed on Colorado Inside Out, which started with all things DIA and the conversation ‘took off’ from there. Continue reading
By Kyle Dyer on February 21, 2025
State legislators are in overdrive as they’re now one-third of the way through the 75th Colorado General Assembly, with close to 500 items already introduced. The pace is fast and furious, and I am so grateful Colorado Sun legislative reporter Jesse Paul took a time-out from his reporting under the Golden Dome to add his insight Continue reading
By Kyle Dyer on February 14, 2025
Another week.. another lawsuit. Actually Colorado has joined four lawsuits in the last three weeks of the new Trump Administration. And earlier this week, Denver Public Schools also filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, and a restraining order to keep U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents off school grounds. And in Colorado Springs, judges have made two rulings this week alone regarding a ballot measure dealing with legalizing recreational marijuana. Continue reading
By Kyle Dyer on February 7, 2025
A huge ingredient in creating a lively discussion each week on Colorado Inside Out has to do with finding the right mix of people to lead our conversations. And that is where the magic of Rachel Farha comes into play. As Executive Producer, Rachel (pictured below with Kyle) thoughtfully curates a panel of Insiders whose backgrounds, perspectives and expertise elevate our show. Continue reading
By Kyle Dyer on January 31, 2025
Everyone seems to be talking about how long this month of January has felt… and I agree! I think it’s because it’s been an emotional month for our country with a deadly terrorist attack, catastrophic wildfires and a horrific mid-air collision. Colorado is also trying to find solid footing amidst the political shift in Washington, Continue reading
