Brad Turner
Executive Producer, In the NoCoBrad Turner is an executive producer in 萝莉少女's newsroom. He manages the podcast team that makes In The NoCo, which also airs weekdays in Morning Edition and All Things Considered. His work as a podcaster and journalist has appeared on NPR's Weekend Edition, NPR Music, the PBS Newshour, Colorado Public Radio, MTV Online, the Denver Post, Boulder's Daily Camera, and the Longmont Times-Call. He likes bike rides, bass guitars, documentaries and road trips with his family.
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The Stanley Hotel has been a cultural landmark in Estes Park for over a century. The hotel was sold in May to an unusual team of investors and a state cultural office. We hear about how this partnership came together, and what the future holds for this piece of Colorado history. -
A new bill co-sponsored by Sen. John Hickenlooper is designed to speed up wildfire prevention efforts across the country. But a few measures in the bill have some environmental groups concerned. -
A group of researchers at CSU are celebrating a decade of raising a herd of genetically pure bison. Those bison have been transferred over the years to tribes and wildlife organizations around the West. We hear from the researcher who鈥檚 been leading this project and raising the herd. -
The ACLU of Colorado thinks the state鈥檚 history of camping culture should protect people experiencing homelessness when they sleep outdoors. Currently, the city of Boulder can ticket or jail people for using shelter in public places. But the ACLU of Colorado wants a judge to end that policy. -
Commercial air travel might be the safest way to get around 鈥� yet millions of Americans have a fear of flying. With the summer travel season about to get underway, we sat down with an MSU Denver psychologist who specializes in helping people who are afraid to fly. She offered some strategies to help you or a loved one take that flight you鈥檝e been fretting over. -
If you鈥檝e ever dreamed about picking a sweet, fuzzy peach right off your very own Palisade peach tree 鈥� well, we have some good news and some bad news. While it is possible to grow a peach tree on the Front Range, plant experts from the CSU extension say there are a lot of pitfalls to be aware of before you plant one. -
It鈥檚 tough to confront uncomfortable emotions like anxiety or shame. A Denver artist has created a new exhibit that she hopes will encourage visitors to do just that 鈥� with the help of some giant, cuddly monsters she created entirely out of yarn. We hear about her exhibit at the Denver Art Museum 鈥� and the psychology behind it. -
If you have a drip tray under your fridge that鈥檚 filled with orange goo, you might have an organism living with you that science wants to know about. A researcher at Colorado State University is collecting samples from people鈥檚 homes that he thinks could hold solutions to climate change and pollution. -
Manipulating the clouds to make it rain or snow might sound like science fiction 鈥� but farmers and ski resorts have used these techniques for years. 萝莉少女 water reporter Alex Hager discusses whether cloud seeding could help the drought-stricken Colorado River Basin. -
Rock climbing without ropes comes with risks and rewards. This climber set out to crunch the numbersBoulder is a hot spot for rock climbing... and many climbers engage in something even riskier called 鈥榮crambling.鈥� This involves climbing huge rock faces without using ropes. Today on In the NoCo you鈥檒l hear from a Boulder man who dug into a century鈥檚 worth of data around scrambling accidents 鈥� and it changed how he approaches his favorite hobby as a result.
