Ryan (Ry) Warner
@ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social
Sr. Host, Colorado Matters on CPR News & KRCC
Francophone • Jew • Sartorial • AvGeek • Gay AF
Whiskey drinker • Catdad • Too many bikes • Mountain Time exists • You don’t have to keep up, just keep open (Maupin) • Insta: oddryhepburn
Francophone • Jew • Sartorial • AvGeek • Gay AF
Whiskey drinker • Catdad • Too many bikes • Mountain Time exists • You don’t have to keep up, just keep open (Maupin) • Insta: oddryhepburn
Pinned
“I am surrounded by hundreds of other preteens, our faces pale and splotchy from hours of crying… It’s the last night of church camp, and we’ve been instructed to give every last dollar in our wallets to tonight’s offering.”
Josiah Hesse w/me Jan. 16.
Tickets: denverpressclub.org/event/colora...
Josiah Hesse w/me Jan. 16.
Tickets: denverpressclub.org/event/colora...
Coloradans’ “shut the door behind me” spirit continues strong
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Coloradans’ “shut the door behind me” spirit continues strong
I asked a rodeo producer if the sport modernizes. Yes, he told me. Instant replay… and more and more spectacle.
He wasn’t kidding.
Tonight at the Denver Coliseum:
He wasn’t kidding.
Tonight at the Denver Coliseum:
January 14, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I asked a rodeo producer if the sport modernizes. Yes, he told me. Instant replay… and more and more spectacle.
He wasn’t kidding.
Tonight at the Denver Coliseum:
He wasn’t kidding.
Tonight at the Denver Coliseum:
Our series "If You Can Keep It" airs again Wednesday w/@smotus.bsky.social
"If you accept that everything is an emergency, then the president gets emergency powers to remedy that. He's trying to create that environment-- a constant crisis, which he thus has essentially unlimited powers to address."
"If you accept that everything is an emergency, then the president gets emergency powers to remedy that. He's trying to create that environment-- a constant crisis, which he thus has essentially unlimited powers to address."
January 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Our series "If You Can Keep It" airs again Wednesday w/@smotus.bsky.social
"If you accept that everything is an emergency, then the president gets emergency powers to remedy that. He's trying to create that environment-- a constant crisis, which he thus has essentially unlimited powers to address."
"If you accept that everything is an emergency, then the president gets emergency powers to remedy that. He's trying to create that environment-- a constant crisis, which he thus has essentially unlimited powers to address."
Speaking to a Canadian cowboy later today at the National Western Stock Show about rodeo as diplomacy.
For now, though, I’m thinking “Cowboy Boots and Cruisers” would make a good title for a book set in Colorado.
For now, though, I’m thinking “Cowboy Boots and Cruisers” would make a good title for a book set in Colorado.
January 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Speaking to a Canadian cowboy later today at the National Western Stock Show about rodeo as diplomacy.
For now, though, I’m thinking “Cowboy Boots and Cruisers” would make a good title for a book set in Colorado.
For now, though, I’m thinking “Cowboy Boots and Cruisers” would make a good title for a book set in Colorado.
I’m in a Tajik dream at Omar Khayyam in Aurora.
January 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
I’m in a Tajik dream at Omar Khayyam in Aurora.
A memory surfaced from deep in my prefrontal cortex...
The former head of DIA told me A Line passengers would be able to check their bags with the airlines at #Denver Union Station.
Why didn't it come true?
The former head of DIA told me A Line passengers would be able to check their bags with the airlines at #Denver Union Station.
Why didn't it come true?
Why A Line passengers can’t check bags at Union Station
The idea was floated, but never came to pass.
denverite.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:36 PM
A memory surfaced from deep in my prefrontal cortex...
The former head of DIA told me A Line passengers would be able to check their bags with the airlines at #Denver Union Station.
Why didn't it come true?
The former head of DIA told me A Line passengers would be able to check their bags with the airlines at #Denver Union Station.
Why didn't it come true?
Newish Punjabi market and restaurant at 36 & Federal. Restaurant seemed overwhelmed by the number of tables, so I’m bookmarking for another day. Anyone been?
Unlike this spot, I am hardly a “symbol of purity.” (Oh and I love how the F and T in Farmers Market had to be pivoted out.)
Unlike this spot, I am hardly a “symbol of purity.” (Oh and I love how the F and T in Farmers Market had to be pivoted out.)
January 11, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Newish Punjabi market and restaurant at 36 & Federal. Restaurant seemed overwhelmed by the number of tables, so I’m bookmarking for another day. Anyone been?
Unlike this spot, I am hardly a “symbol of purity.” (Oh and I love how the F and T in Farmers Market had to be pivoted out.)
Unlike this spot, I am hardly a “symbol of purity.” (Oh and I love how the F and T in Farmers Market had to be pivoted out.)
Bovine shampoo options are manifold at the stock show
[Photo: Anna Hanel]
[Photo: Anna Hanel]
January 11, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Bovine shampoo options are manifold at the stock show
[Photo: Anna Hanel]
[Photo: Anna Hanel]
I am headed to the company’s winter party, which is 90s-themed. I am pleased to report my club-kid clothes still fit.
January 11, 2026 at 1:24 AM
I am headed to the company’s winter party, which is 90s-themed. I am pleased to report my club-kid clothes still fit.
Would I date this Denver building?
Holiday Inn Express Denver Downtown
His favorite food is toast.
Ran for city auditor in the 90s and lost.
Brings a foam hand to sports games and thinks it’s funny every time.
His parents hate me.
After we met, I fell in love with his next-door neighbor.
Nope
Holiday Inn Express Denver Downtown
His favorite food is toast.
Ran for city auditor in the 90s and lost.
Brings a foam hand to sports games and thinks it’s funny every time.
His parents hate me.
After we met, I fell in love with his next-door neighbor.
Nope
January 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Would I date this Denver building?
Holiday Inn Express Denver Downtown
His favorite food is toast.
Ran for city auditor in the 90s and lost.
Brings a foam hand to sports games and thinks it’s funny every time.
His parents hate me.
After we met, I fell in love with his next-door neighbor.
Nope
Holiday Inn Express Denver Downtown
His favorite food is toast.
Ran for city auditor in the 90s and lost.
Brings a foam hand to sports games and thinks it’s funny every time.
His parents hate me.
After we met, I fell in love with his next-door neighbor.
Nope
Colorado: Here's our plan for clean air in wild places.
Washington: Nope. You can't close coal plants.
@sambrasch.bsky.social reports from CPR's climate team:
Washington: Nope. You can't close coal plants.
@sambrasch.bsky.social reports from CPR's climate team:
Feds to reject a Colorado clean air plan because it aims to close coal-fire power plants
The upcoming decision marks the latest example of the Trump administration using its authority to buoy the state’s struggling coal industry.
www.cpr.org
January 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Colorado: Here's our plan for clean air in wild places.
Washington: Nope. You can't close coal plants.
@sambrasch.bsky.social reports from CPR's climate team:
Washington: Nope. You can't close coal plants.
@sambrasch.bsky.social reports from CPR's climate team:
I'm only 6 awards away from an EGOT
January 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I'm only 6 awards away from an EGOT
Crummy day, but I found someone’s wallet in the street and just got to return it. Great feeling.
January 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Crummy day, but I found someone’s wallet in the street and just got to return it. Great feeling.
January 8, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Two related and important stories:
The House didn't override the president's veto of a key water bill for Colorado: www.cpr.org/2026/01/08/h...
Our AG is suing Trump over a pattern of retribution: www.cpr.org/2026/01/08/c...
Your reporters are @bentebirkeland.bsky.social & @caitlynkim.bsky.social
The House didn't override the president's veto of a key water bill for Colorado: www.cpr.org/2026/01/08/h...
Our AG is suing Trump over a pattern of retribution: www.cpr.org/2026/01/08/c...
Your reporters are @bentebirkeland.bsky.social & @caitlynkim.bsky.social
House refuses to override Trump veto of Colorado water project
Though the original bill passed unanimously, Republicans refused to challenge the president.
www.cpr.org
January 8, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Two related and important stories:
The House didn't override the president's veto of a key water bill for Colorado: www.cpr.org/2026/01/08/h...
Our AG is suing Trump over a pattern of retribution: www.cpr.org/2026/01/08/c...
Your reporters are @bentebirkeland.bsky.social & @caitlynkim.bsky.social
The House didn't override the president's veto of a key water bill for Colorado: www.cpr.org/2026/01/08/h...
Our AG is suing Trump over a pattern of retribution: www.cpr.org/2026/01/08/c...
Your reporters are @bentebirkeland.bsky.social & @caitlynkim.bsky.social
Gov. Jared Polis: “What took place in a Minneapolis neighborhood is deeply disturbing, and the loss of Renee Good is tragic. My thoughts are with Renee’s family, especially her young child, friends, and loved ones including those in Colorado.”
Full statement ⬇️
Full statement ⬇️
January 8, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Gov. Jared Polis: “What took place in a Minneapolis neighborhood is deeply disturbing, and the loss of Renee Good is tragic. My thoughts are with Renee’s family, especially her young child, friends, and loved ones including those in Colorado.”
Full statement ⬇️
Full statement ⬇️
“A post on an Instagram account that appears to belong to Good states she was a ‘poet and writer and wife and mom and s***** guitar strummer from Colorado; experiencing Minneapolis, MN,’ according to the Minnesota Star Tribune.”
Woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis originally from Colorado
Minneapolis City Council identified the victim as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good.
www.cpr.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:48 AM
“A post on an Instagram account that appears to belong to Good states she was a ‘poet and writer and wife and mom and s***** guitar strummer from Colorado; experiencing Minneapolis, MN,’ according to the Minnesota Star Tribune.”
My mics don’t often have long cords — let alone white ones — but someday I’m going to sling a mic cord over my shoulder just like Judy.
January 7, 2026 at 4:46 PM
My mics don’t often have long cords — let alone white ones — but someday I’m going to sling a mic cord over my shoulder just like Judy.
Old Pal, but with Cynar!
Bless you, Proto’s Nearby Bar. (I’m calling it an “Okee Dokee, Artichokey.”)
Bless you, Proto’s Nearby Bar. (I’m calling it an “Okee Dokee, Artichokey.”)
January 7, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Old Pal, but with Cynar!
Bless you, Proto’s Nearby Bar. (I’m calling it an “Okee Dokee, Artichokey.”)
Bless you, Proto’s Nearby Bar. (I’m calling it an “Okee Dokee, Artichokey.”)
I finally watched an episode of “Heated Rivalry” to see what all the fuss was about. Steamy for sure, but too much of the show is screens of text laying out the chronology.
January 6, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I finally watched an episode of “Heated Rivalry” to see what all the fuss was about. Steamy for sure, but too much of the show is screens of text laying out the chronology.
On the 5th anniversary of the January 6th US Capitol riot, Congressman Jason Crow proposes declaring 1/6 "Democracy Day." The Aurora Democrat says "no matter how many years go by, we cannot forget these events." His resolution outlines a day of programs and activities centered around civics.
January 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
On the 5th anniversary of the January 6th US Capitol riot, Congressman Jason Crow proposes declaring 1/6 "Democracy Day." The Aurora Democrat says "no matter how many years go by, we cannot forget these events." His resolution outlines a day of programs and activities centered around civics.
Would I date this Denver building?
Montclair Civic Center
Despite childhood pulmonary problems, he’s one of the strongest men I’ve met.
Outdoorsy, but likes a good Murder, She Wrote marathon.
VAST cufflink collection. Turquoise seahorse ones? Yep. Opaline cityscape? Uh-huh.
HECK TO THE YES
Montclair Civic Center
Despite childhood pulmonary problems, he’s one of the strongest men I’ve met.
Outdoorsy, but likes a good Murder, She Wrote marathon.
VAST cufflink collection. Turquoise seahorse ones? Yep. Opaline cityscape? Uh-huh.
HECK TO THE YES
January 6, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Would I date this Denver building?
Montclair Civic Center
Despite childhood pulmonary problems, he’s one of the strongest men I’ve met.
Outdoorsy, but likes a good Murder, She Wrote marathon.
VAST cufflink collection. Turquoise seahorse ones? Yep. Opaline cityscape? Uh-huh.
HECK TO THE YES
Montclair Civic Center
Despite childhood pulmonary problems, he’s one of the strongest men I’ve met.
Outdoorsy, but likes a good Murder, She Wrote marathon.
VAST cufflink collection. Turquoise seahorse ones? Yep. Opaline cityscape? Uh-huh.
HECK TO THE YES
Nogstalgia
The sadness I feel that the holidays are over
The sadness I feel that the holidays are over
January 5, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Nogstalgia
The sadness I feel that the holidays are over
The sadness I feel that the holidays are over
It’s January in Denver I’m schvitzing and walking my cat and the news is all about fossil fuels
January 4, 2026 at 8:11 PM
It’s January in Denver I’m schvitzing and walking my cat and the news is all about fossil fuels
Folks, please use caution when folding your national park blankets
January 4, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Folks, please use caution when folding your national park blankets