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Stephanie Wolf
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Journalist and audio producer in Colorado. Now producing podcasts for @cprnews.bsky.social. Formerly Louisville Public Media. Ex-ballerina. 2021 Arthur F. Burns Fellow.

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Honored to have our work on the podcast acknowledged with a Gold and Listener’s Choice awards. And grateful I get to work with such thoughtful journalists everyday. Thanks to all who voted for Purplish!

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Signal Award Winner - Signal Awards
The Signal Awards seeks to honor and celebrate the people and content that raise the bar for podcasting.Luminaries and leaders within the industry will judge Shows, Limited Series & Specials, Individu...
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On World AIDS Day, a visit to the AIDS memorial grove in the heart of Denver to meet a longtime activist.

“The administration is challenging our access to medication, our access to healthcare, our access to HIV services. We need to be in the resistance because our lives are at stake again.”
At Colorado’s AIDS Memorial, 5 things to consider on World AIDS Day
Many Colorado governors have turned to activist Barb Cardell to shape HIV/AIDS policy
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December 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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American standout Mikaela Shiffrin has dominated a World Cup slalom on home Colorado snow to remain perfect in the discipline during the Olympic season.
Shiffrin wins slalom on home Colorado snow to remain perfect in the Olympic season
American standout Mikaela Shiffrin has dominated a World Cup slalom on home Colorado snow to remain perfect in the discipline during the Olympic season.
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December 1, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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Those seeking pardons through official channels have watched while Trump grants pardons to people who never entered the system at all.

“If you’re a donor or political supporter, you move to the front of the line,” said a lawyer for one pardon-seeker.
How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters
The president’s second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors — as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“Multiple investigations, including analyses by legal scholars & state oversight offices, show a growing pattern: parents lose custody not for abuse or neglect, but bc caseworkers require them to secure stable housing within 30 to 60 days.” Via Invisible People

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The Housing Crisis That Breaks Families Apart
Across the U.S., child welfare agencies are removing children from parents because of homelessness and poverty — not abuse or neglect.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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JUST IN: Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88
The Czech-born British playwright is known for Arcadia, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead and The Coast of Utopia. Stoppard also wrote screenplays for Brazil and Shakespeare in Love.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Breaking News: The suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members had worked with CIA-backed units during the war in Afghanistan, officials said. Follow live.
National Guard Shooting Live Updates: Suspect Worked With CIA-Backed Units in Afghanistan, Officials Say
The C.I.A. said that the suspect, whom officials identified as a 29-year-old Afghan, came to the United States in 2021 after the American military withdrawal. Two National Guard members were in critical condition after the shooting on Wednesday.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Horrible news tonight...

Colorado state senator killed in multi-vehicle crash south of Denver coloradosun.com/2025/11/26/f... #copolitics #coleg
Colorado state senator killed in multi-vehicle crash south of Denver
Faith Winter, a Broomfield Democrat, was a fierce advocate for transit. She was entering her 12th and final year as a state lawmaker.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Update: Two members of the National Guard were shot near the White House on Wednesday afternoon, Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said. The local police said one suspect was in custody. Follow the latest live. nyti.ms/49I8tm6
D.C. Shooting Live Updates: Two National Guard Members Shot Near White House
The identity and condition of the Guardsmen were not immediately known. The Washington D.C. police said one suspect was in custody.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.

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Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
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November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"Parks and Wildlife officials have defended their efforts to carry out a voter-approved mandate, citing the strain that the program has put on agency staff as tensions with the ranching community intensify."
November 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Via @summitdailynews.bsky.social

A reason for Davis' departure wasn't stated in a news release, but much of his time in the role was defined by Colorado’s gray wolf reintroduction program, which remains controversial.

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife director steps down after tumultuous tenure marked by controversial wolf reintroduction program
Colorado’s top wildlife official has stepped down after more than two years in a role that was largely defined by the state’s controversial wolf reintroduction program. Jeff Davis has left his job as ...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
An update on the federal lawsuit over ICE’s detention practices. Colorado’s most iconic sculpture just underwent some much needed maintenance. And how the governor wants to lower your car insurance rates. All of that on the Colorado Today podcast.

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Nov. 26, 2025: ICE lawsuit ruling, airport mustang’s needed updates, car insurance costs, World Cup skiing at Copper | Colorado Public Radio
First, an update on the federal lawsuit over ICE’s detention practices. Then, Colorado’s most iconic sculpture — the one at DIA — just underwent some much needed maintenance.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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JUST IN: The historic Georgia election interference case against President Trump and allies for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election is no more.
The Georgia election interference case against Trump and others has been dropped
The historic Georgia election interference case against President Trump and allies for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election is no more.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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The 66-page ruling Tuesday by Senior U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson of Colorado is a comprehensive rejection of a tactic regularly used by ICE to meet quotas set by the Trump administration. (via @cprnews.bsky.social)
Court demands end to unjustified warrantless arrests, restricting a tool ICE frequently uses to detain immigrants
Unless reversed on appeal, it is likely to place a severe restriction on ICE’s operations in Colorado.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Colorado county clerks urge Jared Polis to public vow to keep Tina Peters in state custody
Colorado county clerks urge Jared Polis to public vow to keep Tina Peters in state custody
Nearly three dozen Colorado clerks from both sides of the political aisle attended the news conference to “demonstrate a unified statewide stance” on the issue
coloradosun.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Robert Dear died Saturday at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Missouri.
Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood accused shooter dies in custody
Robert Dear died Saturday at the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Missouri.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Two men and two women were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the brazen heist at the Louvre, according to a statement from the prosecutor overseeing the investigation. nyti.ms/44ythc7
Four More Arrested in Connection With Louvre Heist
A Paris prosecutor said two men and two women were arrested as part of an investigation into the robbery at the museum.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Judge throws out cases against Trump political enemies James Comey and Letitia James, citing unlawful appointment of Lindsey Halligan.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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NEW: Today we published a new investigation into something happening largely out of view: immigrant kids getting separated from their families and placed in federal shelters, in some cases after something as mundane as a traffic stop🧵 1/
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ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
During a recent trip to NYC, I got to photograph a rehearsal of Continuum Contemporary Ballet at Gibney Dance.
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Scoop: The Trump administration has quietly erased trans people, people of color and to some extent, the idea that some groups have more or different difficulties than others from the National Strategy to Support Family Caregivers.

Why? Unclear! They wouldn’t tell me.
Trans people and people of color have been quietly erased from national caregiving plan
The decision ignores the stark reality that underserved communities experience greater negative impacts from caregiving, from financial hardships to worse health outcomes, advocates say.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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‘Animal House’ in the House? A week of censure resolutions and expulsion threats has lawmakers looking for a different way www.cpr.org/2025/11/22/c...
‘Animal House’ in the House? A week of censure resolutions and expulsion threats has lawmakers looking for a different way
Colorado lawmakers say they’d support making it harder to formally rebuke colleagues, to reduce partisanship in the process.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM