Stephanie Wolf
@stephrwolf.bsky.social
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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Stephanie Wolf
@stephrwolf.bsky.social
· Oct 15
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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Purplish is a Signal Award winner!
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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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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A homeless victim, bank transfers and Aspen ski trips: What the Epstein files say about Colorado trib.al/2vn97ZB
A homeless victim, bank transfers and Aspen ski trips: What the Epstein files say about Colorado
The Justice Department has uploaded millions of documents, photographs and videos to its publicly searchable Epstein Library database, adding nearly 3 million more documents on Jan. 30.
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February 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
A homeless victim, bank transfers and Aspen ski trips: What the Epstein files say about Colorado trib.al/2vn97ZB
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My friends at Niemanreports.org asked me to write about the experience of being a journalist on the ground in Minneapolis right now. I knew I wanted to tell reporters elsewhere how even this most hopeless of times has been clarifying and, in some ways, energizing. (1) share.google/ms1wKDQZmgep...
Free Speech in Deep Freeze - Nieman Reports
On the ground in Minnesota, where journalists are working to tell the truth about government-sanctioned violence and spin
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February 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
My friends at Niemanreports.org asked me to write about the experience of being a journalist on the ground in Minneapolis right now. I knew I wanted to tell reporters elsewhere how even this most hopeless of times has been clarifying and, in some ways, energizing. (1) share.google/ms1wKDQZmgep...
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BREAKING: A funeral home owner who abused nearly 200 corpses is sentenced to 40 years in prison as families call him a "monster."
Colorado man who abused nearly 200 corpses gets 40 years, families call him a 'monster'
A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies and gave families fake ashes has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for corpse abuse.
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February 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM
BREAKING: A funeral home owner who abused nearly 200 corpses is sentenced to 40 years in prison as families call him a "monster."
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to keep $$ flowing to programs that support the poorest families in Colorado and four other Democratic-led states — California, New York, Minnesota and Illinois — in a preliminary injunction Friday.
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Trump's freeze of $10B in funds for low-income families in Colorado, 4 other states blocked by federal judge
$300 million will continue to flow to Colorado's child care and safety net programs, per a preliminary injunction issued Friday
coloradosun.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:24 PM
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to keep $$ flowing to programs that support the poorest families in Colorado and four other Democratic-led states — California, New York, Minnesota and Illinois — in a preliminary injunction Friday.
coloradosun.com/2026/02/06/t...
coloradosun.com/2026/02/06/t...
"In a 98-page amended complaint... lawyers w/ACLU of CO and 2 Denver law firms say immigration agents are still targeting & detaining people without first determining their immigration status or their flight risk, citing recent immigration raids near Vail, among others."
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ICE is violating court order against warrantless arrests in Colorado, lawyers say
Lawyers representing immigrants are asking a federal judge to intervene — again
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February 6, 2026 at 11:27 PM
"In a 98-page amended complaint... lawyers w/ACLU of CO and 2 Denver law firms say immigration agents are still targeting & detaining people without first determining their immigration status or their flight risk, citing recent immigration raids near Vail, among others."
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Trump’s freeze of $10B in funds for low-income families in Colorado, 4 other states blocked by federal judge
Trump's freeze of $10B in funds for low-income families in Colorado, 4 other states blocked by federal judge
$300 million will continue to flow to Colorado's child care and safety net programs, per a preliminary injunction issued Friday
coloradosun.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Trump’s freeze of $10B in funds for low-income families in Colorado, 4 other states blocked by federal judge
New episode of Purplish out today, digging the president's beef with Colorado.
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Colorado in Trump’s crosshairs | Colorado Public Radio
Are the president’s actions against the state policy disputes or political retaliation?
www.cpr.org
February 6, 2026 at 9:44 PM
New episode of Purplish out today, digging the president's beef with Colorado.
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Nationalizing elections, as President Trump has suggested, makes them less safe, says the Republican head of the Colorado County Clerks Association.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Nationalizing elections, as President Trump has suggested, makes them less safe, says the Republican head of the Colorado County Clerks Association.
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There's lots of tough news right now. So it was a welcome & joyful respite to work w/ the team behind CPR's new arts series "Raise the Curtain." The kick off features CSprings' Anne Terze-Schwarz. I loved revisiting my old beat & flexing some story editing muscles.
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Balancing life and performance with the star of 'Frozen,' 'Waitress' and beyond
Colorado Springs actor Anne Terze-Schwarz opens up about audition anxiety, taking on iconic ballads, and the things that matter.
www.cpr.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
There's lots of tough news right now. So it was a welcome & joyful respite to work w/ the team behind CPR's new arts series "Raise the Curtain." The kick off features CSprings' Anne Terze-Schwarz. I loved revisiting my old beat & flexing some story editing muscles.
www.cpr.org/2026/02/06/c...
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“The files provide a rare window into how Epstein reacted and strategized in real time to the political and cultural earthquake of #MeToo.”
Reporting via @19thnews.org
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Reporting via @19thnews.org
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Epstein tracked #MeToo fallout and advised accused men behind the scenes
New files released by the Justice Department show Jeffrey Epstein joking about being in a "pariahs club" and discussing the fate of powerful men who had been accused of wrongdoing.
19thnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:41 AM
“The files provide a rare window into how Epstein reacted and strategized in real time to the political and cultural earthquake of #MeToo.”
Reporting via @19thnews.org
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Reporting via @19thnews.org
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The fight over whether to grant the annexation was something, it tore the small town apart. open.spotify.com/episode/6jQq...
February 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM
The fight over whether to grant the annexation was something, it tore the small town apart. open.spotify.com/episode/6jQq...
Wow, KRDO reporting that Buc-ee's has withdrawn its annexation application from Palmer Lake.
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Buc-ee's withdraws application from Palmer Lake
PALMER LAKE, Colo. (KRDO) -- A consultant with Buc-ee's confirms the company has withdrawn its annexation application from the town of Palmer Lake. The
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February 4, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Wow, KRDO reporting that Buc-ee's has withdrawn its annexation application from Palmer Lake.
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Sen and House Dems lay out their “common sense” demands for DHS funding, including:
1) no roving patrols
2) use of body cameras
3) use of judicial warrants
4) IDs & no masks “except in extraordinary and unusual circumstances.”
1) no roving patrols
2) use of body cameras
3) use of judicial warrants
4) IDs & no masks “except in extraordinary and unusual circumstances.”
February 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Sen and House Dems lay out their “common sense” demands for DHS funding, including:
1) no roving patrols
2) use of body cameras
3) use of judicial warrants
4) IDs & no masks “except in extraordinary and unusual circumstances.”
1) no roving patrols
2) use of body cameras
3) use of judicial warrants
4) IDs & no masks “except in extraordinary and unusual circumstances.”
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The building owners are now under investigation by the state of Illinois. From one tenant: “We were paying our rent, doing things the right way... Then suddenly, boom, the government comes in and takes us out. I don’t understand." dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/...
February 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
The building owners are now under investigation by the state of Illinois. From one tenant: “We were paying our rent, doing things the right way... Then suddenly, boom, the government comes in and takes us out. I don’t understand." dhr.illinois.gov/content/dam/...
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House passed the govt funding package, 217-214, which means partial govt shutdown should end today.
CO Reps voted:
Boebert - No
Crank - Yes
Crow - No
DeGette- No
Evans - Yes
Hurd - Yes
Neguse - No
Pettersen - No
#copolitics
CO Reps voted:
Boebert - No
Crank - Yes
Crow - No
DeGette- No
Evans - Yes
Hurd - Yes
Neguse - No
Pettersen - No
#copolitics
February 3, 2026 at 7:10 PM
House passed the govt funding package, 217-214, which means partial govt shutdown should end today.
CO Reps voted:
Boebert - No
Crank - Yes
Crow - No
DeGette- No
Evans - Yes
Hurd - Yes
Neguse - No
Pettersen - No
#copolitics
CO Reps voted:
Boebert - No
Crank - Yes
Crow - No
DeGette- No
Evans - Yes
Hurd - Yes
Neguse - No
Pettersen - No
#copolitics
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The Justice Department said Monday that it had taken down several thousand documents and “media” that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information since it began releasing the latest batch of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein on Friday.
Justice Department says it's taken down Epstein-related files that may have had victim information
The Justice Department says it has taken down several thousand documents and “media” that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information since it began releasing the latest batch of documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Friday.
bit.ly
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
The Justice Department said Monday that it had taken down several thousand documents and “media” that may have inadvertently included victim-identifying information since it began releasing the latest batch of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein on Friday.
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Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
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February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
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This week: 911 calls unlike any we’ve heard before, and other stories about immigration agents sweeping through America. link.podtrac.com/hrwz3zhh
What Is Your Emergency?
911 calls unlike any we’ve heard before, and other stories about immigration agents sweeping through America.
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February 2, 2026 at 1:22 AM
This week: 911 calls unlike any we’ve heard before, and other stories about immigration agents sweeping through America. link.podtrac.com/hrwz3zhh
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In 2025, Trump’s deportation operation skyrocketed gun industry sales. Weapon manufacturers received a record $120.7 million through DHS contracts, according to government records reviewed by The Trace.
The windfall comes as immigration agents face scrutiny for their tactics: thetr.ac/dptey
The windfall comes as immigration agents face scrutiny for their tactics: thetr.ac/dptey
January 31, 2026 at 3:45 PM
In 2025, Trump’s deportation operation skyrocketed gun industry sales. Weapon manufacturers received a record $120.7 million through DHS contracts, according to government records reviewed by The Trace.
The windfall comes as immigration agents face scrutiny for their tactics: thetr.ac/dptey
The windfall comes as immigration agents face scrutiny for their tactics: thetr.ac/dptey
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Midnight at the Oasis - Waiting for Guffman HD
YouTube video by artfilm33
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January 30, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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What Polis’ clemency history suggests about future actions www.cpr.org/2026/01/30/g... #copolitics
What Polis’ clemency history suggests about future actions
In recent years, the governor has shortened sentences he saw as too severe.
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January 30, 2026 at 9:26 PM
What Polis’ clemency history suggests about future actions www.cpr.org/2026/01/30/g... #copolitics
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