Denver Diatribe Podcast

This week Jared takes Joel, Josh and Ron on a tour through some of Denver’s recent—and bizarre—political developments. A discussion about petition signatures for Colorado’s proposed personhood amendment digresses into a discussion about Scott Gessler and any partisan motivations behind keeping fetuses off the ballot; we talk about the City Council’s decision to declare Five Points […] 94: Personhood for Plastic Bags EditionDenver Diatribe

On this week’s podcast, Pete Turner of Illegal Pete’s joins us to talk bands, Boulder and bullet trains. And yes, burritos too, because alliteration is fun. We force Pete to dig up repressed memories of Blinky the Clown, the local television icon who passed away this week at the age of 91. Ron questions the […] 93: For Pete’s Sake EditionDenver Diatribe

We’re back in action, recording from our new studio location on the 14th floor of the Daniels & Fisher Clocktower. If you notice a little echo in this episode, it’s because we’re surrounded by 360 degrees of glass, marble, high-rise rooftop pools and sexy downtown Denver goodness. Holla. This week, Josh and Ron are joined […] Episode 92: Back to School, Summer Scream, and Billionaire Dreams EditionDenver Diatribe

We the Diatribers are hard at work finalizing a whole new slate of ranty goodness for you starting next week. In the meantime, we’re featuring another friendly, local podcast: Machine Readable. Creators Nick Taylor and Mark Mullis convinced their employer, the south metro area Arapahoe Library District, to allow them to convert their fandom of […] Episode 91: On geeky hiatus with Machine ReadableDenver Diatribe

This week, while the Diatribe takes a production break to focus on finalizing plans for our new studio, we share an episode of local pop culture podcast These Things Matter. After Jared dishes on a few deets about our two-week hiatus, we drop in TTM episode 11, in which co-hosts Kevin O’Brien and Taylor Gonda […] Episode 90: On hiatus with These Things MatterDenver Diatribe

In this week’s episode, we step away from Denver news to bathe in the sweet rain of comedy that was the Laugh Track Comedy Festival. Three filmmakers and four standup comedians joined Ron and Vanessa to debate a few 21st-century avenues for comedy success: YouTube, film festivals, Twitter and podcasts. Guests included Sid Pink, Aaron […] Episode 89: Laugh Track Live EditionDenver Diatribe

This week, Vanessa, Josh, and Ron welcome local funny folk Chris Charpentier and Mara Wiles, who graciously agree to some heavy conversation about the tragedy in Aurora before we get their insider takes on comedy in Denver and the upcoming Laugh Track Comedy Festival. First, a review of dubious media coverage and gun-control politics leads […] Episode 88: Comedy Relief with Mara Wiles and Chris CharpentierDenver Diatribe

This week, Jared, Josh, Vanessa and Joel take a long, hard look at violence in Denver: random community violence, gang violence, even violence stemming from the cops themselves. Joining them are Terrance Roberts, a former Denver gang member who founded the Prodigal Son Initiative youth organization, and Alex Landau, a police brutality victim now working with […] Episode 87: Denver’s dark side edition with Alex Landau and Terrance RobertsDenver Diatribe

This week, Ron, Josh and Vanessa are joined in the pod by comedian/actor TJ Miller, filmmaking bros Adam and Evan Nix, and local comedy insider, radio executive (and sometimes Tom Wolfe impersonator) Andy Juett. We examine the legal distinction between a “nut tap,” “nut cup” and “nut lift” as spotlighted in the recent trial of Occupy nut job Corey […] 86: The Nut Job, Nut Tap, Legal Beagle Edition with TJ Miller & CompanyDenver Diatribe

Jared, Vanessa, Ron and Joel talk about KHOW’s pick to fill the station’s conservative v. liberal afternoon talk-radio slot with David Sirota and Michael “Heck’va Job Brownie” Brown, before we share ideas for the wacky inventions we plan to take down to the new U.S. Patent office when it opens in Denver next year. We […] 85: Brewpub, AV Club, Spiral Hotdog EditionDenver Diatribe

Josh, Ron and Jared are joined by Denver comedian Ben Roy. Together, we discuss the rumored deletion of The Onion AV Club‘s Denver/Boulder archives, where best in Denver to build an Olympic village,  whether the weather is making people bat-shit crazy, and the new Portland band called Denver. We also talk comedy with Ben, wondering if […] 84: Fire and Demons with Ben RoyDenver Diatribe

Ron, Vanessa and Joel talk Colorado Rockies ridiculousness, summer movies and pop culture with fellow Denver podcaster and writer John Reidy, host of the South Stands Denver Fancast and Pop Autopsy. We discuss the recent CU-Denver study that show no correlation between teen marijuana use and legal dispensaries, the last-second cancellation of Pulse Music Festival, […] 83: Pop Fly Edition with John ReidyDenver Diatribe

Ron, Josh and Jared (via a Yemeni satellite) are joined this week by Bradferd K. Evans and Damon the Demon from the Denver Cruiser Ride, talking about cruiser bicycle subculture, mob mentality, and Colorado’s bike-friendliness (or lack thereof). We review some past topics: Porta Potty Peeper Luke Chrisco’s eventual appearance in court; one elementary school principal […] 82: Denver Cruisers Circle of Death EditionDenver Diatribe

Vanessa and Josh are joined this week by local adult-industry star Sabina Leigh for a discussion on Denver porn, sex addiction, and child nudity in political activism. After Leigh humors our questions about her work, life, and the Denver porn “scene,” the topic of sex addiction gets some play via a recent blog post by filmmaker […] 81: Denver Porn Stars Edition with Sabina LeignDenver Diatribe

We discuss the Denver Police Dept’s fancy new forensics lab and whether it’s a good thing that all of our DNA will probably soon be housed in Orwellian anti-crime databases. 80: Political Corruption and Summer Fun EditionDenver Diatribe

Special guests Nix Bros join us to talk about film, comedy, Laugh Track Comedy Festival, odd Denver news and the #DenverDares hashtag. 79: Nix Bros, Laugh Track, and Denver Dares EditionDenver Diatribe

Cory Casciato of the soon extinct Denver/Boulder AV Club joins us to discuss the rally squirrel & bees, cheating schools, & MLK blackface. 78: Blackface Bees & Rally Squirrels EditionDenver Diatribe

This week, Vanessa and Joel talk with the founders of Boulder Startup Week about their upcoming events, as well as the implosion of the Colorado General Assembly and the ax that’s falling on The Onion’s Denver/Boulder edition of The A.V. Club. Ef Rodriguez (@pug) and Ryan Wanger (@ryanwanger) give us the lowdown on Boulder Startup […] 77: Geeks Are the New WaterDenver Diatribe

Joel and Jared have a very illustrious guest this week: State Historian Bill Convery, who’s in the studio to talk about the grand opening of the brand new History Colorado Center. In honor of the special occasion, they try to keep things on the up-and-up, but instead devolve into discussions of milking make-believe cows and how, […] 76: Sex, Death and Ski JumpsDenver Diatribe

Regular listeners will notice that our last podcast was episode #73 and this one is #75. Where is #74? It got lost on 4/20. We hope decades from now collectors will spin tales about what happened but have a firm enough grasp of reality to know that will never happen. Joel, Ron, Julian and Josh […] 75: The Lost EpisodeDenver Diatribe