Ariel Lavery
Producer, In The NoCoAriel Lavery grew up in Louisville, Colorado and has returned to the Front Range after spending over 25 years moving around the country. Ariel graduated Magna Cum Laude with her BFA from the University of Colorado Boulder (2007) and received her MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2013).
She served as the Assistant Professor of Sculpture at Watkins College of Art Design and Film in Nashville until 2018. She left her teaching job to begin her family and quickly found her way into the podcast world. With a grant from PRX, she co-created the podcast Middle of Everywhere for WKMS, Murray State University’s NPR member station.
Ariel won Public Media Journalism awards in every season she produced for Middle of Everywhere. Her most recent series project is "The Burn Scar", published with The Modern West podcast. In it, she chronicles two years of her family’s financial and emotional struggle following the loss of her childhood home in the Marshall Fire.
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Wildfire risk continues to impact tens of thousands of people in Northern Colorado. On today's episode of In the NoCo, we hear from a wildfire economist with Colorado State University about the risks homeowners face – and what people can do to protect their property.
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NPR has a long and winding history, beginning in the early 20th century with scattered rural stations that featured 'educational' programming like cooking lessons or music performances. CU Boulder professor Josh Shepperd has a new book out, which chronicles NPR's early years. Today on In The NoCo he discusses the book, and how Western states like Colorado helped create the NPR name.
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Parts of the Midwest and northeast will be seeing large crowds this weekend in preparation for Monday's total solar eclipse. On In the NoCo, we hear from a historian who wrote about an event in 1878 that forever changed the face of eclipse tourism - right here in Colorado.
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Immigrants in Colorado's mountain communities supply much of the service industry work that keeps these resort towns humming. Lack of transportation, lack of affordable housing, and language barriers are just some of the challenges immigrants face here. On today's episode of In The NoCo, we talk with Mountain Dreamers, a group that advocates for immigrants in Summit County.
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Colorado and the nation have seen shrinking local journalism, which is concerning to local media experts. On today’s In the NoCo, Colorado journalist Corey Hutchins reflects on the current media climate in Colorado and what it means for our state.
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A new documentary at this year’s ACT Human Rights Film Festival tells the story of two mothers’ struggles navigating the broken U.S. immigration system. The co-director of “If I Could Stay” along with one of those mothers discusses the film on today’s In the NoCo.
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We’re talking a lot more these days about what it means to be neurodivergent. Temple Grandin is an animal science professor, author and advocate for people with autism. She recently joined In The NoCo to talk about how important neurodivergent thinkers are for industry and design.
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The rising cost of childcare is a nationwide issue and parents in Northern Colorado are feeling it. Today on In The NoCo, we explore why this essential service comes with such a high price tag.
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We’re thinking about our most precious resource today on World Water Day. Here in Colorado, at the headwaters of the Colorado River, water is often a contentious topic. We dive into our state’s water world today on In The NoCo.
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Psychologist Meg Jay’s latest book unravels the challenges facing 20-somethings. Ahead of her talk at Colorado State University next week, she joined In The NoCo to pull back the curtain on this tough decade for young people.