Brad Turner
Executive Producer, In the NoCoBrad Turner is an executive producer in KUNC's newsroom. He manages the podcast team that makes In The NoCo, which also airs weekdays in Morning Edition and All Things Considered. His work as a podcaster and journalist has appeared on NPR's Weekend Edition, NPR Music, the PBS Newshour, Colorado Public Radio, MTV Online, the Denver Post, Boulder's Daily Camera, and the Longmont Times-Call. He likes bike rides, bass guitars, documentaries and road trips with his family.
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The price for a one-day lift ticket for skiers and snowboarders has grown by hundreds of dollars in recent years. Now a group of skiers has filed a class-action lawsuit that compares ski resort companies to a cartel – arguing that they’ve been collaborating to artificially raise the cost of a day on the slopes. -
Over the past few years, a group of zoos and aquariums have teamed up for an unusual rescue project: They work together to save and grow threatened coral from an underwater zone off the coast of Florida. A marine biologist in Colorado is leading an important part of that preservation work, even though she’s hundreds of miles from the ocean. -
A tiny nuclear reactor could be a reality soon at Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora. The Pentagon has proposed installing a “microreactor” there to power the base. We talk with an expert on nuclear materials to learn more about how a microreactor would work, and whether it’s a safety concern. -
E-bikes and e-scooters are popping up on more streets and bike trails lately. But traumatic injuries from e-bike crashes are also on the rise – a trend that has doctors at Children’s Hospital Colorado concerned. We dig into the statistics, and why it’s happening. -
TikTok and other short-form social videos are a major news source for young people. A new study by a CU Boulder professor found that TikTok might not change their political views, but it does leave them feeling angry and sad. We dig into the research, and what it might mean for elections. -
Melissa Strong was a rock climber about to open a restaurant in Estes Park, when a devastating accident left her hands badly damaged. The months that followed were filled with pain and uncertainty as doctors worked to help her regain use of her hands. Today, she can climb again – and she credits rock climbing with giving her the tenacity to bounce back. -
Colorado voters comb through a glut of ballot questions during election season. How did we get here?Colorado is one of two dozen states where residents can collect signatures to put questions directly onto ballots. But some political observers worry that the cost of gathering those signatures puts special interest groups with deep funding ahead of grassroots organizations. -
A new study by an archaeologist at Colorado State University looked at dice first used by Native American hunter-gatherers more than 12,000 years ago. The games were a way for tribes to connect with each other and trade goods, even without speaking the same language. -
Wind or solar? A CU economist set out to determine which type of renewable energy is most beneficialAn economist at CU who studies energy recently set out to look at interesting question: Which type of renewable energy has the greatest benefit? -
Recent rainstorms have brought some needed relief to the Front Range. But because of dismal snowpack last winter, the storms are not enough to pull Colorado out of the lingering drought.
