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The Colorado Magazine Podcast

For 100 years, The Colorado Magazine has been bringing the Centennial State's rich history to a wide audience. In those storied pages hundreds of authors cover thousands of topics across Colorado's diverse culture and heritage. And now, we're excited to bring you audio versions of our very favorite articles, read by real historians and authors. 

You can listen to it here on the History Colorado website, or find it wherever your favorite podcasts are published.

Episodes

  • An illustration depicting two shovels crossed in a desiccated field full of dinosaur bones, as the sun sets behind them.

    Fire in the Boneyard

    Colorado Magazine assistant editor Devin Flores brings us the story of the Bone Wars, an acaemic feud that kicked off a dinomania that's still with us today.

  • Coxey's army in Denver, 1894

    By Rail and River

    Amidst one of the worst economic downturns in Colorado history, two ill-fated contingents of “Coxeyites” tried unconventional means of joining a nation-wide protest movement.

  • Rocky Mountain News employees at work in the newspaper's art office

    Stolen Votes and Silenced Voices

    More than 100 years ago, an unflattering political cartoon in The Rocky Mountain News tested the limits of the First Amendment and Americans' confidence in their elections.

  • OC Debs 1971-Condoleezza Rice

    Who's Hoo?

    The Owl Club’s debutante debuts set the stage for many prestigious African Americans in the Mile High City. 

  • Billy goat below the Trinity Alps

    A High-Country Encounter

    The story of how legendary Colorado nature photographer John Fielder found his favorite place in the Centennial State.

  • Solid Muldoon in repose

    The Folly and Fate of the Solid Muldoon

    Mystery swirled around the discovery of a petrified giant, but was it the find of a lifetime or the greatest fake of its age? 

  • Photo of four buildings sitting on a barren piece of land. in the foreground, part of a dirt road can be seen. There are 3 vehicles parked in front of two of the buildings on the left side of the image. In the far distance, the hazy silouette of mountains can be seen. There are no people immediately visible in this historic photograph.

    Obliterate and Forget

    Dr. Holly Norton offers us a look at Colorado's federal Indian Boarding Schools and their traumatic legacy. 

  • A multiple exposure picture of Tesla sitting next to his "magnifying transmitter" generating millions of volts. The 7-metre (23 ft) long arcs were not part of the normal operation, but only produced for effect by rapidly cycling the power switch.

    The Wizard in the Mountains

    The story of Nikola Tesla's mysterious Colorado Springs experiments.

  • A poster depicting a man in Gaucho wear. It reads: "Bill Picket Invitational Rodeo. A Salute to Black Cowboys."

    Black Cowboys Unveiled

    Assistant Curator of Black History Acoma Gaither brings us the story of Black cowboys in the American west.

  • Villa Italia Brick

    That's Why They Saved the Bricks

    History Colorado Curator Jeremy Morton walks us through his childhood mall memories, and the history of Lakewood's now-demolished Villa Italia Mall.