The $333M Front Range Passenger Rail won approval from RTD + four state boards this week, clearing the way for a train from Denver to Boulder, Louisville and Longmont.

General manager Sal Pace talks FasTracks, sales tax and why this train will actually run.

Basic details: coloradoan.com/story/news/local/colorado/2026/04/29/colorado-front-range-passenger-rail-gets-green-light-starting-in-2029/89855809007/

Longmont station plans: https://www.dailycamera.com/2026/04/09/longmont-front-range-passenger-rail/

District boundary changes: coloradosun.com/2026/04/22/front-range-rail-district-boundary-change/

Listen to the full interview with Sal Pace at Patreon.com/BoulderFrequencyPod.

April 29, 2026

This year’s market will run from May 10 through October 18. The Nederland farmers market is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The opening day theme is “Gold Day" for the market’s golden birthday, because they’re turning 10 on May 10. Wear your best gold, bring your friends and family, and help start the season strong.

Headlines - sources:

Save the Merc campaign launches to preserve Jamestown biz

savethemerc.org

Tipped wage cuts survey

bouldercolorado.gov/news/city-boulder-invites-community-feedback-potential-changes-tip-offset

Erie mineral rights sale/lease

yellowscene.com/2026/04/24/erie-mineral-rights-hearing-divides-council-over-control-transparency-and-who-decides/

yellowscene.com/2026/04/18/eries-mineral-rights-whats-at-stake/

reddit.com/r/ErieCO/comments/1sp9d4e/mayor_andrew_moores_post_on_draco_pad_mineral/

Airport news:

Boulder airport to stay open indefinitely

dailycamera.com/2026/04/24/boulder-city-council-airport-future/

May 7 meeting in Longmont to discuss noise: https://longmontcolorado.gov/news/city-invites-community-to-provide-input-as-part-of-airport-noise-improvement-project/

Louisville backs out of buying 101 S Taylor Ave

engagelouisvilleco.org/101taylor?tool=qanda

louisvilleco.gov/Home/Components/News/News/7468/831

Next week

Travel to Ward, Boulder County’s last bastion of true grit, and meet the mountain woman who brought the 125-year-old Hotel Columbia back to life.

One More Thing

Ram Dass excerpt

music: Kelly Garry

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How Into the Wild led a Florida school librarian to leave her job and move to Colorado

The Librarians is a 2025 American documentary by Kim A. Snyder that chronicles the nationwide book banning movement and the forces behind it.

The Town of Superior’s Cultural Arts & Public Spaces (CAPS) advisory committee hosted a January 23 screening of The Librarians, followed by a discussion of the film with producer Janique L. Robillard and Michelle White, a public school librarian who left Florida for Colorado after her school district began removing hundreds of books from library shelves.

Learn more about the film: thelibrariansfilm.com

April 22, 2026

Today’s episode is brought to you by the Nederland Farmers Market, opening soon and celebrating its 10th year in operation. This year’s market will run May 10-Oct. 18.

To celebrate the farmers market’s golden birthday (turning 10 on May 10) the theme of the opening day is gold. Wear your best gold fit, bring your friends and family, and help start the season strong.

Headline sources:

fb.watch/GDpjoEmJi2/

bouldervacancytax.org

thelibrariansfilm.com/screenings

Boulder child therapist Carol Calkins on social media, conversion therapy and the Supreme Court

Full interview: patreon.com/c/BoulderFrequencyPod

Sources:

calkinstherapyforchange.com/blog/conversion-therapy-colorado

coloradonewsline.com/briefs/colorado-bill-conversion-therapy

Next week

Details on the proposed Front Range Passenger Rail — and why it’s better than FasTracks

One More Thing

excerpt from Brene Brown on Empathy
music by Kelly Garry

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Journalist + producer: Shay Castle

Audio producer + music: Kelly Garry

Additional support provided by Jeff Rozic and Tyler Hickman

*Find bonus content and support us on Patreon

Jeff Rozic talks with Andy Mann, an Emmy-nominated director, National Geographic photographer, musician, and co-founder of Sea Legacy Foundation.

Mann discusses his path from working in Boulder restaurant kitchens and climbing around Flagstaff to building a career in photography, filmmaking, and conservation storytelling. He shares how Boulder shaped his early life, how National Geographic assignments helped turn his focus toward ocean conservation, and why he believes storytelling can help drive real-world environmental change.

He also talks about recent work in Iceland with a group of musicians creating conservation-inspired music, a major marine protection effort in Chile, and his evolving live performance project, The Helmsman, which blends songs, stories, and visuals from a life spent documenting the natural world.

Mann will perform a sold-out April 23 show at Chautauqua Community House with Grammy-nominated songwriter Reed Foehl and friend Eli West.

UPDATE: A second show has been added FRIDAY April 24th at Niwot Hall

Get tickets here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/andy-mann-w-eli-west-reed-foehl-niwot-hall-42426-700-900pm-tickets-1986345906076

andymann.com

instagram.com/andy_mann/

April 15, 2026

Sources:

Court: Boulder can’t charge for body cam footage in police misconduct

coloradofoic.org/court-of-appeals-colorado-law-enforcement-agencies-cannot-charge-fees-for-bodycam-footage-of-alleged-officer-misconduct/

Colorado’s Artemis II connections

cpr.org/2026/04/10/artemis-ii-colorado-lockheed-martin-space/

lasp.colorado.edu/2026/03/27/nasa-names-cu-boulder-lasp-planetary-scientist-paul-hayne-to-artemis-geology-team/

Boulder County: More job cuts coming this year

bouldercounty.gov/news/good-governance-and-county-budget-update/

Boulder halfway to affordable housing goal

bouldercolorado.gov/news/housing-and-human-services-year-review-2

boulderbeat.news/2019/04/06/boulder-ups-affordable-housing-goal/

Caribou Current: April edition

Saturdays at Your Place with Retirement Party and Kerosene Heights

6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 15

Fox Theatre, 1135 13th St., Boulder

cariboucurrent.com/stories/kerosene-heights-chance-smith-feature-fox-theatre,87675

Bigfoot Days Festival

Friday-Saturday, April 24-25

Estes Park

visitestespark.com/events-calendar/spring-events/bigfoot-days/

Stanley Jordan at Caribou Room

7 p.m. Saturday, April 18

Highway 72 + County Road 128

Story: cariboucurrent.com/stories/stanley-jordan-caribou-room-feature,87697

Caribou Current on newsstands now!

cariboucurrent.com

Next week

A child psychologist on the harms of conversion therapy and social media

One More Thing

excerpt from:

Artemis I I press conference, astronaut Victor Glover speaking about Unity

music:

winter sunset. - hijaq

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Our team

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BIFF turns 22

Frequency co-founder Jeff Rozic sits down with Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) co-founder Kathy Beeck ahead of the 22nd event — and the last one before Sundance comes here next year.

“It's everybody's festival”

What makes BIFF special? Collaboration, Beeck says: BIFF partners with local musicians and nonprofits to pull more people into the experience.

Story above all

How do you get a film into BIFF? By telling a great story. “ That's what we look for more than anything else.”

BIFF 2026: April 9-12

Learn more and get tickets

April 8, 2026

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Sources - Headlines:

Half of NOAA staff face furloughs

https://boulderreportinglab.org/2026/04/02/half-of-staff-at-boulders-noaa-global-monitoring-lab-face-furloughs-as-funding-freeze-drags-on/

U.S. Forest Service to close research stations that research wildfire

​​https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/climate/forest-service-research-stations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Y1A.G88k.rIupHYiSkZ8O&smid=url-share

https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/reorganization

Dark Horse auctioning off decor

https://bid.rollerauction.com/auctions/24945/landing

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DwP1psbje/

CU profs, students sound the alarm on AI deal

Featuring Aaron Gluck, PhD student in computer science and member of iSAT, the National AI Institute for Student-AI Teaming; and Lori Emerson, professor of media studies

Open letter: Google Doc

Get involved

Contact ai_critical@proton.me

News coverage of Coloradans who died by suicide in connection with AI use:

• denverpost.com/2025/09/18/character-ai-bots-teens-suicide/
• cbsnews.com/news/chatgpt-lawsuit-colordo-man-suicide-openai-sam-altman/

Bonus content

Listen to the full interview with Aaron Gluck + Lori Emerson at Patreon.com/BoulderFrequencyPod.

One More Thing

excerpt from:

Bernie Sanders talks to Claude YouTube video
Music by Kelly Garry

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Independent, local journalism for Boulder County

Our team

Journalist + producer: Shay Castle

Audio producer + music: Kelly Garry

Additional support provided by Jeff Rozic

*Find bonus content and support us on Patreon