Colorado Public Radio/Denverite
MSU’s New Mariachi degree is the ‘grito’ of a student-led movement that’s been building over the last 10 years. Professors and students hope the degree will lead to higher pay for Mariachi musicians and more certified teachers for the growing Mariachi programs in k-12 schools.
The radio feature aired August 22, 2025 and August 26, 2025 on Colorado Public Radio as part of the show "Colorado Matters."
Why the Denver Zoo is scoping out condors with drones in Peru. The latest find by the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance.
This piece aired July 17, 2025 on Colorado Public Radio as part of the podcast "Colorado Today."
Here's how you can prepare for monsoon season and flash floods. Juanita Hurtado Huerfano is your weather person for the day.
This piece aired July 17, 2025 on Colorado Public Radio as part of the podcast "Colorado Today."
Dolly Parton’s free books haven’t been arriving in Denver and Mesa County — here’s why. Hurtado Huerfano's reporting from a digital story was used for the production of this piece.
This piece aired June 23, 2025 on Colorado Public Radio as part of the podcast "Colorado Today."
KVCU 1190
Ruidosas is a fourteen-episode radio drama looking at Latin American mythology and how it shifts through generations to reflect cultural values.
The series aired as part of KVCU's audio magazine from April 2024 to April 2025.
For the 2024 presidential election, under section 203 of the federal Voting Rights Act, some 24 million citizens are entitled to assistance that will allow them to vote in their primary language. However, 105 jurisdictions are still not covered by the provision, this includes four states not covered at all.
Juanita Hurtado looks at the efforts of “ACDC Nevada,” an organization advocating for the voluntary provision of translated election materials in Clark County, Nevada after missing coverage under the VRA’s section 203.
The audio aired Sept. 5, 2024 as part of Carnegie-Knight’s News 21 Fractured.
A themed hour-long show of Hispanic/Latino music building up towards an original poem at the end of the show.
DJ Rola’s Not So Pink Confessions. 2nd place internationally for the non-narrative category of the Broadcast Education Association's Festival of Media Arts.
The show airs Tuesdays at 10:00am on KVCU 1190.
An interview with Kristie Soares, assistant professor of women and gender studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, about her new book Playful Protest which explores joy in Latin America media as a form of activism that can push against dominant narratives.
Winner of the SPJ's Mark of Excellence Award for Conversational Podcasts (Region 9).
The piece aired as part of an arts and cultures series called Overwriter on KVCU 1190.
After the October 7th attack Hamas launched against Israel, CU Boulder students protest in front of the University Memorial Center. Finalist for the Intercollegiate Broadcast System Awards 2023 in the category "Best Campus or Community News."
The piece aired as part of KVCU 1190's audio magazine.
Parking can become a financial burden for college students. Presley Nemesek, Griffin Ardill, and Sydney Garcia talk about their experiences with CU Boulder's parking services.
The piece aired as part of KVCU 1190's audio magazine.
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20th Anniversary of hurricane Katrina and the beginning of CU’s football season
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Boulder City Council member Taishya Adams talks with us about the rejection to review Boulder’s investment portfolio
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Tips for Viewing the Perseid Meteor Shower; Gecko-inspired Cancer Treatment
University Hill students pose in their classroom while putting away their laptops in Boulder, Colorado on February 14, 2024 Photo by Dakota Makinen University Hill Elementary School in Boulder has increased its newcomer programs to serve the growing migrant student population. KGNU’s Dakota Makinen and Juanita Hurtado went to the school, they spoke with teachers Lisa Hammond and Ashley Owen, as well as with Raul Aguilar, the grandfather of one of the new students, to learn more.
A conversation with CU professor Kristie Soares, about Soares’ new book “Playful Protest: The Political Work of Joy in Latinx Media,” which analyzes the use of joy in Puerto Rican and Cuban diasporas as a political tool to shift dominant narratives of discrimination. Kristie Soares is the co-director of LGBTQ+ studies at CU Boulder as well as an assistant professor for the Department of Women and Gender Studies.
In today’s A Public Affair, KGNU Newsroom volunteer and CU Boulder freshman Juanita Hurtado interviews linguistics professor Chase Raymond. Professor Raymond works at the University of Colorado-Boulder and researches what is known as “situations of contact,” moments when divergent languages, dialects, and cultures interact together with a primary focus on the Spanish-speaking experience in the United States. Hurtado and Raymond spoke about the intersection between language and identity.