The Mountain-Ear Podcast

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Aug 2026

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The Mountain-Ear Podcast delivers you local news, music and community stories from Colorado's Peak to Peak region every single week. Whether it's the latest headlines, exclusive interviews with local musicians or stories straight from your community, we've got it covered. Subscribe to the show to get the most up-to-date news and stories from Estes to Black Hawk and everywhere in between. Head to www.themtnear.com/subscribe to subscribe to the The Mountain-Ear in print and online.

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September 11, 202611 min

Gilpin helicopter crash cleanup, Ned talks water rate hikes and more

Send us Fan Mail This week we've got just the headlines. Planned water rate hikes are coming to Nederland, the US Military finally clears the crash site from a downed Black Hawk helicopter in Gilpin County, and more news from the Peak to Peak. Also Anti Defamation League drops lawsuit against BVSD Gilpin loosens fire restrictions Vote guide coming soon Boxing is a hit in Central City Get your tickets to the next Boxing Central event here: eventbrite.com/e/boxing-central-on-main-boxing-music-food-community-tickets-1999462958533 Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, multimedia producer, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout . Thank you for listening!

September 7, 2026Episode 7130 min

Music of the Mountains: Ansel Cridland of The Meditations

Send us Fan Mail Take a breather on this Labor Day airing of The Mountain-Ear Podcast as we talk with Ansel Cridland, founding member and lead singer of The Meditations, about the band's upcoming performance at The Caribou Room. Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, multimedia producer, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout . Thank you for listening!

September 4, 2026Episode 7019 min

Does this town have the best pizza in Colorado?

Send us Fan Mail The best pizza in Colorado is in Longmont. No, really. On today's episode we find out how the East Boulder County town ended up with three of the best pizza restaurants in the state just blocks apart from each other. The Colorado Pizza Festival comes to Longmont on September 5. With the fanfare, the city is ready to claim its title as the Pizza Capital of Colorado. What it really comes down to though is it's fanatically passionate residents and a city eager to become a can't-miss destination in Colorado. Read the full story in the September issue of Caribou Current, or at the link here: cariboucurrent.com/stories/longmont-poised-to-become-colorado-pizza-capital,107242 Get your tickets to the Colorado Pizza Festival here: tixr.com/groups/bouldertheater/events/the-colorado-pizza-festival-188573 Listen to Paul Karolyi talk about his investigation into Beau Jo's infamous Colorado Style Pizza here: sporkful.com/what-is-colorado-style-pizza/ Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, multimedia producer, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout . Thank you for listening!

August 31, 2026Episode 6912 min

Music of the Mountains: Dwight Campbell of Link&Chain

Send us Fan Mail The reggae group Link&Chain recently performed the finale show of the 2026 Nederland Summer Concert Series in Chipeta Park. Before the show, we talked with founding member Dwight Campbell about the August 29th performance and the band's connection since its foundation in 1986. Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, multimedia producer, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout . Thank you for listening!

August 28, 2026Episode 6821 min

Ned weighs rate hikes, delayed opening after childcare center hits snag

Send us Fan Mail Nederland’s new child care center is in hot water. In less than three weeks, TEENS Inc. is supposed to welcome dozens of children to the $7 million building. But the center might not be able to open its doors at all. Outstanding utilities fees have the opening date hanging in the balance, and now the town is forced to weigh resident utility rate hikes or a possible delayed opening for the brand new facility. Also BVSD proposes closure of six schools Gilpin adds de-brucing measure to 2026 ballot Woodpeckers to blame for town wide internet and cell service outages Sign up for public comment at upcoming BVSD board meetings here: www.bvsd.org/about/board-of-education Link to attend the Tuesday, Sept. 1 Nederland Board of Trustees meeting here: nederlandco.civicweb.net/Portal/MeetingTypeList.aspx Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, multimedia producer, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout . Thank you for listening!

August 24, 2026Episode 679 min

Music of the Mountains: Brittney Wagner of Brittney and the Hellbenders

Send us Fan Mail Local musician (and Mountain-Ear employee) Brittney Wagner has performed solo for much of her music career. Now, for the first time, she's leading a band, and that band, Brittney and the Hellbenders, will debut at Howlin Wind Brewing and Blending on Saturday, August 29th. Today, we talk with Brittney about the band. Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, multimedia producer, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout . Thank you for listening!

August 21, 2026Episode 6611 min

Nederland loses town manager, trustee; TEENS Inc. explores options and more

Send us Fan Mail This week we've got just the headlines. Nederland Town Manager Jonathan Cain is leaving to take a job in Lakewood, Board of Trustee Matthew Kennedy vacated his position, and TEENS Inc. continues to explore its options on how to pay it's outstanding utility fees to open by Sept. 14. Also Black Hawk approves $1.1 million Ballard House renovation project Boogie Records has new owners Watch the Aug. 18 Nederland Board of Trustees meeting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkGVgyp-m0U Apply for the vacant Nederland Board of Trustees position here: www.nederlandco.gov/m/newsflash/home/detail/16 Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, multimedia producer, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout . Thank you for listening!

August 17, 2026Episode 6517 min

Music of the Mountains: Charlie Lou

Send us Fan Mail Musician and artist Charlie Lou has found inspiration in the forests and mountains of Nederland for the last four years and has embraced performing since then. Today, we talk to her about her artistry and her upcoming show at the Nederland Farmers Market on Sunday, August 30th. Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, multimedia producer, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout . Thank you for listening!

August 14, 2026Episode 6416 min

Gilpin launches virtual therapy for residents

Send us Fan Mail On today's show, we hear about a new virtual behavioral health kiosk for Gilpin County residents that's removing barriers to access for mental health services for the rural community. The program, provided through a partnership with Jefferson Center Mental Health, aims to reduce stigma around mental health support while giving Gilpin residents a safe and accessible way to receive the care that they need. If you're a Gilpin resident, you can book your appointment through the Jefferson Center here: www.jcmh.org/getting-started/ Also TEENS Inc. faces delayed opening for child care center New tea shop in Central City opens Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, multimedia producer, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout . Thank you for listening!

August 10, 2026Episode 6318 min

Music of the Mountains: Ned Jazz Wine 2026 with Founder Stephanie Andelman

Send us Fan Mail With the 5th annual Nederland Jazz and Wine Festival just around the corner, we bring on the festival's founder Stephanie Andelman to talk about what to expect at the upcoming event. Be sure to buy tickets at nedjazzwine.com to attend the event at Chipeta Park on Saturday, August 22nd, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.! Our theme song is courtesy of singer-songwriter Brittney Wagner. Stream her record Better off Dead here. Support the show Thank you for listening to The Mountain-Ear Podcast, featuring news and culture from peak to peak! Additional pages are linked below. If you want to be involved in the podcast or paper, contact: Barbara Hardt, our editor-in-chief, at info@themountainear.com Tyler Hickman, multimedia producer, at tyler@themountainear.com Jamie Lammers, podcast host, at media@themountainear.com General inquiries: frontdesk@themountainear.com Head to our website for all of the latest news. Subscribe to The Mountain-Ear in print and online. Submit local events to promote them in the paper and on our website. Find us on Facebook @mtnear and Instagram @mtn.ear Listen and watch on YouTube today. Share this podcast by scrolling to the bottom of our website home page or by heading to our main hub on Buzzsprout . Thank you for listening!

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