Welcome to Echoes from NoCO, the podcast dedicated to cutting through the noise and turning up the voice that truly matters: yours. Every week, we step away from the national echo chambers of mainstream news and political narratives, and into the Mountains and Valleys of Northern Colorado. We’re here to unearth the voices of our community, who can personally speak to true experiences. We’re here to amplify you.
How Medicaid Cuts Leads to Hungry School Children in Weld County
Karissa interviews Kris Simmons, Greeley School District 6’s Head Chef and Advocate for the School Nutrition Association.
Kris Simmons, Head Chef for Greeley School District 6 explains the benefits of Greeley’s current Healthy School Meals for All and Farm to School Lunch programs, and how they have improved both the academic and social/emotional outcomes of students in Weld School District 6. In addition to the benefit to students, Kris discusses the direct benefit to local agriculture and the local economy. He speaks on the effect of Medicaid cuts from the Big Beautiful Bill, and the impact they have all the way down to the state and local level. He explains how the cuts have led to the imminent end of community eligible free lunches for all students in the district, as well as other effects on our local community.
Kris tells of his experience as an Advocate for the School Nutrition Association in his attempt to meet with Congressional Representative Gabe Evans (CO D-8), and how disengaged Evans is with his constituents and our student’s needs.
Kris and Karissa discuss the intricacies of a fearful political climate for legal immigrants due to the ramp-up of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as well as how defunding public schools could lead to the end of school lunches for all students.
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Welcome to Echoes from NoCO, the podcast dedicated to cutting through the noise and turning up the voice that truly matters: yours.
10 Nov 2025
A Mother and Clinician’s Voice: The Unspun Verity of Transgender
Karissa speaks with a trauma therapist named Katie who has both professional and personal experience around the topic of transgender. Her unique position as both a clinician and a mother of a transgender child provides both personal and informed perspective to the topic. We discuss Katie's personal and professional connection to the subject, the biological nature of the transgender brain, and dispel common narratives and misinformation on the subject. Sources: Cortical Thickness and Gray Matt...
30 Oct 2025
Part 2 Tiffany Simmons: Greeley Mayoral Candidate, Cascadia, and Medicaid
Karissa interviews Independent Greeley Mayoral Candidate and Trauma Therapist, Tiffany Simmons. Tiffany shares her personal and professional background and how they qualify her to best represent the citizens of Greeley as the next Mayor. She speaks on her fiscal policies and how supporting the citizens in Greeley who struggle the most will actually help to save the city money. She rejects the classification that she is a “far left” candidate, and emphasizes that she will meet with and h...
30 Oct 2025
Tiffany Simmons: Greeley Mayoral Candidate, Cascadia, and Medicaid Part 1
Karissa interviews Independent Greeley Mayoral Candidate and Trauma Therapist, Tiffany Simmons. Tiffany shares her personal and professional background and how they qualify her to best represent the citizens of Greeley as the next Mayor. She speaks on her fiscal policies and how supporting the citizens in Greeley who struggle the most will actually help to save the city money. She rejects the classification that she is a “far left” candidate, and emphasizes that she will meet with and...
30 Oct 2025
The First Echo
Episode 1 Welcome to the very first episode of Echoes from NoCO! Karissa dives into her complex history with the American Christian Church and how her young adult faith crisis led her to a more balanced prospective on politics, and a wider prospective on cultural struggles. She shares her passion for political prospective grounded in the real voices of the Northern Colorado community, and disrupting the echo chamber of news media and politicians. Welcome to Echoes from NoCO, the podcast...
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