Purplish
Hosted by Megan Verlee and Shane Rumsey and Stephanie Wolf and Bente Birkeland and Jesse Paul and Nicole Vap · Colorado Public Radio
4.8from 252 ratings
- 199
- Episodes
- 80
- Transcribed
- 252
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
About Purplish
Purplish is a podcast about politics and policy and how they shape Coloradans’ lives, hosted by Colorado Public Radio’s public affairs reporter Bente Birkeland and reporters from the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. They break down the latest developments at the statehouse, in Congress and in local communities, to find the bigger picture behind the political headlines. Purplish is produced by CPR News with support from the Colorado Capitol News Alliance, a collaboration between KUNC News, Colorado Public Radio, Rocky Mountain PBS, and The Colorado Sun, and shared with Rocky Mountain Community Radio and other news organizations across the state. Funding for the Alliance is provided in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- Publisher
- Colorado Public Radio
- Category
- government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Aug 2018
- Latest episode
- 2 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
80 of 199 episodes have a transcript.
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
‘The Great Colorado Ballot-O-Rama’: Part II
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
‘The Great Colorado Ballot-O-Rama’: Part I
15 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Great Colorado Road Trip: voters share how they view the midterms
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‘The Great Colorado Ballot-O-Rama’: Part II
Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] They're called Coloradans for Real Safety Solutions. And basically what they're saying is a lot of things. One is that, you know, based on one analysis, about 900 more people per year would go to prison for having fentanyl to a cost of something like $400 million to Colorado. So they don't like it for that reason. Other reasons are if you don't have immunity after you call in an overdose, more people will die and more people will do this drug in the shadows. And also people who sometimes possess fentanyl, as I said before, don't even know that the fake oxy or whatever they have actually has fentanyl. […]
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- Dan Boyce
- Jennifer Brown
- Kyle McKinnon
- John Daley
- Caitlyn Kim
Reach and audience
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 218 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 34 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100
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- Quality
- 67
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Questions about Purplish
Who hosts Purplish?
Megan Verlee and Shane Rumsey and Stephanie Wolf and Bente Birkeland and Jesse Paul and Nicole Vap host the show. Published by Colorado Public Radio.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Purplish take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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