Purplish

By Colorado Public Radio

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Purplish is CPR News' weekly podcast about state politics, state government, Colorado policy, and political identity. This season the show is hosted by public affairs reporters Bente Birkeland and Andrew Kenney. Each week while the legislature is in session, they'll break down the latest developments, look ahead to what's next, and dive into the bigger picture of what it all means.


Episode Date
How it all went down
Nov 08, 2024
What will make the difference in this election?
Nov 01, 2024
How Colorado secures the vote
Oct 25, 2024
All. The. Ballot. Questions. All of them.
Oct 18, 2024
The Colorado congressional races to know about
Oct 11, 2024
Will ranked-choice voting rewrite Colorado's elections? Prop. 131 explained.
Oct 04, 2024
Coming soon: Purplish's 2024 election season
Sep 27, 2024
Assessing the primary as the dust settles
Jun 28, 2024
GOP rifts in the Congressional Districts 5 and 8 primaries
Jun 21, 2024
The primary fight for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District
Jun 14, 2024
In eastern Colorado, a primary and a vacancy election
Jun 07, 2024
What are Colorado voters worried about?
May 31, 2024
Ending on a high note
May 11, 2024
Drinking at the Colorado Capitol
May 03, 2024
The new oil and gas war
Apr 19, 2024
Is Colorado really about to commit to passenger rail?
Apr 05, 2024
Lawmakers’ $1.5B tax credit battle royale
Mar 22, 2024
Is Colorado’s medical aid in dying law too hard to use?
Mar 08, 2024
What do all the new immigrant arrivals mean for Colorado?
Feb 23, 2024
The first month of session, down
Feb 08, 2024
Inside the fight to keep Space Command in Colorado
Jan 29, 2024
Tina Peters is headed to trial – how did we get here?
Jan 23, 2024
The legislature returns: what lies ahead?
Jan 10, 2024
Could this Colorado case determine Trump’s political future?
Nov 16, 2023
What’s up with Prop. II?
Oct 20, 2023
What’s up with Prop. HH?
Oct 17, 2023
Colorado Springs’ next mayor is a man few thought would win. What happened?
Jun 02, 2023
Land use, property taxes and party conflicts — how the legislature wrapped up
May 11, 2023
The legislature’s spending dance
May 04, 2023
The year that could change how Colorado grows
Apr 21, 2023
Colorado’s blockbuster filibuster (and why it matters)
Apr 06, 2023
Xcel’s winter of discontent
Mar 24, 2023
Disability rights at center stage
Mar 11, 2023
Rent control in Colorado?
Mar 03, 2023
How Colorado’s gun laws have changed from frontier days to today
Feb 10, 2023
The Polis Agenda
Jan 20, 2023
The legislature is back: what do they want to do?
Jan 13, 2023
Is Colorado a blue state now?
Nov 11, 2022
What we’re watching for on Election Day
Nov 04, 2022
What keeps our elections safe?
Oct 28, 2022
All your 2022 ballot measures explained (plus a few weird ones from history)
Oct 22, 2022
Housing on your ballot
Oct 14, 2022
Colorado’s Latino voters and the 2022 races
Sep 29, 2022
Moderates in the Midterm
Sep 15, 2022
What did we learn from the primary?
Jun 30, 2022
Unaffiliated Voters — the big question mark
Jun 25, 2022
The GOP Divide
Jun 17, 2022
What lawmakers did with their time
May 14, 2022
With mental health, can Colorado achieve ‘transformative’ change?
May 05, 2022
The fight to ban Menthols and flavored vapes
Apr 22, 2022
Who’s on the primary ballot?
Apr 14, 2022
Colorado at the eye of an election conspiracy storm
Apr 07, 2022
The past, and future, of abortion in Colorado
Mar 24, 2022
Crime is rising in Colorado – is justice reform to blame?
Mar 11, 2022
Lawmakers’ brewing labor battle
Feb 25, 2022
Serving in the statehouse while running for Congress
Feb 10, 2022
The housing crisis comes home to the Capitol
Jan 27, 2022
Back to work at the Capitol
Jan 17, 2022
Remembering the January 6th Capitol Riot
Jan 06, 2022
What’s ahead when the legislature returns?
Dec 09, 2021
Hey, did you hear there was an election?
Nov 05, 2021
Colorado Has A Map — If The Court Approves
Sep 30, 2021
Redistricting Deadline Looms
Sep 24, 2021
Competition Vs Commonalities — A Conundrum For Redistricting
Sep 10, 2021
Colorado’s Got A Brand New Map (But It’s Not The Final Map – Yet)
Sep 08, 2021
Communities Urge Redistricting Commission To Consider The Ties That Bind
Sep 03, 2021
A Road Trip Through Colorado’s (Maybe) 8th District
Sep 01, 2021
Redistricting Highlights Challenges To Latino Representation
Aug 27, 2021
Colorado ‘Nonpartisan’ Redistricting Process Is Still Plenty Political
Aug 25, 2021
Redistricting: What You Need To Know To Learn The Things You Need To Learn
Aug 20, 2021
Get ready for Purplish: The Great Redraw
Aug 19, 2021
That’s All, Folks!
Jun 10, 2021
The Chopping Block
Jun 04, 2021
Into The Whirlwind
May 28, 2021
The Big Money Episode
May 21, 2021
Race, Politics and Racial Politics
May 14, 2021
Where Are They Now?
May 07, 2021
Justice Reform, A Year After George Floyd
Apr 30, 2021
Hot At The Legislature: Housing And Immigration
Apr 23, 2021
What The Heck Is The Public Option?
Apr 16, 2021
Maps, Data And Drama, Drama, Drama
Apr 09, 2021
Big Changes, Little Attention
Apr 02, 2021
Gun Laws After Boulder
Mar 26, 2021
BONUS: Meet The Jared Polis And Anthony Fauci Of 1918
Mar 23, 2021
Capitol Warming
Mar 19, 2021
1.9 Trillion Is An Awfully Big Number
Mar 12, 2021
Polis’s Pandemic Year
Mar 05, 2021
Everything You Need To Know About Transportation Reform
Feb 26, 2021
The State of the State is…
Feb 19, 2021
On With The Show
Feb 12, 2021
Two Capitols, One Wild Week
Jan 15, 2021
BONUS BONUS EPISODE: An Extraordinary Session
Dec 04, 2020
BONUS EPISODE: Digesting Colorado’s Election Outcomes With Two Colorado Politics Insiders
Nov 13, 2020
What The Heck Just Happened?
Nov 06, 2020
What We’re Watching For
Oct 30, 2020
On Voter Turnout, And Attempted Voter Turn-Offs
Oct 23, 2020
Election Grab Bag
Oct 16, 2020
So Many Ballot Measures. Like, SO MANY
Oct 09, 2020
The One About Debates
Oct 02, 2020
Ground Game, Grounded?
Sep 25, 2020
Mail Ballot Blues
Sep 18, 2020
Purplish Returns: The Election Season
Sep 11, 2020
BONUS: The Democrats Competing To Take On Cory Gardner
Jun 19, 2020
The End Is Near
Jun 12, 2020
Protests, Policing, And Education Cuts
Jun 05, 2020
The Legislature Strikes Back
May 29, 2020
You Can’t Kiss Babies Over Zoom
May 22, 2020
Budget Cuts and Building Rules
May 14, 2020
W(h)ither The Big Bills?
Apr 16, 2020
Justice — And Many Other Things — Delayed
Apr 10, 2020
Partisan Politics vs. Pandemic Politics
Apr 03, 2020
The ‘Stay At Home’ Order, Discussed By Three People Staying In Their Homes
Mar 27, 2020
Politics, Policy, and the Pandemic
Mar 21, 2020
Legislation In The Time Of Coronavirus
Mar 14, 2020
Super Tuesday Might Not Mean What You Think In Colorado…
Mar 06, 2020
Sausage In The Making
Feb 29, 2020
Out Of The Statehouse, Into The National Spotlight
Feb 22, 2020
Family Matters
Feb 15, 2020
Big Ideas Incoming
Feb 08, 2020
The Matter Of Life And Death
Feb 01, 2020
The Political Is Personal
Jan 25, 2020
Things Democrats Disagree About
Jan 18, 2020
Trailer: Purplish Reborn
Jan 11, 2020
ALL OF THE BILLS!!!!
May 09, 2019
The First Fractivist
Apr 06, 2019
Electoral College Dropouts
Mar 02, 2019
Could Colorado Fix Congress?
Feb 02, 2019
BONUS: Hick At High Noon
Jan 04, 2019
BONUS: What’s Next for Pur-plish?
Dec 06, 2018
Blue Avalanche
Nov 10, 2018
The Holdouts
Nov 02, 2018
You Can’t Hack Paper
Oct 27, 2018
The Prisoner Voting Dilemma
Oct 19, 2018
Purple State Blues
Oct 12, 2018
Gerryman-don’t
Oct 06, 2018
The Forgotten State Of Southern Colorado
Sep 28, 2018
Walker Stapleton’s Family
Sep 21, 2018
Jared Polis’ Money
Sep 14, 2018
The Signature Wars
Sep 07, 2018
Introducing ‘Purplish’: A Podcast About Colorado Politics And The Forces That Shape It
Aug 30, 2018