Ariel Lavery
Producer, In The NoCoAriel Lavery grew up in Louisville, Colorado and has returned to the Front Range after spending over 25 years moving around the country. Ariel graduated Magna Cum Laude with her BFA from the University of Colorado Boulder (2007) and received her MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (2013).
She served as the Assistant Professor of Sculpture at Watkins College of Art Design and Film in Nashville until 2018. She left her teaching job to begin her family and quickly found her way into the podcast world. With a grant from PRX, she co-created the podcast Middle of Everywhere for WKMS, Murray State University鈥檚 NPR member station.
Ariel won Public Media Journalism awards in every season she produced for Middle of Everywhere. Her most recent series project is "The Burn Scar", published with The Modern West podcast. In it, she chronicles two years of her family鈥檚 financial and emotional struggle following the loss of her childhood home in the Marshall Fire.
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Vegetables that ripen whenever you鈥檙e ready to eat them? Scientists at CSU want to make it a realityImagine being able to tell the vegetables in your garden when to ripen. Researchers at Colorado State University say they鈥檙e developing genetic 鈥渢oggle switches鈥� for plants that would let people control when and how their crops grow. -
The firefighting foam used by airports has long contained toxic 鈥渇orever chemicals.鈥� Denver International Airport recently completed a huge project to clean up those chemicals from runways and airport firefighting equipment. You can hear why the cleanup was needed 鈥� and what might happen next with all that toxic waste, -
Fifty years ago, a Boulder County clerk made history when she issued a marriage license to a gay couple, decades before the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage. Those who knew her say she wasn鈥檛 trying to be an activist 鈥� she just wanted to do the right thing. We鈥檒l hear from a friend and colleague of the late Clela Rorex on In The NoCo. -
A new business is getting attention from renewable energy advocates and Gov. Jared Polis for its unusual plan to deliver electricity in Colorado. The company would use giant batteries on trains to haul renewable energy from solar and wind farms to the cities and towns that need it. We hear more from the entrepreneurs behind the company Sun Train. -
The Stanley Hotel has been a cultural landmark in Estes Park for over a century. The hotel was sold in May to an unusual team of investors and a state cultural office. We hear about how this partnership came together, and what the future holds for this piece of Colorado history. -
A new bill co-sponsored by Sen. John Hickenlooper is designed to speed up wildfire prevention efforts across the country. But a few measures in the bill have some environmental groups concerned. -
A group of researchers at CSU are celebrating a decade of raising a herd of genetically pure bison. Those bison have been transferred over the years to tribes and wildlife organizations around the West. We hear from the researcher who鈥檚 been leading this project and raising the herd. -
The ACLU of Colorado thinks the state鈥檚 history of camping culture should protect people experiencing homelessness when they sleep outdoors. Currently, the city of Boulder can ticket or jail people for using shelter in public places. But the ACLU of Colorado wants a judge to end that policy. -
Commercial air travel might be the safest way to get around 鈥� yet millions of Americans have a fear of flying. With the summer travel season about to get underway, we sat down with an MSU Denver psychologist who specializes in helping people who are afraid to fly. She offered some strategies to help you or a loved one take that flight you鈥檝e been fretting over. -
If you鈥檝e ever dreamed about picking a sweet, fuzzy peach right off your very own Palisade peach tree 鈥� well, we have some good news and some bad news. While it is possible to grow a peach tree on the Front Range, plant experts from the CSU extension say there are a lot of pitfalls to be aware of before you plant one.
