The Daily Sun-Up

Historian Derek Everett joins The Colorado Sun’s Kevin Simpson to explain the strange years when Colorado celebrated two Thanksgivings.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we're talking with Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang about the cost of the Thanksgiving meal in Colorado this year. Many expected costs to be higher this year, but they're not. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/22/thanksgiving-dinner-prices-colorado-grocery-2025/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Thanksgiving holiday week is the unofficial start of the Colorado ski season. Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins has a preview of the new stuff this winter across the state, big Colorado events before the Olympics and his always optimistic hope for the snow to pick up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

G. Brown, veteran music journalist and executive director of Colorado Music Experience, joins The Sun’s Kevin Simpson to dish out a Thanksgiving musical feast. From Colorado classics to unexpected holiday favorites, they share the songs, stories, and sounds that set the tone for the season.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Sun reporter Olivia Prentzel looks at how a Denver-area investigator who relied on Flock cameras to build a theft case was disciplined after falsely accusing a woman of stealing a $25 package. She had her own evidence. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/12/columbine-valley-office-flock-camera-extra-training/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Colorado may have just had a statewide election, but the Colorado Sun's politics team is already turning its attention toward the midterm elections next year. Sun political reporter Jesse Paul was recently on Purplish, the podcast produced by CPR News and the Colorado Capitol News Alliance, to talk about what's on the horizon.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Colorado Sun business reporter Tamara Chuang digs deeper into rent decreases across the metro Denver area and how and why it has become a renter’s market right now. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/17/rent-prices-denver-falling-apartment-data/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Sun outdoors reporter Jason Blevins sifts through results from the Colorado communities looking to tax tourists more and how those ballot measures fared across the state, with some surprises. Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/10/tourism-taxes-election/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Director Victor Hogan II and Writer Alan Brooks talk talk about their collaboration on bringing Brooks's graphic novel to the screen with "Always, Most of the Time".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Colorado Sun rural reporter Tracy Ross has updates on the Colorado wolf reintroduction as it approaches the two-year mark of when the first wolves were released in Colorado.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.