Episode 8: Dispelling ICE rumors Steamboat Police Chief Mark Beckett

Episode 9: Transit, Tourism and Taxes with Steamboat Resort’s Sarah Jones

Shannon and Dylan sit down with Steamboat Resort’s Director of Social Responsibility Sarah Jones to talk about the resort’s sustainability efforts, why they are supportive of a Yampa Valley Regional Transportation Authority and what Jones calls Steamboat’s identity crisis. Jones also discusses whether the resort is paying its fair share in town and explains why snowmelt is a crucial feature for them in a redesigned Gondola Transit Center.

Episode 8: Dispelling ICE rumors Steamboat Police Chief Mark Beckett

Shannon and Dylan talk with Steamboat Springs Police Chief Mark Beckett about a column he wrote last month urging the community to support vulnerable communities amid uncertainty. Beckett talks about why he felt the need to write the column, what he knows about the potential for ICE immigration enforcement locally and how his department is evolving to better handle special events.

Episode 7: What is Routt County Crisis Support with Molly Lotz and Marney Smith

Shannon and Dylan talk with Molly Lotz and Marney Smith with Routt County Crisis Support about the key services they provide the community that many people don’t know exists. Molly and Marney explain how the group came to be, what they do for the community and why their work is so important. To learn more about the Routt County Crisis Support team or to donate, visit routtcountycrisissupport.org. [https://routtcountycrisissupport.org/]

Episode 6: Talking Better Tomorrow with Mark Fitzgerald

Shannon and Dylan sit down with Mark Fitzgerald, the executive director of nonprofit Better Tomorrow, which serves as a parent organization to Advocate of Routt County, Brighter World Child Advocacy Center, the COMMA Project and Queer Futures. Fitzgerald talks about the difficulty to make people aware of the services they offer, why it made sense to fold multiple organizations together and the uncertainty around federal funding right now.

Episode 5: What is psychedelic-assisted therapy with Melina Bricker

Shannon and Dylan sit down with Melina Bricker to talk about psychedelic-assisted therapy, what it looks like and what this therapy is trying to treat. Bricker, who works for Routt County in her day job, recently published a book on the topic called The Reset: Trauma, Treatment Resistance, and How Psychedelics Could Save America [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DWCKNQWC?ref=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_52D32PK1A3XMD523YEBV&ref_=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_52D32PK1A3XMD523YEBV&social_share=cm_sw_r_ffobk_cp_ud_dp_52D32PK1A3XMD523YEBV&bestFormat=true]. The topic is particularly interesting as Colorado is becoming just the second state [https://www.cpr.org/2024/12/18/psilocybin-therapy-natural-medicine-healing-centers-coming-to-colorado/] to offer regulated psychedelic-assisted therapies after voters legalized it as part of Prop. 122 in 2022. [https://www.cpr.org/2022/11/09/colorado-proposition-122-psilocybin-mushrooms-decriminalization-results-2022-election/]