By Patrick Curry I vividly recall the moment when my life divided into a before and after. It’s a muggy summer evening. The sun hangs low, casting the basketball court in burnt orange and penny. I’m playing a pickup game on a blacktop court in a dead-end playground. I’m 14, six-foot-four, and indestructible. Basketball is […]
Voices Radio Hour
Eligiendo la sobriedad
Allison es una Alquimista del Corazón y Guía de Respiración, especializada en apoyar a individuos y organizaciones a vivir sus misiones guiadas por el corazón. La curiosidad es su superpoder, y como exbibliotecaria infantil, está profundamente apasionada por el juego y la narración de historias. Es una orgullosa miembro de la mesa directiva de VOICES. […]
Choosing sobriety
This month on VOICES Radio Hour — Friday, April 11 at 6pm on KDNK — we hear from women in the Roaring Fork Valley, including Allison Alexander, who are living life sober, and learn what makes that journey a challenge, as well as a joy. On a recent midwestern trip home, my aunt gave me […]
El amor perdura
¡El amor está en el aire! Este mes celebramos el poder perpetuo del amor para superar cualquier obstáculo.
VOICES Radio Hour: Love endures
By Gary Gleason Love is in the air! This month, we celebrate the enduring power of love to overcome any obstacle. So often, romantic love gets the focus, but what about the stories of how love can carry us through difficult times, challenges and all that life has to throw at us? The following story […]
Los recién llegados piensan en el hogar
Nuestro hermoso valle siempre ha estado compuesto por una comunidad diversa de ciudadanos nacidos en EE. UU. e inmigrantes; es una gran parte de lo que hace que vivir aquí sea tan especial.
Revisiting Carbondale newcomers
The following excerpts are from VOICES Radio Hour’s March 8, 2024 episode on KDNK, featuring stories from three Venezuelan newcomers. “Revisiting: Newcomers Think of Home” will air on KDNK on Friday, Jan. 10 from 6 to 7pm. Visit www.voicesrfv.org/voices-radio-hour to listen to the full bilingual episode and all previous “VOICES Radio Hour” episodes. As we […]
VOICES Radio Hour: What’s the name?
Is it Columbus Day? Is it Indigenous Day? What IS an Indigenous? Is it a creature? These are questions not easily answered. As a person born and raised with Native culture and ancestry of this land, I often am asked what we would like to be called. My own perspective, thoughts and answers might not […]
VOICES Radio Hour: Life-changing teachers
By Lisa Rocco What does “life-changing” mean to me? Life-changing is something that brings immense transformation to one’s life impacting their path, perspective and the direction of their life’s journey. Sometimes this can come through certain circumstances, unexpected events, people we meet, or unravel itself in unexpected ways. How do I define “teacher?” In a […]
VOICES Radio Hour: The arrowhead
With an ancestry of Roaring Fork Valley pioneers, Stephen Bershenyi was born into a ranching family in Glenwood Springs and stewards the family property, the Lazy V Quarter Circle Ranch, a 640-acre high-mountain parcel protected by a conservation easement. An English literature and German language double major, Bershenyi also earned his journeyman card as a […]
