The Bubble Podcast

The podcast version of Radio 1190 KVCU's news interview show, as well as special coverage of select events. Catch it on air Mondays and Wednesdays, 6-7pm Mountain Standard Time.

News Underground

Local Shakedown

Howell-Stern Sports Show

Steven Michael Hlavac Jr sits down with the EMPOWER ticket, one of three campaigns running for the Tri-Executive positions in the University of Colorado Student Government's Spring 2021 Elections. The candidates, Taylor Weinsz, Kavya Kannan, and Ben Capeloto, are running on a platform that puts emphasis on student advocacy, mental health, and community outreach, among other issues. Voting for CUSG's Spring 2021 Elections is open from April 5, 2021, to April 8, 2021.

Students can vote in the CUSG Spring 2021 Elections here: https://cuboulder.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7QU3HaUTbVeH6pD. 

Interview by Steven Michael Hlavac Jr.
Originally aired on April 5, 2021.

EMPOWER Tri-Executive Candidates on Spring 2021 CUSG Elections

Debthedemo Local Shakedown performance 4/30/21

DebtheDemo 4 30

In this interview, Jessica Pariani of The Bold interviews Officer Candidate Andrew Townsend, who attended Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island to potentially become an Ensign and join the ranks of the Navy's leadership. During the interview, Officer Candidate Townsend goes over why he joined the Navy, the challenges of OCS, and more.

Interview by Jessica Pariani of The Bold.
Originally aired on March 10, 2021.

Officer Candidate Andrew Townsend on Officer Candidate School

In this interview, Jaime Reynolds, the lead guitarist and vocalist for the hard rock band 1967, discusses the band's new single and upcoming EP. The EP was produced by John Kurzweg, who has also produced for Creed, Puddle of Mudd, and Godsmack. During the interview, Reynolds also discusses how the band started, the band's mix of Southwestern and Pacific Northwest influences, their plans for the future, and more. 

Interview by News Director John Boughey.
Originally aired on June 9th, 2021.

Jaime Reynolds of 1967 on new single, working with producer John Kurzweg

In this interview, Morgan Klaus Scheuerman, a Ph.D. student in Information Science who was awarded Microsoft's 2021 Research Fellowship, discusses his work with facial analysis software. During the interview, Scheuerman discusses how facial recognition has faltered when it comes to gender, his research process, and more.

Interview by News Director John Boughey.
Originally aired on April 19th, 2021.

Morgan Klaus Scheuerman on Discrimination in Facial Analysis Software

In this interview, Julia Bright, an oil painter based in Boulder, Colorado, discusses her new seascapes exhibit at the Loveland Public Library. During the interview, she discusses her relationship with the sea, how she got started as an artist, the challenges and rewards that come with painting the sea, and more.

Bright's exhibit at the Loveland Public Library will run from July 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021.

Originally broadcast on July 14, 2021.
Interview by News Director John Boughey.

Artist Julia Bright on new seascapes exhibit in Loveland

In this Interview, CU Boulder's Turning Point USA President Zoe Missner discusses her work with Young Americans for Liberty to protest the COVID-19 vaccine mandate at CU Boulder. During this interview, Missner discusses the stance of the organizations on the vaccine mandate, their protest tactics, the responses to their protests, and more.

Originally broadcast on October 4th, 2021.
Interview by News Director John Boughey.

Zoe Missner on COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Protest

In this interview, Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center's Administrator, Christopher Allred, and Nuclear Guardianship and Outreach Coordinator, Giselle Herzfeld, discuss their recent Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) requests regarding Rocky Flats and the Rocky Mountain Greenway. During the interview, they go over RMPJC's stances on Rocky Flats and the Rocky Mountain Greenway, what they found through their CORA requests, and more. 

Originally aired on June 16th, 2021.
Interview by News Director John Boughey.

Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center on Rocky Flats, CORA Requests

In this episode of News Underground, News Team Member Jack Armstrong interviews Eugene Rush and Harel Biggie about their recent success in DARPA's Subterranean Challenge, where they both worked as Project Engineers. Then, Armstrong interviews Mark Borden, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at CU Boulder and CSO of Respirogen, and Bob Scribner, CEO of Respirogen, about their new system of delivering oxygen to the human body. 

Interviews by News Team Member Jack Armstrong.
Originally aired on November 15, 2021.

CU in DARPA's Subterranean Challenge; Oxygen Microbubbles

In this interview, News Team member Zen Iqbal speaks with John O'Loughlin, a professor of geography at the University of Colorado Boulder, about his work on Ukrainian geopolitics ahead of a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine.

DISCLAIMER: This interview was recorded on February 16, 2022, a theorized date on which the invasion would have taken place. The actual Russian invasion occurred on February 24, 2022.

Originally recorded on February 16, 2022.
Interview by News Team Member Zen Iqbal.

Professor John O'Loughlin on Ukrainian Geopolitics, Potential Invasion

In this interview, The Bold Staff Member Cayden Stice speaks with the Mayor of Boulder, CO, Aaron Brockett, about local issues, which included Brockett's background, CU Boulder relations, housing, and local gun policies. 

Check out this story - and other work by The Bold - on their website: https://theboldcu.com/

Interview by The Bold Staff Member Cayden Stice.
Originally recorded in December 2021.

Boulder Mayor Aaron Brockett speaks with The Bold

In this interview, News Team Member Jack Armstrong speaks with Ross Taylor, Assistant Professor of Journalism at the University of Colorado Boulder, about his recent series of portraits of those impacted by the shooting in Boulder on March 22, 2021. The portraits are on display at the Museum of Boulder from February 18, 2022 to April 10, 2022 and online at https://www.boulderstrongproject.com/.

Interview by News Team Member Jack Armstrong
Originally broadcast on April 4, 2022.

Ross Taylor Speaks on Museum of Boulder "Boulder Strong" Exhibit

In this Interview, News Team Member Zen Iqbal speaks with Brendan Kelly, Chief Scientist and Director of SEARCH at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, about their series of "Arctic Answers" articles created in collaboration with INSTAAR at the University of Colorado Boulder. These articles are short summaries designed to answer questions about the changing Arctic environment, as originally reported by CU Boulder Today: https://www.colorado.edu/today/2021/10/18/got-questions-about-arctic-instaars-journal-has-arctic-answers 

Interview by News Team Member Zen Iqbal
Originally broadcast on December 13, 2021.

University of Alaska Fairbanks' Brendan Kelly on "Arctic Answers"

In this interview, News Team Member Zen Iqbal speaks with Jeanne Clelland, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Colorado Boulder, about her work using mathematical models to aid in the process of redistricting. This work gives redistricting officials a baseline of redistricting statistics that can help them potentially identify cases of gerrymandering.

Interview by News Team Member Zen Iqbal
Originally Broadcast on October 27, 2021.

Professor Jeanne Clelland on Using Math in Redistricting

In this interview, Professor Francois Barthelat, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder, discusses his research on fish fins and their mechanical properties. During this interview, he discusses what makes fish fins so mechanically interesting, possible applications of morphing materials, and more.

Interview by News Director John Boughey.
Originally broadcast on October 27, 2021.

Professor Francois Barthelat on the mechanics of fish fins

In this interview, News Team Member Brian Muriithi speaks with Dr. Alan Fried, Senior Research Associate at the University of Colorado Boulder's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, about his work measuring various pollutants from up in the air.

Interview by News Team Member Brian Muriithi
Originally broadcast on November 29, 2021.

Dr. Alan Fried on studying pollutants thousands of feet up in the air

In this interview, the drummer of indie rock band Crumb, Jonathan Gilad, speaks with News Team Member Maxx Goodman and News Director John Boughey. This interview was conducted ahead of Crumb's NYE Show in Boulder, Colorado, but that show was later canceled due to concerns around the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

Interview by News Team Member Maxx Goodman & News Director John Boughey
Originally broadcast on December 27, 2021.

Drummer Jonathan Gilad of Crumb speaks with Radio 1190

In this interview, News Team Member Claire McFadden speaks with graduate student Barra Peak about the Great Unconformity, which refers to a "missing gap of time in the canyon's rock record that covers hundreds of millions of years," as reported by CU Boulder Today. Peak is the lead author of a new study on the phenomenon. 

To read more on CU Boulder Today, click here: https://www.colorado.edu/today/2021/08/23/geologists-dig-grand-canyons-mysterious-gap-time 

Interview by News Team Member Claire McFadden
Originally broadcast on November 8, 2021.

Graduate Student Barra Peak on the Great Unconformity

In this interview, Christopher Lowry, Associate Professor of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado Boulder, discusses his research on the gut microbiome's effect on mental health. Lowry was invited to a project launched by Peter Templeton, founder of the William Templeton Foundation for Young People's Mental Health and executive director at the Insitute for Manufacturing's Engage program in the Cambridge University Engineering Department, to "innovate early interventions for depression in young people," as originally reported by CU Boulder Today. 

To read more in CU Boulder today, click here: https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2021/11/02/diet-and-exercise-can-improve-teens-mental-health

Interview by News Team Members Ashley Eddy & Claire McFadden
Originally broadcast on December 6, 2021.

Associate Professor Christopher Lowry on the Gut Microbiome and Mental Health

In this interview, The Bold's Editor-in-Chief, Lauren Irwin, and Magazine Editor-in-Chief, Britney Eschelman, discuss awards recently won by The Bold's editors and staff. Irwin earned top recognition in the 2021-2022 Hearst Journalism Awards for feature writing and The Bold Magazine won Best Student Magazine in the Society of Professional Journalists' Region 9 Mark of Excellence Awards. 

Read more about CU's Hearst Journalism Awards winners here: https://www.colorado.edu/cmcinow/two-cmci-journalism-seniors-earn-hearst-journalism-awards-recognition-exemplifying-value

Originally aired on April 27, 2022. 
Interview by News Team Members Jack Armstrong and Luis Licon.

Lauren Irwin and Britney Eschelman on The Bold's Recent Award Wins

In this interview, the frontperson & songwriter of Blvck Hippie, Josh Shaw, speaks about entering the DIY scene, the band's genre of "Sad Boy Indie Rock," transitioning from athletics to music, and more.

Interview by News Team Member Maxx Goodman.
Originally recorded on May 4, 2022.

An Interview with Josh Shaw of Blvck Hippie

Brothertiger ends his West Coast tour in the front range and in Radio 1190 for a performance and interview

Brothertiger

Brothertiger returns to Radio1190 for an in-studio set during UMS. Find his music at brothertiger.net.

Mild High Club performing live in the Radio1190 Pledge Pit!

Mild High Club

Sister Grotto preforming live on Radio1190's Local Shakedown

Sister Grotto

Show Me The Body and Dreamcrusher perfroming live on Radio1190!

Show Me The Body

Scarves

Adult Color preforming live on Radio1190's Local Shakedown!

Adult Color

The Bubble Episode 3 featuring an interview with the University of Colorado Boulder's Chancellor Distefano and Cindy Wilson of the B-52's!

The Bubble Episode 3: Chancellor Distefano and Cindy Wilson of the B-52's

The Bubble Episode #1: "Spicy Kale" September 21st starting at 7pm on Radio 1190 

Featuring:
Mac Bolack 
Evan Stephens Hall (Pinegrove) 
American Grandma

Artwork by George Bangs 

Thanks to James Calvet, Jen Keller, and George Bangs

The Bubble Episode 1: Spicy Kale

The Bubble Episode #2: "Canadian Lunch"  

Featuring:
Don Strasburg 
Michelle Zauner
Ashely Koett

Artwork by George Bangs

The Bubble Episode 2: Canadian Lunch

Mark Serreze is the director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder and a CIRES fellow. His new book, "Brave New Arctic," chronicles the decades during which climate scientists discovered the impacts of climate change on the Arctic circle.

Mark Serreze on "Brave New Arctic"

Hurlburt is the director of the New Models of Policy Change project at New America. She was in town for the 2018 Conference on World Affairs. News director Lucy Haggard spoke with Hurlburt on April 11 about what's going on with national security, Boulder politics, and what it's been like as a woman in past and current political climates.

Heather Hurlburt on women in politics

Browsh is the general manager at Radio 1190 and scholar-in-residence at CU’s College of Media, Communication and Information. News Director Lucy Haggard spoke with Browsh on August 22 about the merging of Public Radio International (PRI) and Public Radio Exchange (PRX), the differences in public and private media merges, and the future of public media.

Jared Browsh On Media Mergers

Guests Jamie Feld, an epidemiologist at Boulder County Public Health, and Jeremiah Lindemann, an advocate and a fellow with New America working on mapping the opioid crisis, talked with News Director Lucy Haggard how the opioid epidemic is playing out in the local community. Also: the student-run Bee Club on campus, new this semester, shares their goals for educating the campus and community about bees. Aired live September 10, 2018.

Needle exchange in Boulder County: https://www.bouldercounty.org/families/disease/the-works-program/
Celebrating Lost Loved Ones: https://losttoopioids.nsc.org/index.html
Colorado Crisis Services: http://coloradocrisisservices.org/

The opioid crisis’ impact on the Boulder community; CU’s Bee Club

This Saturday, September 15, Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge, the area surrounding the designated SuperFund site of the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, will officially open to the public. Kristen Iversen, author of Full Body Burden and professor at University of Cincinnati, and Jon Lipsky, former FBI agent involved with the raid of the former nuclear weapons plant, talked with News Director Lucy Haggard about the history of Rocky Flats, the impact on the surrounding area, and the future of the current wildlife refuge. Aired live on September 12, 2018.

Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge slated to open despite pending legal battles, public health uncertainty

The first episode of the semester from 1190's resident sports talk show, which airs every Wednesday from 7-8pm.

Howell-Stern Sports Show 1

Ashley Koett's synth pop solo project live on Local Shakedown!

Koto Robo

French Kettle Station live on Local Shakedown.

French Kettle Station

Ridgeway

The second episode of 1190's resident sports talk show, which airs every Wednesday from 7-8pm.

Howell-Stern Sports Show 2

The 3rd episode of our Wednesday night sports show which aired on 9/26/18.

Howell-Stern Sports Show 3

Techno Allah's Local Shakedown set from 9/21/18.

Techno Allah

The fourth episode of the Howell-Stern Sports Show, aired on 10/3/18.

Howell-Stern Sports Show 4

Episode 5 of our Wednesday night sports show, aired on October 10th 2018 with special guest Kevin Dement.

Howell-Stern Sports Show 5

Horse Girl’s Local Shakedown from 11/22/19.

Horse Girl

Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners’ Shakedown from 1/31/20.

Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners

In this interview, Joseph Simon, a postdoctoral researcher at CU Boulder's Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences and a member of the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav), discusses NANOGrav's search for the signal generated by gravitational waves. Simon goes over how he got started with NANOGrav, NANOGrav's research process, what could be causing these gravitational waves, and more.

Originally broadcast on February 8, 2021. 
Interview by News Director John Boughey.

Joseph Simon of NANOGrav on the search for gravitational waves

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