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In this interview, Buffs for Civility members Alicia Whitman, Helena Regan, and Henry Collins discuss their campaign against incivility, "Hear Someone Out," which aims "to address the issue of incivility taking place online and in-person" according to Hear Someone Out's website. The campaign is part of a larger program, the Public Relations Student Society of America's Bateman Case Study Competition, which had students "create a campaign that positions the public relations profession as a resource for countering incivility," according to Hear Someone Out's website. During the interview, Whitman, Regan, and Collins discuss what this incivility looks like, the effects of such incilvity, their hopes for the campaign, and more.

You can learn more about the campaign and take their pledge against incivility on their website: https://here3114.wixsite.com/mysite 

Interview by News Director John Boughey.
Originally aired on March 3, 2021.

Buffs for Civility on their "Hear Someone Out" campaign against incivility

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 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, 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

The Language of Termites stops by the Local Shakedown studio for a performance and an interview. Listen up for Bree's inaugural show!

The Language Of Termites

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

Brothertiger

Host Jack Armstrong sits down with Sophia Davis and Charlie McCain from UCB's GUT-C, or Give us the F***ing Camera!

CU CAN Episode 2 - Give Them The Camera

What can joining a physics club do for YOU? Host Jack Armstrong sits down with the Society of Physics Students on the CU Boulder campus after they won a national award for their chapter.

CU CAN Episode 1 - CU Physics Society

How do commercial cannabis growers become a lifeline? Host Jack Armstrong speaks with Mason Duarte from Mile High Organics and Charlie Butcher from Magnolia Road to discuss how the genetics of a grower trickle down into the product.

Growing

Host Jack Armstrong sits down with leaders and management of some of the most prominent dispensaries and smoke shops on this week's episode of Nonverbal.

Internal Realities

1190 News Team Host Jack Armstrong understand the political mood changes that affected cannabis in the state of Colorado.

Mood Change

Host Jack Armstrong and team (Thanks to James Buck, Spencer Burke, Leon Spiess, and Alex Barnes) spend the unofficial holiday speaking with industry professional, tourists, and locals who all gathered at Denver's 420 Festival.

4 / 20 Special

You can come to Colorado for your premiere cannabis-experience, why go anywhere else? 

Host Jack Armstrong speaks with leaders in Colorado's cannabis-hospitality industry. We find out how the industry's grown and where the industry is going - all here at Radio 1190!

Thank you to Cannapages for making today’s show possible. For more information on how you can save on weed with Cannapages, visit cannapages.com .

Unlike Anywhere Else

Cheekface performs on Radio 1190's Local Shakedown in April 2023

Local Shakedown is Radio 1190's legendary, award-winning live studio series since 1998! Tune in to hear local favorites and national touring artists straight from our basement lair. 

Learn more about Radio 1190 and stream live at https://1190.radio 📻

Radio 1190 Local Shakedown: Cheekface

SPECIAL INTERVIEW EXTRA! Cheekface performs on Radio 1190's Local Shakedown in April 2023

Local Shakedown is Radio 1190's legendary, award-winning live studio series since 1998! Tune in to hear local favorites and national touring artists straight from our basement lair. 

Learn more about Radio 1190 and stream live at https://1190.radio 📻

Radio 1190 Local Shakedown: Cheekface Interview Extra!

From the Department of Vintage Imaging ... it's one of our old announcements of going to low power on the AM overnight.

Radio 1190 Overnight Power Announcement

Juanita Hurtado and Jack Armstrong of KVCU Radio 1190's News Team speak with marketing evangelista Lisa Ray Girard of the documentary "35000 Watts: The Story of College Radio" about college radio's legacy and the film's International Film Series screening Wed, Sep 25, 2024.

Interview: Lisa Ray Girard of "35000 Watts"

Radio 1190 News Team's Ethel Yagudayeva pays a visit to the new Fen's Cafe in CU Boulder's ATLAS building.

Radio 1190 News Team: Fen's Cafe

In this episode of Radio 1190 News Team's Over The Edge, John Meylor and Lily Wright ... pull some tarot cards for today's issues, with some interesting results.

Over The Edge: A Political Tarot Reading

Radio 1190 News Team's Leon Spiess looks at the vital important of "uncharismatic" species. What's your favorite animal?

KVCU Radio 1190 Contest Entries

Uncharismatic Species

Students from Denver's Manual High School take over the Radio 1190 airwaves on Dec. 16, 2024 to showcase their productions in collab with CU Boulder's Laboratory for Ritual Arts & Pedagogy (RAP LAB). Learn more at https://www.colorado.edu/lab/rap/

Radio 1190 Studio Takeover: Manual High School RAP Lab

Students from the 2025 summer cohort of the University of Colorado Boulder's Pre-Collegiate Development Program took over the Radio 1190 airwaves June 24, 2025 with news and public affairs programming! Hear student-produced content on immigration rights, social media and book trends, and the battle for the NBA GOAT.

Radio 1190 Takeover: CU Boulder Pre-Collegiate Development Program, June 2025

CU Boulder Media Archaeology Lab visiting artist Jazmyn Crosby live in the Radio 1190 studios for a special edition of Local Shakedown!

BUG RADIO explores different layered latencies with recorded bug sounds and various microphones connected to transmitters all competing for the same station.

Learn more about Jazmyn at jazmyncrosby.com!

Local Shakedown Special Edition: Bug Radio, June 26 2025

Students from the 2025 summer sports-focused cohort of the University of Colorado Boulder's Pre-Collegiate Development Program took over the Radio 1190 airwaves July 17, 2025 with their own programming! Hear student-produced content on top players, world sport, sports fashion, and women's sports.

Radio 1190 Takeover: CU Boulder Pre-Collegiate Development Program, July 2025

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

All the way from Nigeria, Kenké joins us in the Radio 1190 studio for a conversation and listening party on a visit to her alma mater! Kenké is a bright new force in the Afropop and R&B scenes, with songs that deal with things we can all relate to: love, faith, heartbreak, and self-discovery. She graduated from the master's program at the University of Colorado Boulder's College of Communication, Media, Design and Information in 2023 and we're so happy to have her join us just days before her new EP drops!

Artist Interview: Musician and CU CMDI Alumna Kenké

Live from Wax Trax Records in Denver, CO — it's a special all-vinyl DJ set from Sons of Sevilla in advance of their live shows with Skinshape Sep. 25 and 26 at Meow Wolf! Enjoy this laid-back, loungey, soulful hour from the band.

Radio 1190 Live From Wax Trax: Sons of Sevilla DJ Set

Students from Denver's Manual High School take over the Radio 1190 airwaves on Dec. 5, 2025 to showcase their productions in collab with CU Boulder's Laboratory for Ritual Arts & Pedagogy (RAP LAB). Learn more at www.colorado.edu/lab/rap/

Radio 1190 Studio Takeover: Manual High School x CU RAP Lab 2025-12-05

Mild High Club performing live in the Radio1190 Pledge Pit!

Mild High Club

Church Fire preforming live at Radio1190! 

Church Fire

C'est La Vie live on the Local Shakedown! 

C'est La Vie

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

Koto Robo

French Kettle Station live on Local Shakedown.

French Kettle Station

Ridgeway

Interview with rapper Tech N9ne on 9/27/18

Tech N9ne Interview

Jerry Paper Interview

Dumb Witch Hours Episode 3

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

Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners

Episode 0 - Pilot

Henry has Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds in for some jammin' and talking! Arleigh, Phil, Bryan and Ryan!

Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds

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