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Aspen Public Radio announced two changes in the local newsroom this week with Sage Smiley taking the reins as News Director, following the departure of Halle Zander, and Regan Mertz taking Smiley’s place as the local host of All Things Considered, following two years serving as the station’s Arts & Culture Desk reporter. -
Each Fall, the team at Aspen Public Radio launches a listener survey to help us understand how we can best serve your news and information needs, growing Aspen Public Radio as the leading public broadcast journalism service on Colorado’s western slope. Take the survey now!
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Beginning at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, July 27, morning audiences will hear an additional hour of local hosting and news, and a new voice on Aspen Public Radio, with the arrival of Vic Vela as the station’s new host of Morning Edition, following Megan Tackett’s departure last month. -
We’ll be on the air July 20-24, for the Aspen Public Radio Summer Membership Drive, raising $25,000 to ensure that this essential news and information service endures for years to come. -
The Aspen Security Forum is a nonpartisan public venue for domestic and global leaders to discuss the key national security and foreign policy issues of the day, and has been held annually since 2010. -
Aspen Public Radio will once again partner with the Aspen Music Festival and School to broadcast AMFS Sunday concerts live each week throughout the greater Roaring Fork Valley, beginning Sunday, July 5, 2026. -
From Tuesday, June 23, through Wednesday, July 1, Aspen Public Radio will continue the tradition of airing select live and same-day-delayed broadcasts of sessions from the Aspen Ideas Festival. -
On Thursday, June 25, join friends and fellow listeners from 2-5 p.m. at Aspen Public Radio’s long-time home, Red Brick Center for the Arts (110 E. Hallam Street, Aspen), to have a treat and raise a glass with us! -
This Spring, Aspen Public Radio earned three awards from CBA, three awards from SPJ, and four regional Murrows, all recognizing the remarkable work of our local newsroom in 2025. -
A new full-time reporter has been hired for the Aspen Public Radio Women’s Desk, which was created in 2025 to better understand the status of women through economic, sociocultural, regulatory, technological, and news-making contexts. -
This two-day gathering will showcase expert panels, groundbreaking research, and firsthand insights into the transformative world of psychedelic medicines. Explore tradition, science, and advocacy; connect with scientists, doctors, spiritual leaders, and luminaries; and delve into the future of psychedelics. -
Today, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss cited the First Amendment when he ruled in favor of Aspen Public Radio, KSUT Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio and NPR, and agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing Executive Order 14290.
