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Valley Roundup - July 5th, 2013

On the show this week Curtis Wackerle, Managing Editor of the Aspen Daily News (http://www.aspendailynews.com) joins us to discuss the top news stories in the Valley. 

We talk with Karl Isberg, Editor of the Pagosa Springs Sun (http://www.pagosasun.com/) about the huge West Fork Complex fire burning in southwest Colorado.

Reporter Greg Nickerson joins us from WyoFile (http://wyofile.com/) to talk about the recent annual meeting of the Wyoming Mining Association.  It was described by one participant as “like a funeral.”

The Senior Editor of the National Review (http://www.nationalreview.com,)  Ramesh Ponnuru was in town this week for Aspen Ideas and to talk with Pitkin County Republicans.  He speaks to us about rebuilding the GOP.

NPR has moved into its new building and already conservative critics are calling the studios extravagant and a waste of taxpayer money.  We ask NPR’s Marketing Director, Emma Carrasco, about the new digs.

On the Download Aspen Public Radio’s Digital Content Manager Rob St. Mary interviews Tony Fadell, designer of the iPod about his new creation; a smart (and good looking) thermostat.

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In the Media Roundtable with Curtis Wackerle the following topics are discussed:

Aspen City Council

This week Aspen’s City Council named Dwayne Romero to fill out the remainder of the term of the seat left vacant by the election of Mayor Steve Skadron.

From the Aspen Daily News:

http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/158555

Aspen Valley Hospital

The Aspen Daily News requested documents from the hospital under Colorado’s open records act.  The files concern exclusive contracts the hospital has with its surgeons.  The hospital declined to produce the documents.  Also, the hospital has just named a new board of directors member – without holding and public meetings or advertising for the position.

From the Aspen Daily News:

http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/158515

http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/158568

New Marijuana Laws

New state laws regarding recreational marijuana went into effect on July 1.

From the Aspen Daily News:

http://www.aspendailynews.com/section/home/158534

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Interview with Karl Isberg - West Fork Complex Fire

We talk with Karl Isberg, Editor of the Pagosa Springs Sun newspaper about the big fire burning close to Pagosa Springs.

From the Pagosa Springs Sun:

http://www.pagosasun.com/

Interview with Greg Nickerson – Wyoming Mining Association Annual Meeting

At its recent annual gathering the WMA discussed flat sales and export problems for Wyoming coal.  Greg Nickerson, State Politics Reporter for WyoFile attended.  We ask him about the gloomy mood at the meeting.

From WyoFile:

http://wyofile.com/gregory_nickerson/wyoming-mining-association-conference/

Interview with Ramesh Ponnuru – Rebuilding the GOP

National Review Senior Editor Ramesh Ponnuru spoke this week to Pitkin County Republicans and to the Aspen Idas Festival about what the GOP needs to do to rebuild after two losses to President Obama.

From National Review:

http://www.nationalreview.com/

From Bloomberg News:

http://www.bloomberg.com/view/bios/ramesh-ponnuru/

Interview with Emma Carrasco – NPR’s New Building

NPR has been in its new building for a couple months and it has become a target for critics of public funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.  We talk with NPR Marketing Director Emma Carrasco.

From the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-look-inside-nprs-new-headquarters/2013/06/21/1d97a8ea-da94-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_gallery.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/nprs-new-headquarters-refuels-funding-debate/2013/06/21/bb53a64a-da00-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html

The Download with Aspen Public Radio Digital Content Manager Rob St. Mary.

This week Rob interviews Tony Fadell, designed of the iPod and now creator of a smart thermostat.
 

Here's an extended interview with Tony Fadell.

More about Nest Labs at http://nest.com/

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