The Short Version: Facebook & Cambridge Analytica
The point of it all is to break down the headlines, determine why an issue is important, and reveal the best arguments on each side of the story. Recently Cleo turned her attentio
Beyond Telluride
Surprising Ways to Talk About Climate Change
On a long list of challenges our world – writ large and small – faces today is how we communicate (or not) with one another. Increasingly we speak only to our choir and almost
Hawking’s Final Warning on Climate Change
One of the consequences of a warming planet is forced migration, with unprecedented impacts on lives and livelihoods due to the scale of such flows. Migration is the theme of the 4
Musk on Colonizing Mars
His company, SpaceX Designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. And recently SpaceX achieved the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket. The
The Shape of Telluride Film Fest: Del Toro & Others, Monster Wins
The 44th annual Telluride Film Festival won Big at the 90th Annual Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water
The Short Version: Bitcoin
The point of it all is to break down the headlines, determine why an issue is important, and reveal the best arguments on each side of the story. Recently Cleo turned her attentio
Surprising Secrets to Living Longer
The end of life is non-negotiable. It happens. But how you get there is. Turns out having fun – yes, booze, sex, rocking and rolling, bagels too – are good for you. Cities are
Habitat for Humanity: Opportunities/Support for Telluride Region
You don’t need to lift a hammer to help! One hundred percent of donations to Habitat for Humanity of the San Juans go directly to construction costs. For more information v
To Your Health/Live Longer: Flu, What It Does To Your Body
This summer, the Telluride Ski Resort and The Peaks Resort & Spa plan to host a series of week-long wellness intensives – Live Longer Retreat – to support your (rec
The Short Version: The Second Amendment
The point of it all is to break down the headlines, determine why an issue is important, and reveal the best arguments on each side of the story. Recently Cleo wondered out loud w
Telluride’s Gus Kenworthy at the Olympics
Telluride’s Gus Kenworthy is sponsored by Samsung, who sent the following video about our homie. The theme of Samsung’s Olympic campaign “Do What You Can’t,”
The Short Version: Nunes & Schiff Memos
The point of it all is to break down the headlines, determine why an issue is important, and reveal the best arguments on each side of the story. Recently Cleo turned her attenti
Tall Tales/TIO Denver: “First Date” at Denver Center
“First Date” is now up at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts through April 22, 2018. Go here to purchase tickets. Our Denver theater critic, award-winning autho
People Who Did Extraordinary Things in 2017
Looking for respite from the bad news? The fake news is that there is no good news – for example, this story we curated from EcoWatch about “These People Did Extraordinary
Super Blue Blood Full Moon Today, 1/31
Created by a fiery planetary explosion about 400 billion years ago, the moon has comforted man for thousands of years and played lots of roles from god to compass. What’s mor
Three Telluride Olympic Hopefuls Head to South Korea
In a 2010 post for Telluride Inside… and Out, Deb Dion, now editor-in-chief of Telluride Magazine, interviewed homeboy Gus Kenworthy, who had come back from a major injury to
Best Financial Moves for 2018
On The List of promises you made to yourself for 2018, along with thinner might have been richer. Towards the latter goal, we curated this story by Ann Brenoff from the Huff Post:
Tall Tales/TIO Denver: “Detroit 67,” A Review
“Detroit 67” is now up at Denver’s Curious Theatre Company through February 24, 2018. Tickets here. Our Denver theater critic, award-winning author Mark Stevens, rev
Women’s March: Telluride & Beyond
On the 1st anniversary of the Women’s March, January 20 & January 21, thousands gathered in major metro areas and small towns like Telluride across the globe, from New Yo
Simple Ways to Remember Better
Remember it’s a New Year now? Of course you do. The holidaze are, amen, behind us, but they were a time when your lists had babies – including your Big List of New YearR
Women’s March 2018: Telluride & Beyond, 1/20
On January 2017, an estimated 3 million people – women, men, children – participated in 500 sister marches around the world. L.A. had between a half million and three-quarte
The Short Version: Federal Rules on Marijuana
The point of it all is to break down the headlines, determine why an issue is important, and reveal the best arguments on each side of the story. Recently Cleo addressed the subje
Kristof: Why 2017 Was Best Year in Human History
Reading the title of one of his latest Sunday Op Ed piece for The New York Times, you might be tempted to call him a cockeyed optimist, but renowned journalist-author Nicholas Kris
A Reader’s Guide to Memory Gain
Don’t remember if we ever published a blog about toning our memory muscle. In the following story for The New York Times Henry Alford talks about which techniques for empower