Overview:
Bucket List’s February radio show on KGNU covers traffic deaths, Colfax BRT, CPRD’s expansion and Dark Horse’s closing.
Our February episode of the Bucket List Community News radio show on KGNU covers everything from urgent citywide safety concerns to the expansion of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance to the closure of a beloved Boulder institution. The eight episode of our radio show, hosted by Bucket List editor Toni Tresca, aired on Thursday, Feb. 6, and is now available to listen to on our website.
The first segment features a conversation with Jill Locantore, executive director of the Denver Streets Partnership, about the troubling rise in traffic deaths across Denver. With 93 fatalities recorded in 2025 and pedestrian deaths rising by 35%, Locantore explains why speed remains the most dangerous factor on city streets and argues that leaders are often reluctant to make the kinds of roadway changes that would meaningfully improve safety. Drawing on feedback from recent transportation town halls, she shares what residents are saying about RTD, street design and the gap between policy and lived experience.
From there, the episode moves to East Colfax, where the Bus Rapid Transit project continues to reshape one of Denver’s most iconic corridors. Reporter PJ Guidry provides an update on the project’s progress and the realities facing small business owners navigating years of construction.
In the arts and culture segment, the show spotlights the opening of the new Center for the Healing Arts at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance. Reporter Sadie Gonzales takes listeners inside the 25,000-square-foot expansion and shares her conversation with founder Cleo Parker Robinson about why the space is intentionally designed around the idea that the arts can be restorative.
The show also features a conversation with Ikra Mohamed, a second-generation Somali American whose family resettled in Colorado after fleeing civil war and living as refugees in Kenya. Mohamed speaks candidly about navigating identity, belonging and the harm caused by political rhetoric targeting Somali immigrants. She explains why sharing her family’s story is important in this moment and what meaningful community support looks like moving forward.
The episode closes with a bittersweet story from Ryland Scholes about the impending closure of Boulder’s Dark Horse. Open since 1975, the dive bar is set to be demolished this spring to make way for new student housing. For many Boulder residents and CU alumni, the loss represents more than a business closing — it marks the disappearance of a quirky, affordable gathering place that has long defined a different era of the city.
The next episode of the Bucket List Community News radio show airs Thursday, March 5, at 3 p.m. on KGNU. Listen to all of our previous Bucket List radio show episodes by clicking here.
