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Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO) - A Show About Colorado Springs
Badly Needed and Long Overdue (BNLO) is the explainer show about Colorado Springs you've always needed.
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- Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO) - A Show About Colorado Springs
BNLO SHOW 11-6-26 | 2026 COS Election Recap
We just had a BLUE-NAMI wave here in Colorado Springs, converting seats blue that had never been blue before and getting our FRONT RANGE TRAIN! Let's go down…
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BNLO SHOW 11-4-26 | Why we built apartments.
If you've noticed a whole bunch of apartments springing up around Colorado Springs, there's a reason why! Between a shortage of units and a reliance on a…
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BNLO SHOW 10-30-26 | BJ's in OCC may be a tough sell.
BJ's Velvet Freez has been a local favorite for 72 years, a landmark of our mid-century infatuation with the automobile to do basically everything. But what…
- Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO) - A Show About Colorado Springs
BNLO SHOW 10-28-26 | The Emma Crawford Coffin Races
Race her body back up the mountain! The Emma Crawford Coffin Races have been a Manitou Springs staple for 30 years and we dive into the journey that was this…
- Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO) - A Show About Colorado Springs
BNLO SHOW 10-23-26 | A COS Data Center Moratorium
AI companies are spending lots and lots of money to quickly enter markets and establish footholds with massive compute stations known as AI data centers. One…
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BNLO SHOW 10-21-26 | The State of the City should be free.
Every year, the mayor of Colorado Springs emerges from their earthen retreat to forecast the season ahead. Well, kinda. If their update, put together by a…
- Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO) - A Show About Colorado Springs
BNLO SHOW 10-21-26 | Yemi's 2026 State of the City
This is the last State of the City address from Colorado Springs mayor Yemi Mobolade in his first term. What did he accomplish and why is that important? How…
- Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO) - A Show About Colorado Springs
BNLO SHOW 10-16-26 | Henjum endorsed Allen... but why?
Colorado Springs city council member and Democrat Nancy Henjum, my council member, has caught a lot of flak for her very public decision to endorse Michael…
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BNLO SHOW 10-14-26 | Tax the Rich, YES on 87, NO on 136.
A flat tax punishes working class Americans and rewards the rich, who already have a ton of money. Let's take the $2 billion that Amendment 87 would raise for…
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BNLO SHOW 10-9-26 | Reclaiming Civility in COS? Really?
In this long-form (or multi-part, depending on platform) episode of BNLO, we explore what "reclaiming civility" means in our polarized political world. Is…
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BNLO SHOW 10-7-26 | Vote Yes on the CoCo Train (7A)
Ballots are dropping in Colorado like autumn leaves and while there are plenty of choices on the ballot, one should be an automatic "Yes!": 7A, the sales tax…
- Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO) - A Show About Colorado Springs
BNLO SHOW 10-2-26 | The OCC DDA is Dead. Maybe?
Last Tuesday, the Colorado Springs city council voted 5-4 to dissolve the Old Colorado City Downtown Development Authority. And yet it is, legally, still…
- Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO) - A Show About Colorado Springs
BNLO SHOW 9-30-26 | Camping in the Left Lane
You're driving in the left lane. Someone in front of you is doing the speed limit. You think they should move to the right so yo ucan pass. Is this a correct…
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BNLO SHOW 9-25-26 | Public Internet in COS?
In 2021, Colorado Springs Utilities opened the door to municipal internet by kicking off a huge build out to 250,000 homes. They're behind schedule and…
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BNLO SHOW 9-23-26 | The Minimum Wage in COS
Isn't it about time that Colorado Springs residents received a wage that reflected our cost of living? That our minimum wage shouldn't be the same as rural…
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BNLO SHOW 9-18-26 | COS VS THE AI DATA CENTER
In this new BNLO saga, Nick explains the Project Taurus by Raeden timeline, the appellant process, and the final appeal hearing by the Colorado Springs city…
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BNLO SHOW 9-16-26 | Road Dieting!
The city just dieted Colorado Avenue, which runs from downtown Colorado Springs to the gateway of Manitou Springs through Old Colorado City. But why? Why are…
- Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO) - A Show About Colorado Springs
BNLO SHOW 9-11-26 | Ugly (?) AI-Made Flyers Everywhere
Across the seas of social media, small, local businesses are employing free (or really cheap) AI services like ChatGPT, Gemini and, uh, maybe Copilot?... to…
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BNLO SHOW 9-9-26 | Car Brain in Village Seven
For some of us urbanists, car dependency in our city is something we see like a tornado swooping across our urban fabric. It's not enough that car-based…
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BNLO SHOW 9-4-26 | #PayCOSCityCouncil, Part 3
In this epic finale to the #PayCOSCityCouncil trilogy, I explain how a council pay raise comes into effect, or really, how any ballot initiative comes into…
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BNLO SHOW 9-2-26 | The End of the OCC DDA?
Colorado Springs council member Brandy Williams surprised everyone when city council announced that they were looking to dissolve the Old Colorado City…
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BNLO SHOW 8-28-26 | E-Motos
As a pedestrian who's walked thousands of miles in our great city, it was weird to encounter the annual "dude on an ATV" as a kid, but it's alarming to be…
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BNLO SHOW 8-26-26 | How do you recall a Colorado Springs city council member?
In light of recent events and imminent decisions, there's been a lot of curiosity buzzing around the process of how to recall a city council member. Now, I…
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BNLO SHOW 8-21-26 | #PayCOSCityCouncil, Part 2: How Much?
In this multi-part series, BNLO explores why we need to pay our city council a living wage and how we get there. In this episode, we're gonna lay out the…
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BNLO SHOW 8-19-26 | What is CoCo?
CoCo, or the Colorado Connector train, is on the precipice of becoming a reality. There's so much to be excited about, like not needing to drive to Pueblo…
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BNLO SHOW 8-17-26 | A King Soopers Mystery
What happens when something weird appears on the storefront of your favorite grocery store? BNLO is an independent show/opinion piece/podcast about Colorado…
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BNLO SHOW 8-14-26 | #PayCOSCityCouncil, Part 1
If we're going to change the shape of our city's leadership to best prepare it for the needs of the future, we've gotta pay the role a respectable amount…
- Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO) - A Show About Colorado Springs
BNLO SHOW 8-12-26 | August Local Art Tour
First Friday comes once more on a hot August afternoon to reveal what's up for a new month at many galleries around the area. Thanks to Platte Collections…
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BNLO SHOW 8-7-26 | Preserving Mesa Road
BNLO is an independent show/opinion piece/podcast about Colorado Springs. Support it on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheBNLOShow Mesa Road has…
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BNLO SHOW 8-5-26 | Colorado Day/Freedom to Thrive
Thanks to Charles Johnson, Chauncy Johnson and Kevin A. Johnson for chatting with me about the new Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum exhibit, "Freedom to…
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BNLO SHOW 7-31-26 | Southeast Strong
Thanks to Colorado Springs council member Kimberly Gold for chatting with me. EDIT: This version of the podcast accidentally features a "Yolanda Avila" name…
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BNLO SHOW 7-29-26 | Data Centers
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#30: Brian Tryon Wants Local Artists to Work Together, Dammit!
For BNLO’s season 2 conclusion, Shutter and Strum’s Brian Tryon has been in Colorado for a long time and you know what? He just wants us all to come together…
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#29: John Jarrell Loves Beating Republicans
Believe it or not, political parties need leadership and John Jarrell is the latest person to step into the chair position of the El Paso County Democratic…
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#28: The Great Outdoors with Blackpackers' Patricia Cameron
Blackpackers founder and executive director Patricia Cameron hikes into Studio 809 in this episode of BNLO! We talk about hiking, being outdoors, the value of…
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#27: Tom Shepard and the Power of Youth Documentaries
Tom Shepard is the Founding Executive Director of Youth Documentary Academy, a program that I wish I’d had access to growing up. Entering its 13th season, YDA…
- Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO) - A Show About Colorado Springs
#26: Kimberly Gold is "The New Kid on City Council!"
Kimberly Gold joins Nick in Studio 809 to talk about being a new city councilor! That’s right, alongside Brandy Williams, Tom Bailey and Roland Rainey Jr…
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#25: What the Heck is a Colorado State Treasurer, with John Mikos
John Mikos joins Nick in Studio 809 to talk about his campaign for Colorado State Treasurer. What is a state treasurer? Well, they watch over the money the…
- Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO) - A Show About Colorado Springs
#24: Running for Congress with Joe Reagan!
Joe Reagan is running for Congress in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District (Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs, Monument, Peyton, Fountain and thereabouts) and…
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#23: Art, Community and Daniel Logan
Daniel Logan arrives in Studio 809 this week to chat with Nick about his life’s journey from growing up in Colorado Springs, his time in the Air Force, living…
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#22: Colorado Springs food critic Matthew Schniper talks about journalism, EVs and more!
Side Dish with Schniper’s very own Matthew Schniper chats with Nick for their first podcast together since the very first episode of The Indy 15 in August of…
Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO) - A Show About Colorado Springs#21: The Return of BNLO with Steph Vigil!
#21 - Steph Vigil - Former & Future Colorado State Rep, HD-16 Nick sits down with Steph Vigil for her third round in this first episode of the exciting second…
Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO) - A Show About Colorado Springs#20 - ...Election Day 2022!
Emily and Nick comb through the results of Election Day 2022 in Colorado Springs before saying "so long for now" as we enter a badly needed and long overdue…
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#19 - ...A Warning To Get Your Darn Ballots In, Dammit!
With only hours left to get your ballot in, Emily and Nick chat about getting your ballots in, resoruces you need at this very last second and more! Get it…
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#18 - ...A Conversation about Education in Colorado Springs (w/Joseph Shelton)
This week, in a very Halloween-themed episode, Emily and Nick chat with Joseph Shelton, the Democratic candidate for CD-5's State Board of Education seat and…
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#17 - ...A follow-up on the last days of a run for office in Colorado Springs (w/Stephanie Vigil)
It's been five months since we've chatted with Stephanie Vigil, Democratic candidate for House District 15, and we want to hear from her as the days to the…
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#16 - ...A conversation about running for Congress for Colorado Springs (feat. David Torres)
David Torres is the Democratic candidate for Colorado's Congressional District 5, currently held by Republican Doug Lamborn, and he sits down with Emily and…
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#15 - ...A Chat with Rob Rogers about running as a Democrat in North Colorado Springs
Rob Rogers is the Democratic candidate for Colorado House District 14 on the north end of Colorado Springs and in this episode, Emily and Nick get to chat with…
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#14 - ...A Talk About Running for El Paso County Commissioner (w/Ryan Lucas)
Ryan Lucas, candidate for El Paso County Commissioner District 1 (the administrative hat of the county, so to speak) chats with Emily and Nick about not just…
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#11 - ...A Look at the History of Art in Downtown Colorado Springs
Downtown Colorado Springs has some fun things going on, but art wasn't always one of them. Emily and Nick dive into the history of Art on the Streets, the…
- Badly Needed & Long Overdue (BNLO) - A Show About Colorado Springs
#13 - ...A Conversation About Colorado House District 15 in Southeast COS (w/Alvin Sexton)
Emily and Nick chat with Alvin Sexton, the Democratic candidate for Colorado House District 15 about running for office, his upbringing, and his thoughts on…
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#12 - ...A Conversation About the Democrats in COS In 2022 (w/John Mikos)
What's it like to be running the left-leaning Democratic Party in the right-leaning Colorado Springs? In this episode, Emily and Nick sit down with John Mikos…
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#10 - ...A Very Spicy Conversation about the COS City Aud Restoration (w/Viktoria Costantino
Colorado Springs' City Aud is getting an elaborate restoration, but it's not all sunshine and roses as the locally famous venue comes off the city's books into…
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#9 - ...A Conversation About PFAS and Water in Fountain & COS (w/Liz Rosenbaum)
Water is a big deal in Colorado Springs, but a recent controversy that's come up has been the usage of PFAS, or "forever chemicals" that have tainted the…
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#8 - ...A Conversation About Living with Disabilities and Accessibility in COS (w/Betty Field)
We've talked about how hard Colorado Springs can be hard to navigate as an able-bodied person, but what about the disabled or those living with disabilities?…
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#7 ...A Conversation About Riding The Bus/Mountain Metro Transit in Colorado Springs | BNLO
With bus fare being free for better air thanks to the state of Colorado, Nick and Emily sit down to talk about their experiences riding the bus in Colorado…
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#6 - ...A Conversation About the Chinook Center in Colorado Springs | BNLO
What's it like being a leftist in Colorado Springs? The Chinook Center's Jon Christiansen knows. We sit down to talk with him about COS's political landscape…
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#5 - ...A Conversation About Bicycling in COS (w/"Jax" Armendariz & Cully Radvillas) | BNLO
COS is known colloquially for being the "outdoor" city and yet bicycling is often left way, way behind. We talk with southeast bicycle advocate Jacqueline…
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#4 - ...A Conversation About Religion in COS (w/Rev. Roger Butts)
Evangelical Christianity is a big deal in Colorado Springs, so Nick and Emily chat with Unitarian Univeralist Minister Roger Butts to talk about the town's…
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#3 - ...A Chat About Walking and Scooting Around Colorado Springs.
Our daring co-hosts talk about the somewhat interesting situation that is walking around Colorado Springs and using scooter services like Lime downtown…